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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 87 81.4 459 73 88.7 631 94 90 925
2023 76 83.8 459 75 89.2 679 93 90 911 93 84.8 602
2022 69 85.2 457 73 89.5 680 98 89.3 900
2021 71 84.5 447 69 90.2 691 94 89.8 908 76 87.2 583
2020 75 83.7 450 58 91.9 698 95 89.8 916
2019 68 85.1 447 58 91.9 697 93 90 914 71 88.2 589
2018 80 81.7 428 52 92.8 700 88 90.5 911
2017 71 83.7 425 53 92.5 684 88 90.4 898 72 87.8 575
2016 94 78.5 430 51 92.9 697 88 90.4 896
2015 91 79 426 53 92.6 693 86 90.6 898 38 93.6 570
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 239 264 290 244 255 287 238 267 203 210
  Science and engineering 225 238 273 227 238 270 223 245 178 177
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 11 36 28 19 30 41 34 39 33 28
      Agricultural sciences 5 18 12 6 10 19 14 23 12 7
      Natural resources and conservation 6 18 16 13 20 22 20 16 21 21
    Biological and biomedical sciences 23 36 40 35 33 37 28 50 29 26
      Biochemistry and biophysics . 3 . 1 1 5 3 5 1 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 7 11 3 1 1 . . 3 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 . . . . . 1 2 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . 1 . 3 . . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 2 11 7 7 8 5 12 5 4
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . 1 . . . . . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 2 8 5 6 2 5 1 6 8 4
      Molecular biology . 3 3 4 3 2 7 3 . 4
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 6 3 4 4 3 3 8 6 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . 1 . 1 . 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 7 6 7 8 14 12 5 13 5 7
    Computer and information sciences 19 17 20 10 17 12 7 18 5 7
      Computer science 18 17 17 10 17 12 7 18 5 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 . 3 . . . . . . 2
    Engineering 77 61 72 75 73 75 67 57 36 50
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 3 1 . 2 . 2 . 1 .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 9 2 9 11 3 6 7 5 4 5
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 24 13 20 15 25 20 18 14 5 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 11 17 16 17 18 20 15 17 7 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 3 2 5 5 3 3 6 2 4
      Materials and mining engineering 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 4
      Mechanical engineering 21 15 12 15 12 13 10 6 3 8
      Engineering, other 5 4 8 9 4 9 7 4 9 5
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 8 20 10 9 20 15 16 15 11
      Geological sciences 7 1 7 5 3 7 4 10 3 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 7 7 13 5 6 13 11 6 12 7
    Health sciences 20 24 26 14 24 14 14 16 11 12
      Pharmaceutical sciences 3 4 5 6 6 4 5 3 1 2
      Public health 14 10 14 7 8 4 5 7 7 7
      Health sciences, other 3 10 7 1 10 6 4 6 3 3
    Mathematics and statistics 6 10 9 15 9 10 14 6 8 5
      Applied mathematics 2 . 2 3 . 2 1 2 2 1
      Mathematics . 4 . 1 4 1 4 1 1 1
      Statistics 1 3 2 2 4 4 6 1 1 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 3 5 9 1 3 3 2 4 1
    Physical sciences 18 16 24 22 20 26 32 24 18 19
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 1 . . . . 2 . . .
      Chemistry 11 12 18 16 14 18 26 17 13 14
      Physics 6 3 6 6 6 8 4 7 5 5
    Psychology 18 14 18 10 8 17 5 11 11 6
      Clinical psychology 1 1 1 . . . . . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 6 3 8 4 7 11 4 6 3 2
      Research and experimental psychology 1 1 2 . . . . . . .
      Psychology, other 10 9 7 6 1 6 1 5 8 4
    Social sciences 19 16 16 17 15 18 7 8 12 13
      Anthropology 1 . 2 2 6 1 1 1 1 .
      Economics 4 4 4 4 1 4 2 . 3 3
      Public policy analysis 8 5 3 5 3 5 3 3 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Social sciences, other 6 7 7 6 5 8 1 3 7 10
  Non-science and engineering 14 26 17 17 17 17 15 22 25 33
    Business . 2 1 2 2 5 . . . 1
      Business . 2 1 2 2 5 . . . 1
    Education 14 23 16 15 15 11 14 16 23 29
      Education leadership and administration . . 2 2 4 1 6 3 10 8
      Education research 6 12 8 11 6 3 4 9 5 13
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 4 5 1 3 6 3 3 8 7
      Education, other 5 7 1 1 2 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
      Non-science and engineering, other . . . . . . 1 5 1 2

