U. California, Riverside

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 58 87.7 459 79 88.6 679 58 90.6 602 136 85.4 914
2022 59 87.4 457 66 90.5 680 136 85.1 900
2021 65 85.8 447 64 91 691 55 90.8 583 133 85.6 908
2020 71 84.6 450 64 91 698 128 86.3 916
2019 66 85.6 447 63 91.2 697 61 89.9 589 129 86.1 914
2018 63 85.6 428 74 89.7 700 128 86.2 911
2017 70 83.9 425 73 89.6 684 60 89.8 575 127 86.1 898
2016 82 81.3 430 77 89.2 697 127 86.1 896
2015 69 84.2 426 84 88.1 693 53 91 570 127 86.1 898
2014 69 84 422 89 87.3 688 130 85.6 889
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 322 329 268 271 292 299 268 239 272 263
  Science and engineering 269 282 230 229 252 243 217 196 201 220
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 9 5 4 8 9 7 10 8 4 14
      Agricultural sciences 5 3 4 7 6 5 5 5 3 7
      Natural resources and conservation 4 2 . 1 3 2 5 3 1 7
    Biological and biomedical sciences 70 66 55 49 57 69 46 44 46 50
      Biochemistry and biophysics 8 6 8 3 4 3 5 2 1 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 7 5 4 3 7 3 3 2 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 6 3 3 . . 5 3 2 . 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 1 1 2 5 2 . 4 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 6 6 8 3 6 7 7 5 6 11
      Genetics and genomics 5 1 2 2 5 1 2 1 5 5
      Microbiology and immunology 7 5 3 6 3 3 5 2 2 1
      Molecular biology 4 9 4 4 1 4 3 5 1 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 8 7 4 6 4 3 3 9 3
      Pharmacology and toxicology 7 7 6 7 10 8 2 4 6 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . 3 1 1 . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 17 14 8 15 17 19 10 16 10 13
    Computer and information sciences 15 29 25 24 14 10 18 15 19 24
      Computer science 12 21 23 22 14 10 18 13 18 24
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 8 2 2 . . . 2 1 .
    Engineering 66 72 50 55 73 52 62 45 57 36
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6 9 7 6 12 7 12 9 6 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 12 11 6 5 16 10 9 9 11 6
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 2 1 2 3 5 4 4 1 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 24 25 17 15 17 13 16 8 18 15
      Materials and mining engineering 7 18 9 12 19 12 16 8 11 4
      Mechanical engineering 11 5 9 14 6 5 4 6 10 3
      Engineering, other 3 2 1 1 . . 1 1 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 12 2 7 7 3 2 7 3 3
      Geological sciences 4 9 2 7 7 1 2 7 3 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 3 . . . 2 . . . .
    Health sciences . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Health sciences, other . . . . . 1 . . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 17 13 18 12 13 16 15 13 9 3
      Applied mathematics . . 2 2 . . . . . .
      Mathematics . 1 1 4 5 6 3 5 4 .
      Statistics 8 4 7 1 1 5 2 2 2 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 8 8 5 7 5 10 6 3 1
    Physical sciences 42 43 39 32 38 40 32 29 30 46
      Astronomy and astrophysics 9 5 10 2 2 3 2 3 1 3
      Chemistry 26 28 21 16 25 19 9 17 17 27
      Physics 7 10 8 14 11 18 21 9 12 16
    Psychology 19 13 17 12 8 18 13 13 10 17
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . . 1 . 1 1 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 16 11 11 10 4 16 9 11 4 14
      Psychology, other 3 2 6 2 3 2 3 1 5 3
    Social sciences 22 29 20 30 33 27 19 22 23 27
      Anthropology . 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 2 6
      Economics 5 8 5 10 12 6 3 8 6 13
      Political science and government 7 7 2 7 2 2 4 2 7 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 4 6 5 5 5 7 4 7 5
      Social sciences, other 7 8 5 4 11 11 2 4 1 1
  Non-science and engineering 53 47 38 42 40 56 51 43 71 43
    Business 2 1 4 2 . 1 1 2 . .
