SUNY, U. Buffalo

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 62 86.8 459 65 93.1 925
2023 61 87 459 39 94.4 679 71 92.4 911 101 83.5 602
2022 51 89.1 457 35 95 680 68 92.6 900
2021 45 90.2 447 33 95.4 691 65 93 908 88 85.2 583
2020 48 89.6 450 72 89.9 698 62 93.4 916
2019 45 90.2 447 33 95.4 697 62 93.4 914 91 84.8 589
2018 53 87.9 428 30 95.9 700 60 93.6 911
2017 53 87.9 425 32 95.5 684 59 93.6 898 71 87.9 575
2016 49 88.9 430 35 95.2 697 59 93.6 896
2015 53 87.9 426 36 95 693 59 93.6 898 69 88.2 570
2014 34 95.2 688
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 312 315 357 340 358 382 332 341 335 337
  Science and engineering 236 235 263 252 268 285 239 248 238 240
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 . . 2 1 . 1 . . .
      Agricultural sciences . . . 2 1 . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 . . . . . 1 . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 45 40 50 50 49 55 46 60 56 51
      Biochemistry and biophysics 5 7 5 2 3 9 5 15 7 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 8 6 6 2 2 4 1 5 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 9 3 8 7 5 7 3 4 5 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 2 . . 2 2 . 2 4 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 5 4 3 6 6 7 3 10 6
      Genetics and genomics 1 . . 2 2 2 1 . 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 5 4 9 8 10 6 6 9 6 7
      Molecular biology . 1 2 2 1 5 7 7 3 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 1 7 7 3 7 4 9 5 9
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 1 3 2 3 2 5 4 5 5
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 9 7 5 10 9 5 4 6 3 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 1 1 1 3 2 . . 2 1
    Computer and information sciences 7 9 15 14 21 27 15 19 20 16
      Computer science 3 5 9 11 16 26 12 19 17 16
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 4 6 3 5 1 3 . 3 .
    Engineering 76 81 89 73 69 81 65 55 54 61
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 2 5 1 3 2 2 5 . 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5 2 7 7 7 6 6 4 3 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 15 6 13 13 11 10 14 4 9 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 9 10 10 11 15 20 7 11 9 18
      Electrical and computer engineering 19 31 18 14 8 15 18 13 8 19
      Industrial engineering and operations research 8 11 10 10 11 12 8 8 12 2
      Materials and mining engineering 3 6 8 4 2 1 1 . 2 3
      Mechanical engineering 8 9 9 10 11 10 9 9 6 11
      Engineering, other . 4 9 3 1 5 . 1 5 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 3 1 3 6 1 5 1 2 3
      Geological sciences . 2 1 3 6 1 5 1 1 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 . . . . . . 1 .
    Health sciences 20 15 18 16 17 25 23 19 15 17
      Nursing science 6 6 3 1 1 1 6 3 1 5
      Pharmaceutical sciences 6 2 4 9 4 12 9 7 4 5
      Public health 3 2 6 2 3 3 1 3 2 1
      Health sciences, other 5 5 5 4 9 9 7 6 8 6
    Mathematics and statistics 8 11 16 14 4 7 12 6 8 4
      Applied mathematics 3 2 5 . 1 2 5 1 . 2
      Mathematics 2 3 4 3 . 2 3 3 4 2
      Statistics . . 1 . 1 . . . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 6 6 11 2 3 4 2 3 .
    Physical sciences 38 30 24 30 42 43 27 24 31 28
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 2 1 . 2 . . . . 1
      Chemistry 31 24 14 21 25 29 19 14 22 16
      Physics 7 4 9 9 15 14 8 10 9 11
    Psychology 10 20 25 15 23 17 8 24 19 21
      Clinical psychology 1 6 7 2 5 2 1 9 6 7
      Counseling and applied psychology 5 9 8 6 3 5 5 12 5 9
      Research and experimental psychology 4 4 8 7 8 6 2 3 7 4
      Psychology, other . 1 2 . 7 4 . . 1 1
    Social sciences 30 26 25 35 36 29 37 40 33 39
      Anthropology 1 1 . 5 1 2 1 8 5 3
      Economics 7 3 3 4 4 6 6 4 2 7
      Political science and government 1 2 2 4 1 4 3 4 3 1
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 2 3 6 4 2 5 7 3 14
      Social sciences, other 17 18 17 16 26 15 22 17 19 14
  Non-science and engineering 76 80 94 88 90 97 93 93 97 97
    Business 12 3 7 4 7 12 13 13 8 11
      Business 12 3 7 4 7 12 13 13 8 11
    Education 30 47 42 37 32 35 28 37 33 32
      Education leadership and administration 2 4 2 3 3 4 . 2 1 3
      Education research 19 31 31 21 14 22 9 22 12 21
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 7 8 12 13 7 17 12 18 8
      Education, other 2 5 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 .
