U. Arkansas, Fayetteville

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 108 76.9 459 201 70.8 679 92 85 602 132 85.8 914
2022 88 81.1 457 190 72.4 680 138 84.9 900
2021 91 80 447 162 76.9 691 82 86.2 583 140 84.8 908
2020 99 78.4 450 218 69.2 698 133 85.7 916
2019 105 76.9 447 114 83.9 697 78 87 589 127 86.3 914
2018 97 77.7 428 129 81.9 700 126 86.4 911
2017 118 72.7 425 133 80.9 684 80 86.4 575 128 86 898
2016 110 74.8 430 143 79.8 697 130 85.7 896
2015 118 72.8 426 152 78.4 693 83 85.7 570 131 85.6 898
2014 126 70.6 422 139 80.1 688 136 85 889
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 165 217 200 193 179 195 148 162 148 125
  Science and engineering 133 161 135 132 127 138 105 109 102 85
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 19 19 20 21 18 26 13 23 18 14
      Agricultural sciences 17 16 20 20 16 21 8 20 16 12
      Natural resources and conservation 2 3 . 1 2 5 5 3 2 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 24 22 26 20 27 17 14 19 10 13
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 1 3 4 3 2 5 1 . 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 4 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . 3 4 4 2 1 1 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 3 1 4 3 3 . 2 4 3 2
      Genetics and genomics 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 2 . 3 1 . 4 1 2 1 .
      Molecular biology 8 8 8 6 2 4 1 1 2 6
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 1 2 . . . . 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 5 3 2 10 . 1 8 2 3
    Computer and information sciences 3 7 7 6 4 3 1 1 1 .
      Computer science . 4 6 6 3 3 . 1 1 .
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 3 1 . 1 . 1 . . .
    Engineering 34 53 42 36 33 48 32 25 34 17
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 5 4 3 3 3 4 2 1 3
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 4 6 3 5 6 4 2 3 4 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 4 5 6 3 5 5 5 6 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 8 15 20 15 10 17 13 6 13 6
      Industrial engineering and operations research 6 9 2 4 5 9 5 2 3 2
      Materials and mining engineering 5 4 4 2 3 4 2 4 3 1
      Mechanical engineering 4 4 3 1 1 4 1 1 1 1
      Engineering, other 3 6 . . 2 2 . 2 3 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 8 2 3 3 3 1 1 2 1
      Geological sciences 2 5 2 3 3 2 . 1 2 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 3 3 . . . 1 1 . . .
    Health sciences 4 8 4 6 12 9 9 7 4 4
      Public health 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2
      Health sciences, other 3 5 2 4 10 8 7 5 3 2
    Mathematics and statistics 6 7 2 3 4 2 4 4 1 4
      Mathematics . 1 . . 2 1 2 2 . 4
      Statistics 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 5 6 2 3 2 . 2 2 . .
    Physical sciences 22 18 16 12 9 14 15 13 8 15
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 . 5 2 . 3 1 3 2 3
      Chemistry 9 10 5 5 2 3 10 6 2 4
      Physics 9 8 6 5 7 8 4 4 4 8
    Psychology 6 8 6 11 6 7 10 4 7 4
      Clinical psychology 4 2 2 7 3 5 3 3 6 2
      Counseling and applied psychology . 1 1 . 1 . 2 . . 1
      Research and experimental psychology 1 4 3 4 2 2 4 1 1 1
      Psychology, other 1 1 . . . . 1 . . .
    Social sciences 10 11 10 14 11 9 6 12 17 13
      Anthropology . 1 1 4 2 3 . . 3 2
      Economics 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 4
      Political science and government . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Public policy analysis 5 4 6 4 4 4 4 8 10 7
      Social sciences, other 3 4 1 4 2 . 1 3 3 .
  Non-science and engineering 32 56 65 61 52 57 43 53 46 40
    Business 13 7 14 14 12 14 9 7 13 16
      Business 13 7 14 14 12 14 9 7 13 16
    Education 10 31 36 26 24 17 11 22 14 16
      Education leadership and administration . . 3 4 1 1 . . . .
      Education research 9 25 28 17 19 13 7 17 13 15
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 6 5 5 4 3 4 4 1 1
      Education, other . . . . . . . 1 . .
    Humanities and arts 8 14 11 20 14 26 21 23 19 8
      Letters 5 10 4 10 5 10 13 11 12 4
      Foreign languages and literature . . . 2 . 1 2 . . .
      History 2 2 7 7 7 7 4 7 4 4
      Philosophy and religious studies 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 1 4 4 1 2 . 2 1 . .
      Communication . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 421 393 458 268 796 662 638 623 613 671
    Female 303 363 392 228 505 414 380 400 361 417
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 403 492 501 323 793 636 564 570 543 629
    Hispanic or Latino 34 40 40 28 57 44 36 30 22 18
    Not Hispanic or Latino 336 431 444 291 715 579 523 534 520 608
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 4 6 4 10 10 11 12 16 11
      Asian 24 21 18 9 24 15 16 12 18 19
      Black or African American 10 18 18 17 39 16 19 21 25 25
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
      White 286 365 382 250 618 524 470 480 451 542
      More than one race 16 23 20 11 24 13 6 9 9 11
    Unknown ethnicity and race 33 21 17 4 21 13 5 6 1 3
  Temporary visa holders 321 264 349 173 508 440 454 453 431 459
  Science and engineering 645 687 780 420 1,258 1,076 1,018 1,023 974 1,088
    Science 285 480 475 284 768 764 685 691 643 763
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 14 65 81 20 139 99 64 51 44 47
      Biological and biomedical sciences 51 84 167 27 163 196 148 222 232 234
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 25 6 16 7 15 58 67 63 59 53
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 12 40 13 13 50 54 52 51 61 43
      Mathematics and statistics 50 50 31 23 74 52 78 67 19 46
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 25 25 31 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 22 57 62 103 184 110 97 64 68 129
      Psychology 0 60 0 0 0 43 45 44 25 40
      Social sciences 86 93 74 85 143 152 134 129 135 171
    Engineering 360 207 305 136 490 312 333 332 331 325
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 4 7 2 0 42 39 27 23 18
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 2 0 3 11 29 30 26 32 18
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 30 22 32 17 27 21 41 45 45 36
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 20 14 23 15 61 78 91 85 84 91
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 16 11 17 25 12 38 43 40 43 54
      Mechanical engineering 15 6 6 3 10 47 35 40 28 25
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 7 30 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 266 118 201 55 369 57 54 69 76 83
    Health 79 69 70 76 43 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 20 10 9 22 15 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 59 59 61 54 28 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

