SUNY, Stony Brook U.

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 76 83.8 459 55 91.5 631 106 88.8 925
2023 78 83.4 459 59 91.5 679 99 89.3 911 54 91.3 602
2022 66 85.9 457 55 92.1 680 92 90 900
2021 71 84.5 447 48 93.3 691 98 89.4 908 59 90.1 583
2020 70 84.8 450 54 92.5 698 98 89.5 916
2019 71 84.5 447 49 93.2 697 94 89.9 914 62 89.7 589
2018 72 83.5 428 50 93.1 700 96 89.7 911
2017 73 83.2 425 47 93.3 684 95 89.6 898 64 89.1 575
2016 71 83.8 430 52 92.8 697 96 89.5 896
2015 64 85.3 426 50 93 693 96 89.5 898 59 89.9 570
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 261 259 298 244 274 266 257 264 272 295
  Science and engineering 232 238 268 218 233 243 225 225 230 251
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 . . 3 . . . . 1 2
      Agricultural sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 . . 3 . . . . 1 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 44 49 50 27 40 46 44 39 39 53
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 8 5 1 4 10 10 7 5 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 3 4 . . 1 1 2 4 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 5 3 2 3 3 3 1 1 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 4 . 4 1 2 1 2 3 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 9 3 4 6 3 8 4 3 3 9
      Genetics and genomics 7 6 3 1 3 2 5 4 5 5
      Microbiology and immunology 4 . 9 2 5 5 1 2 3 2
      Molecular biology 5 7 5 4 6 4 4 6 8 11
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 5 8 2 7 5 11 7 5 9
      Pharmacology and toxicology 4 7 6 4 5 3 1 3 . 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . . . 1 . . . .
    Computer and information sciences 22 26 24 31 27 16 14 15 20 16
      Computer science 21 24 20 29 27 16 14 15 17 16
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 2 4 2 . . . . 3 .
    Engineering 37 35 41 41 44 41 38 39 35 45
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5 3 8 6 9 5 5 11 8 9
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 2 3 1 2 . . . 1 . 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 2 2 4 1 . . . . .
      Electrical and computer engineering 16 11 9 14 10 9 9 8 10 13
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . 1 . 1 . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 6 9 12 9 15 14 19 13 14 10
      Mechanical engineering 3 6 7 6 8 12 4 6 3 9
      Engineering, other 2 1 1 . . 1 1 . . 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 18 9 12 16 11 15 15 18 22
      Geological sciences 1 5 1 2 3 4 7 4 8 6
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 15 13 8 10 13 7 8 11 10 16
    Health sciences 1 4 4 3 7 5 5 . . 2
      Nursing science . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Public health 1 2 . 2 . . 1 . . .
      Health sciences, other . 2 3 1 7 5 4 . . 2
    Mathematics and statistics 35 34 33 30 26 31 34 33 29 32
      Applied mathematics 11 11 17 10 9 9 11 14 17 16
      Mathematics 3 2 1 3 3 7 6 3 3 5
      Statistics 4 9 3 5 5 8 4 7 3 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 17 12 12 12 9 7 13 9 6 7
    Physical sciences 38 38 68 34 31 50 34 50 45 43
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 8 8 3 1 2 . 2 . 1
      Chemistry 24 19 38 17 16 28 15 27 21 22
      Physics 13 11 22 14 14 20 19 21 24 20
    Psychology 14 8 10 15 14 14 11 13 12 9
      Clinical psychology 5 3 3 9 7 2 3 4 6 2
      Counseling and applied psychology . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 8 4 6 6 6 10 5 8 5 5
      Psychology, other 1 . . . . 1 2 . . 2
    Social sciences 23 26 29 22 28 29 30 21 31 27
      Anthropology 3 3 4 3 1 . 1 2 5 5
      Economics 3 4 3 4 8 7 9 7 8 10
      Political science and government 6 3 4 4 2 7 3 3 8 4
      Public policy analysis . . 1 . 3 4 1 . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 8 5 3 3 5 6 6 8 6
      Social sciences, other 8 8 12 8 11 6 10 3 2 2
  Non-science and engineering 29 21 30 26 41 23 32 39 42 44
    Business . . 1 . . . . 1 2 1
      Business . . 1 . . . . 1 2 1
    Education 3 2 4 2 7 7 5 4 1 .
      Education research . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 . .
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 1 4 2 6 6 5 3 1 .
    Humanities and arts 24 18 25 24 29 15 23 34 36 40
      Letters 8 2 6 5 5 3 10 12 11 9
      Foreign languages and literature 3 3 4 3 3 1 3 3 4 3
      History 5 5 5 5 7 4 1 5 9 4
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 4 6 5 4 1 3 7 4 9
      Music and performing arts 2 2 3 4 6 2 2 2 5 6
      Humanities and arts, other 4 2 1 2 4 4 4 5 3 9
    Other non-science and engineering 2 1 . . 5 1 4 . 3 3
      Communication . . . . . . . . . 1
      Public administration and social services 2 1 . . 5 1 4 . 3 2

