U. Arizona

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 36 92.4 459 70 89.9 679 36 94.2 602 36 96.2 914
2022 46 90.2 457 62 91.1 680 37 96 900
2021 40 91.3 447 52 92.7 691 36 94 583 36 96.2 908
2020 29 93.8 450 46 93.6 698 35 96.3 916
2019 38 91.8 447 44 93.9 697 36 94.1 589 34 96.4 914
2018 43 90.3 428 44 93.9 700 35 96.3 911
2017 39 91.1 425 48 93.2 684 33 94.5 575 38 95.9 898
2016 35 92.2 430 41 94.3 697 38 95.9 896
2015 28 93.7 426 40 94.4 693 29 95.1 570 33 96.5 898
2014 34 92.2 422 39 94.5 688 33 96.4 889
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 445 374 380 473 406 389 401 436 470 433
  Science and engineering 355 286 301 368 326 291 311 333 348 323
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 16 12 16 14 18 10 12 15 11 23
      Agricultural sciences 5 6 3 7 5 6 3 5 3 8
      Natural resources and conservation 11 6 13 7 13 4 9 10 8 15
    Biological and biomedical sciences 64 41 52 60 55 45 53 51 53 61
      Biochemistry and biophysics 8 5 7 3 3 4 6 7 4 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 . 1 1 1 . . 1 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 2 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 1 1 1 . 1 2 2 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 10 6 7 14 5 9 11 12 6 7
      Genetics and genomics . 3 1 1 1 2 2 . 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology 2 2 2 2 6 4 4 2 4 3
      Molecular biology 7 3 6 3 6 2 6 5 5 6
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 5 3 6 9 2 4 2 4 3
      Pharmacology and toxicology 11 6 . 12 6 4 5 4 12 15
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 14 5 16 6 11 9 8 10 10 12
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 5 4 7 5 3 6 5 5 4 5
    Computer and information sciences 14 10 8 7 4 4 2 10 8 5
      Computer science 9 8 5 5 2 3 . 8 8 3
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 . 2
    Engineering 60 44 49 64 50 47 46 67 67 57
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6 1 1 . 2 2 2 . . 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 13 9 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 5
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 5 5 2 10 6 7 4 3 2 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 5 6 13 8 4 10 9 14 13
      Electrical and computer engineering 8 10 18 19 16 11 11 13 15 12
      Industrial engineering and operations research 7 8 4 4 5 3 3 10 6 5
      Materials and mining engineering 4 1 3 2 1 3 3 8 5 2
      Mechanical engineering 5 2 3 5 3 4 2 6 12 6
      Engineering, other 2 3 8 7 4 8 5 11 6 6
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 21 18 13 19 24 23 19 15 22 16
      Geological sciences 6 3 6 11 12 14 11 8 11 10
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 15 15 7 8 12 9 8 7 11 6
    Health sciences 26 28 27 35 26 23 27 26 22 17
      Nursing science 10 9 14 16 15 11 12 13 6 10
      Pharmaceutical sciences 3 6 3 7 5 6 8 6 10 4
      Public health 3 3 9 7 2 2 3 2 3 1
      Health sciences, other 10 10 1 5 4 4 4 5 3 2
    Mathematics and statistics 14 11 11 16 16 17 17 9 14 17
      Applied mathematics 6 8 5 6 6 8 6 5 4 12
      Mathematics 1 . . 1 4 2 3 3 7 2
      Statistics 3 . 3 2 . 3 4 . 1 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 3 3 7 6 4 4 1 2 2
    Physical sciences 77 50 55 58 47 53 56 65 67 53
      Astronomy and astrophysics 12 7 14 17 10 10 9 9 11 7
      Chemistry 23 12 10 13 17 19 15 17 23 20
      Physics 42 31 31 28 20 24 32 39 33 26
    Psychology 16 19 20 12 20 17 21 21 20 12
      Clinical psychology 4 7 6 5 6 7 6 6 2 5
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 3 4 1 4 1 5 5 6 .
      Research and experimental psychology 8 5 3 4 5 6 8 2 6 5
      Psychology, other 3 4 7 2 5 3 2 8 6 2
    Social sciences 47 53 50 83 66 52 58 54 64 62
      Anthropology 4 4 9 11 6 3 11 15 16 10
      Economics 7 12 5 12 7 6 10 7 11 10
      Political science and government 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 1
      Public policy analysis . 2 . 1 1 1 . 1 . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 7 4 5 14 11 3 3 5 6 7
