U. California, Davis

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 18 96.3 459 34 95.2 679 7 99 602 35 96.3 914
2022 18 96.3 457 31 95.6 680 34 96.4 900
2021 27 94.2 447 32 95.6 691 8 98.8 583 34 96.4 908
2020 27 94.3 450 30 95.9 698 32 96.6 916
2019 22 95.3 447 30 95.9 697 6 99.2 589 30 96.9 914
2018 20 95.6 428 26 96.5 700 30 96.8 911
2017 22 95.1 425 27 96.2 684 5 99.3 575 30 96.8 898
2016 22 95.2 430 30 95.9 697 27 97.1 896
2015 20 95.6 426 28 96.1 693 5 99.3 570 26 97.2 898
2014 24 94.6 422 31 95.7 688 25 97.3 889
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 609 587 464 497 521 546 505 501 539 488
  Science and engineering 556 526 421 436 471 476 464 450 479 423
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 57 41 56 44 51 45 43 41 35 29
      Agricultural sciences 52 38 53 40 47 40 41 35 31 24
      Natural resources and conservation 5 3 3 4 4 5 2 6 4 5
    Biological and biomedical sciences 170 152 118 132 144 143 146 141 160 143
      Biochemistry and biophysics 12 13 5 6 8 7 14 13 11 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 4 1 5 4 2 5 11 . 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 3 3 4 6 4 3 5 3 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 3 3 1 4 7 7 4 8 8 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 47 37 28 39 43 40 35 30 43 34
      Genetics and genomics 11 8 11 5 10 10 3 5 8 8
      Microbiology and immunology 16 14 18 15 7 18 20 13 19 20
      Molecular biology 11 9 7 5 2 2 4 6 1 6
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 10 6 7 5 9 9 9 8 10 10
      Pharmacology and toxicology 11 6 8 6 13 8 7 4 10 6
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 12 16 8 12 9 12 12 12 16 15
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 32 33 21 26 26 24 30 26 31 26
    Computer and information sciences 12 19 11 21 24 15 18 20 27 22
      Computer science 8 15 9 21 22 14 16 19 25 21
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 4 2 . 2 1 2 1 2 1
    Engineering 111 91 70 80 73 93 87 83 78 69
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10 10 3 4 . 4 4 1 1 4
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 20 18 14 13 13 15 17 20 16 16
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 13 10 9 6 4 8 7 6 6 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 25 21 14 19 19 20 15 14 18 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 26 18 13 18 22 22 20 13 20 15
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . 2 . . . . 1 . .
      Materials and mining engineering 10 7 5 5 9 7 10 13 3 9
      Mechanical engineering 2 3 6 12 4 10 10 12 12 6
      Engineering, other 5 4 4 3 2 7 4 3 2 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 13 10 14 14 14 18 10 14 7
      Geological sciences 2 6 5 6 3 4 6 4 8 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 12 7 5 8 11 10 12 6 6 3
    Health sciences 6 8 6 8 8 9 12 12 3 9
      Nursing science 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 1 6
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . 2 1 . .
      Public health 1 1 1 . . 1 1 4 1 2
      Health sciences, other . 1 . 3 2 2 3 1 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics 29 27 34 24 24 25 26 15 18 18
      Applied mathematics 9 12 10 5 4 6 10 4 3 9
      Mathematics . . 1 3 6 2 5 3 4 1
      Statistics 9 9 11 5 5 10 7 1 8 7
      Mathematics and statistics, other 11 6 12 11 9 7 4 7 3 1
    Physical sciences 65 72 55 43 57 65 39 57 67 58
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 8 4 2 2 7 2 1 . 2
      Chemistry 42 39 35 29 31 35 27 29 44 33
      Physics 16 25 16 12 24 23 10 27 23 23
    Psychology 22 29 16 19 20 22 22 20 17 18
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . . . . . . . .
      Research and experimental psychology 16 23 12 12 15 15 18 12 13 12
      Psychology, other 6 6 4 7 5 7 4 8 4 6
    Social sciences 70 74 45 51 56 45 53 51 60 50
      Anthropology 10 8 6 3 8 7 4 7 5 4
      Economics 23 24 17 11 16 15 18 14 15 21
      Political science and government 5 8 4 8 5 4 9 4 4 4
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . 1 2 . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 10 6 2 5 5 7 5 1 10 8
      Social sciences, other 22 28 16 24 22 12 16 23 26 13
  Non-science and engineering 53 61 43 61 50 70 41 51 60 65
    Business 1 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Business 1 1 . . . . . . 1 .
    Education 9 12 9 15 9 13 8 13 13 15
      Education leadership and administration . 2 . 5 . . 1 . . .
      Education research 3 6 3 3 4 4 . 6 6 8
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 . 2 3 3 5 4 1 5 6
      Education, other 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 6 2 1
    Humanities and arts 30 39 28 44 36 50 32 36 45 50
      Letters 12 8 10 14 9 11 10 14 19 14
      Foreign languages and literature 3 8 4 7 10 13 3 4 8 10
      History 4 10 4 7 6 13 8 11 6 7
      Philosophy and religious studies 1 8 . 10 3 3 2 2 3 5
      Music and performing arts 4 3 7 6 7 8 8 1 6 9
      Humanities and arts, other 6 2 3 . 1 2 1 4 3 5
    Other non-science and engineering 13 9 6 2 5 7 1 2 1 .
      Communication 9 7 4 2 5 7 1 2 1 .
      Public administration and social services 2 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 2 1 . . . . . . .

