Temple 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 96 79.5 459 133 80.7 679 142 76.8 602 106 88.6 914
2022 86 81.6 457 125 81.9 680 97 89.4 900
2021 78 82.9 447 105 85.1 691 147 75.2 583 90 90.3 908
2020 85 81.5 450 93 86.9 698 84 91 916
2019 77 83.1 447 104 85.4 697 142 76.3 589 86 90.8 914
2018 86 80.3 428 104 85.4 700 86 90.8 911
2017 75 82.7 425 95 86.4 684 133 77.2 575 86 90.6 898
2016 71 83.8 430 100 85.9 697 90 90.2 896
2015 95 78.1 426 109 84.6 693 123 78.8 570 93 89.8 898
2014 75 82.6 422 118 83.1 688 94 89.6 889
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 214 235 232 216 250 227 257 272 204 243
  Science and engineering 136 136 128 127 154 118 150 159 122 129
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . 1 . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 29 29 27 20 38 24 22 35 29 34
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 1 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 13 12 9 12 15 11 4 5 1 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 1 . . 1 1 3 4 5
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 4 2 2 2 2 . 1 3 . 1
      Genetics and genomics 1 . 2 . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 1 3 4 . 2 3 4 5 4 2
      Molecular biology 2 2 2 . 2 1 1 4 4 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 6 3 1 9 3 2 4 2 8
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . 2 4 3 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 2 3 3 3 2 5 4 9 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 1 . . 1 1 . . . .
    Computer and information sciences 12 13 10 14 7 5 7 7 6 8
      Computer science 6 6 2 8 1 3 5 3 2 6
      Computer and information sciences, other 6 7 8 6 6 2 2 4 4 2
    Engineering 15 16 7 8 12 15 11 13 8 10
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3 5 2 3 5 9 4 4 . 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 4 3 2 2 3 . 2 3 1 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 6 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1
      Materials and mining engineering 1 . 1 1 . . 1 1 2 2
      Mechanical engineering 2 2 . 1 2 3 3 2 3 2
      Engineering, other . . . . . 1 . 2 . 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 . 3 1 2 1 1 . 2 2
      Geological sciences 1 . 1 1 . . . . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . 2 . 2 1 1 . 2 2
    Health sciences 4 9 7 11 14 7 16 9 10 15
      Nursing science . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences 2 4 2 4 5 5 3 2 1 5
      Public health . 2 3 1 3 1 4 4 3 2
      Health sciences, other 2 3 2 6 5 1 9 3 6 8
    Mathematics and statistics 9 8 8 9 7 13 7 13 9 5
      Applied mathematics 1 1 4 3 . . 1 . 2 1
      Mathematics 1 1 . 1 3 4 2 2 3 1
      Statistics 4 3 2 4 1 5 2 6 3 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 3 2 1 3 4 2 5 1 1
    Physical sciences 23 24 21 23 30 11 31 26 15 12
      Chemistry 13 14 9 18 16 3 25 17 8 8
      Physics 10 10 12 5 14 8 6 9 7 4
    Psychology 20 19 18 11 19 16 21 24 21 20
      Clinical psychology 11 9 8 6 14 10 7 10 9 8
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 3 3 . . 1 2 8 5 .
      Research and experimental psychology 5 7 5 4 4 3 10 3 6 11
      Psychology, other 2 . 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 1
    Social sciences 23 18 27 30 25 26 34 31 22 23
      Anthropology . 2 4 4 2 3 2 1 3 3
      Economics 2 4 3 4 6 3 11 1 2 6
      Political science and government 4 2 2 3 6 2 4 9 4 6
      Public policy analysis 1 1 . . . . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 2 5 2 1 7 7 4 5 3
      Social sciences, other 14 7 13 17 10 11 10 16 8 5
  Non-science and engineering 78 99 104 89 96 109 107 113 82 114
    Business 13 19 18 14 13 11 21 16 7 26
      Business 13 19 18 14 13 11 21 16 7 26
    Education 30 41 51 42 33 58 45 53 39 43
      Education leadership and administration 9 8 20 18 11 26 13 20 9 13
      Education research 14 25 22 14 13 14 16 11 15 16
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 7 7 6 7 16 14 17 14 13
      Education, other 1 1 2 4 2 2 2 5 1 1
    Humanities and arts 30 28 25 27 43 37 32 35 33 36
      Letters 2 5 8 2 3 8 8 4 3 9
      Foreign languages and literature 1 . 1 4 7 2 2 2 1 3
      History 4 5 3 6 11 7 9 8 12 6
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 4 5 1 7 8 6 12 12 8
      Music and performing arts 5 3 2 7 10 2 3 4 2 1
      Humanities and arts, other 12 11 6 7 5 10 4 5 3 9
    Other non-science and engineering 5 11 10 6 7 3 9 9 3 9
      Communication 4 10 8 6 7 3 8 9 3 9
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . .

