U. Cincinnati

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2023 57 91.8 679 97 84.2 602 49 94.8 914
2022 61 91.2 680 49 94.7 900
2021 65 90.8 691 87 85.4 583 51 94.5 908
2020 75 89.5 698 53 94.4 916
2019 67 90.6 697 80 86.7 589 51 94.6 914
2018 68 90.5 700 53 94.3 911
2017 62 91.2 684 83 85.9 575 54 94.2 898
2016 54 92.5 697 52 94.4 896
2015 62 91.3 693 80 86.2 570 51 94.5 898
2014 60 91.5 688 50 94.5 889
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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 1,482 1,332 1,183 885 1,070 1,028 1,083 1,452 1,315 1,289
    Female 1,511 1,326 1,210 1,037 1,092 1,048 1,050 1,091 1,010 1,010
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,159 1,097 1,185 1,249 1,217 1,159 1,244 1,277 1,150 1,224
    Hispanic or Latino 73 49 64 45 60 61 80 54 54 44
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,051 1,007 1,089 1,172 1,137 1,079 1,132 1,175 1,055 1,142
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 1
      Asian 95 72 99 96 102 81 107 100 64 70
      Black or African American 92 105 94 129 99 95 110 99 89 89
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 3 3 0 2 2 2 2 3 0
      White 821 800 849 902 894 873 885 952 885 967
      More than one race 38 26 42 43 39 28 26 20 12 15
    Unknown ethnicity and race 35 41 32 32 20 19 32 48 41 38
  Temporary visa holders 1,834 1,561 1,208 673 945 917 889 1,266 1,175 1,075
  Science and engineering 2,564 2,273 2,008 1,517 1,771 1,683 1,735 2,195 2,003 1,963
    Science 1,977 1,676 1,359 1,026 1,173 1,116 1,170 1,167 882 925
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 428 413 416 398 385 369 356 342 327 331
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 35 33
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1,046 767 449 129 268 227 199 213 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 22 23 18 19 23 18 24 27 28 25
      Mathematics and statistics 58 51 50 41 44 44 48 60 67 68
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 169 150 148 145 176 172 217 204 169 180
      Psychology 93 104 104 114 101 87 109 44 52 47
      Social sciences 161 157 174 178 173 199 213 219 204 241
    Engineering 587 597 649 491 598 567 565 1,028 1,121 1,038
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 87 101 97 80 82 89 86 156 149 141
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 47 38 38 27 24 21 21 29 29 31
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 30 34 27 21 31 27 30 44 41 50
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 79 99 102 80 90 74 61 121 129 130
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 166 155 186 129 179 153 147 288 413 360
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 109 112 150 109 141 156 167 303 278 255
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 52 49 44 44 46 45 51 87 82 71
      Other engineering 16 9 3 1 3 2 2 0 0 0
    Health 429 385 385 405 391 393 398 348 322 336
      Clinical medicine 150 124 124 141 120 145 152 122 102 76
      Other health 279 261 261 264 271 248 246 226 220 260

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 914 741 658 755 680 744 732 345 367 371
    Female 1,365 1,097 1,045 628 604 596 645 506 535 506
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,518 1,394 1,391 922 863 885 922 811 847 807
    Hispanic or Latino 136 117 103 53 48 48 49 42 52 51
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,363 1,259 1,264 849 792 812 841 743 765 720
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 4
      Asian 138 99 101 85 71 59 58 47 37 21
      Black or African American 209 183 172 122 105 103 108 116 116 113
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 5 2
      White 948 924 932 610 595 634 656 556 591 565
      More than one race 64 48 57 27 19 15 19 20 13 15
    Unknown ethnicity and race 19 18 24 20 23 25 32 26 30 36
  Temporary visa holders 761 444 312 461 421 455 455 40 55 70
  Science and engineering 1,591 1,292 1,224 988 918 968 1,005 572 634 679
    Science 1,240 930 919 607 576 584 592 530 585 636
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 36 35 41 30 33 35 33 48 41 37
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 619 327 270 351 274 236 175 11 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 2 3 1 2 4 5 6 7 8
      Mathematics and statistics 10 10 8 6 9 19 16 12 14 11
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 8 10 13 11 8 14 11 15 23 23
      Psychology 427 416 416 23 24 24 26 17 11 14
      Social sciences 135 128 167 184 225 252 325 409 489 543
    Engineering 351 362 305 381 342 384 413 42 49 43
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 55 40 38 46 39 44 57 5 6 5
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 9 9 4 7 12 9 1 0 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 11 9 10 20 14 9 15 1 3 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 44 44 27 40 30 44 59 3 3 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 90 121 78 103 83 106 126 14 25 26
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 123 118 119 150 138 134 125 17 11 8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 21 19 21 15 28 33 21 1 1 1
      Other engineering 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
    Health 688 546 479 395 366 372 372 279 268 198
      Clinical medicine 137 114 136 151 145 146 113 82 52 85
      Other health 551 432 343 244 221 226 259 197 216 113