      Social sciences, other 26 30 28 42 40 38 33 22 28 34
  Non-science and engineering 90 88 79 105 80 98 90 103 122 110
    Business 9 10 10 21 12 10 11 11 20 14
      Business 9 10 10 21 12 10 11 11 20 14
    Education 43 47 38 45 31 37 42 54 48 43
      Education leadership and administration 6 5 4 5 . 3 5 2 4 .
      Education research 18 22 23 19 14 10 22 21 17 23
      Teacher education and teaching fields 17 16 10 19 15 21 14 27 22 17
      Education, other 2 4 1 2 2 3 1 4 5 3
    Humanities and arts 33 23 24 38 34 43 31 32 51 45
      Letters 11 11 5 14 9 15 6 10 13 20
      Foreign languages and literature 3 2 5 9 8 11 7 5 8 7
      History 5 3 7 7 10 5 9 10 15 9
      Philosophy and religious studies 10 6 3 6 5 9 2 3 3 4
      Music and performing arts 2 . 1 1 1 2 . 1 1 2
      Humanities and arts, other 2 1 3 1 1 1 7 3 11 3
    Other non-science and engineering 5 8 7 1 3 8 6 6 3 8
      Communication 3 6 3 1 1 7 4 3 1 5
      Public administration and social services 1 1 1 . 1 . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 1 3 . 1 1 2 3 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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 1,282 1,356 1,347 1,342 1,610 1,655 1,496 1,741 1,749 1,788
    Female 1,263 1,289 1,326 1,324 1,491 1,358 1,203 1,403 1,445 1,436
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,599 1,700 1,840 1,900 2,144 2,025 1,816 2,102 2,191 2,218
    Hispanic or Latino 345 354 389 341 323 182 181 250 248 238
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,168 1,258 1,359 1,440 1,671 1,769 1,566 1,781 1,846 1,886
      American Indian or Alaska Native 47 46 42 51 71 14 14 38 49 36
      Asian 106 110 122 118 137 110 99 125 131 124
      Black or African American 51 55 51 59 62 52 53 71 66 64
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 4 4 5
      White 876 968 1,057 1,119 1,320 1,303 1,158 1,371 1,428 1,483
      More than one race 86 78 86 93 81 290 239 172 168 174
    Unknown ethnicity and race 86 88 92 119 150 74 69 71 97 94
  Temporary visa holders 946 945 833 766 957 988 883 1,042 1,003 1,006
  Science and engineering 2,218 2,319 2,321 2,271 2,605 2,627 2,341 2,729 2,769 2,860
    Science 1,818 1,903 1,899 1,864 2,106 2,142 1,848 2,189 2,260 2,298
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 26 26 31 23 27 22 21 47 61 51
      Biological and biomedical sciences 401 402 422 402 408 384 352 292 314 336
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 22 24
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 25
      Computer and information sciences 217 247 181 156 185 151 133 253 218 208
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 23 26
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 55 43 54 51 70 121 62 213 208 202
      Mathematics and statistics 77 75 85 78 77 155 92 117 105 116
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 28 23 20 25 28 20 7 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 76 102 102 108 115 103 74 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 447 452 467 469 510 513 490 502 519 545
      Psychology 112 101 112 104 131 114 113 156 162 150
      Social sciences 379 432 425 448 555 559 504 548 607 615
    Engineering 400 416 422 407 499 485 493 540 509 562
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 33 31 29 27 19
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 77 80 81 82 84 55 29 25 31 38
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 29 28 35 33 36 36 38 71 68 78
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 46 44 44 44 54 46 45 37 35 31
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 119 134 131 120 159 155 178 176 165 199
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 46 66 73 51 62 60 56 59 52 65
      Mechanical engineering 42 30 31 43 53 43 48 36 35 36
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 21 16 12 14 25 17 15 53 51 51
      Other engineering 20 18 15 20 26 40 53 54 45 45
    Health 327 326 352 395 496 386 358 415 425 364
      Clinical medicine 194 213 228 217 347 250 227 249 237 191
      Other health 133 113 124 178 149 136 131 166 188 173

