Tufts U.

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2023 129 72.3 459 83 88 679 103 83.2 602 119 87.2 914
2022 118 74.6 457 75 89.2 680 116 87.3 900
2021 134 70.5 447 63 91.1 691 97 83.7 583 110 88.1 908
2020 119 74 450 74 89.6 698 113 87.9 916
2019 120 73.6 447 74 89.6 697 96 84 589 112 88 914
2018 117 73.1 428 84 88.2 700 108 88.4 911
2017 124 71.3 425 82 88.3 684 95 83.8 575 99 89.2 898
2016 125 71.4 430 85 88 697 108 88.2 896
2015 134 69 426 90 87.3 693 101 82.6 570 116 87.3 898
2014 129 69.9 422 88 87.5 688 118 87 889
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 131 143 113 138 138 156 138 131 117 124
  Science and engineering 119 132 103 124 127 138 128 115 111 111
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . 1 2 . . 1 3 2 1 .
      Agricultural sciences . . 1 . . . 3 1 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation . 1 1 . . 1 . 1 . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 50 37 39 56 41 54 53 39 38 40
      Biochemistry and biophysics . 1 2 6 2 2 2 4 2 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 5 . 7 1 4 5 5 4 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 1 1 1 . 2 . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 2 1 . 2 5 6 2 2 4
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 2 . .
      Genetics and genomics 6 5 3 3 4 4 7 1 3 2
      Microbiology and immunology 11 9 15 12 5 9 6 10 10 6
      Molecular biology 6 3 3 3 5 3 3 4 . 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 4 4 4 9 8 7 2 3 3
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 2 2 . 1 . . 4 3 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 13 3 5 17 7 14 9 4 10 8
    Computer and information sciences 6 6 4 5 4 3 4 6 4 4
      Computer science 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 3
      Computer and information sciences, other . 2 . 1 . . 1 1 . 1
    Engineering 23 32 24 24 32 37 18 25 21 29
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8 5 7 4 10 6 3 10 3 10
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 7 4 4 3 8 4 6 2 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 2 2 4 6 3 7 5 2 5 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 10 3 3 11 12 2 7 7 4
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering . 1 . 1 . . 1 . . .
      Mechanical engineering 6 6 4 5 5 4 3 . 3 5
      Engineering, other 1 1 2 . . . . . 1 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . 1 2 . 2 2 . 2 .
      Geological sciences . . 1 1 . . . . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . 1 . 2 2 . 2 .
    Health sciences 5 3 2 4 3 3 1 2 3 2
      Public health 3 2 1 4 3 3 1 . 2 2
      Health sciences, other 2 1 1 . . . . 2 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 2 9 4 3 5 4 7 5 6 3
      Applied mathematics . 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 2
      Mathematics . 2 . 2 . 2 3 . 5 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 2 5 2 . 2 1 2 3 . .
    Physical sciences 12 21 11 11 12 19 14 8 18 15
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 3 . 2 . 2 1 . . 1
      Chemistry 5 11 6 8 7 13 6 7 12 12
      Physics 3 7 5 1 5 4 7 1 6 2
    Psychology 10 8 7 12 17 6 13 16 14 9
      Clinical psychology . . . . . . . . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Research and experimental psychology 3 3 4 7 11 6 9 13 11 8
      Psychology, other 7 5 3 5 6 . 3 3 3 1
    Social sciences 11 15 9 7 13 9 13 12 4 9
      Anthropology . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Economics 6 7 1 . 1 . 1 . . .
      Political science and government . 1 . . 2 . . . . .
      Public policy analysis 1 1 . . . . . . . 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . 1 . 1 . . .
      Social sciences, other 4 6 8 6 9 9 11 12 4 8
  Non-science and engineering 12 11 10 14 11 18 10 16 6 13
    Business . . . . . . . . . 1
      Business . . . . . . . . . 1
    Education 1 3 1 3 3 4 2 2 . 2
      Education leadership and administration 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Education research . . . . 1 . 2 . . .
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 3 1 3 1 3 . 1 . 2
      Education, other . . . . 1 1 . 1 . .
    Humanities and arts 7 8 7 11 8 14 8 14 6 10
      Letters 2 5 5 10 2 11 4 5 5 8
      History 1 . . . 1 1 1 . 1 .
      Music and performing arts 3 3 2 1 5 2 3 7 . 2
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . . . . . . 2 . .
    Other non-science and engineering 4 . 2 . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 4 . 2 . . . . . . .