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 391 410 432 625 150 296 308 348 333 308
    Female 299 265 235 418 91 121 168 171 161 169
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 470 431 509 687 176 329 392 400 387 389
    Hispanic or Latino 35 34 33 45 11 18 17 12 16 18
    Not Hispanic or Latino 383 356 453 622 163 304 369 379 367 366
      American Indian or Alaska Native 9 4 6 8 0 4 6 2 3 9
      Asian 13 24 37 37 13 16 15 24 15 13
      Black or African American 17 18 25 32 13 25 19 17 22 25
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
      White 331 296 369 526 136 252 322 330 317 314
      More than one race 13 14 16 19 1 7 6 5 10 5
    Unknown ethnicity and race 52 41 23 20 2 7 6 9 4 5
  Temporary visa holders 220 244 158 356 65 88 84 119 107 88
  Science and engineering 664 661 656 1,017 232 417 476 519 494 477
    Science 425 343 393 560 133 167 291 350 336 336
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 80 98 88 136 32 46 81 144 122 125
      Biological and biomedical sciences 133 68 2 157 28 19 60 9 3 66
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 12 16 6 9 1 30 15 14 12 13
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 26 0 30 24 16 7 32 27 27 31
      Mathematics and statistics 20 9 51 51 8 9 30 17 29 13
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 11 11 11 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 73 84 113 73 19 5 14 45 36 2
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 15 0
      Social sciences 70 57 92 85 29 42 59 94 92 86
    Engineering 239 318 263 457 99 250 185 169 158 141
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 2 1 4 0 11 13 6 3 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 1 6 10 0 11 7 14 6 12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 7 21 15 3 25 12 4 8 9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 24 31 30 50 11 65 48 38 36 30
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 8 1 24 0 12 12 13 5 6
      Mechanical engineering 3 7 7 10 0 6 6 6 8 16
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 36 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 167 260 195 343 85 120 87 88 92 66
    Health 26 14 11 26 9 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 12 4 5 10 4 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 14 10 6 16 5 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

