U. California, Santa Barbara

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 44 90.7 459 76 88.2 631 111 88.2 925
2023 56 88.1 459 82 88.2 679 105 88.7 911 75 87.8 602
2022 52 88.9 457 82 88.2 680 102 88.9 900
2021 57 87.6 447 71 90 691 104 88.8 908 72 87.9 583
2020 68 85.2 450 62 91.3 698 101 89.2 916
2019 56 87.8 447 73 89.8 697 100 89.3 914 74 87.7 589
2018 48 89.1 428 62 91.4 700 100 89.2 911
2017 58 86.7 425 66 90.6 684 96 89.5 898 78 86.7 575
2016 52 88.2 430 72 89.9 697 97 89.4 896
2015 52 88.1 426 67 90.6 693 95 89.6 898 77 86.8 570
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 394 335 356 296 281 323 355 315 328 342
  Science and engineering 328 260 282 235 225 239 273 228 258 256
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 7 6 6 3 4 12 4 4 7 3
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . 2 . 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation 7 6 6 3 4 10 4 3 7 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 39 21 29 21 23 15 18 20 18 18
      Biochemistry and biophysics 6 . 7 6 3 3 3 3 2 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 3 3 . 1 . . 1 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 2 . . 2 . . 1 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 3 2 1 . 3 2 2 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 16 5 8 8 8 6 5 9 4 4
      Genetics and genomics . . 1 . 1 . . . 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology . 1 1 . 1 . 1 2 2 2
      Molecular biology 9 7 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 4
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 4 1 2 2 2 4 1 . 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . 1 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 . 1 1 1 . . . 2 1
    Computer and information sciences 22 27 14 22 22 13 20 16 15 20
      Computer science 21 23 12 20 22 12 20 16 14 18
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 4 2 2 . 1 . . 1 2
    Engineering 95 62 75 75 61 63 74 67 66 72
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 . 1 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 22 9 10 11 6 11 12 8 11 14
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . 1 . 1 . . . . . 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 24 25 33 29 28 17 23 22 23 23
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 1 1 1 . . . 1 . .
      Materials and mining engineering 34 20 22 19 19 26 24 25 21 21
      Mechanical engineering 12 4 7 12 5 6 9 11 9 8
      Engineering, other 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 . 1 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 15 12 13 4 9 13 11 9 15 13
      Geological sciences 7 7 6 3 3 6 5 4 7 9
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 8 5 7 1 6 7 6 5 8 4
    Mathematics and statistics 17 8 18 11 13 20 19 4 19 15
      Applied mathematics 3 . 2 . . 4 2 2 5 3
      Mathematics . . 3 2 2 4 7 . 3 6
      Statistics 11 5 7 3 6 4 2 2 3 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 3 6 6 5 8 8 . 8 2
    Physical sciences 59 56 52 37 42 44 62 42 45 44
      Astronomy and astrophysics 8 11 3 1 3 3 4 2 1 4
      Chemistry 25 21 32 22 16 18 25 22 21 22
      Physics 26 24 17 14 23 23 33 18 23 18
    Psychology 18 21 25 17 18 13 23 28 22 21
      Clinical psychology 4 5 6 7 4 5 8 9 6 8
      Counseling and applied psychology 5 3 4 4 8 5 2 6 3 5
      Research and experimental psychology 9 11 15 5 4 3 10 8 11 7
      Psychology, other . 2 . 1 2 . 3 5 2 1
    Social sciences 56 47 50 45 33 46 42 38 51 50
      Anthropology 2 1 3 . 3 3 . 1 6 2
      Economics 14 13 12 11 8 5 11 14 12 12
      Political science and government 5 2 5 1 2 9 6 4 3 7
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 9 4 8 3 6 6 6 3 9 13
      Social sciences, other 26 27 22 30 14 23 19 15 21 16
  Non-science and engineering 66 75 74 61 56 84 82 87 70 86
    Business . 1 2 . . 1 1 . . 1
      Business . 1 2 . . 1 1 . . 1
    Education 8 11 14 13 8 19 26 18 21 16
      Education leadership and administration . . . . . 1 6 2 1 2
      Education research 4 2 6 2 1 6 8 8 10 7
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 4 2 3 3 6 6 2 2 5
      Education, other 3 5 6 8 4 6 6 6 8 2
    Humanities and arts 51 58 49 43 43 56 51 56 45 61
      Letters 9 12 8 7 7 13 16 11 8 11
      Foreign languages and literature 3 8 5 5 7 3 2 6 1 10
      History 8 8 7 9 9 9 10 9 7 16
      Philosophy and religious studies 15 13 11 8 7 8 10 11 12 10
      Music and performing arts 5 5 6 9 5 9 8 11 5 7
      Humanities and arts, other 11 12 12 5 8 14 5 8 12 7
    Other non-science and engineering 7 5 9 5 5 8 4 13 4 8
      Communication 7 5 8 5 5 8 4 12 4 8
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 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   1,497   1,383   1,338   1,546   1,534   1,323   1,494   1,470   1,433   1,560
    Hispanic or Latino   260   228   205   227   206   157   166   156   152   163
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,101   1,045   1,037   1,223   1,222   1,059   1,200   1,181   1,175   1,249
      American Indian or Alaska Native   10   9   8   6   8   8   11   14   16   15
      Asian   231   209   186   210   194   185   171   165   209   204
      Black or African American   69   63   55   62   61   41   59   47   31   25
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4
      White   791   764   788   945   959   825   959   955   916   1,001
      More than one race   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   136   110   96   96   106   107   128   133   106   148
  Temporary visa holders   768   721   627   705   707   688   702   653   623   635
