Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick

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 49 89.6 459 45 95.3 925
2023 44 90.7 459 42 95.5 911 34 94.6 602
2022 45 90.4 457 46 95 900
2021 44 90.5 447 45 95.2 908 33 94.6 583
2020 41 91.2 450 40 95.8 916
2019 31 93.3 447 41 95.7 914 30 95.1 589
2018 30 93.3 428 34 96.4 911
2017 32 92.8 425 33 96.5 898 26 95.7 575
2016 37 91.7 430 32 96.6 896
2015 35 92.1 426 32 96.6 898 28 95.3 570
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 374 401 375 342 398 441 435 440 415 436
  Science and engineering 288 306 294 262 289 334 327 328 319 329
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 13 18 19 7 10 17 14 16 19 22
      Agricultural sciences 8 13 16 7 6 14 9 11 12 15
      Natural resources and conservation 5 5 3 . 4 3 5 5 7 7
    Biological and biomedical sciences 78 62 56 52 79 98 90 92 93 82
      Biochemistry and biophysics 5 1 . 1 8 7 7 10 7 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 11 8 7 11 11 15 7 10 8
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 4 . 3 2 3 1 3 3 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 1 3 1 1 3 6 3 5 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 9 5 5 7 12 14 7 4 10 7
      Genetics and genomics 4 3 3 1 1 . 5 4 3 1
      Microbiology and immunology 11 6 9 8 17 15 11 11 18 4
      Molecular biology 7 6 10 6 2 5 5 6 2 6
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 4 1 9 4 8 12 13 11 12
      Pharmacology and toxicology 8 6 5 5 4 11 7 10 8 11
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 5 3 2 . 1 9 8 7 3 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 13 12 10 4 16 12 6 14 13 9
    Computer and information sciences 23 22 22 33 18 20 15 17 18 19
      Computer science 15 21 19 27 13 14 13 17 16 17
      Computer and information sciences, other 8 1 3 6 5 6 2 . 2 2
    Engineering 41 80 71 72 65 80 74 71 59 70
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 6 10 1 2 . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5 10 10 8 10 7 10 13 13 12
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 4 14 9 12 6 10 12 2 9 9
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 7 8 4 6 11 10 9 5 5
      Electrical and computer engineering 9 19 16 21 23 19 15 19 8 9
      Industrial engineering and operations research 4 3 4 9 4 6 4 6 5 8
      Materials and mining engineering 6 8 5 4 4 13 13 9 7 13
      Mechanical engineering 2 9 6 6 9 12 10 13 9 13
      Engineering, other . 4 3 7 1 2 . . 3 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 5 11 7 10 7 4 12 10 8
      Geological sciences 3 2 4 1 3 2 . 5 4 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 3 7 6 7 5 4 7 6 6
    Health sciences 6 7 8 8 13 9 5 5 10 7
      Pharmaceutical sciences 4 3 4 7 8 5 4 4 6 5
      Public health . 1 . . 1 2 1 . 3 1
      Health sciences, other 2 3 4 1 4 2 . 1 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics 27 20 15 20 15 23 22 20 23 27
      Applied mathematics 2 1 . 1 2 . 2 1 . 4
      Mathematics 2 5 2 5 1 10 5 6 6 14
      Statistics 11 3 5 6 5 7 7 4 3 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 12 11 8 8 7 6 8 9 14 5
    Physical sciences 35 26 35 24 27 27 30 36 33 38
      Astronomy and astrophysics 9 10 4 7 4 . 3 1 1 2
      Chemistry 15 12 18 13 12 15 19 23 19 12
      Physics 11 4 13 4 11 12 8 12 13 24
    Psychology 12 13 11 9 15 12 15 14 11 15
      Clinical psychology 5 2 6 4 5 5 2 4 5 5
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . . . 1 . . 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 5 9 4 4 9 6 10 6 4 10
      Psychology, other 2 2 1 1 1 . 3 4 1 .
    Social sciences 45 53 46 30 37 41 58 45 43 41
      Anthropology 4 4 . 3 1 4 9 5 5 2
      Economics 8 7 11 6 10 7 12 6 8 5
      Political science and government 3 1 5 3 6 8 9 8 7 10
      Public policy analysis 1 4 2 1 4 1 2 3 2 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 11 4 7 2 6 6 6 3 10 3
      Social sciences, other 18 33 21 15 10 15 20 20 11 21
  Non-science and engineering 86 95 81 80 109 107 108 112 96 107
    Business 3 7 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 3
      Business 3 7 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 3
    Education 27 40 30 20 43 31 37 40 39 37
      Education leadership and administration 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 4 4
      Education research 11 18 11 4 15 11 16 14 11 15
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 7 8 2 9 12 11 13 21 14
      Education, other 7 11 7 10 13 2 4 4 3 4
    Humanities and arts 40 32 36 48 51 57 47 52 39 55
      Letters 14 7 9 20 13 12 12 15 10 17
      Foreign languages and literature 5 5 5 4 8 15 9 9 7 12
      History 11 5 7 14 8 9 12 10 11 9
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 6 5 4 8 8 5 5 5 8
      Music and performing arts 3 3 2 3 9 3 5 5 3 1
      Humanities and arts, other 4 6 8 3 5 10 4 8 3 8
    Other non-science and engineering 16 16 14 11 14 17 21 17 17 12
      Communication 7 4 9 6 10 10 11 11 7 6
      Public administration and social services 7 9 4 3 2 6 6 2 7 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 3 1 2 2 1 4 4 3 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

