U. Arizona

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 38 92 459 58 91 631 35 96.4 925
2023 36 92.4 459 70 89.9 679 36 96.2 911 36 94.2 602
2022 46 90.2 457 62 91.1 680 37 96 900
2021 40 91.3 447 52 92.7 691 36 96.2 908 36 94 583
2020 29 93.8 450 46 93.6 698 35 96.3 916
2019 38 91.8 447 44 93.9 697 34 96.4 914 36 94.1 589
2018 43 90.3 428 44 93.9 700 35 96.3 911
2017 39 91.1 425 48 93.2 684 38 95.9 898 33 94.5 575
2016 35 92.2 430 41 94.3 697 38 95.9 896
2015 28 93.7 426 40 94.4 693 33 96.5 898 29 95.1 570
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 432 445 374 380 473 406 389 401 436 470
  Science and engineering 341 355 286 301 368 326 291 311 333 348
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 8 16 12 16 14 18 10 12 15 11
      Agricultural sciences 3 5 6 3 7 5 6 3 5 3
      Natural resources and conservation 5 11 6 13 7 13 4 9 10 8
    Biological and biomedical sciences 67 64 41 52 60 55 45 53 51 53
      Biochemistry and biophysics 6 8 5 7 3 3 4 6 7 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 1 . 1 1 1 . . 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 2 2 1 6 3 3 1 1 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . 1 1 1 . 1 2 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 10 6 7 14 5 9 11 12 6
      Genetics and genomics 4 . 3 1 1 1 2 2 . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 5 2 2 2 2 6 4 4 2 4
      Molecular biology 8 7 3 6 3 6 2 6 5 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 4 5 3 6 9 2 4 2 4
      Pharmacology and toxicology 8 11 6 . 12 6 4 5 4 12
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 15 14 5 16 6 11 9 8 10 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 7 5 4 7 5 3 6 5 5 4
    Computer and information sciences 10 14 10 8 7 4 4 2 10 8
      Computer science 9 9 8 5 5 2 3 . 8 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 5 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 .
    Engineering 50 60 44 49 64 50 47 46 67 67
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 6 1 1 . 2 2 2 . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11 13 9 4 4 5 5 6 7 7
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 3 5 5 2 10 6 7 4 3 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 10 5 6 13 8 4 10 9 14
      Electrical and computer engineering 13 8 10 18 19 16 11 11 13 15
      Industrial engineering and operations research 9 7 8 4 4 5 3 3 10 6
      Materials and mining engineering 2 4 1 3 2 1 3 3 8 5
      Mechanical engineering 3 5 2 3 5 3 4 2 6 12
      Engineering, other 1 2 3 8 7 4 8 5 11 6
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 20 21 18 13 19 24 23 19 15 22
      Geological sciences 10 6 3 6 11 12 14 11 8 11
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 10 15 15 7 8 12 9 8 7 11
    Health sciences 24 26 28 27 35 26 23 27 26 22
      Nursing science 5 10 9 14 16 15 11 12 13 6
      Pharmaceutical sciences 5 3 6 3 7 5 6 8 6 10
      Public health 7 3 3 9 7 2 2 3 2 3
      Health sciences, other 7 10 10 1 5 4 4 4 5 3
    Mathematics and statistics 21 14 11 11 16 16 17 17 9 14
      Applied mathematics 8 6 8 5 6 6 8 6 5 4
      Mathematics . 1 . . 1 4 2 3 3 7
      Statistics 4 3 . 3 2 . 3 4 . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 4 3 3 7 6 4 4 1 2
    Physical sciences 69 77 50 55 58 47 53 56 65 67
      Astronomy and astrophysics 16 12 7 14 17 10 10 9 9 11
      Chemistry 16 23 12 10 13 17 19 15 17 23
      Physics 37 42 31 31 28 20 24 32 39 33
    Psychology 16 16 19 20 12 20 17 21 21 20
      Clinical psychology 3 4 7 6 5 6 7 6 6 2
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 1 3 4 1 4 1 5 5 6
      Research and experimental psychology 4 8 5 3 4 5 6 8 2 6
      Psychology, other 6 3 4 7 2 5 3 2 8 6
    Social sciences 56 47 53 50 83 66 52 58 54 64
      Anthropology 7 4 4 9 11 6 3 11 15 16
      Economics 3 7 12 5 12 7 6 10 7 11
      Political science and government 4 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 3
      Public policy analysis . . 2 . 1 1 1 . 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 7 4 5 14 11 3 3 5 6
      Social sciences, other 36 26 30 28 42 40 38 33 22 28
  Non-science and engineering 91 90 88 79 105 80 98 90 103 122
    Business 15 9 10 10 21 12 10 11 11 20
      Business 15 9 10 10 21 12 10 11 11 20
    Education 36 43 47 38 45 31 37 42 54 48
      Education leadership and administration 1 6 5 4 5 . 3 5 2 4
      Education research 19 18 22 23 19 14 10 22 21 17
      Teacher education and teaching fields 13 17 16 10 19 15 21 14 27 22
      Education, other 3 2 4 1 2 2 3 1 4 5
    Humanities and arts 33 33 23 24 38 34 43 31 32 51
      Letters 14 11 11 5 14 9 15 6 10 13
      Foreign languages and literature 9 3 2 5 9 8 11 7 5 8
      History 4 5 3 7 7 10 5 9 10 15
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 10 6 3 6 5 9 2 3 3
      Music and performing arts . 2 . 1 1 1 2 . 1 1
      Humanities and arts, other 4 2 1 3 1 1 1 7 3 11
    Other non-science and engineering 7 5 8 7 1 3 8 6 6 3
      Communication 6 3 6 3 1 1 7 4 3 1
      Public administration and social services . 1 1 1 . 1 . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 1 1 3 . 1 1 2 3 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 1,737 1,599 1,700 1,840 1,900 2,144 2,025 1,816 2,102 2,191
    Hispanic or Latino 386 345 354 389 341 323 182 181 250 248
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,269 1,168 1,258 1,359 1,440 1,671 1,769 1,566 1,781 1,846
      American Indian or Alaska Native 43 47 46 42 51 71 14 14 38 49
      Asian 122 106 110 122 118 137 110 99 125 131
      Black or African American 55 51 55 51 59 62 52 53 71 66
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 4 4
      White 962 876 968 1,057 1,119 1,320 1,303 1,158 1,371 1,428
      More than one race 85 86 78 86 93 81 290 239 172 168
    Unknown ethnicity and race 82 86 88 92 119 150 74 69 71 97
  Temporary visa holders 1,148 946 945 833 766 957 988 883 1,042 1,003
  Science and engineering 2,556 2,218 2,319 2,321 2,271 2,605 2,627 2,341 2,729 2,769
    Science 2,159 1,818 1,903 1,899 1,864 2,106 2,142 1,848 2,189 2,260
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 24 26 26 31 23 27 22 21 47 61
      Biological and biomedical sciences 451 401 402 422 402 408 384 352 292 314
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21
      Computer and information sciences 335 217 247 181 156 185 151 133 253 218
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 23
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 67 55 43 54 51 70 121 62 213 208
      Mathematics and statistics 79 77 75 85 78 77 155 92 117 105
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 20 28 23 20 25 28 20 7 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 98 76 102 102 108 115 103 74 0 0
      Physical sciences 546 447 452 467 469 510 513 490 502 519
      Psychology 135 112 101 112 104 131 114 113 156 162
      Social sciences 404 379 432 425 448 555 559 504 548 607
    Engineering 397 400 416 422 407 499 485 493 540 509
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 31 29 27
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 76 77 80 81 82 84 55 29 25 31
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 24 29 28 35 33 36 36 38 71 68
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 50 46 44 44 44 54 46 45 37 35
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 133 119 134 131 120 159 155 178 176 165
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 44 46 66 73 51 62 60 56 59 52
      Mechanical engineering 31 42 30 31 43 53 43 48 36 35
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 25 21 16 12 14 25 17 15 53 51
      Other engineering 14 20 18 15 20 26 40 53 54 45
    Health 329 327 326 352 395 496 386 358 415 425
      Clinical medicine 197 194 213 228 217 347 250 227 249 237
      Other health 132 133 113 124 178 149 136 131 166 188

