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Rutgers, The State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick

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
2021 44 10.5 448 33 6.4 583 45 5.8 909
2020 41 9.8 450 40 5.2 915
2019 31 7.7 447 30 5.9 589 41 5.3 913
2018 30 7.7 428 34 4.6 910
2017 32 8.2 425 26 5.3 575 33 4.5 897
2016 37 9.3 430 32 4.4 895
2015 35 8.9 426 28 5.7 570 32 4.4 897
2014 30 7.8 422 31 4.4 887
2013 34 8.8 417 50 9.3 588 40 5.4 884
2012 34 9 412 45 5.9 892
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.
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Data

Number of earned doctorates, by major field of study of recipients: 2021–12
Fields 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All fields 342    398    441    435    440    415    436    460    440    408   
  Science and engineering 262    289    334    327    328    319    329    344    328    302   
    Science 190    224    254    253    257    260    259    290    282    244   
      Life science 67    102    124    109    113    122    111    118    141    126   
        Agricultural sciences 7    10    17    14    16    19    22    15    18    13   
        Biological sciences 52    79    98    90    92    93    82    99    107    96   
        Health sciences 8    13    9    5    5    10    7    4    16    17   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 31    37    34    34    48    43    46    54    43    28   
        Chemistry 13    12    15    19    23    19    12    25    19    12   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7    10    7    4    12    10    8    14    10    3   
        Physics and astronomy 11    15    12    11    13    14    26    15    14    13   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 53    33    43    37    37    41    46    42    31    31   
        Computer sciences 33    18    20    15    17    18    19    17    9    18   
        Mathematics 20    15    23    22    20    23    27    25    22    13   
      Psychology and social sciences 39    52    53    73    59    54    56    76    67    59   
        Psychology 9    15    12    15    14    11    15    18    13    13   
        Anthropology 3    1    4    9    5    5    2    4    6    3   
        Economics 6    10    7    12    6    8    5    5    10    14   
        Political science and government 3    6    8    9    8    7    10    10    11    5   
        Sociology 2    6    6    6    3    10    3    14    8    3   
        Other social sciences 16    14    16    22    23    13    21    25    19    21   
    Engineering 72    65    80    74    71    59    70    54    46    58   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 1    2    .    .    .    .    .    1    .    1   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 8    10    7    10    13    13    12    13    9    16   
      Chemical engineering 11    6    10    12    2    9    9    4    7    7   
      Civil engineering 4    4    8    7    5    4    4    4    .    2   
      Electrical engineering 16    12    7    7    13    5    5    7    7    7   
      Industrial engineering 6    2    3    4    5    5    5    5    4    1   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 4    4    13    13    9    7    13    4    10    7   
      Mechanical engineering 5    9    11    9    11    9    13    6    4    9   
      Other engineering 17    16    21    12    13    7    9    10    5    8   
  Non-science and engineering 80    109    107    108    112    96    107    116    112    106   
    Education 20    43    31    37    40    39    37    39    29    24   
      Education administration 4    6    6    6    9    4    4    16    6    5   
      Education research 4    15    11    16    14    11    15    11    7    9   
      Teacher education .    .    4    .    3    4    4    1    1    3   
      Teaching fields 2    9    8    11    10    17    10    8    15    7   
      Other education 10    13    2    4    4    3    4    3    .    .   
    Humanities 48    51    57    47    52    39    55    54    60    68   
      Foreign languages & literature 4    8    15    9    9    7    12    6    12    14   
      History 14    8    9    12    10    11    9    15    20    13   
      Letters 20    13    12    12    15    10    17    13    13    22   
      Other humanities and arts 10    22    21    14    18    11    17    20    15    19   
    Other 12    15    19    24    20    18    15    23    23    14   
      Business management/administration 1    1    2    3    3    1    3    5    4    1   
      Communication 6    10    10    11    11    7    6    11    7    8   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 5    4    7    10    6    10    6    7    12    5   

