U. Arkansas, Fayetteville

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 109 76.7 459 152 76.3 631 134 85.8 925
2023 108 76.9 459 201 70.8 679 132 85.8 911 92 85 602
2022 88 81.1 457 190 72.4 680 138 84.9 900
2021 91 80 447 162 76.9 691 140 84.8 908 82 86.2 583
2020 99 78.4 450 218 69.2 698 133 85.7 916
2019 105 76.9 447 114 83.9 697 127 86.3 914 78 87 589
2018 97 77.7 428 129 81.9 700 126 86.4 911
2017 118 72.7 425 133 80.9 684 128 86 898 80 86.4 575
2016 110 74.8 430 143 79.8 697 130 85.7 896
2015 118 72.8 426 152 78.4 693 131 85.6 898 83 85.7 570
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 162 165 217 200 193 179 194 148 162 148
  Science and engineering 122 133 161 135 132 127 138 105 109 102
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 19 19 19 20 21 18 26 13 23 18
      Agricultural sciences 15 17 16 20 20 16 21 8 20 16
      Natural resources and conservation 4 2 3 . 1 2 5 5 3 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 20 24 22 26 20 27 17 14 19 10
      Biochemistry and biophysics . 4 1 3 4 3 2 5 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 3 4 1 . 1 1 . 1 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 . . . . . 1 . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . 3 4 4 2 1 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 4 3 1 4 3 3 . 2 4 3
      Genetics and genomics . 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology 1 2 . 3 1 . 4 1 2 1
      Molecular biology 9 8 8 8 6 2 4 1 1 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 1 1 2 . . . . 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 2 5 3 2 10 . 1 8 2
    Computer and information sciences 1 3 7 7 6 4 3 1 1 1
      Computer science 1 . 4 6 6 3 3 . 1 1
      Computer and information sciences, other . 3 3 1 . 1 . 1 . .
    Engineering 37 34 53 42 36 33 48 32 25 34
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 1 5 4 3 3 3 4 2 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 8 4 6 3 5 6 4 2 3 4
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 3 4 5 6 3 5 5 5 6
      Electrical and computer engineering 16 8 15 20 15 10 17 13 6 13
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 6 9 2 4 5 9 5 2 3
      Materials and mining engineering 4 5 4 4 2 3 4 2 4 3
      Mechanical engineering 3 4 4 3 1 1 4 1 1 1
      Engineering, other . 3 6 . . 2 2 . 2 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 5 8 2 3 3 3 1 1 2
      Geological sciences 3 2 5 2 3 3 2 . 1 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . 3 3 . . . 1 1 . .
    Health sciences 6 4 8 4 6 12 9 9 7 4
      Public health 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 1
      Health sciences, other 3 3 5 2 4 10 8 7 5 3
    Mathematics and statistics 4 6 7 2 3 4 2 4 4 1
      Applied mathematics 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Mathematics . . 1 . . 2 1 2 2 .
      Statistics . 1 . . . . 1 . . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 5 6 2 3 2 . 2 2 .
    Physical sciences 11 22 18 16 12 9 14 15 13 8
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 4 . 5 2 . 3 1 3 2
      Chemistry 4 9 10 5 5 2 3 10 6 2
      Physics 6 9 8 6 5 7 8 4 4 4
    Psychology 10 6 8 6 11 6 7 10 4 7
      Clinical psychology 8 4 2 2 7 3 5 3 3 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 . 1 1 . 1 . 2 . .
      Research and experimental psychology 1 1 4 3 4 2 2 4 1 1
      Psychology, other . 1 1 . . . . 1 . .
    Social sciences 11 10 11 10 14 11 9 6 12 17
      Anthropology 6 . 1 1 4 2 3 . . 3
      Economics 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1
      Political science and government . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Public policy analysis 3 5 4 6 4 4 4 4 8 10
      Social sciences, other 1 3 4 1 4 2 . 1 3 3
  Non-science and engineering 40 32 56 65 61 52 56 43 53 46
    Business 10 13 7 14 14 12 14 9 7 13
      Business 10 13 7 14 14 12 14 9 7 13
    Education 17 10 31 36 26 24 16 11 22 14
      Education leadership and administration . . . 3 4 1 1 . . .
      Education research 12 9 25 28 17 19 12 7 17 13
      Teacher education and teaching fields 4 1 6 5 5 4 3 4 4 1
      Education, other 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
    Humanities and arts 8 8 14 11 20 14 26 21 23 19
      Letters 3 5 10 4 10 5 10 13 11 12
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . 2 . 1 2 . .