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 2,105 2,192 2,275 2,172 2,160 2,191 2,101 2,041 2,050 2,062
    Female 2,198 2,256 2,276 2,134 2,085 2,090 1,978 1,897 1,834 1,699
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 2,755 2,845 3,007 2,885 2,772 2,834 2,774 2,692 2,735 2,682
    Hispanic or Latino 480 474 458 396 360 337 297 250 248 235
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,221 2,315 2,498 2,431 2,362 2,442 2,416 2,360 2,372 2,308
      American Indian or Alaska Native 46 42 44 45 50 45 39 49 50 48
      Asian 624 612 636 606 574 574 525 495 465 453
      Black or African American 153 154 149 147 128 136 109 90 71 72
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 12 12 12 10 6 4 3 6 8
      White 1,388 1,495 1,657 1,621 1,600 1,681 1,739 1,723 1,780 1,727
      More than one race 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 54 56 51 58 50 55 61 82 115 139
  Temporary visa holders 1,548 1,603 1,544 1,421 1,473 1,447 1,305 1,246 1,149 1,079
  Science and engineering 4,091 4,231 4,318 4,072 3,993 3,988 3,827 3,755 3,727 3,714
    Science 3,213 3,294 3,346 3,171 3,098 3,068 2,983 2,992 2,980 2,947
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 370 400 413 409 380 395 396 378 379 368
      Biological and biomedical sciences 980 999 1,018 985 961 946 945 866 879 896
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 44 43
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 23 22
      Computer and information sciences 318 331 310 251 262 241 193 197 189 171
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 17 17
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 102 109 116 100 107 113 106 110 107 115
      Mathematics and statistics 270 289 260 235 233 232 233 222 245 219
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 36 37
      Natural resources and conservation 61 59 56 28 33 22 7 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 435 429 465 460 431 435 432 423 417 397
      Psychology 147 140 148 147 141 131 127 120 117 110
      Social sciences 530 538 560 556 550 553 544 548 527 552
    Engineering 878 937 972 901 895 920 844 763 747 767
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 172 175 114 103 99 92 79 81 85 99
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 72 72 75 70 79 76 60 58 51 46
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 212 232 266 247 233 252 242 182 173 192
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 226 251 225 210 241 242 202 216 201 185
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 135 150 163 143 125 133 135 125 131 137
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 61 57 63 64 59 64 74 51 58 58
      Other engineering 0 0 66 64 59 61 52 50 48 50
    Health 212 217 233 234 252 293 252 183 157 47
      Clinical medicine 76 76 95 70 59 56 48 70 66 46
      Other health 136 141 138 164 193 237 204 113 91 1

