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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 42 91.1 459 53 92.4 679 82 86.7 602 122 86.9 914
2022 43 90.9 457 53 92.4 680 120 86.9 900
2021 41 91.1 447 61 91.4 691 94 84.2 583 127 86.2 908
2020 49 89.4 450 63 91.2 698 122 86.9 916
2019 58 87.4 447 75 89.5 697 93 84.5 589 119 87.2 914
2018 62 85.9 428 77 89.2 700 119 87.2 911
2017 53 87.9 425 74 89.4 684 110 81.2 575 112 87.8 898
2016 60 86.4 430 67 90.6 697 117 87.2 896
2015 57 87 426 66 90.7 693 115 80.2 570 117 87.2 898
2014 58 86.6 422 66 90.6 688 119 86.8 889
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 417 384 375 356 316 304 341 300 323 302
  Science and engineering 225 189 218 194 191 177 176 155 190 171
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 25 20 28 29 23 22 21 18 22 23
      Agricultural sciences 21 15 26 27 20 20 16 17 17 19
      Natural resources and conservation 4 5 2 2 3 2 5 1 5 4
    Biological and biomedical sciences 27 27 28 25 30 21 27 25 26 31
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 1 2 1 2 . 2 2 1 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 8 10 2 7 3 3 1 4 5 7
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . 1 1 . 1 . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 1 2 3 2 4 3 2 3 2
      Genetics and genomics 1 1 . . . . . 1 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology 2 1 1 1 1 . . 3 1 2
      Molecular biology 1 1 1 . 2 2 . . 2 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 1 1 . . . . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 4 9 4 7 5 8 2 5 9
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 1 . . 2 2 . . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 8 6 10 9 10 4 13 10 8 9
    Computer and information sciences 7 7 13 6 4 3 5 6 4 8
      Computer science 4 3 11 6 3 3 5 6 4 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 4 2 . 1 . . . . .
    Engineering 62 57 67 62 60 57 53 48 61 51
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . 1 2 1 . .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 17 16 18 23 12 14 11 7 19 13
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 12 9 6 10 12 8 8 6 5 3
      Electrical and computer engineering 12 16 15 10 6 7 11 9 9 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 9 6 15 7 11 10 9 6 10 6
      Materials and mining engineering 1 3 1 . 1 1 . 1 3 1
      Mechanical engineering 11 6 10 11 13 14 10 13 8 10
      Engineering, other . 1 2 1 5 2 2 4 7 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 1 4 4 3 6 5 4 1 3
      Geological sciences 7 . 2 3 2 4 3 2 1 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 . 2
    Health sciences 5 4 . . 3 . 1 . . .
      Health sciences, other 5 4 . . 3 . 1 . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 14 14 13 9 13 15 11 8 19 5
      Applied mathematics 2 3 2 3 4 5 2 1 4 .
      Mathematics 2 . 1 . . 1 1 1 1 2
      Statistics 1 . 1 1 2 1 2 . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 11 9 5 7 8 6 6 13 3
    Physical sciences 26 19 15 19 18 11 16 13 17 19
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 . 1 2 . . . . . .
      Chemistry 17 16 8 11 8 7 14 7 12 13
      Physics 7 3 6 6 10 4 2 6 5 6
    Psychology 33 33 37 32 25 28 27 25 30 20
      Clinical psychology 9 6 11 5 6 3 6 6 7 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 14 15 20 17 8 12 11 11 17 9
      Research and experimental psychology 6 8 3 3 3 5 2 3 4 2
      Psychology, other 4 4 3 7 8 8 8 5 2 6
    Social sciences 18 7 13 8 12 14 10 8 10 11
      Economics 11 5 6 5 8 8 7 4 6 8
      Political science and government 1 2 3 2 1 5 1 2 3 3
      Social sciences, other 6 . 4 1 3 1 2 2 1 .
  Non-science and engineering 192 195 157 162 125 127 165 145 133 131
    Business 17 29 16 26 18 16 28 21 17 28
      Business 17 29 16 26 18 16 28 21 17 28
    Education 117 113 82 88 64 70 98 77 65 54
      Education leadership and administration 34 24 11 18 13 10 11 13 11 8
      Education research 64 71 54 52 28 47 77 50 43 40
      Teacher education and teaching fields 18 17 15 15 23 12 9 11 9 5
      Education, other 1 1 2 3 . 1 1 3 2 1
    Humanities and arts 38 30 33 22 24 26 25 29 30 38
      Letters 14 12 12 9 13 10 14 15 14 15
      Foreign languages and literature 8 6 6 2 4 3 3 7 3 7
      History 6 1 3 3 2 5 1 3 5 5
      Philosophy and religious studies . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Music and performing arts 2 4 6 5 2 5 3 1 4 7
      Humanities and arts, other 8 7 6 3 3 3 4 2 4 4
    Other non-science and engineering 20 23 26 26 19 15 14 18 21 11
      Communication 12 15 18 21 18 13 5 12 13 8
      Public administration and social services . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 8 8 8 5 1 2 9 5 8 3

