U. California, Irvine

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 34 92.9 459 51 92.7 679 35 94.4 602 56 94 914
2022 26 94.6 457 48 93.2 680 57 93.8 900
2021 37 92 447 41 94.3 691 40 93.4 583 55 94.1 908
2020 36 92.3 450 34 95.3 698 55 94.2 916
2019 37 92 447 34 95.3 697 37 93.9 589 57 93.9 914
2018 45 89.8 428 36 95 700 58 93.8 911
2017 37 91.6 425 43 93.9 684 38 93.6 575 65 92.9 898
2016 44 90.1 430 44 93.9 697 67 92.7 896
2015 44 90 426 43 94 693 37 93.7 570 69 92.5 898
2014 40 90.8 422 43 94 688 67 92.6 889
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 471 514 393 420 407 380 403 393 390 414
  Science and engineering 409 433 333 365 344 323 358 326 322 349
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 2 1 1 . 2 . . .
      Agricultural sciences . . . . 1 . 1 . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . 2 1 . . 1 . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 77 71 50 51 57 50 78 53 63 70
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 7 7 6 3 2 5 1 7 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 12 13 9 8 9 7 6 10 5 6
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 8 3 3 6 5 1 4 2 5 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 2 4 4 5 2 15 3 6 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 8 11 7 4 8 13 10 5 6 7
      Genetics and genomics 3 1 4 1 1 1 . . . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 10 7 4 3 6 4 3 5 14 11
      Molecular biology 4 2 2 2 4 1 8 3 . 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 18 14 7 7 7 10 15 15 12 16
      Pharmacology and toxicology 6 6 . 3 . 2 6 5 3 5
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 4 2 7 9 6 6 4 4 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 1 1 . . 1 . . 1 .
    Computer and information sciences 29 39 31 36 35 29 24 39 31 34
      Computer science 22 32 26 32 28 16 19 22 22 30
      Computer and information sciences, other 7 7 5 4 7 13 5 17 9 4
    Engineering 106 103 90 83 85 77 80 54 87 83
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 10 2 . 2 5 4 1 3 6
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 14 19 16 14 20 13 19 10 16 13
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 10 15 13 2 9 8 3 4 7 6
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 12 9 14 14 12 12 14 21 15
      Electrical and computer engineering 36 26 15 29 19 18 23 12 24 22
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 3 . . 1 . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 17 10 8 11 16 6 10 6 5 7
      Mechanical engineering 5 4 21 13 3 14 9 3 10 12
      Engineering, other 3 4 6 . 1 1 . 4 1 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 12 11 17 18 10 13 11 11 13 6
      Geological sciences 4 5 8 13 3 7 3 4 5 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 8 6 9 5 7 6 8 7 8 3
    Health sciences 16 11 10 15 10 4 5 5 . 2
      Nursing science 5 2 . 1 5 1 . . . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences 4 2 4 6 2 1 1 2 . .
      Public health 6 6 5 8 3 2 1 1 . 1
      Health sciences, other 1 1 1 . . . 3 2 . 1
    Mathematics and statistics 23 23 26 26 14 14 18 20 18 17
      Applied mathematics 2 5 4 8 4 7 6 5 5 5
      Mathematics 5 3 6 5 4 4 5 6 7 5
      Statistics 5 3 5 3 4 3 2 1 4 6
      Mathematics and statistics, other 11 12 11 10 2 . 5 8 2 1
    Physical sciences 56 64 31 59 64 63 60 62 45 57
      Astronomy and astrophysics 5 5 5 4 5 3 6 2 2 4
      Chemistry 38 40 16 44 34 42 41 39 28 37
      Physics 13 19 10 11 25 18 13 21 15 16
    Psychology 25 29 18 23 21 25 19 14 14 26
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 1 . 1 3 1 4 . 2 2
      Research and experimental psychology 17 26 12 20 15 20 13 13 9 22
      Psychology, other 5 2 6 2 3 4 2 1 3 2
    Social sciences 65 82 58 53 47 48 61 68 51 54
      Anthropology 2 10 8 6 9 5 9 8 9 4
      Economics 18 26 12 12 13 13 12 15 14 12
      Political science and government 8 5 7 6 3 8 9 10 9 6
      Public policy analysis . 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 . 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 15 14 11 13 12 8 11 17 11 14
      Social sciences, other 22 26 19 15 10 13 20 17 8 17
  Non-science and engineering 62 81 60 55 63 57 45 67 68 65
    Business 7 12 13 10 7 6 9 6 6 10
      Business 7 12 13 10 7 6 9 6 6 10
    Education 10 23 15 15 6 18 7 15 9 6
      Education leadership and administration . 1 . . . . . . 1 2
      Education research 4 11 5 3 1 8 4 5 7 3
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 1 . 4 1 1 1 5 1 1
      Education, other 5 10 10 8 4 9 2 5 . .
    Humanities and arts 42 44 30 29 47 33 26 42 53 48
      Letters 11 16 9 8 11 14 5 11 16 16
      Foreign languages and literature 5 2 2 4 11 6 5 5 8 6
      History 3 9 4 5 8 4 6 13 9 16
      Philosophy and religious studies 8 9 8 7 8 3 7 6 11 5
      Music and performing arts 7 5 3 2 6 1 1 2 2 5
      Humanities and arts, other 8 3 4 3 3 5 2 5 7 .
    Other non-science and engineering 3 2 2 1 3 . 3 4 . 1
      Communication 1 . . 1 2 . 3 2 . .
      Public administration and social services 2 1 2 . . . . 1 . 1
      Non-science and engineering, other . 1 . . 1 . . 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 1,758 1,794 1,799 2,106 2,049 1,999 1,892 1,802 1,846 1,891
    Female 1,315 1,364 1,496 1,601 1,522 1,455 1,281 1,234 1,179 1,129
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,836 1,875 2,100 2,268 2,180 2,004 1,873 1,793 1,838 1,921
    Hispanic or Latino 391 398 451 358 320 293 251 230 234 223
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,361 1,390 1,551 1,709 1,611 1,529 1,475 1,437 1,467 1,559
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3 2 2 22 29 41 40 10 9 8
      Asian 447 433 501 599 543 481 429 373 354 386
      Black or African American 60 63 78 94 105 107 94 48 46 41
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 4
      White 721 756 851 994 934 900 912 911 964 1,033
      More than one race 127 132 116 0 0 0 0 93 92 87
    Unknown ethnicity and race 84 87 98 201 249 182 147 126 137 139
  Temporary visa holders 1,237 1,283 1,195 1,439 1,391 1,450 1,300 1,243 1,187 1,099
  Science and engineering 3,073 3,158 3,163 3,547 3,416 3,307 3,037 2,910 2,938 2,942
    Science 1,987 2,036 2,099 2,557 2,459 2,352 2,077 1,952 1,979 1,955
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 589 563 527 516 471 445 422 327 357 341
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 97 93
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 74 528 583 578 459 343 338 329
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 56 63 61 63 59 56 53 52 51 54
      Mathematics and statistics 292 322 315 302 247 250 173 159 166 159
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 191 167 108 80 48 42 28 52 34 34
      Natural resources and conservation 34 32 41 34 27 16 3 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 407 422 406 380 390 354 355 360 357 389
      Psychology 0 0 72 129 142 131 123 83 60 57
      Social sciences 418 467 495 525 492 480 461 494 519 499
    Engineering 1,086 1,122 1,064 990 957 955 960 958 959 987
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 152 158 143 139 128 134 137 125 114 122
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 81 82 83 62 66 62 59 70 86 73
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 108 111 102 123 132 143 163 176 160 191
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 478 508 472 405 371 371 351 343 361 352
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 20 19 17 17 18 21 21 20 23 26
      Mechanical engineering 171 168 173 165 158 136 135 138 141 164
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 76 76 74 76 73 73 76 71 60 59
      Other engineering 0 0 0 3 11 15 18 15 14 0
    Health 0 0 132 160 155 147 136 126 87 78
      Clinical medicine 0 0 132 112 108 103 94 85 75 61
      Other health 0 0 0 48 47 44 42 41 12 17