    Humanities and arts 24 27 36 39 49 38 42 38 48 48
      Letters 7 14 20 19 19 14 20 19 16 22
      Foreign languages and literature 4 2 5 4 4 . 2 2 10 4
      History 4 1 2 3 9 2 6 4 5 6
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 2 3 5 1 9 4 6 7 5
      Music and performing arts 1 6 4 4 9 8 3 2 5 6
      Humanities and arts, other 5 2 2 4 7 5 7 5 5 5
    Other non-science and engineering 10 3 9 8 2 12 10 5 8 6
      Communication 6 1 6 7 1 6 5 3 5 3
      Public administration and social services 3 2 2 . 1 6 5 2 2 3
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 . 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
      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
      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
All surveyed fields 422 307 261 69 257 238 298 297 352 318
  Science and engineering 387 279 229 68 235 224 281 280 324 292
    Science 221 156 111 42 158 134 179 211 227 204
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 105 88 43 12 51 36 67 82 117 98
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
      Computer and information sciences 55 6 23 13 42 30 54 49 39 36
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 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
      Mathematics and statistics 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 36 35 29 7 35 33 33 41 32 17
      Psychology 13 13 5 7 23 23 11 8 13 19
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 17 9 12
    Engineering 166 123 118 26 77 90 102 69 97 88
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 7 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 26 24 22 8 9 17 14 11 9 7
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 61 47 49 7 24 26 33 28 21 22
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 15 9 8 3 12 8 11 6 11 18
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 18 16 18 5 25 26 39 0 25 17
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 23 4 10 3 6 10 0 9 20 19
      Mechanical engineering 15 16 6 0 0 3 5 14 11 5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 35 28 32 1 22 14 17 17 28 26
    Clinical medicine 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 11
    Other health 33 26 32 1 22 12 17 16 23 15

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 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 270 277 265 271 260 245 250 238 187 211
    Science 229 236 265 233 231 220 231 227 170 185
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 126 136 265 146 155 154 165 140 96 116
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 6
      Computer and information sciences 6 4 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 4 2 0 9 8 4 3 4 3 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 10 8 0 3 2 3 2 5 6 3
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 53 59 0 50 49 38 40 53 47 42
      Psychology 3 2 0 9 7 6 3 2 3 3
      Social sciences 18 20 0 10 7 10 11 7 6 6
    Engineering 41 41 0 38 29 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 5 1 0 0 0 1 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 21 18 0 13 11 7 3 2 3 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 3 0 5 4 3 4 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 2 0 4 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 5 11 0 9 6 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 23 0 40 30 32 37 35 69 90
    Clinical medicine 3 5 0 6 4 5 5 7 24 31
    Other health 23 18 0 34 26 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
      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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 541,880 471,569 439,709 425,349 422,038 413,817 410,220 401,591 389,569 382,935
    Science 365,678 322,096 307,188 307,072 288,797 299,239 298,007 292,421 278,625 278,644
      Computer and information sciences 22,035 20,464 20,493 17,679 18,747 15,899 16,731 16,352 13,314 13,215
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6,528 6,700 4,848 4,912 3,739 3,533 4,479 4,212 3,325 2,883
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 163 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 6,302 6,529 4,848 4,912 3,739 3,533 4,441 4,204 3,325 2,883
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 63 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 2 0 0 0 0 38 8 0 0
      Life sciences 307,957 263,888 257,060 254,314 241,467 249,349 244,106 241,186 232,401 238,676
        Agricultural sciences 1,039 563 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 140,166 105,597 95,707 95,200 88,070 82,365 76,477 71,749 66,792 77,658
        Health sciences 165,492 156,207 159,310 154,302 150,541 164,551 165,515 167,111 163,179 156,492
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,260 1,521 2,043 4,812 2,856 2,433 2,114 2,326 2,430 4,526
      Mathematics and statistics 2,352 2,886 1,926 1,730 1,067 1,083 901 949 857 748
      Physical sciences 15,999 15,320 11,990 13,431 11,161 11,644 13,301 13,498 13,533 13,614
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 12,151 11,496 9,376 10,122 7,461 7,311 9,069 9,102 8,746 8,565
        Materials science 0 3 4 26 174 97 5 0 0 0
        Physics 3,848 3,821 2,610 3,283 3,526 4,236 4,227 4,396 4,787 5,049
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 5,304 5,809 4,111 5,677 5,113 4,752 4,908 3,820 4,266 4,138
      Social sciences 4,091 4,321 6,573 8,687 6,356 9,937 10,024 8,662 9,420 4,556
        Anthropology 1,859 2,037 4,448 4,783 3,984 4,956 5,919 6,245 5,958 0
        Economics 0 0 0 32 30 430 547 108 38 198
        Political science and government 93 0 457 1,564 22 1,839 1,688 755 2,151 938
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,986 2,162 1,668 2,308 2,320 2,693 1,794 1,553 1,273 92