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,356 1,297 1,381 1,402 1,278 1,207 1,178 1,121 1,136 1,105
    Hispanic or Latino 141 126 130 150 137 125 122 111 101 94
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,011 939 967 1,008 1,042 991 956 903 922 905
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3
      Asian 326 273 253 242 223 246 219 189 216 198
      Black or African American 62 56 63 56 54 68 72 58 73 65
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
      White 574 577 617 678 730 643 632 621 601 615
      More than one race 49 31 33 32 34 34 32 34 29 23
    Unknown ethnicity and race 204 232 284 244 99 91 100 107 113 106
  Temporary visa holders 1,689 1,611 1,455 1,433 1,223 1,606 1,483 1,657 1,503 1,624
  Science and engineering 2,860 2,734 2,648 2,637 2,341 2,688 2,536 2,675 2,579 2,653
    Science 2,318 2,190 2,097 2,144 1,897 2,195 2,033 2,086 2,034 2,050
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 16
      Biological and biomedical sciences 439 414 438 420 409 388 391 379 379 388
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 650 615 490 523 358 631 475 489 399 402
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 66 106 132 132 125 133 132 149 154 148
      Mathematics and statistics 281 264 304 350 315 281 315 345 353 339
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 184 82 25 20 20 12 13 16 19 17
      Natural resources and conservation 17 15 22 11 12 10 15 11 0 0
      Physical sciences 407 407 403 400 375 428 397 388 355 383
      Psychology 64 71 68 66 62 69 67 69 68 67
      Social sciences 210 216 215 222 221 243 228 240 246 244
    Engineering 542 544 551 493 444 493 503 589 545 603
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 72 69 79 79 77 85 85 87 80 74
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 33 30 23 20 19 15 11 10 2 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 45 42 36 38 20 18 16 12 5 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 212 245 250 191 148 157 158 188 133 140
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 84 72 78 83 89 107 121 137 113 155
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 72 67 63 62 71 79 76 94 111 122
      Other engineering 24 19 22 20 20 32 36 61 101 112
    Health 185 174 188 198 160 125 125 103 60 76
      Clinical medicine 61 57 69 84 85 71 67 58 31 46
      Other health 124 117 119 114 75 54 58 45 29 30

