Oregon State U.

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 76 83.8 459 75 89.2 679 93 84.8 602 93 90 914
2022 69 85.2 457 73 89.5 680 98 89.3 900
2021 71 84.5 447 69 90.2 691 76 87.2 583 94 89.8 908
2020 75 83.7 450 58 91.9 698 95 89.8 916
2019 68 85.1 447 58 91.9 697 71 88.2 589 93 90 914
2018 80 81.7 428 52 92.8 700 88 90.5 911
2017 71 83.7 425 53 92.5 684 72 87.8 575 88 90.4 898
2016 94 78.5 430 51 92.9 697 88 90.4 896
2015 91 79 426 53 92.6 693 38 93.6 570 86 90.6 898
2014 91 78.8 422 52 92.6 688 91 90 889
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 264 290 244 255 287 238 267 203 210 196
  Science and engineering 238 273 227 238 270 223 245 178 177 174
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 36 28 19 30 41 34 39 33 28 19
      Agricultural sciences 18 12 6 10 19 14 23 12 7 8
      Natural resources and conservation 18 16 13 20 22 20 16 21 21 11
    Biological and biomedical sciences 36 40 35 33 37 28 50 29 26 28
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 . 1 1 5 3 5 1 3 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 11 3 1 1 . . 3 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . . 1 2 1 . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . 1 . 3 . . 1 4
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 11 7 7 8 5 12 5 4 5
      Genetics and genomics 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 8 5 6 2 5 1 6 8 4 4
      Molecular biology 3 3 4 3 2 7 3 . 4 4
      Pharmacology and toxicology 6 3 4 4 3 3 8 6 2 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . 1 . 1 . 1 . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 6 7 8 14 12 5 13 5 7 5
    Computer and information sciences 17 20 10 17 12 7 18 5 7 11
      Computer science 17 17 10 17 12 7 18 5 5 11
      Computer and information sciences, other . 3 . . . . . . 2 .
    Engineering 61 72 75 73 75 67 57 36 50 55
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3 1 . 2 . 2 . 1 . 3
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 2 9 11 3 6 7 5 4 5 5
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 13 20 15 25 20 18 14 5 10 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 17 16 17 18 20 15 17 7 14 20
      Industrial engineering and operations research 3 2 5 5 3 3 6 2 4 6
      Materials and mining engineering 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 3
      Mechanical engineering 15 12 15 12 13 10 6 3 8 4
      Engineering, other 4 8 9 4 9 7 4 9 5 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 20 10 9 20 15 16 15 11 21
      Geological sciences 1 7 5 3 7 4 10 3 4 8
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 7 13 5 6 13 11 6 12 7 13
    Health sciences 24 26 14 24 14 14 16 11 12 13
      Pharmaceutical sciences 4 5 6 6 4 5 3 1 2 2
      Public health 10 14 7 8 4 5 7 7 7 6
      Health sciences, other 10 7 1 10 6 4 6 3 3 5
    Mathematics and statistics 10 9 15 9 10 14 6 8 5 2
      Applied mathematics . 2 3 . 2 1 2 2 1 .
      Mathematics 4 . 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 .
      Statistics 3 2 2 4 4 6 1 1 2 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 5 9 1 3 3 2 4 1 1
    Physical sciences 16 24 22 20 26 32 24 18 19 16
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 . . . . 2 . . . .
      Chemistry 12 18 16 14 18 26 17 13 14 13
      Physics 3 6 6 6 8 4 7 5 5 3
    Psychology 14 18 10 8 17 5 11 11 6 4
      Clinical psychology 1 1 . . . . . . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 8 4 7 11 4 6 3 2 2
      Research and experimental psychology 1 2 . . . . . . . .
      Psychology, other 9 7 6 1 6 1 5 8 4 2
    Social sciences 16 16 17 15 18 7 8 12 13 5
      Anthropology . 2 2 6 1 1 1 1 . .
      Economics 4 4 4 1 4 2 . 3 3 2
      Public policy analysis 5 3 5 3 5 3 3 1 . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Social sciences, other 7 7 6 5 8 1 3 7 10 3
  Non-science and engineering 26 17 17 17 17 15 22 25 33 22
    Business 2 1 2 2 5 . . . 1 .
      Business 2 1 2 2 5 . . . 1 .
    Education 23 16 15 15 11 14 16 23 29 17
      Education leadership and administration . 2 2 4 1 6 3 10 8 3
      Education research 12 8 11 6 3 4 9 5 13 10
      Teacher education and teaching fields 4 5 1 3 6 3 3 8 7 3
      Education, other 7 1 1 2 1 1 1 . 1 1
    Humanities and arts 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 1 .
      History . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . . . . . 1 1 1 .
    Other non-science and engineering . . . . . 1 5 1 2 5
      Non-science and engineering, other . . . . . 1 5 1 2 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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 1,324 1,255 1,266 1,319 1,292 1,389 1,412 1,626 1,590 1,571
    Female 1,064 1,023 1,052 1,046 1,072 1,049 1,065 1,044 1,031 997
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,510 1,470 1,526 1,545 1,473 1,502 1,581 1,601 1,561 1,588
    Hispanic or Latino 158 154 156 146 133 138 147 129 110 111
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,304 1,275 1,321 1,335 1,271 1,283 1,356 1,383 1,365 1,376
      American Indian or Alaska Native 4 12 11 9 7 6 6 10 10 9
      Asian 93 102 98 91 72 71 95 95 72 74
      Black or African American 30 26 25 20 24 27 28 22 19 20
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 3 5 4 3 2 2 2 4 3
      White 1,082 1,052 1,112 1,135 1,087 1,102 1,151 1,178 1,190 1,209
      More than one race 93 80 70 76 78 75 74 76 70 61
    Unknown ethnicity and race 48 41 49 64 69 81 78 89 86 101
  Temporary visa holders 878 808 792 820 891 936 896 1,069 1,060 980
  Science and engineering 2,235 2,114 2,125 2,148 2,114 2,163 2,213 2,435 2,405 2,335
    Science 1,647 1,515 1,503 1,439 1,433 1,469 1,479 1,516 1,528 1,496
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 161 160 162 147 132 130 141 378 376 377
      Biological and biomedical sciences 234 217 218 195 191 200 198 252 255 252
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 379 321 264 247 257 249 214 249 223 199
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 44 54
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 98 107 105 93 90 96 111 100 111 104
      Mathematics and statistics 112 98 109 104 115 123 124 114 121 110
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 21 24 27 27 34 42 36
      Natural resources and conservation 286 244 253 254 255 247 268 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 172 167 177 168 165 169 181 162 149 154
      Psychology 48 49 52 50 16 13 8 3 0 0
      Social sciences 157 152 163 160 188 215 207 191 207 210
    Engineering 588 599 622 709 681 694 734 919 877 839
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 18 20 17 12 12 9 6 1 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 45 39 46 57 46 51 59 80 86 84
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 173 161 167 190 180 190 208 236 223 215
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 104 117 131 157 165 173 170 223 233 206
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 26 32 25 30 32 37 60 82 66 61
      Mechanical engineering 163 178 189 216 195 192 173 204 180 184
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 35 40
      Other engineering 59 52 47 47 51 42 58 61 54 49
    Health 153 164 193 217 250 275 264 235 216 233
      Clinical medicine 127 137 165 162 165 175 174 153 132 148
      Other health 26 27 28 55 85 100 90 82 84 85