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

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

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 863 822 902 814 649 812 661 538 460 474
    Female 679 716 761 652 418 616 523 413 294 296
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,331 1,362 1,504 1,311 964 1,256 1,063 876 691 633
    Hispanic or Latino 256 284 308 294 166 169 138 122 93 82
    Not Hispanic or Latino 874 941 1,018 906 716 1,004 845 715 559 511
      American Indian or Alaska Native 28 26 32 20 16 10 10 18 11 13
      Asian 92 108 94 83 56 79 73 61 44 38
      Black or African American 51 52 57 52 54 67 57 41 33 26
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 3 2
      White 651 702 771 704 554 687 588 531 416 384
      More than one race 50 53 63 46 33 158 117 64 52 48
    Unknown ethnicity and race 201 137 178 111 82 83 80 39 39 40
  Temporary visa holders 211 176 159 155 103 172 121 75 63 137
  Science and engineering 1,326 1,299 1,389 1,204 891 1,105 866 718 625 677
    Science 1,073 965 1,009 827 594 715 596 487 430 499
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 4 4 2 4 0 0 1 9 2 9
      Biological and biomedical sciences 129 142 142 79 37 68 62 62 50 37
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Computer and information sciences 263 111 136 129 118 161 133 66 76 131
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 13 23 19 14 3 19 13 47 23 47
      Mathematics and statistics 28 25 17 16 19 24 12 11 11 8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 28 40 38 38 29 16 1 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 60 46 40 23 9 30 21 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 232 248 235 188 148 145 113 79 75 78
      Psychology 45 43 31 39 19 30 27 39 29 15
      Social sciences 271 283 349 297 212 222 213 171 158 168
    Engineering 253 334 380 377 297 390 270 231 195 178
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 6 5 10
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 20 25 22 20 7 13 5 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 4 2 1 1 5 6 6 8 7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 7 6 5 0 7 12 6 8 16
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 117 164 212 220 196 197 151 116 96 68
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 61 61 68 69 46 59 52 56 45 31
      Mechanical engineering 15 22 16 15 13 11 11 13 9 11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 3 6 8 9 0 5 6 16 11 22
      Other engineering 29 45 46 38 34 83 18 12 13 13
    Health 216 239 274 262 176 323 318 233 129 93
      Clinical medicine 200 221 257 247 168 294 283 206 104 66
      Other health 16 18 17 15 8 29 35 27 25 27

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 631 654 637 661 606 471 474 644 674 778 0
  Science and engineering 574 604 593 607 566 449 452 604 625 716 0
    Science 456 494 483 486 430 351 351 463 495 544 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 4 8 6 3 6 4 5 13 12 14 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 131 133 137 129 106 78 95 95 110 114 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 2 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 27 39 37 44 30 24 9 37 50 52 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 30 19 24 20 23 24 16 71 67 74 0
      Mathematics and statistics 18 17 23 20 11 15 13 17 14 23 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 5 5 3 6 4 2 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 24 39 29 42 22 20 21 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 159 160 163 168 166 134 128 146 164 176 0
      Psychology 18 22 20 9 8 6 13 8 14 16 0
      Social sciences 40 52 39 48 52 42 49 63 59 70 0
    Engineering 118 110 110 121 136 98 101 141 130 172 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 13 11 10 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 18 24 29 23 25 13 9 21 23 27 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 13 11 11 11 12 6 9 16 11 25 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 15 11 13 18 22 7 13 8 8 5 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 40 38 32 44 47 41 36 39 34 46 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 19 18 18 16 17 5 4 9 11 22 0
      Mechanical engineering 12 4 6 8 12 14 14 16 15 21 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 4 1 0 1 1 3 15 14 13 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 3 3 0
    Health 57 50 44 54 40 22 22 40 49 62 0
      Clinical medicine 28 27 23 27 26 17 15 16 13 13 0
      Other health 29 23 21 27 14 5 7 24 36 49 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: 2023–14
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 2,545 2,645 2,673 2,666 3,101 3,013 2,699 3,144 3,194 3,224
  Fellowships 103 80 112 105 97 109 115 114 164 216
    Federal 101 79 108 101 85 101 106 80 100 132
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 50 55
    Nonfederal 2 1 4 4 11 8 9 12 14 29
  Research assistantships 919 843 824 850 816 553 507 837 896 922
    Federal 498 479 463 513 461 309 307 504 508 580
    Institutional 336 276 271 253 254 203 148 241 268 242
    Nonfederal 85 88 90 84 101 41 52 92 120 100
  Teaching assistantships 625 656 641 630 703 540 521 894 924 870
    Federal 6 3 5 1 4 19 24 16 13 12
    Institutional 616 649 628 622 694 514 492 869 901 851
    Nonfederal 3 4 8 7 5 7 5 9 10 7
  Other types of support 898 1,066 1,096 1,081 1,485 1,811 1,556 1,299 1,210 1,216
    Federal 26 93 61 46 56 42 37 44 53 54
    Institutional 310 379 359 439 610 457 453 510 498 494
    Nonfederal 26 25 38 52 52 44 31 47 47 36
    Personal resources 536 569 638 544 767 1,268 1,035 698 612 632

