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
2025 42 91.2 460
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 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: 2025–16
Fields 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
All fields 405 432 445 374 380 473 406 389 401 436
  Science and engineering 318 341 355 286 301 368 326 291 311 333
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 19 8 16 12 16 14 18 10 12 15
      Agricultural sciences 9 3 5 6 3 7 5 6 3 5
      Natural resources and conservation 10 5 11 6 13 7 13 4 9 10
    Biological and biomedical sciences 59 67 64 41 52 60 55 45 53 51
      Biochemistry and biophysics 5 6 8 5 7 3 3 4 6 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 3 1 . 1 1 1 . . 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 2 2 2 1 6 3 3 1 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . 1 1 1 . 1 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 5 10 6 7 14 5 9 11 12
      Genetics and genomics 3 4 . 3 1 1 1 2 2 .
      Microbiology and immunology 3 5 2 2 2 2 6 4 4 2
      Molecular biology 5 8 7 3 6 3 6 2 6 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 11 4 4 5 3 6 9 2 4 2
      Pharmacology and toxicology 8 8 11 6 . 12 6 4 5 4
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 10 15 14 5 16 6 11 9 8 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 7 5 4 7 5 3 6 5 5
    Computer and information sciences 5 10 14 10 8 7 4 4 2 10
      Computer science 1 9 9 8 5 5 2 3 . 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 1 5 2 3 2 2 1 2 2
    Engineering 48 50 60 44 49 64 50 47 46 67
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 3 6 1 1 . 2 2 2 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7 11 13 9 4 4 5 5 6 7
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 4 3 5 5 2 10 6 7 4 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 5 10 5 6 13 8 4 10 9
      Electrical and computer engineering 12 13 8 10 18 19 16 11 11 13
      Industrial engineering and operations research 7 9 7 8 4 4 5 3 3 10
      Materials and mining engineering 1 2 4 1 3 2 1 3 3 8
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 5 2 3 5 3 4 2 6
      Engineering, other 3 1 2 3 8 7 4 8 5 11
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 22 20 21 18 13 19 24 23 19 15
      Geological sciences 8 10 6 3 6 11 12 14 11 8
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 14 10 15 15 7 8 12 9 8 7
    Health sciences 20 24 26 28 27 35 26 23 27 26
      Nursing science 8 5 10 9 14 16 15 11 12 13
      Pharmaceutical sciences 1 5 3 6 3 7 5 6 8 6
      Public health 8 7 3 3 9 7 2 2 3 2
      Health sciences, other 3 7 10 10 1 5 4 4 4 5
    Mathematics and statistics 17 21 14 11 11 16 16 17 17 9
      Applied mathematics 6 8 6 8 5 6 6 8 6 5
      Mathematics 1 . 1 . . 1 4 2 3 3
      Statistics 3 4 3 . 3 2 . 3 4 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 7 9 4 3 3 7 6 4 4 1
    Physical sciences 53 69 77 50 55 58 47 53 56 65
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 16 12 7 14 17 10 10 9 9
      Chemistry 17 16 23 12 10 13 17 19 15 17
      Physics 29 37 42 31 31 28 20 24 32 39
    Psychology 24 16 16 19 20 12 20 17 21 21
      Clinical psychology 6 3 4 7 6 5 6 7 6 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 3 1 3 4 1 4 1 5 5
      Research and experimental psychology 7 4 8 5 3 4 5 6 8 2
      Psychology, other 9 6 3 4 7 2 5 3 2 8
    Social sciences 51 56 47 53 50 83 66 52 58 54
      Anthropology 5 7 4 4 9 11 6 3 11 15
      Economics 7 3 7 12 5 12 7 6 10 7
      Political science and government 1 4 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 4
      Public policy analysis . . . 2 . 1 1 1 . 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 5 6 7 4 5 14 11 3 3 5
      Social sciences, other 33 36 26 30 28 42 40 38 33 22
  Non-science and engineering 87 91 90 88 79 105 80 98 90 103
    Business 10 15 9 10 10 21 12 10 11 11
      Business 10 15 9 10 10 21 12 10 11 11
    Education 48 36 43 47 38 45 31 37 42 54
      Education leadership and administration 6 1 6 5 4 5 . 3 5 2
      Education research 23 19 18 22 23 19 14 10 22 21
      Teacher education and teaching fields 16 13 17 16 10 19 15 21 14 27
      Education, other 3 3 2 4 1 2 2 3 1 4
    Humanities and arts 26 33 33 23 24 38 34 43 31 32
      Letters 5 14 11 11 5 14 9 15 6 10
      Foreign languages and literature 5 9 3 2 5 9 8 11 7 5
      History 3 4 5 3 7 7 10 5 9 10
      Philosophy and religious studies 10 2 10 6 3 6 5 9 2 3
      Music and performing arts . . 2 . 1 1 1 2 . 1
      Humanities and arts, other 3 4 2 1 3 1 1 1 7 3
    Other non-science and engineering 3 7 5 8 7 1 3 8 6 6
      Communication 3 6 3 6 3 1 1 7 4 3
      Public administration and social services . . 1 1 1 . 1 . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . 1 1 1 3 . 1 1 2 3

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   0
    Hispanic or Latino   386   345   354   389   341   323   182   181   250   248   0
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,269   1,168   1,258   1,359   1,440   1,671   1,769   1,566   1,781   1,846   0
      American Indian or Alaska Native   43   47   46   42   51   71   14   14   38   49   0