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   1,536   1,510   1,470   1,526   1,545   1,473   1,502   1,581   1,601   1,561
    Hispanic or Latino   191   158   154   156   146   133   138   147   129   110
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,301   1,304   1,275   1,321   1,335   1,271   1,283   1,356   1,383   1,365
      American Indian or Alaska Native   5   4   12   11   9   7   6   6   10   10
      Asian   96   93   102   98   91   72   71   95   95   72
      Black or African American   31   30   26   25   20   24   27   28   22   19
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   2   2   3   5   4   3   2   2   2   4
      White   1,069   1,082   1,052   1,112   1,135   1,087   1,102   1,151   1,178   1,190
      More than one race   98   93   80   70   76   78   75   74   76   70
    Unknown ethnicity and race   44   48   41   49   64   69   81   78   89   86
  Temporary visa holders   883   878   808   792   820   891   936   896   1,069   1,060
  Science and engineering   2,259   2,235   2,114   2,125   2,148   2,114   2,163   2,213   2,435   2,405
    Science   1,655   1,647   1,515   1,503   1,439   1,433   1,469   1,479   1,516   1,528
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   165   161   160   162   147   132   130   141   378   376
      Biological and biomedical sciences   243   234   217   218   195   191   200   198   252   255
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   330   379   321   264   247   257   249   214   249   223
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   33   44
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   104   98   107   105   93   90   96   111   100   111
      Mathematics and statistics   116   112   98   109   104   115   123   124   114   121
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   21   24   27   27   34   42
      Natural resources and conservation   299   286   244   253   254   255   247   268   0   0
      Physical sciences   181   172   167   177   168   165   169   181   162   149
      Psychology   52   48   49   52   50   16   13   8   3   0
      Social sciences   165   157   152   163   160   188   215   207   191   207
    Engineering   604   588   599   622   709   681   694   734   919   877
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   27   18   20   17   12   12   9   6   1   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   42   45   39   46   57   46   51   59   80   86
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   180   173   161   167   190   180   190   208   236   223
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   114   104   117   131   157   165   173   170   223   233
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   16   26   32   25   30   32   37   60   82   66
      Mechanical engineering   157   163   178   189   216   195   192   173   204   180
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   32   35
      Other engineering   68   59   52   47   47   51   42   58   61   54
    Health   160   153   164   193   217   250   275   264   235   216
      Clinical medicine   132   127   137   165   162   165   175   174   153   132
      Other health   28   26   27   28   55   85   100   90   82   84

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   827   717   665   686   611   486   481   359   408   397
    Hispanic or Latino   92   76   61   60   46   41   43   32   33   29
    Not Hispanic or Latino   696   608   574   591   532   416   409   309   342   336
      American Indian or Alaska Native   4   4   2   5   8   6   6   1   4   2
      Asian   42   52   43   27   27   23   22   17   22   16
      Black or African American   24   15   17   27   16   10   10   5   6   10
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   1   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   0
      White   578   505   483   498   455   352   346   264   301   292
      More than one race   47   31   26   33   25   25   25   22   9   16
    Unknown ethnicity and race   39   33   30   35   33   29   29   18   33   32
  Temporary visa holders   67   64   81   68   86   88   80   86   90   91
  Science and engineering   704   626   618   622   582   454   450   363   411   395
    Science   599   508   494   484   442   347   331   237   294   280
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   9   11   19   18   19   9   16   14   184   161
      Biological and biomedical sciences   28   19   13   21   10   5   7   3   11   7
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   103   65   42   38   29   21   22   21   28   23
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8   6
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   5   7   6   5   10   9   14   10   5   13
      Mathematics and statistics   64   72   91   96   100   78   58   33   8   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   12   11   8   14   10   10
      Natural resources and conservation   303   255   252   249   205   164   158   100   0   0
      Physical sciences   5   7   9   3   10   13   15   14   2   8
      Psychology   1   2   3   2   4   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   81   70   59   52   43   37   33   28   38   48
    Engineering   105   118   124   138   140   107   119   126   117   115
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   2   7   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   3   2   6   2   6   3   8   11   7   10
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   12   17   15   26   20   26   18   22   13   25
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   15   23   27   20   17   24   24   22   32   23
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   39   36   34   41   46   26   30   34   27   20
      Mechanical engineering   21   24   28   30   33   17   24   30   18   25
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   5
      Other engineering   13   9   14   18   16   11   14   7   10   7
    Health   190   155   128   132   115   120   111   82   87   93
      Clinical medicine   187   154   125   132   112   109   106   79   83   86
      Other health   3   1   3   0   3   11   5   3   4   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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   512   510   523   513   508   460   497   550   547   493
  Science and engineering   506   501   512   500   498   449   477   521   523   464
    Science   287   290   307   292   283   269   299   316   319   307
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   51   45   45   37   32   21   21   22   94   107
      Biological and biomedical sciences   39   49   46   54   52   57   59   64   69   56
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   59   59   70   57   66   57   52   61   52   46
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   34   33   50   42   34   39   35   48   48   45
      Mathematics and statistics   5   4   3   4   2   0   5   8   3   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   56   48   41   50   51   47   66   61   0   0
      Physical sciences   30   29   29   30   39   35   40   36   36   31
      Psychology   2   7   8   5   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   11   16   15   13   6   13   21   16   17   11
    Engineering   219   211   205   208   215   180   178   205   204   157
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   7   5   6   4   3   3   3   1   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   17   16   11   13   16   12   14   17   16   16
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   72   67   60   65   60   48   44   64   58   42
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   23   16   23   19   26   31   26   28   22   18
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   3   3   2   3   5   4   8   5   8   6
      Mechanical engineering   69   71   73   80   86   57   61   56   53   38
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   12
      Other engineering   28   33   30   24   19   25   22   34   37   25
    Health   6   9   11   13   10   11   20   29   24   29
      Clinical medicine   5   7   8   11   8   6   10   15   14   13
      Other health   1   2   3   2   2   5   10   14   10   16

