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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