U. Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2023 | 80 | 87 | 602 | |||||||||
2022 | ||||||||||||
2021 | 69 | 88.4 | 583 | |||||||||
2020 | 50 | 94.7 | 916 | |||||||||
2019 | 70 | 88.4 | 589 | 47 | 95 | 914 | ||||||
2018 | 48 | 94.9 | 911 | |||||||||
2017 | 79 | 86.6 | 575 | 50 | 94.6 | 898 | ||||||
2016 | 50 | 94.6 | 896 | |||||||||
2015 | 76 | 87 | 570 | 54 | 94.2 | 898 | ||||||
2014 | 54 | 94.1 | 889 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data

Field | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | . | . | . | 554,643 | 542,732 | 525,531 | 480,598 | 443,705 | 410,081 | 411,020 | ||||||||||
Science | . | . | . | 541,301 | 530,816 | 513,139 | 467,528 | 426,481 | 392,596 | 390,744 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | 234 | 614 | 271 | 240 | 236 | 112 | 67 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | 612 | 2,200 | 3,256 | 477 | 243 | 98 | 318 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | 582 | 2,083 | 2,975 | 284 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | 30 | 28 | 277 | 193 | 243 | 52 | 318 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec | . | . | . | 0 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | . | . | . | 536,533 | 523,713 | 506,173 | 463,907 | 421,365 | 389,771 | 383,854 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 15 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 10,354 | 7,381 | 7,501 | 2,100 | 43,595 | 42,751 | 44,434 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | . | . | . | 525,897 | 515,832 | 498,031 | 461,099 | 376,052 | 345,614 | 339,253 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 31 | 70 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences nec | . | . | . | 236 | 418 | 577 | 666 | 1,718 | 1,396 | 167 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | 524 | 584 | 313 | 559 | 761 | 542 | 1,344 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | . | . | . | 1,192 | 1,385 | 829 | 942 | 741 | 678 | 956 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | . | . | . | 838 | 1,008 | 741 | 773 | 502 | 467 | 694 | ||||||||||
Materials science | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | . | . | . | 348 | 126 | 71 | 168 | 239 | 188 | 262 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences nec | . | . | . | 6 | 251 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | . | . | . | 1,921 | 1,933 | 1,624 | 387 | 1,860 | 927 | 1,077 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | . | . | . | 282 | 354 | 595 | 901 | 1,133 | 452 | 3,128 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | . | . | . | 60 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | . | . | . | 1 | 38 | 107 | 162 | 14 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,189 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | 38 | 100 | 33 | 67 | 103 | 0 | 128 | ||||||||||
Social sciences nec | . | . | . | 183 | 123 | 455 | 672 | 933 | 449 | 1,811 | ||||||||||
Sciences nec | . | . | . | 3 | 33 | 78 | 115 | 142 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | . | . | . | 6,180 | 5,003 | 4,610 | 5,331 | 6,212 | 7,919 | 10,486 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | 1,997 | 1,818 | 1,472 | 497 | 374 | 4,602 | 8,031 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 153 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | . | . | . | 1,062 | 1,023 | 1,868 | 3,193 | 3,546 | 2,580 | 2,005 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | 1,315 | 1,488 | 946 | 1,179 | 1,334 | 230 | 161 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | 1,606 | 398 | 220 | 462 | 922 | 423 | 289 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering nec | . | . | . | 200 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 84 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | . | . | . | 7,162 | 6,913 | 7,782 | 7,739 | 11,012 | 9,566 | 9,790 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | . | . | . | 324 | 145 | 60 | 8 | 8 | 199 | 22 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | 32 | 404 | 202 | 373 | 0 | 68 | 69 | ||||||||||
Education | . | . | . | 4,440 | 4,952 | 6,028 | 6,369 | 8,167 | 7,451 | 4,835 | ||||||||||
Humanities | . | . | . | 167 | 271 | 94 | 40 | 0 | 134 | 682 | ||||||||||
Law | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | . | . | . | 193 | 326 | 582 | 206 | 240 | 151 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E nec | . | . | . | 2,006 | 815 | 816 | 743 | 2,597 | 1,563 | 4,182 |
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
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
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All R&D fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Science | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences nec | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences nec | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences nec | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences nec | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering nec | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E nec | . | . | . | . | . | 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
Source of funds | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | . | . | . | 348,724 | 353,021 | 331,945 | 311,720 | 298,960 | 274,345 | 285,017 | ||||||||||
DOD | . | . | . | 12,993 | 14,505 | 11,857 | 10,667 | 7,892 | 11,384 | 12,042 | ||||||||||
DOE | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 285 | ||||||||||
HHS | . | . | . | 319,196 | 322,277 | 302,594 | 282,953 | 271,914 | 241,253 | 252,903 | ||||||||||
NASA | . | . | . | 506 | 275 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 108 | ||||||||||
NSF | . | . | . | 5,745 | 5,324 | 4,987 | 5,096 | 4,390 | 4,038 | 3,667 | ||||||||||
USDA | . | . | . | 123 | 137 | 95 | 107 | 41 | 1,493 | 1,217 | ||||||||||
Other | . | . | . | 10,161 | 10,503 | 12,354 | 12,897 | 14,723 | 15,832 | 14,795 |
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
Year | ||||||||
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2023 | . | . | . | . | ||||
2022 | . | . | . | . | ||||
2021 | . | . | . | . | ||||
2020 | . | . | . | . | ||||
2019 | 5,604 | 1,016 | 4,588 | . | ||||
2018 | 5,488 | 962 | 4,526 | . | ||||
2017 | 5,466 | 942 | 4,524 | . |
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
Field, medical school space, and research animal space | 2023 | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | |||||
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All research space | 882 | 927 | 909 | 818 | 822 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 198 | 204 | 180 | 153 | 164 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
Engineering | 17 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 11 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Health sciences | 667 | 684 | 703 | 613 | 589 | |||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||
Psychology | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 44 | |||||
Social sciences | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
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.
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 | |||||||
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All research space | . | . | . | 92,440 | . | 0 | ||||||
Health sciences | . | . | . | 92,440 | . | 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.
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 | |||||
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All research space | 5,064 | 5,243 | 26,372 | 6,249 | 1,947 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 393 | 459 | 0 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Health sciences | 5,064 | 5,243 | 25,979 | 5,790 | 1,947 | |||||
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 | 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.