Stony Brook U.

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 78 83.4 459 59 91.5 679 54 91.3 602 99 89.4 914
2022 66 85.9 457 55 92.1 680 92 90 900
2021 71 84.5 447 48 93.3 691 59 90.1 583 98 89.4 908
2020 70 84.8 450 54 92.5 698 98 89.5 916
2019 71 84.5 447 49 93.2 697 62 89.7 589 94 89.9 914
2018 72 83.5 428 50 93.1 700 96 89.7 911
2017 73 83.2 425 47 93.3 684 64 89.1 575 95 89.6 898
2016 71 83.8 430 52 92.8 697 96 89.5 896
2015 64 85.3 426 50 93 693 59 89.9 570 96 89.5 898
2014 68 84.2 422 47 93.4 688 98 89.2 889
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 259 298 244 274 266 257 264 272 295 268
  Science and engineering 238 268 218 233 243 225 225 230 251 228
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 3 . . . . 1 2 .
      Natural resources and conservation . . 3 . . . . 1 2 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 49 50 27 40 46 44 39 39 53 60
      Biochemistry and biophysics 8 5 1 4 10 10 7 5 9 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 4 . . 1 1 2 4 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 5 3 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 4 . 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 3 4 6 3 8 4 3 3 9 3
      Genetics and genomics 6 3 1 3 2 5 4 5 5 3
      Microbiology and immunology . 9 2 5 5 1 2 3 2 5
      Molecular biology 7 5 4 6 4 4 6 8 11 9
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 8 2 7 5 11 7 5 9 9
      Pharmacology and toxicology 7 6 4 5 3 1 3 . 2 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . . 1 . . . . 1
    Computer and information sciences 26 24 31 27 16 14 15 20 16 15
      Computer science 24 20 29 27 16 14 15 17 16 15
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 4 2 . . . . 3 . .
    Engineering 35 41 41 44 41 38 39 35 45 29
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3 8 6 9 5 5 11 8 9 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 3 1 2 . . . 1 . 1 .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 2 2 4 1 . . . . . .
      Electrical and computer engineering 11 9 14 10 9 9 8 10 13 10
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 1 . 1 . . . . . 1
      Materials and mining engineering 9 12 9 15 14 19 13 14 10 12
      Mechanical engineering 6 7 6 8 12 4 6 3 9 2
      Engineering, other 1 1 . . 1 1 . . 3 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 18 9 12 16 11 15 15 18 22 9
      Geological sciences 5 1 2 3 4 7 4 8 6 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 13 8 10 13 7 8 11 10 16 7
    Health sciences 4 4 3 7 5 5 . . 2 1
      Nursing science . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Public health 2 . 2 . . 1 . . . .
      Health sciences, other 2 3 1 7 5 4 . . 2 1
    Mathematics and statistics 34 33 30 26 31 34 33 29 32 29
      Applied mathematics 11 17 10 9 9 11 14 17 16 12
      Mathematics 2 1 3 3 7 6 3 3 5 12
      Statistics 9 3 5 5 8 4 7 3 4 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 12 12 12 9 7 13 9 6 7 3
    Physical sciences 38 68 34 31 50 34 50 45 43 51
      Astronomy and astrophysics 8 8 3 1 2 . 2 . 1 2
      Chemistry 19 38 17 16 28 15 27 21 22 27
      Physics 11 22 14 14 20 19 21 24 20 22
    Psychology 8 10 15 14 14 11 13 12 9 12
      Clinical psychology 3 3 9 7 2 3 4 6 2 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 . 1
      Research and experimental psychology 4 6 6 6 10 5 8 5 5 5
      Psychology, other . . . . 1 2 . . 2 .
    Social sciences 26 29 22 28 29 30 21 31 27 22
      Anthropology 3 4 3 1 . 1 2 5 5 7
      Economics 4 3 4 8 7 9 7 8 10 5
      Political science and government 3 4 4 2 7 3 3 8 4 3
      Public policy analysis . 1 . 3 4 1 . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 8 5 3 3 5 6 6 8 6 6
      Social sciences, other 8 12 8 11 6 10 3 2 2 1
  Non-science and engineering 21 30 26 41 23 32 39 42 44 40
    Business . 1 . . . . 1 2 1 4
      Business . 1 . . . . 1 2 1 4
    Education 2 4 2 7 7 5 4 1 . .
      Education research 1 . . 1 1 . 1 . . .
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 4 2 6 6 5 3 1 . .
    Humanities and arts 18 25 24 29 15 23 34 36 40 33
      Letters 2 6 5 5 3 10 12 11 9 8
      Foreign languages and literature 3 4 3 3 1 3 3 4 3 2
      History 5 5 5 7 4 1 5 9 4 9
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 6 5 4 1 3 7 4 9 7
      Music and performing arts 2 3 4 6 2 2 2 5 6 2
      Humanities and arts, other 2 1 2 4 4 4 5 3 9 5
    Other non-science and engineering 1 . . 5 1 4 . 3 3 3
      Communication . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Public administration and social services 1 . . 5 1 4 . 3 2 3