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 165 157 155 122 153 159 230 235 189 207 0
  Science and engineering 144 129 126 84 116 116 145 211 186 176 0
    Science 110 96 100 58 74 111 140 171 118 116 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 84 59 75 45 52 59 66 69 51 52 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 4 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 1 1 1 1 0 2 9 5 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10 18 13 5 13 45 66 62 35 33 0
      Psychology 5 5 2 4 2 6 3 11 12 10 0
      Social sciences 2 3 2 3 5 1 2 14 10 12 0
    Engineering 34 33 26 26 42 5 5 40 68 60 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6 8 5 5 6 0 1 3 4 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 8 6 5 6 0 0 4 2 5 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 7 13 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 11 11 15 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 6 8 10 13 0 1 7 19 2 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4 4 2 1 5 2 0 8 17 15 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 4 4 4 6 2 3 5 8 10 0
      Other engineering 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 21 28 29 38 37 43 85 24 3 31 0
      Clinical medicine 14 17 17 20 30 43 67 5 1 20 0
      Other health 7 11 12 18 7 0 18 19 2 11 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 2,993 2,658 2,393 1,922 2,162 2,076 2,133 2,543 2,325 2,299
  Fellowships 95 73 99 83 117 144 161 181 127 145
    Federal 49 55 74 62 71 75 99 75 45 46
    Institutional 40 13 23 19 41 39 43 85 63 73
    Nonfederal 6 5 2 2 5 30 19 21 19 26
  Research assistantships 692 688 583 312 491 481 497 533 545 558
    Federal 107 90 50 55 44 67 93 142 130 137
    Institutional 568 576 510 225 411 387 380 317 216 295
    Nonfederal 17 22 23 32 36 27 24 74 199 126
  Teaching assistantships 460 429 399 75 320 419 407 315 361 348
    Federal 0 0 1 0 3 0 8 0 0 0
    Institutional 459 428 398 75 317 414 392 313 359 346
    Nonfederal 1 1 0 0 0 5 7 2 2 2
  Other types of support 1,746 1,468 1,312 1,452 1,234 1,032 1,068 1,514 1,292 1,248
    Federal 9 12 30 5 35 17 30 18 14 24
    Institutional 413 264 296 822 436 266 245 880 273 242
    Nonfederal 22 32 53 34 58 38 49 90 15 29
    Personal resources 1,302 1,160 933 591 705 711 744 526 990 953

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

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering 114 88 97 75 119 74 78 106 76 92
    Science 81 70 81 64 112 63 64 93 58 71
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 32 37 41 39 83 32 41 62 40 53
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 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 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
      Mathematics and statistics 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2
      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 45 21 37 23 23 27 20 20 11 14
      Psychology 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0
      Social sciences 2 3 1 1 5 2 1 3 3 1
    Engineering 33 18 16 11 7 11 14 13 18 21
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 4 5 2 0 1 0 0 2 7
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 12 6 2 1 0 4 4 3 4 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 1 3 0 0 3 3 2 3 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 0 1 4 5 1 5 5 8 11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Other engineering 7 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 134 139 143 213 199 214 218 231 227 374
      Clinical medicine 122 131 132 205 193 204 208 221 216 367
      Other health 12 8 11 8 6 10 10 10 11 7

