Oklahoma State U., Stillwater

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2023 92 80.3 459
2022 92 80.2 457 137 84.8 890
2021 86 81.1 447 86 85.5 583 126 86.3 907
2020 87 81 450 127 86.4 915
2019 84 81.6 447 73 87.9 589 123 86.8 913
2018 84 80.8 428 117 87.4 910
2017 87 79.9 425 68 88.4 575 114 87.5 897
2016 77 82.5 430 112 87.7 895
2015 77 82.3 426 68 88.3 570 134 85.3 897
2014 76 82.4 422 135 85 887
2013 95 84.2 588 129 85.6 884
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: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 227 208 211 214 231 228 224 255 242 242
  Science and engineering 149 135 138 146 155 133 139 165 152 152
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 21 20 20 31 22 21 27 23 25 27
      Agricultural sciences 19 19 19 31 14 18 20 17 23 18
      Natural resources and conservation 2 1 1 . 8 3 7 6 2 9
    Biological and biomedical sciences 19 20 17 23 22 22 22 33 24 17
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 2 1 4 5 1 2 2 3 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 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 . 5 2 2 5 1 4 5 2 2
      Genetics and genomics 1 . 1 . . 1 . . . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 7 2 5 5 2 4 2 2 10 3
      Molecular biology . . . . 1 . 3 4 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 . 1 2 . 2 . 3 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . 1 1 . . 1 . 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 6 5 3 5 6 13 7 14 4 8
    Computer and information sciences 2 4 3 3 1 4 5 5 3 5
      Computer science 1 2 3 3 1 4 4 5 2 4
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 2 . . . . 1 . 1 1
    Engineering 38 25 31 29 35 23 31 49 44 38
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 7 7 1 2 2 . 1 3 1 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 . . 2 3 3 3 2 2 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 6 4 7 3 4 1 5 5 8 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 4 6 2 5 3 7 7 4 7
      Electrical and computer engineering 2 2 3 5 10 3 5 11 14 7
      Industrial engineering and operations research 5 2 5 3 2 4 3 5 1 6
      Materials and mining engineering 2 4 2 3 . 1 . 2 2 .
      Mechanical engineering 4 2 5 6 6 4 5 9 8 4
      Engineering, other 2 . 2 3 3 4 2 5 4 6
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 4 4 5 10 3 2 2 1 .
      Geological sciences 7 4 3 5 8 2 2 1 1 .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . 1 . 2 1 . 1 . .
    Health sciences 4 4 8 4 3 1 4 4 1 3
      Public health . 1 1 . . . . 2 . .
      Health sciences, other 4 3 7 4 3 1 4 2 1 3
    Mathematics and statistics 7 9 4 3 6 1 4 3 7 13
      Applied mathematics 1 2 . . . . . 1 1 3
      Mathematics 2 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 4 2
      Statistics 1 2 1 . 1 . 3 . 1 5
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 4 2 2 4 1 . 1 1 3
    Physical sciences 14 15 15 11 22 18 14 18 13 17
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Chemistry 7 11 9 8 17 13 10 8 11 9
      Physics 7 3 6 3 5 5 4 10 2 8
    Psychology 20 21 27 24 22 29 23 15 24 21
      Clinical psychology 6 4 7 6 4 5 10 5 2 7
      Counseling and applied psychology 8 11 11 8 10 10 7 5 11 9
      Research and experimental psychology 1 2 4 4 1 6 3 1 5 3
      Psychology, other 5 4 5 6 7 8 3 4 6 2
    Social sciences 17 13 9 13 12 11 7 13 10 11
      Economics 6 2 1 5 2 2 2 5 1 5
      Political science and government . . . . . . 1 1 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 4 1 2 4 2 . 1 2 3
      Social sciences, other 9 7 7 6 6 7 4 6 6 3
  Non-science and engineering 78 73 73 68 76 95 85 90 90 90
    Business 26 21 19 23 19 20 22 28 25 18
      Business 26 21 19 23 19 20 22 28 25 18
    Education 36 35 40 36 44 59 41 46 47 52
      Education leadership and administration 11 10 15 13 11 11 14 11 13 7
      Education research 15 19 14 17 16 28 19 15 18 30
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 4 8 5 12 9 6 9 8 14
      Education, other 4 2 3 1 5 11 2 11 8 1
    Humanities and arts 11 14 11 7 10 12 15 12 12 12
      Letters 11 11 9 3 7 5 7 7 7 6
      History . 2 1 2 2 6 8 4 5 6
      Humanities and arts, other . 1 1 2 1 1 . 1 . .
    Other non-science and engineering 5 3 3 2 3 4 7 4 6 8
      Communication . . 1 . . . . 1 . .
      Public administration and social services 2 . . 1 . 1 2 . 1 2
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 3 2 1 3 3 5 3 5 6