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 76 85 82 65 62 71 77 94 138 155
    Female 89 74 145 114 109 87 83 71 70 92
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 141 134 207 166 161 145 128 130 152 197
    Hispanic or Latino 43 32 50 38 37 31 20 19 18 24
    Not Hispanic or Latino 92 97 149 113 112 101 98 102 119 163
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 1 1 0 1 7 2 1 0 2
      Asian 37 40 50 44 34 37 41 29 44 50
      Black or African American 5 6 4 13 16 13 6 3 5 4
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 42 45 86 56 61 44 49 64 67 97
      More than one race 8 4 7 0 0 0 0 5 3 10
    Unknown ethnicity and race 6 5 8 15 12 13 10 9 15 10
  Temporary visa holders 24 25 20 13 10 13 32 35 56 50
  Science and engineering 165 159 215 171 165 156 147 157 202 228
    Science 98 98 155 122 125 121 105 102 102 139
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 27 32 35 24 26 22 19 10 5 18
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 5
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 2 7 16 12 20 21 29 29
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 6 3 5 3 3 3 2 4 9 6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 3
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 5 5
      Psychology 0 0 41 40 35 31 18 3 0 0
      Social sciences 58 53 69 46 45 51 44 58 51 73
    Engineering 67 61 60 49 40 35 42 55 100 89
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 2 7 2 2 1 3 1 8 11
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 2 2 3 2 0 1 10 8 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 6 12 13 7 8 11 9 25 26
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 38 32 30 17 15 9 15 25 36 34
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 3 3 3 4 4 1 1 3 3
      Mechanical engineering 13 16 6 10 9 13 8 7 13 7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 7 4
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
    Health 0 0 12 8 6 2 13 8 6 19
      Clinical medicine 0 0 12 8 6 2 13 7 6 4
      Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15

