State U. New York, The, U. at Buffalo

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
2023 61 87 459 39 94.4 679 101 83.5 602 72 92.3 914
2022 51 89.1 457 35 95 680 68 92.6 900
2021 45 90.2 447 33 95.4 691 88 85.2 583 65 93 908
2020 48 89.6 450 72 89.9 698 62 93.4 916
2019 45 90.2 447 33 95.4 697 91 84.8 589 62 93.4 914
2018 53 87.9 428 30 95.9 700 60 93.6 911
2017 53 87.9 425 32 95.5 684 71 87.9 575 59 93.6 898
2016 49 88.9 430 35 95.2 697 59 93.6 896
2015 53 87.9 426 36 95 693 69 88.2 570 59 93.6 898
2014 51 88.2 422 34 95.2 688 56 93.9 889
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: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 315 357 340 358 382 332 341 335 337 342
  Science and engineering 235 263 252 268 285 239 248 238 240 224
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 2 1 . 1 . . . 1
      Agricultural sciences . . 2 1 . . . . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 1 . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 40 50 50 49 55 46 60 56 51 42
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 5 2 3 9 5 15 7 5 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 8 6 6 2 2 4 1 5 2 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 8 7 5 7 3 4 5 3 6
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 . . 2 2 . 2 4 2 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 4 3 6 6 7 3 10 6 4
      Genetics and genomics . . 2 2 2 1 . 1 1 2
      Microbiology and immunology 4 9 8 10 6 6 9 6 7 6
      Molecular biology 1 2 2 1 5 7 7 3 3 4
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 7 7 3 7 4 9 5 9 2
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 3 2 3 2 5 4 5 5 4
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 7 5 10 9 5 4 6 3 7 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 1 1 3 2 . . 2 1 1
    Computer and information sciences 9 15 14 21 27 15 19 20 16 20
      Computer science 5 9 11 16 26 12 19 17 16 17
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 6 3 5 1 3 . 3 . 3
    Engineering 81 89 73 69 81 65 55 54 61 63
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 5 1 3 2 2 5 . 1 3
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 7 7 7 6 6 4 3 4 5
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 6 13 13 11 10 14 4 9 2 10
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 10 11 15 20 7 11 9 18 15
      Electrical and computer engineering 31 18 14 8 15 18 13 8 19 12
      Industrial engineering and operations research 11 10 10 11 12 8 8 12 2 11
      Materials and mining engineering 6 8 4 2 1 1 . 2 3 1
      Mechanical engineering 9 9 10 11 10 9 9 6 11 4
      Engineering, other 4 9 3 1 5 . 1 5 1 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 1 3 6 1 5 1 2 3 3
      Geological sciences 2 1 3 6 1 5 1 1 3 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
    Health sciences 15 18 16 17 25 23 19 15 17 12
      Nursing science 6 3 1 1 1 6 3 1 5 1
      Pharmaceutical sciences 2 4 9 4 12 9 7 4 5 3
      Public health 2 6 2 3 3 1 3 2 1 2
      Health sciences, other 5 5 4 9 9 7 6 8 6 6
    Mathematics and statistics 11 16 14 4 7 12 6 8 4 2
      Applied mathematics 2 5 . 1 2 5 1 . 2 .
      Mathematics 3 4 3 . 2 3 3 4 2 2
      Statistics . 1 . 1 . . . 1 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 6 6 11 2 3 4 2 3 . .
    Physical sciences 30 24 30 42 43 27 24 31 28 29
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 1 . 2 . . . . 1 .
