U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa

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 102 78.2 459 134 79.1 631 138 85.3 925
2023 97 79.2 459 134 80.6 679 142 84.7 911 180 70.5 602
2022 102 78.1 457 131 81 680 145 84.1 900
2021 107 76.5 447 123 82.5 691 150 83.7 908 187 68.4 583
2020 110 76 450 119 83.2 698 166 82.2 916
2019 110 75.8 447 129 81.8 697 168 81.9 914 190 68.2 589
2018 105 75.9 428 136 80.9 700 172 81.4 911
2017 97 77.6 425 141 79.7 684 179 80.4 898 197 66.2 575
2016 97 77.8 430 142 79.9 697 178 80.4 896
2015 99 77.2 426 134 81 693 181 80.1 898 199 65.6 570
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 181 203 193 152 157 171 182 199 197 189
  Science and engineering 130 151 114 83 94 100 97 116 113 108
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 1 1 . . 1 1 . . .
      Agricultural sciences 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 . . . 1 . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 10 12 5 6 3 8 7 10 13 12
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 . 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 3 2 3 1 3 . . 1 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 3 . 1 . . 3 4 4 4
      Microbiology and immunology . . . . . . . 1 1 1
      Molecular biology . 2 . . . . 1 1 2 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . 1 . . . 2 2 . 1 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 3 2 . . 1 . 1 1 1
    Computer and information sciences 4 8 4 4 3 4 5 5 9 5
      Computer science 2 6 4 2 2 3 5 5 9 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 2 . 2 1 1 . . . .
    Engineering 48 50 42 29 30 34 35 29 31 28
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 7 7 5 4 3 2 4 2 . 4
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . 1 . 1 . . . 1 .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 5 3 3 2 2 2 . 1 5 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 6 6 8 4 5 4 9 7 3 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 6 9 10 7 7 6 8 6 5 4
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 15 12 3 4 9 13 7 6 10 8
      Mechanical engineering 7 11 10 8 3 7 6 5 7 5
      Engineering, other 2 2 1 . . . 1 2 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 6 4 1 6 1 2 3 2 3
      Geological sciences 1 2 2 1 4 . 2 3 1 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 4 2 . 2 1 . . 1 .
    Health sciences 10 7 6 5 2 1 2 9 5 8
      Nursing science 2 . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 4 1 5 2 . . . 1 1 4
      Health sciences, other 4 6 1 3 2 1 2 8 4 4
    Mathematics and statistics 7 6 8 5 4 8 5 10 8 6
      Applied mathematics . . 2 2 1 4 4 4 1 4
      Mathematics 1 . . . 1 1 . 3 3 2
      Statistics 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 5 3 . 1 2 . 2 2 .
    Physical sciences 17 26 20 12 14 10 14 19 19 15
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 5 1 . . 1 1 1 . 1
      Chemistry 9 18 10 11 9 7 9 12 13 11
      Physics 4 3 9 1 5 2 4 6 6 3
    Psychology 20 25 13 11 16 23 17 19 18 20
      Clinical psychology 9 9 4 6 11 11 5 12 9 13
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 3 1 1 . 1 2 . 1 1
      Research and experimental psychology 9 10 7 3 5 9 7 5 6 6
      Psychology, other 1 3 1 1 . 2 3 2 2 .
    Social sciences 10 10 11 10 16 10 9 12 8 11
      Anthropology . 1 2 . 1 1 1 1 2 3
      Economics 1 4 2 2 9 4 1 3 5 3
      Political science and government 5 1 5 3 2 4 4 6 1 5
      Public policy analysis . . . . . 1 1 . . .
      Social sciences, other 4 4 2 5 4 . 2 2 . .
  Non-science and engineering 51 52 79 69 63 71 85 83 84 81
    Business 8 12 12 10 9 9 10 13 23 15
      Business 8 12 12 10 9 9 10 13 23 15
    Education 29 18 35 33 25 46 40 35 33 36
      Education leadership and administration . . 4 4 4 5 5 10 3 7
      Education research 20 16 25 24 14 30 26 12 23 24
      Teacher education and teaching fields 8 1 5 5 6 10 9 13 7 5
      Education, other 1 1 1 . 1 1 . . . .
    Humanities and arts 5 7 8 10 16 6 21 14 22 9
      Letters 4 3 2 5 10 1 8 4 8 1
      Foreign languages and literature . . 1 1 3 2 3 3 6 3
      History 1 4 2 3 1 2 6 5 4 4
      Music and performing arts . . 3 1 . 1 1 2 . .
      Humanities and arts, other . . . . 2 . 3 . 4 1
    Other non-science and engineering 9 15 24 16 13 10 14 21 6 21
      Communication 6 11 16 9 8 5 8 12 5 16
      Public administration and social services 2 4 6 5 4 3 5 7 1 5
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 . 2 2 1 2 1 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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   772   740   788   858   862   742   661   611   668   764
    Hispanic or Latino   54   45   39   44   38   38   32   30   13   15
    Not Hispanic or Latino   701   682   737   801   815   695   621   574   654   741
      American Indian or Alaska Native   4   5   3   3   5   4   2   2   3   3
      Asian   31   21   20   21   20   18   18   14   30   12
      Black or African American   81   75   86   94   101   70   58   64   44   63
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2
      White   555   552   602   648   657   580   521   479   573   659
      More than one race   30   28   26   35   32   23   22   15   1   2
    Unknown ethnicity and race   17   13   12   13   9   9   8   7   1   8
  Temporary visa holders   514   515   472   391   374   374   329   327   375   364
  Science and engineering   1,111   1,096   1,099   1,043   1,048   985   875   858   993   1,062
    Science   773   752   743   737   721   674   617   600   668   735
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   88   93   80   97   85   73   63   56   81   78
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   69   70   54   42   49   50   30   26   29   40
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   39   38   44   37   49   45   45   49   52   50
      Mathematics and statistics   62   60   59   53   60   59   59   59   71   66
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   54   36   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   179   179   188   151   175   171   169   158   136   138
      Psychology   161   143   157   174   157   127   121   125   92   95
      Social sciences   121   133   161   183   146   149   130   127   207   268
    Engineering   338   344   356   306   327   311   258   258   325   327
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   54   38   42   45   55   46   39   41   37   35
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   59   54   50   45   34   36   31   22   19   36
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   82   96   89   66   60   63   50   51   61   55
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   60   60   66   46   70   60   56   59   63   57
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   16   16
      Mechanical engineering   67   81   88   89   92   89   71   70   76   69
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   16   15   21   15   16   17   11   15   53   59
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   175   159   161   206   188   131   115   80   50   66
      Clinical medicine   86   75   71   81   66   42   26   0   0   0
      Other health   89   84   90   125   122   89   89   80   50   66

