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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