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 1,814 1,722 1,755 1,552 1,818 1,684 1,741 1,591 1,675 1,654
    Female 1,094 1,114 1,080 949 995 977 1,037 1,048 1,054 1,030
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,297 1,381 1,402 1,278 1,207 1,178 1,121 1,136 1,105 1,046
    Hispanic or Latino 126 130 150 137 125 122 111 101 94 89
    Not Hispanic or Latino 939 967 1,008 1,042 991 956 903 922 905 845
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2
      Asian 273 253 242 223 246 219 189 216 198 174
      Black or African American 56 63 56 54 68 72 58 73 65 67
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
      White 577 617 678 730 643 632 621 601 615 582
      More than one race 31 33 32 34 34 32 34 29 23 19
    Unknown ethnicity and race 232 284 244 99 91 100 107 113 106 112
  Temporary visa holders 1,611 1,455 1,433 1,223 1,606 1,483 1,657 1,503 1,624 1,638
  Science and engineering 2,734 2,648 2,637 2,341 2,688 2,536 2,675 2,579 2,653 2,610
    Science 2,190 2,097 2,144 1,897 2,195 2,033 2,086 2,034 2,050 2,010
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 16 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 414 438 420 409 388 391 379 379 388 345
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 46 40
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 615 490 523 358 631 475 489 399 402 417
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 106 132 132 125 133 132 149 154 148 169
      Mathematics and statistics 264 304 350 315 281 315 345 353 339 328
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 82 25 20 20 12 13 16 19 17 0
      Natural resources and conservation 15 22 11 12 10 15 11 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 407 403 400 375 428 397 388 355 383 353
      Psychology 71 68 66 62 69 67 69 68 67 93
      Social sciences 216 215 222 221 243 228 240 246 244 265
    Engineering 544 551 493 444 493 503 589 545 603 600
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 69 79 79 77 85 85 87 80 74 83
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 30 23 20 19 15 11 10 2 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 42 36 38 20 18 16 12 5 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 245 250 191 148 157 158 188 133 140 128
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 72 78 83 89 107 121 137 113 155 173
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 67 63 62 71 79 76 94 111 122 128
      Other engineering 19 22 20 20 32 36 61 101 112 88
    Health 174 188 198 160 125 125 103 60 76 74
      Clinical medicine 57 69 84 85 71 67 58 31 46 46
      Other health 117 119 114 75 54 58 45 29 30 28

