U. California, San Diego

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 28 94.2 459 20 97 631 7 99.4 925
2023 22 95.5 459 26 96.4 679 8 99.2 911 14 97.9 602
2022 22 95.4 457 20 97.2 680 7 99.3 900
2021 23 95.1 447 22 97 691 7 99.4 908 10 98.5 583
2020 24 94.9 450 23 96.9 698 6 99.5 916
2019 26 94.4 447 21 97.2 697 6 99.5 914 10 98.5 589
2018 27 94 428 20 97.3 700 7 99.4 911
2017 20 95.6 425 23 96.8 684 7 99.3 898 12 98.1 575
2016 20 95.6 430 26 96.4 697 7 99.3 896
2015 22 95.1 426 27 96.3 693 5 99.6 898 10 98.4 570
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 508 537 545 490 512 492 471 520 521 501
  Science and engineering 444 480 481 444 457 438 410 466 443 447
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . . 1 . . . 3
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . . . . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 1 . . . 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 77 111 136 95 100 101 90 109 87 93
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 9 14 8 9 7 5 9 6 13
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 27 38 38 33 33 19 25 23 25 19
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 19 23 21 11 23 14 14 8 10 14
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 1 . 2 2 3 10 5 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 2 12 6 5 6 . 6 3 6
      Genetics and genomics 1 5 4 1 2 3 7 3 1 4
      Microbiology and immunology 1 6 9 5 5 6 4 11 6 8
      Molecular biology 5 6 8 9 2 4 5 12 10 6
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 14 18 22 20 15 33 22 20 19 11
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 . 1 . 1 1 . 2 1 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 2 5 1 2 2 2 5 1 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 2 1 1 1 4 3 . . 1
    Computer and information sciences 34 31 33 15 35 20 25 24 15 22
      Computer science 29 28 30 14 33 18 23 24 12 22
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 3 3 1 2 2 2 . 3 .
    Engineering 155 162 154 159 148 133 125 128 115 117
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 32 31 15 23 23 22 23 20 25 25
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 5 6 6 6 3 2 1 6 2 .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 8 16 9 19 10 5 16 10 15
      Electrical and computer engineering 51 53 40 54 37 42 37 27 35 34
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 1 1 . 1 . . . 1 1
      Materials and mining engineering 29 28 30 29 24 25 23 28 20 19
      Mechanical engineering 14 12 21 17 17 17 16 12 9 16
      Engineering, other 11 16 23 20 23 14 19 18 12 5
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 28 39 29 35 35 40 45 32 43 26
      Geological sciences 7 9 6 4 6 9 8 5 10 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 21 30 23 31 29 31 37 27 33 22
    Health sciences . . 1 8 4 6 1 13 15 9
      Public health . . 1 6 3 4 . 12 12 9
      Health sciences, other . . . 2 1 2 1 1 3 .
    Mathematics and statistics 30 14 21 13 15 21 14 16 20 16
      Applied mathematics 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 4
      Mathematics 2 3 3 1 7 6 2 4 6 8
      Statistics 5 1 6 2 1 3 3 2 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 19 9 11 8 6 10 8 7 11 4
    Physical sciences 53 48 49 64 56 50 54 54 56 66
      Astronomy and astrophysics 9 6 5 3 3 1 . 7 2 3
      Chemistry 24 26 31 39 30 20 22 29 31 31
      Physics 20 16 13 22 23 29 32 18 23 32
    Psychology 14 23 17 12 16 16 5 31 26 32
      Clinical psychology . 6 1 3 6 5 . 12 11 12
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . . . . . . . 1
      Research and experimental psychology 14 15 16 9 10 11 4 17 15 18
      Psychology, other . 2 . . . . 1 2 . 1
    Social sciences 53 52 41 43 48 50 51 59 66 63
      Anthropology 3 1 5 9 5 4 7 4 6 8
      Economics 26 15 14 17 22 15 14 26 15 25
      Political science and government 10 9 8 7 5 14 11 9 13 14
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 5 9 6 1 6 8 6 7 11 6
      Social sciences, other 9 18 8 9 10 9 13 13 21 10
  Non-science and engineering 64 57 64 46 55 54 61 54 78 54
    Business 4 2 5 4 3 1 4 2 3 1
      Business 4 2 5 4 3 1 4 2 3 1
    Education 20 27 16 13 18 9 15 14 22 12
      Education leadership and administration 8 12 10 7 15 6 13 4 9 5
      Education research 3 5 . . . 3 . 3 3 3
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 1 1 1 2 . 1 4 6 4
      Education, other 7 9 5 5 1 . 1 3 4 .
