U. Alabama, The, Birmingham

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 116 75.1 459
2022 122 73.7 457 92 86.7 680 45 95.1 890
2021 113 75.1 447 107 84.8 691 74 87.6 583 44 95.3 907
2020 113 75.3 450 105 85.2 697 45 95.2 915
2019 118 74 447 118 83.3 696 82 86.4 589 45 95.2 913
2018 112 74.3 428 121 83 698 42 95.5 910
2017 127 70.6 425 109 84.4 684 77 86.9 575 41 95.6 897
2016 111 74.6 430 128 81.9 697 42 95.5 895
2015 104 76 426 131 81.4 693 75 87.1 570 41 95.6 897
2014 103 76 422 133 81 688 48 94.8 887
2013 137 75.7 555 69 88.5 588 44 95.2 884
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 148 134 139 148 146 164 125 157 179 175
  Science and engineering 138 120 126 132 140 152 116 142 167 155
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . 1 . . 1 1 1 .
      Agricultural sciences . . . 1 . . . 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . 1 . 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 64 52 70 61 75 82 60 76 97 79
      Biochemistry and biophysics 6 2 2 5 4 5 2 8 2 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 6 11 8 10 15 5 17 8 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 4 4 4 2 1 7 3 4 8 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 2 3 6 3 2 2 2 6 5
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 7 3 3 6 8 7 2 3 2
      Genetics and genomics 3 4 3 3 6 3 2 3 4 1
      Microbiology and immunology 15 9 13 10 12 15 14 10 19 24
      Molecular biology 1 4 2 4 2 3 1 6 6 4
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 6 11 7 11 7 10 13 17 18
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . 1 . . 1 1 2 . 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 7 4 10 7 16 11 8 6 20 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 12 4 7 6 4 5 5 3 4 .
    Computer and information sciences 3 2 . 3 2 5 7 5 2 1
      Computer science 2 2 . 2 2 4 4 1 . 1
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 . . 1 . 1 3 4 2 .
    Engineering 18 15 11 19 18 15 10 16 21 15
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7 3 3 3 7 3 1 6 6 7
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 4 1 6 1 2 3 3 5 2
      Electrical and computer engineering 4 5 1 4 5 1 3 . 3 3
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 4 1 3 1 3 6 1 3 5 1
      Mechanical engineering . . 1 1 . 1 1 2 . .
      Engineering, other . 2 2 4 2 1 1 2 2 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . 1 1 1 1 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . . . 1 1 1 1 2
    Health sciences 29 22 20 22 18 28 14 15 23 24
      Nursing science 8 6 6 8 6 11 5 3 5 8
      Public health 11 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 6 8
      Health sciences, other 10 10 8 8 5 10 4 7 12 8
    Mathematics and statistics 4 3 3 2 2 1 5 4 2 5
      Applied mathematics 4 2 2 2 2 1 4 3 2 4
      Mathematics . . . . . . 1 . . 1
      Statistics . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other . 1 1 . . . . . . .
    Physical sciences 6 8 4 10 8 4 8 12 5 11
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Chemistry 1 2 2 4 5 2 5 7 4 4
      Physics 5 6 2 6 2 2 3 5 1 7
    Psychology 12 13 12 12 13 14 7 10 10 13
      Clinical psychology 8 3 4 8 6 6 3 4 6 6
      Counseling and applied psychology . 1 1 . . . . 1 1 2
      Research and experimental psychology 4 8 7 4 6 7 3 4 3 4
      Psychology, other . 1 . . 1 1 1 1 . 1
    Social sciences 2 5 6 2 4 2 3 2 5 5
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . . 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 4 6 2 4 2 3 2 5 4
      Social sciences, other . 1 . . . . . . . .
  Non-science and engineering 10 14 13 16 6 12 9 15 12 20
    Business . . . . . . . . 1 1
      Business . . . . . . . . 1 1
    Education 10 13 13 16 6 12 9 15 11 19
      Education leadership and administration . 1 3 . . 3 . 11 4 8
      Education research 2 1 1 5 2 2 1 1 1 5
      Teacher education and teaching fields 4 7 7 10 4 7 8 3 6 6
      Education, other 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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All full-time students 1,750 1,425 1,361 1,237 1,194 1,290 1,174 1,169 1,144 1,044
    Male 840 619 602 540 551 596 515 518 566 566
    Female 910 806 759 697 643 694 659 651 578 478
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 880 915 937 865 800 953 905 896 879 1,044
    Hispanic or Latino 25 25 44 45 32 43 36 44 36 38
    Not Hispanic or Latino 749 830 869 797 743 844 824 810 806 964
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 3 5 2 1 0 0 1 2 2
      Asian 60 78 60 54 37 65 62 51 39 207
      Black or African American 159 184 194 163 105 138 137 127 120 111
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
      White 496 540 581 553 568 605 589 602 612 622
      More than one race 32 25 29 25 32 36 35 29 29 22
    Unknown ethnicity and race 106 60 24 23 25 66 45 42 37 42
  Temporary visa holders 870 510 424 372 394 337 269 273 265 0
  Science and engineering 1,495 1,123 1,101 1,023 892 916 769 791 828 871
    Science 1,287 973 953 873 715 748 642 679 706 736
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 608 528 556 522 333 324 276 311 320 334
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 429 189 86 91 79 65 31 32 51 58
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 26 28 31 35 33 35 26 28 32 29
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 7 13 70 21 59 59 51 65 61 65
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 33 37 41
      Physical sciences 85 81 85 80 70 70 61 68 66 65
      Psychology 99 93 90 81 78 87 86 76 69 69
      Social sciences 33 41 35 43 63 108 79 66 70 75
    Engineering 208 150 148 150 177 168 127 112 122 135
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 40 39 32 33 26 31 25 26 34 46
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 28 22 9 19 19 15 15 21 24 26
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 39 26 34 35 26 18 18 15 10 6
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 28 12 12 15 26 22 20 7 8 12
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 19 13 20 24 29 30 26 19 25 28
      Other engineering 54 38 41 24 51 52 23 24 21 17
    Health 255 302 260 214 302 374 405 378 316 173
      Clinical medicine 236 279 244 214 222 297 299 273 231 102
      Other health 19 23 16 0 80 77 106 105 85 71