      History 3 2 2 7 7 7 7 4 7 4
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 1 2 . 1 2 3 1 3 1
      Music and performing arts . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Humanities and arts, other . . . . . . 5 1 1 2
    Other non-science and engineering 5 1 4 4 1 2 . 2 1 .
      Communication 2 . . . . . . . 1 .
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 1 4 4 1 2 . 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   632   403   492   501   323   793   636   564   570   543
    Hispanic or Latino   52   34   40   40   28   57   44   36   30   22
    Not Hispanic or Latino   529   336   431   444   291   715   579   523   534   520
      American Indian or Alaska Native   6   0   4   6   4   10   10   11   12   16
      Asian   22   24   21   18   9   24   15   16   12   18
      Black or African American   19   10   18   18   17   39   16   19   21   25
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   1
      White   454   286   365   382   250   618   524   470   480   451
      More than one race   28   16   23   20   11   24   13   6   9   9
    Unknown ethnicity and race   51   33   21   17   4   21   13   5   6   1
  Temporary visa holders   446   321   264   349   173   508   440   454   453   431
  Science and engineering   990   645   687   780   420   1,258   1,076   1,018   1,023   974
    Science   746   285   480   475   284   768   764   685   691   643
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   130   14   65   81   20   139   99   64   51   44
      Biological and biomedical sciences   134   51   84   167   27   163   196   148   222   232
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   47   25   6   16   7   15   58   67   63   59
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   30   12   40   13   13   50   54   52   51   61
      Mathematics and statistics   63   50   50   31   23   74   52   78   67   19
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   30   25   25   31   6   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   130   22   57   62   103   184   110   97   64   68
      Psychology   61   0   60   0   0   0   43   45   44   25
      Social sciences   110   86   93   74   85   143   152   134   129   135
    Engineering   244   360   207   305   136   490   312   333   332   331
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   4   4   4   7   2   0   42   39   27   23
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   2   2   0   3   11   29   30   26   32
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   15   30   22   32   17   27   21   41   45   45
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   18   20   14   23   15   61   78   91   85   84
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   4   16   11   17   25   12   38   43   40   43
      Mechanical engineering   12   15   6   6   3   10   47   35   40   28
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   38   7   30   19   16   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   153   266   118   201   55   369   57   54   69   76
    Health   88   79   69   70   76   43   0   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   20   10   9   22   15   0   0   0   0
      Other health   88   59   59   61   54   28   0   0   0   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   407   470   431   509   687   176   329   392   400   387
    Hispanic or Latino   41   35   34   33   45   11   18   17   12   16
    Not Hispanic or Latino   317   383   356   453   622   163   304   369   379   367
      American Indian or Alaska Native   3   9   4   6   8   0   4   6   2   3
      Asian   23   13   24   37   37   13   16   15   24   15
      Black or African American   15   17   18   25   32   13   25   19   17   22
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0
      White   262   331   296   369   526   136   252   322   330   317
      More than one race   14   13   14   16   19   1   7   6   5   10
    Unknown ethnicity and race   49   52   41   23   20   2   7   6   9   4
  Temporary visa holders   199   220   244   158   356   65   88   84   119   107
  Science and engineering   543   664   661   656   1,017   232   417   476   519   494
    Science   191   425   343   393   560   133   167   291   350   336
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   66   80   98   88   136   32   46   81   144   122
      Biological and biomedical sciences   21   133   68   2   157   28   19   60   9   3
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   17   12   16   6   9   1   30   15   14   12
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   2   26   0   30   24   16   7   32   27   27
      Mathematics and statistics   10   20   9   51   51   8   9   30   17   29
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   18   11   11   11   25   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   19   73   84   113   73   19   5   14   45   36
      Psychology   2   0   0   0   0   0   9   0   0   15
      Social sciences   36   70   57   92   85   29   42   59   94   92
    Engineering   352   239   318   263   457   99   250   185   169   158
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   1   3   2   1   4   0   11   13   6   3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   2   0   1   6   10   0   11   7   14   6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   11   4   7   21   15   3   25   12   4   8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   24   24   31   30   50   11   65   48   38   36
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   11   2   8   1   24   0   12   12   13   5
      Mechanical engineering   9   3   7   7   10   0   6   6   6   8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   4   36   2   2   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   290   167   260   195   343   85   120   87   88   92