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 1,322 1,331 1,362 1,504 1,311 964 1,256 1,063 876 691
    Hispanic or Latino 228 256 284 308 294 166 169 138 122 93
    Not Hispanic or Latino 763 874 941 1,018 906 716 1,004 845 715 559
      American Indian or Alaska Native 24 28 26 32 20 16 10 10 18 11
      Asian 89 92 108 94 83 56 79 73 61 44
      Black or African American 46 51 52 57 52 54 67 57 41 33
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 3
      White 559 651 702 771 704 554 687 588 531 416
      More than one race 43 50 53 63 46 33 158 117 64 52
    Unknown ethnicity and race 331 201 137 178 111 82 83 80 39 39
  Temporary visa holders 126 211 176 159 155 103 172 121 75 63
  Science and engineering 1,260 1,326 1,299 1,389 1,204 891 1,105 866 718 625
    Science 986 1,073 965 1,009 827 594 715 596 487 430
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 3 4 4 2 4 0 0 1 9 2
      Biological and biomedical sciences 61 129 142 142 79 37 68 62 62 50
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Computer and information sciences 397 263 111 136 129 118 161 133 66 76
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 13 13 23 19 14 3 19 13 47 23
      Mathematics and statistics 17 28 25 17 16 19 24 12 11 11
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 29 28 40 38 38 29 16 1 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 40 60 46 40 23 9 30 21 0 0
      Physical sciences 182 232 248 235 188 148 145 113 79 75
      Psychology 31 45 43 31 39 19 30 27 39 29
      Social sciences 213 271 283 349 297 212 222 213 171 158
    Engineering 274 253 334 380 377 297 390 270 231 195
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 6 5
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 13 20 25 22 20 7 13 5 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 3 4 2 1 1 5 6 6 8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 5 7 6 5 0 7 12 6 8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 136 117 164 212 220 196 197 151 116 96
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 64 61 61 68 69 46 59 52 56 45
      Mechanical engineering 14 15 22 16 15 13 11 11 13 9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 3 6 8 9 0 5 6 16 11
      Other engineering 32 29 45 46 38 34 83 18 12 13
    Health 188 216 239 274 262 176 323 318 233 129
      Clinical medicine 165 200 221 257 247 168 294 283 206 104
      Other health 23 16 18 17 15 8 29 35 27 25