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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All part-time students 999 1,020 1,021 850 742 732 461 430 408 325
    Male 449 475 498 468 447 422 206 192 195 150
    Female 550 545 523 382 295 310 255 238 213 175
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 889 927 918 757 629 684 419 389 361 325
    Hispanic or Latino 13 13 12 15 14 23 11 9 12 14
    Not Hispanic or Latino 678 798 854 691 570 630 385 358 316 291
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 4 5 4 4 0 0 0 1 1
      Asian 55 48 48 40 18 41 33 22 19 30
      Black or African American 170 203 197 151 116 145 85 88 69 76
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      White 440 528 584 485 411 422 257 237 223 178
      More than one race 11 15 20 11 21 22 10 10 3 6
    Unknown ethnicity and race 198 116 52 51 45 31 23 22 33 20
  Temporary visa holders 110 93 103 93 113 48 42 41 47 0
  Science and engineering 634 678 738 673 542 534 267 261 255 244
    Science 289 288 331 262 146 178 186 160 156 163
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 46 64 70 55 32 54 75 53 48 47
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 83 69 34 27 41 25 17 14 17 13
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 4 0 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 93 84 132 92 0 4 8 0 2 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3
      Physical sciences 4 4 1 4 5 4 1 5 5 3
      Psychology 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 0 2 2
      Social sciences 58 64 91 80 64 88 82 82 80 93
    Engineering 345 390 407 411 396 356 81 101 99 81
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 5 7 2 2 6 6 10 11 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 9 15 13 17 9 13 16 24 21
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 22 23 29 33 18 11 12 9 12 8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 9 7 11 20 15 9 6 11 17 13
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 9 8 7 9 5 6 6 11 6 6
      Other engineering 292 338 338 334 339 315 38 44 29 33
    Health 365 342 283 177 200 198 194 169 153 81
      Clinical medicine 349 329 263 177 162 158 154 123 120 42
      Other health 16 13 20 0 38 40 40 46 33 39

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: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All surveyed fields 235 245 241 240 297 261 232 265 314 271 0
  Science and engineering 217 232 227 223 261 211 178 215 268 238 0
    Science 197 207 203 206 243 196 166 198 242 222 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 150 163 145 158 146 117 90 113 143 130 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 6 4 16 7 10 10 6 7 12 11 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 10 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0 0 1 0 31 24 27 27 25 18 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 16 25 27 0
      Psychology 24 23 22 21 29 31 17 17 16 11 0
      Physical sciences 13 16 17 16 20 12 11 11 10 10 0
      Social sciences 3 1 2 4 7 2 4 4 4 5 0
    Engineering 20 25 24 17 18 15 12 17 26 16 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 13 17 12 11 13 12 8 10 15 9 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 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 3 3 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 5 4 0
      Other engineering 3 3 6 3 3 2 2 3 2 0 0
    Health 18 13 14 17 36 50 54 50 46 33 0
      Clinical medicine 14 8 12 17 29 43 47 42 39 28 0
      Other health 4 5 2 0 7 7 7 8 7 5 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: 2022–13
Type and primary source of support 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All types and sources of support 1,750 1,425 1,361 1,237 1,194 1,290 1,174 1,169 1,144 1,044
  Fellowships 428 355 312 234 351 375 376 350 330 317
    Federal 104 83 96 89 144 140 124 117 121 102
    Institutional 299 257 204 144 194 217 243 227 196 196
    Nonfederal 25 15 12 1 13 18 9 6 13 19
  Research assistantships 228 245 235 200 250 256 158 285 349 345
    Federal 117 151 126 98 148 121 92 136 184 160
    Institutional 88 68 82 76 68 104 51 106 126 135
    Nonfederal 23 26 27 26 34 31 15 43 39 50
  Teaching assistantships 123 128 136 129 154 198 111 148 130 144
    Federal 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 12 5 9
    Institutional 122 128 134 126 152 191 109 135 125 135
    Nonfederal 1 0 1 2 1 7 2 1 0 0
  Other types of support 971 697 678 674 439 461 529 386 335 238
    Federal 14 11 18 52 4 0 16 0 4 0
    Institutional 79 87 109 141 11 0 95 58 38 18
    Nonfederal 1 1 5 20 10 0 23 0 2 0
    Personal resources 877 598 546 461 414 461 395 328 291 220