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: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields 195,041 198,799 187,060 184,276 188,756 189,024 181,617 129,968 126,543 134,500
    Science 123,522 116,842 119,603 117,074 117,415 113,426 112,773 107,092 102,308 108,989
      Computer and information sciences 3,099 3,636 5,361 3,673 3,368 1,768 948 1,519 1,710 1,830
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,663 3,119 2,870 2,613 4,546 2,889 4,690 5,673 4,448 3,921
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,663 3,119 2,870 2,613 4,546 2,889 4,690 5,673 4,014 3,714
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 92
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 365 115
      Life sciences 77,513 77,720 75,506 76,701 80,716 71,053 90,083 72,605 69,033 70,577
        Agricultural sciences 33,721 36,223 36,886 37,016 33,163 30,196 52,220 30,396 35,524 35,993
        Biological and biomedical sciences 26,166 25,945 19,956 19,934 34,590 32,697 23,925 41,366 30,991 32,545
        Health sciences 6,090 5,881 8,614 9,576 10,329 5,529 0 60 2,089 1,768
        Natural resources and conservation 11,536 9,652 10,050 10,175 2,634 2,631 13,938 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 783 429 271
      Mathematics and statistics 4,176 4,276 4,213 4,585 4,886 3,496 2,307 3,073 3,128 2,309
      Physical sciences 8,685 8,824 9,784 8,458 8,503 8,398 6,788 8,636 8,273 7,528
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,191 0 0 0
        Chemistry 4,588 4,341 5,180 4,804 5,074 5,474 4,597 5,051 3,919 3,578
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,097 4,483 4,604 3,654 3,429 2,924 0 3,585 4,354 3,950
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,977 6,926 9,085 9,018 3,557 2,676 1,981 3,905 2,025 1,919
      Social sciences 9,806 5,445 6,251 5,425 2,453 7,361 1,519 7,543 4,424 6,289
        Anthropology 0 0 322 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 5,142 1,432 1,573 1,566 0 0 131 5,122 3,677 3,661
        Political science and government 1,101 1,009 902 873 1,084 4,172 655 670 46 11
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,300 1,150 1,431 1,430 1,369 1,090 733 1,565 72 272
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 2,263 1,854 2,023 1,556 0 2,099 0 186 629 2,345
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 9,603 6,896 6,533 6,601 9,386 15,785 4,457 4,138 9,267 14,616
    Engineering 36,217 35,094 33,983 32,947 37,003 39,179 37,394 19,515 24,235 25,511
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9,450 8,901 10,485 11,298 11,353 10,083 6,123 373 402 369
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 6 0 4 1,536 6,428 821 38 0 0
      Chemical engineering 5,691 7,092 6,802 5,310 4,448 6,906 4,194 3,726 1,724 1,624
      Civil engineering 5,101 4,801 4,854 5,077 5,511 4,481 4,294 5,721 4,415 3,979
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,771 3,698 3,434 2,876 3,414 2,984 2,637 2,696 2,428 2,238
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,851 1,610 1,706 1,404 2,031 2,072 2,302 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,977 1,673 115 25 1,326 168 374 5,057 3,672 3,416
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 1,439 1,873 1,389 578 1,283 973 1,510 1,229 0 0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 5,937 5,440 5,198 6,375 6,101 5,084 15,139 675 11,594 13,885
    Non-S&E 35,302 46,863 33,474 34,255 34,338 36,419 31,450 3,361 0 0
      Business management and business administration 15,765 17,208 17,027 17,467 16,417 18,577 12,230 286 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 2,194 1,846 1,693 1,880 727 660 627 197 0 0
      Education 2,805 14,570 2,946 2,806 5,111 3,555 3,156 121 0 0
      Humanities 5,285 4,732 5,139 5,067 31 2,634 1,914 2,749 0 0
      Law 126 0 0 0 0 0 852 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,265 1,160 1,269 1,201 109 79 116 8 0 0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 7,862 7,347 5,400 5,834 11,943 10,914 12,555 0 0 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: 2022
(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 195,041 53,885 21,322 106,925 11,236 1,351 322
    Science 123,522 34,510 17,674 61,802 8,546 856 134
      Computer and information sciences 3,099 423 22 2,654 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,663 949 528 2,178 8 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,663 949 528 2,178 8 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 77,513 22,673 15,046 31,316 7,734 613 131
        Agricultural sciences 33,721 7,308 8,727 11,631 5,601 446 8
        Biological and biomedical sciences 26,166 10,421 2,983 11,512 1,007 120 123
        Health sciences 6,090 808 318 4,943 5 16 0
        Natural resources and conservation 11,536 4,136 3,018 3,230 1,121 31 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4,176 512 0 3,638 0 26 0
      Physical sciences 8,685 3,379 120 4,955 128 103 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 4,588 1,536 115 2,706 128 103 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,097 1,843 5 2,249 0 0 0
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,977 1,554 383 4,999 4 37 0
      Social sciences 9,806 1,830 1,220 6,005 671 77 3
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 5,142 1,137 983 2,300 652 67 3
        Political science and government 1,101 50 0 1,032 19 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,300 119 0 1,171 0 10 0
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 2,263 524 237 1,502 0 0 0
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 9,603 3,190 355 6,057 1 0 0
    Engineering 36,217 16,574 2,153 15,031 2,195 218 46
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9,450 4,498 306 4,139 477 14 16
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 5,691 2,363 191 2,698 273 159 7
      Civil engineering 5,101 2,511 128 2,330 125 7 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,771 1,650 15 2,035 71 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,851 555 4 1,292 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,977 2,005 93 124 755 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 1,439 1,133 90 212 1 3 0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 5,937 1,859 1,326 2,201 493 35 23
    Non-S&E 35,302 2,801 1,495 30,092 495 277 142
      Business management and business administration 15,765 285 26 15,182 249 23 0
      Communication and communications technologies 2,194 38 515 1,457 11 173 0
      Education 2,805 717 4 2,070 0 14 0
      Humanities 5,285 61 0 5,224 0 0 0
      Law 126 126 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,265 9 2 1,237 0 17 0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 7,862 1,565 948 4,922 235 50 142