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 528 549 592 638 669 688 693 690 659 609
    Female 741 813 847 807 759 764 795 828 790 691
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 857 954 1,035 997 914 941 956 992 970 880
    Hispanic or Latino 80 83 75 76 74 58 41 59 44 39
    Not Hispanic or Latino 716 823 909 864 810 855 876 886 845 767
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 7
      Asian 80 82 89 77 67 64 72 76 79 68
      Black or African American 117 135 150 129 99 121 116 108 84 75
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 492 575 633 620 617 636 654 677 664 605
      More than one race 27 31 35 34 26 32 33 24 17 12
    Unknown ethnicity and race 61 48 51 57 30 28 39 47 81 74
  Temporary visa holders 412 408 404 448 514 511 532 526 479 420
  Science and engineering 1,124 1,196 1,283 1,295 1,299 1,315 1,327 1,324 1,237 1,108
    Science 1,014 1,090 1,124 1,152 1,148 1,176 1,193 1,190 1,106 985
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 212 221 213 211 243 245 124 102 99 91
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 7 6
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 66 64
      Computer and information sciences 114 115 133 139 141 123 141 88 104 110
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 16 17 17 17 17 12 16 12 12
      Mathematics and statistics 67 69 68 87 111 116 137 141 86 80
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 2 2 5 4 0 108 94 82 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 143 157 161 162 170 182 175 177 182 153
      Psychology 217 237 278 267 230 224 232 227 217 208
      Social sciences 242 273 252 264 232 269 264 256 251 261
    Engineering 110 106 159 143 151 139 134 134 131 123
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 32 24 36 31 30 25 33 23 18 18
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 22 19 32 33 40 27 22 20 22 13
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 22 27 35 35 38 38 34 35 34 24
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 34 29 35 29 31 24 19 16 16 9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 7 21 15 12 25 26 40 41 59
    Health 145 166 156 150 129 137 161 194 212 192
      Clinical medicine 0 2 3 4 2 8 15 39 28 27
      Other health 145 164 153 146 127 129 146 155 184 165

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 131 139 159 158 161 187 189 172 155 114
    Female 201 223 244 223 171 184 143 174 162 141
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 313 342 386 359 302 328 308 322 296 224
    Hispanic or Latino 24 30 33 25 21 15 22 19 21 10
    Not Hispanic or Latino 261 283 328 290 273 303 273 281 256 190
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
      Asian 31 36 50 39 37 35 36 25 36 33
      Black or African American 66 54 61 63 54 66 45 33 38 21
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
      White 158 187 209 180 171 190 182 219 175 134
      More than one race 6 5 8 7 10 11 9 3 6 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 28 29 25 44 8 10 13 22 19 24
  Temporary visa holders 19 20 17 22 30 43 24 24 21 31
  Science and engineering 290 324 355 349 315 327 282 294 274 197
    Science 253 286 323 305 269 268 215 231 234 162
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 56 63 59 54 49 44 46 26 28 16
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 56 21
      Computer and information sciences 57 59 71 63 73 82 63 30 59 40
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 1
      Mathematics and statistics 8 16 19 23 13 18 16 16 16 15
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 8 6 5 10 8 12 8 11 7 15
      Psychology 29 32 37 39 38 33 26 28 42 33
      Social sciences 94 110 127 113 87 77 50 32 26 21
    Engineering 37 38 32 44 46 59 67 63 40 35
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 1 4 2 5 1 2 5 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 12 9 8 7 11 12 16 14 11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 8 11 8 10 8 10 15 10 11 7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 6 7 7 1 2 2 4 7 4 3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 16 7 7 21 27 31 35 28 6 13
    Health 42 38 48 32 17 44 50 52 43 58
      Clinical medicine 0 2 4 0 4 16 27 26 29 34
      Other health 42 36 44 32 13 28 23 26 14 24

