Southern Illinois U., Carbondale

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 149 68 459 220 76.5 925
2023 153 67.1 459 174 74.7 679 217 76.5 911 138 77.4 602
2022 145 68.7 457 188 72.7 680 220 75.9 900
2021 143 68.5 447 169 75.9 691 210 77.2 908 136 77 583
2020 123 73.1 450 167 76.4 698 218 76.5 916
2019 125 72.5 447 168 76.2 697 217 76.6 914 166 72.2 589
2018 111 74.5 428 161 77.3 700 198 78.6 911
2017 110 74.6 425 158 77.2 684 198 78.3 898 162 72.2 575
2016 104 76.2 430 157 77.8 697 195 78.5 896
2015 100 76.9 426 150 78.7 693 183 79.9 898 165 71.5 570
2014 127 81.8 688
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

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 103 96 109 103 135 134 165 174 177 188
  Science and engineering 79 66 86 76 88 96 107 96 109 118
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 6 4 3 3 4 8 6 11 8 12
      Agricultural sciences 3 3 3 3 4 2 1 2 5 1
      Natural resources and conservation 3 1 . . . 6 5 9 3 11
    Biological and biomedical sciences 14 10 8 12 13 21 19 16 19 26
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 1 4 4 3 2 2 . 2 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general . . . 1 . 1 . 2 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . 1 . . . 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 1 . . . 2 2 . 1 3
      Genetics and genomics 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 2 1 1 . . 3 1 . 1 1
      Molecular biology . . . . 4 4 6 4 5 7
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 . . . . 1 1 . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 2 1 . 1 . 3 3 4 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 . . 5 2 1 1 . 3 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 5 2 2 3 6 2 7 2 6
    Computer and information sciences 2 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 3
      Computer science 1 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 3
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 . 1 1 . . . . . .
    Engineering 7 8 13 16 13 18 30 19 19 19
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . 1 . 1 . . . .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . . 2 2 . 1 4 . 2 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 6 5 6 9 7 11 17 9 11 13
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . . . . 1 2 .
      Materials and mining engineering . . 1 . . 1 1 . . .
      Mechanical engineering . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 . 1
      Engineering, other 1 1 2 2 3 2 6 7 4 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . 1 2 . . 3 1 1 2 1
      Geological sciences . 1 2 . . 2 1 1 1 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . . . 1 . . 1 .
    Health sciences 3 3 5 5 2 2 3 2 5 2
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . 2 . . .
      Public health . 1 5 5 . 1 . . 1 2
      Health sciences, other 3 2 . . 2 1 1 2 4 .
    Mathematics and statistics 7 12 5 2 4 3 6 5 3 7
      Applied mathematics 1 3 1 . . 1 2 1 2 .
      Mathematics . 1 1 2 1 . . 3 . 3
      Statistics 2 4 2 . . . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 4 1 . 3 2 4 1 1 4
    Physical sciences 5 5 10 4 9 7 3 11 8 9
      Chemistry 3 5 7 2 6 3 1 5 4 8
      Physics 2 . 3 2 3 4 2 6 4 1
    Psychology 18 8 20 19 20 11 20 11 22 23
      Clinical psychology 5 2 4 4 8 3 6 6 9 7
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 4 7 6 5 5 8 3 8 11
      Research and experimental psychology 5 . 4 3 4 2 4 . 4 2
      Psychology, other 5 2 5 6 3 1 2 2 1 3
    Social sciences 17 13 16 11 21 19 15 16 19 16
      Anthropology 7 1 1 1 3 6 1 3 4 3
      Economics 5 9 6 4 6 7 8 7 8 8
      Political science and government . . 3 . 1 1 2 2 2 3
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 . . 2 3 3 2 1 1 2
      Social sciences, other 3 3 6 4 8 2 1 3 4 .
  Non-science and engineering 24 30 23 27 47 38 58 78 68 70
    Business 3 4 2 3 5 1 9 9 9 4
      Business 3 4 2 3 5 1 9 9 9 4
    Education 6 10 6 9 25 17 22 37 30 33
      Education leadership and administration 1 2 . 2 3 1 5 4 5 3
      Education research 3 6 5 5 9 11 7 17 15 20
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 2 . . 10 3 6 12 7 6
      Education, other 2 . 1 2 3 2 4 4 3 4
    Humanities and arts 9 12 10 11 10 14 14 20 15 26
      Letters 5 5 2 5 6 3 3 9 6 12
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . . . 1 .
      History . 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 . 3
      Philosophy and religious studies . 1 3 3 1 7 7 9 8 9
      Music and performing arts 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 . .
      Humanities and arts, other 3 2 2 1 1 1 . . . 2
    Other non-science and engineering 6 4 5 4 7 6 13 12 14 7
      Communication 6 4 5 3 7 6 12 12 14 7
      Non-science and engineering, other . . . 1 . . 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