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 705 682 536 719 547 676 514 609 577 629 0
  Science and engineering 705 682 521 696 528 644 497 590 570 623 0
    Science 501 473 360 497 396 470 350 422 417 458 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 258 242 181 200 146 166 134 110 111 103 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 35 32 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 13 74 46 63 52 55 47 58 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 26 26 18 24 23 26 16 15 24 21 0
      Mathematics and statistics 27 28 16 16 15 12 10 16 16 25 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 4 4 3 2 2 0 0 4 4 4 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 161 152 109 149 134 171 106 151 145 180 0
      Psychology 0 0 1 6 12 12 10 9 6 6 0
      Social sciences 25 21 19 26 18 20 22 30 29 29 0
    Engineering 204 209 161 199 132 174 147 168 153 165 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 57 56 44 47 29 40 27 33 37 42 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 34 26 20 23 17 22 22 18 18 19 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 25 26 9 16 14 14 23 25 23 28 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 28 41 37 57 28 47 32 44 39 37 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 4 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 3 0
      Mechanical engineering 28 31 29 32 26 22 19 27 21 21 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 30 25 19 21 16 26 23 20 13 15 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 0 0 15 23 19 32 17 19 7 6 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 15 12 9 14 6 7 6 6 0
      Other health 0 0 0 11 10 18 11 12 1 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 3,073 3,158 3,295 3,707 3,571 3,454 3,173 3,036 3,025 3,020
  Fellowships 932 1,164 1,346 1,259 1,825 1,211 616 820 770 790
    Federal 190 193 213 214 221 218 203 228 208 199
    Institutional 627 833 936 864 1,412 866 294 483 447 467
    Nonfederal 115 138 197 181 192 127 119 109 115 124
  Research assistantships 912 822 563 864 523 714 495 610 610 577
    Federal 515 489 323 505 326 458 311 381 369 430
    Institutional 147 121 93 117 72 81 75 98 101 68
    Nonfederal 250 212 147 242 125 175 109 131 140 79
  Teaching assistantships 579 534 714 900 514 732 750 918 898 895
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 578 533 705 884 514 731 750 918 897 895
    Nonfederal 1 1 9 16 0 1 0 0 1 0
  Other types of support 650 638 672 684 709 797 1,312 688 747 758
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Personal resources 650 638 672 684 709 797 1,312 687 747 758

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 381 393 343 319 291 256 274 261 228 256
    Science 309 302 266 255 243 221 232 212 192 224
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 171 162 132 120 107 94 96 76 73 88
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 23 27
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 7 13 7 7 12 11 9 5 3 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 21 23 23 18 18 18 16 14 20
      Mathematics and statistics 12 11 10 9 7 7 3 1 4 5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 4 2 9 0 5 2 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 64 72 66 59 54 59 72 67 59 62
      Psychology 20 5 7 11 9 5 1 0 0 0
      Social sciences 10 13 11 26 31 25 33 15 16 16
    Engineering 72 91 77 64 48 35 42 49 36 32
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10 9 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 14 24 18 13 11 13 0 19 13 15
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 9 11 7 8 7 15 13 9 7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 9 18 14 14 10 5 11 9 8 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 9 14 11 8 7 6 8 4 4 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 4 2 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 17 15 16 17 8 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 5 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
    Health 68 78 70 71 78 85 71 77 69 59
      Clinical medicine 50 57 49 57 72 72 58 63 61 58
      Other health 18 21 21 14 6 13 13 14 8 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