      Asian   122   106   110   122   118   137   110   99   125   131   0
      Black or African American   55   51   55   51   59   62   52   53   71   66   0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   2   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   4   4   0
      White   962   876   968   1,057   1,119   1,320   1,303   1,158   1,371   1,428   0
      More than one race   85   86   78   86   93   81   290   239   172   168   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   82   86   88   92   119   150   74   69   71   97   0
  Temporary visa holders   1,148   946   945   833   766   957   988   883   1,042   1,003   0
  Science and engineering   2,556   2,218   2,319   2,321   2,271   2,605   2,627   2,341   2,729   2,769   0
    Science   2,159   1,818   1,903   1,899   1,864   2,106   2,142   1,848   2,189   2,260   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   24   26   26   31   23   27   22   21   47   61   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   451   401   402   422   402   408   384   352   292   314   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   21   21   0
      Computer and information sciences   335   217   247   181   156   185   151   133   253   218   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   15   23   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   67   55   43   54   51   70   121   62   213   208   0
      Mathematics and statistics   79   77   75   85   78   77   155   92   117   105   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   20   28   23   20   25   28   20   7   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   98   76   102   102   108   115   103   74   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   546   447   452   467   469   510   513   490   502   519   0
      Psychology   135   112   101   112   104   131   114   113   156   162   0
      Social sciences   404   379   432   425   448   555   559   504   548   607   0
    Engineering   397   400   416   422   407   499   485   493   540   509   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   33   31   29   27   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   76   77   80   81   82   84   55   29   25   31   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   24   29   28   35   33   36   36   38   71   68   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   50   46   44   44   44   54   46   45   37   35   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   133   119   134   131   120   159   155   178   176   165   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   44   46   66   73   51   62   60   56   59   52   0
      Mechanical engineering   31   42   30   31   43   53   43   48   36   35   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   25   21   16   12   14   25   17   15   53   51   0
      Other engineering   14   20   18   15   20   26   40   53   54   45   0
    Health   329   327   326   352   395   496   386   358   415   425   0
      Clinical medicine   197   194   213   228   217   347   250   227   249   237   0
      Other health   132   133   113   124   178   149   136   131   166   188   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

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

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   723   631   654   637   661   606   471   474   644   674   0
  Science and engineering   667   574   604   593   607   566   449   452   604   625   0
    Science   541   456   494   483   486   430   351   351   463   495   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   7   4   8   6   3   6   4   5   13   12   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   146   131   133   137   129   106   78   95   95   110   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0
      Computer and information sciences   46   27   39   37   44   30   24   9   37   50   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   26   30   19   24   20   23   24   16   71   67   0
      Mathematics and statistics   28   18   17   23   20   11   15   13   17   14   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   5   5   5   3   6   4   2   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   32   24   39   29   42   22   20   21   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   197   159   160   163   168   166   134   128   146   164   0
      Psychology   17   18   22   20   9   8   6   13   8   14   0
      Social sciences   41   40   52   39   48   52   42   49   63   59   0
    Engineering   126   118   110   110   121   136   98   101   141   130   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   10   13   11   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   35   18   24   29   23   25   13   9   21   23   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   9   13   11   11   11   12   6   9   16   11   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   15   15   11   13   18   22   7   13   8   8   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   42   40   38   32   44   47   41   36   39   34   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   14   19   18   18   16   17   5   4   9   11   0