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   342   432   434   502   375   238   246   193   92   83
    Hispanic or Latino   25   28   29   29   20   18   16   14   2   1
    Not Hispanic or Latino   310   394   395   461   348   217   229   178   89   81
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Asian   16   17   12   20   8   4   3   7   4   2
      Black or African American   38   56   55   63   48   26   34   24   1   9
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      White   245   309   312   365   285   181   186   144   84   70
      More than one race   10   11   13   13   6   6   6   3   0   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   7   10   10   12   7   3   1   1   1   1
  Temporary visa holders   46   37   40   96   23   16   28   33   11   7
  Science and engineering   320   393   387   483   316   226   257   222   103   90
    Science   138   171   191   241   149   120   148   139   49   43
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   12   5   7   5   2   1   2   3   1   1
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   9   8   4   8   4   2   4   9   8   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   12   13   10   20   7   6   7   11   16   11
      Mathematics and statistics   1   3   4   9   4   3   2   5   2   3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   11   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   3   8   12   35   4   4   8   6   2   1
      Psychology   81   104   122   142   110   86   101   75   5   3
      Social sciences   9   21   32   22   18   18   24   30   15   24
    Engineering   182   222   196   242   167   106   109   83   54   47
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   127   121   106   109   104   63   51   43   35   32
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   3   2   4   4   2   0   2   1   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   19   7   5   21   8   5   11   12   7   7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   10   6   7   27   5   5   6   5   4   2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   20   83   73   78   48   32   37   21   6   5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   3   3   1   3   0   1   2   1   2   1
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   68   76   87   115   82   28   17   4   0   0
      Clinical medicine   51   58   65   73   52   19   8   0   0   0
      Other health   17   18   22   42   30   9   9   4   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