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 234 169 246 214 262 185 197 198 213 167 0
  Science and engineering 224 161 234 205 249 177 188 193 205 161 0
    Science 199 148 210 183 223 165 172 183 193 146 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 74 42 71 69 85 66 12 13 20 28 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 22 13 31 22 29 12 21 26 24 16 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 2 4 1 3 2 2 4 2 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4 3 4 3 3 5 7 4 2 4 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 41 42 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 43 50 54 54 61 56 46 51 53 45 0
      Psychology 40 27 38 27 27 16 17 22 35 42 0
      Social sciences 11 11 8 7 15 8 10 13 12 11 0
    Engineering 25 13 24 22 26 12 16 10 12 15 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 5 6 4 6 4 6 3 2 2 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 1 4 3 3 1 1 0 1 2 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 4 3 5 7 5 5 4 5 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 11 3 11 9 9 1 0 0 2 3 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 3 2 8 0
    Health 10 8 12 9 13 8 9 5 8 6 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 0
      Other health 10 8 12 9 12 5 9 4 8 4 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 1,269 1,362 1,439 1,445 1,428 1,452 1,488 1,518 1,449 1,300
  Fellowships 106 113 112 101 97 104 112 128 144 145
    Federal 43 12 35 30 25 14 20 21 31 25
    Institutional 62 97 76 69 70 63 85 103 106 117
    Nonfederal 1 4 1 2 2 27 7 4 7 3
  Research assistantships 277 278 312 356 338 308 264 260 233 211
    Federal 174 157 198 184 219 170 168 172 167 141
    Institutional 94 105 95 147 90 68 76 40 55 57
    Nonfederal 9 16 19 25 29 70 20 48 11 13
  Teaching assistantships 306 353 386 340 401 401 310 381 377 344
    Federal 17 0 13 0 18 1 9 3 13 1
    Institutional 289 348 373 340 375 400 301 378 362 343
    Nonfederal 0 5 0 0 8 0 0 0 2 0
  Other types of support 580 618 629 648 592 639 802 749 695 600
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 34 0
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 3
    Personal resources 580 618 629 648 592 639 801 714 656 597

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 76 101 107 104 110 145 124 137 120 129
    Science 72 98 103 92 99 132 107 126 109 112
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 39 62 62 59 62 90 57 55 53 56
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 6
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 5 2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 14 17 22 20 16 24 30 42 31 38
      Psychology 12 13 14 8 13 15 17 15 15 10
      Social sciences 4 1 5 3 6 1 0 1 0 0
    Engineering 4 3 4 12 11 13 17 11 11 17
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 2 1 5 4 4 4 4 5 8
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 0 1 7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 4 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 0 1 3 3 4 5 3 3 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
    Health 21 37 33 17 36 25 38 57 47 63
      Clinical medicine 16 20 25 11 17 19 29 46 46 56
      Other health 5 17 8 6 19 6 9 11 1 7

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 78 78 103 83 96 99 105 129 109 129
  Science and engineering 58 60 81 77 85 86 79 95 81 93
    Science 55 57 77 74 77 80 69 89 76 84
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 30 33 44 47 49 53 37 44 40 47
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 5
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 13 12 19 17 14 17 21 23 19 24
      Psychology 10 11 11 7 11 10 11 11 9 6
      Social sciences 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 3 3 4 3 8 6 10 6 5 9
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 1 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 2 3 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    Health 20 18 22 6 11 13 26 34 28 36
      Clinical medicine 15 12 17 5 10 9 21 28 28 35
      Other health 5 6 5 1 1 4 5 6 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