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 174 158 182 78 211 133 104 129 97 124 0
  Science and engineering 165 148 167 59 209 133 104 129 97 124 0
    Science 44 86 80 32 93 72 47 65 40 72 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 6 13 20 7 17 11 4 3 0 6 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 8 19 26 2 22 9 6 11 15 20 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 7 0 6 0 0 16 20 22 13 13 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 12 1 1 9 7 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 5 5 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 5 12 9 16 42 18 11 10 7 18 0
      Psychology 0 15 0 0 0 5 5 15 0 4 0
      Social sciences 10 10 7 4 3 6 1 3 5 11 0
    Engineering 121 62 87 27 116 61 57 64 57 52 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 2 0 0 10 10 5 4 4 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 3 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 9 8 7 1 6 5 5 9 6 2 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 5 7 2 10 17 12 15 10 9 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 1 2 5 1 4 9 10 8 11 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 0 0 1 4 6 5 6 8 3 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 13 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 99 34 63 14 95 16 14 18 20 20 0
    Health 9 10 15 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 8 9 15 15 1 0 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

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 724 756 850 496 1,301 1,076 1,018 1,023 974 1,088
  Fellowships 87 63 107 43 116 125 51 72 59 126
    Federal 32 23 46 19 31 29 9 20 10 24
    Institutional 29 19 27 12 46 33 30 24 33 44
    Nonfederal 26 21 34 12 39 63 12 28 16 58
  Research assistantships 301 264 316 124 461 359 410 390 386 365
    Federal 129 120 118 50 164 95 90 100 80 85
    Institutional 122 88 138 52 206 210 242 160 202 195
    Nonfederal 50 56 60 22 91 54 78 130 104 85
  Teaching assistantships 198 287 269 165 433 339 316 335 271 397
    Federal 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 195 286 268 165 429 338 316 331 263 396
    Nonfederal 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 8 1
  Other types of support 138 142 158 164 291 253 241 226 258 200
    Federal 10 14 18 9 14 9 5 9 7 15
    Institutional 28 29 43 27 22 58 68 32 35 9
    Nonfederal 2 10 19 35 26 32 83 52 73 51
    Personal resources 98 89 78 93 229 154 85 133 143 125