      Chemistry 24 14 21 25 29 19 14 22 16 21
      Physics 4 9 9 15 14 8 10 9 11 8
    Psychology 20 25 15 23 17 8 24 19 21 18
      Clinical psychology 6 7 2 5 2 1 9 6 7 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 9 8 6 3 5 5 12 5 9 9
      Research and experimental psychology 4 8 7 8 6 2 3 7 4 5
      Psychology, other 1 2 . 7 4 . . 1 1 1
    Social sciences 26 25 35 36 29 37 40 33 39 34
      Anthropology 1 . 5 1 2 1 8 5 3 3
      Economics 3 3 4 4 6 6 4 2 7 4
      Political science and government 2 2 4 1 4 3 4 3 1 6
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 3 6 4 2 5 7 3 14 5
      Social sciences, other 18 17 16 26 15 22 17 19 14 16
  Non-science and engineering 80 94 88 90 97 93 93 97 97 118
    Business 3 7 4 7 12 13 13 8 11 11
      Business 3 7 4 7 12 13 13 8 11 11
    Education 47 42 37 32 35 28 37 33 32 41
      Education leadership and administration 4 2 3 3 4 . 2 1 3 4
      Education research 31 31 21 14 22 9 22 12 21 19
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 8 12 13 7 17 12 18 8 16
      Education, other 5 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 . 2
    Humanities and arts 27 36 39 49 38 42 38 48 48 51
      Letters 14 20 19 19 14 20 19 16 22 25
      Foreign languages and literature 2 5 4 4 . 2 2 10 4 3
      History 1 2 3 9 2 6 4 5 6 5
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 3 5 1 9 4 6 7 5 6
      Music and performing arts 6 4 4 9 8 3 2 5 6 5
      Humanities and arts, other 2 2 4 7 5 7 5 5 5 7
    Other non-science and engineering 3 9 8 2 12 10 5 8 6 15
      Communication 1 6 7 1 6 5 3 5 3 10
      Public administration and social services 2 2 . 1 6 5 2 2 3 5
      Non-science and engineering, other . 1 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 2,325 2,465 2,532 1,080 2,220 2,314 2,249 2,157 2,108 2,286
    Female 1,775 1,735 1,705 885 1,480 1,505 1,423 1,444 1,423 1,398
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,451 1,514 1,690 1,296 1,490 1,432 1,354 1,392 1,389 1,370
    Hispanic or Latino 101 115 95 74 86 77 63 62 59 46
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,284 1,342 1,517 1,139 1,257 1,207 1,163 1,164 1,163 1,136
      American Indian or Alaska Native 8 5 8 7 9 10 13 18 13 14
      Asian 211 240 264 211 189 158 123 109 95 90
      Black or African American 101 103 122 92 77 78 80 63 70 60
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 907 943 1,069 790 957 924 911 942 956 954
      More than one race 56 51 54 39 25 37 36 32 29 18
    Unknown ethnicity and race 66 57 78 83 147 148 128 166 167 188
  Temporary visa holders 2,649 2,686 2,547 669 2,210 2,387 2,318 2,209 2,142 2,314
  Science and engineering 3,741 3,877 3,875 1,636 3,406 3,557 3,445 3,386 3,245 3,396
    Science 2,473 2,653 2,552 1,115 2,312 2,406 2,264 2,243 2,190 2,271
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 645 631 581 280 520 545 517 541 499 461
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 28 39
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 34 33
      Computer and information sciences 930 1,109 1,084 284 831 850 696 576 545 734
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 33 37 34 25 37 35 50 43 43 44
      Mathematics and statistics 178 206 165 106 148 141 187 196 205 73
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 59 42 48 44 26 10 14 22 18 22
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 216 206 189 84 251 262 219 209 200 199
      Psychology 144 131 154 102 166 180 167 167 180 163
      Social sciences 268 291 297 190 333 383 414 430 438 503
    Engineering 1,268 1,224 1,323 521 1,094 1,151 1,181 1,143 1,055 1,125
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 57 64 50 33 35 34 30 30 26 36
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 109 82 98 61 106 104 102 96 71 53
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 140 128 143 68 142 148 158 142 118 107
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 78 97 108 60 142 192 186 158 136 160
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 108 120 109 51 154 228 293 266 341 388
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 181 182 164 69 268 233 227 258 202 208