  Science and engineering   2,265   2,104   1,965   2,251   2,241   2,011   2,196   2,123   2,056   2,195
    Science   1,762   1,664   1,569   1,800   1,774   1,496   1,655   1,638   1,548   1,666
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   211   222   211   230   231   234   215   201   156   151
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   74   43
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   152   158
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   74   78   84   93   89   87   76   84   278   281
      Mathematics and statistics   178   179   155   188   178   160   156   161   122   129
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   104   85   61   29   30   28   33   37   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   203   196   207   222   224   0   213   221   0   0
      Physical sciences   535   505   487   569   526   517   473   454   286   278
      Psychology   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   118   141
      Social sciences   455   398   364   469   496   470   489   480   356   479
    Engineering   503   440   396   451   467   515   541   485   508   529
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   22   9   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   79   88   93   92   90   87   80   76   81   75
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   304   252   216   276   298   349   367   310   230   253
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   98   91   81   83   79   79   94   99   64   72
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   133   129
      Other engineering   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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Hispanic or Latino   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Not Hispanic or Latino   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Asian   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Black or African American   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      More than one race   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Temporary visa holders   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   0
  Science and engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   0
    Science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   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   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      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   0   14   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   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   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   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   399   384   393   434   430   380   423   416   457   475
  Science and engineering   399   384   393   434   430   380   423   416   457   475
    Science   298   279   285   319   312   262   308   305   293   308
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   23   23   19   22   23   22   20   20   32   33
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   57   59
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   53   52   56   61   57   54   46   49   29   38
      Mathematics and statistics   16   16   15   11   10   7   7   7   6   7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   25   20   21   11   11   9   9   10   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   39   37   39   42   40   0   61   61   0   0
      Physical sciences   132   125   128   141   135   135   125   119   135   132
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13   20
      Social sciences   10   6   7   31   36   35   40   39   18   18
    Engineering   101   105   108   115   118   118   115   111   164   167
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   20   24   25   25   25   25   23   23   24   22
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   52   51   52   58   62   65   65   60   53   58
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   29   30   31   32   31   28   27   28   25   27
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   62   60
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   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, 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   2,265   2,104   1,965   2,251   2,241   2,011   2,196   2,123   2,056   2,195
  Fellowships   509   470   445   541   548   440   469   439   508   601
    Federal   98   90   92   101   99   78   86   84   108   109
    Institutional   384   354   329   410   418   333   353   328   360   416
    Nonfederal   27   26   24   30   31   29   30   27   40   76
  Research assistantships   626   606   656   632   633   615   662   641   571   539
    Federal   284   278   285   327   325   297   333   328   347   363
    Institutional   261   248   286   210   211   216   228   220   83   38
    Nonfederal   81   80   85   95   97   102   101   93   141   138
  Teaching assistantships   644   580   559   608   595   547   553   541   601   652
    Federal   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
    Institutional   624   562   536   608   595   547   553   541   596   645
    Nonfederal   19   17   22   0   0   0   0   0   4   6
  Other types of support   486   448   305   470   465   409   512   502   376   403
    Federal   16   15   15   6   6   5   4   4   1   2
    Institutional   54   49   37   58   58   50   51   45   26   18
    Nonfederal   29   34   29   33   37   38   32   31   5   0
    Personal resources   387   350   224   373   364   316   425   422   344   383

