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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 41 91.4 459 56 91.4 631 124 86.8 925
2023 42 91.1 459 53 92.4 679 122 86.8 911 82 86.7 602
2022 43 90.9 457 53 92.4 680 120 86.9 900
2021 41 91.1 447 61 91.4 691 127 86.2 908 94 84.2 583
2020 49 89.4 450 63 91.2 698 122 86.9 916
2019 58 87.4 447 75 89.5 697 119 87.2 914 93 84.5 589
2018 62 85.9 428 77 89.2 700 119 87.2 911
2017 53 87.9 425 74 89.4 684 112 87.8 898 110 81.2 575
2016 60 86.4 430 67 90.6 697 117 87.2 896
2015 57 87 426 66 90.7 693 117 87.2 898 115 80.2 570
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: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 404 417 384 375 356 316 304 341 300 323
  Science and engineering 208 225 189 218 194 191 177 176 155 190
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 21 25 20 28 29 23 22 21 18 22
      Agricultural sciences 20 21 15 26 27 20 20 16 17 17
      Natural resources and conservation 1 4 5 2 2 3 2 5 1 5
    Biological and biomedical sciences 37 27 27 28 25 30 21 27 25 26
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 2 1 2 1 2 . 2 2 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 15 8 10 2 7 3 3 1 4 5
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . . 1 1 . 1 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 2 1 2 3 2 4 3 2 3
      Genetics and genomics . 1 1 . . . . . 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 2 2 1 1 1 1 . . 3 1
      Molecular biology 1 1 1 1 . 2 2 . . 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . 1 1 1 . . . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 10 1 4 9 4 7 5 8 2 5
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 1 1 . . 2 2 . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 5 8 6 10 9 10 4 13 10 8
    Computer and information sciences 10 7 7 13 6 4 3 5 6 4
      Computer science 7 4 3 11 6 3 3 5 6 4
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 3 4 2 . 1 . . . .
    Engineering 55 62 57 67 62 60 57 53 48 61
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . . 1 2 1 .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 13 17 16 18 23 12 14 11 7 19
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 11 12 9 6 10 12 8 8 6 5
      Electrical and computer engineering 13 12 16 15 10 6 7 11 9 9
      Industrial engineering and operations research 7 9 6 15 7 11 10 9 6 10
      Materials and mining engineering . 1 3 1 . 1 1 . 1 3
      Mechanical engineering 10 11 6 10 11 13 14 10 13 8
      Engineering, other 1 . 1 2 1 5 2 2 4 7
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 8 1 4 4 3 6 5 4 1
      Geological sciences 2 7 . 2 3 2 4 3 2 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 .
    Health sciences 1 5 4 . . 3 . 1 . .
      Health sciences, other 1 5 4 . . 3 . 1 . .
    Mathematics and statistics 15 14 14 13 9 13 15 11 8 19
      Applied mathematics 4 2 3 2 3 4 5 2 1 4
      Mathematics . 2 . 1 . . 1 1 1 1
      Statistics 4 1 . 1 1 2 1 2 . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 7 9 11 9 5 7 8 6 6 13
    Physical sciences 15 26 19 15 19 18 11 16 13 17
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 2 . 1 2 . . . . .
      Chemistry 13 17 16 8 11 8 7 14 7 12
      Physics 1 7 3 6 6 10 4 2 6 5
    Psychology 33 33 33 37 32 25 28 27 25 30
      Clinical psychology 4 9 6 11 5 6 3 6 6 7
      Counseling and applied psychology 17 14 15 20 17 8 12 11 11 17
      Research and experimental psychology 6 6 8 3 3 3 5 2 3 4
      Psychology, other 6 4 4 3 7 8 8 8 5 2
    Social sciences 18 18 7 13 8 12 14 10 8 10
      Economics 9 11 5 6 5 8 8 7 4 6
      Political science and government 5 1 2 3 2 1 5 1 2 3
      Social sciences, other 4 6 . 4 1 3 1 2 2 1
  Non-science and engineering 196 192 195 157 162 125 127 165 145 133
    Business 21 17 29 16 26 18 16 28 21 17
      Business 21 17 29 16 26 18 16 28 21 17
    Education 117 117 113 82 88 64 70 98 77 65
      Education leadership and administration 28 34 24 11 18 13 10 11 13 11
      Education research 69 64 71 54 52 28 47 77 50 43
      Teacher education and teaching fields 19 18 17 15 15 23 12 9 11 9
      Education, other 1 1 1 2 3 . 1 1 3 2
    Humanities and arts 33 38 30 33 22 24 26 25 29 30
      Letters 14 14 12 12 9 13 10 14 15 14
      Foreign languages and literature 5 8 6 6 2 4 3 3 7 3
      History 6 6 1 3 3 2 5 1 3 5
      Philosophy and religious studies . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Music and performing arts 2 2 4 6 5 2 5 3 1 4
      Humanities and arts, other 6 8 7 6 3 3 3 4 2 4
    Other non-science and engineering 25 20 23 26 26 19 15 14 18 21
      Communication 17 12 15 18 21 18 13 5 12 13
      Public administration and social services 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
      Non-science and engineering, other 7 8 8 8 5 1 2 9 5 8