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 151 248 156 289 205 304 240 255 231 210
    Female 106 127 83 165 127 170 144 116 138 134
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 213 199 203 188 176 183 191 182 207 218
    Hispanic or Latino 14 14 14 19 16 18 16 13 16 17
    Not Hispanic or Latino 176 158 161 150 140 150 155 147 165 178
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Asian 48 38 30 29 29 34 33 28 25 26
      Black or African American 16 12 13 16 10 7 15 9 7 6
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
      White 104 107 114 100 95 106 104 108 132 145
      More than one race 7 1 4 5 5 3 2 2 1 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 23 27 28 19 20 15 20 22 26 23
  Temporary visa holders 44 176 36 266 156 291 193 189 162 126
  Science and engineering 209 330 209 423 295 443 355 352 351 325
    Science 124 238 123 319 189 300 231 210 229 195
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 32 28 37 36 26 23 21 19 22 19
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 19 134 17 213 105 194 134 113 121 77
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 6 5 11 14 14 9 17 15 27
      Mathematics and statistics 28 43 35 30 23 39 32 30 37 46
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 9 1 7 2 3 2 2 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10 6 8 5 3 6 4 7 4 4
      Psychology 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Social sciences 18 20 13 22 15 22 29 22 27 19
    Engineering 85 92 86 104 106 143 124 142 122 130
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 11 11 7 8 6 5 5 1 3 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 4 3 2 2 4 1 1 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 37 39 32 47 51 80 45 57 44 32
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 13 15 22 15 17 23 28 35 27 35
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 3 3 5 5 4 4 17 19 21 21
      Other engineering 16 19 17 24 24 25 27 29 27 40
    Health 48 45 30 31 37 31 29 19 18 19
      Clinical medicine 21 23 17 17 17 18 13 17 18 18
      Other health 27 22 13 14 20 13 16 2 0 1

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 417 538 555 420 471 454 447 426 439 418 0
  Science and engineering 415 535 552 418 468 452 447 426 439 417 0
    Science 330 420 431 348 390 389 380 368 379 357 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 100 114 129 102 112 111 96 96 86 98 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 13 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 60 79 90 43 71 72 56 44 54 57 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 35 43 48 35 44 44 56 45 48 55 0
      Mathematics and statistics 22 22 25 38 33 38 38 38 38 31 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 92 137 114 113 118 107 122 115 128 92 0
      Psychology 10 18 15 12 6 8 6 13 5 10 0
      Social sciences 8 4 7 3 3 6 3 3 7 1 0
    Engineering 85 115 121 70 78 63 67 58 60 60 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 21 21 25 22 23 19 16 14 19 22 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 30 46 54 23 28 28 21 19 19 12 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7 11 10 6 9 7 8 7 7 9 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 14 22 22 16 15 8 20 18 15 17 0
      Other engineering 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
    Health 2 3 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
      Clinical medicine 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 1 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 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 2,908 2,836 2,835 2,501 2,813 2,661 2,778 2,639 2,729 2,684
  Fellowships 97 98 114 80 118 123 127 119 97 145
    Federal 76 69 94 63 76 98 61 68 51 63
    Institutional 17 27 14 16 35 13 66 47 46 77
    Nonfederal 4 2 6 1 7 12 0 4 0 5
  Research assistantships 577 696 660 562 598 558 539 475 562 611
    Federal 341 469 461 357 395 356 386 358 388 355
    Institutional 188 163 92 138 86 88 86 68 89 109
    Nonfederal 48 64 107 67 117 114 67 49 85 147
  Teaching assistantships 651 650 663 543 683 620 610 621 503 523
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 651 650 663 543 683 620 610 621 503 523
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 1,583 1,392 1,398 1,316 1,414 1,360 1,502 1,424 1,567 1,405
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 179 135 141 125 179 152 201 169 157 134
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
    Personal resources 1,404 1,257 1,257 1,191 1,232 1,208 1,301 1,255 1,410 1,271

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 235 223 223 237 221 223 226 229 229 198
    Science 200 184 184 209 198 205 206 207 212 186
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 64 57 63 82 85 86 88 72 81 70
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 9 10
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 9 8 12 6 2 3 3 6 8 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 32 30 27 19 20 15 14 21 24 15
      Mathematics and statistics 10 15 16 18 15 16 14 19 20 17
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 3 1 0 3 5 2 16 16 12
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 66 55 50 62 62 67 75 51 50 52
      Psychology 10 12 8 14 7 11 6 4 2 2
      Social sciences 7 4 7 8 4 2 4 1 2 2
    Engineering 35 39 39 28 23 18 20 22 17 12
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 6 11 8 7 7 6 9 11 12 9
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 20 16 21 17 13 11 7 7 4 2
      Other engineering 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
    Health 47 39 55 46 51 51 45 35 34 26
      Clinical medicine 46 36 52 45 50 50 44 35 34 26
      Other health 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 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