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 407 390 378 381 313 312 267 259 271 273
    Female 374 356 376 316 261 249 178 239 217 188
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 717 665 686 611 486 481 359 408 397 376
    Hispanic or Latino 76 61 60 46 41 43 32 33 29 24
    Not Hispanic or Latino 608 574 591 532 416 409 309 342 336 327
      American Indian or Alaska Native 4 2 5 8 6 6 1 4 2 2
      Asian 52 43 27 27 23 22 17 22 16 13
      Black or African American 15 17 27 16 10 10 5 6 10 4
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
      White 505 483 498 455 352 346 264 301 292 298
      More than one race 31 26 33 25 25 25 22 9 16 9
    Unknown ethnicity and race 33 30 35 33 29 29 18 33 32 25
  Temporary visa holders 64 81 68 86 88 80 86 90 91 85
  Science and engineering 626 618 622 582 454 450 363 411 395 356
    Science 508 494 484 442 347 331 237 294 280 247
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 11 19 18 19 9 16 14 184 161 146
      Biological and biomedical sciences 19 13 21 10 5 7 3 11 7 7
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 65 42 38 29 21 22 21 28 23 11
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 4
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 6 5 10 9 14 10 5 13 9
      Mathematics and statistics 72 91 96 100 78 58 33 8 4 5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 12 11 8 14 10 10 4
      Natural resources and conservation 255 252 249 205 164 158 100 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 7 9 3 10 13 15 14 2 8 4
      Psychology 2 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 70 59 52 43 37 33 28 38 48 57
    Engineering 118 124 138 140 107 119 126 117 115 109
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 6 2 6 3 8 11 7 10 18
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 17 15 26 20 26 18 22 13 25 29
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 23 27 20 17 24 24 22 32 23 21
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 36 34 41 46 26 30 34 27 20 10
      Mechanical engineering 24 28 30 33 17 24 30 18 25 20
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 6
      Other engineering 9 14 18 16 11 14 7 10 7 5
    Health 155 128 132 115 120 111 82 87 93 105
      Clinical medicine 154 125 132 112 109 106 79 83 86 98
      Other health 1 3 0 3 11 5 3 4 7 7