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 61 51 52 50 53 36 42 34 42 44
    Female 46 43 24 29 36 26 19 34 22 22
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 98 86 70 77 88 61 59 63 61 62
    Hispanic or Latino 13 5 5 10 16 4 4 6 4 5
    Not Hispanic or Latino 84 81 63 63 68 54 52 53 54 52
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
      Asian 26 18 15 12 15 13 11 8 7 15
      Black or African American 3 4 1 6 2 3 4 2 3 1
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
      White 53 58 44 43 48 37 35 41 43 35
      More than one race 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 1 0 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 5
  Temporary visa holders 9 8 6 2 1 1 2 5 3 4
  Science and engineering 97 84 69 70 80 54 56 68 62 65
    Science 36 35 29 32 41 28 31 45 40 39
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 10 7 5 10 16 7 7 6 4 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 5 11 6 11 11 6 11 16 16 18
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Computer and information sciences 8 6 8 4 2 5 6 10 10 7
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 3 3 2 6 5 3 3 3 4
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Social sciences 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 6 2 4
    Engineering 61 49 40 38 39 26 25 23 22 26
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 13 11 9 7 11 6 7 5 8 10
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 11 10 5 4 5 3 3 5 4 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 23 19 21 13 11 11 11 8 7 10
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 7 8 4 10 9 5 2 2 1 0
      Other engineering 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 1 1 2
    Health 10 10 7 9 9 8 5 0 2 1
      Clinical medicine 7 5 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 1
      Other health 3 5 6 7 7 8 4 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 844 932 875 938 982 822 968 770 801 333 0
  Science and engineering 839 925 870 934 979 821 857 764 795 332 0
    Science 577 662 612 686 720 657 653 599 636 289 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 51 65 54 53 54 47 52 36 40 15 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 307 360 320 349 355 319 317 291 281 159 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 27 15 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 65 61 52 58 62 49 54 41 62 17 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 27 31 32 24 29 24 39 31 32 17 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8 9 9 17 22 21 24 21 27 12 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 15 7 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 65 75 85 115 125 126 85 82 91 23 0
      Psychology 37 39 35 45 41 33 33 30 27 13 0
      Social sciences 17 21 25 25 32 38 48 34 30 11 0
    Engineering 262 263 258 248 259 164 204 165 159 43 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 67 69 38 35 36 35 41 33 31 14 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 29 27 26 22 28 28 26 22 20 4 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 31 35 38 40 42 33 49 26 31 4 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 79 80 73 76 80 30 42 34 32 4 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 33 26 25 27 18 14 14 18 19 6 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 23 26 30 29 32 11 22 21 17 5 0
      Other engineering 0 0 28 19 23 13 10 11 9 6 0
    Health 5 7 5 4 3 1 111 6 6 1 0
      Clinical medicine 2 6 5 2 3 0 22 6 6 1 0
      Other health 3 1 0 2 0 1 89 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 4,303 4,448 4,551 4,306 4,245 4,281 4,079 3,938 3,884 3,761
  Fellowships 385 446 474 540 711 950 885 936 843 1,518
    Federal 3 60 73 121 202 205 214 226 222 221
    Institutional 382 386 401 419 509 745 671 710 621 1,297
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 1,644 1,745 1,730 1,718 1,564 1,112 1,032 1,003 1,096 204
    Federal 839 867 793 805 763 617 563 544 579 112
    Institutional 805 878 937 913 801 495 469 459 517 92
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Teaching assistantships 1,697 1,608 1,634 1,420 1,268 1,342 1,320 1,263 1,238 208
    Federal 2 5 9 12 17 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 1,695 1,603 1,625 1,408 1,251 1,342 1,320 1,263 1,238 208
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 577 649 713 628 702 877 842 736 707 1,831
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 191 0 0 0
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0
    Nonfederal 36 33 40 43 41 54 61 0 0 0
    Personal resources 541 616 673 585 661 823 588 733 704 1,831