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   296   321   322   242   265   212   140   133   127   105
  Science and engineering   287   311   313   236   261   211   140   133   127   105
    Science   142   149   160   103   114   97   64   57   70   57
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   19   19   13   19   11   8   3   4   19   3
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   15   15   12   13   15   15   10   4   9   6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   5   3   8   6   6   10   6   5   2   4
      Mathematics and statistics   12   45   47   4   5   5   3   2   0   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   14   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   57   54   62   49   61   46   38   34   21   23
      Psychology   18   4   12   10   9   7   4   5   14   16
      Social sciences   2   1   6   2   7   6   0   3   5   3
    Engineering   145   162   153   133   147   114   76   76   57   48
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   11   11   15   13   18   17   17   17   7   6
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   33   30   31   25   26   17   9   3   6   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   45   41   28   14   13   6   2   1   4   3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   20   37   34   19   35   33   18   22   16   13
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   32   36   36   47   44   30   21   27   18   19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   4   7   9   15   11   11   9   6   6   7
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   9   10   9   6   4   1   0   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   2   2   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0
      Other health   7   8   7   5   4   0   0   0   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

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   1,286   1,255   1,260   1,249   1,236   1,116   990   938   1,043   1,128
  Fellowships   108   111   117   118   115   145   119   103   99   123
    Federal   25   26   32   28   33   37   15   21   10   12
    Institutional   76   73   68   80   71   94   102   70   79   88
    Nonfederal   7   12   17   10   11   14   2   12   10   23
  Research assistantships   392   404   383   332   336   306   229   228   202   180
    Federal   247   250   243   206   224   173   124   111   98   91
    Institutional   126   95   107   111   88   100   83   89   89   78
    Nonfederal   19   59   33   15   24   33   22   28   15   11
  Teaching assistantships   541   521   473   449   469   456   464   439   498   505
    Federal   2   40   40   2   3   1   1   1   10   0
    Institutional   539   480   433   447   413   451   463   433   488   505
    Nonfederal   0   1   0   0   53   4   0   5   0   0
  Other types of support   245   219   287   350   316   209   178   168   244   320
    Federal   22   5   7   6   5   1   0   0   9   2
    Institutional   16   8   49   15   10   7   10   12   5   13
    Nonfederal   3   1   4   4   3   13   4   6   3   8
    Personal resources   204   205   227   325   298   188   164   150   227   297

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   66   74   56   54   44   45   36   25   34   41
    Science   38   43   34   31   19   26   24   19   31   37
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   12   10   9   8   4   8   6   0   5   5
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   5   5   4   3   1   1   0   0   1   1
      Mathematics and statistics   0   3   0   0   0   1   1   1   1   1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   16   17   15   12   8   11   14   18   24   27
      Psychology   0   1   2   3   1   0   0   0   0   3
      Social sciences   5   5   2   4   5   5   3   0   0   0
    Engineering   28   31   22   23   25   19   12   6   3   4
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1   1   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   12   11   6   5   4   3   2   1   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   9   13   8   9   8   9   5   5   1   1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   3   3   2   2   2   3   4   0   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2   2   3   2   3   0   1   0   2   1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   1   3   5   8   4   0   0   0   2
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   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