    Humanities and arts 37 23 36 27 29 41 37 30 43 35
      Letters 5 5 2 5 3 5 5 5 7 5
      Foreign languages and literature 1 1 2 1 1 . . . 1 2
      History 9 8 10 5 5 12 13 6 5 9
      Philosophy and religious studies 10 3 6 5 4 6 2 3 10 4
      Music and performing arts 9 2 10 5 13 12 12 7 6 9
      Humanities and arts, other 3 4 6 6 3 6 5 9 14 6
    Other non-science and engineering 3 5 7 2 5 3 5 8 10 6
      Communication 2 2 4 1 5 3 5 8 9 6
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 3 3 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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 2,794 2,515 2,606 2,618 2,489 2,421 2,385 2,197 2,247 2,261
    Hispanic or Latino 423 386 400 394 323 325 305 255 247 238
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,238 2,008 2,094 2,108 1,857 2,000 1,986 1,837 1,861 1,895
      American Indian or Alaska Native 12 8 12 9 5 8 8 11 16 21
      Asian 870 665 702 651 561 563 542 579 574 562
      Black or African American 71 69 71 66 45 55 47 71 77 70
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 4 4 1 1 2 2 2 7 8
      White 1,079 1,093 1,144 1,214 1,115 1,235 1,252 1,162 1,174 1,224
      More than one race 204 169 161 167 130 137 135 12 13 10
    Unknown ethnicity and race 133 121 112 116 309 96 94 105 139 128
  Temporary visa holders 2,985 2,776 2,932 2,574 2,188 2,587 2,401 2,137 2,014 1,655
  Science and engineering 5,763 5,273 5,519 5,192 4,677 5,008 4,786 4,334 4,201 3,916
    Science 3,836 3,495 3,604 3,154 2,809 2,879 2,859 2,532 2,532 2,591
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 935 859 814 782 760 766 737 693 536 520
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 49
      Computer and information sciences 1,140 854 983 797 468 583 612 491 527 473
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 302 312 309 316 285 261 266 271 269 258
      Mathematics and statistics 176 182 208 181 161 156 174 144 126 130
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 371 314 211 113 116 126 108 121 114 199
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 522 556 620 505 488 478 461 427 411 432
      Psychology 71 76 73 70 131 122 116 41 42 50
      Social sciences 319 342 386 390 400 387 385 344 372 386
    Engineering 1,927 1,778 1,915 2,038 1,868 2,129 1,927 1,802 1,669 1,325
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 29 37 45 45 37 28 18 20 20 24
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 410 367 359 442 390 411 397 347 264 183
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 67 39 52 61 47 66 54 74 61 44
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 137 137 141 139 160 164 169 184 195 193
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 856 794 929 667 565 765 605 503 467 503
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 69 74 103 103 98 111 0
      Mechanical engineering 249 242 231 262 232 229 237 193 181 180
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 183 185 185 186 212 212 175
      Other engineering 179 162 158 170 178 178 158 171 158 23
    Health 16 18 19 0 0 0 0 0 60 0
      Clinical medicine 16 18 19 0 0 0 0 0 60 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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 186 184 216 181 173 168 152 133 113 118
    Hispanic or Latino 23 33 38 21 16 12 14 13 10 10
    Not Hispanic or Latino 156 140 167 148 137 148 125 111 96 99
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Asian 70 68 89 73 59 58 49 35 41 44
      Black or African American 6 6 3 1 3 3 4 2 1 2
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 71 60 60 63 65 77 65 74 54 52
      More than one race 9 6 14 10 10 10 7 0 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 7 11 11 12 20 8 13 9 7 9
  Temporary visa holders 100 131 153 60 153 135 96 114 95 30
  Science and engineering 286 315 369 241 326 303 248 247 208 148
    Science 150 167 190 91 171 152 103 107 103 67
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 7 7 10 5 4 9 8 6 5 7
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Computer and information sciences 91 110 142 51 135 115 64 86 72 32