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 262 231 226 288 232 208 201 217 149 154
  Science and engineering 226 193 188 229 181 159 161 167 124 127
    Science 186 155 146 186 147 136 143 136 103 114
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 112 95 76 86 78 64 62 48 40 46
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 13 14
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 5 3 7 8 9 7 4 3 2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 6 7 13 11 14 15 10 7 8
      Mathematics and statistics 9 4 6 9 5 3 2 1 3 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 40 37 44 45 31 37 46 47 35 37
      Psychology 8 5 5 10 7 2 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 2 0 0 16 7 7 11 3 2 6
    Engineering 40 38 42 43 34 23 18 31 21 13
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 11 13 9 9 11 10 0 12 6 6
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5 3 5 5 6 6 8 12 7 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 7 9 10 5 2 5 3 4 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 4 4 6 5 3 2 1 2 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 2 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 7 12 12 4 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 36 38 38 59 51 49 40 50 25 27
      Clinical medicine 28 31 27 44 49 39 30 37 24 27
      Other health 8 7 11 15 2 10 10 13 1 0

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

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

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 609,614 534,947 523,752 490,597 448,967 426,610 361,414 345,319 329,798 340,056
    Science 487,891 427,304 422,026 396,758 366,786 328,846 286,293 270,562 273,338 284,260
      Computer and information sciences 26,089 24,680 23,444 21,573 19,463 15,705 14,736 12,722 13,204 13,891
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 11,236 11,555 13,034 12,705 11,580 10,922 11,305 9,962 8,414 10,995
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 133 112 176 156 156 163 202 75 87 219
        Geological and earth sciences 11,103 11,443 12,858 12,549 11,424 10,730 0 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 29 11,103 9,887 8,327 10,776
      Life sciences 369,735 318,016 315,900 289,422 266,485 239,122 201,661 192,789 195,401 201,874
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 152,147 130,710 125,642 114,449 103,711 87,482 68,604 74,111 78,549 81,482
        Health sciences 217,588 187,306 190,252 174,686 162,497 151,640 133,046 118,678 116,852 120,392
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 6 287 277 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8,818 7,424 6,314 7,106 5,442 5,289 4,273 4,345 4,558 5,084
      Physical sciences 43,790 40,171 38,794 40,964 40,872 37,914 39,032 35,534 35,628 35,260
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 24,009 21,156 18,924 21,988 22,169 21,325 22,957 21,203 22,280 21,393
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 19,630 18,914 19,684 18,770 18,441 16,589 16,075 14,331 13,348 13,867
        Physical sciences nec 151 101 186 206 262 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 14,662 11,147 10,898 11,448 8,961 6,983 4,576 3,736 4,313 5,979
      Social sciences 13,104 13,324 12,606 12,741 13,071 12,368 10,572 11,474 11,707 11,099
        Anthropology 1,380 1,260 1,161 867 1,311 1,380 1,204 0 0 0
        Economics 885 592 888 1,429 1,580 1,394 825 849 858 568
        Political science and government 1,561 3,820 3,626 2,974 3,551 2,983 2,681 3,249 3,230 3,427
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 743 934 912 1,089 1,236 1,086 1,358 2,859 2,861 3,133
        Social sciences nec 8,535 6,718 6,019 6,382 5,393 5,525 4,504 4,517 4,758 3,971
      Sciences nec 457 987 1,036 799 912 543 138 0 113 78
    Engineering 84,902 75,898 65,454 59,695 55,995 70,449 53,016 55,020 40,460 38,055
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16,739 15,980 12,086 10,443 9,942 9,381 8,116 6,746 6,702 6,739
      Chemical engineering 7,564 6,486 5,718 6,490 8,339 9,044 6,888 6,247 4,007 2,774
      Civil engineering 11,092 9,889 9,317 9,983 10,785 24,621 11,408 16,890 6,792 6,922
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 15,240 14,587 12,743 14,476 13,077 13,954 14,938 12,880 12,418 11,281
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 19,186 14,816 15,403 12,313 12,402 12,210 11,097 11,170 10,049 10,306
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 12,257 9,620 7,220 4,603 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 2,824 4,520 2,967 1,387 1,450 1,239 569 1,087 492 33
    Non-S&E 36,821 31,745 36,272 34,144 26,186 27,315 22,105 19,737 16,000 17,741
      Business management and business administration 1,038 757 4,428 5,039 5,125 5,079 1,295 761 718 705
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 1 31 4 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 24,019 21,638 24,032 20,942 13,720 10,862 10,111 9,318 6,526 4,656
      Humanities 8,202 7,131 6,392 7,246 6,211 10,416 10,194 9,381 8,043 10,274
      Law 1,472 672 878 641 498 275 229 154 564 2,018
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 2,090 1,547 540 244 588 666 276 123 149 88
      Non-S&E nec 0 0 1 1 40 17 0 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