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 874 938 1,009 805 849 756 701 719 703 695
    Female 1,226 1,326 1,426 1,136 1,159 1,014 1,058 1,093 1,030 1,005
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,361 1,428 1,648 1,394 1,394 1,298 1,358 1,339 1,311 1,286
    Hispanic or Latino 133 147 149 115 126 103 86 72 73 59
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,186 1,238 1,455 1,202 1,245 1,150 1,205 1,211 1,173 1,140
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 4 4
      Asian 208 217 232 230 206 177 240 196 189 181
      Black or African American 79 77 92 65 72 56 48 68 58 50
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1
      White 822 868 1,048 863 911 879 862 905 882 860
      More than one race 75 73 81 44 53 37 52 41 40 44
    Unknown ethnicity and race 42 43 44 77 23 45 67 56 65 87
  Temporary visa holders 739 836 787 547 614 472 401 473 422 414
  Science and engineering 2,021 2,179 2,342 1,789 1,849 1,656 1,578 1,645 1,547 1,516
    Science 1,729 1,902 2,044 1,529 1,236 1,293 1,262 1,348 1,269 1,233
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 7 8 12 0 0 0 0 16 17 9
      Biological and biomedical sciences 640 692 811 757 748 745 757 770 722 678
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 30 29
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 2
      Computer and information sciences 159 176 159 182 0 80 68 76 67 58
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 75 107
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 89 97 84 73 53 39 29 34 35 37
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 73 75 82 39 8 12 0 18 13 23
      Natural resources and conservation 36 29 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 121 120 117 154 100 92 101 108 103 104
      Psychology 126 103 117 137 83 86 83 78 82 86
      Social sciences 478 602 640 187 244 239 224 127 123 100
    Engineering 292 277 298 260 613 363 316 297 278 283
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 95 85 76 47 82 100 72 45 41 51
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 22 22 22 0 50 44 36 33 43 42
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 38 32 34 34 51 45 57 92 87 76
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 77 71 93 101 247 92 90 76 63 68
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 52 56 61 78 80 82 61 51 44 46
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 5 5 8 0 103 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 79 85 93 152 159 114 181 167 186 184
      Clinical medicine 59 46 58 91 80 74 94 116 132 125
      Other health 20 39 35 61 79 40 87 51 54 59