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 213 213 199 203 188 176 183 191 182 207
    Hispanic or Latino 17 14 14 14 19 16 18 16 13 16
    Not Hispanic or Latino 176 176 158 161 150 140 150 155 147 165
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Asian 60 48 38 30 29 29 34 33 28 25
      Black or African American 11 16 12 13 16 10 7 15 9 7
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
      White 102 104 107 114 100 95 106 104 108 132
      More than one race 2 7 1 4 5 5 3 2 2 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 20 23 27 28 19 20 15 20 22 26
  Temporary visa holders 44 44 176 36 266 156 291 193 189 162
  Science and engineering 198 209 330 209 423 295 443 355 352 351
    Science 119 124 238 123 319 189 300 231 210 229
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
      Biological and biomedical sciences 27 32 28 37 36 26 23 21 19 22
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 27 19 134 17 213 105 194 134 113 121
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 4 6 5 11 14 14 9 17 15
      Mathematics and statistics 27 28 43 35 30 23 39 32 30 37
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 8 9 1 7 2 3 2 2 0 0
      Physical sciences 11 10 6 8 5 3 6 4 7 4
      Psychology 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 10 18 20 13 22 15 22 29 22 27
    Engineering 79 85 92 86 104 106 143 124 142 122
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 12 11 11 7 8 6 5 5 1 3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 4 4 3 2 2 4 1 1 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 32 37 39 32 47 51 80 45 57 44
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 16 13 15 22 15 17 23 28 35 27
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 3 3 3 5 5 4 4 17 19 21
      Other engineering 13 16 19 17 24 24 25 27 29 27
    Health 59 48 45 30 31 37 31 29 19 18
      Clinical medicine 23 21 23 17 17 17 18 13 17 18
      Other health 36 27 22 13 14 20 13 16 2 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 receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 437 417 538 555 420 471 454 447 426 439
  Science and engineering 434 415 535 552 418 468 452 447 426 439
    Science 322 330 420 431 348 390 389 380 368 379
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 103 100 114 129 102 112 111 96 96 86
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 66 60 79 90 43 71 72 56 44 54
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 23 35 43 48 35 44 44 56 45 48
      Mathematics and statistics 20 22 22 25 38 33 38 38 38 38
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 99 92 137 114 113 118 107 122 115 128
      Psychology 3 10 18 15 12 6 8 6 13 5
      Social sciences 5 8 4 7 3 3 6 3 3 7
    Engineering 112 85 115 121 70 78 63 67 58 60
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 21 21 21 25 22 23 19 16 14 19
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 4 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 15 8 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 35 30 46 54 23 28 28 21 19 19
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 11 7 11 10 6 9 7 8 7 7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 23 14 22 22 16 15 8 20 18 15
      Other engineering 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0
    Health 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Other health 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 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: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support 3,045 2,908 2,836 2,835 2,501 2,813 2,661 2,778 2,639 2,729
  Fellowships 119 97 98 114 80 118 123 127 119 97
    Federal 83 76 69 94 63 76 98 61 68 51
    Institutional 27 17 27 14 16 35 13 66 47 46
    Nonfederal 9 4 2 6 1 7 12 0 4 0
  Research assistantships 668 577 696 660 562 598 558 539 475 562
    Federal 354 341 469 461 357 395 356 386 358 388
    Institutional 158 188 163 92 138 86 88 86 68 89
    Nonfederal 156 48 64 107 67 117 114 67 49 85
  Teaching assistantships 686 651 650 663 543 683 620 610 621 503
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 686 651 650 663 543 683 620 610 621 503
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 1,572 1,583 1,392 1,398 1,316 1,414 1,360 1,502 1,424 1,567
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 157 179 135 141 125 179 152 201 169 157
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
    Personal resources 1,415 1,404 1,257 1,257 1,191 1,232 1,208 1,301 1,255 1,410

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering 250 252 248 245 244 236 223 226 229 229
    Science 221 217 209 205 216 213 205 206 207 212
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 79 66 62 68 84 87 86 88 72 81
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 9 12 8 13 6 2 3 3 6 8
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 39 35 30 27 19 21 15 14 21 24
      Mathematics and statistics 13 11 16 18 19 17 16 14 19 20
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 3 4 1 0 4 5 2 16 16
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 64 70 69 62 66 70 67 75 51 50
      Psychology 10 11 14 9 14 8 11 6 4 2
      Social sciences 7 9 6 7 8 4 2 4 1 2
    Engineering 29 35 39 40 28 23 18 20 22 17
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 6 11 8 7 7 6 9 11 12
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 2 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 5 6 6 1 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 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 19 20 16 21 17 13 11 7 7 4
      Other engineering 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
    Health 53 50 39 57 48 52 51 45 35 34
      Clinical medicine 52 49 36 54 47 51 50 44 35 34
      Other health 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 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

