Texas A&M 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 8 98.9 631
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
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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   3,612   3,505   3,563   3,624   3,321   2,964   2,889   2,847   3,172   3,249
    Hispanic or Latino   712   680   659   624   556   474   422   440   505   452
    Not Hispanic or Latino   2,822   2,755   2,840   2,932   2,699   2,418   2,394   2,325   2,581   2,721
      American Indian or Alaska Native   12   12   16   9   11   9   8   7   5   13
      Asian   417   383   372   379   326   255   272   235   253   266
      Black or African American   202   187   201   213   184   142   131   133   151   157
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   3   4   3   6   5   3   5   12
      White   2,075   2,065   2,140   2,227   2,084   1,910   1,898   1,866   2,082   2,209
      More than one race   116   108   108   100   91   96   80   81   85   64
    Unknown ethnicity and race   78   70   64   68   66   72   73   82   86   76
  Temporary visa holders   3,628   3,652   3,749   3,232   2,938   3,652   3,763   3,680   3,694   3,836
  Science and engineering   6,890   6,820   6,933   6,501   5,949   6,470   6,493   6,343   6,634   6,786
    Science   4,173   4,069   4,025   3,795   3,568   3,759   3,727   3,592   3,803   3,865
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   298   298   274   247   258   269   339   328   421   404
      Biological and biomedical sciences   1,057   982   1,040   983   892   875   795   799   826   828
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   41   40
      Computer and information sciences   691   725   717   597   492   597   573   538   512   402
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   235   225   238   275   276   277   351   281   303   345
      Mathematics and statistics   214   221   208   210   221   230   218   209   203   192
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   178   152   40   13   0   0   0   0   0   70
      Natural resources and conservation   99   80   64   66   76   69   76   83   0   0
      Physical sciences   506   501   498   450   421   443   431   420   415   424
      Psychology   300   301   315   309   289   318   232   208   209   207
      Social sciences   595   584   631   645   643   681   712   726   846   925
    Engineering   2,717   2,751   2,908   2,706   2,381   2,711   2,766   2,751   2,831   2,921
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   194   186   212   192   163   167   156   119   106   98
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   168   159   152   163   138   142   118   105   114   105
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   298   276   256   266   268   294   341   376   437   451
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   316   320   328   369   301   333   370   371   332   386
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   609   590   573   525   505   677   680   708   679   696
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   216   306   487   298   178   250   280   271   245   233
      Mechanical engineering   435   435   449   432   393   416   400   374   378   397
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   167   176   183   190   179   163   157   142   119   132
      Other engineering   314   303   268   271   256   269   264   285   421   423
    Health   350   337   379   355   310   146   159   184   232   299
      Clinical medicine   215   212   268   258   225   60   58   72   73   49
      Other health   135   125   111   97   85   86   101   112   159   250

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   1,339   1,168   1,256   1,252   1,208   1,168   1,195   1,187   1,275   1,171
    Hispanic or Latino   253   202   205   205   184   173   188   181   196   167
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,036   922   1,003   992   975   940   949   952   1,027   974
      American Indian or Alaska Native   5   5   3   5   6   3   3   2   3   2
      Asian   159   138   158   149   139   144   121   133   111   108
      Black or African American   76   61   54   54   56   49   65   61   75   56
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   2   2   2   0   2   0   2
      White   765   689   753   750   742   719   736   735   817   781
      More than one race   31   29   35   32   30   23   24   19   21   25
    Unknown ethnicity and race   50   44   48   55   49   55   58   54   52   30
  Temporary visa holders   460   551   441   294   419   393   406   331   343   363
  Science and engineering   1,762   1,685   1,660   1,493   1,572   1,532   1,564   1,488   1,568   1,484
    Science   1,002   890   937   947   966   937   990   928   984   916
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   101   80   97   89   101   93   102   90   170   167
      Biological and biomedical sciences   133   133   110   114   115   94   103   107   92   78
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   9
      Computer and information sciences   200   116   119   72   66   57   70   54   45   37
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   76   69   81   96   112   125   128   91   72   58
      Mathematics and statistics   173   195   234   288   302   298   296   289   288   266
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   20   14   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   27
      Natural resources and conservation   23   29   29   33   32   30   47   50   0   0
      Physical sciences   24   18   20   13   15   15   10   13   16   18
      Psychology   112   120   132   138   126   130   141   143   160   135
      Social sciences   140   116   114   104   97   95   93   91   135   119
    Engineering   760   795   723   546   606   595   574   560   584   568
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   40   45   45   41   29   22   19   17   13   11
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   11   14   13   8   21   9   8   11   6   8
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   62   56   49   58   76   103   97   134   148   181
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   60   48   85   46   53   58   57   44   46   41
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   162   146   142   120   150   141   156   133   124   128
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   120   217   149   81   98   107   101   72   75   73
      Mechanical engineering   145   136   114   99   88   82   69   80   85   56
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   17   21   23   15   10   12   7   8   14   6
      Other engineering   143   112   103   78   81   61   60   61   73   64
    Health   37   34   37   53   55   29   37   30   50   50
      Clinical medicine   19   11   23   38   39   16   15   9   13   13
      Other health   18   23   14   15   16   13   22   21   37   37

