Texas A&M 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
2024
2023 8 99 679
2022 8 99 680
2021 6 99.3 691
2020 6 99.3 698
2019 6 99.3 697
2018 4 99.6 700
2017 4 99.6 684
2016 3 99.7 697
2015 1 100 693
2014 2 99.9 688
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

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 4,268 4,388 4,096 3,822 4,239 4,282 4,202 4,333 4,520 4,002 0
    Female 2,889 2,924 2,760 2,437 2,377 2,370 2,325 2,533 2,565 2,290 0
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 3,505 3,563 3,624 3,321 2,964 2,889 2,847 3,172 3,249 3,012 0
    Hispanic or Latino 680 659 624 556 474 422 440 505 452 414 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,755 2,840 2,932 2,699 2,418 2,394 2,325 2,581 2,721 2,539 0
      American Indian or Alaska Native 12 16 9 11 9 8 7 5 13 16 0
      Asian 383 372 379 326 255 272 235 253 266 224 0
      Black or African American 187 201 213 184 142 131 133 151 157 133 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 3 4 3 6 5 3 5 12 6 0
      White 2,065 2,140 2,227 2,084 1,910 1,898 1,866 2,082 2,209 2,106 0
      More than one race 108 108 100 91 96 80 81 85 64 54 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 70 64 68 66 72 73 82 86 76 59 0
  Temporary visa holders 3,652 3,749 3,232 2,938 3,652 3,763 3,680 3,694 3,836 3,280 0
  Science and engineering 6,820 6,933 6,501 5,949 6,470 6,493 6,343 6,634 6,786 6,038 0
    Science 4,069 4,025 3,795 3,568 3,759 3,727 3,592 3,803 3,865 3,439 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 298 274 247 258 269 339 328 421 404 405 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 982 1,040 983 892 875 795 799 826 828 675 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 40 36 0
      Computer and information sciences 725 717 597 492 597 573 538 512 402 277 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 225 238 275 276 277 351 281 303 345 330 0
      Mathematics and statistics 221 208 210 221 230 218 209 203 192 195 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 152 40 13 0 0 0 0 0 70 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 80 64 66 76 69 76 83 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 501 498 450 421 443 431 420 415 424 422 0
      Psychology 301 315 309 289 318 232 208 209 207 143 0
      Social sciences 584 631 645 643 681 712 726 846 925 930 0
    Engineering 2,751 2,908 2,706 2,381 2,711 2,766 2,751 2,831 2,921 2,599 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 186 212 192 163 167 156 119 106 98 104 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 159 152 163 138 142 118 105 114 105 105 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 276 256 266 268 294 341 376 437 451 411 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 320 328 369 301 333 370 371 332 386 405 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 590 573 525 505 677 680 708 679 696 464 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 306 487 298 178 250 280 271 245 233 232 0
      Mechanical engineering 435 449 432 393 416 400 374 378 397 368 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 176 183 190 179 163 157 142 119 132 89 0
      Other engineering 303 268 271 256 269 264 285 421 423 421 0
  Health 337 379 355 310 146 159 184 232 299 254 0
    Clinical medicine 212 268 258 225 60 58 72 73 49 54 0
    Other health 125 111 97 85 86 101 112 159 250 200 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