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 136 146 129 136 130 130 112 104 104 104
  Science and engineering 105 114 107 111 111 107 88 87 89 92
    Science 92 94 89 96 102 100 80 75 76 82
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 49 39 33 42 60 58 51 43 34 41
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 0 3 6 2 1 0 1 1 2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 17 8 11 7 7 3 5 8 8
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 2 3 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 24 31 38 29 27 27 18 22 21 19
      Psychology 1 6 6 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
      Social sciences 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
    Engineering 13 20 18 15 9 7 8 12 13 10
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 5 5 4 3 2 1 4 8 9
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 4 3 3 1 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 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 8 11 9 6 5 5 6 5 3 1
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 31 32 22 25 19 23 24 17 15 12
      Clinical medicine 31 32 20 24 19 23 24 17 15 12
      Other health 0 0 2 1 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.
  • 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 319,258 324,531 312,698 274,516 263,470 260,813 245,016 238,612 230,621 220,580
    Science 266,983 277,038 269,681 242,059 230,023 228,416 212,934 202,947 202,576 196,367
      Computer and information sciences 16,096 15,550 12,929 12,621 10,909 9,726 9,365 9,528 11,468 10,219
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 40,242 39,762 33,444 26,694 25,334 26,282 25,646 28,092 28,524 30,826
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 234 71 182 154 172 141 320 1,653 1,379 955
        Geological and earth sciences 5,841 6,815 6,468 6,542 6,255 5,785 5,616 5,982 6,016 6,045
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 34,038 32,750 26,666 19,885 18,756 20,190 19,421 20,326 20,993 23,688
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 129 126 128 113 151 166 289 131 136 138
      Life sciences 130,477 136,089 139,641 127,257 121,070 117,953 106,832 99,548 92,464 88,608
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 61,186 63,418 60,840 64,217 61,121 60,050 52,172 39,739 39,876 37,878
        Health sciences 69,291 72,671 78,801 63,040 59,949 57,903 54,660 59,809 52,588 49,656
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,074
      Mathematics and statistics 8,285 7,442 6,847 7,407 7,629 6,652 7,467 7,463 8,150 7,618
      Physical sciences 43,761 49,245 45,541 43,101 41,224 41,679 39,938 33,115 37,300 31,984
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,866 2,189 1,943 2,491 2,213 1,930 1,720 1,099 751 1,587
        Chemistry 10,970 15,110 13,302 13,646 12,396 12,052 10,403 15,342 16,800 14,693
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 30,925 31,946 30,296 26,964 26,615 27,697 27,815 16,674 19,749 15,703
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Psychology 4,326 5,969 6,579 5,557 4,946 4,703 4,034 4,542 5,954 5,288
      Social sciences 3,175 2,869 2,472 2,776 2,881 2,775 2,204 2,258 1,842 1,665
        Anthropology 1,259 1,211 524 1,090 878 692 396 556 419 0
        Economics 521 229 410 295 330 352 233 575 374 61
        Political science and government 280 428 501 648 580 702 473 216 198 278
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 297 391 336 336 341 349 557 368 429 1,029
        Social sciences nec 818 610 701 407 752 680 545 543 422 297
      Sciences nec 20,621 20,112 22,228 16,646 16,030 18,646 17,448 18,401 16,874 20,159
    Engineering 46,622 40,873 38,670 28,344 30,180 28,632 28,015 32,483 25,366 23,118
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 9,824 9,773 8,438 6,822 7,091 7,047 7,477 11,048 7,698 7,370
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 2,935 2,899 3,012 2,247 1,995 1,854 2,135 1,911 1,107 73
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 12,024 13,887 12,136 7,592 8,286 5,365 6,318 6,462 4,700 6,914
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,418 1,817 1,853 2,027 3,130 3,778 3,875 4,040 3,439 1,943
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 15,784 10,362 10,565 7,459 7,127 6,614 4,929 4,798 4,555 4,538
      Engineering nec 3,637 2,135 2,666 2,197 2,551 3,974 3,281 4,224 3,867 2,280
    Non-S&E 5,653 6,620 4,347 4,113 3,267 3,765 4,067 3,182 2,679 1,095
      Business management and business administration 368 269 110 51 135 170 280 326 407 79
      Communication and communications technologies 690 465 580 563 637 892 477 138 309 26
      Education 203 1,404 355 190 397 753 894 0 0 417
      Humanities 2,152 2,723 1,507 2,073 1,358 1,190 1,240 1,086 1,157 162
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 1,384 1,027 1,004 719 378 365 348 471 183 0
      Visual and performing arts 815 683 659 376 261 315 796 1,135 518 407
      Non-S&E nec 41 49 132 141 101 80 32 26 105 4