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 723 631 654 637 661 606 471 474 644 674
  Science and engineering 667 574 604 593 607 566 449 452 604 625
    Science 541 456 494 483 486 430 351 351 463 495
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 7 4 8 6 3 6 4 5 13 12
      Biological and biomedical sciences 146 131 133 137 129 106 78 95 95 110
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Computer and information sciences 46 27 39 37 44 30 24 9 37 50
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 26 30 19 24 20 23 24 16 71 67
      Mathematics and statistics 28 18 17 23 20 11 15 13 17 14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 5 5 5 3 6 4 2 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 32 24 39 29 42 22 20 21 0 0
      Physical sciences 197 159 160 163 168 166 134 128 146 164
      Psychology 17 18 22 20 9 8 6 13 8 14
      Social sciences 41 40 52 39 48 52 42 49 63 59
    Engineering 126 118 110 110 121 136 98 101 141 130
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 13 11
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 35 18 24 29 23 25 13 9 21 23
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 13 11 11 11 12 6 9 16 11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 15 15 11 13 18 22 7 13 8 8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 42 40 38 32 44 47 41 36 39 34
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 14 19 18 18 16 17 5 4 9 11
      Mechanical engineering 10 12 4 6 8 12 14 14 16 15
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 1 4 1 0 1 1 3 15 14
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 3
    Health 56 57 50 44 54 40 22 22 40 49
      Clinical medicine 32 28 27 23 27 26 17 15 16 13
      Other health 24 29 23 21 27 14 5 7 24 36

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 2,885 2,545 2,645 2,673 2,666 3,101 3,013 2,699 3,144 3,194
  Fellowships 86 103 80 112 105 97 109 115 114 164
    Federal 74 101 79 108 101 85 101 106 80 100
    Institutional 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 50
    Nonfederal 10 2 1 4 4 11 8 9 12 14
  Research assistantships 1,135 919 843 824 850 816 553 507 837 896
    Federal 606 498 479 463 513 461 309 307 504 508
    Institutional 415 336 276 271 253 254 203 148 241 268
    Nonfederal 114 85 88 90 84 101 41 52 92 120
  Teaching assistantships 678 625 656 641 630 703 540 521 894 924
    Federal 3 6 3 5 1 4 19 24 16 13
    Institutional 665 616 649 628 622 694 514 492 869 901
    Nonfederal 10 3 4 8 7 5 7 5 9 10
  Other types of support 986 898 1,066 1,096 1,081 1,485 1,811 1,556 1,299 1,210
    Federal 40 26 93 61 46 56 42 37 44 53
    Institutional 484 310 379 359 439 610 457 453 510 498
    Nonfederal 41 26 25 38 52 52 44 31 47 47
    Personal resources 421 536 569 638 544 767 1,268 1,035 698 612