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 292,029 301,395 299,778 299,707 284,301 276,011 268,385 246,392 227,468 224,101
    Science 266,863 272,585 271,721 264,964 255,175 245,829 242,598 225,406 204,003 200,900
      Computer and information sciences 5,498 6,734 6,327 5,901 4,560 4,252 4,500 4,357 3,778 4,355
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,323 1,498 2,108 2,044 1,559 1,721 1,229 1,250 828 528
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,323 1,498 2,108 2,044 1,559 1,721 1,229 1,250 828 528
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 227,767 223,126 223,136 216,388 218,527 206,129 202,822 186,222 169,010 167,584
        Agricultural sciences 0 81 47 30 194 391 671 1,293 801 547
        Biological and biomedical sciences 34,273 36,172 44,630 43,913 47,651 49,745 48,976 46,541 33,048 20,226
        Health sciences 104,767 101,776 94,116 93,790 95,903 85,549 91,376 83,874 84,656 92,573
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 88,727 85,097 84,343 78,655 74,779 70,442 61,799 54,514 50,505 54,238
      Mathematics and statistics 1,004 3,063 2,547 3,213 1,262 1,760 1,466 1,501 1,052 804
      Physical sciences 15,792 17,215 17,979 18,447 16,205 15,235 17,047 14,548 12,886 11,661
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
        Chemistry 6,851 7,756 9,251 9,606 7,522 6,458 7,122 7,491 6,282 7,236
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,844 6,046 6,242 6,708 5,717 5,366 5,933 6,615 6,178 4,111
        Physical sciences nec 5,097 3,413 2,486 2,133 2,966 3,411 3,986 442 426 314
      Psychology 11,114 13,248 11,427 11,418 8,832 12,495 11,273 11,983 11,985 12,693
      Social sciences 3,521 7,110 7,649 6,746 3,214 3,070 2,757 3,329 2,910 2,433
        Anthropology 165 348 329 392 64 64 51 103 0 0
        Economics 49 927 938 978 270 135 183 231 283 5
        Political science and government 335 1,126 1,295 1,032 409 410 326 387 442 366
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 146 687 641 702 288 142 242 185 255 180
        Social sciences nec 2,826 4,022 4,446 3,642 2,183 2,319 1,955 2,423 1,930 1,882
      Sciences nec 844 591 548 807 1,016 1,167 1,504 2,216 1,554 842
    Engineering 8,815 8,898 8,279 9,294 8,042 7,719 6,558 6,973 6,368 5,656
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,228 1,876 2,096 3,150 2,254 2,033 1,703 1,909 2,003 1,477
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 2,155 2,217 2,018 2,145 1,667 1,544 1,667 1,727 2,150 1,719
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 1,601 2,043 1,898 1,432 1,792 2,472 1,837 1,363 605 995
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1,350 1,497 1,801 1,800 1,628 1,384 932 1,653 1,345 1,285
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,481 1,265 466 767 701 286 386 321 265 180
    Non-S&E 16,351 19,912 19,778 25,449 21,084 22,463 19,229 14,013 17,097 17,545
      Business management and business administration 4,389 3,578 2,271 2,515 2,126 2,033 1,719 1,636 1,902 1,486
      Communication and communications technologies 516 581 775 885 197 183 180 518 811 526
      Education 4,040 3,720 7,950 10,668 9,904 8,857 6,572 5,216 4,064 4,564
      Humanities 396 4,328 3,682 3,979 465 437 246 640 538 305
      Law 2,359 2,480 2,401 2,345 1,536 1,703 1,820 2,166 2,760 3,180
      Social work 1,170 965 744 1,282 1,781 1,705 1,284 1,340 1,635 3,909
      Visual and performing arts 463 676 708 1,018 955 1,282 829 411 430 525
      Non-S&E nec 3,018 3,584 1,247 2,757 4,120 6,263 6,579 2,086 4,957 3,050