        Social sciences nec 153 122 0 0 0 19 76 1 0 3,328
      Sciences nec 1,412 2,708 187 642 1,147 3,042 3,557 3,742 1,509 814
    Engineering 124,566 123,383 109,870 100,194 112,843 95,040 95,234 93,965 94,683 88,489
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10,877 11,091 12,279 15,010 16,026 11,817 14,649 16,610 104 91
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 15,742 18,601 12,264 9,847 15,771 14,478 13,963 19,017 22,433 14,994
      Chemical engineering 15,304 17,346 14,783 13,887 16,072 13,211 18,741 19,225 19,589 23,771
      Civil engineering 13,963 11,452 8,297 7,680 10,690 11,149 10,958 10,230 11,428 11,812
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,805 4,789 5,354 7,382 5,146 3,946 5,519 4,384 4,925 5,024
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 8,998 9,439 7,407 8,562 12,273 13,373 7,647 3,287 2,100 0
      Mechanical engineering 33,927 31,671 25,052 19,203 20,311 14,834 12,435 10,893 13,570 12,002
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 4,195 5,009 3,223 3,079 2,245 276 98 0 142 1,443
      Engineering nec 17,755 13,985 21,211 15,544 14,309 11,956 11,224 10,319 20,392 19,352
    Non-S&E 51,636 26,090 22,651 18,083 20,398 19,538 16,979 15,205 16,261 15,802
      Business management and business administration 17,836 8,572 6,747 2,475 3,913 2,798 1,749 567 995 1,237
      Communication and communications technologies 919 451 202 378 161 1 0 0 0 215
      Education 28,785 15,297 14,153 13,691 14,352 14,929 13,216 12,603 12,644 12,525
      Humanities 1,030 825 517 587 457 554 751 800 573 323
      Law 496 327 631 588 524 358 267 332 318 323
      Social work 305 246 175 67 0 0 0 0 0 876
      Visual and performing arts 8 54 19 7 217 256 57 52 32 36
      Non-S&E nec 2,257 318 207 290 774 642 939 851 1,699 267

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 541,880 284,562 41,118 149,921 27,287 30,731 8,261
    Science 365,678 188,692 25,957 100,104 22,837 19,828 8,260
      Computer and information sciences 22,035 14,783 59 6,822 103 162 106
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6,528 4,646 17 1,580 0 285 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 163 60 0 34 0 69 0
        Geological and earth sciences 6,302 4,536 17 1,533 0 216 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 63 50 0 13 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 307,957 153,639 25,727 82,154 22,407 15,984 8,046
        Agricultural sciences 1,039 820 0 219 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 140,166 80,619 17,965 23,866 6,444 8,606 2,666
        Health sciences 165,492 72,103 7,664 57,078 15,956 7,371 5,320
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,260 97 98 991 7 7 60
      Mathematics and statistics 2,352 668 0 681 0 1,003 0
      Physical sciences 15,999 10,166 36 4,500 216 1,081 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 12,151 7,752 36 3,399 216 748 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,848 2,414 0 1,101 0 333 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 5,304 4,025 0 1,279 0 0 0
      Social sciences 4,091 765 118 1,676 111 1,313 108
        Anthropology 1,859 335 14 991 0 411 108
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 93 0 0 93 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,986 430 104 439 111 902 0
        Social sciences nec 153 0 0 153 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 1,412 0 0 1,412 0 0 0
    Engineering 124,566 89,397 8,704 20,159 4,187 2,118 1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10,877 9,581 0 1,296 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 15,742 5,706 5,508 4,108 305 115 0
      Chemical engineering 15,304 10,225 1,215 2,702 1,120 42 0
      Civil engineering 13,963 4,791 1,812 5,184 372 1,804 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,805 2,445 15 1,083 231 31 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 8,998 6,241 154 2,123 407 72 1
      Mechanical engineering 33,927 30,850 0 1,778 1,282 17 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 4,195 3,620 0 530 8 37 0
      Engineering nec 17,755 15,938 0 1,355 462 0 0
    Non-S&E 51,636 6,473 6,457 29,658 263 8,785 0
      Business management and business administration 17,836 494 3,704 13,302 98 238 0
      Communication and communications technologies 919 886 0 8 0 25 0
      Education 28,785 4,833 2,129 13,763 76 7,984 0
      Humanities 1,030 234 102 409 0 285 0
      Law 496 0 182 2 89 223 0
      Social work 305 26 279 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 8 0 0 8 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 2,257 0 61 2,166 0 30 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 284,562 257,857 218,231 210,257 200,155 182,983 186,494 186,836 182,883 177,441
  DOD 69,063 62,081 47,799 46,847 37,862 27,532 29,909 32,266 25,289 20,811
  DOE 9,894 9,551 8,111 5,514 5,248 3,260 2,848 2,692 2,399 1,177
  HHS 148,565 137,564 122,689 116,929 115,134 111,965 111,101 114,498 115,701 113,954
  NASA 3,406 1,728 1,344 1,095 692 782 1,410 2,175 2,642 2,925
  NSF 37,143 33,542 26,828 29,583 30,334 29,533 30,064 25,692 25,976 24,920
  USDA 17 702 386 289 280 281 836 863 998 899
  Other 16,474 12,689 11,074 10,000 10,605 9,630 10,326 8,650 9,878 12,755

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 4,796 i 804 i 3,992 i .
2018 4,730 i 798 i 3,932 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 0 0 0 42,747 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 26,468 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 16,279 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 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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