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 135 146 159 199 219 182 194 232 181 245
  Science and engineering 50 48 57 56 70 34 42 67 53 60
    Science 40 45 49 51 70 32 40 64 48 54
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 22 27 31 35 51 18 28 44 31 40
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 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 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
      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 16 16 17 15 16 14 11 14 10 12
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
      Social sciences 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 3 0
    Engineering 10 3 8 5 0 2 2 3 5 6
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Other engineering 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 85 98 102 143 149 148 152 165 128 185
      Clinical medicine 81 94 98 140 146 143 147 155 117 183
      Other health 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 10 11 2

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 698,642 615,070 551,826 530,138 529,796 480,095 455,250 430,579 436,028 422,873
    Science 612,661 544,365 488,510 468,154 466,508 419,701 393,618 367,289 369,304 360,904
      Computer and information sciences 4,958 3,655 3,614 2,031 1,516 2,205 1,690 121 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,489 993 913 1,171 1,143 1,439 1,377 1,398 1,320 1,528
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,489 993 913 1,171 1,143 1,439 1,377 1,398 1,320 1,528
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 567,982 508,639 456,847 440,721 437,494 390,071 365,532 340,897 347,134 340,523
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 66,301 63,666 60,204 62,270 58,504 56,993 55,554 54,698 51,855 56,953
        Health sciences 481,243 428,068 380,364 363,772 362,786 317,083 294,860 272,184 278,341 269,265
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 20,438 16,905 16,279 14,679 16,203 15,995 15,118 14,015 16,938 14,305
      Mathematics and statistics 1,732 1,549 1,320 1,422 1,949 2,322 2,278 2,100 1,788 1,606
      Physical sciences 12,181 10,335 9,189 8,874 9,641 9,056 8,699 8,398 6,775 7,954
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 7,651 7,085 5,987 5,796 5,968 4,704 4,672 5,004 3,699 4,140
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,530 3,250 3,202 3,078 3,673 4,352 4,027 3,394 3,076 3,814
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 11,756 8,721 4,278 1,667 1,746 2,388 2,791 2,954 2,505 2,445
      Social sciences 11,576 9,610 11,451 11,291 12,083 11,252 10,384 10,369 8,604 6,041
        Anthropology 431 175 125 272 195 333 541 292 0 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 2,040 1,193 1,170 336 273 318 352 97 933 1,396
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,356 2,436 2,320 2,421 2,277 1,589 952 848 637 497
        Social sciences nec 5,749 5,806 7,836 8,262 9,338 9,012 8,539 9,132 7,034 4,148
      Sciences nec 987 863 898 977 936 968 867 1,052 1,178 807
    Engineering 54,548 46,955 42,434 43,098 46,889 44,588 33,618 34,412 39,108 38,667
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8,080 7,787 6,742 6,836 6,019 5,908 4,961 7,906 13,319 10,225
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5,463 2,804 2,573 1,886 1,201 1,001 405 570 1,597 1,722
      Chemical engineering 5,381 3,684 3,221 3,844 4,367 5,617 3,895 3,203 9,130 6,848
      Civil engineering 9,401 7,945 7,395 7,668 8,620 7,094 5,940 4,010 983 711
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 9,003 11,173 9,718 9,508 9,499 8,217 5,046 5,950 4,707 5,057
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 12,304 11,273 10,250 10,998 14,569 15,092 9,991 9,743 6,857 7,174
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 608 640 751 598
      Engineering nec 4,916 2,289 2,535 2,358 2,614 1,659 2,772 2,390 1,764 6,332
    Non-S&E 31,433 23,750 20,882 18,886 16,399 15,806 28,014 28,878 27,616 23,302
      Business management and business administration 3,618 3,303 2,523 2,707 2,869 1,268 1,679 2,148 2,329 1,879
      Communication and communications technologies 151 162 42 80 131 184 126 229 81 112
      Education 7,338 6,869 6,706 6,264 4,267 4,562 4,224 4,287 4,374 3,040
      Humanities 4,379 3,239 2,985 3,037 2,739 2,712 3,433 2,882 3,189 3,160
      Law 228 55 43 0 36 23 1,037 854 679 646
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 477 447
      Visual and performing arts 208 148 114 187 153 221 3,117 3,284 3,198 3,006
      Non-S&E nec 15,511 9,974 8,469 6,611 6,204 6,836 14,398 15,194 13,289 11,012