    Health   63   26   14   11   26   9   0   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   12   4   5   10   4   0   0   0   0
      Other health   63   14   10   6   16   5   0   0   0   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   216   174   158   182   78   211   133   104   129   97
  Science and engineering   206   165   148   167   59   209   133   104   129   97
    Science   142   44   86   80   32   93   72   47   65   40
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   38   6   13   20   7   17   11   4   3   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   30   8   19   26   2   22   9   6   11   15
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   8   7   0   6   0   0   16   20   22   13
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   8   2   12   1   1   9   7   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   3   1   0   4   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   5   5   7   2   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   31   5   12   9   16   42   18   11   10   7
      Psychology   12   0   15   0   0   0   5   5   15   0
      Social sciences   10   10   10   7   4   3   6   1   3   5
    Engineering   64   121   62   87   27   116   61   57   64   57
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   1   1   1   2   0   0   10   10   5   4
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2   1   1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   6   9   8   7   1   6   5   5   9   6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   3   4   5   7   2   10   17   12   15   10
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   4   1   2   5   1   4   9   10   8
      Mechanical engineering   3   3   0   0   1   4   6   5   6   8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   10   1   13   6   4   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   41   99   34   63   14   95   16   14   18   20
    Health   10   9   10   15   19   2   0   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   1   1   0   4   1   0   0   0   0
      Other health   10   8   9   15   15   1   0   0   0   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   1,078   724   756   850   496   1,301   1,076   1,018   1,023   974
  Fellowships   60   87   63   107   43   116   125   51   72   59
    Federal   24   32   23   46   19   31   29   9   20   10
    Institutional   17   29   19   27   12   46   33   30   24   33
    Nonfederal   19   26   21   34   12   39   63   12   28   16
  Research assistantships   446   301   264   316   124   461   359   410   390   386
    Federal   191   129   120   118   50   164   95   90   100   80
    Institutional   211   122   88   138   52   206   210   242   160   202
    Nonfederal   44   50   56   60   22   91   54   78   130   104
  Teaching assistantships   380   198   287   269   165   433   339   316   335   271
    Federal   0   3   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0
    Institutional   380   195   286   268   165   429   338   316   331   263
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   1   0   2   1   0   4   8
  Other types of support   192   138   142   158   164   291   253   241   226   258
    Federal   1   10   14   18   9   14   9   5   9   7
    Institutional   54   28   29   43   27   22   58   68   32   35
    Nonfederal   7   2   10   19   35   26   32   83   52   73
    Personal resources   130   98   89   78   93   229   154   85   133   143

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   66   98   80   90   89   66   63   62   36   69
    Science   32   57   54   63   65   42   46   46   25   55
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   11   17   19   21   23   11   14   15   0   11
      Biological and biomedical sciences   16   23   12   18   21   17   16   16   8   21
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   2   0   0   0   2   1   1   1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   1   4   2   3   0   3   3   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   1   0   0   3   1   1   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   0   7   16   16   13   8   11   11   16   19
      Psychology   3   0   0   1   1   2   0   0   0   1
      Social sciences   1   8   1   2   3   3   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   34   41   26   27   24   24   17   16   11   14
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   8   4   6   9   7   6   6   5   0   2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   10   16   10   10   9   9   6   7   5   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   2   2   3   1   0   1   1   1   2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   9   13   7   5   3   5   2   2   1   1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   1   1   0   0   2   2   1   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6   5   1   0   2   2   1   1   1   1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   6
    Health   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   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   38   46   35   55   62   33   21   20   11   23
  Science and engineering   38   46   35   55   61   33   21   20   11   23
    Science   14   31   22   39   49   23   16   14   9   20
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   2   8   1   10   19   6   6   5   0   1
      Biological and biomedical sciences   10   14   5   12   13   9   5   5   2   9
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   1   3   0   2   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   1   0   0   3   1   1   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   0   1   11   14   11   3   4   4   7   9
      Psychology   1   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   1
      Social sciences   0   6   1   0   2   2   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   24   15   13   16   12   10   5   6   2   3