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   299   293   307   317   313   309   315   318   297   306
    Science   212   208   204   209   210   213   243   246   196   186
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   22   24   21   26   37   35   61   63   57   32
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   5   5   3   1   3   5   6   8   8   7
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   44   44   35   34   31   37   35   40   6   34
      Mathematics and statistics   0   1   2   0   1   4   4   4   3   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   1   0   0   0   0   3   0   22   23
      Natural resources and conservation   10   6   3   8   13   7   0   1   0   0
      Physical sciences   105   103   117   114   105   107   114   107   59   42
      Psychology   8   6   3   2   1   5   6   10   10   9
      Social sciences   17   18   20   24   19   13   14   13   7   10
    Engineering   87   85   103   108   103   96   72   72   101   120
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   12   11   21   20   19   14   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   15   15   15   14   9   12   18   21   14   20
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   14   12   18   27   24   28   29   22   13   13
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   13   16   19   15   16   9   8   10   10   10
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   14   14   11   8   9   9   2   0   27   72
      Other engineering   19   17   19   24   26   24   15   19   37   5
      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

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   150   160   177   159   154   150   163   160   153   153
  Science and engineering   150   160   177   159   154   150   163   160   153   153
    Science   95   107   100   100   94   92   128   125   100   101
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   9   14   9   15   17   13   36   37   26   21
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   1   2   1   2   3   2   3   3   3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   16   19   16   14   16   16   12   15   3   21
      Mathematics and statistics   0   1   2   0   0   1   4   4   3   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   10   12
      Natural resources and conservation   7   4   1   3   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   55   60   62   59   53   53   68   61   35   25
      Psychology   2   2   2   1   0   3   1   3   3   4
      Social sciences   6   6   6   7   5   3   3   2   3   4
    Engineering   55   53   77   59   60   58   35   35   53   52
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   11   9   20   16   14   12   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   11   13   13   10   3   2   6   8   5   7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   10   9   15   11   16   21   17   13   8   8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7   11   13   8   11   6   5   7   7   6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   3   3   3   2   2   5   1   0   13   28
      Other engineering   13   8   13   12   14   12   6   7   20   3
    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