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 292,029 154,516 6,867 81,497 25,150 16,517 7,482
    Science 266,863 142,678 5,540 73,775 24,174 13,277 7,419
      Computer and information sciences 5,498 4,626 0 767 50 36 19
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,323 431 237 350 0 304 1
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,323 431 237 350 0 304 1
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 227,767 114,411 4,096 66,627 24,011 11,331 7,291
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 34,273 27,243 137 5,275 180 1,427 11
        Health sciences 104,767 59,669 3,236 24,695 9,643 5,847 1,677
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 88,727 27,499 723 36,657 14,188 4,057 5,603
      Mathematics and statistics 1,004 739 0 253 0 12 0
      Physical sciences 15,792 12,195 584 2,764 53 123 73
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 6,851 5,601 0 1,155 53 34 8
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,844 3,180 0 522 0 89 53
        Physical sciences nec 5,097 3,414 584 1,087 0 0 12
      Psychology 11,114 8,617 83 1,561 60 783 10
      Social sciences 3,521 1,618 320 870 0 688 25
        Anthropology 165 87 0 78 0 0 0
        Economics 49 0 0 39 0 0 10
        Political science and government 335 115 0 132 0 85 3
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 146 42 0 74 0 30 0
        Social sciences nec 2,826 1,374 320 547 0 573 12
      Sciences nec 844 41 220 583 0 0 0
    Engineering 8,815 4,482 325 2,799 794 415 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,228 1,599 0 312 9 308 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 2,155 1,405 177 443 92 38 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 1,601 379 56 696 457 13 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1,350 795 92 171 236 56 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,481 304 0 1,177 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 16,351 7,356 1,002 4,923 182 2,825 63
      Business management and business administration 4,389 2,387 165 1,525 0 311 1
      Communication and communications technologies 516 1 0 202 0 303 10
      Education 4,040 2,150 0 994 109 787 0
      Humanities 396 1 0 335 0 49 11
      Law 2,359 464 0 652 42 1,160 41
      Social work 1,170 795 0 188 0 187 0
      Visual and performing arts 463 25 171 239 0 28 0
      Non-S&E nec 3,018 1,533 666 788 31 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

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

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 154,516 143,580 153,316 154,600 161,673 155,312 153,404 140,775 129,499 126,803
  DOD 13,822 9,238 6,587 9,097 15,132 16,992 15,317 8,439 6,493 7,663
  DOE 3,408 3,360 3,864 4,990 5,216 5,656 5,785 5,443 4,251 1,793
  HHS 118,846 113,603 123,600 121,646 121,229 108,197 110,007 105,638 99,156 99,413
  NASA 221 636 845 905 888 662 500 283 412 422
  NSF 12,823 11,239 10,764 11,136 11,781 14,920 13,535 13,692 12,041 11,010
  USDA 295 378 1,463 80 19 169 1,244 1,355 1,188 1,029
  Other 5,101 5,126 6,193 6,746 7,408 8,716 7,016 5,925 5,958 5,473

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 3,649 636 3,013 .
2018 3,532 643 2,889 .
2017 3,267 605 2,662 .

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 486 453 447 489 527
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 2 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 95 104 101 137 96
    Computer and information sciences 6 6 5 7 7
    Engineering 40 42 36 35 32
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 8 8 8 9 10
    Health sciences 214 169 172 167 307
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 1 3
    Physical sciences 76 76 76 73 26
    Psychology 35 35 34 24 22
    Social sciences 12 13 14 16 17
    Other 0 0 0 19 8

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)

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 0 0 0 i 0 i 14,349
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 i 0 i 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 i 0 i 2,686
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 i 0 i 685
    Engineering 0 0 0 i 0 i 250
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 i 0 i 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 i 0 i 6,040
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 i 0 i 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 i 0 i 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 i 0 i 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 i 0 i 274
    Social sciences 0 0 0 i 0 i 474
    Other 0 0 0 i 0 i 3,939

i=imputed

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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