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 470 404 397 370 399 437 486 530 548 683
    Female 431 370 399 359 368 386 362 381 432 503
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 422 384 451 420 407 437 422 427 382 547
    Hispanic or Latino 17 17 25 22 23 21 19 16 6 14
    Not Hispanic or Latino 401 366 424 398 382 414 400 379 315 443
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2
      Asian 21 16 18 19 18 25 40 27 22 26
      Black or African American 38 44 52 50 41 48 35 22 18 34
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
      White 325 290 337 317 310 329 306 319 269 377
      More than one race 16 15 16 11 12 11 19 9 5 4
    Unknown ethnicity and race 4 1 2 0 2 2 3 32 61 90
  Temporary visa holders 479 390 345 309 360 386 426 484 598 639
  Science and engineering 782 684 687 642 679 722 804 877 943 1,110
    Science 639 576 582 520 557 578 621 697 730 793
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 57 41 41 41 39 47 62 43 52 57
      Biological and biomedical sciences 137 140 145 122 139 130 150 167 189 170
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 40 50
      Computer and information sciences 105 72 55 42 40 53 87 91 107 123
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 14 13 14 15 19 24 36 31 45
      Mathematics and statistics 33 31 39 34 34 36 31 26 36 39
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 42 38 31 26 25 22 9 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 58 56 58 42 59 60 64 56 46 61
      Psychology 65 62 77 78 87 82 81 73 76 73
      Social sciences 126 122 123 121 119 129 113 146 153 175
    Engineering 143 108 105 122 122 144 183 180 213 317
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 13 9 5 5 3 3 0 0 5 16
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 24 21 20 16 22 28 22 22 21 34
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 61 48 46 58 56 63 107 98 116 190
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 15 15 9 16 21 24 21 29 34 30
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 13 21
      Other engineering 30 15 25 27 20 26 32 24 24 26
  Health 119 90 109 87 88 101 44 34 37 76
    Clinical medicine 72 31 56 8 16 20 0 0 0 0
    Other health 47 59 53 79 72 81 44 34 37 76

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 77 116 110 141 130 127 144 260 346 288
    Female 66 94 79 76 88 85 86 109 249 175
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 117 144 122 138 138 160 149 178 334 300
    Hispanic or Latino 6 7 3 3 3 5 4 4 11 12
    Not Hispanic or Latino 110 135 118 133 132 144 145 172 322 265
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3
      Asian 5 14 11 11 10 6 11 12 21 17
      Black or African American 10 9 11 8 15 11 4 5 12 17
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 90 109 94 111 99 119 125 155 285 228
      More than one race 5 3 2 3 6 7 5 0 3 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 1 2 1 2 3 11 0 2 1 23
  Temporary visa holders 26 66 67 79 80 52 81 191 261 163
  Science and engineering 114 203 173 211 202 202 228 347 569 442
    Science 90 161 139 139 145 151 164 207 424 325
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 8 18 17 15 11 8 18 49 70 44
      Biological and biomedical sciences 18 24 20 26 24 27 43 53 90 69
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 20
      Computer and information sciences 10 10 7 10 12 11 9 24 29 29
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 10 8 9 7 7 18 32 25 30
      Mathematics and statistics 2 5 4 4 5 4 5 14 10 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 11 13 14 12 8 11 7 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 5 13 11 8 12 10 6 18 19 28
      Psychology 6 26 17 23 24 24 21 0 34 35
      Social sciences 25 42 41 32 42 49 37 17 117 70
    Engineering 24 42 34 72 57 51 64 140 145 117
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 6 3 6 4 0 7 10 1 10
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 14 14 14 23 27 24 26 60 67 56
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 4 6 9 10 8 14 26 25 17
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 4 4
      Other engineering 2 18 11 34 16 18 14 38 45 29
  Health 29 7 16 6 16 10 2 22 26 21
    Clinical medicine 24 1 16 4 5 2 0 0 0 0
    Other health 5 6 0 2 11 8 2 22 26 21