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: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   2,419   2,388   2,278   2,318   2,365   2,364   2,438   2,477   2,670   2,621
  Fellowships   195   174   169   172   151   156   151   158   159   143
    Federal   7   9   20   22   14   37   51   46   60   26
    Institutional   188   164   148   149   136   119   100   109   97   116
    Nonfederal   0   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   2   1
  Research assistantships   787   767   723   736   736   694   740   802   924   857
    Federal   502   501   503   491   493   422   435   459   487   453
    Institutional   170   156   142   148   142   166   198   244   310   301
    Nonfederal   115   110   78   97   101   106   107   99   127   103
  Teaching assistantships   957   976   859   925   905   941   980   984   900   920
    Federal   3   0   0   0   1   1   11   45   0   14
    Institutional   954   975   859   924   903   938   966   932   900   906
    Nonfederal   0   1   0   1   1   2   3   7   0   0
  Other types of support   480   471   527   485   573   573   567   533   687   701
    Federal   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Institutional   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Nonfederal   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Personal resources   479   471   527   485   573   573   567   533   687   701

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering   193   177   185   159   186   174   185   192   171   174
    Science   160   153   153   139   166   154   161   163   148   148
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   62   55   55   55   47   16   26   19   48   45
      Biological and biomedical sciences   21   23   20   21   54   55   59   58   49   49
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   4   3   4   4   0   0   2   1   3   3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   6
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   17   14   17   16   15   23   20   29   22   24
      Mathematics and statistics   3   2   3   3   2   0   2   3   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   35   37   35   28   32   34   28   32   0   0
      Physical sciences   10   11   13   9   8   13   15   12   16   19
      Psychology   2   4   4   1   6   5   4   5   4   0
      Social sciences   6   4   2   2   2   8   5   4   1   2
    Engineering   33   24   32   20   20   20   24   29   23   26
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   1   1   1   0   1   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   2   3   2   1   2   2   2   1   5   6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   11   6   15   10   11   12   12   13   11   9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   4   3   3   1   2   3   2   2   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   5   3   3   5   3   1   3   5   4   7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   8   7   7   2   1   2   4   8   3   4
    Health   21   19   22   14   19   43   37   44   42   38
      Clinical medicine   3   3   1   2   2   1   0   4   5   4
      Other health   18   16   21   12   17   42   37   40   37   34