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2023
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 698,642 391,943 7,782 185,586 49,685 44,304 19,342
    Science 612,661 370,459 6,162 136,258 44,970 39,731 15,081
      Computer and information sciences 4,958 895 1,959 2,103 0 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,489 896 0 547 0 12 34
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,489 896 0 547 0 12 34
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 567,982 347,406 3,003 120,992 44,085 37,940 14,556
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 66,301 37,987 561 19,744 2,462 2,115 3,432
        Health sciences 481,243 299,440 2,404 91,235 41,588 35,695 10,881
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 20,438 9,979 38 10,013 35 130 243
      Mathematics and statistics 1,732 849 0 792 0 57 34
      Physical sciences 12,181 6,422 0 5,112 169 220 258
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 7,651 3,743 0 3,317 169 220 202
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,530 2,679 0 1,795 0 0 56
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 11,756 9,094 0 2,634 13 15 0
      Social sciences 11,576 4,897 1,200 3,697 97 1,486 199
        Anthropology 431 333 0 32 0 7 59
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 2,040 431 994 615 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,356 1,321 76 1,170 17 747 25
        Social sciences nec 5,749 2,812 130 1,880 80 732 115
      Sciences nec 987 0 0 381 606 0 0
    Engineering 54,548 17,940 1,278 28,734 4,392 970 1,234
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8,080 4,346 134 3,154 104 2 340
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5,463 1,307 0 3,772 10 345 29
      Chemical engineering 5,381 1,538 133 2,912 163 213 422
      Civil engineering 9,401 3,901 360 4,733 125 166 116
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 9,003 3,595 302 4,409 444 178 75
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 12,304 2,698 329 5,858 3,319 14 86
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 4,916 555 20 3,896 227 52 166
    Non-S&E 31,433 3,544 342 20,594 323 3,603 3,027
      Business management and business administration 3,618 129 24 3,414 0 0 51
      Communication and communications technologies 151 0 0 141 0 9 1
      Education 7,338 2,368 5 4,964 0 1 0
      Humanities 4,379 88 0 2,251 0 27 2,013
      Law 228 0 0 201 0 27 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 208 0 0 208 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 15,511 959 313 9,415 323 3,539 962

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 391,943 350,392 309,097 285,899 252,892 250,202 242,237 231,817 251,717 245,086
  DOD 16,982 13,541 13,647 13,220 9,751 10,159 7,567 6,834 7,389 8,180
  DOE 4,401 3,287 3,057 2,295 2,518 2,638 2,490 1,546 1,315 1,874
  HHS 346,063 310,961 273,764 252,177 221,849 218,186 213,851 207,016 229,523 220,249
  NASA 745 707 717 582 771 479 525 702 346 480
  NSF 14,900 13,046 8,595 7,959 9,306 11,667 11,734 10,920 8,590 9,238
  USDA 21 56 81 63 126 231 321 51 93 125
  Other 8,831 8,794 9,236 9,603 8,571 6,842 5,749 4,748 4,461 4,940

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

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 3,580 576 3,004 .
2018 3,606 595 3,011 .
2017 3,612 557 3,055 .

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 759 795 858 808 820
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 189 234 289 286 289
    Computer and information sciences 2 1 2 1 1
    Engineering 191 185 195 166 159
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 19 19 19 19 20
    Health sciences 241 237 220 208 221
    Mathematics and statistics 4 5 5 5 5
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 81 83 89 85 84
    Psychology 10 16 20 19 20
    Social sciences 15 16 17 13 14
    Other 7 0 0 4 5

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 29,517 34,709 11,844 . 28,795
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 3,467 5,533 . 0
    Computer and information sciences 18,400 1,316 0 . 0
    Engineering 11,117 12,340 0 . 23,362
    Health sciences 0 0 6,311 . 5,433
    Psychology 0 9,919 0 . 0
    Social sciences 0 1,011 0 . 0
    Other 0 6,656 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 157,547 3,175 13,735 29,669 5,111
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 67,478 1,173 4,144 11,079 3,841
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 35,479 703 7,260 7,689 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 475 0 0 0
    Health sciences 264 0 0 816 924
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 605 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 54,325 823 1,726 9,784 346
    Psychology 0 0 0 300 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

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