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   8   3   5   8   6   3   2   1   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   5   2   1   4   3   3   2   2   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   2   2   2   0   0   1   1   1   2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   7   7   4   2   2   2   0   2   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   4   1   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
    Health   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   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   230,626   221,525   184,080   164,443   165,887   180,225   175,498   157,791   145,020   133,660
    Science   140,120   142,526   123,327   104,454   103,525   114,370   109,897   102,944   100,443   92,210
      Computer and information sciences   11,648   7,865   6,819   5,882   4,591   5,088   868   628   874   2
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,743   2,987   5,333   5,686   3,499   4,449   4,287   3,792   3,178   2,735
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   83   107   0   0   0   0   551   326   533   0
        Geological and earth sciences   197   211   5,333   5,686   3,135   4,449   3,736   2,676   2,645   2,735
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   790   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   2,463   2,669   0   0   364   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   98,122   96,316   92,217   79,509   77,569   89,593   88,589   84,423   82,829   75,201
        Agricultural sciences   72,080   72,798   79,353   67,267   65,950   70,041   68,912   66,852   68,947   68,084
        Biological and biomedical sciences   10,275   8,563   7,885   6,294   6,357   6,498   5,833   5,819   4,724   2,596
        Health sciences   375   174   4,979   3,825   3,213   11,026   13,844   11,752   9,158   9
        Natural resources and conservation   12,366   12,228   0   2,123   2,049   2,003   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   3,026   2,553   0   0   0   25   0   0   0   4,512
      Mathematics and statistics   1,332   896   59   60   97   286   407   400   201   150
      Physical sciences   14,686   19,209   10,739   8,111   9,791   9,454   9,667   8,332   8,479   9,360
        Astronomy and astrophysics   55   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   366
        Chemistry   6,784   5,658   5,361   4,668   5,478   6,084   6,092   5,123   5,066   4,915
        Materials science   0   11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   5,729   10,730   5,378   3,443   4,313   3,370   3,575   3,209   3,413   4,079
        Physical sciences nec   2,118   2,810   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   2,621   2,080   1,294   994   707   782   1,222   1,347   904   860
      Social sciences   7,713   7,479   6,866   4,212   7,186   4,375   4,857   4,022   3,978   3,902
        Anthropology   4,001   3,185   605   152   328   205   859   208   230   0
        Economics   230   460   362   284   3,198   636   520   389   384   252
        Political science and government   1,980   2,815   2,740   797   134   349   164   131   37   43
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,342   760   734   738   802   671   699   688   650   818
        Social sciences nec   160   259   2,425   2,241   2,724   2,514   2,615   2,606   2,677   2,789
      Sciences nec   1,255   5,694   0   0   85   343   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   63,086   49,645   40,691   37,818   37,758   34,590   36,132   32,981   32,205   28,469
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   178   29   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   7,466   8,388   7,970   6,631   8,320   5,800   6,126   4,760   5,930   4,994
      Chemical engineering   6,341   4,781   4,957   5,519   4,314   4,446   3,752   3,046   3,355   2,720
      Civil engineering   9,528   10,100   6,705   5,225   4,737   6,038   5,463   5,385   4,192   4,803
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   24,640   13,619   12,634   10,823   11,510   9,982   12,151   11,146   9,994   9,407
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   4,741   3,911   3,788   4,578   3,315   2,781   2,971   2,464   2,370   0
      Mechanical engineering   5,328   4,066   2,744   3,420   3,489   3,547   3,665   3,397   3,086   2,227
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   4,864   4,751   1,893   1,622   2,073   1,996   2,004   2,783   3,278   4,318
    Non-S&E   27,420   29,354   20,062   22,171   24,604   31,265   29,469   21,866   12,372   12,981
      Business management and business administration   2,195   4,149   5,377   3,078   3,862   5,139   4,740   4,351   4,283   4,807
      Communication and communications technologies   767   87   101   84   152   115   127   156   127   14
      Education   7,209   10,448   9,843   14,952   14,355   15,502   15,877   10,720   5,088   4,063
      Humanities   110   0   582   406   455   2,507   896   754   551   382
      Law   654   584   1,927   1,545   1,415   2,133   903   1,321   677   503
      Social work   1,202   1,575   224   278   206   227   232   340   239   468
      Visual and performing arts   152   10   171   58   77   373   180   149   21   8
      Non-S&E nec   15,131   12,501   1,837   1,770   4,082   5,269   6,514   4,075   1,386   2,736

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   230,626   95,784   41,571   67,679   7,050   5,560   12,982
    Science   140,120   49,381   36,102   39,970   4,054   3,429   7,184
      Computer and information sciences   11,648   6,942   1,154   2,474   257   43   778
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,743   1,686   537   346   56   44   74
