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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