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,266 1,227 1,324 1,382 1,300 986 1,020 943 1,075 1,033
    Hispanic or Latino 299 249 294 302 264 184 203 184 214 171
    Not Hispanic or Latino 960 970 1,024 1,076 1,028 794 811 754 855 856
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3 4 4 5 5 6 4 1 3 5
      Asian 97 115 124 126 118 45 67 49 43 41
      Black or African American 82 51 68 81 97 61 51 47 45 53
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 2 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2
      White 725 750 785 813 757 646 656 630 732 731
      More than one race 53 48 41 48 48 35 32 27 32 24
    Unknown ethnicity and race 7 8 6 4 8 8 6 5 6 6
  Temporary visa holders 1,735 1,829 1,618 1,072 888 994 942 1,026 1,089 1,171
  Science and engineering 2,783 2,824 2,703 2,206 2,037 1,828 1,821 1,858 1,969 2,055
    Science 2,210 2,219 2,047 1,638 1,467 1,281 1,328 1,297 1,362 1,419
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 265 216 191 164 125 131 152 148 198 178
      Biological and biomedical sciences 436 413 448 442 426 413 365 329 323 318
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 74
      Computer and information sciences 507 649 513 213 174 128 102 97 70 141
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 44
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 64 63 56 56 65 66 65 58 67 65
      Mathematics and statistics 110 96 95 82 87 94 95 113 116 119
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 216 199 172 110 39 29 18 20 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 69 71 75 66 63 65 57 54 0 0
      Physical sciences 184 175 155 164 149 147 141 141 151 162
      Psychology 213 193 189 202 206 43 172 173 162 142
      Social sciences 146 144 153 139 133 165 161 164 175 176
    Engineering 573 605 656 568 570 547 493 561 607 636
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 3 10 10 17 12 5 4 5 8
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 140 131 141 126 153 138 131 148 159 150
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 104 119 126 101 99 114 93 111 106 88
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 142 142 133 123 109 108 113 125 127 174
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 60 78 87 70 66 59 57 73 90 93
      Mechanical engineering 103 110 104 93 104 93 82 89 102 109
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 17 22 55 45 22 23 12 11 18 14
    Health 218 232 239 248 151 152 141 111 195 149
      Clinical medicine 63 71 81 77 70 64 58 26 26 30
      Other health 155 161 158 171 81 88 83 85 169 119

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 576 625 631 700 543 437 443 487 446 424
    Hispanic or Latino 134 146 128 148 78 51 63 62 49 48
    Not Hispanic or Latino 434 448 478 510 430 356 371 388 391 359
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 5 4 4 3 0 1 4 2 0
      Asian 59 55 45 52 35 31 34 24 17 23
      Black or African American 46 39 37 59 45 29 36 33 31 25
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
      White 301 322 360 368 325 272 286 311 329 298
      More than one race 23 25 29 25 22 24 14 15 12 13
    Unknown ethnicity and race 8 31 25 42 35 30 9 37 6 17
  Temporary visa holders 125 179 118 101 178 79 79 88 114 132
  Science and engineering 651 744 692 713 663 468 475 449 521 513
    Science 458 512 455 464 419 284 274 258 307 348
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 66 71 61 68 52 63 47 48 72 64
      Biological and biomedical sciences 75 86 87 101 81 63 47 30 31 19
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 51
      Computer and information sciences 43 65 29 25 59 20 34 22 23 62
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 44
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 11 9 12 12 11 8 7 10 13
      Mathematics and statistics 4 5 5 6 11 3 7 14 19 20
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 143 130 104 81 33 29 19 17 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 40 46 46 42 32 22 24 15 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 1 4 1 14 5 5 6 4 0
      Psychology 54 86 94 110 94 16 52 43 32 32
      Social sciences 14 11 16 18 31 52 31 56 48 43
    Engineering 193 232 237 249 244 184 201 191 214 165
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 6 4 0 3 5 2 0 0 0 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 24 14 14 19 25 15 12 9 22 11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 27 40 33 28 25 12 17 13 13 9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 20 30 34 35 35 36 39 35 39 49
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 62 79 87 81 85 74 89 95 97 68
      Mechanical engineering 37 33 43 43 37 28 30 28 25 12
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 17 32 26 40 32 17 14 11 18 15
    Health 50 60 57 88 58 48 47 126 39 43
      Clinical medicine 43 47 48 46 44 33 33 27 18 25
      Other health 7 13 9 42 14 15 14 99 21 18