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   836,800   831,719   712,231   643,955   688,077   657,249   706,282   681,719   630,212   628,613
    Science   733,705   731,506   624,612   563,991   605,776   528,257   561,997   558,029   536,556   535,692
      Computer and information sciences   7,570   8,406   9,306   6,316   6,402   5,881   8,478   10,380   9,803   8,820
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   35,563   35,546   27,807   24,326   25,634   18,036   19,173   25,429   44,357   41,681
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   2,820   2,528   3,068   3,007   2,463   493   2,541   2,309
        Geological and earth sciences   6,206   7,022   201   141   394   219   293   0   684   674
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   27,953   27,289   24,378   21,232   21,523   13,575   15,443   23,533   20,815   18,701
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,404   1,235   408   425   649   1,235   974   1,403   20,317   19,997
      Life sciences   638,497   619,096   521,311   483,265   518,906   447,552   478,476   446,329   364,978   366,179
        Agricultural sciences   48,269   65,222   69,581   64,885   77,405   55,587   47,795   52,210   42,342   31,354
        Biological and biomedical sciences   221,515   246,404   214,943   90,875   113,712   91,356   76,998   90,391   53,168   56,845
        Health sciences   353,694   293,805   228,112   319,883   319,113   294,976   347,582   294,485   154,460   187,731
        Natural resources and conservation   2,551   2,392   56   23   34   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   12,468   11,273   8,619   7,599   8,642   5,633   6,101   9,243   115,008   90,249
      Mathematics and statistics   7,149   11,898   10,013   9,673   9,493   9,036   14,362   14,386   16,687   16,646
      Physical sciences   23,405   28,283   32,108   23,111   25,703   29,660   26,313   35,580   44,532   43,460
        Astronomy and astrophysics   2,085   1,908   2,559   1,730   2,229   2,378   2,165   0   943   920
        Chemistry   6,681   6,825   7,903   5,579   6,321   7,258   4,606   9,066   22,187   23,254
        Materials science   558   1,398   3,749   2,320   2,211   3,301   3,225   350   0   0
        Physics   13,522   16,794   15,686   13,193   12,903   11,380   10,341   18,822   17,784   17,290
        Physical sciences nec   559   1,358   2,211   289   2,039   5,343   5,976   7,342   3,618   1,996
      Psychology   13,727   15,490   10,418   6,145   8,256   7,700   6,453   5,792   17,418   13,319
      Social sciences   7,735   10,539   11,158   7,351   7,005   7,779   7,649   13,321   32,630   38,668
        Anthropology   384   549   546   420   386   431   304   1,276   0   0
        Economics   1,022   1,810   3,265   2,767   2,066   475   526   99   2,611   2,264
        Political science and government   790   1,293   2,050   406   319   995   1,387   2,539   3,030   4,306
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   2,474   3,336   2,211   1,591   2,168   2,060   1,302   1,766   5,609   2,921
        Social sciences nec   3,065   3,551   3,086   2,167   2,066   3,818   4,130   7,641   21,380   29,177
      Sciences nec   59   2,248   2,491   3,804   4,377   2,613   1,093   6,812   6,151   6,919
    Engineering   58,726   61,910   57,490   51,289   55,880   92,937   104,371   75,760   74,092   71,565
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,208   3,021
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,464   4,636   4,883   6,195   5,209   5,055   19,134   15,230   21,319   16,399
      Chemical engineering   4,707   6,408   5,911   5,396   4,166   5,587   5,503   6,714   3,342   4,518
      Civil engineering   4,198   3,586   2,670   1,200   2,131   3,945   6,915   2,882   24,611   24,584
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,114   6,505   6,895   6,146   6,067   5,595   5,232   5,717   8,046   6,475
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,028   986   312   147   509   997   1,545   630   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   5,856   6,697   7,215   6,606   6,927   6,372   5,235   5,472   2,495   1,764
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,881   3,294   2,508   2,521   3,113   4,526   4,589   4,306   6,258   4,673
      Engineering nec   28,478   29,798   27,096   23,078   27,758   60,860   56,218   34,809   6,813   10,131
    Non-S&E   44,369   38,303   30,129   28,675   26,421   36,055   39,914   47,930   19,564   21,356
      Business management and business administration   3,428   3,973   2,704   2,405   1,837   1,959   2,991   2,651   2,291   748
      Communication and communications technologies   1,545   1,685   2,209   1,411   1,236   1,082   2,044   845   90   1,020
      Education   13,286   13,108   11,475   5,909   5,752   11,369   18,059   22,278   4,016   2,930
      Humanities   4,336   4,978   3,245   2,217   4,723   3,011   3,411   2,991   893   5,095
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   328   43
      Social work   5,555   4,965   3,237   2,076   3,067   3,934   7,741   8,437   703   8,741
      Visual and performing arts   390   142   150   56   1,024   2   17   96   10,370   295
      Non-S&E nec   15,829   9,452   7,109   14,601   8,782   14,698   5,651   10,632   873   2,484