      Mechanical engineering 72 92 107 46 148 142 143 158 140 168
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      Other engineering 523 459 544 133 99 70 42 28 21 5
    Health 359 323 362 329 294 262 227 215 286 288
      Clinical medicine 178 158 171 167 120 104 56 51 57 54
      Other health 181 165 191 162 174 158 171 164 229 234

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 777 695 286 1,236 288 194 193 300 333 238
    Female 383 324 172 756 144 104 112 156 166 136
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 309 349 397 893 311 228 241 255 264 288
    Hispanic or Latino 20 24 16 34 9 9 12 9 8 8
    Not Hispanic or Latino 281 314 350 784 272 194 194 214 229 242
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 4 3
      Asian 62 66 56 104 36 22 27 24 27 19
      Black or African American 22 19 27 48 24 13 6 13 10 16
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 183 217 257 606 202 155 157 172 187 202
      More than one race 14 11 10 22 9 4 2 4 1 2
    Unknown ethnicity and race 8 11 31 75 30 25 35 32 27 38
  Temporary visa holders 851 670 61 1,099 121 70 64 201 235 86
  Science and engineering 1,087 943 382 1,836 391 264 274 425 457 337
    Science 683 561 208 1,023 194 175 170 292 360 240
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 65 70 45 239 42 42 52 42 28 37
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
      Computer and information sciences 497 380 49 318 70 45 33 140 203 60
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 3 1 19 3 5 7 6 6 5
      Mathematics and statistics 29 12 8 52 10 25 15 13 10 5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 20 18 27 22 18 12 13 23 21 31
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 5 4 3 136 7 5 4 5 8 6
      Psychology 18 17 18 69 8 8 17 15 22 23
      Social sciences 46 57 57 168 36 33 29 44 61 70
    Engineering 404 382 174 813 197 89 104 133 97 97
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 17 9 16 26 18 11 7 6 6 4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 8 14 51 8 2 11 4 3 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 12 10 92 10 2 8 7 7 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 13 16 16 86 25 16 19 15 23 21
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 14 17 12 84 14 14 18 62 19 19
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 112 67 37 266 59 18 17 13 11 15
      Mechanical engineering 19 23 25 94 29 22 21 18 22 33
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Other engineering 216 230 44 114 34 4 3 7 6 0
    Health 73 76 76 156 41 34 31 31 42 37
      Clinical medicine 49 46 47 40 19 12 11 16 12 13
      Other health 24 30 29 116 22 22 20 15 30 24

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 2013
All surveyed fields 422 307 261 69 257 238 298 297 352 318 0
  Science and engineering 387 279 229 68 235 224 281 280 324 292 0
    Science 221 156 111 42 158 134 179 211 227 204 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 105 88 43 12 51 36 67 82 117 98 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 10 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0
      Computer and information sciences 55 6 23 13 42 30 54 49 39 36 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 11 10 3 7 8 8 6 6 10 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 36 35 29 7 35 33 33 41 32 17 0
      Psychology 13 13 5 7 23 23 11 8 13 19 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 17 9 12 0
    Engineering 166 123 118 26 77 90 102 69 97 88 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 7 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 26 24 22 8 9 17 14 11 9 7 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 61 47 49 7 24 26 33 28 21 22 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 15 9 8 3 12 8 11 6 11 18 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 18 16 18 5 25 26 39 0 25 17 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 23 4 10 3 6 10 0 9 20 19 0
      Mechanical engineering 15 16 6 0 0 3 5 14 11 5 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 35 28 32 1 22 14 17 17 28 26 0