      Business 2 1 4 2 . 1 1 2 . .
    Education 14 10 14 7 10 15 13 11 14 9
      Education leadership and administration . . . . . . 1 1 1 .
      Education research 10 5 8 3 8 14 7 7 10 8
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . . 1 . . 1 2 1 1
      Education, other 4 5 6 3 2 1 4 1 2 .
    Humanities and arts 37 36 20 33 30 40 35 30 57 34
      Letters 14 13 7 8 13 12 15 6 18 13
      Foreign languages and literature 4 3 1 3 1 7 2 3 7 2
      History . 6 5 6 3 5 5 9 12 8
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 3 1 4 5 7 5 4 7 .
      Music and performing arts 10 8 4 11 8 9 6 4 5 6
      Humanities and arts, other 3 3 2 1 . . 2 4 8 5
    Other non-science and engineering . . . . . . 2 . . .
      Communication . . . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . . . . . . 2 . . .

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 1,354 1,461 1,429 1,317 1,357 1,283 1,272 1,247 1,181 1,068
    Female 849 1,000 969 864 844 695 700 738 646 622
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,126 1,263 1,345 1,262 1,241 1,145 1,177 1,248 1,182 1,211
    Hispanic or Latino 294 323 329 280 260 241 230 184 170 156
    Not Hispanic or Latino 791 878 949 892 888 852 872 978 932 925
      American Indian or Alaska Native 7 7 15 8 8 5 2 10 5 4
      Asian 230 203 203 201 179 160 159 191 190 201
      Black or African American 24 46 40 30 34 33 35 51 56 55
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 18 6 7
      White 426 521 567 551 558 555 577 694 670 655
      More than one race 102 99 123 100 109 98 98 14 5 3
    Unknown ethnicity and race 41 62 67 90 93 52 75 86 80 130
  Temporary visa holders 1,077 1,198 1,053 919 960 833 795 737 645 479
  Science and engineering 2,203 2,461 2,398 2,181 2,201 1,978 1,972 1,985 1,827 1,690
    Science 1,689 1,874 1,792 1,634 1,638 1,457 1,390 1,394 1,283 1,249
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 468 515 500 484 482 481 469 330 307 314
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 34 32
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 453 463 365 291 322 253 238 206 183 167
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 52 45 47 50 38 42 42 104 95 106
      Mathematics and statistics 128 121 139 132 115 116 132 131 105 108
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 28 38 34 36 30 28 22 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 241 273 273 274 289 292 263 238 230 238
      Psychology 87 127 137 88 94 0 0 98 84 81
      Social sciences 229 291 297 279 268 245 224 250 245 203
    Engineering 514 587 606 547 563 521 582 591 544 441
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 69 86 69 71 66 60 63 97 103 82
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 67 89 99 87 87 92 97 106 95 93
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 232 271 240 215 241 187 192 179 181 127
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 75 78 107 101 70 83 87 78 74 76
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 43 43 74 67 73 82 109 89 80 63
      Other engineering 27 20 17 6 26 17 34 42 11 0
    Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 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.
  • 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 114 89 83 89 80 86 56 37 14 12
    Female 58 49 33 29 22 26 19 12 7 5
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 143 135 115 118 101 112 73 48 21 17
    Hispanic or Latino 21 16 22 23 21 18 14 11 2 1
    Not Hispanic or Latino 119 118 93 93 80 84 55 35 17 10
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
      Asian 52 68 49 48 38 33 19 13 6 6
      Black or African American 12 8 5 5 6 8 0 0 2 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 45 40 39 38 32 41 33 20 9 3
      More than one race 9 1 0 1 3 2 3 1 0 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 3 1 0 2 0 10 4 2 2 6
  Temporary visa holders 29 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0
  Science and engineering 172 138 116 118 102 112 75 49 21 17
    Science 25 20 5 2 6 7 3 2 8 16
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 12 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 7
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 10 6 3 1 4 4 1 0 4 5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Mathematics and statistics 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
    Engineering 147 118 111 116 96 105 72 47 13 1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 27 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      Other engineering 117 111 109 114 91 104 69 44 11 0
    Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 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.