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 146 129 136 130 130 112 104 104 104 113
  Science and engineering 114 107 111 111 107 88 87 89 92 99
    Science 94 89 96 102 100 80 75 76 82 92
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 39 33 42 60 58 51 43 34 41 41
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 3 6 2 1 0 1 1 2 4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17 8 11 7 7 3 5 8 8 7
      Mathematics and statistics 0 1 2 2 3 5 2 3 3 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 31 38 29 27 27 18 22 21 19 29
      Psychology 6 6 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
      Social sciences 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 20 18 15 9 7 8 12 13 10 7
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 5 4 3 2 1 4 8 9 7
      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 1 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 11 9 6 5 5 6 5 3 1 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 32 22 25 19 23 24 17 15 12 14
      Clinical medicine 32 20 24 19 23 24 17 15 12 14
      Other health 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • 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 324,531 312,698 274,516 263,470 260,813 245,016 238,612 230,621 220,580 211,631
    Science 277,038 269,681 242,059 230,023 228,416 212,934 202,947 202,576 196,367 190,622
      Computer and information sciences 15,550 12,929 12,621 10,909 9,726 9,365 9,528 11,468 10,219 6,879
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 39,762 33,444 26,694 25,334 26,282 25,646 28,092 28,524 30,826 27,205
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 71 182 154 172 141 320 1,653 1,379 955 1,286
        Geological and earth sciences 6,815 6,468 6,542 6,255 5,785 5,616 5,982 6,016 6,045 5,828
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 32,750 26,666 19,885 18,756 20,190 19,421 20,326 20,993 23,688 19,916
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 126 128 113 151 166 289 131 136 138 175
      Life sciences 136,089 139,641 127,257 121,070 117,953 106,832 99,548 92,464 88,608 102,430
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 63,418 60,840 64,217 61,121 60,050 52,172 39,739 39,876 37,878 53,623
        Health sciences 72,671 78,801 63,040 59,949 57,903 54,660 59,809 52,588 49,656 48,345
        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 1,074 462
      Mathematics and statistics 7,442 6,847 7,407 7,629 6,652 7,467 7,463 8,150 7,618 6,373
      Physical sciences 49,245 45,541 43,101 41,224 41,679 39,938 33,115 37,300 31,984 31,557
        Astronomy and astrophysics 2,189 1,943 2,491 2,213 1,930 1,720 1,099 751 1,587 603
        Chemistry 15,110 13,302 13,646 12,396 12,052 10,403 15,342 16,800 14,693 15,780
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 31,946 30,296 26,964 26,615 27,697 27,815 16,674 19,749 15,703 15,150
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24
      Psychology 5,969 6,579 5,557 4,946 4,703 4,034 4,542 5,954 5,288 3,093
      Social sciences 2,869 2,472 2,776 2,881 2,775 2,204 2,258 1,842 1,665 1,382
        Anthropology 1,211 524 1,090 878 692 396 556 419 0 0
        Economics 229 410 295 330 352 233 575 374 61 0
        Political science and government 428 501 648 580 702 473 216 198 278 535
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 391 336 336 341 349 557 368 429 1,029 499
        Social sciences nec 610 701 407 752 680 545 543 422 297 348
      Sciences nec 20,112 22,228 16,646 16,030 18,646 17,448 18,401 16,874 20,159 11,703
    Engineering 40,873 38,670 28,344 30,180 28,632 28,015 32,483 25,366 23,118 19,679
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 9,773 8,438 6,822 7,091 7,047 7,477 11,048 7,698 7,370 8,777
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 2,899 3,012 2,247 1,995 1,854 2,135 1,911 1,107 73 510
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 13,887 12,136 7,592 8,286 5,365 6,318 6,462 4,700 6,914 4,010
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1,817 1,853 2,027 3,130 3,778 3,875 4,040 3,439 1,943 1,416
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 10,362 10,565 7,459 7,127 6,614 4,929 4,798 4,555 4,538 3,189
      Engineering nec 2,135 2,666 2,197 2,551 3,974 3,281 4,224 3,867 2,280 1,777
    Non-S&E 6,620 4,347 4,113 3,267 3,765 4,067 3,182 2,679 1,095 1,330
      Business management and business administration 269 110 51 135 170 280 326 407 79 357
      Communication and communications technologies 465 580 563 637 892 477 138 309 26 63
      Education 1,404 355 190 397 753 894 0 0 417 0
      Humanities 2,723 1,507 2,073 1,358 1,190 1,240 1,086 1,157 162 295
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
      Social work 1,027 1,004 719 378 365 348 471 183 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 683 659 376 261 315 796 1,135 518 407 380
      Non-S&E nec 49 132 141 101 80 32 26 105 4 225