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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   134   116   133   118   102   121   122   126   122   125
  Science and engineering   118   105   116   109   91   111   115   116   112   118
    Science   92   88   92   94   83   96   98   91   91   99
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   29   20   27   30   16   9   14   9   26   29
      Biological and biomedical sciences   10   15   8   14   28   34   34   34   33   33
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   4   3   2   2   0   0   1   1   2   2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   16   11   14   15   11   19   16   15   14   16
      Mathematics and statistics   1   1   1   2   0   0   2   2   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   20   26   23   22   20   22   16   18   0   0
      Physical sciences   7   10   12   8   6   9   12   10   13   13
      Psychology   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   5   1   2   1   2   3   3   2   1   2
    Engineering   26   17   24   15   8   15   17   25   21   19
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   2   2   2   1   0   0   1   1   4   5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   9   6   13   7   3   11   9   11   11   5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   2   2   2   1   1   2   1   1   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   5   3   3   4   2   1   2   4   3   5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   5   3   3   2   1   1   3   8   3   4
    Health   16   11   17   9   11   10   7   10   10   7
      Clinical medicine   1   1   1   1   1   0   0   2   2   2
      Other health   15   10   16   8   10   10   7   8   8   5

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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   371,904   337,985   297,934   276,955   268,385   263,830   272,433   267,068   254,275   245,317
    Science   281,987   260,093   233,454   218,487   211,526   208,348   217,413   209,709   208,551   199,764
      Computer and information sciences   5,198   5,346   5,820   7,241   8,213   8,869   9,666   8,111   7,109   7,865
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   57,402   57,207   46,982   43,111   39,215   40,030   48,616   45,970   45,735   43,631
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   1,934   1,964   1,730   1,741   1,848   2,332   2,110   2,468   2,006   3,247
        Geological and earth sciences   14,652   14,826   9,042   6,465   5,693   6,736   7,964   6,736   6,885   6,371
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   29,830   26,728   24,101   19,404   22,241   20,141   22,186   23,255   21,337   21,084
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   10,986   13,689   12,109   15,501   9,433   10,821   16,356   13,511   15,507   12,929
      Life sciences   198,141   175,883   162,192   151,779   143,505   136,589   135,466   131,061   128,013   122,704
        Agricultural sciences   105,121   90,915   85,445   76,656   75,087   75,734   79,855   76,617   78,062   75,390
        Biological and biomedical sciences   42,795   43,176   43,217   44,339   38,938   34,305   34,352   36,697   38,419   43,780
        Health sciences   10,001   10,346   7,475   8,767   7,447   8,154   6,803   6,084   4,348   1,996
        Natural resources and conservation   39,962   31,156   25,869   21,557   21,791   17,872   13,700   11,083   6,376   0
        Life sciences nec   262   290   186   460   242   524   756   580   808   1,538
      Mathematics and statistics   1,333   1,358   1,601   1,247   1,595   2,074   2,003   1,186   1,317   1,419
      Physical sciences   7,329   7,604   6,297   4,727   4,814   6,247   4,801   4,131   5,280   2,968
        Astronomy and astrophysics   61   163   85   16   69   4   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,286   1,965   2,537   2,652   2,788   3,811   2,916   2,550   3,623   2,243
        Materials science   613   546   729   405   551   1,044   748   753   86   0
        Physics   4,369   4,917   2,856   1,564   1,310   1,204   906   573   1,011   599
        Physical sciences nec   0   13   90   90   96   184   231   255   560   126
      Psychology   1,941   1,398   1,024   1,035   1,115   1,318   1,442   1,253   1,035   49
      Social sciences   6,755   7,579   6,357   5,713   6,696   5,550   5,795   5,701   5,064   5,019
        Anthropology   109   0   0   21   3   3   124   15   0   0
        Economics   1,475   2,084   2,198   1,924   1,741   2,034   2,176   2,497   2,313   2,235
        Political science and government   21   0   0   0   22   23   0   0   0   6
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,448   1,550   1,050   833   829   1,035   1,330   1,232   1,779   2,174
        Social sciences nec   3,702   3,945   3,109   2,935   4,101   2,455   2,165   1,957   972   604
      Sciences nec   3,888   3,718   3,181   3,634   6,373   7,671   9,624   12,296   14,998   16,109
    Engineering   79,966   71,532   58,552   52,731   50,900   49,587   49,271   51,184   43,990   43,110
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   24   0   0   0   0   74   82   127   248   124
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   2,483   2,758   2,150   1,734   2,773   3,792   3,684   3,520   2,880   2,938
      Chemical engineering   4,411   3,477   2,306   2,535   1,832   3,800   5,305   7,918   8,537   10,759
      Civil engineering   18,449   16,996   16,363   11,938   11,468   10,230   8,280   9,130   7,986   6,106
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   19,140   19,058   14,790   14,914   13,571   10,882   8,554   5,377   3,910   4,011
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   8,335   6,277   4,711   3,834   3,645   3,179   1,311   483   89   0
      Mechanical engineering   9,237   7,066   6,876   7,331   7,683   8,029   9,500   10,662   8,277   6,081
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   334   959   607   572   519   911   1,381   2,230   2,157   1,699
      Engineering nec   17,553   14,941   10,749   9,873   9,409   8,690   11,174   11,737   9,906   11,392
    Non-S&E   9,951   6,360   5,928   5,737   5,959   5,895   5,749   6,175   1,734   2,443
      Business management and business administration   0   0   0   0   0   6   0   6   30   12
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   0   0
      Education   4,046   0   93   98   0   35   11   22   28   7
      Humanities   0   0   0   18   94   75   70   37   111   17
      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   5,905   6,360   5,835   5,621   5,865   5,779   5,668   6,099   1,565   2,407