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: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Federal Agencies 53,885 47,428 39,873 39,880 43,421 44,977 42,976 38,585 36,687 44,200
  DOD 5,213 4,199 2,798 3,062 4,016 7,660 7,754 4,844 4,392 5,945
  DOE 6,002 7,152 3,982 2,033 1,799 1,844 2,515 2,777 2,626 2,233
  HHS 9,918 9,313 9,307 8,598 9,644 8,039 6,214 5,866 6,161 6,639
  NASA 2,981 1,729 782 422 562 416 441 118 551 131
  NSF 12,305 9,134 8,336 10,451 13,780 12,704 9,878 8,332 8,177 7,952
  USDA 11,972 10,229 8,853 9,200 9,081 8,916 9,307 9,387 5,535 9,832
  Other 5,494 5,672 5,815 6,114 4,539 5,398 6,867 7,261 9,245 11,468

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: 2022–16 [temporarily discontinued]
Year All personnel Principal investigators Other personnel Postdocs
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 2,158 843 1,315 .
2018 2,077 815 1,262 .
2017 1,982 683 1,299 .
2016 2,096 725 1,371 .

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: 2021–12
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field 2021 2019 2017 2015 2013
  All research space 799 880 939 894 658
    Agricultural sciences 386 400 479 453 288
    Biological and biomedical sciences 155 132 133 136 87
    Computer and information sciences 4 2 2 1 2
    Engineering 133 141 133 122 127
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 17 17 16 14 7
    Health sciences 2 85 73 71 73
    Mathematics and statistics 1 1 1 1 0
    Natural resources and conservation 15 16 16 16 .
    Physical sciences 73 74 74 70 73
    Psychology 10 10 9 2 2
    Social sciences 2 2 2 8 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

New construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space 52,625 . . . .
    Agricultural sciences 29,511 . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 3,702 . . . .
    Computer and information sciences 1,190 . . . .
    Engineering 693 . . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,332 . . . .
    Natural resources and conservation 13,197 . . . .

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space 0 0 0 2,544 0 i
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 941 0 i
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0 i
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 i
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 i
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 i
    Health sciences 0 0 0 1,603 0 i
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 i
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 i
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0 i
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 i
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 i
    Other 0 0 0 0 0 i

i=imputed

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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