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   50   46   43   40   28   21   18   6   14   22
  Science and engineering   50   46   43   40   28   21   18   6   14   22
    Science   27   27   25   21   11   14   14   5   14   19
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   7   7   7   7   2   5   4   0   3   2
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   3   3   2   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   12   13   13   11   7   9   9   5   10   15
      Psychology   0   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   1
      Social sciences   5   2   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0
    Engineering   23   19   18   19   17   7   4   1   0   3
      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   10   5   3   4   4   2   2   1   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   8   10   8   7   3   0   0   0   0   1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   3   3   2   2   0   1   2   0   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   1   1   2   1   2   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   0   3   5   8   4   0   0   0   2
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   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   221,235   184,880   163,204   129,509   95,200   83,317   71,992   63,282   62,549   58,234
    Science   111,268   92,834   72,879   55,769   39,241   36,187   35,244   32,769   35,001   34,453
      Computer and information sciences   17,105   18,813   16,400   12,797   12,836   12,482   11,550   12,047   13,443   14,145
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   35,455   16,822   5,895   4,302   3,062   1,000   895   828   1,597   903
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   524   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   31,808   14,248   2,379   2,847   3,062   996   895   791   1,597   836
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   1,684   2,574   3,516   1,455   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,439   0   0   0   0   4   0   37   0   67
      Life sciences   22,097   23,853   22,348   14,565   8,985   8,452   7,297   5,668   5,174   5,333
        Agricultural sciences   5   11   0   0   0   10   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   7,066   10,055   7,565   5,585   3,602   3,536   3,790   3,406   3,249   3,343
        Health sciences   14,099   13,736   14,749   8,980   5,383   4,869   3,507   2,262   1,925   1,152
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   37   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   927   51   34   0   0   0   0   0   0   838
      Mathematics and statistics   2,599   2,918   2,367   1,174   262   179   43   99   127   200
      Physical sciences   14,912   11,124   7,524   7,991   6,471   5,815   7,501   6,275   6,841   6,118
        Astronomy and astrophysics   103   271   198   133   4   63   41   0   0   174
        Chemistry   8,727   7,938   4,643   3,853   2,937   3,315   4,382   3,795   4,036   2,851
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   6,082   2,911   2,683   4,005   3,530   2,437   3,078   2,480   2,805   3,093
        Physical sciences nec   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   7,374   5,690   5,349   5,384   3,030   2,931   2,889   3,394   3,997   3,887
      Social sciences   10,449   13,350   12,938   9,556   4,595   5,328   5,069   4,458   3,822   3,867
        Anthropology   910   792   1,024   597   114   203   203   179   157   0
        Economics   1,079   3,707   4,077   1,938   643   583   292   282   0   340
        Political science and government   0   898   762   727   73   267   312   304   78   108
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,216   2,908   2,989   2,367   1,464   1,205   389   472   340   222
        Social sciences nec   7,244   5,045   4,086   3,927   2,301   3,070   3,873   3,221   3,247   3,197
      Sciences nec   1,277   264   58   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   62,000   51,029   49,885   43,941   33,019   31,845   24,667   19,382   18,394   17,102
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   3,204   4,665   4,741   2,139   1,324   1,516   2,182   1,430   1,265   1,264
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   49   119   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   8,646   6,647   6,263   4,895   2,592   2,388   1,665   1,378   1,477   1,905
      Civil engineering   20,148   15,198   12,969   12,506   9,222   5,748   7,452   4,535   3,894   3,807
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,831   10,299   11,696   10,368   9,242   12,791   5,377   4,426   3,505   3,064
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   288   0
      Mechanical engineering   9,326   7,056   7,166   7,321   5,397   3,806   4,207   3,625   3,094   3,882
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   9,082   6,473   7,043   6,615   4,342   4,124   2,393   2,479   4,761   2,895
      Engineering nec   1,763   691   7   97   851   1,353   1,391   1,508   110   285
    Non-S&E   47,967   41,017   40,440   29,799   22,940   15,285   12,081   11,131   9,154   6,679
      Business management and business administration   17,700   11,919   12,382   7,702   8,544   6,147   4,198   4,302   4,951   2,442
      Communication and communications technologies   3,477   2,675   2,459   1,117   901   573   1,032   883   861   762
      Education   9,104   9,731   10,328   8,337   6,622   3,889   3,770   2,969   1,891   1,738
      Humanities   5,167   4,813   3,936   3,783   555   449   413   313   229   484
      Law   2,078   2,076   1,897   2,333   474   0   0   5   76   108
      Social work   1,565   4,557   3,975   4,084   3,819   2,966   1,576   1,939   498   513
      Visual and performing arts   2,357   2,803   3,107   1,309   783   505   747   447   484   629
      Non-S&E nec   6,519   2,443   2,356   1,134   1,242   756   345   273   164   3