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 78 65 85 74 47 63 62 36 69 62
    Science 46 44 59 52 26 46 46 25 55 49
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 12 18 20 18 6 14 15 0 11 8
      Biological and biomedical sciences 18 8 16 15 8 16 16 8 21 15
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 2 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 2
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 14 14 13 8 11 11 16 19 24
      Psychology 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
      Social sciences 5 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 32 21 26 22 21 17 16 11 14 13
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 5 8 6 6 6 5 0 2 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 11 7 10 8 7 6 7 5 2 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 2 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 11 7 5 3 4 2 2 1 1 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 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 3 6 4
    Health 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 1 0 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: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 46 35 55 62 33 21 20 11 23 23
  Science and engineering 46 35 55 61 33 21 20 11 23 23
    Science 31 22 39 49 23 16 14 9 20 18
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 8 1 10 19 6 6 5 0 1 1
      Biological and biomedical sciences 14 5 12 13 9 5 5 2 9 4
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 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 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 1 11 14 11 3 4 4 7 9 13
      Psychology 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
      Social sciences 6 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 15 13 16 12 10 5 6 2 3 5
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 5 8 6 3 2 1 0 0 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 1 4 3 3 2 2 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 7 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 1 0 1 1 0 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 1 1 2
    Health 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 1 0 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 221,525 184,080 164,443 165,887 180,225 175,498 157,791 145,020 133,660 125,824
    Science 142,526 123,327 104,454 103,525 114,370 109,897 102,944 100,443 92,210 87,736
      Computer and information sciences 7,865 6,819 5,882 4,591 5,088 868 628 874 2 183
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,987 5,333 5,686 3,499 4,449 4,287 3,792 3,178 2,735 2,398
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 107 0 0 0 0 551 326 533 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 211 5,333 5,686 3,135 4,449 3,736 2,676 2,645 2,735 2,084
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 790 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 2,669 0 0 364 0 0 0 0 0 314
      Life sciences 96,316 92,217 79,509 77,569 89,593 88,589 84,423 82,829 75,201 72,204
        Agricultural sciences 72,798 79,353 67,267 65,950 70,041 68,912 66,852 68,947 68,084 69,263
        Biological and biomedical sciences 8,563 7,885 6,294 6,357 6,498 5,833 5,819 4,724 2,596 2,217
        Health sciences 174 4,979 3,825 3,213 11,026 13,844 11,752 9,158 9 0
        Natural resources and conservation 12,228 0 2,123 2,049 2,003 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 2,553 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 4,512 724
      Mathematics and statistics 896 59 60 97 286 407 400 201 150 178
      Physical sciences 19,209 10,739 8,111 9,791 9,454 9,667 8,332 8,479 9,360 8,828
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 366 466
        Chemistry 5,658 5,361 4,668 5,478 6,084 6,092 5,123 5,066 4,915 4,213
        Materials science 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 10,730 5,378 3,443 4,313 3,370 3,575 3,209 3,413 4,079 4,149
        Physical sciences nec 2,810 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 2,080 1,294 994 707 782 1,222 1,347 904 860 585
      Social sciences 7,479 6,866 4,212 7,186 4,375 4,857 4,022 3,978 3,902 3,316
        Anthropology 3,185 605 152 328 205 859 208 230 0 0
        Economics 460 362 284 3,198 636 520 389 384 252 188
        Political science and government 2,815 2,740 797 134 349 164 131 37 43 29
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 760 734 738 802 671 699 688 650 818 507
        Social sciences nec 259 2,425 2,241 2,724 2,514 2,615 2,606 2,677 2,789 2,592
      Sciences nec 5,694 0 0 85 343 0 0 0 0 44
    Engineering 49,645 40,691 37,818 37,758 34,590 36,132 32,981 32,205 28,469 23,967
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,388 7,970 6,631 8,320 5,800 6,126 4,760 5,930 4,994 3,949
      Chemical engineering 4,781 4,957 5,519 4,314 4,446 3,752 3,046 3,355 2,720 2,160
      Civil engineering 10,100 6,705 5,225 4,737 6,038 5,463 5,385 4,192 4,803 3,097
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 13,619 12,634 10,823 11,510 9,982 12,151 11,146 9,994 9,407 9,339
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,911 3,788 4,578 3,315 2,781 2,971 2,464 2,370 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,066 2,744 3,420 3,489 3,547 3,665 3,397 3,086 2,227 1,954
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 4,751 1,893 1,622 2,073 1,996 2,004 2,783 3,278 4,318 3,468
    Non-S&E 29,354 20,062 22,171 24,604 31,265 29,469 21,866 12,372 12,981 14,121
      Business management and business administration 4,149 5,377 3,078 3,862 5,139 4,740 4,351 4,283 4,807 5,357
      Communication and communications technologies 87 101 84 152 115 127 156 127 14 14
      Education 10,448 9,843 14,952 14,355 15,502 15,877 10,720 5,088 4,063 4,315
      Humanities 0 582 406 455 2,507 896 754 551 382 735
      Law 584 1,927 1,545 1,415 2,133 903 1,321 677 503 578
      Social work 1,575 224 278 206 227 232 340 239 468 499
      Visual and performing arts 10 171 58 77 373 180 149 21 8 3
      Non-S&E nec 12,501 1,837 1,770 4,082 5,269 6,514 4,075 1,386 2,736 2,620