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 3 4 2 3 6 1 4 2 5
      Mathematics and statistics 4 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 4 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 13 6 3 3 3 5 11 4 5 3
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 17 22 16 14 16 8 9 2 7 5
      Psychology 0 2 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
      Social sciences 8 13 13 12 6 3 6 2 8 11
    Engineering 136 148 179 150 155 151 145 140 105 81
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4 3 7 6 1 4 3 4 6 5
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 15 15 21 17 11 26 22 16 10 3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 2 4 3 3 6 7 10 5 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 28 25 26 31 26 21 20 20 3 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 40 66 73 51 67 54 34 31 23 44
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 5 8 5 10 11 6 0
      Mechanical engineering 25 23 35 15 22 20 30 35 36 19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 12 6 10 12 9 10 5
      Other engineering 22 14 13 10 11 5 7 4 6 2
    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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 815 791 905 478 730 1,167 1,127 1,125 1,120 1,103
  Science and engineering 815 790 905 478 730 1,167 1,127 1,125 1,081 1,103
    Science 648 622 707 388 555 763 744 790 750 804
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 341 318 343 248 269 316 336 382 290 289
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Computer and information sciences 59 37 50 12 27 68 48 48 53 77
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 90 92 108 39 78 111 119 130 129 132
      Mathematics and statistics 8 11 9 11 8 12 14 11 8 12
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 35 33 37 30 29 39 29 33 29 63
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 102 121 142 40 89 162 147 180 168 153
      Psychology 9 4 6 1 47 44 43 3 5 6
      Social sciences 4 6 12 7 8 11 8 3 9 8
    Engineering 167 168 198 90 175 404 383 335 331 299
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 9 5 2 5 4 6 3 5 4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 60 67 89 36 69 106 108 84 77 75
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 2 7 3 8 12 3 9 8 10
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 11 11 7 9 24 29 39 21 46
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 30 31 35 14 24 84 84 70 60 75
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 1 5 15 24 10 14 0
      Mechanical engineering 18 23 17 7 18 40 39 30 23 24
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 9 12 67 54 48 66 54
      Other engineering 36 25 34 11 25 52 36 42 57 11
    Health 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
      Clinical medicine 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 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, 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 5,779 5,291 5,538 5,192 4,677 5,008 4,786 4,334 4,261 3,916
  Fellowships 835 870 839 766 835 850 845 753 893 861
    Federal 230 213 219 269 313 358 325 337 326 314
    Institutional 597 613 556 482 505 402 448 335 484 454
    Nonfederal 8 44 64 15 17 90 72 81 83 93
  Research assistantships 2,519 2,861 2,776 2,806 1,334 1,334 1,250 1,200 1,180 1,163
    Federal 585 578 686 209 417 807 795 780 788 782
    Institutional 1,920 2,255 2,062 2,549 807 256 242 301 278 265
    Nonfederal 14 28 28 48 110 271 213 119 114 116
  Teaching assistantships 234 170 361 172 1,408 1,199 1,273 1,114 1,040 992
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
    Institutional 234 170 361 172 1,408 1,199 1,272 1,108 1,040 992
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
  Other types of support 2,191 1,390 1,562 1,448 1,100 1,625 1,418 1,267 1,148 900
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 6 7
    Institutional 32 20 24 7 33 54 48 24 57 32
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 6 0 13 27 15 39 22
    Personal resources 2,159 1,370 1,538 1,435 1,067 1,556 1,336 1,226 1,046 839