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   836,800   408,320   121,387   174,001   88,835   40,690   3,567
    Science   733,705   352,528   99,396   157,079   86,556   35,741   2,405
      Computer and information sciences   7,570   6,103   0   873   309   285   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   35,563   16,403   10,244   2,964   4,444   1,492   16
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   6,206   2,687   1,738   889   37   850   5
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   27,953   12,724   8,506   1,887   4,407   418   11
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,404   992   0   188   0   224   0
      Life sciences   638,497   298,806   85,094   142,024   81,167   29,532   1,874
        Agricultural sciences   48,269   13,886   22,407   9,145   1,702   608   521
        Biological and biomedical sciences   221,515   152,978   18,179   33,882   2,613   13,468   395
        Health sciences   353,694   127,548   37,180   96,980   76,358   14,670   958
        Natural resources and conservation   2,551   1,604   103   607   32   205   0
        Life sciences nec   12,468   2,790   7,225   1,410   462   581   0
      Mathematics and statistics   7,149   5,740   2   761   0   646   0
      Physical sciences   23,405   14,554   2,626   3,966   427   1,345   487
        Astronomy and astrophysics   2,085   1,611   0   369   49   29   27
        Chemistry   6,681   4,248   136   1,262   378   219   438
        Materials science   558   169   0   389   0   0   0
        Physics   13,522   8,483   2,055   1,895   0   1,067   22
        Physical sciences nec   559   43   435   51   0   30   0
      Psychology   13,727   8,586   472   3,881   209   579   0
      Social sciences   7,735   2,336   928   2,596   0   1,847   28
        Anthropology   384   211   0   168   0   5   0
        Economics   1,022   166   403   314   0   139   0
        Political science and government   790   307   26   353   0   104   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   2,474   0   295   1,018   0   1,133   28
        Social sciences nec   3,065   1,652   204   743   0   466   0
      Sciences nec   59   0   30   14   0   15   0
    Engineering   58,726   43,715   5,193   5,676   1,565   1,415   1,162
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,464   2,639   360   445   190   128   702
      Chemical engineering   4,707   3,769   0   164   291   323   160
      Civil engineering   4,198   3,111   22   574   16   470   5
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,114   5,980   0   78   18   38   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,028   569   0   113   137   30   179
      Mechanical engineering   5,856   5,083   0   321   340   2   110
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,881   3,180   0   177   434   90   0
      Engineering nec   28,478   19,384   4,811   3,804   139   334   6
    Non-S&E   44,369   12,077   16,798   11,246   714   3,534   0
      Business management and business administration   3,428   2,075   32   614   13   694   0
      Communication and communications technologies   1,545   650   0   731   0   164   0
      Education   13,286   3,884   5,200   3,049   672   481   0
      Humanities   4,336   295   408   2,468   0   1,165   0
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   5,555   2,029   1,704   1,188   29   605   0
      Visual and performing arts   390   44   12   326   0   8   0
      Non-S&E nec   15,829   3,100   9,442   2,870   0   417   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   408,320   400,930   351,660   339,015   311,743   297,609   350,912   340,801   321,432   323,675
  DOD   21,569   19,246   16,363   14,435   14,023   15,508   17,830   18,665   15,288   18,362
  DOE   9,480   9,245   10,666   10,601   10,951   11,321   12,439   9,736   9,085   8,662
  HHS   282,727   270,149   231,018   214,876   186,903   173,721   203,500   195,538   187,928   183,790
  NASA   4,025   4,150   3,060   3,426   3,690   4,110   3,032   2,498   1,640   1,717
  NSF   46,902   47,501   42,275   41,762   44,032   46,590   51,980   51,241   53,625   49,187
  USDA   10,468   20,615   23,800   31,334   25,408   17,022   18,893   18,777   14,938   16,233
  Other   33,149   30,024   24,478   22,581   26,736   29,337   43,238   44,346   38,928   45,724