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   303,446   305,483   278,897   248,961   254,434   243,778   235,164   238,246   230,139   222,870
    Science   177,708   179,551   169,114   146,497   153,842   162,702   145,814   152,173   124,881   123,981
      Computer and information sciences   14,939   23,101   13,354   11,503   9,231   10,965   11,397   12,511   11,732   9,989
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   55,480   38,926   43,416   37,222   40,396   35,554   33,665   30,714   32,012   32,016
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   101   0
        Geological and earth sciences   15,591   2,319   11,828   14,629   15,783   14,509   12,072   10,970   10,907   13,317
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   39,766   36,396   31,404   22,411   24,517   20,982   21,593   19,741   21,004   18,251
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   123   211   184   182   96   63   0   3   0   448
      Life sciences   7,128   13,211   19,387   29,848   30,838   34,842   37,682   35,439   29,415   24,093
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   7,128   13,211   16,733   22,132   24,077   27,718   28,520   24,818   22,727   24,093
        Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   2,654   7,716   6,761   7,124   9,162   10,621   6,688   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   1,807   1,759   1,335   1,416   1,416   1,711   1,234   1,801   1,241   1,337
      Physical sciences   56,392   68,503   72,934   54,435   58,534   65,929   49,160   58,251   34,037   37,981
        Astronomy and astrophysics   2,323   2,454   3,921   4,379   6,419   6,291   2,495   2,864   3,168   2,301
        Chemistry   7,751   10,043   8,424   8,346   9,166   17,290   11,676   10,179   7,511   9,269
        Materials science   4,775   13,679   19,301   14,586   18,605   24,396   17,272   24,784   0   0
        Physics   31,172   32,081   32,704   26,695   23,427   16,998   17,663   20,023   22,124   25,565
        Physical sciences nec   10,371   10,246   8,584   429   917   954   54   401   1,234   846
      Psychology   4,953   4,387   3,276   3,457   4,929   5,299   5,517   6,415   5,348   5,345
      Social sciences   10,589   11,052   10,473   8,231   7,631   7,450   5,912   6,228   11,096   12,539
        Anthropology   16   23   0   3   18   225   674   1,213   2,052   0
        Economics   448   589   477   487   646   780   566   876   2,023   2,150
        Political science and government   17   14   49   372   109   604   397   272   216   41
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   115   206   107   108   374   965   1,024   778   210   195
        Social sciences nec   9,993   10,220   9,840   7,261   6,484   4,876   3,251   3,089   6,595   10,153
      Sciences nec   26,420   18,612   4,939   385   867   952   1,247   814   0   681
    Engineering   108,076   111,017   97,329   86,303   87,681   67,395   77,535   73,594   95,026   89,556
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   20,451   19,371   19,061   13,983   15,226   11,063   11,384   11,026   17,185   18,051
      Chemical engineering   8,229   8,094   6,006   7,199   9,585   7,663   8,645   9,615   10,896   11,473
      Civil engineering   1,923   2,346   1,727   1,672   2,527   0   2,532   2,210   0   1
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   46,002   55,175   53,487   44,065   41,250   32,838   36,381   35,142   27,898   27,266
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   6,889   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7,551   7,850   6,963   8,076   7,700   7,599   7,237   10,122   7,427   6,740
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   23,514   17,588   9,613   10,842   10,902   7,689   3,879   5,441   31,620   25,968
      Engineering nec   406   593   472   466   491   543   588   38   0   57
    Non-S&E   17,662   14,915   12,454   16,161   12,911   13,681   11,815   12,479   10,232   9,333
      Business management and business administration   10,382   8,201   7,794   11,467   8,112   8,214   5,838   5,785   4,864   4,419
      Communication and communications technologies   92   154   291   370   348   495   982   1,306   368   447
      Education   5,178   4,575   2,519   2,718   2,853   3,118   3,472   4,145   2,973   2,375
      Humanities   1,631   1,716   1,747   1,513   1,391   1,686   1,207   1,085   1,060   1,430
      Law   0   1   0   0   0   33   14   1   4   5
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   291   212   103   91   105   114   173   157   188   591
      Non-S&E nec   88   56   0   2   102   21   129   0   775   66