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 310 267 253 241 242 205 210 163 159 172
  Science and engineering 310 265 251 240 238 205 207 161 157 171
    Science 171 154 132 128 132 106 110 88 90 101
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 25 22 19 21 9 14 15 16 25 30
      Biological and biomedical sciences 37 23 27 23 39 28 33 13 11 16
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 17 6 15 8 8 0 7 3 7 10
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 23 13 13 13 17 14 7 9 10 8
      Mathematics and statistics 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 17 19 18 15 6 7 11 10 0 0
      Physical sciences 23 26 18 24 34 30 24 20 13 10
      Psychology 10 22 10 13 15 2 6 4 10 8
      Social sciences 16 18 11 11 3 9 6 12 11 12
    Engineering 139 111 119 112 106 99 97 73 67 70
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 37 28 29 27 28 24 26 17 18 23
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 23 16 18 17 15 17 16 10 8 9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 48 39 46 42 41 44 32 24 25 25
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 5 6 6 5 2 3 2 1 0
      Mechanical engineering 22 20 15 12 14 10 17 18 14 10
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 2 3 5 8 2 2 3 2 1 2
    Health 0 2 2 1 4 0 3 2 2 1
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 2 2 1 4 0 3 2 2 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

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 3,001 3,056 2,942 2,454 2,188 1,980 1,962 1,969 2,164 2,204
  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 1,018 986 963 853 780 725 772 711 682 695
    Federal 308 253 241 230 213 191 191 159 154 172
    Institutional 515 610 557 485 455 416 431 416 404 401
    Nonfederal 195 123 165 138 112 118 150 136 124 122
  Teaching assistantships 753 726 700 683 649 623 672 718 815 808
    Federal 2 14 12 11 9 1 2 3 5 0
    Institutional 745 707 684 669 633 619 668 714 807 808
    Nonfederal 6 5 4 3 7 3 2 1 3 0
  Other types of support 1,230 1,344 1,279 918 759 632 518 540 667 701
    Federal 0 0 0 0 20 13 17 1 0 0
    Institutional 59 47 52 53 58 65 44 39 63 1
    Nonfederal 0 4 0 1 1 3 5 6 0 5
    Personal resources 1,171 1,293 1,227 864 680 551 452 494 604 695

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 114 103 77 100 107 92 134 191 214 218
    Science 93 83 66 74 75 70 103 133 146 149
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 29 24 19 20 21 14 20 28 30 29
      Biological and biomedical sciences 35 31 21 23 25 23 40 46 49 52
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 5 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 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 3 1 4 4 2 4 4 7 7
      Mathematics and statistics 6 3 4 9 9 9 1 1 1 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0
      Physical sciences 14 17 17 15 14 17 23 37 39 44
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 3 8 4
      Social sciences 1 3 2 1 1 2 4 11 8 10
    Engineering 21 20 11 26 32 22 31 58 68 69
      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 7 6 2 12 18 10 7 12 20 19
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 4 3 7 7 7 10 15 12 7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 3 0 1 1 1 3 6 10 12
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
      Mechanical engineering 5 4 3 3 4 3 5 12 15 20
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 2 2 2 2 1 0 6 13 11 8
    Health 17 12 13 11 9 14 13 21 14 10
      Clinical medicine 10 9 9 9 9 14 6 12 8 6
      Other health 7 3 4 2 0 0 7 9 6 4

