Rutgers, The State U. New Jersey, Newark

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 181 61.1 459 288 69.2 925
2023 176 62.2 459 265 71.3 911 287 52.9 602
2022 193 58.3 457 258 71.7 900
2021 178 60.7 447 260 71.7 908 306 48.1 583
2020 193 57.7 450 242 73.9 916
2019 187 58.7 447 248 73.2 914 308 48.3 589
2018 178 59 428 242 73.8 911
2017 156 63.8 425 245 73.1 898 300 48.4 575
2016 175 59.8 430 260 71.4 896
2015 154 64.4 426 248 72.7 898 303 47.5 570
2014
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 74 76 68 69 60 69 74 93 73 97
  Science and engineering 49 47 38 40 34 38 31 52 42 62
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 8 12 7 6 8 3 10 9 7 13
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . . 1 . . 1 3 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general . . 1 1 1 . . . 2 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 . 3 . 1 1 . 3 1 .
      Molecular biology 2 5 2 1 1 . 3 . . .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 6 1 3 4 1 5 2 3 7
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 1 . . . . . . . .
    Computer and information sciences 5 1 2 1 . 3 1 2 1 .
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 1 2 1 . 3 1 2 1 .
    Engineering . . . . . . . . . 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . . . . . 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . 2 . . . . 2 1 1
      Geological sciences . . 2 . . . . 2 1 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . . . . . . . .
    Health sciences 8 1 5 4 4 5 2 3 6 5
      Nursing science 8 1 5 4 3 5 2 3 6 5
      Public health . . . . . . . . . .
      Health sciences, other . . . . 1 . . . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 2 . 2 1 . 1 1 2 2 2
      Applied mathematics 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Mathematics . . 1 . . 1 1 1 1 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 . 1 1 . . . 1 1 .
    Physical sciences 2 6 5 6 8 5 4 4 4 4
      Chemistry 2 6 5 6 8 5 4 4 4 3
      Physics . . . . . . . . . 1
    Psychology 4 4 3 4 . 3 2 8 3 3
      Research and experimental psychology 3 3 3 3 . 3 2 6 3 2
      Psychology, other 1 1 . 1 . . . 2 . 1
    Social sciences 18 22 10 15 12 17 10 19 17 33
      Economics . . . 1 . . . 1 . .
      Political science and government . . . . 1 . 1 . 2 1
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . . 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 1 . . 1 . . . . . .
      Social sciences, other 17 22 10 13 11 17 9 18 15 31
  Non-science and engineering 25 29 30 29 26 31 43 41 31 35
    Business 18 21 20 22 20 26 36 32 25 27
      Business 18 21 20 22 20 26 36 32 25 27
    Education 1 1 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 3
      Education leadership and administration . 1 2 3 1 2 1 . 1 1
      Education research . . . . . . . 1 1 1
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 . . 1 1 . . . . .
      Education, other . . . . . . . . . 1
    Humanities and arts 2 1 1 2 . . . 2 . .
      Letters 1 1 . . . . . . . .
      History 1 . . 1 . . . 2 . .
      Philosophy and religious studies . . . . . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other . . 1 1 . . . . . .
    Other non-science and engineering 4 6 7 1 4 3 6 6 4 5
      Communication . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Public administration and social services 4 6 6 1 4 3 6 5 4 5
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 1 . . . . . . .