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 729 690 681 675 727 728 716 795 838 828
    Science 556 528 509 514 558 574 552 641 687 709
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 216 232 213 206 243 254 157 255 272 276
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
      Computer and information sciences 32 22 22 22 18 24 27 24 36 38
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 125 112 99 102 116 105 102 113 111 115
      Mathematics and statistics 3 2 7 8 10 6 8 10 8 10
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 29 26 23 15 20 19 104 100 11 35
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 118 110 110 116 121 137 126 114 135 130
      Psychology 12 7 13 15 12 10 9 10 23 22
      Social sciences 21 17 22 30 18 19 19 15 12 10
    Engineering 173 162 172 161 169 154 164 154 151 119
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 30 32 41 40 47 34 38 46 41 36
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 14 7 10 7 10 8 12 14 12 12
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 24 23 24 18 27 25 25 25 24 27
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 31 27 28 27 22 22 28 19 24 25
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 74 73 69 69 63 65 61 50 50 19
    Health 507 498 474 454 456 514 551 460 481 422
      Clinical medicine 477 464 440 421 423 476 465 418 437 376
      Other health 30 34 34 33 33 38 86 42 44 46

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 735 732 705 724 730 787 723 773 780 725
  Science and engineering 407 412 412 427 431 452 404 498 509 471
    Science 303 305 311 328 323 359 307 401 423 413
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 126 135 135 139 159 159 110 168 157 162
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 17 10 6 8 9 10 10 9 16 11
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 61 61 61 69 66 77 56 64 77 77
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 3 6 5 4 5 7 6 8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 16 11 11 9 8 12 31 62 6 22
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 73 79 75 83 66 91 89 82 94 82
      Psychology 7 4 12 13 8 5 5 6 16 13
      Social sciences 2 5 8 1 2 1 1 3 5 3
    Engineering 104 107 101 99 108 93 97 97 86 58
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 20 15 25 26 31 23 25 27 23 15
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 3 3 4 7 1 6 8 6 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 11 17 14 12 14 14 12 12 13 12
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 24 19 20 17 14 16 22 15 15 14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 44 53 39 40 42 39 32 35 29 12
    Health 328 320 293 297 299 335 319 275 271 254
      Clinical medicine 306 295 272 276 279 317 277 256 252 233
      Other health 22 25 21 21 20 18 42 19 19 21

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 1,881,289 1,705,410 1,533,357 1,425,499 1,403,735 1,353,763 1,265,196 1,133,454 1,087,117 1,101,466
    Science 1,583,853 1,475,264 1,294,383 1,207,533 1,212,853 1,171,266 1,105,575 1,001,236 964,783 976,614
      Computer and information sciences 9,566 37,484 28,879 46,962 30,370 28,302 35,158 28,217 27,630 39,791
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 271,456 245,278 187,175 185,870 201,331 180,626 159,294 186,827 166,470 169,678
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 2,031 7,727 33,205 27,028 25,462 22,577 21,690 22,947
        Geological and earth sciences 52,071 54,139 46,032 38,898 36,871 31,144 31,658 35,783 33,001 35,276
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 219,385 191,139 139,029 139,245 131,255 122,454 102,174 128,467 111,779 111,455
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 1,145,657 1,043,913 915,619 827,370 828,401 819,167 782,882 667,478 650,484 642,371
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 303 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 82,729 68,124 59,696 63,846 62,532 64,858 57,996 43,526 37,667 34,578
        Health sciences 1,060,506 975,237 854,614 762,778 765,869 754,309 724,886 623,952 612,817 607,793
