U. Alabama, Birmingham

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 114 75.6 459 44 95.4 925
2023 116 75.1 459 94 86.4 679 45 95.2 911 85 86.2 602
2022 122 73.7 457 92 86.7 680 45 95.2 900
2021 113 75.1 447 107 84.8 691 44 95.3 908 74 87.6 583
2020 113 75.3 450 105 85.2 698 45 95.2 916
2019 118 74 447 118 83.4 697 45 95.2 914 82 86.4 589
2018 112 74.3 428 121 83 700 42 95.5 911
2017 127 70.6 425 109 84.4 684 41 95.6 898 77 86.9 575
2016 111 74.6 430 128 81.9 697 42 95.5 896
2015 104 76 426 131 81.4 693 41 95.6 898 75 87.1 570
2014 133 81 688
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 156 148 134 139 148 146 164 125 157 179
  Science and engineering 149 138 120 126 132 140 152 116 142 167
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . 1 . . 1 1 1
      Agricultural sciences . . . . 1 . . . 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . 1 . 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 81 64 52 70 61 75 82 60 76 97
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 6 2 2 5 4 5 2 8 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 12 7 6 11 8 10 15 5 17 8
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 4 4 4 4 2 1 7 3 4 8
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 2 2 3 6 3 2 2 2 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 1 7 3 3 6 8 7 2 3
      Genetics and genomics 5 3 4 3 3 6 3 2 3 4
      Microbiology and immunology 17 15 9 13 10 12 15 14 10 19
      Molecular biology 5 1 4 2 4 2 3 1 6 6
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 8 6 6 11 7 11 7 10 13 17
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . 1 . . 1 1 2 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 13 7 4 10 7 16 11 8 6 20
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 12 4 7 6 4 5 5 3 4
    Computer and information sciences 5 3 2 . 3 2 5 7 5 2
      Computer science 3 2 2 . 2 2 4 4 1 .
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 1 . . 1 . 1 3 4 2
    Engineering 13 18 15 11 19 18 15 10 16 21
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3 7 3 3 3 7 3 1 6 6
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 . . . . . 1 . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . 3 4 1 6 1 2 3 3 5
      Electrical and computer engineering 3 4 5 1 4 5 1 3 . 3
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 2 4 1 3 1 3 6 1 3 5
      Mechanical engineering 2 . . 1 1 . 1 1 2 .
      Engineering, other 1 . 2 2 4 2 1 1 2 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . 1 1 1 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . . . . 1 1 1 1
    Health sciences 23 29 22 20 22 18 28 14 15 23
      Nursing science 7 8 6 6 8 6 11 5 3 5
      Public health 8 11 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 6
      Health sciences, other 8 10 10 8 8 5 10 4 7 12
    Mathematics and statistics 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 5 4 2
      Applied mathematics 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 4 3 2
      Mathematics 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
      Statistics . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other . . 1 1 . . . . . .
    Physical sciences 10 6 8 4 10 8 4 8 12 5
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Chemistry 5 1 2 2 4 5 2 5 7 4
      Physics 5 5 6 2 6 2 2 3 5 1
    Psychology 12 12 13 12 12 13 14 7 10 10
      Clinical psychology 7 8 3 4 8 6 6 3 4 6
      Counseling and applied psychology . . 1 1 . . . . 1 1
      Research and experimental psychology 5 4 8 7 4 6 7 3 4 3
      Psychology, other . . 1 . . 1 1 1 1 .
    Social sciences 1 2 5 6 2 4 2 3 2 5
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 1 2 4 6 2 4 2 3 2 5
      Social sciences, other . . 1 . . . . . . .
  Non-science and engineering 7 10 14 13 16 6 12 9 15 12
    Business . . . . . . . . . 1
      Business . . . . . . . . . 1
    Education 7 10 13 13 16 6 12 9 15 11
      Education leadership and administration . . 1 3 . . 3 . 11 4
      Education research 2 2 1 1 5 2 2 1 1 1
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 4 7 7 10 4 7 8 3 6
      Education, other 2 4 4 2 1 . . . . .
    Other non-science and engineering . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 1 . . . . . . .