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 404 434 376 261 414 418 465 427 390 413
    Science 331 378 340 236 354 369 412 402 356 336
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 41 33 32 20 1 34 54 22 16 18
      Biological and biomedical sciences 117 146 142 101 181 175 196 146 129 117
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Computer and information sciences 1 2 3 2 4 6 6 13 12 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 25 25 20 15 35 23 20 30 30 30
      Mathematics and statistics 13 22 22 18 26 25 25 21 17 13
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 4 3 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 14 23 19 13 5 17 23 11 0 0
      Physical sciences 67 78 65 42 67 60 55 119 116 123
      Psychology 15 9 8 7 13 12 12 17 9 6
      Social sciences 37 36 26 17 19 15 20 23 19 20
    Engineering 73 56 36 25 60 49 53 25 34 77
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 10
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 5 4 3 5 6 6 4 0 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 7 5 5 10 7 3 5 6 9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 2 2 0 2 2 0 6 1 13
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 27 21 14 10 28 24 32 0 4 11
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 8 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
      Mechanical engineering 10 9 4 2 6 5 4 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 12 5 2 3 9 5 8 0 8 21
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 6
    Health 27 24 15 7 48 43 32 58 61 58
      Clinical medicine 21 19 12 6 16 16 11 43 45 39
      Other health 6 5 3 1 32 27 21 15 16 19

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 259 233 148 157 252 252 289 250 243 235
  Science and engineering 246 228 144 153 225 229 271 227 221 204
    Science 203 196 134 135 188 202 232 212 201 189
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 24 13 13 11 1 19 25 17 9 14
      Biological and biomedical sciences 75 84 51 54 101 95 118 77 76 64
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 1 1 3 5 4 4 6 3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 18 11 9 11 18 15 14 12 12 17
      Mathematics and statistics 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 9 12 10 8 0 11 11 6 0 0
      Physical sciences 46 51 34 34 46 40 37 78 82 77
      Psychology 8 6 5 3 2 2 5 11 5 5
      Social sciences 19 16 9 11 13 11 15 6 7 6
    Engineering 43 32 10 18 37 27 39 15 20 15
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 1 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 7 1 4 5 1 1 2 1 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 16 13 5 9 22 16 28 0 2 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 9 6 1 1 3 4 3 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 1 0 1 5 3 4 0 4 2
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 4
    Health 13 5 4 4 27 23 18 23 22 31
      Clinical medicine 12 3 3 3 9 8 4 18 19 18
      Other health 1 2 1 1 18 15 14 5 3 13

