U. Cincinnati

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 69 89.3 631 50 94.8 925
2023 57 91.8 679 49 94.8 911 97 84.2 602
2022 61 91.2 680 49 94.7 900
2021 65 90.8 691 51 94.5 908 87 85.4 583
2020 75 89.5 698 53 94.4 916
2019 67 90.6 697 51 94.6 914 80 86.7 589
2018 68 90.5 700 53 94.3 911
2017 62 91.2 684 54 94.2 898 83 85.9 575
2016 54 92.5 697 52 94.4 896
2015 62 91.3 693 51 94.5 898 80 86.2 570
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

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 1,173 1,159 1,097 1,185 1,249 1,217 1,159 1,244 1,277 1,150
    Hispanic or Latino 74 73 49 64 45 60 61 80 54 54
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,051 1,051 1,007 1,089 1,172 1,137 1,079 1,132 1,175 1,055
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 2
      Asian 88 95 72 99 96 102 81 107 100 64
      Black or African American 101 92 105 94 129 99 95 110 99 89
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 3 3 3 0 2 2 2 2 3
      White 818 821 800 849 902 894 873 885 952 885
      More than one race 41 38 26 42 43 39 28 26 20 12
    Unknown ethnicity and race 48 35 41 32 32 20 19 32 48 41
  Temporary visa holders 1,417 1,834 1,561 1,208 673 945 917 889 1,266 1,175
  Science and engineering 2,226 2,564 2,273 2,008 1,517 1,771 1,683 1,735 2,195 2,003
    Science 1,659 1,977 1,676 1,359 1,026 1,173 1,116 1,170 1,167 882
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 429 428 413 416 398 385 369 356 342 327
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
      Computer and information sciences 707 1,046 767 449 129 268 227 199 213 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 25 22 23 18 19 23 18 24 27 28
      Mathematics and statistics 52 58 51 50 41 44 44 48 60 67
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 0
      Physical sciences 166 169 150 148 145 176 172 217 204 169
      Psychology 87 93 104 104 114 101 87 109 44 52
      Social sciences 185 161 157 174 178 173 199 213 219 204
    Engineering 567 587 597 649 491 598 567 565 1,028 1,121
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 75 87 101 97 80 82 89 86 156 149
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 47 47 38 38 27 24 21 21 29 29
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 31 30 34 27 21 31 27 30 44 41
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 87 79 99 102 80 90 74 61 121 129
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 140 166 155 186 129 179 153 147 288 413
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 118 109 112 150 109 141 156 167 303 278
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 50 52 49 44 44 46 45 51 87 82
      Other engineering 16 16 9 3 1 3 2 2 0 0
    Health 364 429 385 385 405 391 393 398 348 322
      Clinical medicine 87 150 124 124 141 120 145 152 122 102
      Other health 277 279 261 261 264 271 248 246 226 220

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 1,618 1,518 1,394 1,391 922 863 885 922 811 847
    Hispanic or Latino 149 136 117 103 53 48 48 49 42 52
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,434 1,363 1,259 1,264 849 792 812 841 743 765
      American Indian or Alaska Native 4 2 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 3
      Asian 146 138 99 101 85 71 59 58 47 37
      Black or African American 237 209 183 172 122 105 103 108 116 116
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 5
      White 984 948 924 932 610 595 634 656 556 591
      More than one race 60 64 48 57 27 19 15 19 20 13
    Unknown ethnicity and race 35 19 18 24 20 23 25 32 26 30
  Temporary visa holders 797 761 444 312 461 421 455 455 40 55
  Science and engineering 1,709 1,591 1,292 1,224 988 918 968 1,005 572 634
    Science 1,315 1,240 930 919 607 576 584 592 530 585
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 26 36 35 41 30 33 35 33 48 41
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
      Computer and information sciences 687 619 327 270 351 274 236 175 11 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 4 2 3 1 2 4 5 6 7
      Mathematics and statistics 15 10 10 8 6 9 19 16 12 14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
      Physical sciences 12 8 10 13 11 8 14 11 15 23
      Psychology 447 427 416 416 23 24 24 26 17 11
      Social sciences 127 135 128 167 184 225 252 325 409 489
    Engineering 394 351 362 305 381 342 384 413 42 49
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 58 55 40 38 46 39 44 57 5 6
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 8 5 9 9 4 7 12 9 1 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5 11 9 10 20 14 9 15 1 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 35 44 44 27 40 30 44 59 3 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 115 90 121 78 103 83 106 126 14 25
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 143 123 118 119 150 138 134 125 17 11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 26 21 19 21 15 28 33 21 1 1
      Other engineering 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0
    Health 706 688 546 479 395 366 372 372 279 268
      Clinical medicine 154 137 114 136 151 145 146 113 82 52
      Other health 552 551 432 343 244 221 226 259 197 216