  • 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 239 311 303 521 367 316 259 319 299 242 0
  Science and engineering 239 311 303 521 367 316 259 319 299 242 0
    Science 177 172 204 381 285 226 126 255 210 181 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 73 94 105 125 156 129 62 91 52 50 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 6 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 39 16 0 123 39 34 42 41 73 48 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 11 7 13 10 9 6 29 15 14 0
      Mathematics and statistics 7 1 10 9 4 6 0 1 1 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 3 2 13 12 8 3 1 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 36 41 54 91 59 41 11 63 48 55 0
      Psychology 2 3 5 0 4 0 0 19 8 8 0
      Social sciences 6 4 10 8 5 4 4 1 3 0 0
    Engineering 62 139 99 140 82 90 133 64 89 61 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 6 34 5 15 0 0 3 1 6 12 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 19 31 35 41 23 38 35 0 2 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 19 48 47 42 37 28 33 33 35 18 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 12 19 8 42 16 20 24 30 19 18 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 7 4 0 6 4 38 0 27 13 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 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.
  • 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 2,203 2,461 2,398 2,181 2,201 1,978 1,972 1,985 1,827 1,690
  Fellowships 488 653 384 461 400 428 738 549 351 467
    Federal 45 73 46 42 43 45 98 70 42 40
    Institutional 443 580 329 413 353 373 637 471 295 388
    Nonfederal 0 0 9 6 4 10 3 8 14 39
  Research assistantships 408 477 586 814 596 489 317 541 467 330
    Federal 192 228 247 460 319 253 149 249 255 196
    Institutional 162 213 276 282 203 192 75 178 133 75
    Nonfederal 54 36 63 72 74 44 93 114 79 59
  Teaching assistantships 800 531 745 613 733 681 502 519 641 425
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
    Institutional 799 530 742 613 729 666 501 519 639 421
    Nonfederal 1 1 3 0 4 15 1 0 0 3
  Other types of support 507 800 683 293 472 380 415 376 368 468
    Federal 2 10 10 19 5 18 12 0 0 5
    Institutional 80 53 53 14 17 17 33 29 28 7
    Nonfederal 3 29 22 7 0 2 3 1 13 4
    Personal resources 422 708 598 253 450 343 367 346 327 452

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 219 222 245 267 234 216 223 215 190 141
    Science 176 187 198 226 196 192 201 193 168 130
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 111 114 126 146 131 114 119 114 105 85
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 3 5 0 0 5 4 2 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 4 9 9 9 11 7 18 15 8
      Mathematics and statistics 0 4 7 6 2 2 4 3 2 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 12 15 11 9 10 13 11 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 37 38 37 42 38 41 39 40 37 33
      Psychology 4 8 3 0 2 0 8 9 6 2
      Social sciences 9 4 2 9 4 11 8 5 1 0
    Engineering 43 35 47 41 38 24 22 22 22 11
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 6 4 4 5 7 2 1 2 1 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 20 15 12 12 15 10 4 9 11 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 9 13 9 9 2 7 4 3 9
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 8 6 15 12 4 8 9 7 7 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 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.
  • 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 118 147 201 134 129 97 116 107 104 89
  Science and engineering 117 146 199 134 129 97 116 107 104 89
    Science 98 128 172 116 112 81 102 89 85 79
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 62 76 106 75 80 54 60 50 50 52
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 3 4 0 0 2 2 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 1 8 4 2 2 2 13 9 3
      Mathematics and statistics 0 2 6 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 8 12 12 6 4 2 7 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 25 31 34 24 23 21 24 17 18 20
      Psychology 0 5 1 0 1 0 6 6 5 2
      Social sciences 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
    Engineering 19 18 27 18 17 16 14 18 19 10
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 10 0 0 1 9 7 1 7 8 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 9 13 5 5 2 6 4 3 8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 5 10 8 3 7 5 7 7 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 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.
