Oklahoma State U., Stillwater

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures Research space
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2024 84 82.1 459 126 86.6 925
2023 90 80.8 459 129 86.1 911 88 85.7 602
2022 92 80.2 457 137 85 900
2021 86 81.1 447 126 86.4 908 86 85.5 583
2020 87 81 450 127 86.4 916
2019 84 81.6 447 123 86.8 914 73 87.9 589
2018 84 80.8 428 117 87.4 911
2017 87 79.9 425 114 87.5 898 68 88.4 575
2016 77 82.5 430 112 87.7 896
2015 77 82.3 426 134 85.3 898 68 88.3 570
2014
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 241 227 208 211 214 231 228 224 255 242
  Science and engineering 169 149 135 138 146 155 133 139 165 152
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 18 21 20 20 31 22 21 27 23 25
      Agricultural sciences 18 19 19 19 31 14 18 20 17 23
      Natural resources and conservation . 2 1 1 . 8 3 7 6 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 26 19 20 17 23 22 22 22 33 24
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 2 2 1 4 5 1 2 2 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 6 2 4 3 2 . . 3 3 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . 1 1 . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 2 . . 2 . . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 3 . 5 2 2 5 1 4 5 2
      Genetics and genomics 2 1 . 1 . . 1 . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 5 7 2 5 5 2 4 2 2 10
      Molecular biology 1 . . . . 1 . 3 4 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 1 . 1 2 . 2 . 3 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . 1 1 . . 1 . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 5 6 5 3 5 6 13 7 14 4
    Computer and information sciences 1 2 4 3 3 1 4 5 5 3
      Computer science 1 1 2 3 3 1 4 4 5 2
      Computer and information sciences, other . 1 2 . . . . 1 . 1
    Engineering 41 38 25 31 29 35 23 31 49 44
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 15 7 7 1 2 2 . 1 3 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 2 . . 2 3 3 3 2 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 5 6 4 7 3 4 1 5 5 8
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 2 8 4 6 2 5 3 7 7 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 2 2 3 5 10 3 5 11 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 2 5 2 5 3 2 4 3 5 1
      Materials and mining engineering 5 2 4 2 3 . 1 . 2 2
      Mechanical engineering 4 4 2 5 6 6 4 5 9 8
      Engineering, other 1 2 . 2 3 3 4 2 5 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 7 4 4 5 10 3 2 2 1
      Geological sciences 3 7 4 3 5 8 2 2 1 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . 1 . 2 1 . 1 .
    Health sciences 5 4 4 8 4 3 1 4 4 1
      Public health . . 1 1 . . . . 2 .
      Health sciences, other 5 4 3 7 4 3 1 4 2 1
    Mathematics and statistics 4 7 9 4 3 6 1 4 3 7
      Applied mathematics . 1 2 . . . . . 1 1
      Mathematics . 2 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 4
      Statistics 4 1 2 1 . 1 . 3 . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other . 3 4 2 2 4 1 . 1 1
    Physical sciences 24 14 15 15 11 22 18 14 18 13
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Chemistry 11 7 11 9 8 17 13 10 8 11
      Physics 13 7 3 6 3 5 5 4 10 2
    Psychology 28 20 21 27 24 22 29 23 15 24
      Clinical psychology 6 6 4 7 6 4 5 10 5 2
      Counseling and applied psychology 14 8 11 11 8 10 10 7 5 11
      Research and experimental psychology 3 1 2 4 4 1 6 3 1 5
      Psychology, other 5 5 4 5 6 7 8 3 4 6
    Social sciences 19 17 13 9 13 12 11 7 13 10
      Economics 4 6 2 1 5 2 2 2 5 1
      Political science and government . . . . . . . 1 1 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 2 4 1 2 4 2 . 1 2
      Social sciences, other 13 9 7 7 6 6 7 4 6 6
  Non-science and engineering 72 78 73 73 68 76 95 85 90 90
    Business 16 26 21 19 23 19 20 22 28 25
      Business 16 26 21 19 23 19 20 22 28 25
    Education 48 36 35 40 36 44 59 41 46 47
      Education leadership and administration 19 11 10 15 13 11 11 14 11 13
      Education research 13 15 19 14 17 16 28 19 15 18
      Teacher education and teaching fields 14 6 4 8 5 12 9 6 9 8
      Education, other 2 4 2 3 1 5 11 2 11 8
    Humanities and arts 7 11 14 11 7 10 12 15 12 12
      Letters 7 11 11 9 3 7 5 7 7 7
      History . . 2 1 2 2 6 8 4 5
      Humanities and arts, other . . 1 1 2 1 1 . 1 .
    Other non-science and engineering 1 5 3 3 2 3 4 7 4 6
      Communication . . . 1 . . . . 1 .
      Public administration and social services . 2 . . 1 . 1 2 . 1
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 3 3 2 1 3 3 5 3 5