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 1,084 1,013 913 987 971 957 920 978 920 863 0
    Female 635 684 633 640 590 644 598 640 614 457 0
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,168 1,256 1,252 1,208 1,168 1,195 1,187 1,275 1,171 1,004 0
    Hispanic or Latino 202 205 205 184 173 188 181 196 167 131 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino 922 1,003 992 975 940 949 952 1,027 974 851 0
      American Indian or Alaska Native 5 3 5 6 3 3 2 3 2 5 0
      Asian 138 158 149 139 144 121 133 111 108 103 0
      Black or African American 61 54 54 56 49 65 61 75 56 51 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
      White 689 753 750 742 719 736 735 817 781 679 0
      More than one race 29 35 32 30 23 24 19 21 25 13 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 44 48 55 49 55 58 54 52 30 22 0
  Temporary visa holders 551 441 294 419 393 406 331 343 363 316 0
  Science and engineering 1,685 1,660 1,493 1,572 1,532 1,564 1,488 1,568 1,484 1,270 0
    Science 890 937 947 966 937 990 928 984 916 697 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 80 97 89 101 93 102 90 170 167 169 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 133 110 114 115 94 103 107 92 78 65 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 16 0
      Computer and information sciences 116 119 72 66 57 70 54 45 37 43 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 69 81 96 112 125 128 91 72 58 45 0
      Mathematics and statistics 195 234 288 302 298 296 289 288 266 263 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 29 29 33 32 30 47 50 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 18 20 13 15 15 10 13 16 18 17 0
      Psychology 120 132 138 126 130 141 143 160 135 24 0
      Social sciences 116 114 104 97 95 93 91 135 119 54 0
    Engineering 795 723 546 606 595 574 560 584 568 573 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 45 45 41 29 22 19 17 13 11 9 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 14 13 8 21 9 8 11 6 8 9 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 56 49 58 76 103 97 134 148 181 165 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 48 85 46 53 58 57 44 46 41 48 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 146 142 120 150 141 156 133 124 128 106 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 217 149 81 98 107 101 72 75 73 95 0
      Mechanical engineering 136 114 99 88 82 69 80 85 56 60 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 21 23 15 10 12 7 8 14 6 13 0
      Other engineering 112 103 78 81 61 60 61 73 64 68 0
  Health 34 37 53 55 29 37 30 50 50 50 0
    Clinical medicine 11 23 38 39 16 15 9 13 13 25 0
    Other health 23 14 15 16 13 22 21 37 37 25 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: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 1,024 992 940 799 793 725 931 844 716 686 0
  Science and engineering 991 967 910 729 769 714 908 829 687 677 0
    Science 543 561 450 402 420 405 415 414 382 339 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 51 35 31 33 26 19 17 39 25 32 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 209 215 192 174 177 185 181 139 133 82 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 50 48 18 12 16 17 16 53 41 40 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 50 66 52 42 39 48 78 53 42 35 0
      Mathematics and statistics 20 11 13 11 10 14 9 12 5 6 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 7 14 0 13 9 10 2 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 115 137 113 95 88 84 77 96 96 95 0
      Psychology 19 20 25 17 43 15 9 0 17 34 0
      Social sciences 22 15 6 5 12 13 26 13 10 6 0
    Engineering 448 406 460 327 349 309 493 415 305 338 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 63 51 69 53 52 45 26 29 31 50 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 58 56 44 21 35 33 48 33 37 27 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 50 29 12 14 13 11 45 42 39 32 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 32 23 42 5 6 2 50 6 7 7 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 64 63 86 87 92 106 187 203 86 126 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 28 30 29 13 15 14 22 15 9 12 0
      Mechanical engineering 65 71 68 66 37 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 67 65 71 59 47 45 39 24 26 5 0
      Other engineering 21 18 39 9 52 53 76 63 69 79 0
  Health 33 25 30 70 24 11 23 15 29 9 0
    Clinical medicine 8 6 16 57 14 0 1 12 21 1 0
    Other health 25 19 14 13 10 11 22 3 8 8 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
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 7,157 7,312 6,856 6,259 6,616 6,652 6,527 6,866 7,085 6,292
  Fellowships 598 628 661 550 537 622 365 523 514 610
    Federal 67 85 62 51 45 40 82 80 86 57
    Institutional 492 448 504 455 402 509 204 339 308 453
    Nonfederal 39 95 95 44 90 73 79 104 120 100
  Research assistantships 2,302 2,249 2,421 2,317 2,218 1,944 2,099 2,247 2,214 2,012
    Federal 843 805 832 678 717 594 751 721 610 596
    Institutional 999 1,073 1,133 1,237 1,118 1,045 892 1,135 1,219 1,089
    Nonfederal 460 371 456 402 383 305 456 391 385 327
  Teaching assistantships 1,475 1,335 1,384 1,340 1,453 1,528 1,553 1,362 1,260 1,302
    Federal 11 9 7 6 5 66 81 15 2 0
    Institutional 1,428 1,305 1,369 1,334 1,443 1,415 1,350 1,320 1,241 1,299
    Nonfederal 36 21 8 0 5 47 122 27 17 3
  Other types of support 2,782 3,100 2,390 2,052 2,408 2,558 2,510 2,734 3,097 2,368
    Federal 103 93 39 64 26 25 17 28 18 33
    Institutional 316 315 335 265 451 470 286 536 405 221
    Nonfederal 77 69 53 46 64 62 81 155 378 265
    Personal resources 2,286 2,623 1,963 1,677 1,867 2,001 2,126 2,015 2,296 1,849

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 514 509 359 558 437 456 544 544 549 465 0
    Science 413 410 239 429 328 350 459 452 477 407 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 92 88 27 42 45 42 47 61 56 30 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 143 181 98 259 140 165 177 234 247 217 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 5 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 23 16 25 20 13 12 18 14 14 20 0
      Mathematics and statistics 10 9 8 22 24 22 21 23 37 30 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 17 3 1 22 18 96 10 16 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 2 2 1 4 13 16 16 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 89 65 57 66 65 70 76 83 84 99 0
      Psychology 32 17 8 5 0 0 0 7 1 2 0
      Social sciences 12 12 8 7 4 2 5 11 12 7 0
    Engineering 101 99 120 129 109 106 85 92 72 58 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6 8 11 13 11 12 8 6 4 4 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 16 9 10 15 9 9 8 7 6 4 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 19 14 16 16 22 24 20 16 11 11 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 11 16 16 11 8 6 2 5 6 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 19 15 21 19 16 14 13 13 10 11 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 7 3 3 7 7 9 9 9 8 6 0
      Mechanical engineering 12 10 17 15 11 11 5 8 11 9 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 14 17 17 17 11 11 15 5 2 0
      Other engineering 11 10 9 16 8 10 9 13 11 10 0
  Health 23 22 22 52 31 52 57 58 66 43 0
    Clinical medicine 6 12 9 22 5 3 5 5 5 0 0
    Other health 17 10 13 30 26 49 52 53 61 43 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 194 203 145 283 211 227 255 258 265 214 0
  Science and engineering 192 196 137 262 200 208 238 236 237 201 0
    Science 162 156 108 222 162 176 216 216 215 176 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 32 29 9 25 13 12 18 27 20 10 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 56 69 60 148 77 103 99 119 129 101 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 9 8 9 6 6 6 9 6 15 0
      Mathematics and statistics 3 3 4 5 4 6 2 4 2 5 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 1 0 0 16 6 43 5 11 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 1 0 0 2 5 6 10 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 31 28 21 31 38 35 36 38 37 44 0
      Psychology 23 11 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0
      Social sciences 5 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0
    Engineering 30 40 29 40 38 32 22 20 22 25 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 4 1 3 2 3 2 0 3 3 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 4 3 7 4 6 3 1 2 2 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 4 3 8 11 7 3 2 3 5 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 8 2 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 7 10 5 9 3 5 5 5 8 11 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 8 13 6 6 5 4 7 1 0 0
      Other engineering 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 5 5 3 0
  Health 2 7 8 21 11 19 17 22 28 13 0
    Clinical medicine 1 4 5 12 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
    Other health 1 3 3 9 8 19 17 21 28 13 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

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