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 773 791 525 1,248 838 694 658 682 679 613
    Science 659 677 480 1,075 721 592 555 566 560 491
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 161 150 123 261 109 52 54 75 70 55
      Biological and biomedical sciences 335 362 247 550 409 356 336 318 309 275
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 28 18
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 15 14 0 12 17 15
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 5
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 45 53 22 74 49 44 33 42 39 39
      Mathematics and statistics 7 7 9 14 8 7 10 5 7 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 2 2
      Natural resources and conservation 19 19 16 35 28 19 25 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 74 68 48 98 62 66 61 46 48 51
      Psychology 2 1 5 14 23 17 22 23 20 16
      Social sciences 16 17 10 29 17 16 13 7 13 13
    Engineering 114 114 45 173 117 102 103 116 119 122
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 20 26 17 35 23 24 30 38 37 37
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 4 6 7 6 4 5 5 9 17
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 42 33 11 44 31 26 25 23 24 21
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 18 24 4 36 12 18 19 24 15 20
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 13 13 1 8 7 8 6 13 11 8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 2 1 4 2 3 5 1 12 9
      Other engineering 19 12 5 39 36 19 13 12 11 10
    Health 112 99 69 172 182 191 173 155 154 152
      Clinical medicine 109 95 64 155 90 102 94 82 91 99
      Other health 3 4 5 17 92 89 79 73 63 53

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 305 385 410 628 454 488 450 460 448 443
  Science and engineering 256 341 359 532 376 376 358 373 368 370
    Science 227 295 318 459 332 319 298 315 310 303
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 49 67 67 82 27 25 19 32 26 14
      Biological and biomedical sciences 118 156 174 260 200 191 191 175 179 180
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 11
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 8 12 0 10 14 13
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 22 22 17 29 17 24 14 23 29 25
      Mathematics and statistics 0 2 7 5 1 3 3 2 4 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 2 3 6 16 13 10 13 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 34 40 37 49 40 39 39 32 33 39
      Psychology 2 1 4 5 14 8 15 17 6 9
      Social sciences 0 4 6 13 11 6 4 2 8 8
    Engineering 29 46 41 73 44 57 60 58 58 67
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 10 14 12 21 14 16 18 21 17 23
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 2 5 3 2 1 2 3 7 12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 5 2 8 8 8 13 7 3 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 7 15 11 24 7 13 13 16 14 13
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 7 4 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 2 3 3 1 2 1 0 10 8
      Other engineering 5 5 7 12 10 14 9 4 3 4
    Health 49 44 51 96 78 112 92 87 80 73
      Clinical medicine 49 43 49 89 43 63 49 44 45 43
      Other health 0 1 2 7 35 49 43 43 35 30