      Clinical medicine 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 11 0
      Other health 33 26 32 1 22 12 17 16 23 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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 4,100 4,200 4,237 1,965 3,700 3,819 3,672 3,601 3,531 3,684
  Fellowships 36 35 28 1 17 17 20 15 48 73
    Federal 30 27 19 1 16 9 13 12 30 30
    Institutional 4 3 6 0 0 1 3 0 10 26
    Nonfederal 2 5 3 0 1 7 4 3 8 17
  Research assistantships 533 418 405 112 428 383 533 445 460 498
    Federal 369 274 234 65 233 215 281 284 298 267
    Institutional 95 68 50 19 111 71 129 82 82 132
    Nonfederal 69 76 121 28 84 97 123 79 80 99
  Teaching assistantships 754 733 702 442 844 919 806 767 695 660
    Federal 4 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 746 730 700 442 838 902 806 752 691 660
    Nonfederal 4 1 2 0 6 12 0 15 4 0
  Other types of support 2,777 3,014 3,102 1,410 2,411 2,500 2,313 2,374 2,328 2,453
    Federal 19 4 8 3 8 9 4 1 24 21
    Institutional 88 40 17 21 27 31 22 23 196 143
    Nonfederal 21 14 11 14 13 21 35 35 36 42
    Personal resources 2,649 2,956 3,066 1,372 2,363 2,439 2,252 2,315 2,072 2,247

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 258 289 272 222 219 245 250 238 187 211
    Science 216 247 272 192 193 220 231 227 170 185
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 120 144 272 119 126 154 165 140 96 116
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 6
      Computer and information sciences 6 6 0 4 2 3 5 4 2 4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 5 0 2 1 2 2 5 2 2
      Mathematics and statistics 3 2 0 4 5 4 3 4 3 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 10 8 0 2 2 3 2 5 6 3
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 48 60 0 46 45 38 40 53 47 42
      Psychology 3 2 0 7 7 6 3 2 3 3
      Social sciences 17 20 0 8 5 10 11 7 6 6
    Engineering 42 42 0 30 26 25 19 11 17 26
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 6
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 23 20 0 14 11 7 3 2 3 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 4 0 3 3 3 4 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 2 0 3 5 5 4 4 4 6
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 3
      Mechanical engineering 4 9 0 4 4 9 7 0 5 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
    Health 26 25 0 38 29 32 37 35 69 90
      Clinical medicine 3 6 0 5 4 5 5 7 24 31
      Other health 23 19 0 33 25 27 32 28 45 59

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 66 55 107 91 78 65 52 54 123 46
  Science and engineering 57 53 107 67 61 49 36 33 85 24
    Science 51 49 107 62 59 48 33 33 76 22
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 34 30 107 34 38 26 20 18 37 17
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1
      Computer and information sciences 4 1 0 0 0 1 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 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 10 0 22 18 17 10 6 28 3
      Psychology 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 2 1
      Social sciences 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
    Engineering 6 4 0 5 2 1 3 0 9 2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 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 0 0
    Health 9 2 0 24 17 16 16 21 38 22
      Clinical medicine 1 0 0 4 3 2 1 1 14 3
      Other health 8 2 0 20 14 14 15 20 24 19

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 471,569 439,709 425,349 422,038 413,817 410,220 401,591 389,569 382,935 386,562
    Science 322,096 307,188 307,072 288,797 299,239 298,007 292,421 278,625 278,644 288,007
      Computer and information sciences 20,464 20,493 17,679 18,747 15,899 16,731 16,352 13,314 13,215 13,402
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6,700 4,848 4,912 3,739 3,533 4,479 4,212 3,325 2,883 3,470
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 6,529 4,848 4,912 3,739 3,533 4,441 4,204 3,325 2,883 3,464
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 2 0 0 0 0 38 8 0 0 6