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

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

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering 496 416 285 484 475 465 427 390 413 377
    Science 431 376 258 407 419 412 402 356 336 346
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 37 34 23 1 38 54 22 16 18 15
      Biological and biomedical sciences 166 162 113 209 211 196 146 129 117 109
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Computer and information sciences 2 3 3 5 8 6 13 12 6 9
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 25 20 17 46 23 20 30 30 30 35
      Mathematics and statistics 23 23 19 30 30 25 21 17 13 15
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 3 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 25 20 13 7 18 23 11 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 94 75 45 73 62 55 119 116 123 129
      Psychology 13 10 7 14 13 12 17 9 6 4
      Social sciences 41 26 17 18 14 20 23 19 20 21
    Engineering 65 40 27 77 56 53 25 34 77 31
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 10 5
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 4 3 8 8 6 4 0 2 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 5 5 16 8 3 5 6 9 9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 3 0 4 4 0 6 1 13 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 23 16 10 27 26 32 0 4 11 5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 8 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
      Mechanical engineering 9 4 3 8 5 4 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 7 2 3 14 5 8 0 8 21 4
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 6 3
    Health 30 18 9 67 50 32 58 61 58 74
      Clinical medicine 22 14 7 20 20 11 43 45 39 59
      Other health 8 4 2 47 30 21 15 16 19 15

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

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

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 233 148 157 252 252 289 250 243 235 236
  Science and engineering 228 144 153 225 229 271 227 221 204 207
    Science 196 134 135 188 202 232 212 201 189 193
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 13 13 11 1 19 25 17 9 14 9
      Biological and biomedical sciences 84 51 54 101 95 118 77 76 64 61
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 1 3 5 4 4 6 3 7
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 9 11 18 15 14 12 12 17 17
      Mathematics and statistics 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 12 10 8 0 11 11 6 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 51 34 34 46 40 37 78 82 77 84
      Psychology 6 5 3 2 2 5 11 5 5 0
      Social sciences 16 9 11 13 11 15 6 7 6 8
    Engineering 32 10 18 37 27 39 15 20 15 14
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 2 3
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 2 2 1 3 3 1 0 0 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 1 4 5 1 1 2 1 2 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 13 5 9 22 16 28 0 2 4 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 6 1 1 3 4 3 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 0 1 5 3 4 0 4 2 2
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 4 1
    Health 5 4 4 27 23 18 23 22 31 29
      Clinical medicine 3 3 3 9 8 4 18 19 18 22
      Other health 2 1 1 18 15 14 5 3 13 7

