U. California, Davis

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 18 96.3 459 36 94.5 631 36 96.2 925
2023 18 96.3 459 34 95.2 679 35 96.3 911 7 99 602
2022 18 96.3 457 31 95.6 680 34 96.4 900
2021 27 94.2 447 32 95.6 691 34 96.4 908 8 98.8 583
2020 27 94.3 450 30 95.9 698 32 96.6 916
2019 22 95.3 447 30 95.9 697 30 96.9 914 6 99.2 589
2018 20 95.6 428 26 96.5 700 30 96.8 911
2017 22 95.1 425 27 96.2 684 30 96.8 898 5 99.3 575
2016 22 95.2 430 30 95.9 697 27 97.1 896
2015 20 95.6 426 28 96.1 693 26 97.2 898 5 99.3 570
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 621 609 587 464 497 521 546 505 501 539
  Science and engineering 565 556 526 421 436 471 476 464 450 479
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 53 57 41 56 44 51 45 43 41 35
      Agricultural sciences 49 52 38 53 40 47 40 41 35 31
      Natural resources and conservation 4 5 3 3 4 4 5 2 6 4
    Biological and biomedical sciences 164 170 152 118 132 144 143 146 141 160
      Biochemistry and biophysics 12 12 13 5 6 8 7 14 13 11
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 6 2 4 1 5 4 2 5 11 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 9 3 3 3 4 6 4 3 5 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 3 3 1 4 7 7 4 8 8
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 23 47 37 28 39 43 40 35 30 43
      Genetics and genomics 13 11 8 11 5 10 10 3 5 8
      Microbiology and immunology 25 16 14 18 15 7 18 20 13 19
      Molecular biology 11 11 9 7 5 2 2 4 6 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 12 10 6 7 5 9 9 9 8 10
      Pharmacology and toxicology 9 11 6 8 6 13 8 7 4 10
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 12 12 16 8 12 9 12 12 12 16
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 30 32 33 21 26 26 24 30 26 31
    Computer and information sciences 19 12 19 11 21 24 15 18 20 27
      Computer science 16 8 15 9 21 22 14 16 19 25
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 4 4 2 . 2 1 2 1 2
    Engineering 104 111 91 70 80 73 93 87 83 78
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 10 10 3 4 . 4 4 1 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 19 20 18 14 13 13 15 17 20 16
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 12 13 10 9 6 4 8 7 6 6
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 23 25 21 14 19 19 20 15 14 18
      Electrical and computer engineering 24 26 18 13 18 22 22 20 13 20
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . 2 . . . . 1 .
      Materials and mining engineering 7 10 7 5 5 9 7 10 13 3
      Mechanical engineering 3 2 3 6 12 4 10 10 12 12
      Engineering, other 7 5 4 4 3 2 7 4 3 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 20 14 13 10 14 14 14 18 10 14
      Geological sciences 8 2 6 5 6 3 4 6 4 8
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 12 12 7 5 8 11 10 12 6 6
    Health sciences 8 6 8 6 8 8 9 12 12 3
      Nursing science 3 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 1
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . 2 1 .
      Public health 5 1 1 1 . . 1 1 4 1
      Health sciences, other . . 1 . 3 2 2 3 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics 34 29 27 34 24 24 25 26 15 18
      Applied mathematics 11 9 12 10 5 4 6 10 4 3
      Mathematics 2 . . 1 3 6 2 5 3 4
      Statistics 11 9 9 11 5 5 10 7 1 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 10 11 6 12 11 9 7 4 7 3
    Physical sciences 68 65 72 55 43 57 65 39 57 67
      Astronomy and astrophysics 6 7 8 4 2 2 7 2 1 .
      Chemistry 45 42 39 35 29 31 35 27 29 44
      Physics 17 16 25 16 12 24 23 10 27 23
    Psychology 24 22 29 16 19 20 22 22 20 17
      Research and experimental psychology 13 16 23 12 12 15 15 18 12 13
      Psychology, other 11 6 6 4 7 5 7 4 8 4
    Social sciences 71 70 74 45 51 56 45 53 51 60
      Anthropology 3 10 8 6 3 8 7 4 7 5
      Economics 24 23 24 17 11 16 15 18 14 15
      Political science and government 10 5 8 4 8 5 4 9 4 4
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . 1 2 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 5 10 6 2 5 5 7 5 1 10
      Social sciences, other 29 22 28 16 24 22 12 16 23 26
  Non-science and engineering 56 53 61 43 61 50 70 41 51 60
    Business 2 1 1 . . . . . . 1
      Business 2 1 1 . . . . . . 1
    Education 8 9 12 9 15 9 13 8 13 13
      Education leadership and administration . . 2 . 5 . . 1 . .
      Education research 3 3 6 3 3 4 4 . 6 6
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 2 . 2 3 3 5 4 1 5
      Education, other 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 6 2
    Humanities and arts 38 30 39 28 44 36 50 32 36 45
      Letters 12 12 8 10 14 9 11 10 14 19
      Foreign languages and literature 10 3 8 4 7 10 13 3 4 8
      History 3 4 10 4 7 6 13 8 11 6
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 1 8 . 10 3 3 2 2 3
      Music and performing arts 4 4 3 7 6 7 8 8 1 6
      Humanities and arts, other 3 6 2 3 . 1 2 1 4 3
    Other non-science and engineering 8 13 9 6 2 5 7 1 2 1
      Communication 6 9 7 4 2 5 7 1 2 1
      Public administration and social services 2 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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 2,704 2,755 2,845 3,007 2,885 2,772 2,834 2,774 2,692 2,735
    Hispanic or Latino 506 480 474 458 396 360 337 297 250 248
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,140 2,221 2,315 2,498 2,431 2,362 2,442 2,416 2,360 2,372
      American Indian or Alaska Native 41 46 42 44 45 50 45 39 49 50
      Asian 662 624 612 636 606 574 574 525 495 465
      Black or African American 160 153 154 149 147 128 136 109 90 71
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 10 12 12 12 10 6 4 3 6
      White 1,270 1,388 1,495 1,657 1,621 1,600 1,681 1,739 1,723 1,780
      More than one race 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 58 54 56 51 58 50 55 61 82 115
  Temporary visa holders 1,540 1,548 1,603 1,544 1,421 1,473 1,447 1,305 1,246 1,149
  Science and engineering 4,008 4,091 4,231 4,318 4,072 3,993 3,988 3,827 3,755 3,727
    Science 3,115 3,213 3,294 3,346 3,171 3,098 3,068 2,983 2,992 2,980
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 348 370 400 413 409 380 395 396 378 379
      Biological and biomedical sciences 940 980 999 1,018 985 961 946 945 866 879
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 23
      Computer and information sciences 386 318 331 310 251 262 241 193 197 189
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 17
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 90 102 109 116 100 107 113 106 110 107
      Mathematics and statistics 228 270 289 260 235 233 232 233 222 245
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 36
      Natural resources and conservation 62 61 59 56 28 33 22 7 0 0
      Physical sciences 435 435 429 465 460 431 435 432 423 417
      Psychology 133 147 140 148 147 141 131 127 120 117
      Social sciences 493 530 538 560 556 550 553 544 548 527
    Engineering 893 878 937 972 901 895 920 844 763 747
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 201 172 175 114 103 99 92 79 81 85
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 76 72 72 75 70 79 76 60 58 51
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 199 212 232 266 247 233 252 242 182 173
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 233 226 251 225 210 241 242 202 216 201
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 124 135 150 163 143 125 133 135 125 131
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 60 61 57 63 64 59 64 74 51 58
      Other engineering 0 0 0 66 64 59 61 52 50 48
    Health 236 212 217 233 234 252 293 252 183 157
      Clinical medicine 98 76 76 95 70 59 56 48 70 66
      Other health 138 136 141 138 164 193 237 204 113 91