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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  Science and engineering 102 121 138 137 116 145 124 125 117 128
    Science 93 111 133 134 109 135 113 123 116 126
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 82 99 114 114 86 113 85 98 92 99
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, 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 studies 0 0 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 4
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 7 13
      Physical sciences 6 7 8 9 10 7 7 4 6 6
      Psychology 3 4 5 5 8 8 4 6 5 2
      Social sciences 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 9 10 5 3 7 10 11 2 1 2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 8 5 3 5 7 7 2 1 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 155 155 157 165 118 125 123 127 111 98
      Clinical medicine 132 136 142 141 106 111 108 109 89 77
      Other health 23 19 15 24 12 14 15 18 22 21

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: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 127 164 182 168 159 167 162 162 144 139
  Science and engineering 52 78 95 86 79 88 77 79 70 79
    Science 51 72 91 85 76 82 73 79 69 78
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 47 67 79 75 62 69 53 59 54 60
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, 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 studies 0 0 5 5 4 6 6 5 4 3
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 6 10
      Psychology 1 3 5 3 5 3 1 4 2 1
      Physical sciences 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 3 3
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 1 6 4 1 3 6 4 0 1 1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 6 4 1 3 5 4 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 75 86 87 82 80 79 85 83 74 60
      Clinical medicine 65 77 76 72 72 66 73 69 56 43
      Other health 10 9 11 10 8 13 12 14 18 17

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: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields 713,480 644,330 618,226 607,863 588,207 561,851 537,825 516,229 428,563 440,796
    Science 671,131 589,607 555,515 547,806 526,958 505,921 488,133 472,364 403,628 413,696
      Computer and information sciences 898 1,356 1,502 827 919 575 2,466 940 1,010 1,269
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 66 436 701 870 1,199 1,496 2,022 8,362 342 319
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 66 436 701 870 1,199 1,496 2,022 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 342 319
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,862 0 0
      Life sciences 653,373 571,525 542,308 533,536 511,345 491,477 472,114 455,478 396,805 405,844
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 167,234 132,380 132,963 137,196 122,978 121,086 120,456 126,233 103,498 103,421
        Health sciences 486,139 439,145 409,345 396,340 388,367 370,391 351,658 321,859 282,484 294,054
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,386 10,823 8,369
      Mathematics and statistics 263 383 916 876 320 324 1,157 137 264 441
      Physical sciences 6,282 9,885 4,678 5,961 7,211 5,667 4,898 3,003 2,819 2,881
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 1,560 2,415 1,018 2,177 2,239 1,781 1,060 781 440 558
        Materials science 1,570 5,131 1,169 1,365 2,297 1,476 1,553 0 0 0
        Physics 3,152 2,339 2,491 2,419 2,675 2,410 2,285 2,222 2,379 2,323
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 9,755 5,695 5,164 4,933 5,355 5,558 5,235 4,161 2,085 1,822
      Social sciences 494 317 246 803 609 824 241 283 303 1,120
        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 0 535 557 1 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 311 170 16 2 10 57 101 151 152 937
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 183 147 230 801 64 210 139 132 151 183
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 30,637 46,844 53,030 47,555 48,102 47,730 43,359 37,222 17,847 21,186
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 999 6,538 8,271 8,995 7,816 7,419 7,649 8,257 7,179 10,564
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7,608 5,957 6,470 6,400 7,259 5,551 2,949 2,250 2,935 2,593
      Chemical engineering 349 942 3,507 4,368 6,122 8,933 10,340 3,900 0 0
      Civil engineering 1,765 609 693 1,033 985 1,320 1,201 1,095 1,161 1,335
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,155 6,491 5,960 3,121 1,737 2,776 1,528 1,008 160 526
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7,713 11,323 7,356 5,308 2,523 3,130 3,703 4,243 2,874 3,538
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 7,790 14,693 18,086 15,526 19,062 15,753 13,241 15,074 2,188 1,271
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 1,258 291 2,687 2,804 2,598 2,848 2,748 1,395 1,350 1,359
    Non-S&E 11,712 7,879 9,681 12,502 13,147 8,200 6,333 6,643 7,088 5,914
      Business management and business administration 25 209 94 98 221 178 156 129 133 96
      Communication and communications technologies 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 2
      Education 6,627 1,364 1,767 3,918 4,380 1,558 723 700 1,637 2,602
      Humanities 95 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 446 111 268 200 38 12 44 27 7 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 9 0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 4,517 6,195 7,551 8,276 8,508 6,452 5,396 5,731 5,302 3,214