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 1,608 1,556 1,292 1,208 1,101 1,067 1,152 1,197 1,293 1,268
    Female 1,448 1,386 1,162 980 879 895 817 967 911 891
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,227 1,324 1,382 1,300 986 1,020 943 1,075 1,033 1,027
    Hispanic or Latino 249 294 302 264 184 203 184 214 171 152
    Not Hispanic or Latino 970 1,024 1,076 1,028 794 811 754 855 856 871
      American Indian or Alaska Native 4 4 5 5 6 4 1 3 5 3
      Asian 115 124 126 118 45 67 49 43 41 42
      Black or African American 51 68 81 97 61 51 47 45 53 42
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1
      White 750 785 813 757 646 656 630 732 731 762
      More than one race 48 41 48 48 35 32 27 32 24 21
    Unknown ethnicity and race 8 6 4 8 8 6 5 6 6 4
  Temporary visa holders 1,829 1,618 1,072 888 994 942 1,026 1,089 1,171 1,132
  Science and engineering 2,824 2,703 2,206 2,037 1,828 1,821 1,858 1,969 2,055 2,033
    Science 2,219 2,047 1,638 1,467 1,281 1,328 1,297 1,362 1,419 1,411
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 216 191 164 125 131 152 148 198 178 186
      Biological and biomedical sciences 413 448 442 426 413 365 329 323 318 294
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 74 73
      Computer and information sciences 649 513 213 174 128 102 97 70 141 207
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 44 58
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 63 56 56 65 66 65 58 67 65 63
      Mathematics and statistics 96 95 82 87 94 95 113 116 119 102
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 199 172 110 39 29 18 20 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 71 75 66 63 65 57 54 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 175 155 164 149 147 141 141 151 162 136
      Psychology 193 189 202 206 43 172 173 162 142 128
      Social sciences 144 153 139 133 165 161 164 175 176 164
    Engineering 605 656 568 570 547 493 561 607 636 622
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 10 10 17 12 5 4 5 8 10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 131 141 126 153 138 131 148 159 150 125
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 119 126 101 99 114 93 111 106 88 76
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 142 133 123 109 108 113 125 127 174 201
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 78 87 70 66 59 57 73 90 93 79
      Mechanical engineering 110 104 93 104 93 82 89 102 109 114
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 22 55 45 22 23 12 11 18 14 17
    Health 232 239 248 151 152 141 111 195 149 126
      Clinical medicine 71 81 77 70 64 58 26 26 30 10
      Other health 161 158 171 81 88 83 85 169 119 116

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 403 363 406 403 295 321 355 353 330 297
    Female 401 386 395 318 221 201 220 207 226 216
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 625 631 700 543 437 443 487 446 424 427
    Hispanic or Latino 146 128 148 78 51 63 62 49 48 46
    Not Hispanic or Latino 448 478 510 430 356 371 388 391 359 344
      American Indian or Alaska Native 5 4 4 3 0 1 4 2 0 2
      Asian 55 45 52 35 31 34 24 17 23 13
      Black or African American 39 37 59 45 29 36 33 31 25 16
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      White 322 360 368 325 272 286 311 329 298 307
      More than one race 25 29 25 22 24 14 15 12 13 6
    Unknown ethnicity and race 31 25 42 35 30 9 37 6 17 37
  Temporary visa holders 179 118 101 178 79 79 88 114 132 86
  Science and engineering 744 692 713 663 468 475 449 521 513 477
    Science 512 455 464 419 284 274 258 307 348 319
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 71 61 68 52 63 47 48 72 64 53
      Biological and biomedical sciences 86 87 101 81 63 47 30 31 19 25
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 51 49
      Computer and information sciences 65 29 25 59 20 34 22 23 62 28
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 44 53
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 9 12 12 11 8 7 10 13 9
      Mathematics and statistics 5 5 6 11 3 7 14 19 20 21
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 130 104 81 33 29 19 17 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 46 46 42 32 22 24 15 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 1 4 1 14 5 5 6 4 0 3
      Psychology 86 94 110 94 16 52 43 32 32 37
      Social sciences 11 16 18 31 52 31 56 48 43 41
    Engineering 232 237 249 244 184 201 191 214 165 158
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 0 3 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 14 14 19 25 15 12 9 22 11 11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 40 33 28 25 12 17 13 13 9 8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 30 34 35 35 36 39 35 39 49 40
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 79 87 81 85 74 89 95 97 68 64
      Mechanical engineering 33 43 43 37 28 30 28 25 12 21
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 32 26 40 32 17 14 11 18 15 14
    Health 60 57 88 58 48 47 126 39 43 36
      Clinical medicine 47 48 46 44 33 33 27 18 25 13
      Other health 13 9 42 14 15 14 99 21 18 23