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 84 77 96 57 66 68 44 29 6 15
  Science and engineering 82 76 95 57 65 68 44 29 6 15
    Science 59 58 78 38 63 65 34 27 5 14
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 10 11 5 3 6 26 1 7 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 30 16 40 13 32 20 17 16 3 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 4 2 2 2 0 1 4 2 8
      Mathematics and statistics 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 8 11 12 7 6 11 3 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 4 4 6 4 2 2 0 0 0
      Psychology 1 2 1 3 0 3 4 0 0 0
      Social sciences 4 10 14 2 12 3 6 0 0 4
    Engineering 23 18 17 19 2 3 10 2 1 1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 9 9 13 17 0 3 8 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
      Other engineering 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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 901 774 796 729 767 823 848 911 980 1,186
  Fellowships 38 53 49 0 26 46 52 46 12 26
    Federal 3 10 11 0 1 3 3 0 0 8
    Institutional 35 43 36 0 23 39 39 34 11 11
    Nonfederal 0 0 2 0 2 4 10 12 1 7
  Research assistantships 282 253 249 267 222 239 187 215 241 245
    Federal 76 64 82 47 41 54 38 29 6 6
    Institutional 188 178 147 201 155 166 139 184 227 231
    Nonfederal 18 11 20 19 26 19 10 2 8 8
  Teaching assistantships 321 310 320 275 302 360 365 375 450 433
    Federal 2 1 0 10 6 10 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 319 309 317 262 292 350 365 375 450 433
    Nonfederal 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 260 158 178 187 217 178 244 275 277 482
    Federal 3 2 3 0 18 1 3 0 0 1
    Institutional 87 65 43 37 52 41 10 36 122 69
    Nonfederal 15 26 28 2 28 34 32 10 3 15
    Personal resources 155 65 104 148 119 102 199 229 152 397

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 14 6 6 5 7 8 6 4 72 5
    Science 14 5 5 4 7 8 6 4 54 1
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 9 1 1 1 3 2 6 4 12 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 1 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0
      Psychology 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
    Engineering 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 4
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
  Health 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
    Clinical medicine 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0

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 7 3 1 1 5 5 5 4 33 1
  Science and engineering 7 3 1 1 5 5 5 4 26 1
    Science 7 2 1 1 5 5 5 4 21 1
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 5 0 0 0 2 2 5 4 7 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
    Engineering 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0