      Life sciences 263,888 257,060 254,314 241,467 249,349 244,106 241,186 232,401 238,676 243,710
        Agricultural sciences 563 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 105,597 95,707 95,200 88,070 82,365 76,477 71,749 66,792 77,658 63,526
        Health sciences 156,207 159,310 154,302 150,541 164,551 165,515 167,111 163,179 156,492 173,063
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,521 2,043 4,812 2,856 2,433 2,114 2,326 2,430 4,526 7,121
      Mathematics and statistics 2,886 1,926 1,730 1,067 1,083 901 949 857 748 1,287
      Physical sciences 15,320 11,990 13,431 11,161 11,644 13,301 13,498 13,533 13,614 16,872
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 11,496 9,376 10,122 7,461 7,311 9,069 9,102 8,746 8,565 10,301
        Materials science 3 4 26 174 97 5 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,821 2,610 3,283 3,526 4,236 4,227 4,396 4,787 5,049 6,571
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 5,809 4,111 5,677 5,113 4,752 4,908 3,820 4,266 4,138 3,501
      Social sciences 4,321 6,573 8,687 6,356 9,937 10,024 8,662 9,420 4,556 4,857
        Anthropology 2,037 4,448 4,783 3,984 4,956 5,919 6,245 5,958 0 0
        Economics 0 0 32 30 430 547 108 38 198 129
        Political science and government 0 457 1,564 22 1,839 1,688 755 2,151 938 719
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,162 1,668 2,308 2,320 2,693 1,794 1,553 1,273 92 124
        Social sciences nec 122 0 0 0 19 76 1 0 3,328 3,885
      Sciences nec 2,708 187 642 1,147 3,042 3,557 3,742 1,509 814 908
    Engineering 123,383 109,870 100,194 112,843 95,040 95,234 93,965 94,683 88,489 82,076
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11,091 12,279 15,010 16,026 11,817 14,649 16,610 104 91 484
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 18,601 12,264 9,847 15,771 14,478 13,963 19,017 22,433 14,994 11,049
      Chemical engineering 17,346 14,783 13,887 16,072 13,211 18,741 19,225 19,589 23,771 24,423
      Civil engineering 11,452 8,297 7,680 10,690 11,149 10,958 10,230 11,428 11,812 12,051
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 4,789 5,354 7,382 5,146 3,946 5,519 4,384 4,925 5,024 5,118
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 9,439 7,407 8,562 12,273 13,373 7,647 3,287 2,100 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 31,671 25,052 19,203 20,311 14,834 12,435 10,893 13,570 12,002 9,807
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 5,009 3,223 3,079 2,245 276 98 0 142 1,443 266
      Engineering nec 13,985 21,211 15,544 14,309 11,956 11,224 10,319 20,392 19,352 18,878
    Non-S&E 26,090 22,651 18,083 20,398 19,538 16,979 15,205 16,261 15,802 16,479
      Business management and business administration 8,572 6,747 2,475 3,913 2,798 1,749 567 995 1,237 1,533
      Communication and communications technologies 451 202 378 161 1 0 0 0 215 238
      Education 15,297 14,153 13,691 14,352 14,929 13,216 12,603 12,644 12,525 12,402
      Humanities 825 517 587 457 554 751 800 573 323 947
      Law 327 631 588 524 358 267 332 318 323 430
      Social work 246 175 67 0 0 0 0 0 876 897
      Visual and performing arts 54 19 7 217 256 57 52 32 36 32
      Non-S&E nec 318 207 290 774 642 939 851 1,699 267 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: 2023
(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 471,569 257,857 32,647 124,197 20,309 29,292 7,267
    Science 322,096 169,908 19,253 93,092 16,078 16,498 7,267
      Computer and information sciences 20,464 12,966 332 6,563 438 37 128
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6,700 4,556 14 1,745 0 385 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 125 74 0 0 0 51 0
        Geological and earth sciences 6,529 4,436 14 1,745 0 334 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 44 44 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 263,888 136,241 18,549 72,802 15,410 13,934 6,952
        Agricultural sciences 563 563 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 105,597 64,626 9,235 19,597 2,803 7,987 1,349
        Health sciences 156,207 70,487 9,036 52,607 12,574 5,925 5,578
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,521 565 278 598 33 22 25