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 88 98 86 70 77 88 61 59 63 61
    Hispanic or Latino 14 13 5 5 10 16 4 4 6 4
    Not Hispanic or Latino 74 84 81 63 63 68 54 52 53 54
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
      Asian 20 26 18 15 12 15 13 11 8 7
      Black or African American 0 3 4 1 6 2 3 4 2 3
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
      White 52 53 58 44 43 48 37 35 41 43
      More than one race 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 0 1 0 2 4 4 3 3 4 3
  Temporary visa holders 4 9 8 6 2 1 1 2 5 3
  Science and engineering 83 97 84 69 70 80 54 56 68 62
    Science 26 36 35 29 32 41 28 31 45 40
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 7 10 7 5 10 16 7 7 6 4
      Biological and biomedical sciences 6 5 11 6 11 11 6 11 16 16
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 9 8 6 8 4 2 5 6 10 10
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 2
      Mathematics and statistics 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 2 3 3 3 2 6 5 3 3 3
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Social sciences 2 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 6 2
    Engineering 57 61 49 40 38 39 26 25 23 22
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 9 13 11 9 7 11 6 7 5 8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 12 11 10 5 4 5 3 3 5 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 22 23 19 21 13 11 11 11 8 7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 11 7 8 4 10 9 5 2 2 1
      Other engineering 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 1 1
    Health 9 10 10 7 9 9 8 5 0 2
      Clinical medicine 7 7 5 1 2 2 0 1 0 2
      Other health 2 3 5 6 7 7 8 4 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 824 844 932 875 938 982 822 968 770 801
  Science and engineering 816 839 925 870 934 979 821 857 764 795
    Science 632 577 662 612 686 720 657 653 599 636
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 61 51 65 54 53 54 47 52 36 40
      Biological and biomedical sciences 338 307 360 320 349 355 319 317 291 281
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
      Computer and information sciences 51 65 61 52 58 62 49 54 41 62
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 18 27 31 32 24 29 24 39 31 32
      Mathematics and statistics 9 8 9 9 17 22 21 24 21 27
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 15
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Physical sciences 108 65 75 85 115 125 126 85 82 91
      Psychology 25 37 39 35 45 41 33 33 30 27
      Social sciences 22 17 21 25 25 32 38 48 34 30
    Engineering 184 262 263 258 248 259 164 204 165 159
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 67 67 69 38 35 36 35 41 33 31
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 18 29 27 26 22 28 28 26 22 20
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 32 31 35 38 40 42 33 49 26 31
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 39 79 80 73 76 80 30 42 34 32
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 13 33 26 25 27 18 14 14 18 19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 15 23 26 30 29 32 11 22 21 17
      Other engineering 0 0 0 28 19 23 13 10 11 9
    Health 8 5 7 5 4 3 1 111 6 6
      Clinical medicine 3 2 6 5 2 3 0 22 6 6
      Other health 5 3 1 0 2 0 1 89 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 4,244 4,303 4,448 4,551 4,306 4,245 4,281 4,079 3,938 3,884
  Fellowships 767 385 446 474 540 711 950 885 936 843
    Federal 214 3 60 73 121 202 205 214 226 222
    Institutional 482 382 386 401 419 509 745 671 710 621
    Nonfederal 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 1,196 1,644 1,745 1,730 1,718 1,564 1,112 1,032 1,003 1,096
    Federal 604 839 867 793 805 763 617 563 544 579
    Institutional 592 805 878 937 913 801 495 469 459 517
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Teaching assistantships 1,531 1,697 1,608 1,634 1,420 1,268 1,342 1,320 1,263 1,238
    Federal 0 2 5 9 12 17 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 1,531 1,695 1,603 1,625 1,408 1,251 1,342 1,320 1,263 1,238
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 750 577 649 713 628 702 877 842 736 707
    Federal 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 191 0 0
    Institutional 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3
    Nonfederal 0 36 33 40 43 41 54 61 0 0
    Personal resources 725 541 616 673 585 661 823 588 733 704