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 227 165 157 155 122 153 159 230 235 189
  Science and engineering 203 144 129 126 84 116 116 145 211 186
    Science 149 110 96 100 58 74 111 140 171 118
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 120 84 59 75 45 52 59 66 69 51
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 5 3 7 6 0 1 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 3 5 1 1 1 1 0 2 9 5
      Mathematics and statistics 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 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 10 10 18 13 5 13 45 66 62 35
      Psychology 5 5 5 2 4 2 6 3 11 12
      Social sciences 4 2 3 2 3 5 1 2 14 10
    Engineering 54 34 33 26 26 42 5 5 40 68
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10 6 8 5 5 6 0 1 3 4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 15 9 8 6 5 6 0 0 4 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 11 11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 5 6 8 10 13 0 1 7 19
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 4 4 2 1 5 2 0 8 17
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 6 4 4 4 6 2 3 5 8
      Other engineering 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 24 21 28 29 38 37 43 85 24 3
      Clinical medicine 14 14 17 17 20 30 43 67 5 1
      Other health 10 7 11 12 18 7 0 18 19 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

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 2,590 2,993 2,658 2,393 1,922 2,162 2,076 2,133 2,543 2,325
  Fellowships 103 95 73 99 83 117 144 161 181 127
    Federal 60 49 55 74 62 71 75 99 75 45
    Institutional 34 40 13 23 19 41 39 43 85 63
    Nonfederal 9 6 5 2 2 5 30 19 21 19
  Research assistantships 761 692 688 583 312 491 481 497 533 545
    Federal 151 107 90 50 55 44 67 93 142 130
    Institutional 546 568 576 510 225 411 387 380 317 216
    Nonfederal 64 17 22 23 32 36 27 24 74 199
  Teaching assistantships 411 460 429 399 75 320 419 407 315 361
    Federal 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 8 0 0
    Institutional 407 459 428 398 75 317 414 392 313 359
    Nonfederal 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 7 2 2
  Other types of support 1,315 1,746 1,468 1,312 1,452 1,234 1,032 1,068 1,514 1,292
    Federal 14 9 12 30 5 35 17 30 18 14
    Institutional 296 413 264 296 822 436 266 245 880 273
    Nonfederal 19 22 32 53 34 58 38 49 90 15
    Personal resources 986 1,302 1,160 933 591 705 711 744 526 990

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 79 85 84 80 80 122 74 78 106 76
    Science 60 61 70 67 68 115 63 64 93 58
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 29 29 35 42 41 85 32 41 62 40
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 0 1 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 1 0 2 1 1 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
      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 25 29 22 23 25 24 27 20 20 11
      Psychology 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 1
      Social sciences 2 2 3 1 1 5 2 1 3 3
    Engineering 19 24 14 13 12 7 11 14 13 18
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 4 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5 7 4 1 2 0 4 4 3 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 2 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 5 5 8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 5 5 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 155 130 139 140 213 201 214 218 231 227
      Clinical medicine 147 122 131 132 205 195 204 208 221 216
      Other health 8 8 8 8 8 6 10 10 10 11