  • 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 214,802 199,135 189,600 184,894 177,655 167,847 163,632 152,233 144,511 133,558
    Science 170,005 160,477 148,526 145,984 143,126 132,848 129,334 121,150 113,112 105,654
      Computer and information sciences 7,414 7,468 8,295 8,974 9,450 7,398 7,040 6,069 4,726 5,022
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 12,654 11,310 10,303 10,855 10,774 9,880 9,611 8,887 8,129 9,147
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
        Geological and earth sciences 3,330 2,988 2,839 3,680 4,168 3,875 3,557 3,566 3,621 4,084
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 9,324 8,322 7,464 7,175 6,606 6,005 6,054 5,321 4,508 5,013
      Life sciences 108,803 107,118 98,539 95,431 91,835 85,128 81,455 77,607 75,624 70,816
        Agricultural sciences 25,563 28,479 22,645 21,969 22,199 19,160 18,544 17,790 16,754 16,044
        Biological and biomedical sciences 63,568 60,605 60,318 60,674 58,738 56,847 55,461 52,774 52,477 49,432
        Health sciences 19,672 18,034 15,576 12,788 10,797 8,756 7,441 7,043 6,358 5,340
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 101 365 0 0 35 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2,694 2,207 1,994 1,682 2,251 1,689 1,406 967 711 624
      Physical sciences 18,535 17,938 17,559 17,037 16,166 16,505 17,562 17,972 14,759 13,423
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 10,291 10,604 9,556 9,260 9,249 8,602 9,142 9,179 7,400 7,428
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 8,244 7,334 8,003 7,777 6,917 7,903 8,420 8,793 7,359 5,995
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,971 5,411 3,791 2,950 4,923 4,638 5,150 3,681 2,695 2,104
      Social sciences 10,057 6,764 5,224 5,132 4,568 3,279 4,881 4,026 5,067 3,280
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 126 51 66 110 33 28 146 120 60 53
        Political science and government 178 97 110 67 67 36 118 154 352 307
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,998 1,544 1,269 1,507 2,045 1,692 2,130 2,303 2,320 2,408
        Social sciences nec 7,755 5,072 3,779 3,448 2,423 1,523 2,487 1,449 2,335 512
      Sciences nec 2,877 2,261 2,821 3,923 3,159 4,331 2,229 1,941 1,401 1,238
    Engineering 36,650 32,758 34,888 31,937 29,020 29,206 29,971 26,118 23,381 22,852
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,688 2,135 1,899 2,336 2,369 1,672 1,467 1,532 1,178 1,044
      Chemical engineering 7,856 6,741 7,505 5,855 5,761 5,665 7,286 5,867 4,721 2,787
      Civil engineering 10,529 9,555 10,604 10,158 9,083 10,116 9,776 9,011 8,694 9,441
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 9,505 8,992 8,670 7,790 5,865 6,645 6,675 5,285 5,446 5,731
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,679 4,136 4,410 3,694 4,751 4,829 4,331 3,731 2,302 2,260
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 130 184 628 845 284 6 210 310 832 1,573
      Engineering nec 1,263 1,015 1,172 1,259 907 273 226 382 208 16
    Non-S&E 8,147 5,900 6,186 6,973 5,509 5,793 4,327 4,965 8,018 5,052
      Business management and business administration 219 109 2 23 85 21 23 20 21 89
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 2,521 2,359 2,695 3,335 2,721 2,720 1,580 1,206 1,422 1,619
      Humanities 2,634 1,416 1,295 1,670 1,358 1,191 1,400 1,346 5,056 2,363
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 219 24 32 19 48 321 152 185 38 34
      Non-S&E nec 2,554 1,992 2,162 1,926 1,297 1,540 1,172 2,208 1,481 947

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 214,802 120,524 10,655 55,114 7,288 10,826 10,395
    Science 170,005 95,190 6,658 46,316 5,344 8,203 8,294
      Computer and information sciences 7,414 6,123 68 441 364 65 353
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 12,654 6,910 555 4,384 179 156 470
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,330 2,708 25 334 73 82 108
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 9,324 4,202 530 4,050 106 74 362
      Life sciences 108,803 57,145 4,610 35,003 3,538 2,036 6,471
        Agricultural sciences 25,563 10,875 219 11,645 598 113 2,113
