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
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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