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

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

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 955,424 824,340 770,031 760,975 734,270 687,066 622,200 604,464 606,219 588,088
    Science 817,202 709,586 669,218 663,770 639,735 601,938 547,040 529,545 535,963 521,306
      Computer and information sciences 18,319 18,270 16,503 15,084 12,370 13,089 9,674 8,388 7,292 8,587
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 44,173 33,859 32,088 31,148 31,075 28,947 29,723 32,085 33,631 30,922
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 10,888 8,419 7,273 5,223 5,180 6,104 7,129 10,211 3,018 2,773
        Geological and earth sciences 29,232 22,276 21,648 22,911 22,374 19,668 19,643 18,248 19,314 18,593
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 2,755 2,186 2,261 2,390 2,208 2,041 2,198 2,467 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,298 978 906 624 1,313 1,134 753 1,159 11,299 9,556
      Life sciences 522,916 471,046 447,584 437,147 426,393 399,790 348,497 323,076 289,954 277,225
        Agricultural sciences 66,914 55,219 50,582 50,725 51,474 46,176 44,377 40,457 56,581 56,211
        Biological and biomedical sciences 241,895 218,490 221,774 212,741 200,691 174,310 147,594 146,159 85,807 86,357
        Health sciences 199,768 183,399 162,748 160,542 161,471 167,652 146,236 126,669 137,582 124,734
        Natural resources and conservation 14,324 13,933 12,480 13,136 12,754 11,628 10,278 9,779 0 0
        Life sciences nec 15 5 0 3 3 24 12 12 9,984 9,923
      Mathematics and statistics 7,530 4,105 3,347 3,098 2,449 2,233 2,749 2,656 3,169 4,124
      Physical sciences 173,256 142,519 140,655 149,138 139,315 127,847 126,361 125,247 167,875 164,784
        Astronomy and astrophysics 146,818 123,039 113,367 121,908 113,523 104,785 103,085 103,430 131,350 124,647
        Chemistry 13,846 9,869 15,246 14,511 13,060 13,525 13,025 12,206 12,932 15,195
        Materials science 4,100 3,663 2,918 3,434 3,707 3,332 3,127 3,076 0 0
        Physics 8,431 5,890 9,072 9,230 8,970 6,151 7,069 6,482 23,593 24,942
        Physical sciences nec 61 58 52 55 55 54 55 53 0 0
      Psychology 10,219 6,573 4,255 2,900 2,670 2,628 2,561 2,424 4,394 4,602
      Social sciences 27,542 22,491 18,628 17,689 19,450 19,835 20,086 22,458 22,698 22,303
        Anthropology 4,346 3,965 3,482 3,443 3,926 3,715 1,748 2,203 0 0
        Economics 4,008 3,345 2,779 2,257 2,422 2,510 2,148 1,684 6,675 6,646
        Political science and government 1,118 779 601 503 866 1,108 5 2 2,746 2,287
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 5,535 4,859 4,125 3,904 4,722 4,080 5,022 6,060 7,330 6,975
        Social sciences nec 12,535 9,543 7,641 7,582 7,514 8,422 11,163 12,509 5,947 6,395
      Sciences nec 13,247 10,723 6,158 7,566 6,013 7,569 7,389 13,211 6,950 8,759
    Engineering 103,771 84,682 72,158 79,463 75,555 70,100 62,925 62,867 56,911 54,558
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3,375 2,561 1,623 1,601 1,880 1,562 1,489 1,568 1,743 1,500
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,669 8,817 8,351 8,552 6,922 6,627 5,214 5,449 4,506 3,998
      Chemical engineering 6,213 5,579 5,642 5,811 4,347 4,378 3,699 3,453 5,828 5,920
      Civil engineering 5,774 2,386 1,578 2,914 3,558 4,854 4,040 3,873 1,815 2,237
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 48,129 43,553 34,712 39,690 41,402 37,242 35,565 36,388 16,194 16,686
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 6,558 4,463 4,100 4,178 3,572 3,073 2,490 2,068 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,071 4,268 3,858 5,097 3,836 3,926 3,278 2,708 14,197 12,286
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 10,373 7,398 8,397 7,902 6,139 5,229 3,972 4,319 4,510 5,755
      Engineering nec 7,609 5,657 3,897 3,718 3,899 3,209 3,178 3,041 8,118 6,176
    Non-S&E 34,451 30,072 28,655 17,742 18,980 15,028 12,235 12,052 13,345 12,224
      Business management and business administration 10,608 9,269 7,943 2,633 4,760 3,153 2,534 2,518 435 386
      Communication and communications technologies 557 190 123 71 265 384 181 250 901 1,343
      Education 7,794 6,009 5,944 2,823 3,691 5,074 5,510 5,213 6,083 5,111
      Humanities 4,539 4,904 4,603 4,499 1,014 4,763 1,561 1,780 3,299 2,449
      Law 3,647 3,505 3,529 890 1,129 61 783 481 1,260 1,828
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 5,012 4,575 5,041 5,690 6,738 788 992 1,082 1,367 1,107
      Non-S&E nec 2,294 1,620 1,472 1,136 1,383 805 674 728 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