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   221,235   112,199   17,606   85,564   1,830   3,077   959
    Science   111,268   64,689   9,082   34,527   807   1,761   402
      Computer and information sciences   17,105   6,297   6,632   3,950   139   65   22
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   35,455   28,576   1,236   5,579   31   20   13
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   524   521   0   3   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   31,808   27,160   14   4,570   31   20   13
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   1,684   311   1,222   151   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,439   584   0   855   0   0   0
      Life sciences   22,097   13,777   0   7,598   227   482   13
        Agricultural sciences   5   3   0   2   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   7,066   5,423   0   1,500   97   46   0
        Health sciences   14,099   8,158   0   5,362   130   436   13
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   927   193   0   734   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   2,599   391   733   1,392   0   83   0
      Physical sciences   14,912   7,714   0   7,144   11   43   0
        Astronomy and astrophysics   103   103   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   8,727   4,381   0   4,303   0   43   0
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   6,082   3,230   0   2,841   11   0   0
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   7,374   4,642   188   2,187   0   10   347
      Social sciences   10,449   3,292   293   5,400   399   1,058   7
        Anthropology   910   258   0   644   0   8   0
        Economics   1,079   0   0   1,012   0   65   2
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,216   471   98   647   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   7,244   2,563   195   3,097   399   985   5
      Sciences nec   1,277   0   0   1,277   0   0   0
    Engineering   62,000   35,907   6,811   16,967   1,002   799   514
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   3,204   1,547   0   1,655   0   2   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   8,646   4,773   135   3,267   172   299   0
      Civil engineering   20,148   10,278   6,517   2,716   107   196   334
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,831   5,735   17   3,422   360   276   21
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   9,326   6,469   108   2,613   136   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   9,082   5,599   34   3,037   227   26   159
      Engineering nec   1,763   1,506   0   257   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   47,967   11,603   1,713   34,070   21   517   43
      Business management and business administration   17,700   2,607   1,298   13,731   21   21   22
      Communication and communications technologies   3,477   371   0   3,085   0   20   1
      Education   9,104   4,653   132   4,100   0   219   0
      Humanities   5,167   0   0   5,105   0   62   0
      Law   2,078   0   0   2,010   0   68   0
      Social work   1,565   531   7   1,018   0   9   0
      Visual and performing arts   2,357   0   0   2,357   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   6,519   3,441   276   2,664   0   118   20

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   112,199   86,244   67,986   53,880   43,017   37,916   30,447   27,692   28,425   28,988
  DOD   11,900   13,447   11,677   7,238   6,693   3,428   2,503   2,620   2,954   2,389
  DOE   7,420   5,599   5,613   5,763   4,496   3,893   2,794   2,216   2,493   2,995
  HHS   22,292   17,648   14,699   11,545   7,514   6,158   5,312   6,640   5,317   5,208
  NASA   1,625   1,911   1,619   1,688   1,391   1,463   1,397   1,086   1,108   1,118
  NSF   22,327   18,364   18,453   13,801   10,698   9,954   10,077   7,548   7,130   6,566
  USDA   1,722   1,613   981   595   558   595   373   390   396   326
  Other   44,913   27,662   14,944   13,250   11,667   12,425   7,991   7,192   9,027   10,386

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   1,499   339   1,160   .
2018   1,323   314   1,009   .

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   401   377   372   323   319
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   109   103   103   88   59
    Computer and information sciences   13   11   10   7   12
    Engineering   124   113   113   103   101
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   19   20   18   17   10
    Health sciences   8   6   3   3   5
    Mathematics and statistics   2   3   3   1   1
    Natural resources and conservation   8   8   7   7   7
    Physical sciences   77   78   78   70   94
    Psychology   19   19   19   16   20
    Social sciences   17   13   13   11   11
    Other   4   4   4   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

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   800   0   0   0   0
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   800   0   0   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   0   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   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   0   0   0   0
    Psychology   0   0   0   0   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

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   23,099   15,267   2,206   18,258   15,756
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   933   2,543   881   3,057   0
    Computer and information sciences   1,119   0   0   0   7,857
    Engineering   0   12,118   892   4,797   2,460
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   998   0   0   3,936   798
    Health sciences   1,288   0   433   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   321   0   0   1,765
    Natural resources and conservation   0   285   0   0   381
    Physical sciences   803   0   0   0   0
    Psychology   17,958   0   0   3,875   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   2,592   2,494
    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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