      Mechanical engineering   10   12   4   6   8   12   14   14   16   15   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   1   4   1   0   1   1   3   15   14   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4   3   0
    Health   56   57   50   44   54   40   22   22   40   49   0
      Clinical medicine   32   28   27   23   27   26   17   15   16   13   0
      Other health   24   29   23   21   27   14   5   7   24   36   0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   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   0
    Science   331   378   340   236   354   369   412   402   356   336   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   41   33   32   20   1   34   54   22   16   18   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   117   146   142   101   181   175   196   146   129   117   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Computer and information sciences   1   2   3   2   4   6   6   13   12   6   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   1   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   25   25   20   15   35   23   20   30   30   30   0
      Mathematics and statistics   13   22   22   18   26   25   25   21   17   13   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   4   3   1   3   2   1   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   14   23   19   13   5   17   23   11   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   67   78   65   42   67   60   55   119   116   123   0
      Psychology   15   9   8   7   13   12   12   17   9   6   0
      Social sciences   37   36   26   17   19   15   20   23   19   20   0
    Engineering   73   56   36   25   60   49   53   25   34   77   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   8   10   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   3   5   4   3   5   6   6   4   0   2   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   8   7   5   5   10   7   3   5   6   9   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   5   2   2   0   2   2   0   6   1   13   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   27   21   14   10   28   24   32   0   4   11   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   8   7   5   2   0   0   0   0   0   5   0
      Mechanical engineering   10   9   4   2   6   5   4   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   12   5   2   3   9   5   8   0   8   21   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   7   6   0
    Health   27   24   15   7   48   43   32   58   61   58   0
      Clinical medicine   21   19   12   6   16   16   11   43   45   39   0
      Other health   6   5   3   1   32   27   21   15   16   19   0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   259   233   148   157   252   252   289   250   243   235   0
  Science and engineering   246   228   144   153   225   229   271   227   221   204   0
    Science   203   196   134   135   188   202   232   212   201   189   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   24   13   13   11   1   19   25   17   9   14   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   75   84   51   54   101   95   118   77   76   64   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   1   1   1   3   5   4   4   6   3   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   18   11   9   11   18   15   14   12   12   17   0
      Mathematics and statistics   4   2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   2   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   2   2   1   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   9   12   10   8   0   11   11   6   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   46   51   34   34   46   40   37   78   82   77   0
      Psychology   8   6   5   3   2   2   5   11   5   5   0
      Social sciences   19   16   9   11   13   11   15   6   7   6   0
    Engineering   43   32   10   18   37   27   39   15   20   15   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   6   2   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   2   2   2   2   1   3   3   1   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   4   7   1   4   5   1   1   2   1   2   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   4   1   1   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   16   13   5   9   22   16   28   0   2   4   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   5   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   9   6   1   1   3   4   3   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   6   1   0   1   5   3   4   0   4   2   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   6   4   0
    Health   13   5   4   4   27   23   18   23   22   31   0
      Clinical medicine   12   3   3   3   9   8   4   18   19   18   0
      Other health   1   2   1   1   18   15   14   5   3   13   0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   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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