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 510 523 513 508 460 497 550 547 493 297 0
  Science and engineering 501 512 500 498 449 477 521 523 464 287 0
    Science 290 307 292 283 269 299 316 319 307 211 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 45 45 37 32 21 21 22 94 107 59 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 49 46 54 52 57 59 64 69 56 46 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 59 70 57 66 57 52 61 52 46 40 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 33 50 42 34 39 35 48 48 45 31 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4 3 4 2 0 5 8 3 4 4 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 48 41 50 51 47 66 61 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 29 29 30 39 35 40 36 36 31 19 0
      Psychology 7 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 16 15 13 6 13 21 16 17 11 7 0
    Engineering 211 205 208 215 180 178 205 204 157 76 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 6 4 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 16 11 13 16 12 14 17 16 16 13 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 67 60 65 60 48 44 64 58 42 17 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 16 23 19 26 31 26 28 22 18 9 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 2 3 5 4 8 5 8 6 3 0
      Mechanical engineering 71 73 80 86 57 61 56 53 38 15 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 11 0
      Other engineering 33 30 24 19 25 22 34 37 25 8 0
    Health 9 11 13 10 11 20 29 24 29 10 0
      Clinical medicine 7 8 11 8 6 10 15 14 13 7 0
      Other health 2 3 2 2 5 10 14 10 16 3 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 2,388 2,278 2,318 2,365 2,364 2,438 2,477 2,670 2,621 2,568
  Fellowships 174 169 172 151 156 151 158 159 143 122
    Federal 9 20 22 14 37 51 46 60 26 28
    Institutional 164 148 149 136 119 100 109 97 116 94
    Nonfederal 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0
  Research assistantships 767 723 736 736 694 740 802 924 857 698
    Federal 501 503 491 493 422 435 459 487 453 268
    Institutional 156 142 148 142 166 198 244 310 301 330
    Nonfederal 110 78 97 101 106 107 99 127 103 100
  Teaching assistantships 976 859 925 905 941 980 984 900 920 911
    Federal 0 0 0 1 1 11 45 0 14 1
    Institutional 975 859 924 903 938 966 932 900 906 909
    Nonfederal 1 0 1 1 2 3 7 0 0 1
  Other types of support 471 527 485 573 573 567 533 687 701 837
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Personal resources 471 527 485 573 573 567 533 687 701 837

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 Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering 144 138 121 222 200 185 192 171 174 169
    Science 121 107 103 195 171 161 163 148 148 148
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 41 38 43 60 19 26 19 48 45 41
      Biological and biomedical sciences 19 17 16 58 53 59 58 49 49 51
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 4 4 0 0 2 1 3 3 8
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 10 9 17 25 20 29 22 24 20
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 29 23 20 39 40 28 32 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10 11 8 10 18 15 12 16 19 21
      Psychology 4 3 1 8 8 4 5 4 0 0
      Social sciences 3 1 1 2 8 5 4 1 2 2
    Engineering 23 31 18 27 29 24 29 23 26 21
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 5 6 10
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 14 9 15 17 12 13 11 9 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 3 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 4 3 2 3 5 4 7 3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 7 7 2 2 3 4 8 3 4 3
    Health 18 21 12 23 43 37 44 42 38 32
      Clinical medicine 2 1 2 3 1 0 4 5 4 7
      Other health 16 20 10 20 42 37 40 37 34 25

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 116 133 118 102 121 122 126 122 125 118
  Science and engineering 105 116 109 91 111 115 116 112 118 112
    Science 88 92 94 83 96 98 91 91 99 94
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 20 27 30 16 9 14 9 26 29 25
      Biological and biomedical sciences 15 8 14 28 34 34 34 33 33 29
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 14 15 11 19 16 15 14 16 17
      Mathematics and statistics 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 26 23 22 20 22 16 18 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10 12 8 6 9 12 10 13 13 16
      Psychology 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 2 2
    Engineering 17 24 15 8 15 17 25 21 19 18
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 5 8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 13 7 3 11 9 11 11 5 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 4 2 1 2 4 3 5 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 3 3 2 1 1 3 8 3 4 3
    Health 11 17 9 11 10 7 10 10 7 6
      Clinical medicine 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2
      Other health 10 16 8 10 10 7 8 8 5 4