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 59 56 36 46 36 28 44 49 45 58
  Science and engineering 48 47 27 40 32 27 44 46 45 58
    Science 37 36 24 32 19 17 33 29 28 39
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 7 6 5 7 5 4 6 4 3 3
      Biological and biomedical sciences 19 17 9 14 7 5 7 7 5 5
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 2
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 7 8 7 5 6 12 13 10 20
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2
      Social sciences 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 5 5
    Engineering 11 11 3 8 13 10 11 17 17 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 4 2 4 9 8 4 4 7 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 5 2 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 3 0 1 1 1 3 2 3 6
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Mechanical engineering 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 4 5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0
    Health 11 9 9 6 4 1 0 3 0 0
      Clinical medicine 8 7 7 4 4 1 0 1 0 0
      Other health 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 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

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 256,919 240,107 226,729 197,739 199,643 193,923 185,742 191,482 172,521 163,897
    Science 143,940 132,692 122,232 108,945 104,306 103,260 99,251 98,345 93,591 90,369
      Computer and information sciences 6,153 5,472 5,410 4,274 5,111 4,427 4,135 4,040 3,641 3,750
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 11,505 11,667 11,018 9,282 8,913 8,213 6,583 6,750 13,297 12,870
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 761 614 688 520 465 629 562 583 478 198
        Geological and earth sciences 7,908 7,038 5,768 5,609 5,095 6,143 4,947 4,879 11,300 4,086
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 2,836 4,015 4,562 3,153 3,353 1,441 1,074 1,288 1,519 8,586
      Life sciences 82,461 74,439 65,627 55,930 49,230 52,335 51,017 48,789 41,678 36,133
        Agricultural sciences 49,746 44,566 34,132 30,966 26,571 26,680 27,481 25,109 21,450 27,262
        Biological and biomedical sciences 21,165 16,883 18,732 14,152 12,709 14,796 12,545 12,609 10,796 7,387
        Health sciences 6,265 6,749 7,104 5,392 5,204 6,365 5,879 4,946 3,550 535
        Natural resources and conservation 5,285 6,241 5,659 5,420 4,746 4,494 5,112 6,125 5,882 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 949
      Mathematics and statistics 4,448 4,501 3,793 3,678 3,402 3,590 4,332 4,176 4,283 3,865
      Physical sciences 16,895 15,057 15,739 15,784 15,103 14,408 15,455 14,532 13,978 13,232
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 9,996 8,268 8,441 7,686 7,136 7,368 7,703 6,245 7,047 6,853
        Materials science 578 645 559 545 548 399 656 22 33 0
        Physics 6,321 6,144 6,739 7,553 7,419 6,641 7,096 8,265 6,898 6,379
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 9,025 8,343 8,234 8,762 10,670 9,824 10,206 10,684 8,914 6,246
      Social sciences 13,453 13,213 12,411 11,235 11,877 10,463 7,523 9,374 7,800 14,273
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 7,515 6,536 6,254 6,351 7,141 5,090 2,169 4,411 2,737 4,307
        Political science and government 1,100 1,169 1,131 979 938 1,048 951 842 1,027 780
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,263 1,389 1,462 919 994 1,276 1,264 1,166 988 666
        Social sciences nec 3,575 4,119 3,564 2,986 2,804 3,049 3,139 2,955 3,048 8,520
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 59,044 53,564 46,952 41,962 42,856 44,057 40,249 46,553 39,175 38,185
      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 13,890 14,469 8,432 8,695 8,952 7,174 6,366 6,600 6,781 7,636
      Civil engineering 11,734 9,353 10,384 8,904 9,653 9,103 7,846 9,883 10,955 7,333
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 13,214 11,402 10,791 10,032 10,124 12,927 10,097 15,860 9,851 11,098
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,266 3,189 3,297 2,042 2,090 2,012 1,456 1,276 1,323 0
      Mechanical engineering 10,294 8,879 7,698 6,036 5,229 5,224 7,187 7,534 6,069 8,053
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 7,646 6,272 6,350 6,253 6,808 7,617 7,297 5,400 4,196 4,065
    Non-S&E 53,935 53,851 57,545 46,832 52,481 46,606 46,242 46,584 39,755 35,343
      Business management and business administration 17,476 17,782 16,346 14,010 14,030 13,852 14,398 13,154 11,030 11,444