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 267 253 241 242 205 210 163 159 172 126 0
  Science and engineering 265 251 240 238 205 207 161 157 171 124 0
    Science 154 132 128 132 106 110 88 90 101 62 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 22 19 21 9 14 15 16 25 30 19 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 23 27 23 39 28 33 13 11 16 10 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 6 15 8 8 0 7 3 7 10 5 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 13 13 13 17 14 7 9 10 8 7 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 5 6 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 19 18 15 6 7 11 10 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 26 18 24 34 30 24 20 13 10 7 0
      Psychology 22 10 13 15 2 6 4 10 8 2 0
      Social sciences 18 11 11 3 9 6 12 11 12 3 0
    Engineering 111 119 112 106 99 97 73 67 70 62 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 28 29 27 28 24 26 17 18 23 18 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 16 18 17 15 17 16 10 8 9 3 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 39 46 42 41 44 32 24 25 25 27 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 5 6 6 5 2 3 2 1 0 1 0
      Mechanical engineering 20 15 12 14 10 17 18 14 10 12 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 3 5 8 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 0
    Health 2 2 1 4 0 3 2 2 1 2 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 2 2 1 4 0 3 2 2 1 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, 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 3,056 2,942 2,454 2,188 1,980 1,962 1,969 2,164 2,204 2,159
  Fellowships 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 986 963 853 780 725 772 711 682 695 480
    Federal 253 241 230 213 191 191 159 154 172 124
    Institutional 610 557 485 455 416 431 416 404 401 272
    Nonfederal 123 165 138 112 118 150 136 124 122 84
  Teaching assistantships 726 700 683 649 623 672 718 815 808 562
    Federal 14 12 11 9 1 2 3 5 0 2
    Institutional 707 684 669 633 619 668 714 807 808 559
    Nonfederal 5 4 3 7 3 2 1 3 0 1
  Other types of support 1,344 1,279 918 759 632 518 540 667 701 1,117
    Federal 0 0 0 20 13 17 1 0 0 0
    Institutional 47 52 53 58 65 44 39 63 1 0
    Nonfederal 4 0 1 1 3 5 6 0 5 0
    Personal resources 1,293 1,227 864 680 551 452 494 604 695 1,117

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 104 83 161 188 152 134 191 214 218 181
    Science 84 72 117 134 116 103 133 146 149 130
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 24 19 29 33 21 20 28 30 29 24
      Biological and biomedical sciences 32 27 39 50 42 40 46 49 52 51
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 2 3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 1 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 2
      Mathematics and statistics 3 4 11 15 14 1 1 1 1 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 17 17 25 24 28 23 37 39 44 34
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 2 9 3 8 4 6
      Social sciences 3 2 2 2 4 4 11 8 10 8
    Engineering 20 11 44 54 36 31 58 68 69 51
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 2 20 30 17 7 12 20 19 9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 3 11 11 11 10 15 12 7 11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 0 2 2 1 3 6 10 12 11
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1
      Mechanical engineering 4 3 6 8 6 5 12 15 20 13
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 2 2 4 2 0 6 13 11 8 6
    Health 12 14 16 18 28 13 21 14 10 5
      Clinical medicine 9 9 14 18 28 6 12 8 6 2
      Other health 3 5 2 0 0 7 9 6 4 3

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 56 36 46 36 28 44 49 45 58 72
  Science and engineering 47 27 40 32 27 44 46 45 58 69
    Science 36 24 32 19 17 33 29 28 39 50
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 6 5 7 5 4 6 4 3 3 5
      Biological and biomedical sciences 17 9 14 7 5 7 7 5 5 20
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 7 8 7 5 6 12 13 10 20 13
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 3
      Social sciences 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 5 5 6
    Engineering 11 3 8 13 10 11 17 17 19 19
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 2 4 9 8 4 4 7 5 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 0 1 2 1 2 5 2 1 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 0 1 1 1 3 2 3 6 8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
      Mechanical engineering 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 4 5 3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0
    Health 9 9 6 4 1 0 3 0 0 3
      Clinical medicine 7 7 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0
      Other health 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3