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 221,525 82,164 41,687 72,849 7,368 7,514 9,943
    Science 142,526 47,951 34,135 45,483 4,411 4,220 6,326
      Computer and information sciences 7,865 4,104 935 2,189 194 0 443
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,987 2,351 160 380 35 61 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 107 107 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 211 211 0 0 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 2,669 2,033 160 380 35 61 0
      Life sciences 96,316 23,708 31,876 29,526 3,772 3,475 3,959
        Agricultural sciences 72,798 14,590 27,155 22,519 3,496 2,755 2,283
        Biological and biomedical sciences 8,563 5,277 458 2,656 78 93 1
        Health sciences 174 143 0 0 0 31 0
        Natural resources and conservation 12,228 3,526 4,216 4,004 179 164 139
        Life sciences nec 2,553 172 47 347 19 432 1,536
      Mathematics and statistics 896 80 0 63 0 78 675
      Physical sciences 19,209 13,005 1,022 4,868 217 78 19
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 5,658 2,635 123 2,789 72 23 16
        Materials science 11 11 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 10,730 9,144 87 1,441 56 0 2
        Physical sciences nec 2,810 1,215 812 638 89 55 1
      Psychology 2,080 969 51 668 35 6 351
      Social sciences 7,479 3,237 91 3,453 158 509 31
        Anthropology 3,185 460 7 2,683 0 28 7
        Economics 460 10 0 94 158 198 0
        Political science and government 2,815 2,249 4 549 0 13 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 760 518 80 127 0 11 24
        Social sciences nec 259 0 0 0 0 259 0
      Sciences nec 5,694 497 0 4,336 0 13 848
    Engineering 49,645 27,734 3,572 13,487 2,873 1,126 853
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 29 25 0 4 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,388 4,826 648 2,625 115 124 50
      Chemical engineering 4,781 2,386 188 1,091 1,037 47 32
      Civil engineering 10,100 5,963 1,584 2,096 210 167 80
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 13,619 9,646 0 2,662 812 42 457
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,911 1,944 7 1,407 42 504 7
      Mechanical engineering 4,066 1,539 5 1,965 504 47 6
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 4,751 1,405 1,140 1,637 153 195 221
    Non-S&E 29,354 6,479 3,980 13,879 84 2,168 2,764
      Business management and business administration 4,149 104 3 3,801 13 194 34
      Communication and communications technologies 87 0 1 86 0 0 0
      Education 10,448 1,887 2,941 2,982 9 778 1,851
      Humanities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Law 584 35 0 475 0 74 0
      Social work 1,575 944 3 556 0 72 0
      Visual and performing arts 10 3 0 7 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 12,501 3,506 1,032 5,972 62 1,050 879

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 82,164 64,252 48,534 47,454 50,875 52,937 46,490 40,642 34,288 26,111
  DOD 13,068 8,085 4,583 4,854 2,668 1,991 2,002 1,236 976 1,220
  DOE 5,913 6,254 5,961 6,344 5,763 5,224 3,577 1,725 1,109 623
  HHS 13,584 10,505 5,622 3,805 4,251 4,898 4,551 2,275 2,681 2,131
  NASA 1,038 1,291 1,162 1,078 1,321 1,133 1,015 1,006 806 575
  NSF 22,471 17,662 14,101 13,559 13,241 12,798 10,912 11,053 10,167 9,730
  USDA 18,169 14,355 11,136 13,303 12,538 12,104 10,864 13,187 11,154 10,182
  Other 7,921 6,100 5,969 4,511 11,093 14,789 13,569 10,160 7,395 1,650

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 2,526 354 2,172 .
2018 2,522 395 2,127 .
2017 3,625 659 2,966 .

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