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 928 840 619 602 540 551 596 515 518 566
    Female 908 910 806 759 697 643 694 659 651 578
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 832 880 915 937 865 800 953 905 896 879
    Hispanic or Latino 44 25 25 44 45 32 43 36 44 36
    Not Hispanic or Latino 747 749 830 869 797 743 844 824 810 806
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3 2 3 5 2 1 0 0 1 2
      Asian 70 60 78 60 54 37 65 62 51 39
      Black or African American 152 159 184 194 163 105 138 137 127 120
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
      White 485 496 540 581 553 568 605 589 602 612
      More than one race 37 32 25 29 25 32 36 35 29 29
    Unknown ethnicity and race 41 106 60 24 23 25 66 45 42 37
  Temporary visa holders 1,004 870 510 424 372 394 337 269 273 265
  Science and engineering 1,622 1,495 1,123 1,101 1,023 892 916 769 791 828
    Science 1,389 1,287 973 953 873 715 748 642 679 706
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 633 608 528 556 522 333 324 276 311 320
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 503 429 189 86 91 79 65 31 32 51
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 29 26 28 31 35 33 35 26 28 32
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 10 7 13 70 21 59 59 51 65 61
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 83 85 81 85 80 70 70 61 68 66
      Psychology 105 99 93 90 81 78 87 86 76 69
      Social sciences 26 33 41 35 43 63 108 79 66 70
    Engineering 233 208 150 148 150 177 168 127 112 122
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 44 40 39 32 33 26 31 25 26 34
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 33 28 22 9 19 19 15 15 21 24
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 60 39 26 34 35 26 18 18 15 10
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 27 28 12 12 15 26 22 20 7 8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 17 19 13 20 24 29 30 26 19 25
      Other engineering 52 54 38 41 24 51 52 23 24 21
  Health 214 255 302 260 214 302 374 405 378 316
    Clinical medicine 193 236 279 244 214 222 297 299 273 231
    Other health 21 19 23 16 0 80 77 106 105 85

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 513 449 475 498 468 447 422 206 192 195
    Female 575 550 545 523 382 295 310 255 238 213
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 853 889 927 918 757 629 684 419 389 361
    Hispanic or Latino 37 13 13 12 15 14 23 11 9 12
    Not Hispanic or Latino 686 678 798 854 691 570 630 385 358 316
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 2 4 5 4 4 0 0 0 1
      Asian 52 55 48 48 40 18 41 33 22 19
      Black or African American 196 170 203 197 151 116 145 85 88 69
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      White 417 440 528 584 485 411 422 257 237 223
      More than one race 20 11 15 20 11 21 22 10 10 3
    Unknown ethnicity and race 130 198 116 52 51 45 31 23 22 33
  Temporary visa holders 235 110 93 103 93 113 48 42 41 47
  Science and engineering 742 634 678 738 673 542 534 267 261 255
    Science 387 289 288 331 262 146 178 186 160 156
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 72 46 64 70 55 32 54 75 53 48
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 172 83 69 34 27 41 25 17 14 17
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 4 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 77 93 84 132 92 0 4 8 0 2
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 4 4 1 4 5 4 1 5 5
      Psychology 0 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 0 2
      Social sciences 60 58 64 91 80 64 88 82 82 80
    Engineering 355 345 390 407 411 396 356 81 101 99
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 10 7 5 7 2 2 6 6 10 11
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 12 6 9 15 13 17 9 13 16 24
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 16 22 23 29 33 18 11 12 9 12
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 13 9 7 11 20 15 9 6 11 17
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 9 9 8 7 9 5 6 6 11 6
      Other engineering 295 292 338 338 334 339 315 38 44 29
  Health 346 365 342 283 177 200 198 194 169 153
    Clinical medicine 326 349 329 263 177 162 158 154 123 120
    Other health 20 16 13 20 0 38 40 40 46 33

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
All surveyed fields 207 235 245 241 240 297 261 232 265 314
  Science and engineering 196 217 232 227 223 261 211 178 215 268
    Science 179 197 207 203 206 243 196 166 198 242
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 131 150 163 145 158 146 117 90 113 143
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 8 6 4 16 7 10 10 6 7 12
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 0 0 1 0 31 24 27 27 25
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 14 13 16 17 16 20 12 11 11 10
      Psychology 23 24 23 22 21 29 31 17 17 16
      Social sciences 2 3 1 2 4 7 2 4 4 4
    Engineering 17 20 25 24 17 18 15 12 17 26
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 12 13 17 12 11 13 12 8 10 15
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 3 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 5
      Other engineering 1 3 3 6 3 3 2 2 3 2
  Health 11 18 13 14 17 36 50 54 50 46
    Clinical medicine 6 14 8 12 17 29 43 47 42 39
    Other health 5 4 5 2 0 7 7 7 8 7