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 575 535 579 581 1,020 702 694 658 682 679
    Science 486 458 493 516 868 600 592 555 566 560
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 107 105 104 115 187 69 52 54 75 70
      Biological and biomedical sciences 260 232 262 277 453 343 356 336 318 309
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 0 12 17
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 41 36 40 29 60 42 44 33 42 39
      Mathematics and statistics 8 7 5 10 9 5 7 10 5 7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 2
      Natural resources and conservation 10 13 14 17 38 29 19 25 0 0
      Physical sciences 42 51 50 51 81 58 66 61 46 48
      Psychology 3 2 1 5 11 21 17 22 23 20
      Social sciences 15 12 17 12 29 18 16 13 7 13
    Engineering 89 77 86 65 152 102 102 103 116 119
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 13 12 18 17 31 22 24 30 38 37
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 1 2 6 6 5 4 5 5 9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 32 26 24 15 39 29 26 25 23 24
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 12 13 19 15 36 12 18 19 24 15
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 12 11 12 2 9 8 8 6 13 11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 5 1 12
      Other engineering 17 13 9 7 27 24 19 13 12 11
    Health 104 96 88 101 173 163 191 173 155 154
      Clinical medicine 102 93 83 90 154 86 102 94 82 91
      Other health 2 3 5 11 19 77 89 79 73 63

