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

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