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
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 1,836 1,750 1,425 1,361 1,237 1,194 1,290 1,174 1,169 1,144
  Fellowships 434 428 355 312 234 351 375 376 350 330
    Federal 78 104 83 96 89 144 140 124 117 121
    Institutional 335 299 257 204 144 194 217 243 227 196
    Nonfederal 21 25 15 12 1 13 18 9 6 13
  Research assistantships 200 228 245 235 200 250 256 158 285 349
    Federal 121 117 151 126 98 148 121 92 136 184
    Institutional 63 88 68 82 76 68 104 51 106 126
    Nonfederal 16 23 26 27 26 34 31 15 43 39
  Teaching assistantships 120 123 128 136 129 154 198 111 148 130
    Federal 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 12 5
    Institutional 120 122 128 134 126 152 191 109 135 125
    Nonfederal 0 1 0 1 2 1 7 2 1 0
  Other types of support 1,082 971 697 678 674 439 461 529 386 335
    Federal 8 14 11 18 52 4 0 16 0 4
    Institutional 91 79 87 109 141 11 0 95 58 38
    Nonfederal 1 1 1 5 20 10 0 23 0 2
    Personal resources 982 877 598 546 461 414 461 395 328 291

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 105 96 118 131 131 116 145 124 125 117
    Science 95 88 108 126 128 109 135 113 123 116
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 88 79 97 108 108 86 113 85 98 92
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 5 5 5 7 7 7 6
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 6 6 7 8 10 7 7 4 6
      Psychology 1 2 4 5 5 8 8 4 6 5
      Social sciences 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 10 8 10 5 3 7 10 11 2 1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 4 8 5 3 5 7 7 2 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 131 138 146 141 145 118 125 123 127 111
    Clinical medicine 113 118 129 127 126 106 111 108 109 89
    Other health 18 20 17 14 19 12 14 15 18 22

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 147 127 164 182 168 159 167 162 162 144
  Science and engineering 58 52 78 95 86 79 88 77 79 70
    Science 56 51 72 91 85 76 82 73 79 69
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 50 47 67 79 75 62 69 53 59 54
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 1 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 5 5 4 6 6 5 4
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 3
      Psychology 1 1 3 5 3 5 3 1 4 2
      Social sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 2 1 6 4 1 3 6 4 0 1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 1 6 4 1 3 5 4 0 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 89 75 86 87 82 80 79 85 83 74
    Clinical medicine 78 65 77 76 72 72 66 73 69 56
    Other health 11 10 9 11 10 8 13 12 14 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