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 337,985 297,934 276,955 268,385 263,830 272,433 267,068 254,275 245,317 230,963
    Science 260,093 233,454 218,487 211,526 208,348 217,413 209,709 208,551 199,764 192,282
      Computer and information sciences 5,346 5,820 7,241 8,213 8,869 9,666 8,111 7,109 7,865 6,528
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 57,207 46,982 43,111 39,215 40,030 48,616 45,970 45,735 43,631 46,468
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 1,964 1,730 1,741 1,848 2,332 2,110 2,468 2,006 3,247 4,060
        Geological and earth sciences 14,826 9,042 6,465 5,693 6,736 7,964 6,736 6,885 6,371 6,950
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 26,728 24,101 19,404 22,241 20,141 22,186 23,255 21,337 21,084 22,005
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 13,689 12,109 15,501 9,433 10,821 16,356 13,511 15,507 12,929 13,453
      Life sciences 175,883 162,192 151,779 143,505 136,589 135,466 131,061 128,013 122,704 116,353
        Agricultural sciences 90,915 85,445 76,656 75,087 75,734 79,855 76,617 78,062 75,390 70,334
        Biological and biomedical sciences 43,176 43,217 44,339 38,938 34,305 34,352 36,697 38,419 43,780 42,197
        Health sciences 10,346 7,475 8,767 7,447 8,154 6,803 6,084 4,348 1,996 2,039
        Natural resources and conservation 31,156 25,869 21,557 21,791 17,872 13,700 11,083 6,376 0 0
        Life sciences nec 290 186 460 242 524 756 580 808 1,538 1,783
      Mathematics and statistics 1,358 1,601 1,247 1,595 2,074 2,003 1,186 1,317 1,419 1,025
      Physical sciences 7,604 6,297 4,727 4,814 6,247 4,801 4,131 5,280 2,968 3,681
        Astronomy and astrophysics 163 85 16 69 4 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 1,965 2,537 2,652 2,788 3,811 2,916 2,550 3,623 2,243 2,505
        Materials science 546 729 405 551 1,044 748 753 86 0 0
        Physics 4,917 2,856 1,564 1,310 1,204 906 573 1,011 599 972
        Physical sciences nec 13 90 90 96 184 231 255 560 126 204
      Psychology 1,398 1,024 1,035 1,115 1,318 1,442 1,253 1,035 49 33
      Social sciences 7,579 6,357 5,713 6,696 5,550 5,795 5,701 5,064 5,019 5,026
        Anthropology 0 0 21 3 3 124 15 0 0 0
        Economics 2,084 2,198 1,924 1,741 2,034 2,176 2,497 2,313 2,235 2,258
        Political science and government 0 0 0 22 23 0 0 0 6 17
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,550 1,050 833 829 1,035 1,330 1,232 1,779 2,174 2,224
        Social sciences nec 3,945 3,109 2,935 4,101 2,455 2,165 1,957 972 604 527
      Sciences nec 3,718 3,181 3,634 6,373 7,671 9,624 12,296 14,998 16,109 13,168
    Engineering 71,532 58,552 52,731 50,900 49,587 49,271 51,184 43,990 43,110 37,174
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 74 82 127 248 124 62
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,758 2,150 1,734 2,773 3,792 3,684 3,520 2,880 2,938 3,573
      Chemical engineering 3,477 2,306 2,535 1,832 3,800 5,305 7,918 8,537 10,759 10,047
      Civil engineering 16,996 16,363 11,938 11,468 10,230 8,280 9,130 7,986 6,106 5,928
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 19,058 14,790 14,914 13,571 10,882 8,554 5,377 3,910 4,011 2,462
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 6,277 4,711 3,834 3,645 3,179 1,311 483 89 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7,066 6,876 7,331 7,683 8,029 9,500 10,662 8,277 6,081 4,197
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 959 607 572 519 911 1,381 2,230 2,157 1,699 1,717
      Engineering nec 14,941 10,749 9,873 9,409 8,690 11,174 11,737 9,906 11,392 9,188
    Non-S&E 6,360 5,928 5,737 5,959 5,895 5,749 6,175 1,734 2,443 1,507
      Business management and business administration 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 30 12 27
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
      Education 0 93 98 0 35 11 22 28 7 0
      Humanities 0 0 18 94 75 70 37 111 17 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 6,360 5,835 5,621 5,865 5,779 5,668 6,099 1,565 2,407 1,480