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   7,735 i   1,347   6,388 i   .
2018   8,118 i   1,405   6,713 i   .

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, 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   1,786   1,803   1,833   1,921   1,772
    Agricultural sciences   269   266   319   392   427
    Biological and biomedical sciences   547   563   538   487   433
    Computer and information sciences   11   10   9   8   35
    Engineering   148   150   151   145   128
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   30   30   33   16   34
    Health sciences   604   614   600   504   494
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   9
    Natural resources and conservation   31   35   35   82   66
    Physical sciences   55   54   54   48   97
    Psychology   61   55   73   38   38
    Social sciences   29   26   21   21   10
    Other   0   0   0   180   0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

New construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction: 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   275,625   0   22,500   8,750   23,365
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   8,750   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   0   23,365
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   275,625   0   22,500   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Psychology   0   0   0   0   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Other   0   0   0   0   0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

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   35,400   7,334   204,073   33,612   70,060
    Agricultural sciences   0   1,465   3,245   0   1,386
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   13,252   13,860   4,786
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   3,038   0   341
    Engineering   0   2,424   6,744   0   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   1,485   1,950   780
    Health sciences   27,000   3,446   160,623   15,577   60,067
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   275   275   0
    Physical sciences   8,400   0   11,317   0   0
    Psychology   0   0   3,257   1,950   2,700
    Social sciences   0   0   837   0   0
    Other   0   0   0   0   0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

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