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   1,022   1,024   992   940   799   793   725   931   844   716
  Science and engineering   989   991   967   910   729   769   714   908   829   687
    Science   559   543   561   450   402   420   405   415   414   382
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   90   51   35   31   33   26   19   17   39   25
      Biological and biomedical sciences   178   209   215   192   174   177   185   181   139   133
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   55   50   48   18   12   16   17   16   53   41
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   38   50   66   52   42   39   48   78   53   42
      Mathematics and statistics   8   20   11   13   11   10   14   9   12   5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
      Natural resources and conservation   18   7   14   0   13   9   10   2   0   0
      Physical sciences   116   115   137   113   95   88   84   77   96   96
      Psychology   27   19   20   25   17   43   15   9   0   17
      Social sciences   29   22   15   6   5   12   13   26   13   10
    Engineering   430   448   406   460   327   349   309   493   415   305
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   47   63   51   69   53   52   45   26   29   31
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   48   58   56   44   21   35   33   48   33   37
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   48   50   29   12   14   13   11   45   42   39
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   16   32   23   42   5   6   2   50   6   7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   52   64   63   86   87   92   106   187   203   86
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   22   28   30   29   13   15   14   22   15   9
      Mechanical engineering   83   65   71   68   66   37   0   0   0   1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   68   67   65   71   59   47   45   39   24   26
      Other engineering   46   21   18   39   9   52   53   76   63   69
    Health   33   33   25   30   70   24   11   23   15   29
      Clinical medicine   5   8   6   16   57   14   0   1   12   21
      Other health   28   25   19   14   13   10   11   22   3   8

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   7,240   7,157   7,312   6,856   6,259   6,616   6,652   6,527   6,866   7,085
  Fellowships   534   598   628   661   550   537   622   365   523   514
    Federal   56   67   85   62   51   45   40   82   80   86
    Institutional   445   492   448   504   455   402   509   204   339   308
    Nonfederal   33   39   95   95   44   90   73   79   104   120
  Research assistantships   2,457   2,302   2,249   2,421   2,317   2,218   1,944   2,099   2,247   2,214
    Federal   897   843   805   832   678   717   594   751   721   610
    Institutional   1,084   999   1,073   1,133   1,237   1,118   1,045   892   1,135   1,219
    Nonfederal   476   460   371   456   402   383   305   456   391   385
  Teaching assistantships   1,509   1,475   1,335   1,384   1,340   1,453   1,528   1,553   1,362   1,260
    Federal   12   11   9   7   6   5   66   81   15   2
    Institutional   1,487   1,428   1,305   1,369   1,334   1,443   1,415   1,350   1,320   1,241
    Nonfederal   10   36   21   8   0   5   47   122   27   17
  Other types of support   2,740   2,782   3,100   2,390   2,052   2,408   2,558   2,510   2,734   3,097
    Federal   57   103   93   39   64   26   25   17   28   18
    Institutional   322   316   315   335   265   451   470   286   536   405
    Nonfederal   45   77   69   53   46   64   62   81   155   378
    Personal resources   2,316   2,286   2,623   1,963   1,677   1,867   2,001   2,126   2,015   2,296

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   520   514   509   359   558   437   456   544   544   549
    Science   387   413   410   239   429   328   350   459   452   477
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   92   92   88   27   42   45   42   47   61   56
      Biological and biomedical sciences   137   143   181   98   259   140   165   177   234   247
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   5   3   4   3   2   3   3   3   3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   20   23   16   25   20   13   12   18   14   14
      Mathematics and statistics   10   10   9   8   22   24   22   21   23   37
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   5   17   3   1   22   18   96   10   16
      Natural resources and conservation   1   2   2   1   4   13   16   16   0   0
      Physical sciences   88   89   65   57   66   65   70   76   83   84
      Psychology   15   32   17   8   5   0   0   0   7   1
      Social sciences   20   12   12   8   7   4   2   5   11   12
    Engineering   133   101   99   120   129   109   106   85   92   72
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   9   6   8   11   13   11   12   8   6   4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   18   16   9   10   15   9   9   8   7   6
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   25   19   14   16   16   22   24   20   16   11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   12   11   16   16   11   8   6   2   5   6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   16   19   15   21   19   16   14   13   13   10
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   4   7   3   3   7   7   9   9   9   8
      Mechanical engineering   13   12   10   17   15   11   11   5   8   11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   14   17   17   17   11   11   15   5
      Other engineering   36   11   10   9   16   8   10   9   13   11
    Health   60   23   22   22   52   31   52   57   58   66
      Clinical medicine   11   6   12   9   22   5   3   5   5   5
      Other health   49   17   10   13   30   26   49   52   53   61

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   580   194   203   145   283   211   227   255   258   265
  Science and engineering   520   192   196   137   262   200   208   238   236   237
    Science   387   162   156   108   222   162   176   216   216   215
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   92   32   29   9   25   13   12   18   27   20
      Biological and biomedical sciences   137   56   69   60   148   77   103   99   119   129
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   1   0   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   20   9   9   8   9   6   6   6   9   6
      Mathematics and statistics   10   3   3   4   5   4   6   2   4   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   1   1   0   0   16   6   43   5   11
      Natural resources and conservation   1   1   0   0   2   5   6   10   0   0
      Physical sciences   88   31   28   21   31   38   35   36   38   37
      Psychology   15   23   11   1   0   0   0   0   5   0
      Social sciences   20   5   6   3   0   1   0   0   2   3
    Engineering   133   30   40   29   40   38   32   22   20   22
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   9   3   4   1   3   2   3   2   0   3
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   18   5   4   3   7   4   6   3   1   2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   25   6   4   3   8   11   7   3   2   3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   12   5   8   2   3   8   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   16   7   10   5   9   3   5   5   5   8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   4   0   0   0   2   1   2   2   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   13   2   1   1   1   2   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   8   13   6   6   5   4   7   1
      Other engineering   36   2   1   1   1   1   4   3   5   5
    Health   60   2   7   8   21   11   19   17   22   28
      Clinical medicine   11   1   4   5   12   3   0   0   1   0
      Other health   49   1   3   3   9   8   19   17   21   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

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