        Natural resources and conservation 2,124 552 674 593 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 298 0 332 153 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 6,177 5,471 6,383 5,639 4,857 5,466 4,478 5,328 5,008 5,211
      Physical sciences 103,853 105,927 97,804 86,893 94,124 85,322 67,509 67,380 68,169 71,434
        Astronomy and astrophysics 7,918 15,418 3,159 1,552 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 43,844 39,537 33,116 27,339 27,429 32,067 22,362 28,237 30,337 34,573
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 31,863 33,763 58,691 56,983 66,169 52,798 44,584 38,677 37,207 36,065
        Physical sciences nec 20,228 17,209 2,838 1,019 526 457 563 466 625 796
      Psychology 13,926 13,623 19,075 18,645 20,113 18,932 20,042 17,837 18,909 18,632
      Social sciences 32,513 23,568 31,031 22,940 19,942 20,178 19,932 16,269 16,273 17,581
        Anthropology 835 239 2,431 659 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 4,176 4,672 4,992 3,624 2,777 3,106 2,923 1,883 2,308 2,088
        Political science and government 4,629 3,767 9,660 9,643 12,843 11,997 12,797 11,173 9,999 11,012
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 6,252 5,359 6,137 4,336 2,329 2,928 2,383 2,039 2,630 3,103
        Social sciences nec 16,621 9,531 7,811 4,678 1,993 2,147 1,829 1,174 1,336 1,378
      Sciences nec 705 0 8,417 13,214 13,715 13,273 16,280 11,900 11,840 11,916
    Engineering 250,772 176,720 212,583 177,564 182,495 172,919 150,596 125,033 114,646 117,170
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 90 898 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 28,758 26,273 65,665 59,417 53,586 53,954 44,987 38,630 35,265 33,087
      Chemical engineering 0 0 52 70 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 11,028 9,627 689 815 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 137,430 80,563 101,813 81,213 83,383 80,480 73,634 62,090 57,532 59,730
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 26,877 23,530 19,971 16,253 14,973 15,857 12,588 11,232 12,064 14,397
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 28,969 28,094 3,228 303 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 17,710 8,633 21,075 18,595 30,553 22,628 19,387 13,081 9,785 9,956
    Non-S&E 46,664 53,426 26,391 40,402 8,387 9,578 9,025 7,185 7,688 7,682
      Business management and business administration 3,733 7,971 637 576 664 1,231 1,076 828 579 719
      Communication and communications technologies 819 1,076 593 406 1,164 1,230 1,072 385 488 338
      Education 13,226 15,476 6,683 6,065 2,515 2,742 2,353 2,236 2,486 2,811
      Humanities 3,315 3,211 4,290 1,920 2,131 2,437 2,181 2,052 1,729 1,714
      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 1,299 1,813 1,492 1,668 1,428 1,360 1,322 1,235 1,756 1,688
      Non-S&E nec 24,272 23,879 12,696 29,767 485 578 1,021 449 650 412

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 1,881,289 1,151,518 76,337 317,049 100,768 110,616 125,001
    Science 1,583,853 963,578 69,105 260,199 91,418 93,898 105,655
      Computer and information sciences 9,566 6,297 0 1,929 0 812 528
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 271,456 180,065 24,004 35,812 14,255 6,691 10,629
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 52,071 21,318 4,528 8,326 13,167 1,208 3,524
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 219,385 158,747 19,476 27,486 1,088 5,483 7,105
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 1,145,657 685,305 38,869 196,110 74,137 65,136 86,100
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 82,729 53,825 26 18,445 809 7,324 2,300
        Health sciences 1,060,506 630,161 38,843 176,611 73,328 57,795 83,768
        Natural resources and conservation 2,124 1,319 0 756 0 17 32
        Life sciences nec 298 0 0 298 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 6,177 3,237 859 1,346 0 619 116
      Physical sciences 103,853 69,123 4,935 12,209 2,904 12,573 2,109
        Astronomy and astrophysics 7,918 4,602 0 1,203 0 1,372 741
        Chemistry 43,844 34,206 765 4,337 1,940 1,805 791