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: 2023
(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 337,985 222,169 57,839 30,449 9,154 3,260 15,114
    Science 260,093 160,550 52,506 25,808 4,673 2,897 13,659
      Computer and information sciences 5,346 4,122 0 857 198 169 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 57,207 50,415 2,194 2,927 0 208 1,463
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 1,964 1,888 8 20 0 0 48
        Geological and earth sciences 14,826 13,952 0 624 0 14 236
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 26,728 22,465 2,168 847 0 80 1,168
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 13,689 12,110 18 1,436 0 114 11
      Life sciences 175,883 90,340 47,311 20,773 4,142 2,031 11,286
        Agricultural sciences 90,915 37,523 32,238 12,675 1,646 253 6,580
        Biological and biomedical sciences 43,176 29,013 6,515 3,409 1,451 489 2,299
        Health sciences 10,346 6,902 696 737 726 470 815
        Natural resources and conservation 31,156 16,884 7,862 3,875 319 819 1,397
        Life sciences nec 290 18 0 77 0 0 195
      Mathematics and statistics 1,358 813 514 11 0 7 13
      Physical sciences 7,604 7,052 158 73 321 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 163 162 0 1 0 0 0
        Chemistry 1,965 1,505 158 35 267 0 0
        Materials science 546 545 0 1 0 0 0
        Physics 4,917 4,827 0 36 54 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 13 13 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 1,398 1,085 0 119 0 124 70
      Social sciences 7,579 3,641 2,286 768 0 189 695
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 2,084 483 1,235 121 0 142 103
        Political science and government 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,550 820 0 175 0 39 516
        Social sciences nec 3,945 2,338 1,051 472 0 8 76
      Sciences nec 3,718 3,082 43 280 12 169 132
    Engineering 71,532 55,520 5,073 4,640 4,481 363 1,455
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,758 850 1,846 62 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 3,477 3,224 9 125 44 59 16
      Civil engineering 16,996 12,695 1,098 1,600 340 64 1,199
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 19,058 16,253 2 1,672 942 86 103
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 6,277 4,382 596 240 978 57 24
      Mechanical engineering 7,066 5,926 256 75 663 83 63
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 959 750 9 200 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 14,941 11,440 1,257 666 1,514 14 50
    Non-S&E 6,360 6,099 260 1 0 0 0
      Business management and business administration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Humanities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 6,360 6,099 260 1 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

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 222,169 192,621 179,180 167,494 168,571 171,805 163,479 158,142 153,017 145,247
  DOD 18,957 19,049 17,806 18,278 17,167 17,329 11,747 12,124 12,286 12,770
  DOE 20,667 17,862 15,532 16,185 16,521 17,062 17,504 15,312 14,856 13,595
  HHS 30,512 28,146 30,530 24,499 22,770 18,625 18,081 17,586 15,234 16,984
  NASA 6,084 6,492 6,056 6,593 6,760 9,321 5,913 8,433 6,613 5,499
  NSF 68,243 52,117 50,582 47,950 48,625 53,322 52,657 46,681 46,780 43,331
  USDA 44,107 38,302 32,602 30,810 31,364 29,494 30,449 32,515 32,882 29,616
  Other 33,599 30,653 26,072 23,179 25,364 26,652 27,128 25,491 24,366 23,452

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: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 4,545 1,155 3,390 .
2018 4,513 1,142 3,371 .
2017 4,600 1,126 3,474 .

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 783 868 903 887 1,536
    Agricultural sciences 166 185 187 182 705
    Biological and biomedical sciences 143 165 172 169 329
    Computer and information sciences 24 27 27 1 4
    Engineering 189 184 201 221 265
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 84 110 113 133 60
    Health sciences 52 69 71 65 96
    Mathematics and statistics 0 2 3 2 1
    Natural resources and conservation 80 69 74 65 2
    Physical sciences 39 45 45 42 58
    Psychology 1 0 0 1 1
    Social sciences 5 12 10 6 12
    Other 0 0 0 0 4

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 . 80,000 . 17,000 60,000 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . 2,000 0 0
    Computer and information sciences . 20,000 . 0 0 0
    Engineering . 30,000 . 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . 15,000 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation . . . 0 40,000 0
    Physical sciences . . . 0 20,000 0
    Other . 30,000 . 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 204,000 31,700 183,870 4,100 11,250
    Agricultural sciences 78,000 1,200 7,000 0 250
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 7,500 158,000 0 4,500
    Computer and information sciences 0 12,000 1,000 0 0
    Engineering 6,000 4,000 8,000 3,000 3,000
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,000 1,000 6,500 800 0
    Health sciences 0 0 2,000 300 0
    Mathematics and statistics 21,000 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 7,000 4,000 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 91,000 0 500 0 0
    Psychology 0 1,000 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 1,000 870 0 3,500
    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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