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 253,770 226,498 195,041 198,799 187,060 184,276 188,756 189,024 181,617 129,968
    Science 152,893 143,868 123,522 116,842 119,603 117,074 117,415 113,426 112,773 107,092
      Computer and information sciences 3,927 3,598 3,099 3,636 5,361 3,673 3,368 1,768 948 1,519
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,479 4,254 3,663 3,119 2,870 2,613 4,546 2,889 4,690 5,673
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,479 4,250 3,663 3,119 2,870 2,613 4,546 2,889 4,690 5,673
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 96,783 92,203 77,513 77,720 75,506 76,701 80,716 71,053 90,083 72,605
        Agricultural sciences 34,398 34,453 33,721 36,223 36,886 37,016 33,163 30,196 52,220 30,396
        Biological and biomedical sciences 32,243 29,350 26,166 25,945 19,956 19,934 34,590 32,697 23,925 41,366
        Health sciences 11,344 12,631 6,090 5,881 8,614 9,576 10,329 5,529 0 60
        Natural resources and conservation 18,798 15,769 11,536 9,652 10,050 10,175 2,634 2,631 13,938 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 783
      Mathematics and statistics 5,036 4,680 4,176 4,276 4,213 4,585 4,886 3,496 2,307 3,073
      Physical sciences 11,316 9,993 8,685 8,824 9,784 8,458 8,503 8,398 6,788 8,636
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,191 0
        Chemistry 5,068 5,788 4,588 4,341 5,180 4,804 5,074 5,474 4,597 5,051
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 6,248 4,205 4,097 4,483 4,604 3,654 3,429 2,924 0 3,585
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 7,128 7,181 6,977 6,926 9,085 9,018 3,557 2,676 1,981 3,905
      Social sciences 11,313 10,445 9,806 5,445 6,251 5,425 2,453 7,361 1,519 7,543
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 322 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 5,597 5,501 5,142 1,432 1,573 1,566 0 0 131 5,122
        Political science and government 1,181 1,356 1,101 1,009 902 873 1,084 4,172 655 670
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,486 1,417 1,300 1,150 1,431 1,430 1,369 1,090 733 1,565
        Social sciences nec 2,049 2,171 2,263 1,854 2,023 1,556 0 2,099 0 186
      Sciences nec 13,911 11,514 9,603 6,896 6,533 6,601 9,386 15,785 4,457 4,138
    Engineering 57,116 44,510 36,217 35,094 33,983 32,947 37,003 39,179 37,394 19,515
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 21,508 11,638 9,450 8,901 10,485 11,298 11,353 10,083 6,123 373
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 0 0 6 0 4 1,536 6,428 821 38
      Chemical engineering 6,848 6,694 5,691 7,092 6,802 5,310 4,448 6,906 4,194 3,726
      Civil engineering 6,773 5,994 5,101 4,801 4,854 5,077 5,511 4,481 4,294 5,721
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 5,475 5,498 3,771 3,698 3,434 2,876 3,414 2,984 2,637 2,696
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,695 2,105 1,851 1,610 1,706 1,404 2,031 2,072 2,302 0
      Mechanical engineering 1,741 2,732 2,977 1,673 115 25 1,326 168 374 5,057
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 1,129 1,273 1,439 1,873 1,389 578 1,283 973 1,510 1,229
      Engineering nec 9,946 8,576 5,937 5,440 5,198 6,375 6,101 5,084 15,139 675
    Non-S&E 43,761 38,120 35,302 46,863 33,474 34,255 34,338 36,419 31,450 3,361
      Business management and business administration 19,258 16,683 15,765 17,208 17,027 17,467 16,417 18,577 12,230 286
      Communication and communications technologies 2,420 2,257 2,194 1,846 1,693 1,880 727 660 627 197
      Education 2,274 2,801 2,805 14,570 2,946 2,806 5,111 3,555 3,156 121
      Humanities 5,502 6,006 5,285 4,732 5,139 5,067 31 2,634 1,914 2,749
      Law 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 852 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,238 1,064 1,265 1,160 1,269 1,201 109 79 116 8
      Non-S&E nec 13,069 9,309 7,862 7,347 5,400 5,834 11,943 10,914 12,555 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2024
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 253,770 76,701 24,828 137,040 11,792 2,780 629
    Science 152,893 45,605 20,908 75,882 9,018 974 506
      Computer and information sciences 3,927 565 43 3,306 0 13 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,479 1,132 577 1,633 123 14 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,479 1,132 577 1,633 123 14 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 96,783 28,730 17,740 41,014 7,976 821 502