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 263 255 215 247 192 84 92 56 84 100
    Female 356 403 305 242 176 118 107 128 119 121
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 565 606 483 435 342 190 186 175 177 200
    Hispanic or Latino 56 54 47 31 27 12 14 11 9 9
    Not Hispanic or Latino 482 512 411 353 310 162 144 136 140 164
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Asian 86 98 59 55 43 19 22 14 15 26
      Black or African American 55 56 39 23 25 14 8 6 8 9
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 317 340 292 262 235 128 110 114 113 128
      More than one race 21 18 20 13 7 1 4 2 4 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 27 40 25 51 5 16 28 28 28 27
  Temporary visa holders 54 52 37 54 26 12 13 9 26 21
  Science and engineering 551 581 442 404 300 146 162 136 144 132
    Science 452 481 371 337 76 91 98 87 88 72
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 123 168 128 64 36 41 41 36 34 21
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 8
      Computer and information sciences 85 75 61 60 0 20 23 12 16 18
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 4
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 18 15 9 5 5 2 2 2 4 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 109 97 61 158 8 6 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 8 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10 19 14 5 0 0 1 1 0 2
      Psychology 15 27 20 2 0 1 0 0 1 0
      Social sciences 84 68 70 36 27 21 31 18 19 16
    Engineering 99 100 71 67 224 55 64 49 56 60
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 38 31 24 0 26 19 39 8 4 13
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 2 3 0 16 9 5 5 5 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 15 14 14 39 20 9 3 11 17 20
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 22 27 9 13 38 7 10 14 14 7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 17 21 18 15 20 11 7 11 16 16
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 3 3 0 104 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 68 77 78 85 68 56 37 48 59 89
      Clinical medicine 48 37 26 47 40 43 26 37 48 71
      Other health 20 40 52 38 28 13 11 11 11 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: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 282 312 340 325 321 291 326 316 328 314 0
  Science and engineering 271 303 332 307 302 284 303 306 317 295 0
    Science 218 242 256 236 189 184 223 209 229 223 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 120 125 143 128 123 113 150 125 134 138 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 20 19 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 23 30 25 33 0 16 18 21 24 15 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4 4 3 2 1 1 2 6 4 8 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 38 45 47 53 38 33 35 31 33 30 0
      Psychology 3 3 6 20 19 7 10 7 10 11 0
      Social sciences 28 33 30 0 8 11 8 0 1 2 0
    Engineering 53 61 76 71 113 100 80 97 88 72 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 19 26 23 29 30 36 30 14 27 16 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 8 12 0 20 21 17 21 14 16 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 6 7 8 8 12 10 25 22 18 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 15 11 15 22 39 19 10 23 18 9 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 8 10 18 12 16 12 13 14 7 13 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 11 9 8 18 19 7 23 10 11 19 0
      Clinical medicine 10 9 8 14 11 0 9 10 11 18 0
      Other health 1 0 0 4 8 7 14 0 0 1 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 2,100 2,264 2,435 1,941 2,008 1,770 1,759 1,812 1,733 1,700
  Fellowships 105 93 89 107 239 74 67 252 242 263
    Federal 44 42 46 57 46 30 48 55 61 75
    Institutional 25 20 11 23 183 38 7 147 136 156
    Nonfederal 36 31 32 27 10 6 12 50 45 32
  Research assistantships 387 391 414 380 360 362 370 417 415 360
    Federal 209 230 258 260 247 236 234 255 265 234
    Institutional 141 115 116 60 66 66 94 106 113 87
    Nonfederal 37 46 40 60 47 60 42 56 37 39
  Teaching assistantships 243 210 208 233 6 227 224 236 214 216
    Federal 0 2 5 3 0 8 4 0 0 3
    Institutional 242 207 203 223 6 197 201 215 214 212
    Nonfederal 1 1 0 7 0 22 19 21 0 1
  Other types of support 1,365 1,570 1,724 1,221 1,403 1,107 1,098 907 862 861
    Federal 29 38 31 5 28 17 40 6 2 2
    Institutional 266 261 298 279 331 238 240 103 115 205
    Nonfederal 23 65 38 24 76 21 127 67 66 54
    Personal resources 1,047 1,206 1,357 913 968 831 691 731 679 600

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 159 134 151 146 442 246 206 204 181 193
    Science 108 89 116 96 311 177 158 154 132 152
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 3 6 6 1 2 7 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 74 58 73 69 195 123 115 84 70 79
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 28 31
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 3 3 3 8 5 4 1 1 2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 6 1 1 7 4 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 16 11 19 16 37 23 22 25 18 24
      Psychology 3 2 4 4 7 4 8 11 7 7
      Social sciences 5 3 9 1 53 10 5 0 0 0
    Engineering 51 45 35 50 131 69 48 50 49 41
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 27 25 18 27 70 43 35 31 27 29
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 4 7 7 21 6 0 5 2 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 3 3 3 13 9 4 5 6 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 12 7 4 0 11 4 2 4 4 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 5 2 10 9 4 7 5 10 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 1 1 3 7 3 0 0 0 0
    Health 8 7 5 9 20 12 0 1 1 1
      Clinical medicine 4 3 3 7 6 2 0 0 0 0
      Other health 4 4 2 2 14 10 0 1 1 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