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: 2022
(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 713,480 421,223 8,816 172,809 73,595 35,196 1,841
    Science 671,131 396,462 5,616 159,851 72,911 34,450 1,841
      Computer and information sciences 898 897 0 1 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 66 62 0 2 1 1 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 66 62 0 2 1 1 0
        Geological and earth sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 653,373 385,457 4,874 155,530 72,373 34,316 823
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 167,234 101,964 101 35,002 20,056 9,288 823
        Health sciences 486,139 283,493 4,773 120,528 52,317 25,028 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 263 257 0 0 0 6 0
      Physical sciences 6,282 3,395 657 700 508 4 1,018
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 1,560 933 270 198 151 4 4
        Materials science 1,570 0 64 135 357 0 1,014
        Physics 3,152 2,462 323 367 0 0 0
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 9,755 5,924 64 3,615 29 123 0
      Social sciences 494 470 21 3 0 0 0
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 311 308 0 3 0 0 0
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 183 162 21 0 0 0 0
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 30,637 22,205 52 7,139 684 557 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 999 944 0 22 11 22 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7,608 5,501 0 1,631 0 476 0
      Chemical engineering 349 349 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 1,765 287 52 1,368 0 58 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,155 1,565 0 1,590 0 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7,713 5,769 0 1,271 673 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 7,790 7,790 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 1,258 0 0 1,257 0 1 0
    Non-S&E 11,712 2,556 3,148 5,819 0 189 0
      Business management and business administration 25 25 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
      Education 6,627 650 2,701 3,203 0 73 0
      Humanities 95 0 0 0 0 95 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 446 328 0 99 0 19 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 4,517 1,553 447 2,517 0 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: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Federal Agencies 421,223 423,290 400,110 398,403 373,360 358,916 348,632 328,531 280,333 290,082
  DOD 24,013 37,913 37,281 29,147 26,029 26,393 20,177 21,996 12,352 13,298
  DOE 2,484 3,487 5,945 5,778 6,717 8,239 7,256 7,027 1,232 1,721
  HHS 380,585 360,322 332,215 337,055 313,677 302,624 299,666 275,414 243,401 251,137
  NASA 2,244 9,847 11,153 11,500 12,118 9,634 10,812 11,159 7,079 10,072
  NSF 6,387 6,607 6,680 7,462 7,137 6,066 5,665 6,978 7,029 5,562
  USDA 104 260 74 89 77 8 44 77 23 14
  Other 5,406 4,854 6,762 7,372 7,605 5,952 5,012 5,880 9,217 8,278

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: 2022–16 [temporarily discontinued]
Year All personnel Principal investigators Other personnel Postdocs
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 5,373 858 4,515 .
2018 5,085 805 4,280 .
2017 4,842 753 4,089 .
2016 5,093 739 4,354 .

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: 2021–12
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field 2021 2019 2017 2015 2013
  All research space 977 871 915 936 1,006
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 258 225 254 280 285
    Computer and information sciences 4 6 4 4 9
    Engineering 80 67 81 58 63
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 21 21 21 21 21
    Health sciences 551 497 490 514 557
    Mathematics and statistics 2 3 2 3 3
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 .
    Physical sciences 35 30 32 29 45
    Psychology 16 14 14 13 10
    Social sciences 4 6 4 5 9
    Other 3 3 12 8 4

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: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 2014 or FY 2015 Planned to start in FY 2020 or FY 2021
  All research space . 35,000 . 14,257 . 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . 11,667 . 0 . 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . 14,007 . 0
    Health sciences . . . 250 . 0
    Physical sciences . 23,333 . 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space 14,507 8,204 0 12,419 11,797
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 12,288 3,034 0 2,695 2,139
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 349
    Engineering 0 500 0 1,700 2,070
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 2,763 436
    Health sciences 2,218 4,669 0 1,811 1,340
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 3,450 3,667
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 0 0 1,796

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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