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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 24 96.4 631
2023 25 96.5 679
2022 25 96.5 680
2021 28 96.1 691
2020 27 96.3 698
2019 28 96.2 697
2018 25 96.6 700
2017 28 96.1 684
2016 27 96.3 697
2015 25 96.6 693
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

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 2,445 2,513 2,612 2,590 2,542 2,301 2,258 2,083 2,102 2,135
    Hispanic or Latino 270 294 301 272 227 207 201 190 145 144
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,115 2,162 2,269 2,267 2,246 2,020 2,005 1,841 1,872 1,940
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 2 1 3 2 5 3 2 6 1
      Asian 205 224 213 202 209 170 169 147 127 133
      Black or African American 119 128 133 137 109 105 88 84 83 90
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
      White 1,683 1,713 1,818 1,811 1,809 1,640 1,666 1,539 1,638 1,679
      More than one race 105 93 103 113 116 100 79 69 17 34
    Unknown ethnicity and race 60 57 42 51 69 74 52 52 85 51
  Temporary visa holders 2,792 2,799 2,627 2,328 2,053 2,202 2,040 1,961 2,083 2,074
  Science and engineering 5,053 5,118 5,045 4,735 4,433 4,362 4,148 3,909 4,078 4,098
    Science 3,357 3,312 3,240 3,115 2,951 2,923 2,752 2,581 2,641 2,673
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 175 166 157 135 141 143 155 156 172 193
      Biological and biomedical sciences 727 711 709 689 641 634 602 548 566 594
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 90
      Computer and information sciences 671 644 562 487 428 448 369 333 282 287
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 70
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 144 137 152 147 137 129 125 123 152 153
      Mathematics and statistics 259 246 224 221 214 203 193 195 185 172
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 163 192 205 177 146 169 103 82 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 22 23 23 21 27 28 21 18 0 0
      Physical sciences 513 488 505 475 459 412 417 402 379 389
      Psychology 289 294 286 299 297 258 275 271 233 231
      Social sciences 394 411 417 464 461 499 492 453 465 461
    Engineering 1,696 1,806 1,805 1,620 1,482 1,439 1,396 1,328 1,437 1,425
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 111 110 114 102 104 94 91 95 99 94
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 99 109 111 93 77 67 64 66 61 51
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 135 155 235 210 198 194 191 180 215 224
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 218 288 283 193 163 149 119 138 173 166
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 232 212 230 229 205 231 216 214 228 211
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 128 167 164 153 154 163 153 157 185 170
      Mechanical engineering 250 246 238 217 214 191 200 178 193 202
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 167 182 187 194 177 177 187 160 160 150
      Other engineering 356 337 243 229 190 173 175 140 123 157
    Health 184 194 194 183 162 141 150 135 107 111
      Clinical medicine 63 68 70 68 54 36 42 37 0 0
      Other health 121 126 124 115 108 105 108 98 107 111

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 1,913 1,916 1,959 2,160 2,252 2,186 1,823 1,675 613 357
    Hispanic or Latino 182 169 164 157 162 176 152 126 45 18
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,696 1,719 1,759 1,967 2,060 1,977 1,635 1,507 512 327
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 1
      Asian 210 197 185 206 203 197 147 137 24 20
      Black or African American 119 103 84 85 102 110 95 88 38 11
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 2 1 2 2 2 4 5 0 0
      White 1,304 1,354 1,409 1,587 1,650 1,563 1,328 1,239 431 288
      More than one race 56 60 78 85 101 103 58 37 17 7
    Unknown ethnicity and race 35 28 36 36 30 33 36 42 56 12
  Temporary visa holders 194 149 204 166 218 193 181 232 107 67
  Science and engineering 2,076 2,045 2,126 2,294 2,410 2,334 1,975 1,870 703 407
    Science 1,141 1,227 1,384 1,439 1,559 1,499 1,176 1,138 482 244
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 7 9 7 12 11 7 6 12 25 11
      Biological and biomedical sciences 73 65 74 65 80 62 59 51 24 34
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Computer and information sciences 328 316 304 268 342 441 465 455 41 29
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 0 3 9 10 20 16 23 2 2
      Mathematics and statistics 176 174 214 251 248 139 142 153 1 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 207 235 307 349 383 346 20 16 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 15 12 12 7 7 6 8 7 0 0
      Physical sciences 31 43 48 52 41 39 43 40 12 24
      Psychology 96 126 142 139 159 189 207 179 22 34
      Social sciences 206 247 273 287 278 250 210 202 355 108
    Engineering 935 818 742 855 851 835 799 732 221 163
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10 16 13 12 7 12 10 14 19 16
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 4 3 8 2 4 5 4 1 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 2 2 5 6 9 18 20 20 18
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 19 17 24 81 75 67 64 89 16 11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 204 206 190 227 245 267 260 237 9 6
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 258 213 258 289 302 279 235 193 32 27
      Mechanical engineering 115 109 90 82 92 91 97 70 59 36
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 5 2 3 3 4 6 6 8 2 8
      Other engineering 320 249 159 148 118 100 104 97 63 41
    Health 31 20 37 32 60 45 29 37 17 17
      Clinical medicine 22 14 27 23 51 30 19 24 0 0
      Other health 9 6 10 9 9 15 10 13 17 17