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 102 91 115 147 0 146 133 127 113 123
  Science and engineering 96 85 112 145 0 139 133 126 112 123
    Science 67 58 85 101 0 92 103 96 77 95
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 1 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 51 37 56 81 0 65 76 59 49 55
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 14 20
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 2 2 2 0 4 4 1 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10 8 14 13 0 16 16 19 8 13
      Psychology 1 2 4 3 0 3 6 5 5 5
      Social sciences 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
    Engineering 29 27 27 44 0 47 30 30 35 28
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 14 10 16 25 0 27 22 16 22 20
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 4 4 6 0 3 0 2 1 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 2 2 3 0 9 2 5 6 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 7 7 4 4 0 4 1 3 4 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 4 1 3 0 3 5 4 2 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
    Health 6 6 3 2 0 7 0 1 1 0
      Clinical medicine 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Other health 4 4 3 1 0 6 0 1 1 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 247,276 231,224 224,956 216,241 213,285 213,457 223,409 189,085 168,314 160,825
    Science 202,690 194,240 197,012 182,621 164,929 170,348 196,858 158,880 143,070 136,110
      Computer and information sciences 4,526 2,568 1,045 4,273 3,777 3,392 3,710 3,801 3,141 2,281
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,008 982 377 472 482 1,151 212 107 160 192
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 148 184 611 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,963 797 219 299 218 306 50 78 160 192
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 7 142 109 20 29 94 115 29 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 38 43 49 5 51 140 47 0 0 0
      Life sciences 138,203 134,584 149,664 136,826 114,635 71,546 173,969 119,885 110,856 106,310
        Agricultural sciences 4,674 3,836 1,450 5,500 1,048 3,280 29,339 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 104,627 102,498 91,403 92,119 80,921 34,372 100,615 74,507 76,067 77,389
        Health sciences 16,148 19,825 48,230 31,949 19,295 22,399 25,840 45,378 34,789 28,921
        Natural resources and conservation 10,100 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 2,654 8,425 8,581 7,219 13,371 11,495 18,175 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4,607 6,353 7,181 3,409 1,811 1,839 1,489 1,975 2,606 3,022
      Physical sciences 10,498 11,206 9,212 15,438 11,377 68,855 7,207 9,492 6,504 6,381
        Astronomy and astrophysics 663 236 8 281 2,028 716 265 0 0 0
        Chemistry 7,629 8,074 7,178 10,325 5,517 42,537 5,626 7,927 4,861 4,783
        Materials science 859 0 0 2,793 2,835 24,862 0 0 0 0
        Physics 669 2,686 1,872 1,621 234 467 1,316 1,565 1,643 1,598
        Physical sciences nec 678 210 154 418 763 273 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,701 5,146 5,486 2,420 1,739 1,811 1,575 9,802 8,651 8,983
      Social sciences 17,786 19,308 15,859 12,852 14,063 15,495 8,696 13,818 11,152 8,941
        Anthropology 586 1,317 2,830 443 1,606 1,588 0 0 0 0
        Economics 2,857 2,215 1,385 1,585 459 218 951 794 483 377
        Political science and government 650 339 22 991 0 145 0 12,904 10,653 8,563
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 0 9 85 2,157 1,419 2,598 1,750 6 16 1
        Social sciences nec 13,693 15,428 11,537 7,676 10,579 10,946 5,995 114 0 0
      Sciences nec 18,361 14,093 8,188 6,931 17,045 6,259 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 34,614 32,535 24,017 26,662 31,630 27,130 20,037 22,131 19,440 20,301
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 337 183 102 294 225 287 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16,668 13,580 11,696 13,766 19,575 13,522 6,718 9,683 7,996 10,416
      Chemical engineering 2,838 2,814 2,918 3,193 3,937 2,794 1,962 1,383 1,297 1,427
      Civil engineering 4,289 5,069 3,456 3,875 3,001 3,409 5,823 3,791 3,144 2,822
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 4,047 4,267 2,901 2,842 2,408 4,218 3,424 4,198 3,196 3,159
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,802 3,532 1,937 2,382 2,248 2,900 2,062 3,008 3,710 2,477
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 849 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 3,633 2,241 1,007 310 236 0 48 68 97 0
    Non-S&E 9,972 4,449 3,927 6,958 16,726 15,979 6,514 8,074 5,804 4,414
      Business management and business administration 13 76 31 109 49 192 184 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 37 38
      Education 1,375 1,503 1,304 3,128 2,979 8,349 2,097 2,596 2,276 496
      Humanities 2,731 1,188 779 1,135 1,126 1,118 3,293 1,155 676 1,492
      Law 1,908 211 63 0 0 50 50 3,201 1,636 1,041
      Social work 0 91 67 11 13 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 236 292 94 156 72 0 0 140 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 3,709 1,088 1,589 2,419 12,487 6,270 840 982 1,179 1,347