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 240,107 226,729 197,739 199,643 193,923 185,742 191,482 172,521 163,897 159,308
    Science 132,692 122,232 108,945 104,306 103,260 99,251 98,345 93,591 90,369 90,236
      Computer and information sciences 5,472 5,410 4,274 5,111 4,427 4,135 4,040 3,641 3,750 3,527
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 11,667 11,018 9,282 8,913 8,213 6,583 6,750 13,297 12,870 12,924
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 614 688 520 465 629 562 583 478 198 212
        Geological and earth sciences 7,038 5,768 5,609 5,095 6,143 4,947 4,879 11,300 4,086 3,955
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 4,015 4,562 3,153 3,353 1,441 1,074 1,288 1,519 8,586 8,757
      Life sciences 74,439 65,627 55,930 49,230 52,335 51,017 48,789 41,678 36,133 34,790
        Agricultural sciences 44,566 34,132 30,966 26,571 26,680 27,481 25,109 21,450 27,262 27,246
        Biological and biomedical sciences 16,883 18,732 14,152 12,709 14,796 12,545 12,609 10,796 7,387 5,995
        Health sciences 6,749 7,104 5,392 5,204 6,365 5,879 4,946 3,550 535 428
        Natural resources and conservation 6,241 5,659 5,420 4,746 4,494 5,112 6,125 5,882 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 949 1,121
      Mathematics and statistics 4,501 3,793 3,678 3,402 3,590 4,332 4,176 4,283 3,865 4,828
      Physical sciences 15,057 15,739 15,784 15,103 14,408 15,455 14,532 13,978 13,232 12,739
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 8,268 8,441 7,686 7,136 7,368 7,703 6,245 7,047 6,853 9,081
        Materials science 645 559 545 548 399 656 22 33 0 0
        Physics 6,144 6,739 7,553 7,419 6,641 7,096 8,265 6,898 6,379 3,658
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 8,343 8,234 8,762 10,670 9,824 10,206 10,684 8,914 6,246 5,610
      Social sciences 13,213 12,411 11,235 11,877 10,463 7,523 9,374 7,800 14,273 15,818
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 6,536 6,254 6,351 7,141 5,090 2,169 4,411 2,737 4,307 2,842
        Political science and government 1,169 1,131 979 938 1,048 951 842 1,027 780 988
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,389 1,462 919 994 1,276 1,264 1,166 988 666 759
        Social sciences nec 4,119 3,564 2,986 2,804 3,049 3,139 2,955 3,048 8,520 11,229
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 53,564 46,952 41,962 42,856 44,057 40,249 46,553 39,175 38,185 34,890
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 14,469 8,432 8,695 8,952 7,174 6,366 6,600 6,781 7,636 7,102
      Civil engineering 9,353 10,384 8,904 9,653 9,103 7,846 9,883 10,955 7,333 5,890
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,402 10,791 10,032 10,124 12,927 10,097 15,860 9,851 11,098 9,687
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,189 3,297 2,042 2,090 2,012 1,456 1,276 1,323 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 8,879 7,698 6,036 5,229 5,224 7,187 7,534 6,069 8,053 8,408
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 6,272 6,350 6,253 6,808 7,617 7,297 5,400 4,196 4,065 3,803
    Non-S&E 53,851 57,545 46,832 52,481 46,606 46,242 46,584 39,755 35,343 34,182
      Business management and business administration 17,782 16,346 14,010 14,030 13,852 14,398 13,154 11,030 11,444 12,039
      Communication and communications technologies 3,236 3,221 3,300 3,378 3,188 2,900 2,619 2,837 2,483 2,066
      Education 19,222 24,307 17,004 21,878 16,679 17,601 18,809 15,599 13,842 12,066
      Humanities 4,292 4,350 4,161 4,021 4,084 3,751 3,689 3,643 3,498 3,695
      Law 1,943 1,747 1,689 2,458 1,926 1,857 1,892 1,383 1,544 1,583
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 3,300 3,453 3,350 3,419 3,309 2,868 3,151 2,760 2,532 2,733
      Non-S&E nec 4,076 4,121 3,318 3,297 3,568 2,867 3,270 2,503 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