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 962,399 883,807 817,409 816,693 804,282 788,832 738,347 741,892 721,077 711,721
    Science 822,031 756,542 703,016 706,723 698,907 685,647 640,912 636,882 622,814 613,296
      Computer and information sciences 6,959 5,764 5,934 7,256 7,562 7,888 6,818 9,024 8,007 8,155
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 38,078 32,940 30,603 30,153 29,166 27,316 25,750 26,861 27,637 27,059
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 4,805 3,999 3,995 3,131 3,445 2,594 1,631 1,201 1,438 1,169
        Geological and earth sciences 3,690 2,947 1,653 3,248 3,191 2,997 4,131 4,792 4,771 4,320
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 5,376 4,885 4,848 4,860 4,740 4,752 3,939 3,642 3,834 3,513
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 24,207 21,109 20,107 18,914 17,790 16,973 16,049 17,226 17,594 18,057
      Life sciences 682,290 626,320 590,027 597,962 593,628 588,300 540,861 525,165 512,472 509,743
        Agricultural sciences 170,896 152,571 143,311 150,069 153,739 155,642 141,734 142,581 137,628 133,761
        Biological and biomedical sciences 228,212 211,134 199,310 218,316 224,044 220,855 200,810 187,520 163,319 150,801
        Health sciences 283,182 262,615 247,406 229,577 215,845 211,803 198,317 195,064 211,525 225,181
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4,722 4,392 4,698 4,455 4,162 4,436 3,901 4,240 3,296 3,805
      Physical sciences 36,471 35,319 27,906 26,495 26,589 23,212 27,092 32,156 35,150 30,938
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 15,108 15,996 14,017 13,607 13,683 11,110 12,276 13,683 12,733 13,554
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 10,963 11,138 9,032 10,195 10,672 10,035 10,597 10,455 10,250 10,246
        Physical sciences nec 10,400 8,185 4,857 2,693 2,234 2,067 4,219 8,018 12,167 7,138
      Psychology 4,171 3,509 3,177 3,022 2,740 2,256 2,313 2,608 3,190 4,450
      Social sciences 38,849 38,078 30,951 28,486 27,167 24,402 26,537 29,254 26,728 23,559
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 12,117 12,148 8,510 10,182 11,106 10,048 12,447 12,546 11,087 8,981
        Political science and government 7,926 7,975 7,523 2,972 773 909 970 1,024 1,298 1,302
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,331 1,457 1,341 1,608 2,827 1,723 1,559 1,584 1,214 1,098
        Social sciences nec 17,475 16,498 13,577 13,724 12,461 11,722 11,561 14,100 13,129 12,178
      Sciences nec 10,491 10,220 9,720 8,894 7,893 7,837 7,640 7,574 6,334 5,587
    Engineering 124,470 114,118 102,370 97,951 92,277 89,128 85,557 89,188 83,273 86,393
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 31,521 31,286 27,314 22,983 23,576 22,605 22,813 22,043 19,673 20,408
      Chemical engineering 102 210 257 2,488 3,545 3,087 2,931 8,893 10,070 11,803
      Civil engineering 52,033 47,509 45,387 44,957 39,055 37,121 35,079 32,146 29,966 31,385
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 16,563 15,736 12,249 12,137 13,445 12,018 11,123 14,298 11,674 9,755
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 15,415 12,164 10,640 10,049 8,940 10,269 9,778 11,773 11,801 12,644
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 8,836 7,213 6,523 5,337 3,716 4,028 3,833 35 89 398
    Non-S&E 15,898 13,147 12,023 12,019 13,098 14,057 11,878 15,822 14,990 12,032
      Business management and business administration 206 255 221 206 211 538 717 318 344 401
      Communication and communications technologies 763 431 283 559 387 239 190 127 89 88
      Education 8,871 7,479 6,543 6,678 6,824 8,405 6,361 10,684 8,943 5,316
      Humanities 647 809 929 1,140 1,302 1,134 1,197 1,606 1,472 736
      Law 263 555 869 652 799 736 497 523 574 694
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 5,146 3,590 3,147 2,775 3,535 2,985 2,862 2,553 3,553 4,720
      Non-S&E nec 2 28 31 9 40 20 54 11 15 77

