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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
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018 679 4 700
2017 663 4 684
2016 600 14.8 697
2015 575 17.9 693
2014 564 18.9 688
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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male . . . . . 4 i 5 i 16 17 16
    Female . . . . . 1 i 2 i 12 22 20
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents . . . . . 5 i 6 i 8 17 21
    Hispanic or Latino . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 1 1
    Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . 5 i 6 i 8 16 19
      American Indian or Alaska Native . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Asian . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 1 2
      Black or African American . . . . . 0 i 0 i 1 2 2
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      White . . . . . 5 i 6 i 7 13 15
      More than one race . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 1
  Temporary visa holders . . . . . 0 i 1 i 20 22 15
  Science and engineering . . . . . 5 i 7 i 28 39 36
    Science . . . . . 0 i 0 i 21 27 24
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Communication . . . . . 0 i 0 i 21 27 24
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 5 i 7 i 7 12 12
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . 5 i 7 i 6 11 9
      Other engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 1 1 3
    Clinical medicine . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Other health . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0

i=imputed

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 . . . . . 2 i 3 i 5 5 3
    Female . . . . . 0 i 0 i 11 3 3
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents . . . . . 2 i 3 i 9 5 4
    Hispanic or Latino . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . 2 i 3 i 8 4 3
      American Indian or Alaska Native . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Asian . . . . . 0 i 1 i 1 0 0
      Black or African American . . . . . 0 i 0 i 3 1 1
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      White . . . . . 2 i 2 i 4 3 2
      More than one race . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race . . . . . 0 i 0 i 1 1 1
  Temporary visa holders . . . . . 0 i 0 i 7 3 2
  Science and engineering . . . . . 2 i 3 i 16 8 6
    Science . . . . . 0 i 0 i 12 5 3
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Communication . . . . . 0 i 0 i 12 5 3
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 2 i 3 i 4 3 3
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . 2 i 3 i 2 3 3
      Other engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 2 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Other health . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0

i=imputed

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
All surveyed fields . . . . . 0 i 1 i 1 0 0
  Science and engineering . . . . . 0 i 1 i 1 0 0
    Science . . . . . 0 i 0 i 1 0 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Communication . . . . . 0 i 0 i 1 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 0 i 1 i 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . 0 i 1 i 0 0 0
      Other engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
  Health . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Other health . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0

i=imputed

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
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support . . . . . 5 i 7 i 28 39 36
  Fellowships . . . . . 0 i 2 i 0 0 0
    Federal . . . . . 0 i 1 i 0 0 0
    Institutional . . . . . 0 i 1 i 0 0 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
  Research assistantships . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Federal . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Institutional . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
  Teaching assistantships . . . . . 4 i 4 i 0 0 0
    Federal . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Institutional . . . . . 4 i 4 i 0 0 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
  Other types of support . . . . . 1 i 1 i 28 39 36
    Federal . . . . . 0 i 0 i 1 0 0
    Institutional . . . . . 0 i 0 i 1 4 5
    Nonfederal . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Personal resources . . . . . 1 i 1 i 26 35 31

i=imputed

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 . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Science . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Communication . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Other engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Other health . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0

i=imputed

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 . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
  Science and engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Science . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Communication . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Other engineering . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
  Health . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Other health . . . . . 0 i 0 i 0 0 0

i=imputed

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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