        Biological and biomedical sciences 63,568 30,925 3,480 22,053 2,280 997 3,833
        Health sciences 19,672 15,345 911 1,305 660 926 525
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2,694 1,795 0 498 0 400 1
      Physical sciences 18,535 15,451 0 1,147 1,091 289 557
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 10,291 8,960 0 406 299 146 480
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 8,244 6,491 0 741 792 143 77
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,971 4,838 98 379 10 1,604 42
      Social sciences 10,057 1,049 1,324 3,987 160 3,328 209
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 126 16 0 42 0 68 0
        Political science and government 178 67 10 38 0 63 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,998 362 585 771 149 109 22
        Social sciences nec 7,755 604 729 3,136 11 3,088 187
      Sciences nec 2,877 1,879 3 477 2 325 191
    Engineering 36,650 23,236 3,859 4,349 1,944 1,376 1,886
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,688 2,226 107 99 0 129 127
      Chemical engineering 7,856 6,597 113 593 131 416 6
      Civil engineering 10,529 2,425 3,011 2,969 991 545 588
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 9,505 8,083 45 235 620 203 319
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,679 3,129 495 103 202 83 667
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 130 92 0 0 0 0 38
      Engineering nec 1,263 684 88 350 0 0 141
    Non-S&E 8,147 2,098 138 4,449 0 1,247 215
      Business management and business administration 219 0 43 168 0 4 4
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 2,521 1,769 11 291 0 428 22
      Humanities 2,634 282 84 1,264 0 815 189
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 219 47 0 172 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 2,554 0 0 2,554 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 120,524 114,257 97,182 92,503 81,151 77,314 76,795 70,489 63,515 57,397
  DOD 11,529 9,863 7,006 6,934 5,971 7,179 7,799 7,009 6,757 4,685
  DOE 7,693 6,814 6,803 8,395 7,228 8,076 7,152 6,832 5,408 4,767
  HHS 42,967 43,248 37,048 30,883 25,939 20,867 19,375 18,537 15,587 15,527
  NASA 3,008 2,589 1,939 3,057 2,904 2,869 2,581 1,920 446 608
  NSF 29,853 28,973 26,166 24,384 24,781 25,456 26,824 23,498 23,379 22,092
  USDA 19,062 17,001 12,071 12,507 7,953 7,658 8,396 8,265 6,752 5,370
  Other 6,412 5,769 6,149 6,343 6,375 5,209 4,668 4,428 5,186 4,348

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 3,004 446 2,558 .
2018 2,826 422 2,404 .
2017 2,771 398 2,373 .

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 1,170 1,160 1,044 1,073 1,129
    Agricultural sciences 344 258 335 344 274
    Biological and biomedical sciences 206 271 190 225 268
    Computer and information sciences 5 41 23 0 25
    Engineering 179 148 160 164 156
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 40 37 37 36 41
    Health sciences 41 28 41 36 47
    Mathematics and statistics 17 25 17 20 26
    Natural resources and conservation 0 37 2 5 57
    Physical sciences 154 141 149 152 154
    Psychology 40 29 42 42 50
    Social sciences 23 40 23 24 32
    Other 121 106 26 25 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 . . . 28,000 83,250 0
    Agricultural sciences . . . 28,000 6,000 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . 9,600 0
    Engineering . . . . 19,200 0
    Health sciences . . . . 22,800 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . . . 4,800 0
    Physical sciences . . . . 2,400 0
    Psychology . . . . 2,600 0
    Other . . . . 15,850 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 0 0 28,000 114,678 10,000
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 28,000 2,240 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 3,788 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 1,720 10,000
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 64,778 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 12,340 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 299 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 29,513 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

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