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 609,614 335,393 19,360 132,261 46,182 33,514 42,904
    Science 487,891 273,775 15,716 99,332 39,173 26,367 33,528
      Computer and information sciences 26,089 13,381 171 6,310 516 3,481 2,230
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 11,236 7,903 692 1,253 92 607 689
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 133 0 0 133 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 11,103 7,903 692 1,120 92 607 689
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 369,735 208,512 12,446 73,056 35,318 14,937 25,466
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 152,147 103,161 7,398 21,758 3,381 6,966 9,483
        Health sciences 217,588 105,351 5,048 51,298 31,937 7,971 15,983
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8,818 4,445 0 2,028 0 1,781 564
      Physical sciences 43,790 30,228 213 6,107 2,406 2,844 1,992
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 24,009 17,070 116 2,666 1,357 1,675 1,125
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 19,630 13,158 97 3,290 1,049 1,169 867
        Physical sciences nec 151 0 0 151 0 0 0
      Psychology 14,662 7,151 1,178 4,221 152 1,294 666
      Social sciences 13,104 2,116 1,016 6,027 601 1,423 1,921
        Anthropology 1,380 414 0 562 0 249 155
        Economics 885 225 0 526 0 0 134
        Political science and government 1,561 6 0 986 0 240 329
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 743 9 0 572 0 146 16
        Social sciences nec 8,535 1,462 1,016 3,381 601 788 1,287
      Sciences nec 457 39 0 330 88 0 0
    Engineering 84,902 45,509 3,530 19,738 6,894 2,199 7,032
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16,739 11,906 6 2,464 735 394 1,234
      Chemical engineering 7,564 4,849 23 1,129 319 859 385
      Civil engineering 11,092 4,099 2,501 3,152 670 4 666
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 15,240 6,755 0 5,610 688 393 1,794
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 19,186 10,144 1,000 2,267 4,142 337 1,296
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 12,257 7,756 0 2,581 340 212 1,368
      Engineering nec 2,824 0 0 2,535 0 0 289
    Non-S&E 36,821 16,109 114 13,191 115 4,948 2,344
      Business management and business administration 1,038 156 0 749 0 0 133
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 24,019 15,641 63 4,502 115 2,721 977
      Humanities 8,202 182 51 5,918 0 1,466 585
      Law 1,472 125 0 442 0 747 158
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 2,090 5 0 1,580 0 14 491
      Non-S&E nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • 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 335,393 291,393 255,010 241,734 217,094 201,173 187,535 177,779 174,875 182,585
  DOD 18,949 19,376 13,820 14,181 17,400 18,478 18,120 13,961 14,234 14,584
  DOE 21,818 19,058 16,481 15,400 13,229 11,876 10,780 9,013 7,238 8,488
  HHS 221,676 185,563 161,431 150,368 130,420 115,175 105,237 104,344 106,886 114,471
  NASA 5,564 5,167 6,740 8,078 8,076 8,745 8,059 5,946 4,456 5,196
  NSF 53,841 49,528 47,367 45,598 39,979 39,506 36,833 36,213 36,544 35,786
  USDA 149 395 217 146 120 81 94 31 113 99
  Other 13,396 12,306 8,954 7,963 7,870 7,312 8,412 8,271 5,404 3,961

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 4,882 711 4,171 .
2018 4,789 739 4,050 .
2017 4,559 690 3,869 .

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 1,741 1,611 1,568 1,546 1,536
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 465 443 454 454 448
    Computer and information sciences 62 60 59 59 59
    Engineering 315 267 262 262 267
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 49 41 40 38 35
    Health sciences 445 408 376 373 358
    Mathematics and statistics 17 17 17 16 16
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 246 220 222 222 220
    Psychology 50 50 51 48 49
    Social sciences 93 105 88 75 86
    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

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 33,000 88,000 37,300 65,728 .
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 6,906 .
    Engineering 11,000 0 0 38,842 .
    Health sciences 0 88,000 37,300 0 .
    Physical sciences 22,000 0 0 19,980 .

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 15,000 61,995 63,568 23,703 26,910
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 6,763 7,304 2,427 308
    Computer and information sciences 0 3,090 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 21,284 10,749 14,120 6,173
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 400
    Health sciences 15,000 26,314 38,604 4,899 18,764
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 2,483 3,814 623 328
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 937
    Social sciences 0 2,062 3,097 1,634 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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