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2023
(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 955,424 434,700 37,173 304,671 25,328 31,154 122,398
    Science 817,202 381,023 28,740 244,406 20,959 29,108 112,966
      Computer and information sciences 18,319 7,738 3,039 7,032 13 59 438
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 44,173 18,827 2,204 15,979 1,083 697 5,383
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 10,888 4,298 810 4,831 91 222 636
        Geological and earth sciences 29,232 12,967 1,286 9,759 920 398 3,902
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 2,755 1,098 20 834 62 53 688
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,298 464 88 555 10 24 157
      Life sciences 522,916 244,172 13,099 155,038 18,644 11,626 80,337
        Agricultural sciences 66,914 22,126 2,009 29,597 1,005 1,157 11,020
        Biological and biomedical sciences 241,895 128,309 7,074 61,231 5,957 6,770 32,554
        Health sciences 199,768 86,387 3,632 58,268 11,621 3,536 36,324
        Natural resources and conservation 14,324 7,350 384 5,937 51 163 439
        Life sciences nec 15 0 0 5 10 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 7,530 3,304 0 4,115 15 72 24
      Physical sciences 173,256 87,271 3,864 43,454 831 15,120 22,716
        Astronomy and astrophysics 146,818 72,986 2,943 36,539 552 13,800 19,998
        Chemistry 13,846 6,796 682 4,982 34 144 1,208
        Materials science 4,100 1,996 106 1,135 207 62 594
        Physics 8,431 5,493 133 737 38 1,114 916
        Physical sciences nec 61 0 0 61 0 0 0
      Psychology 10,219 8,221 91 1,197 73 228 409
      Social sciences 27,542 8,487 1,250 12,755 150 1,277 3,623
        Anthropology 4,346 2,126 103 1,230 8 105 774
        Economics 4,008 72 212 3,013 0 0 711
        Political science and government 1,118 449 41 435 0 63 130
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 5,535 981 420 3,107 0 162 865
        Social sciences nec 12,535 4,859 474 4,970 142 947 1,143
      Sciences nec 13,247 3,003 5,193 4,836 150 29 36
    Engineering 103,771 49,493 7,977 32,916 4,083 1,236 8,066
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3,375 2,132 143 999 80 0 21
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,669 4,784 672 5,744 195 87 187
      Chemical engineering 6,213 4,117 640 1,179 53 50 174
      Civil engineering 5,774 385 2,717 1,749 276 253 394
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 48,129 23,315 1,135 13,882 2,848 639 6,310
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 6,558 3,832 511 2,093 23 21 78
      Mechanical engineering 4,071 2,558 171 1,206 96 14 26
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 10,373 4,265 1,661 3,031 400 172 844
      Engineering nec 7,609 4,105 327 3,033 112 0 32
    Non-S&E 34,451 4,184 456 27,349 286 810 1,366
      Business management and business administration 10,608 35 34 10,216 2 6 315
      Communication and communications technologies 557 3 0 198 131 183 42
      Education 7,794 2,817 26 4,418 0 438 95
      Humanities 4,539 219 0 3,860 121 74 265
      Law 3,647 337 0 3,194 0 0 116
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 5,012 11 49 4,480 0 9 463
      Non-S&E nec 2,294 762 347 983 32 100 70

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 434,700 374,936 353,117 328,807 327,025 291,767 273,567 262,989 269,959 290,370
  DOD 35,142 34,437 30,845 29,232 31,083 25,019 22,576 20,650 22,981 20,113
  DOE 10,952 10,616 10,312 9,821 8,641 11,677 13,996 10,170 12,628 11,421
  HHS 219,085 187,114 176,003 148,731 145,350 126,057 107,667 96,847 95,483 99,207
  NASA 70,176 60,760 57,082 60,541 55,641 48,207 43,312 49,315 52,406 71,792
  NSF 57,350 51,132 48,592 48,163 54,281 52,806 56,301 54,999 56,864 61,510
  USDA 17,750 15,395 14,356 15,712 16,066 11,363 11,496 11,009 9,666 8,967
  Other 24,245 15,482 15,927 16,607 15,963 16,638 18,219 19,999 19,931 17,360

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: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 8,681 1,539 7,142 .
2018 8,412 1,475 6,937 .
2017 7,968 1,458 6,510 .

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
    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
    Physical sciences 0 50,529 36,357 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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