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 1,195 1,181 1,169 1,329 1,018 978 1,024 980 931 1,063
  Science and engineering 1,179 1,170 1,163 1,309 994 953 1,004 970 921 1,048
    Science 679 631 651 657 622 604 596 583 605 681
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 37 44 29 24 31 28 28 57 13 17
      Biological and biomedical sciences 197 186 184 197 197 188 201 180 129 160
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Computer and information sciences 107 135 120 118 77 109 64 82 104 99
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 28
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 67 66 86 82 46 49 42 32 94 86
      Mathematics and statistics 17 8 20 22 18 16 25 7 13 13
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 4 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 3 2 4 8 2 0 0 11 0 0
      Physical sciences 191 146 153 130 158 131 125 126 162 195
      Psychology 23 21 34 41 70 24 42 28 22 36
      Social sciences 33 17 15 35 23 58 69 60 40 39
    Engineering 500 539 512 652 372 349 408 387 316 367
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 30 26 39 44 29 20 27 22 24 29
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 48 53 45 40 28 33 22 25 23 22
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 49 49 73 68 56 43 40 45 36 50
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 37 59 53 62 31 19 15 17 2 12
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 62 64 65 101 52 57 52 47 39 42
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 17 24 20 17 32 22 27 25 23 20
      Mechanical engineering 79 78 67 86 95 56 89 75 64 79
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 78 91 93 167 0 67 96 89 70 63
      Other engineering 100 95 57 67 49 32 40 42 35 50
    Health 16 11 6 20 24 25 20 10 10 15
      Clinical medicine 3 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0
      Other health 13 10 6 18 22 24 18 9 10 15

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 5,237 5,312 5,239 4,918 4,595 4,503 4,298 4,044 4,185 4,209
  Fellowships 378 342 340 320 284 294 314 303 315 327
    Federal 40 37 0 167 168 142 132 126 100 129
    Institutional 333 304 340 138 86 139 170 150 188 183
    Nonfederal 5 1 0 15 30 13 12 27 27 15
  Research assistantships 2,451 2,516 2,431 2,312 2,065 1,939 1,940 1,774 1,981 1,971
    Federal 1,102 1,091 1,085 1,126 840 815 868 848 822 907
    Institutional 1,032 1,098 1,014 940 992 879 906 734 959 889
    Nonfederal 317 327 332 246 233 245 166 192 200 175
  Teaching assistantships 1,188 1,238 1,354 1,228 1,050 1,071 1,011 961 1,076 1,148
    Federal 41 41 73 21 10 19 23 6 3 9
    Institutional 1,134 1,181 1,255 1,168 1,033 1,042 946 938 1,066 1,138
    Nonfederal 13 16 26 39 7 10 42 17 7 1
  Other types of support 1,220 1,216 1,114 1,058 1,196 1,199 1,033 1,006 813 763
    Federal 12 12 11 15 0 2 1 0 6 18
    Institutional 20 13 33 14 9 16 17 10 68 69
    Nonfederal 1 12 1 2 0 11 4 4 33 33
    Personal resources 1,187 1,179 1,069 1,027 1,187 1,170 1,011 992 706 643

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 411 416 428 362 524 475 374 363 431 403
    Science 308 317 346 289 450 372 291 282 349 307
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 20 20 27 24 0 20 19 15 29 17
      Biological and biomedical sciences 84 97 112 116 273 163 106 113 175 148
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 13 10 8 2 3 3 6 7 20 23
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 15 14 2 9 20 19 21 22 17
      Mathematics and statistics 22 18 13 13 9 9 17 16 10 7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 8 10 2 10 12 14 8 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 18 23 21 12 0 10 7 7 0 0
      Physical sciences 94 85 96 91 98 75 64 64 72 69
      Psychology 19 23 19 13 24 17 15 9 9 15
      Social sciences 16 18 26 14 24 43 24 22 10 9
    Engineering 103 99 82 73 74 103 83 81 82 96
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 15 14 14 13 10 12 10 12 14 11
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 13 14 10 9 9 13 14 17 11 18
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 12 12 12 14 16 12 7 7 7 7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 8 11 7 8 10 12 9 10 9 16
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 3
      Mechanical engineering 16 14 12 8 9 8 0 2 10 14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 2 3 1 2 28 20 15 22 18
      Other engineering 35 32 22 20 15 14 22 18 7 8
    Health 5 7 6 2 50 35 27 36 30 33
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 2 47 26 0 23 29 28
      Other health 5 7 6 0 3 9 27 13 1 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

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 229 227 215 206 309 300 238 210 271 290
  Science and engineering 226 224 213 206 291 285 224 200 263 273
    Science 172 170 163 151 243 229 179 147 221 211
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 14 12 12 10 0 13 13 11 8 15
      Biological and biomedical sciences 44 60 56 57 149 93 65 64 108 90
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 9 8 4 0 1 3 6 7 16 18
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 13 11 10 2 6 14 13 12 18 16
      Mathematics and statistics 8 5 4 6 3 2 4 2 8 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 4 4 1 0 9 11 4 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 7 10 12 8 0 6 3 5 0 0
      Physical sciences 60 51 52 58 60 47 42 34 53 55
      Psychology 6 7 5 4 16 9 8 0 5 11
      Social sciences 8 2 4 5 8 33 14 8 4 2
    Engineering 54 54 50 55 48 56 45 53 42 62
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 12 11 11 11 9 11 9 9 9 8
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5 8 6 6 7 5 5 9 2 11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 2 3 9 7 4 2 3 1 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 9 5 13
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
      Mechanical engineering 8 8 10 7 8 4 0 1 4 8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 1 0 19 12 7 16 12
      Other engineering 21 20 15 16 10 5 12 15 3 5
    Health 3 3 2 0 18 15 14 10 8 17
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 17 8 0 6 8 13
      Other health 3 3 2 0 1 7 14 4 0 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

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