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

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 61,460 58,291 46,967 47,210 41,617 41,729 49,636 48,416 53,172 57,509
    Science 50,982 51,049 44,659 44,090 39,284 38,824 46,255 44,989 48,213 49,318
      Computer and information sciences 1,651 893 389 566 396 545 515 499 702 700
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,405 2,121 1,522 1,643 848 1,354 1,271 1,182 1,025 1,066
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 4 8 9 40 44 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,193 1,137 649 561 345 757 1,227 1,182 1,025 1,066
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 212 984 869 1,074 494 557 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 38,541 38,745 38,470 37,448 33,480 32,432 38,104 36,848 40,786 41,425
        Agricultural sciences 14,396 14,740 13,997 13,088 11,793 10,750 11,463 11,039 13,927 16,892
        Biological and biomedical sciences 6,927 5,231 5,789 6,268 4,876 4,686 5,952 6,467 5,971 5,419
        Health sciences 16,453 18,341 18,528 17,958 16,628 16,778 20,361 19,149 20,700 18,907
        Natural resources and conservation 334 266 0 0 0 184 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 431 167 156 134 183 34 328 193 188 207
      Mathematics and statistics 319 133 9 14 278 31 74 177 148 159
      Physical sciences 3,819 2,547 1,825 2,052 2,013 1,619 3,163 3,304 2,240 1,892
        Astronomy and astrophysics 983 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 2,097 1,823 1,393 1,441 1,318 901 2,118 2,050 1,130 968
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 251 0 62 0 0 0
        Physics 685 623 432 537 327 378 624 908 681 731
        Physical sciences nec 54 36 0 74 117 340 359 346 429 193
      Psychology 1,400 1,348 252 381 223 27 62 23 76 384
      Social sciences 3,329 3,644 1,358 996 954 1,249 1,118 1,269 1,256 1,587
        Anthropology 47 141 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
        Economics 310 310 9 54 9 0 23 2 3 3
        Political science and government 757 793 634 383 436 606 452 538 494 553
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,198 1,708 377 313 315 275 120 87 165 211
        Social sciences nec 1,017 692 338 246 194 367 523 642 594 820
      Sciences nec 518 1,618 834 990 1,092 1,567 1,948 1,687 1,980 2,105
    Engineering 4,600 3,183 2,308 3,120 2,333 2,905 3,381 3,427 4,959 8,191
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 577 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 76 58 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 2 0 0 36 35 66 57 49
      Civil engineering 722 298 189 194 55 80 116 397 911 435
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 1,249 1,253 589 1,273 642 758 997 947 875 1,050
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 7 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 796 837 768 846 419 423 570 358 599 1,133
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 332 107 67 152 153 87 124 195 1,329 4,669
      Engineering nec 841 539 693 507 1,064 1,521 1,539 1,464 1,188 855
    Non-S&E 5,878 4,059 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Business management and business administration 606 551 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 626 308 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 2,498 1,385 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Humanities 422 194 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Law 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 49 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 512 414 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 1,139 1,041 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 61,460 18,282 2,941 32,164 7,544 529 0
    Science 50,982 15,607 1,877 26,328 6,699 471 0
      Computer and information sciences 1,651 333 0 1,318 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,405 511 7 809 78 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,193 386 7 722 78 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 212 125 0 87 0 0 0
      Life sciences 38,541 11,702 1,648 18,390 6,445 356 0
        Agricultural sciences 14,396 4,779 763 6,195 2,657 2 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 6,927 2,164 39 4,272 451 1 0
        Health sciences 16,453 4,450 787 7,538 3,325 353 0
        Natural resources and conservation 334 179 59 96 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 431 130 0 289 12 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 319 116 0 173 0 30 0
      Physical sciences 3,819 1,945 0 1,857 17 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 983 783 0 200 0 0 0
        Chemistry 2,097 755 0 1,325 17 0 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 685 364 0 321 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 54 43 0 11 0 0 0
      Psychology 1,400 239 58 1,046 0 57 0
      Social sciences 3,329 362 162 2,627 151 27 0
        Anthropology 47 0 0 47 0 0 0
        Economics 310 0 0 310 0 0 0
        Political science and government 757 79 139 539 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,198 238 12 928 0 20 0
        Social sciences nec 1,017 45 11 803 151 7 0
      Sciences nec 518 399 2 108 8 1 0
    Engineering 4,600 817 73 2,860 845 5 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 577 9 0 568 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 76 10 0 66 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 722 211 27 479 0 5 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 1,249 234 33 900 82 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 7 0 0 7 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 796 201 13 378 204 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 332 152 0 85 95 0 0
      Engineering nec 841 0 0 377 464 0 0
    Non-S&E 5,878 1,858 991 2,976 0 53 0
      Business management and business administration 606 0 0 606 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 626 0 0 626 0 0 0
      Education 2,498 1,654 343 448 0 53 0
      Humanities 422 0 0 422 0 0 0
      Law 26 13 5 8 0 0 0
      Social work 49 0 9 40 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 512 0 0 512 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 1,139 191 634 314 0 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

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 18,282 17,209 13,582 12,655 12,735 12,625 12,733 13,421 14,574 14,895
  DOD 933 1,217 923 739 824 1,283 1,463 1,716 2,014 1,757
  DOE 323 383 228 192 177 205 267 507 772 471
  HHS 6,859 7,244 6,131 5,445 6,021 6,153 6,286 6,764 6,374 6,025
  NASA 772 285 125 68 55 88 79 60 37 7
  NSF 2,496 2,190 1,655 2,039 1,495 1,490 1,472 1,910 2,017 2,580
  USDA 1,890 1,691 1,095 1,073 1,327 952 1,003 865 1,097 1,424
  Other 5,009 4,199 3,425 3,099 2,836 2,454 2,163 1,599 2,263 2,631

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 1,115 288 827 .
2018 1,053 209 844 .

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 499 499 328 328 328
    Agricultural sciences 129 129 129 129 129
    Biological and biomedical sciences 99 99 70 70 70
    Computer and information sciences 5 5 0 0 0
    Engineering 30 30 39 39 39
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 59 59 6 6 6
    Health sciences 31 31 42 42 42
    Mathematics and statistics 1 1 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 41 41 5 5 5
    Physical sciences 69 69 22 22 22
    Psychology 15 15 10 10 10
    Social sciences 16 16 4 4 4
    Other 5 5 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

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 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

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