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 240,107 58,922 28,095 122,202 15,461 14,994 433
    Science 132,692 29,398 16,401 68,314 10,209 7,946 424
      Computer and information sciences 5,472 1,410 501 3,367 106 62 26
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 11,667 5,564 1,465 3,544 879 215 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 614 333 170 105 2 4 0
        Geological and earth sciences 7,038 4,128 189 2,342 204 175 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 4,015 1,103 1,106 1,097 673 36 0
      Life sciences 74,439 14,981 11,790 35,771 6,204 5,295 398
        Agricultural sciences 44,566 6,687 9,473 20,327 4,150 3,532 397
        Biological and biomedical sciences 16,883 5,099 1,234 9,212 366 972 0
        Health sciences 6,749 1,618 442 3,641 819 228 1
        Natural resources and conservation 6,241 1,577 641 2,591 869 563 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4,501 996 121 3,291 37 56 0
      Physical sciences 15,057 4,550 903 8,639 400 565 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 8,268 2,401 622 4,330 368 547 0
        Materials science 645 288 10 344 2 1 0
        Physics 6,144 1,861 271 3,965 30 17 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 8,343 914 550 5,844 592 443 0
      Social sciences 13,213 983 1,071 7,858 1,991 1,310 0
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 6,536 775 481 3,176 1,302 802 0
        Political science and government 1,169 0 60 1,098 7 4 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,389 92 81 1,135 8 73 0
        Social sciences nec 4,119 116 449 2,449 674 431 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 53,564 27,046 5,098 17,670 2,438 1,312 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 14,469 10,627 296 2,619 620 307 0
      Civil engineering 9,353 3,273 1,646 3,686 507 241 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,402 7,068 130 3,277 686 241 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,189 1,375 242 1,420 84 68 0
      Mechanical engineering 8,879 4,573 596 3,425 111 174 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 6,272 130 2,188 3,243 430 281 0
    Non-S&E 53,851 2,478 6,596 36,218 2,814 5,736 9
      Business management and business administration 17,782 1,064 915 12,848 1,901 1,054 0
      Communication and communications technologies 3,236 324 126 2,508 126 152 0
      Education 19,222 606 4,713 9,475 277 4,151 0
      Humanities 4,292 249 129 3,826 38 50 0
      Law 1,943 0 69 1,687 118 69 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 3,300 37 191 2,886 117 69 0
      Non-S&E nec 4,076 198 453 2,988 237 191 9

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 58,922 45,136 33,938 31,475 35,136 31,357 31,347 32,405 32,987 33,137
  DOD 8,205 7,422 6,600 6,022 6,281 4,897 5,380 5,397 7,070 5,912
  DOE 7,136 8,193 5,014 3,878 4,026 2,617 2,551 3,676 2,478 2,705
  HHS 5,927 6,446 5,899 5,923 5,474 4,116 3,414 3,606 3,488 2,757
  NASA 2,686 2,218 2,812 2,102 1,602 1,134 967 835 630 969
  NSF 13,143 9,951 7,510 7,778 7,996 7,034 6,957 6,538 7,284 7,517
  USDA 5,499 4,334 2,321 2,095 1,832 1,905 1,882 2,074 2,738 3,301
  Other 16,326 6,572 3,782 3,677 7,925 9,654 10,196 10,279 9,299 9,976

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 3,785 334 3,451 .
2018 3,760 312 3,448 .
2017 3,593 307 3,286 .

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 854 747 719 603 576
    Agricultural sciences 272 137 136 132 107
    Biological and biomedical sciences 126 123 116 99 98
    Computer and information sciences 3 3 3 3 4
    Engineering 215 267 265 239 252
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 46 45 45 16 15
    Health sciences 11 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 4 4 4 1 1
    Natural resources and conservation 20 18 18 16 19
    Physical sciences 92 93 82 61 63
    Psychology 13 13 13 12 11
    Social sciences 8 8 9 5 5
    Other 43 37 29 19 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 1,500 32,166 24,461 10,713 75,010
    Agricultural sciences 1,500 0 24,461 10,713 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 6,725 0 0 25,003
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 25,003
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 4,573 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 3,766 0 0 25,004
    Psychology 0 11,029 0 0 0
    Other 0 6,073 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 4,881 11,071 3,337 5,371 32,783
    Agricultural sciences 0 1,505 604 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 2,279 363 0 1,030
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 883 325
    Engineering 0 0 1,865 2,951 31,428
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,841 3,119 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 2,040 1,002 505 1,155 0
    Psychology 0 3,166 0 381 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

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