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 31,863 18,908 0 3,759 3 8,850 343
        Physical sciences nec 20,228 11,407 4,170 2,910 961 546 234
      Psychology 13,926 10,842 0 1,396 0 1,119 569
      Social sciences 32,513 8,709 438 10,701 122 6,939 5,604
        Anthropology 835 196 20 379 0 222 18
        Economics 4,176 764 311 1,065 0 1,252 784
        Political science and government 4,629 360 0 1,970 122 1,558 619
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 6,252 5,276 0 364 0 553 59
        Social sciences nec 16,621 2,113 107 6,923 0 3,354 4,124
      Sciences nec 705 0 0 696 0 9 0
    Engineering 250,772 161,714 4,585 44,517 9,225 13,586 17,145
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 28,758 18,067 588 3,458 189 5,819 637
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 11,028 7,711 1,085 1,533 26 263 410
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 137,430 87,575 2,649 28,829 5,274 5,083 8,020
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 26,877 21,872 213 2,433 163 1,011 1,185
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 28,969 23,368 19 1,279 2,726 1,197 380
      Engineering nec 17,710 3,121 31 6,985 847 213 6,513
    Non-S&E 46,664 26,226 2,647 12,333 125 3,132 2,201
      Business management and business administration 3,733 1,096 0 2,369 75 128 65
      Communication and communications technologies 819 131 0 395 0 193 100
      Education 13,226 4,817 2,344 4,230 0 1,720 115
      Humanities 3,315 721 0 1,572 0 500 522
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,299 0 0 986 0 222 91
      Non-S&E nec 24,272 19,461 303 2,781 50 369 1,308

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 1,151,518 1,083,790 970,696 801,117 727,289 698,925 635,888 641,469 604,298 603,343
  DOD 143,553 126,228 104,632 79,587 119,510 98,923 70,315 92,171 77,522 75,438
  DOE 40,029 38,680 38,141 24,307 30,822 28,043 23,835 22,283 19,793 20,159
  HHS 721,662 688,073 627,145 446,030 442,934 435,980 416,124 399,294 380,903 365,739
  NASA 16,732 16,704 13,781 10,171 10,676 13,221 10,075 9,310 8,555 6,977
  NSF 161,707 163,266 129,565 90,861 88,909 88,746 82,032 87,057 84,550 100,820
  USDA 4,171 3,062 2,511 1,472 1,115 1,176 1,069 771 326 306
  Other 63,664 47,777 54,921 148,689 33,323 32,836 32,438 30,583 32,649 33,904

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 11,195 1,130 10,065 .
2018 10,935 1,096 9,839 .

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 2,659 2,895 2,951 2,742 2,694
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 344 335 301 319 318
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 539 659 674 548 547
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 348 339 332 341 339
    Health sciences 734 814 858 907 874
    Mathematics and statistics 26 19 17 16 16
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 269 292 285 262 271
    Psychology 54 61 59 54 59
    Social sciences 117 135 133 117 106
    Other 229 242 292 177 165

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 108,000 60,000 0 5,180 76,900
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 25,091 7,000 0 2,590 42,680
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 3,700
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 82,909 53,000 0 2,590 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 30,520
    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 35,800 56,097 148,277 158,364 21,739
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 1,200 11,545 19,188 27,415 445
    Computer and information sciences 5,200 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 6,000 21,355 21,239 1,652 400
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 6,252 17,955 52,397 16,884
    Health sciences 4,800 15,297 32,262 61,561 1,664
    Mathematics and statistics 9,000 0 482 1,010 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 8,600 500 9,835 13,510 485
    Psychology 0 648 1,100 0 1,012
    Social sciences 1,000 500 46,216 0 849
    Other 0 0 0 820 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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