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 865,868 780,479 713,480 644,330 618,226 607,863 588,207 561,851 537,825 516,229
    Science 822,501 740,753 671,131 589,607 555,515 547,806 526,958 505,921 488,133 472,364
      Computer and information sciences 1,238 1,013 898 1,356 1,502 827 919 575 2,466 940
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 66 436 701 870 1,199 1,496 2,022 8,362
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 66 436 701 870 1,199 1,496 2,022 0
        Geological and earth sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,862
      Life sciences 804,993 721,450 653,373 571,525 542,308 533,536 511,345 491,477 472,114 455,478
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 204,343 198,509 167,234 132,380 132,963 137,196 122,978 121,086 120,456 126,233
        Health sciences 600,650 522,941 486,139 439,145 409,345 396,340 388,367 370,391 351,658 321,859
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,386
      Mathematics and statistics 328 169 263 383 916 876 320 324 1,157 137
      Physical sciences 7,068 5,624 6,282 9,885 4,678 5,961 7,211 5,667 4,898 3,003
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 3,201 2,164 1,560 2,415 1,018 2,177 2,239 1,781 1,060 781
        Materials science 49 156 1,570 5,131 1,169 1,365 2,297 1,476 1,553 0
        Physics 3,818 3,304 3,152 2,339 2,491 2,419 2,675 2,410 2,285 2,222
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 8,443 11,715 9,755 5,695 5,164 4,933 5,355 5,558 5,235 4,161
      Social sciences 431 782 494 317 246 803 609 824 241 283
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 0 0 0 0 0 0 535 557 1 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 219 517 311 170 16 2 10 57 101 151
        Social sciences nec 212 265 183 147 230 801 64 210 139 132
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 30,203 28,505 30,637 46,844 53,030 47,555 48,102 47,730 43,359 37,222
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6,053 6,089 999 6,538 8,271 8,995 7,816 7,419 7,649 8,257
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 12,678 10,224 7,608 5,957 6,470 6,400 7,259 5,551 2,949 2,250
      Chemical engineering 623 103 349 942 3,507 4,368 6,122 8,933 10,340 3,900
      Civil engineering 2,284 2,010 1,765 609 693 1,033 985 1,320 1,201 1,095
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,466 1,917 3,155 6,491 5,960 3,121 1,737 2,776 1,528 1,008
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5,468 6,943 7,713 11,323 7,356 5,308 2,523 3,130 3,703 4,243
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 7,790 14,693 18,086 15,526 19,062 15,753 13,241 15,074
      Engineering nec 631 1,219 1,258 291 2,687 2,804 2,598 2,848 2,748 1,395
    Non-S&E 13,164 11,221 11,712 7,879 9,681 12,502 13,147 8,200 6,333 6,643
      Business management and business administration 576 0 25 209 94 98 221 178 156 129
      Communication and communications technologies 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
      Education 8,085 8,745 6,627 1,364 1,767 3,918 4,380 1,558 723 700
      Humanities 0 0 95 0 1 10 0 0 0 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 220 0 446 111 268 200 38 12 44 27
      Visual and performing arts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
      Non-S&E nec 4,262 2,475 4,517 6,195 7,551 8,276 8,508 6,452 5,396 5,731

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 . . . . . 0 0
    Science . . . . . 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology . . . . . 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Life sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Agricultural sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Health sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 0 0
        Life sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . 0 0
        Chemistry . . . . . 0 0
        Materials science . . . . . 0 0
        Physics . . . . . 0 0
        Physical sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Anthropology . . . . . 0 0
        Economics . . . . . 0 0
        Political science and government . . . . . 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . 0 0
        Social sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Chemical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Civil engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Engineering nec . . . . . 0 0
    Non-S&E . . . . . 0 0
      Business management and business administration . . . . . 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies . . . . . 0 0
      Education . . . . . 0 0
      Humanities . . . . . 0 0
      Law . . . . . 0 0
      Social work . . . . . 0 0
      Visual and performing arts . . . . . 0 0
      Non-S&E nec . . . . . 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

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 . 451,880 421,223 423,290 400,110 398,403 373,360 358,916 348,632 328,531
  DOD . 13,923 24,013 37,913 37,281 29,147 26,029 26,393 20,177 21,996
  DOE . 1,949 2,484 3,487 5,945 5,778 6,717 8,239 7,256 7,027
  HHS . 417,750 380,585 360,322 332,215 337,055 313,677 302,624 299,666 275,414
  NASA . 4,278 2,244 9,847 11,153 11,500 12,118 9,634 10,812 11,159
  NSF . 7,969 6,387 6,607 6,680 7,462 7,137 6,066 5,665 6,978
  USDA . 166 104 260 74 89 77 8 44 77
  Other . 5,845 5,406 4,854 6,762 7,372 7,605 5,952 5,012 5,880

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
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 5,373 858 4,515 .
2018 5,085 805 4,280 .

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 916 977 871 915 936
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 249 258 225 254 280
    Computer and information sciences 3 4 6 4 4
    Engineering 79 80 67 81 58
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 21 21 21 21 21
    Health sciences 498 551 497 490 514
    Mathematics and statistics 2 2 3 2 3
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 39 35 30 32 29
    Psychology 18 16 14 14 13
    Social sciences 4 4 6 4 5
    Other 3 3 3 12 8

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 84,000 30,000 35,000 0 14,257
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 42,000 0 11,667 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 30,000 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 14,007
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 250
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 23,333 0 0
    Psychology 42,000 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 1,371 385 8,204 0 12,419
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 731 0 3,034 0 2,695
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 500 0 1,700
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 2,763
    Health sciences 640 385 4,669 0 1,811
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 3,450
    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

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