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 1,012,404 955,424 824,340 770,031 760,975 734,270 687,066 622,200 604,464 606,219
    Science 850,288 817,202 709,586 669,218 663,770 639,735 601,938 547,040 529,545 535,963
      Computer and information sciences 15,770 18,319 18,270 16,503 15,084 12,370 13,089 9,674 8,388 7,292
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 42,795 44,173 33,859 32,088 31,148 31,075 28,947 29,723 32,085 33,631
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 9,322 10,888 8,419 7,273 5,223 5,180 6,104 7,129 10,211 3,018
        Geological and earth sciences 29,651 29,232 22,276 21,648 22,911 22,374 19,668 19,643 18,248 19,314
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 2,504 2,755 2,186 2,261 2,390 2,208 2,041 2,198 2,467 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,318 1,298 978 906 624 1,313 1,134 753 1,159 11,299
      Life sciences 541,325 522,916 471,046 447,584 437,147 426,393 399,790 348,497 323,076 289,954
        Agricultural sciences 81,708 66,914 55,219 50,582 50,725 51,474 46,176 44,377 40,457 56,581
        Biological and biomedical sciences 259,704 241,895 218,490 221,774 212,741 200,691 174,310 147,594 146,159 85,807
        Health sciences 184,791 199,768 183,399 162,748 160,542 161,471 167,652 146,236 126,669 137,582
        Natural resources and conservation 15,111 14,324 13,933 12,480 13,136 12,754 11,628 10,278 9,779 0
        Life sciences nec 11 15 5 0 3 3 24 12 12 9,984
      Mathematics and statistics 8,518 7,530 4,105 3,347 3,098 2,449 2,233 2,749 2,656 3,169
      Physical sciences 175,219 173,256 142,519 140,655 149,138 139,315 127,847 126,361 125,247 167,875
        Astronomy and astrophysics 149,959 146,818 123,039 113,367 121,908 113,523 104,785 103,085 103,430 131,350
        Chemistry 12,891 13,846 9,869 15,246 14,511 13,060 13,525 13,025 12,206 12,932
        Materials science 5,150 4,100 3,663 2,918 3,434 3,707 3,332 3,127 3,076 0
        Physics 7,219 8,431 5,890 9,072 9,230 8,970 6,151 7,069 6,482 23,593
        Physical sciences nec 0 61 58 52 55 55 54 55 53 0
      Psychology 11,604 10,219 6,573 4,255 2,900 2,670 2,628 2,561 2,424 4,394
      Social sciences 40,113 27,542 22,491 18,628 17,689 19,450 19,835 20,086 22,458 22,698
        Anthropology 6,469 4,346 3,965 3,482 3,443 3,926 3,715 1,748 2,203 0
        Economics 5,676 4,008 3,345 2,779 2,257 2,422 2,510 2,148 1,684 6,675
        Political science and government 2,380 1,118 779 601 503 866 1,108 5 2 2,746
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 6,988 5,535 4,859 4,125 3,904 4,722 4,080 5,022 6,060 7,330
        Social sciences nec 18,600 12,535 9,543 7,641 7,582 7,514 8,422 11,163 12,509 5,947
      Sciences nec 14,944 13,247 10,723 6,158 7,566 6,013 7,569 7,389 13,211 6,950
    Engineering 121,989 103,771 84,682 72,158 79,463 75,555 70,100 62,925 62,867 56,911
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3,372 3,375 2,561 1,623 1,601 1,880 1,562 1,489 1,568 1,743
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,675 11,669 8,817 8,351 8,552 6,922 6,627 5,214 5,449 4,506
      Chemical engineering 8,134 6,213 5,579 5,642 5,811 4,347 4,378 3,699 3,453 5,828
      Civil engineering 6,864 5,774 2,386 1,578 2,914 3,558 4,854 4,040 3,873 1,815
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 58,925 48,129 43,553 34,712 39,690 41,402 37,242 35,565 36,388 16,194
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 8,064 6,558 4,463 4,100 4,178 3,572 3,073 2,490 2,068 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,050 4,071 4,268 3,858 5,097 3,836 3,926 3,278 2,708 14,197
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 11,956 10,373 7,398 8,397 7,902 6,139 5,229 3,972 4,319 4,510
      Engineering nec 8,949 7,609 5,657 3,897 3,718 3,899 3,209 3,178 3,041 8,118
    Non-S&E 40,127 34,451 30,072 28,655 17,742 18,980 15,028 12,235 12,052 13,345
      Business management and business administration 12,390 10,608 9,269 7,943 2,633 4,760 3,153 2,534 2,518 435
      Communication and communications technologies 1,251 557 190 123 71 265 384 181 250 901
      Education 6,461 7,794 6,009 5,944 2,823 3,691 5,074 5,510 5,213 6,083
      Humanities 9,425 4,539 4,904 4,603 4,499 1,014 4,763 1,561 1,780 3,299
      Law 3,698 3,647 3,505 3,529 890 1,129 61 783 481 1,260
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 4,487 5,012 4,575 5,041 5,690 6,738 788 992 1,082 1,367
      Non-S&E nec 2,415 2,294 1,620 1,472 1,136 1,383 805 674 728 0