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 356 305 385 410 628 454 488 450 460 448
  Science and engineering 304 256 341 359 532 376 376 358 373 368
    Science 265 227 295 318 459 332 319 298 315 310
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 55 49 67 67 82 27 25 19 32 26
      Biological and biomedical sciences 149 118 156 174 260 200 191 191 175 179
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 0 10 14
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 21 22 22 17 29 17 24 14 23 29
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 2 7 5 1 3 3 2 4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0
      Natural resources and conservation 4 2 3 6 16 13 10 13 0 0
      Physical sciences 29 34 40 37 49 40 39 39 32 33
      Psychology 2 2 1 4 5 14 8 15 17 6
      Social sciences 4 0 4 6 13 11 6 4 2 8
    Engineering 39 29 46 41 73 44 57 60 58 58
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 13 10 14 12 21 14 16 18 21 17
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 1 2 5 3 2 1 2 3 7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 2 5 2 8 8 8 13 7 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 6 7 15 11 24 7 13 13 16 14
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 7 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 1 0 10
      Other engineering 11 5 5 7 12 10 14 9 4 3
    Health 52 49 44 51 96 78 112 92 87 80
      Clinical medicine 52 49 43 49 89 43 63 49 44 45
      Other health 0 0 1 2 7 35 49 43 43 35

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

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

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 1,005,757 962,399 883,807 817,409 816,693 804,282 788,832 738,347 741,892 721,077
    Science 883,676 822,031 756,542 703,016 706,723 698,907 685,647 640,912 636,882 622,814
      Computer and information sciences 9,848 6,959 5,764 5,934 7,256 7,562 7,888 6,818 9,024 8,007
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 35,096 38,078 32,940 30,603 30,153 29,166 27,316 25,750 26,861 27,637
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 4,805 3,999 3,995 3,131 3,445 2,594 1,631 1,201 1,438
        Geological and earth sciences 27,608 3,690 2,947 1,653 3,248 3,191 2,997 4,131 4,792 4,771
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 6,784 5,376 4,885 4,848 4,860 4,740 4,752 3,939 3,642 3,834
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 704 24,207 21,109 20,107 18,914 17,790 16,973 16,049 17,226 17,594
      Life sciences 767,723 682,290 626,320 590,027 597,962 593,628 588,300 540,861 525,165 512,472
        Agricultural sciences 267,601 170,896 152,571 143,311 150,069 153,739 155,642 141,734 142,581 137,628
        Biological and biomedical sciences 155,001 228,212 211,134 199,310 218,316 224,044 220,855 200,810 187,520 163,319
        Health sciences 344,770 283,182 262,615 247,406 229,577 215,845 211,803 198,317 195,064 211,525
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 351 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4,435 4,722 4,392 4,698 4,455 4,162 4,436 3,901 4,240 3,296
      Physical sciences 35,826 36,471 35,319 27,906 26,495 26,589 23,212 27,092 32,156 35,150
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 14,176 15,108 15,996 14,017 13,607 13,683 11,110 12,276 13,683 12,733
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 12,489 10,963 11,138 9,032 10,195 10,672 10,035 10,597 10,455 10,250
        Physical sciences nec 9,161 10,400 8,185 4,857 2,693 2,234 2,067 4,219 8,018 12,167
      Psychology 4,890 4,171 3,509 3,177 3,022 2,740 2,256 2,313 2,608 3,190
      Social sciences 11,639 38,849 38,078 30,951 28,486 27,167 24,402 26,537 29,254 26,728
        Anthropology 956 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 1,632 12,117 12,148 8,510 10,182 11,106 10,048 12,447 12,546 11,087
        Political science and government 553 7,926 7,975 7,523 2,972 773 909 970 1,024 1,298
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 396 1,331 1,457 1,341 1,608 2,827 1,723 1,559 1,584 1,214
        Social sciences nec 8,102 17,475 16,498 13,577 13,724 12,461 11,722 11,561 14,100 13,129
      Sciences nec 14,219 10,491 10,220 9,720 8,894 7,893 7,837 7,640 7,574 6,334
    Engineering 104,694 124,470 114,118 102,370 97,951 92,277 89,128 85,557 89,188 83,273
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 20,563 31,521 31,286 27,314 22,983 23,576 22,605 22,813 22,043 19,673
      Chemical engineering 4,749 102 210 257 2,488 3,545 3,087 2,931 8,893 10,070
      Civil engineering 39,769 52,033 47,509 45,387 44,957 39,055 37,121 35,079 32,146 29,966
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 16,318 16,563 15,736 12,249 12,137 13,445 12,018 11,123 14,298 11,674
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 16,764 15,415 12,164 10,640 10,049 8,940 10,269 9,778 11,773 11,801
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,222 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 3,309 8,836 7,213 6,523 5,337 3,716 4,028 3,833 35 89
    Non-S&E 17,387 15,898 13,147 12,023 12,019 13,098 14,057 11,878 15,822 14,990
      Business management and business administration 126 206 255 221 206 211 538 717 318 344
      Communication and communications technologies 411 763 431 283 559 387 239 190 127 89
      Education 9,192 8,871 7,479 6,543 6,678 6,824 8,405 6,361 10,684 8,943
      Humanities 1,433 647 809 929 1,140 1,302 1,134 1,197 1,606 1,472
      Law 685 263 555 869 652 799 736 497 523 574
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 5,036 5,146 3,590 3,147 2,775 3,535 2,985 2,862 2,553 3,553
      Non-S&E nec 504 2 28 31 9 40 20 54 11 15