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2021–12
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
  All R&D fields 643,955        688,077        657,249        706,282        681,719        630,212        628,613        644,116        493,320        434,901       
    Science 563,991        605,776        528,257        561,997        558,029        536,556        535,692        562,539        414,581        359,614       
      Computer and information sciences 6,316        6,402        5,881        8,478        10,380        9,803        8,820        17,097        10,487        6,979       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 24,326        25,634        18,036        19,173        25,429        44,357        41,681        38,473        32,675        30,574       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 2,528        3,068        3,007        2,463        493        2,541        2,309        2,980        2,847        2,605       
        Geological and earth sciences 141        394        219        293        0        684        674        579        328        849       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 21,232        21,523        13,575        15,443        23,533        20,815        18,701        17,190        14,570        14,695       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 425        649        1,235        974        1,403        20,317        19,997        17,724        14,930        12,425       
      Life sciences 483,265        518,906        447,552        478,476        446,329        364,978        366,179        371,773        228,375        198,712       
        Agricultural sciences 64,885        77,405        55,587        47,795        52,210        42,342        31,354        27,338        39,767        37,414       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 90,875        113,712        91,356        76,998        90,391        53,168        56,845        61,931        71,200        71,571       
        Health sciences 319,883        319,113        294,976        347,582        294,485        154,460        187,731        206,997        73,261        59,352       
        Natural resources and conservation 23        34        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 7,599        8,642        5,633        6,101        9,243        115,008        90,249        75,507        44,147        30,375       
      Mathematics and statistics 9,673        9,493        9,036        14,362        14,386        16,687        16,646        16,699        19,357        17,184       
      Physical sciences 23,111        25,703        29,660        26,313        35,580        44,532        43,460        48,127        46,195        52,319       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,730        2,229        2,378        2,165        0        943        920        1,019        1,208        1,180       
        Chemistry 5,579        6,321        7,258        4,606        9,066        22,187        23,254        28,271        25,026        35,484       
        Materials science 2,320        2,211        3,301        3,225        350        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 13,193        12,903        11,380        10,341        18,822        17,784        17,290        17,049        18,127        14,642       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 289        2,039        5,343        5,976        7,342        3,618        1,996        1,788        1,834        1,013       
      Psychology 6,145        8,256        7,700        6,453        5,792        17,418        13,319        17,562        15,386        12,779       
      Social sciences 7,351        7,005        7,779        7,649        13,321        32,630        38,668        49,107        58,636        38,782       
        Anthropology 420        386        431        304        1,276        0        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 2,767        2,066        475        526        99        2,611        2,264        1,871        3,014        2,344       
        Political science and government 406        319        995        1,387        2,539        3,030        4,306        10,519        11,345        6,585       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,591        2,168        2,060        1,302        1,766        5,609        2,921        2,322        2,402        1,665       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 2,167        2,066        3,818        4,130        7,641        21,380        29,177        34,395        41,875        28,188       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 3,804        4,377        2,613        1,093        6,812        6,151        6,919        3,701        3,470        2,285       
    Engineering 51,289        55,880        92,937        104,371        75,760        74,092        71,565        64,537        59,611        61,123       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        1,208        3,021        4,089        4,112        3,220       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6,195        5,209        5,055        19,134        15,230        21,319        16,399        9,186        7,694        8,790       
      Chemical engineering 5,396        4,166        5,587        5,503        6,714        3,342        4,518        5,653        4,832        7,024       
      Civil engineering 1,200        2,131        3,945        6,915        2,882        24,611        24,584        22,572        21,164        22,453       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 6,146        6,067        5,595        5,232        5,717        8,046        6,475        6,921        5,263        6,505       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 147        509        997        1,545        630        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 6,606        6,927        6,372        5,235        5,472        2,495        1,764        1,505        2,612        3,087       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 2,521        3,113        4,526        4,589        4,306        6,258        4,673        5,367        5,376        4,609       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 23,078        27,758        60,860        56,218        34,809        6,813        10,131        9,244        8,558        5,435       
    Non-S&E 28,675        26,421        36,055        39,914        47,930        19,564        21,356        17,040        19,128        14,164       
      Business management and business administration 2,405        1,837        1,959        2,991        2,651        2,291        748        610        1,090        486       
      Communication and communications technologies 1,411        1,236        1,082        2,044        845        90        1,020        429        614        340       
      Education 5,909        5,752        11,369        18,059        22,278        4,016        2,930        7,128        8,898        8,046       
      Humanities 2,217        4,723        3,011        3,411        2,991        893        5,095        4,615        4,218        3,636       
      Law 0        0        0        0        0        328        43        23        82        207       
      Social work 2,076        3,067        3,934        7,741        8,437        703        8,741        1,110        657        19       
      Visual and performing arts 56        1,024        2        17        96        10,370        295        314        442        109       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 14,601        8,782        14,698        5,651        10,632        873        2,484        2,811        3,127        1,321       