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 26,222 29,787 28,345 23,854 28,006 26,661 27,206 25,898 21,492 24,387
    Science 22,373 25,098 23,306 20,252 23,118 21,291 23,070 21,586 17,738 19,766
      Computer and information sciences 953 1,107 2,252 2,013 2,269 1,970 2,535 1,089 353 516
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,484 3,154 2,487 1,873 1,485 3,313 3,312 2,525 1,203 1,439
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 2,484 3,154 2,487 1,873 1,485 3,313 3,312 2,525 992 1,298
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 104
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 37
      Life sciences 11,026 11,575 10,990 11,845 13,014 10,800 9,789 12,005 9,925 9,438
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 10,601 11,051 10,822 9,197 12,676 10,800 9,541 12,005 947 3,193
        Health sciences 425 524 168 2,648 338 0 80 0 5,975 5,450
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 168 0 3,003 795
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 439 431
      Physical sciences 2,844 4,188 4,099 2,667 2,384 1,978 2,162 2,099 1,750 1,518
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 1,901 3,098 2,414 2,296 1,976 1,869 2,000 1,844 745 1,107
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 943 1,090 1,685 371 408 109 162 255 300 137
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 705 274
      Psychology 1,242 1,638 1,039 1,139 2,132 2,169 1,590 1,114 819 1,304
      Social sciences 3,763 3,265 2,024 672 1,678 1,052 3,248 2,754 2,771 4,872
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 6 53 38
        Political science and government 672 578 216 99 88 88 696 1,712 1,030 2,941
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 459 294 33 0 68 23 100 0 4 8
        Social sciences nec 2,632 2,393 1,775 573 1,522 941 2,392 1,036 1,684 1,885
      Sciences nec 61 171 415 43 156 9 434 0 478 248
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 674 147
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 8
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 472 76
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 65 55
    Non-S&E 3,849 4,689 5,039 3,602 4,888 5,370 4,016 4,312 3,080 4,474
      Business management and business administration 2,090 2,343 2,322 1,732 2,436 1,916 2,317 2,340 682 1,186
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 933 24
      Education 457 383 137 118 4 300 452 630 133 555
      Humanities 208 243 169 77 208 441 119 13 0 1,033
      Law 478 685 1,814 781 672 452 187 341 1,332 1,327
      Social work 67 3 1 3 20 2 0 0 0 11
      Visual and performing arts 81 121 81 33 190 0 0 0 0 338
      Non-S&E nec 468 911 515 858 1,358 2,259 941 988 0 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

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 26,222 17,099 525 5,416 216 2,745 221
    Science 22,373 15,641 294 3,768 216 2,233 221
      Computer and information sciences 953 836 0 86 0 31 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,484 1,892 1 301 0 159 131
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 2,484 1,892 1 301 0 159 131
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 11,026 8,529 48 1,638 8 803 0
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 10,601 8,529 48 1,213 8 803 0
        Health sciences 425 0 0 425 0 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 2,844 2,282 0 453 0 109 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 1,901 1,522 0 270 0 109 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 943 760 0 183 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 1,242 765 138 241 0 98 0
      Social sciences 3,763 1,337 59 1,036 208 1,033 90
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 672 387 0 267 0 18 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 459 54 0 143 208 54 0
        Social sciences nec 2,632 896 59 626 0 961 90
      Sciences nec 61 0 48 13 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 3,849 1,458 231 1,648 0 512 0
      Business management and business administration 2,090 1,395 63 620 0 12 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 457 0 164 184 0 109 0
      Humanities 208 34 0 142 0 32 0
      Law 478 0 1 330 0 147 0
      Social work 67 29 0 38 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 81 0 0 81 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 468 0 3 253 0 212 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 17,099 16,315 16,099 16,281 16,196 15,397 17,516 16,617 13,737 12,611
  DOD 1,292 1,393 2,208 2,290 1,634 1,036 1,200 667 771 621
  DOE 344 225 455 393 515 247 120 105 98 320
  HHS 10,031 9,325 8,180 8,362 8,018 7,186 7,555 8,572 7,192 5,970
  NASA 0 0 0 0 0 125 185 405 200 16
  NSF 4,363 4,904 5,008 5,041 5,446 5,245 6,419 4,799 4,785 4,103
  USDA 82 46 49 56 29 37 44 2 34 33
  Other 987 422 199 139 554 1,521 1,993 2,067 657 1,548

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 580 i 103 477 i .
2018 612 i 107 505 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 129 114 114 114 106
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 78 33 33 33 33
    Computer and information sciences 0 1 1 1 1
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 9 2 2 2 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 5 5 5 5
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 29 34 34 34 32
    Psychology 13 13 13 13 13
    Social sciences 0 4 4 4 0
    Other 0 20 20 20 20

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 0 0 0 0 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 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 22,000 1,197 1,100 300 250
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 885 550 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 250
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 22,000 312 0 300 0
    Psychology 0 0 550 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

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