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   371,904   244,264   65,289   34,259   8,736   3,962   15,394
    Science   281,987   171,425   59,370   28,945   4,722   3,710   13,815
      Computer and information sciences   5,198   4,070   0   905   94   129   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   57,402   50,574   2,912   2,063   0   388   1,465
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   1,934   1,816   0   31   0   0   87
        Geological and earth sciences   14,652   13,471   45   757   0   9   370
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   29,830   24,834   2,858   1,035   0   135   968
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   10,986   10,453   9   240   0   244   40
      Life sciences   198,141   101,451   53,147   24,605   4,360   2,811   11,767
        Agricultural sciences   105,121   43,323   35,744   13,924   2,441   580   9,109
        Biological and biomedical sciences   42,795   29,177   6,587   3,522   924   984   1,601
        Health sciences   10,001   7,820   673   517   515   454   22
        Natural resources and conservation   39,962   21,073   10,143   6,568   480   793   905
        Life sciences nec   262   58   0   74   0   0   130
      Mathematics and statistics   1,333   692   634   0   0   5   2
      Physical sciences   7,329   6,677   185   136   246   27   58
        Astronomy and astrophysics   61   61   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,286   1,841   185   128   105   27   0
        Materials science   613   613   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   4,369   4,162   0   8   141   0   58
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   1,941   1,556   0   185   0   94   106
      Social sciences   6,755   3,337   2,371   630   0   101   316
        Anthropology   109   109   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   1,475   395   1,037   3   0   32   8
        Political science and government   21   0   0   5   0   0   16
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,448   905   28   154   0   69   292
        Social sciences nec   3,702   1,928   1,306   468   0   0   0
      Sciences nec   3,888   3,068   121   421   22   155   101
    Engineering   79,966   63,123   5,705   5,314   3,993   252   1,579
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   24   24   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   2,483   851   1,588   35   0   9   0
      Chemical engineering   4,411   3,954   65   143   51   139   59
      Civil engineering   18,449   13,689   2,209   1,476   269   66   740
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   19,140   15,203   95   1,865   1,390   0   587
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   8,335   7,045   66   472   678   22   52
      Mechanical engineering   9,237   8,120   265   66   711   1   74
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   334   333   0   0   1   0   0
      Engineering nec   17,553   13,904   1,417   1,257   893   15   67
    Non-S&E   9,951   9,716   214   0   21   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   4,046   3,855   191   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   5,905   5,861   23   0   21   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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies   244,264   222,169   192,621   179,180   167,494   168,571   171,805   163,479   158,142   153,017
  DOD   22,891   18,957   19,049   17,806   18,278   17,167   17,329   11,747   12,124   12,286
  DOE   23,703   20,667   17,862   15,532   16,185   16,521   17,062   17,504   15,312   14,856
  HHS   32,175   30,512   28,146   30,530   24,499   22,770   18,625   18,081   17,586   15,234
  NASA   8,214   6,084   6,492   6,056   6,593   6,760   9,321   5,913   8,433   6,613
  NSF   66,129   68,243   52,117   50,582   47,950   48,625   53,322   52,657   46,681   46,780
  USDA   49,867   44,107   38,302   32,602   30,810   31,364   29,494   30,449   32,515   32,882
  Other   41,285   33,599   30,653   26,072   23,179   25,364   26,652   27,128   25,491   24,366

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   4,545   1,155   3,390   .
2018   4,513   1,142   3,371   .

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: 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   0   80,000   0   17,000   60,000
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   2,000   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   20,000   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   30,000   0   0   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   15,000   0
    Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   40,000
    Physical sciences   0   0   0   0   20,000
    Psychology   0   0   0   0   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Other   0   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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