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 247,276 154,458 2,328 33,998 15,988 29,439 11,065
    Science 202,690 132,614 1,376 26,199 11,675 23,845 6,981
      Computer and information sciences 4,526 2,296 0 1,306 224 282 418
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,008 1,875 0 75 0 31 27
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,963 1,868 0 68 0 0 27
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 7 7 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 38 0 0 7 0 31 0
      Life sciences 138,203 92,307 312 17,405 10,011 12,029 6,139
        Agricultural sciences 4,674 2,540 81 1,577 138 236 102
        Biological and biomedical sciences 104,627 73,998 201 10,072 7,935 7,659 4,762
        Health sciences 16,148 8,952 7 3,868 1,107 1,973 241
        Natural resources and conservation 10,100 5,010 0 1,513 590 2,058 929
        Life sciences nec 2,654 1,807 23 375 241 103 105
      Mathematics and statistics 4,607 4,331 0 240 4 32 0
      Physical sciences 10,498 8,160 0 1,387 248 673 30
        Astronomy and astrophysics 663 524 0 139 0 0 0
        Chemistry 7,629 5,982 0 1,137 248 232 30
        Materials science 859 859 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 669 560 0 109 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 678 235 0 2 0 441 0
      Psychology 6,701 5,199 20 1,097 0 331 54
      Social sciences 17,786 2,089 1,044 3,913 722 9,740 278
        Anthropology 586 155 0 178 0 253 0
        Economics 2,857 251 0 706 25 1,678 197
        Political science and government 650 0 0 256 241 153 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 13,693 1,683 1,044 2,773 456 7,656 81
      Sciences nec 18,361 16,357 0 776 466 727 35
    Engineering 34,614 20,965 723 4,720 4,170 2,481 1,555
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 337 335 0 2 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16,668 10,012 0 1,780 3,699 518 659
      Chemical engineering 2,838 2,170 30 572 66 0 0
      Civil engineering 4,289 2,542 632 600 0 141 374
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 4,047 3,165 3 678 72 99 30
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,802 2,347 58 306 67 12 12
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 3,633 394 0 782 266 1,711 480
    Non-S&E 9,972 879 229 3,079 143 3,113 2,529
      Business management and business administration 13 0 0 0 0 0 13
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 1,375 566 91 442 141 114 21
      Humanities 2,731 72 35 1,651 0 235 738
      Law 1,908 0 0 186 2 113 1,607
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 236 0 0 164 0 72 0
      Non-S&E nec 3,709 241 103 636 0 2,579 150

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 154,458 150,081 166,809 148,320 146,630 139,334 139,532 126,109 121,428 116,204
  DOD 13,073 12,255 8,350 11,639 13,592 11,671 12,997 12,641 8,346 6,458
  DOE 3,281 4,042 2,692 2,172 1,754 2,027 1,882 1,324 1,872 1,512
  HHS 88,814 83,882 86,649 78,768 78,249 74,028 71,578 63,460 63,828 65,084
  NASA 1,192 702 928 1,385 512 1,200 824 773 783 638
  NSF 12,117 13,418 13,665 14,208 13,165 13,495 13,437 14,671 15,284 14,505
  USDA 18,688 16,090 13,500 14,929 15,811 14,809 15,265 14,313 15,922 14,657
  Other 17,293 19,692 41,025 25,219 23,547 22,104 23,549 18,927 15,393 13,350

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 4,007 53 3,954 .
2018 3,516 478 3,038 .
2017 1,913 247 1,666 .

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 706 742 716 691 654
    Agricultural sciences 143 139 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 229 319 222 216 226
    Computer and information sciences 15 9 6 2 2
    Engineering 105 99 101 96 67
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6 6 6 6 6
    Health sciences 146 109 320 292 282
    Mathematics and statistics 1 1 0 1 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 43 43 43 43 46
    Psychology 17 16 16 18 11
    Social sciences 2 0 1 2 2
    Other 0 0 2 15 12

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 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021
  All research space . . 33,995 . 43,670 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . 11,247 0
    Engineering . . 15,025 . 9,895 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . 783 0
    Health sciences . . . . 10,802 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . 6,833 . 409 0
    Psychology . . 7,239 . 0 0
    Social sciences . . 4,898 . 0 0
    Other . . . . 10,534 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 83,950 23,387 25,889 28,784 48,806
    Agricultural sciences 21,550 18,277 4,290 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 15,600 1,880 5,986 5,432 13,130
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 18,050 0 2,580 2,580 850
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 9,600 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 7,100 717 1,923 17,663 32,092
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 12,050 2,513 11,109 3,109 1,809
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 925
    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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