      Communication and communications technologies 3,871 3,236 3,221 3,300 3,378 3,188 2,900 2,619 2,837 2,483
      Education 18,000 19,222 24,307 17,004 21,878 16,679 17,601 18,809 15,599 13,842
      Humanities 4,749 4,292 4,350 4,161 4,021 4,084 3,751 3,689 3,643 3,498
      Law 1,704 1,943 1,747 1,689 2,458 1,926 1,857 1,892 1,383 1,544
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 3,262 3,300 3,453 3,350 3,419 3,309 2,868 3,151 2,760 2,532
      Non-S&E nec 4,873 4,076 4,121 3,318 3,297 3,568 2,867 3,270 2,503 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: 2024
(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 256,919 62,892 32,349 133,084 14,831 13,669 94
    Science 143,940 33,676 17,347 75,038 9,429 8,362 88
      Computer and information sciences 6,153 1,651 401 3,928 107 63 3
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 11,505 4,566 2,154 3,854 700 231 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 761 396 216 146 2 1 0
        Geological and earth sciences 7,908 3,795 742 2,953 202 216 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 2,836 375 1,196 755 496 14 0
      Life sciences 82,461 19,063 12,179 39,390 5,961 5,783 85
        Agricultural sciences 49,746 12,229 6,384 22,264 4,309 4,475 85
        Biological and biomedical sciences 21,165 5,083 4,337 10,503 595 647 0
        Health sciences 6,265 702 561 4,059 600 343 0
        Natural resources and conservation 5,285 1,049 897 2,564 457 318 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4,448 850 160 3,260 98 80 0
      Physical sciences 16,895 5,076 894 9,678 477 770 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 9,996 2,465 656 5,673 446 756 0
        Materials science 578 283 13 280 1 1 0
        Physics 6,321 2,328 225 3,725 30 13 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 9,025 1,111 706 6,136 621 451 0
      Social sciences 13,453 1,359 853 8,792 1,465 984 0
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 7,515 1,223 482 3,774 1,240 796 0
        Political science and government 1,100 2 64 1,026 5 3 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,263 38 92 1,095 5 33 0
        Social sciences nec 3,575 96 215 2,897 215 152 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 59,044 27,507 6,661 20,564 2,779 1,533 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 13,890 9,835 421 2,787 552 295 0
      Civil engineering 11,734 4,418 2,020 4,668 394 234 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 13,214 7,462 419 4,191 823 319 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,266 659 195 1,216 78 118 0
      Mechanical engineering 10,294 4,951 806 4,157 122 258 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 7,646 182 2,800 3,545 810 309 0
    Non-S&E 53,935 1,709 8,341 37,482 2,623 3,774 6
      Business management and business administration 17,476 353 1,367 13,355 1,576 825 0
      Communication and communications technologies 3,871 238 309 2,964 168 192 0
      Education 18,000 700 5,378 9,365 304 2,253 0
      Humanities 4,749 257 232 4,123 38 99 0
      Law 1,704 0 113 1,423 106 62 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 3,262 32 277 2,793 100 60 0
      Non-S&E nec 4,873 129 665 3,459 331 283 6

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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies 62,892 58,922 45,136 33,938 31,475 35,136 31,357 31,347 32,405 32,987
  DOD 9,937 8,205 7,422 6,600 6,022 6,281 4,897 5,380 5,397 7,070
  DOE 7,943 7,136 8,193 5,014 3,878 4,026 2,617 2,551 3,676 2,478
  HHS 5,996 5,927 6,446 5,899 5,923 5,474 4,116 3,414 3,606 3,488
  NASA 2,156 2,686 2,218 2,812 2,102 1,602 1,134 967 835 630
  NSF 14,346 13,143 9,951 7,510 7,778 7,996 7,034 6,957 6,538 7,284
  USDA 7,363 5,499 4,334 2,321 2,095 1,832 1,905 1,882 2,074 2,738
  Other 15,151 16,326 6,572 3,782 3,677 7,925 9,654 10,196 10,279 9,299

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: 2024–18 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2024 . . . .
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 3,785 334 3,451 .
2018 3,760 312 3,448 .

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
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 25,003
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 4,573 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 0 3,766 0 0 25,004
    Psychology 0 11,029 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 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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