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 324,531 192,448 15,436 92,936 10,779 10,329 2,603
    Science 277,038 162,099 11,505 83,356 9,378 8,800 1,900
      Computer and information sciences 15,550 12,371 613 1,765 368 49 384
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 39,762 16,828 7,566 11,718 2,184 1,131 335
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 71 0 0 51 0 20 0
        Geological and earth sciences 6,815 4,810 189 1,629 0 167 20
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 32,750 12,015 7,377 9,915 2,184 944 315
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 126 3 0 123 0 0 0
      Life sciences 136,089 80,051 1,349 43,013 5,959 4,671 1,046
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 63,418 40,388 322 20,049 407 1,718 534
        Health sciences 72,671 39,663 1,027 22,964 5,552 2,953 512
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 7,442 4,535 33 2,251 78 433 112
      Physical sciences 49,245 38,023 172 9,422 271 1,347 10
        Astronomy and astrophysics 2,189 2,170 0 0 0 19 0
        Chemistry 15,110 11,308 172 2,802 199 624 5
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 31,946 24,545 0 6,620 72 704 5
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 5,969 4,121 0 1,541 93 210 4
      Social sciences 2,869 1,065 0 1,712 0 92 0
        Anthropology 1,211 261 0 901 0 49 0
        Economics 229 162 0 67 0 0 0
        Political science and government 428 151 0 234 0 43 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 391 146 0 245 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 610 345 0 265 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 20,112 5,105 1,772 11,934 425 867 9
    Engineering 40,873 28,320 3,820 5,508 1,380 1,462 383
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 9,773 6,258 829 1,862 38 785 1
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 2,899 1,258 705 887 12 37 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 13,887 11,357 347 940 650 578 15
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1,817 1,423 10 266 41 0 77
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 10,362 7,736 291 1,411 587 47 290
      Engineering nec 2,135 288 1,638 142 52 15 0
    Non-S&E 6,620 2,029 111 4,072 21 67 320
      Business management and business administration 269 4 41 224 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 465 145 0 234 21 0 65
      Education 1,404 191 0 1,213 0 0 0
      Humanities 2,723 736 16 1,931 0 40 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 1,027 943 16 41 0 27 0
      Visual and performing arts 683 0 38 411 0 0 234
      Non-S&E nec 49 10 0 18 0 0 21

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 192,448 184,154 162,972 146,478 144,618 136,241 125,688 118,549 115,150 111,683
  DOD 16,848 13,272 8,461 6,009 5,589 6,602 5,629 5,762 5,910 5,395
  DOE 24,003 23,900 21,913 21,900 20,413 16,782 15,237 15,336 15,338 11,292
  HHS 90,679 92,030 81,821 74,364 70,474 67,807 63,773 60,070 57,576 63,117
  NASA 4,743 4,578 3,707 2,911 3,308 3,541 4,397 4,824 3,800 4,053
  NSF 44,682 41,201 40,234 36,027 38,189 35,544 28,395 26,546 25,485 22,912
  USDA 289 40 12 123 120 253 291 248 213 143
  Other 11,204 9,133 6,824 5,144 6,525 5,712 7,966 5,763 6,828 4,771

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 2,587 542 2,045 .
2018 2,610 561 2,049 .
2017 2,571 570 2,001 .

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 . . . 17,850
    Computer and information sciences 100,000 . . . 8,000
    Engineering 171,077 . . . 9,850

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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