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 319,258 186,497 18,940 91,073 9,016 10,593 3,139
    Science 266,983 154,057 14,213 80,841 7,192 8,410 2,270
      Computer and information sciences 16,096 10,878 2,449 2,242 213 178 136
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 40,242 17,404 6,917 12,968 1,875 825 253
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 234 0 0 143 0 91 0
        Geological and earth sciences 5,841 4,188 44 1,455 4 102 48
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 34,038 13,215 6,873 11,242 1,871 632 205
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 129 1 0 128 0 0 0
      Life sciences 130,477 79,367 1,631 39,080 4,217 4,763 1,419
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 61,186 40,066 803 17,527 194 1,724 872
        Health sciences 69,291 39,301 828 21,553 4,023 3,039 547
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8,285 5,387 27 2,240 215 414 2
      Physical sciences 43,761 30,442 85 11,352 225 1,531 126
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,866 1,861 0 0 0 5 0
        Chemistry 10,970 7,488 85 3,078 218 83 18
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 30,925 21,093 0 8,274 7 1,443 108
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 4,326 2,838 0 1,348 32 107 1
      Social sciences 3,175 1,070 0 2,065 0 40 0
        Anthropology 1,259 293 0 958 0 8 0
        Economics 521 119 0 402 0 0 0
        Political science and government 280 14 0 234 0 32 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 297 135 0 162 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 818 509 0 309 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 20,621 6,671 3,104 9,546 415 552 333
    Engineering 46,622 30,036 4,479 7,697 1,751 2,118 541
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 9,824 4,701 1,114 2,485 55 1,465 4
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 2,935 1,551 709 665 0 10 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 12,024 8,973 556 1,376 737 311 71
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,418 1,995 47 220 55 0 101
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 15,784 12,394 283 1,620 790 332 365
      Engineering nec 3,637 422 1,770 1,331 114 0 0
    Non-S&E 5,653 2,404 248 2,535 73 65 328
      Business management and business administration 368 6 174 188 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 690 236 0 220 73 7 154
      Education 203 203 0 0 0 0 0
      Humanities 2,152 783 13 1,328 0 9 19
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 1,384 1,176 24 141 0 43 0
      Visual and performing arts 815 0 37 645 0 6 127
      Non-S&E nec 41 0 0 13 0 0 28

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 186,497 192,448 184,154 162,972 146,478 144,618 136,241 125,688 118,549 115,150
  DOD 15,339 16,848 13,272 8,461 6,009 5,589 6,602 5,629 5,762 5,910
  DOE 23,368 24,003 23,900 21,913 21,900 20,413 16,782 15,237 15,336 15,338
  HHS 88,294 90,679 92,030 81,821 74,364 70,474 67,807 63,773 60,070 57,576
  NASA 4,246 4,743 4,578 3,707 2,911 3,308 3,541 4,397 4,824 3,800
  NSF 41,403 44,682 41,201 40,234 36,027 38,189 35,544 28,395 26,546 25,485
  USDA 256 289 40 12 123 120 253 291 248 213
  Other 13,591 11,204 9,133 6,824 5,144 6,525 5,712 7,966 5,763 6,828

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 2,587 542 2,045 .
2018 2,610 561 2,049 .

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space 2023 2021 2019 2017 2015
  All research space 1,281 1,211 1,037 1,090 1,097
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 361 413 261 284 287
    Computer and information sciences 67 52 53 58 56
    Engineering 200 152 136 120 134
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 132 114 93 111 106
    Health sciences 232 144 206 226 232
    Mathematics and statistics 34 30 28 22 23
    Natural resources and conservation 7 10 6 7 6
    Physical sciences 188 211 181 186 189
    Psychology 40 39 37 40 38
    Social sciences 10 36 22 29 27
    Other 11 11 13 6 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 271,077 0 0 0 17,850
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 100,000 0 0 0 8,000
    Engineering 171,077 0 0 0 9,850
    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 135,421 85,000 33,732 35,482 27,315
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 5,925 1,250 8,364 1,177 10,812
    Computer and information sciences 5,844 4,619 7,296 1,800 0
    Engineering 12,457 4,707 5,922 12,800 2,446
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,704 0 1,123 10,156 688
    Health sciences 6,594 3,145 498 4,419 4,530
    Mathematics and statistics 5,750 5,480 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 750 0 0
    Physical sciences 94,821 60,773 870 1,130 3,669
    Psychology 1,577 1,577 8,910 4,000 2,871
    Social sciences 750 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 3,449 0 0 2,300

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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