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 962,399 494,847 78,096 244,082 55,403 48,643 41,328
    Science 822,031 429,401 55,922 214,927 48,093 39,351 34,337
      Computer and information sciences 6,959 5,918 128 384 296 0 233
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 38,078 10,879 7,745 16,285 402 1,603 1,164
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 4,805 1,848 265 2,334 5 198 155
        Geological and earth sciences 3,690 2,745 106 789 0 5 45
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 5,376 2,353 81 2,642 21 234 45
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 24,207 3,933 7,293 10,520 376 1,166 919
      Life sciences 682,290 363,804 45,955 161,377 45,517 34,010 31,627
        Agricultural sciences 170,896 47,884 17,389 74,570 8,171 8,183 14,699
        Biological and biomedical sciences 228,212 145,722 9,247 44,199 9,318 11,410 8,316
        Health sciences 283,182 170,198 19,319 42,608 28,028 14,417 8,612
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4,722 4,285 0 300 21 116 0
      Physical sciences 36,471 23,211 529 9,350 1,294 1,673 414
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 15,108 11,408 144 1,786 1,091 415 264
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 10,963 8,183 0 2,038 11 610 121
        Physical sciences nec 10,400 3,620 385 5,526 192 648 29
      Psychology 4,171 2,955 1 550 0 286 379
      Social sciences 38,849 18,325 1,560 16,218 563 1,663 520
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 12,117 5,890 1,398 4,121 52 493 163
        Political science and government 7,926 3,429 0 4,436 7 17 37
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,331 728 0 296 6 274 27
        Social sciences nec 17,475 8,278 162 7,365 498 879 293
      Sciences nec 10,491 24 4 10,463 0 0 0
    Engineering 124,470 59,180 21,026 25,140 6,644 5,878 6,602
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 31,521 23,755 472 5,492 581 470 751
      Chemical engineering 102 101 0 1 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 52,033 9,102 16,458 15,070 3,941 3,123 4,339
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 16,563 11,720 0 1,838 1,152 699 1,154
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 15,415 8,439 4,068 1,946 762 3 197
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 8,836 6,063 28 793 208 1,583 161
    Non-S&E 15,898 6,266 1,148 4,015 666 3,414 389
      Business management and business administration 206 1 0 98 0 0 107
      Communication and communications technologies 763 416 0 213 34 64 36
      Education 8,871 3,345 125 2,189 18 2,965 229
      Humanities 647 105 0 254 14 264 10
      Law 263 0 0 256 0 0 7
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 5,146 2,399 1,023 1,003 600 121 0
      Non-S&E nec 2 0 0 2 0 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

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 494,847 468,468 373,719 380,965 374,707 360,018 342,407 339,209 326,039 330,367
  DOD 24,576 27,617 23,219 19,757 18,306 14,124 12,239 17,929 16,867 17,428
  DOE 21,400 19,800 16,347 15,436 15,451 14,239 15,892 13,557 11,440 14,182
  HHS 303,877 290,032 236,989 235,290 215,535 207,494 191,517 179,504 175,634 179,343
  NASA 8,390 7,974 5,568 4,579 3,840 3,939 4,186 3,742 3,061 3,052
  NSF 46,849 43,464 34,803 36,165 33,320 34,146 38,421 45,289 46,911 44,498
  USDA 57,989 50,132 34,370 35,042 36,057 32,287 31,725 32,771 31,478 29,604
  Other 31,766 29,449 22,423 34,696 52,198 53,789 48,427 46,417 40,648 42,260

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 10,727 1,197 9,530 .
2018 10,552 1,190 9,362 .
2017 10,561 1,153 9,408 .

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 3,244 3,108 3,089 3,058 3,052
    Agricultural sciences 911 881 758 752 745
    Biological and biomedical sciences 964 895 927 912 905
    Computer and information sciences 0 25 26 24 25
    Engineering 350 331 327 321 304
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 30 85 84 84 80
    Health sciences 402 408 510 520 538
    Mathematics and statistics 15 14 14 15 15
    Natural resources and conservation 103 29 26 25 25
    Physical sciences 174 188 182 183 190
    Psychology 37 38 40 37 37
    Social sciences 70 77 80 79 85
    Other 187 136 114 108 104

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 21,200 311,520 39,067 27,261 5,367
    Agricultural sciences 21,200 11,520 0 27,261 5,367
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 140,000 9,052 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 17,000 0 0
    Health sciences 0 139,000 13,015 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 21,000 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 109,399 29,535 20,172 68,454 67,069
    Agricultural sciences 20,812 9,536 0 0 8,486
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 1,113 1,152 39,476 6,809
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 339
    Engineering 0 6,828 950 921 11,914
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,530 496 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 10,034 4,229 2,139
    Mathematics and statistics 5,530 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 6,030 11,561 8,036 23,828 37,382
    Psychology 23,225 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 48,273 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 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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