      Mathematics and statistics 2,886 885 0 1,369 0 632 0
      Physical sciences 15,320 9,997 12 4,750 224 337 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 11,496 7,601 12 3,636 224 23 0
        Materials science 3 0 0 3 0 0 0
        Physics 3,821 2,396 0 1,111 0 314 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 5,809 4,357 0 1,452 0 0 0
      Social sciences 4,321 646 346 1,963 6 1,173 187
        Anthropology 2,037 326 2 1,317 0 205 187
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,162 320 334 534 6 968 0
        Social sciences nec 122 0 10 112 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 2,708 260 0 2,448 0 0 0
    Engineering 123,383 83,743 6,233 25,973 4,192 3,242 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11,091 10,056 0 1,035 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 18,601 5,437 4,414 8,192 435 123 0
      Chemical engineering 17,346 10,550 1,117 4,892 784 3 0
      Civil engineering 11,452 4,031 691 4,810 130 1,790 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 4,789 3,007 0 1,320 206 256 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 9,439 6,807 0 2,017 590 25 0
      Mechanical engineering 31,671 27,789 0 2,168 1,666 48 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 5,009 3,117 11 866 18 997 0
      Engineering nec 13,985 12,949 0 673 363 0 0
    Non-S&E 26,090 4,206 7,161 5,132 39 9,552 0
      Business management and business administration 8,572 44 5,351 2,900 9 268 0
      Communication and communications technologies 451 429 0 8 0 14 0
      Education 15,297 3,387 1,434 1,750 18 8,708 0
      Humanities 825 304 12 283 11 215 0
      Law 327 0 122 3 0 202 0
      Social work 246 12 205 28 1 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 54 30 0 24 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 318 0 37 136 0 145 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 257,857 218,231 210,257 200,155 182,983 186,494 186,836 182,883 177,441 189,209
  DOD 62,081 47,799 46,847 37,862 27,532 29,909 32,266 25,289 20,811 26,276
  DOE 9,551 8,111 5,514 5,248 3,260 2,848 2,692 2,399 1,177 1,748
  HHS 137,564 122,689 116,929 115,134 111,965 111,101 114,498 115,701 113,954 121,222
  NASA 1,728 1,344 1,095 692 782 1,410 2,175 2,642 2,925 2,521
  NSF 33,542 26,828 29,583 30,334 29,533 30,064 25,692 25,976 24,920 24,089
  USDA 702 386 289 280 281 836 863 998 899 1,006
  Other 12,689 11,074 10,000 10,605 9,630 10,326 8,650 9,878 12,755 12,347

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: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 4,796 i 804 i 3,992 i .
2018 4,730 i 798 i 3,932 i .
2017 4,870 i 832 i 4,038 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 825 936 834 1,056 1,008
    Agricultural sciences 11 9 9 3 4
    Biological and biomedical sciences 227 259 216 272 241
    Computer and information sciences 20 23 22 29 28
    Engineering 133 145 142 151 143
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 25 25 23 31 27
    Health sciences 235 256 248 356 330
    Mathematics and statistics 3 2 2 5 9
    Natural resources and conservation 4 3 3 6 6
    Physical sciences 108 132 104 125 114
    Psychology 33 39 34 31 29
    Social sciences 25 27 31 47 47
    Other 0 16 0 0 30

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 . . . 42,747 . 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . 26,468 . 0
    Physical sciences . . . 16,279 . 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 13,347 72,276 8,732 10,591 13,917
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 1,354 2,143 7,956 476
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 865 0 0
    Engineering 0 762 970 1,491 550
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 25,400 0 0 574
    Health sciences 2,475 10,260 3,866 1,143 11,992
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 11,300 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 18,400 888 0 0
    Psychology 10,283 0 0 0 326
    Social sciences 589 4,800 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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