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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