        Agricultural sciences 34,398 6,960 9,048 11,736 5,984 536 134
        Biological and biomedical sciences 32,243 13,155 1,907 15,733 1,004 242 202
        Health sciences 11,344 2,614 816 7,721 14 36 143
        Natural resources and conservation 18,798 6,001 5,969 5,824 974 7 23
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 5,036 1,296 6 3,706 0 28 0
      Physical sciences 11,316 5,485 184 5,440 141 66 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 5,068 2,030 161 2,670 141 66 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 6,248 3,455 23 2,770 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 7,128 2,434 613 4,076 4 1 0
      Social sciences 11,313 2,711 1,235 6,558 774 31 4
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 5,597 1,076 1,232 2,511 760 14 4
        Political science and government 1,181 9 0 1,158 14 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,486 1,037 0 1,432 0 17 0
        Social sciences nec 2,049 589 3 1,457 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 13,911 3,252 510 10,149 0 0 0
    Engineering 57,116 28,600 2,355 22,251 2,174 1,613 123
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 21,508 11,172 434 7,352 915 1,584 51
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 6,848 2,802 57 3,790 177 22 0
      Civil engineering 6,773 3,535 181 2,800 253 4 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 5,475 2,801 82 2,430 162 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,695 1,155 35 2,492 13 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1,741 1,563 1 51 125 1 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 1,129 906 74 112 35 1 1
      Engineering nec 9,946 4,665 1,491 3,224 494 1 71
    Non-S&E 43,761 2,496 1,565 38,907 600 193 0
      Business management and business administration 19,258 388 55 18,625 170 20 0
      Communication and communications technologies 2,420 116 650 1,614 40 0 0
      Education 2,274 871 13 1,256 0 134 0
      Humanities 5,502 108 0 5,334 60 0 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,238 3 0 1,235 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 13,069 1,010 847 10,843 330 39 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies 76,701 64,098 53,885 47,428 39,873 39,880 43,421 44,977 42,976 38,585
  DOD 10,353 7,661 5,213 4,199 2,798 3,062 4,016 7,660 7,754 4,844
  DOE 6,597 6,090 6,002 7,152 3,982 2,033 1,799 1,844 2,515 2,777
  HHS 13,971 11,340 9,918 9,313 9,307 8,598 9,644 8,039 6,214 5,866
  NASA 4,402 3,823 2,981 1,729 782 422 562 416 441 118
  NSF 14,465 14,273 12,305 9,134 8,336 10,451 13,780 12,704 9,878 8,332
  USDA 17,233 14,775 11,972 10,229 8,853 9,200 9,081 8,916 9,307 9,387
  Other 9,680 6,136 5,494 5,672 5,815 6,114 4,539 5,398 6,867 7,261

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2024–18 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2024 . . . .
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 2,158 843 1,315 .
2018 2,077 815 1,262 .

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space 2023 2021 2019 2017 2015
  All research space 806 799 880 939 894
    Agricultural sciences 382 386 400 479 453
    Biological and biomedical sciences 157 155 132 133 136
    Computer and information sciences 4 4 2 2 1
    Engineering 140 133 141 133 122
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 21 17 17 16 14
    Health sciences 2 2 85 73 71
    Mathematics and statistics 1 1 1 1 1
    Natural resources and conservation 12 15 16 16 16
    Physical sciences 73 73 74 74 70
    Psychology 10 10 10 9 2
    Social sciences 2 2 2 2 8
    Other 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

New construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction: 2025–16
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
  All research space 0 0 0 0 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 2025–16
(Dollars in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
  All research space 4,000 0 0 0 2,544
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 941
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 4,000 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 1,603
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

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