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

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

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2024
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 1,012,404 471,394 48,878 301,676 25,270 30,945 134,241
    Science 850,288 402,877 37,009 237,274 20,423 28,101 124,604
      Computer and information sciences 15,770 6,857 3,861 4,985 16 0 51
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 42,795 18,356 3,700 13,739 655 211 6,134
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 9,322 3,560 1,603 3,447 21 0 691
        Geological and earth sciences 29,651 13,358 1,893 9,151 586 178 4,485
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 2,504 1,056 27 545 46 33 797
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,318 382 177 596 2 0 161
      Life sciences 541,325 269,198 15,669 140,043 18,743 11,405 86,267
        Agricultural sciences 81,708 36,236 1,403 31,521 1,268 862 10,418
        Biological and biomedical sciences 259,704 144,255 10,065 58,284 6,193 5,936 34,971
        Health sciences 184,791 81,028 3,509 44,488 11,244 4,266 40,256
        Natural resources and conservation 15,111 7,679 692 5,746 31 341 622
        Life sciences nec 11 0 0 4 7 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8,518 3,082 55 5,168 30 50 133
      Physical sciences 175,219 82,346 5,747 44,218 798 15,093 27,017
        Astronomy and astrophysics 149,959 65,441 5,285 39,937 305 13,789 25,202
        Chemistry 12,891 8,350 283 2,704 158 120 1,276
        Materials science 5,150 2,960 133 1,240 224 95 498
        Physics 7,219 5,595 46 337 111 1,089 41
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 11,604 10,189 62 703 83 256 311
      Social sciences 40,113 10,468 2,600 21,920 14 1,065 4,046
        Anthropology 6,469 3,032 71 2,404 0 163 799
        Economics 5,676 212 1,310 3,309 0 23 822
        Political science and government 2,380 340 20 1,880 0 1 139
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 6,988 1,396 413 4,062 0 126 991
        Social sciences nec 18,600 5,488 786 10,265 14 752 1,295
      Sciences nec 14,944 2,381 5,315 6,498 84 21 645
    Engineering 121,989 63,611 11,257 33,047 4,471 1,687 7,916
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3,372 2,193 158 843 125 0 53
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,675 5,012 661 5,202 101 48 651
      Chemical engineering 8,134 5,619 1,117 1,190 26 12 170
      Civil engineering 6,864 604 3,725 1,814 448 124 149
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 58,925 32,049 2,298 14,939 2,674 895 6,070
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 8,064 5,665 861 1,446 11 5 76
      Mechanical engineering 4,050 2,633 189 1,012 150 2 64
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 11,956 5,012 1,766 3,220 761 601 596
      Engineering nec 8,949 4,824 482 3,381 175 0 87
    Non-S&E 40,127 4,906 612 31,355 376 1,157 1,721
      Business management and business administration 12,390 101 134 11,384 171 42 558
      Communication and communications technologies 1,251 0 0 988 0 252 11
      Education 6,461 3,369 64 2,014 0 650 364
      Humanities 9,425 135 0 8,739 205 15 331
      Law 3,698 326 0 3,366 0 0 6
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 4,487 11 162 3,916 0 3 395
      Non-S&E nec 2,415 964 252 948 0 195 56

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 471,394 434,700 374,936 353,117 328,807 327,025 291,767 273,567 262,989 269,959
  DOD 43,955 35,142 34,437 30,845 29,232 31,083 25,019 22,576 20,650 22,981
  DOE 14,283 10,952 10,616 10,312 9,821 8,641 11,677 13,996 10,170 12,628
  HHS 228,325 219,085 187,114 176,003 148,731 145,350 126,057 107,667 96,847 95,483
  NASA 65,513 70,176 60,760 57,082 60,541 55,641 48,207 43,312 49,315 52,406
  NSF 59,424 57,350 51,132 48,592 48,163 54,281 52,806 56,301 54,999 56,864
  USDA 17,105 17,750 15,395 14,356 15,712 16,066 11,363 11,496 11,009 9,666
  Other 42,789 24,245 15,482 15,927 16,607 15,963 16,638 18,219 19,999 19,931

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 8,681 1,539 7,142 .
2018 8,412 1,475 6,937 .

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 2,080 2,041 1,932 2,013 2,045
    Agricultural sciences 303 328 308 334 341
    Biological and biomedical sciences 381 384 335 332 333
    Computer and information sciences 19 18 19 17 19
    Engineering 292 231 204 199 201
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 322 295 302 346 332
    Health sciences 171 169 151 168 175
    Mathematics and statistics 8 8 8 7 7
    Natural resources and conservation 52 50 40 46 69
    Physical sciences 424 439 446 443 447
    Psychology 16 16 14 14 13
    Social sciences 37 36 34 33 37
    Other 55 68 70 74 72

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 159,000 72,003 94,955 16,400 1,147
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 2,185 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 508 0 0 0
    Engineering 9,000 4,000 18,264 0 1,147
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 10,600 0 0
    Health sciences 150,000 9,272 29,734 16,400 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 50,529 36,357 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 5,509 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 145,360 21,272 27,809 31,783 27,597
    Agricultural sciences 96,455 0 3,619 316 620
    Biological and biomedical sciences 690 3,182 1,200 3,483 3,583
    Computer and information sciences 0 2,270 250 700 250
    Engineering 19,230 2,946 1,466 2,050 1,342
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,128 4,169 1,586 2,350 2,149
    Health sciences 24,300 2,032 1,017 21,897 15,400
    Mathematics and statistics 0 450 0 260 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 500
    Physical sciences 500 4,045 18,053 728 3,753
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 617 0 0
    Other 3,058 2,177 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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