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2024
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 1,005,757 505,442 81,315 282,121 35,486 51,037 50,356
    Science 883,676 438,029 63,628 260,479 32,949 44,440 44,151
      Computer and information sciences 9,848 7,754 273 1,154 0 5 662
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 35,096 10,784 9,780 11,802 197 1,016 1,517
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 27,608 8,178 9,193 7,798 197 905 1,337
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 6,784 2,577 259 3,710 0 91 147
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 704 29 328 294 0 20 33
      Life sciences 767,723 378,877 50,077 228,790 30,821 40,493 38,665
        Agricultural sciences 267,601 90,331 23,749 120,665 5,079 8,447 19,330
        Biological and biomedical sciences 155,001 92,827 2,210 38,799 5,195 12,570 3,400
        Health sciences 344,770 195,695 24,118 69,004 20,547 19,476 15,930
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 351 24 0 322 0 0 5
      Mathematics and statistics 4,435 3,937 0 397 0 0 101
      Physical sciences 35,826 21,929 2,592 5,546 1,898 1,287 2,574
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 14,176 11,881 170 846 587 281 411
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 12,489 8,279 32 2,996 0 229 953
        Physical sciences nec 9,161 1,769 2,390 1,704 1,311 777 1,210
      Psychology 4,890 3,381 0 908 33 553 15
      Social sciences 11,639 6,041 662 3,319 0 1,001 616
        Anthropology 956 581 0 115 0 241 19
        Economics 1,632 593 447 458 0 55 79
        Political science and government 553 383 0 77 0 91 2
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 396 100 0 116 0 176 4
        Social sciences nec 8,102 4,384 215 2,553 0 438 512
      Sciences nec 14,219 5,326 244 8,563 0 85 1
    Engineering 104,694 61,028 15,804 17,811 958 3,445 5,648
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 20,563 19,046 0 1,095 93 159 170
      Chemical engineering 4,749 4,204 21 253 66 91 114
      Civil engineering 39,769 9,495 11,467 12,523 264 2,255 3,765
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 16,318 12,593 0 1,519 446 638 1,122
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 16,764 9,985 4,316 1,628 89 301 445
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,222 2,957 0 243 0 0 22
      Engineering nec 3,309 2,748 0 550 0 1 10
    Non-S&E 17,387 6,385 1,883 3,831 1,579 3,152 557
      Business management and business administration 126 0 8 71 0 0 47
      Communication and communications technologies 411 344 0 49 5 9 4
      Education 9,192 4,655 50 1,843 4 2,229 411
      Humanities 1,433 130 0 543 0 686 74
      Law 685 0 0 681 0 0 4
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 5,036 1,086 1,796 494 1,570 89 1
      Non-S&E nec 504 170 29 150 0 139 16

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 505,442 494,847 468,468 373,719 380,965 374,707 360,018 342,407 339,209 326,039
  DOD 29,362 24,576 27,617 23,219 19,757 18,306 14,124 12,239 17,929 16,867
  DOE 22,183 21,400 19,800 16,347 15,436 15,451 14,239 15,892 13,557 11,440
  HHS 290,744 303,877 290,032 236,989 235,290 215,535 207,494 191,517 179,504 175,634
  NASA 7,211 8,390 7,974 5,568 4,579 3,840 3,939 4,186 3,742 3,061
  NSF 47,564 46,849 43,464 34,803 36,165 33,320 34,146 38,421 45,289 46,911
  USDA 63,368 57,989 50,132 34,370 35,042 36,057 32,287 31,725 32,771 31,478
  Other 45,010 31,766 29,449 22,423 34,696 52,198 53,789 48,427 46,417 40,648

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 10,727 1,197 9,530 .
2018 10,552 1,190 9,362 .

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
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 17,000 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 139,000 13,015 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 21,000 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 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

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

Open printer friendly view

Back to Top of page.