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: 2021
(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 643,955        339,015        84,201        111,501        40,861        49,049        19,328       
    Science 563,991        296,342        72,707        101,259        39,426        36,984        17,273       
      Computer and information sciences 6,316        3,942        0        1,893        186        158        137       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 24,326        12,836        1,197        8,406        430        1,375        82       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 2,528        939        266        104        94        1,088        37       
        Geological and earth sciences 141        44        20        45        15        17        0       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 21,232        11,666        911        8,203        238        169        45       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 425        187        0        54        83        101        0       
      Life sciences 483,265        254,944        69,046        72,387        38,452        31,617        16,819       
        Agricultural sciences 64,885        31,252        22,565        7,606        554        2,836        72       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 90,875        54,432        12,814        13,089        7,025        3,018        497       
        Health sciences 319,883        165,473        30,880        51,674        30,601        25,010        16,245       
        Natural resources and conservation 23        0        0        18        0        0        5       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 7,599        3,787        2,787        0        272        753        0       
      Mathematics and statistics 9,673        6,239        1        2,861        5        514        53       
      Physical sciences 23,111        13,160        163        7,952        347        1,413        76       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,730        1,058        0        573        46        53        0       
        Chemistry 5,579        3,276        163        1,694        216        213        17       
        Materials science 2,320        1,956        0        364        0        0        0       
        Physics 13,193        6,736        0        5,283        0        1,146        28       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 289        134        0        38        85        1        31       
      Psychology 6,145        3,028        894        1,840        5        378        0       
      Social sciences 7,351        2,003        1,406        2,311        1        1,529        101       
        Anthropology 420        96        0        179        0        111        34       
        Economics 2,767        1,700        705        302        0        32        28       
        Political science and government 406        99        128        178        0        1        0       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,591        69        0        1,016        0        468        38       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 2,167        39        573        636        1        917        1       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 3,804        190        0        3,609        0        0        5       
    Engineering 51,289        35,691        8,131        2,739        1,199        1,984        1,545       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6,195        4,166        661        631        142        160        435       
      Chemical engineering 5,396        3,955        0        89        242        993        117       
      Civil engineering 1,200        318        449        360        15        58        0       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 6,146        5,905        5        142        38        56        0       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 147        25        0        27        2        74        19       
      Mechanical engineering 6,606        5,565        0        347        308        50        336       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 2,521        2,325        0        30        14        90        62       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 23,078        13,432        7,016        1,113        438        503        576       
    Non-S&E 28,675        6,982        3,363        7,503        236        10,081        510       
      Business management and business administration 2,405        1,679        115        293        0        303        15       
      Communication and communications technologies 1,411        530        1        443        3        434        0       
      Education 5,909        2,077        262        1,640        233        1,503        194       
      Humanities 2,217        261        189        1,476        0        280        11       
      Law 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Social work 2,076        1,242        383        431        0        17        3       
      Visual and performing arts 56        0        0        48        0        8        0       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 14,601        1,193        2,413        3,172        0        7,536        287       

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: 2021–12
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Federal Agencies 339,015        311,743        297,609        350,912        340,801        321,432        323,675        360,157        295,028        279,161       
  DOD 14,435        14,023        15,508        17,830        18,665        15,288        18,362        20,555        21,310        24,772       
  DOE 10,601        10,951        11,321        12,439        9,736        9,085        8,662        9,750        11,536        11,273       
  HHS 214,876        186,903        173,721        203,500        195,538        187,928        183,790        206,351        116,039        102,860       
  NASA 3,426        3,690        4,110        3,032        2,498        1,640        1,717        2,027        6,659        2,937       
  NSF 41,762        44,032        46,590        51,980        51,241        53,625        49,187        52,977        55,145        57,445       
  USDA 31,334        25,408        17,022        18,893        18,777        14,938        16,233        23,926        44,663        40,470       
  Other 22,581        26,736        29,337        43,238        44,346        38,928        45,724        44,571        39,676        39,404       

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: 2021–15 [temporarily discontinued]
Year All personnel Principal investigators Other personnel Postdocs
2021 .    .        .        .       
2020 .    .        .        .       
2019 7,735    1,347        6,388    i .       
2018 8,118    1,405        6,713    i .       
2017 8,039    1,374        6,665    i .       
2016 7,810    1,374    i 6,436    i .       
2015 7,838    1,374    i 6,464    i 542    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: 2021–12
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field 2021 2019 2017 2015 2013
  All research space 1,803    1,833    1,921    1,772    1,167   
    Agricultural sciences 266    319    392    427    445   
    Biological and biomedical sciences 563    538    487    433    189   
    Computer and information sciences 10    9    8    35    51   
    Engineering 150    151    145    128    141   
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 30    33    16    34    53   
    Health sciences 614    600    504    494    123   
    Mathematics and statistics 0    0    0    9    9   
    Natural resources and conservation 35    35    82    66    .   
    Physical sciences 54    54    48    97    106   
    Psychology 55    73    38    38    29   
    Social sciences 26    21    21    10    21   
    Other 0    0    180    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

New construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space 34,621    22,500    8,750    23,365    89,032   
    Agricultural sciences .    .    .    .    10,435   
    Biological and biomedical sciences .    .    8,750    .    .   
    Engineering 34,621    .    .    23,365    .   
    Health sciences .    22,500    .    .    27,085   
    Physical sciences .    .    .    .    51,512   

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space 67,665    204,073    33,612    70,060    57,473   
    Agricultural sciences 0    3,245    0    1,386    0   
    Biological and biomedical sciences 864    13,252    13,860    4,786    19,222   
    Computer and information sciences 0    3,038    0    341    0   
    Engineering 14,044    6,744    0    0    2,769   
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 550    1,485    1,950    780    0   
    Health sciences 41,166    160,623    15,577    60,067    35,482   
    Mathematics and statistics 0    0    0    0    0   
    Natural resources and conservation 0    275    275    0    0   
    Physical sciences 4,484    11,317    0    0    0   
    Psychology 557    3,257    1,950    2,700    0   
    Social sciences 6,000    837    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

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