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   83   83   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   197   185   0   0   0   12   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   2,463   1,418   537   346   56   32   74
      Life sciences   98,122   25,532   33,219   28,515   3,536   2,891   4,429
        Agricultural sciences   72,080   14,762   28,333   20,158   3,270   2,491   3,066
        Biological and biomedical sciences   10,275   5,855   665   2,653   0   137   965
        Health sciences   375   340   0   0   0   35   0
        Natural resources and conservation   12,366   4,417   4,171   3,352   225   109   92
        Life sciences nec   3,026   158   50   2,352   41   119   306
      Mathematics and statistics   1,332   547   0   54   0   0   731
      Physical sciences   14,686   9,654   886   3,813   100   200   33
        Astronomy and astrophysics   55   55   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   6,784   3,889   308   2,489   59   31   8
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   5,729   4,384   103   1,085   2   154   1
        Physical sciences nec   2,118   1,326   475   239   39   15   24
      Psychology   2,621   1,170   80   680   45   2   644
      Social sciences   7,713   3,208   226   3,792   60   218   209
        Anthropology   4,001   590   192   3,152   0   2   65
        Economics   230   0   0   31   60   0   139
        Political science and government   1,980   1,641   17   307   0   15   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,342   917   17   302   0   101   5
        Social sciences nec   160   60   0   0   0   100   0
      Sciences nec   1,255   642   0   296   0   31   286
    Engineering   63,086   40,136   2,227   14,455   2,911   506   2,851
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   178   100   0   78   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   7,466   5,628   170   1,354   146   90   78
      Chemical engineering   6,341   2,757   48   1,888   942   40   666
      Civil engineering   9,528   5,644   1,055   2,491   168   32   138
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   24,640   19,322   0   3,317   882   2   1,117
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   4,741   2,485   2   1,388   199   165   502
      Mechanical engineering   5,328   3,085   0   1,837   317   61   28
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   4,864   1,115   952   2,102   257   116   322
    Non-S&E   27,420   6,267   3,242   13,254   85   1,625   2,947
      Business management and business administration   2,195   64   7   1,909   0   184   31
      Communication and communications technologies   767   482   4   281   0   0   0
      Education   7,209   1,338   2,091   1,680   0   478   1,622
      Humanities   110   87   0   23   0   0   0
      Law   654   183   0   362   0   64   45
      Social work   1,202   675   108   322   0   97   0
      Visual and performing arts   152   12   0   140   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   15,131   3,426   1,032   8,537   85   802   1,249

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   95,784   82,164   64,252   48,534   47,454   50,875   52,937   46,490   40,642   34,288
  DOD   26,201   13,068   8,085   4,583   4,854   2,668   1,991   2,002   1,236   976
  DOE   5,968   5,913   6,254   5,961   6,344   5,763   5,224   3,577   1,725   1,109
  HHS   11,884   13,584   10,505   5,622   3,805   4,251   4,898   4,551   2,275   2,681
  NASA   1,460   1,038   1,291   1,162   1,078   1,321   1,133   1,015   1,006   806
  NSF   24,195   22,471   17,662   14,101   13,559   13,241   12,798   10,912   11,053   10,167
  USDA   19,595   18,169   14,355   11,136   13,303   12,538   12,104   10,864   13,187   11,154
  Other   6,481   7,921   6,100   5,969   4,511   11,093   14,789   13,569   10,160   7,395

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   2,526   354   2,172   .
2018   2,522   395   2,127   .

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   843   874   865   858   761
    Agricultural sciences   360   390   391   391   364
    Biological and biomedical sciences   94   84   84   84   82
    Computer and information sciences   8   5   7   7   7
    Engineering   187   218   208   208   205
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   34   32   32   30   23
    Health sciences   25   13   13   13   13
    Mathematics and statistics   7   3   3   3   3
    Natural resources and conservation   8   2   2   1   1
    Physical sciences   88   100   100   96   37
    Psychology   13   11   10   10   10
    Social sciences   19   12   12   12   12
    Other   0   3   3   3   3

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   9,820   105,690   0   32,538   22,729
    Agricultural sciences   0   18,720   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   2,620   18,720   0   0   3,819
    Computer and information sciences   0   9,360   0   994   0
    Engineering   7,200   21,450   0   31,544   2,400
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   1,705
    Health sciences   0   28,080   0   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   9,360   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   0   0   0   4,505
    Psychology   0   0   0   0   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Other   0   0   0   0   10,300

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   0   22,280   47,970   1,805   2,920
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   1,777   863   250
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   2,670
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   21,620   45,186   0   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   660   360   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   0   0   350   0
    Psychology   0   0   0   0   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Other   0   0   647   592   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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