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   303,446   171,188   8,851   68,925   8,616   26,042   19,824
    Science   177,708   95,855   7,506   35,389   2,017   21,624   15,317
      Computer and information sciences   14,939   11,219   0   1,488   607   195   1,430
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   55,480   19,249   6,394   12,623   198   10,121   6,895
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   15,591   7,380   1,044   3,805   159   2,348   855
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   39,766   11,869   5,350   8,765   39   7,773   5,970
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   123   0   0   53   0   0   70
      Life sciences   7,128   6,056   0   467   38   222   345
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   7,128   6,056   0   467   38   222   345
        Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   1,807   1,507   0   88   0   212   0
      Physical sciences   56,392   37,949   310   9,010   1,129   7,131   863
        Astronomy and astrophysics   2,323   2,323   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   7,751   5,376   0   636   297   1,185   257
        Materials science   4,775   4,775   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   31,172   18,028   25   7,119   695   4,835   470
        Physical sciences nec   10,371   7,447   285   1,255   137   1,111   136
      Psychology   4,953   3,008   0   577   11   227   1,130
      Social sciences   10,589   4,131   37   4,247   10   1,208   956
        Anthropology   16   0   0   16   0   0   0
        Economics   448   0   0   448   0   0   0
        Political science and government   17   0   0   16   0   0   1
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   115   0   0   109   0   0   6
        Social sciences nec   9,993   4,131   37   3,658   10   1,208   949
      Sciences nec   26,420   12,736   765   6,889   24   2,308   3,698
    Engineering   108,076   73,488   128   20,434   6,599   3,058   4,369
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   20,451   18,964   0   1,166   0   294   27
      Chemical engineering   8,229   7,142   0   0   729   194   164
      Civil engineering   1,923   0   0   1,923   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   46,002   28,523   109   13,208   975   1,775   1,412
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7,551   6,381   0   415   164   478   113
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   23,514   12,127   19   3,688   4,731   297   2,652
      Engineering nec   406   351   0   34   0   20   1
    Non-S&E   17,662   1,845   1,217   13,102   0   1,360   138
      Business management and business administration   10,382   38   0   10,343   0   0   1
      Communication and communications technologies   92   2   3   15   0   72   0
      Education   5,178   1,768   1,154   1,626   0   573   57
      Humanities   1,631   0   60   859   0   632   80
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   291   37   0   171   0   83   0
      Non-S&E nec   88   0   0   88   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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies   171,188   179,896   161,241   122,168   123,198   118,517   113,388   117,457   116,775   116,232
  DOD   46,574   51,327   42,985   32,274   34,900   34,067   30,750   32,998   31,346   35,848
  DOE   20,689   24,864   26,239   12,311   14,629   13,094   11,314   9,312   9,058   7,759
  HHS   26,822   29,897   23,064   16,720   17,409   16,583   16,943   17,272   17,374   17,119
  NASA   4,712   7,085   6,825   5,881   5,053   6,128   4,406   4,503   4,016   3,405
  NSF   58,104   57,467   54,025   47,941   44,669   41,311   42,123   42,834   44,450   43,111
  USDA   896   693   503   412   410   463   122   155   0   122
  Other   13,391   8,563   7,600   6,629   6,128   6,871   7,730   10,383   10,531   8,868

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   3,770   419   3,351   .
2018   3,447   416   3,031   .

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   905   905   878   824   817
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   159   158   156   155   156
    Computer and information sciences   26   22   22   20   19
    Engineering   246   251   227   196   192
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   80   76   75   73   73
    Health sciences   1   1   1   1   1
    Mathematics and statistics   9   9   9   9   9
    Natural resources and conservation   34   32   32   28   28
    Physical sciences   171   170   171   172   173
    Psychology   44   44   40   41   35
    Social sciences   91   95   95   92   96
    Other   44   45   48   37   35

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   0   0   0   31,207   2,128
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   31,207   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Psychology   0   0   0   0   2,128
    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   2,122   28,950   7,573   16,700   11,499
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   601   11,521   1,132   4,337   1,992
    Computer and information sciences   0   316   403   504   0
    Engineering   0   9,236   1,155   1,433   940
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   499   661   0   2,363   1,119
    Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   395   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   1,023   5,474   4,110   4,173   5,333
    Psychology   0   768   378   616   880
    Social sciences   0   382   0   3,274   924
    Other   0   593   0   0   312

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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