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 122 135 146 159 199 219 182 194 232 181
  Science and engineering 47 50 48 57 56 70 34 42 67 53
    Science 42 40 45 49 51 70 32 40 64 48
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 23 22 27 31 35 51 18 28 44 31
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 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 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
      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 17 16 16 17 15 16 14 11 14 10
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
      Social sciences 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 3
    Engineering 5 10 3 8 5 0 2 2 3 5
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 75 85 98 102 143 149 148 152 165 128
      Clinical medicine 71 81 94 98 140 146 143 147 155 117
      Other health 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 10 11

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 739,878 698,642 615,070 551,826 530,138 529,796 480,095 455,250 430,579 436,028
    Science 645,809 612,661 544,365 488,510 468,154 466,508 419,701 393,618 367,289 369,304
      Computer and information sciences 5,655 4,958 3,655 3,614 2,031 1,516 2,205 1,690 121 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,736 1,489 993 913 1,171 1,143 1,439 1,377 1,398 1,320
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,736 1,489 993 913 1,171 1,143 1,439 1,377 1,398 1,320
        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 601,423 567,982 508,639 456,847 440,721 437,494 390,071 365,532 340,897 347,134
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 68,750 66,301 63,666 60,204 62,270 58,504 56,993 55,554 54,698 51,855
        Health sciences 510,486 481,243 428,068 380,364 363,772 362,786 317,083 294,860 272,184 278,341
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 22,187 20,438 16,905 16,279 14,679 16,203 15,995 15,118 14,015 16,938
      Mathematics and statistics 1,563 1,732 1,549 1,320 1,422 1,949 2,322 2,278 2,100 1,788
      Physical sciences 15,163 12,181 10,335 9,189 8,874 9,641 9,056 8,699 8,398 6,775
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 9,817 7,651 7,085 5,987 5,796 5,968 4,704 4,672 5,004 3,699
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 5,346 4,530 3,250 3,202 3,078 3,673 4,352 4,027 3,394 3,076
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 9,505 11,756 8,721 4,278 1,667 1,746 2,388 2,791 2,954 2,505
      Social sciences 9,575 11,576 9,610 11,451 11,291 12,083 11,252 10,384 10,369 8,604
        Anthropology 241 431 175 125 272 195 333 541 292 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 1,829 2,040 1,193 1,170 336 273 318 352 97 933
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,129 3,356 2,436 2,320 2,421 2,277 1,589 952 848 637
        Social sciences nec 4,376 5,749 5,806 7,836 8,262 9,338 9,012 8,539 9,132 7,034
      Sciences nec 1,189 987 863 898 977 936 968 867 1,052 1,178
    Engineering 61,486 54,548 46,955 42,434 43,098 46,889 44,588 33,618 34,412 39,108
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8,542 8,080 7,787 6,742 6,836 6,019 5,908 4,961 7,906 13,319
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7,923 5,463 2,804 2,573 1,886 1,201 1,001 405 570 1,597
      Chemical engineering 6,964 5,381 3,684 3,221 3,844 4,367 5,617 3,895 3,203 9,130
      Civil engineering 9,445 9,401 7,945 7,395 7,668 8,620 7,094 5,940 4,010 983
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 8,959 9,003 11,173 9,718 9,508 9,499 8,217 5,046 5,950 4,707
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 12,849 12,304 11,273 10,250 10,998 14,569 15,092 9,991 9,743 6,857
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 608 640 751
      Engineering nec 6,804 4,916 2,289 2,535 2,358 2,614 1,659 2,772 2,390 1,764
    Non-S&E 32,583 31,433 23,750 20,882 18,886 16,399 15,806 28,014 28,878 27,616
      Business management and business administration 3,387 3,618 3,303 2,523 2,707 2,869 1,268 1,679 2,148 2,329
      Communication and communications technologies 103 151 162 42 80 131 184 126 229 81
      Education 7,172 7,338 6,869 6,706 6,264 4,267 4,562 4,224 4,287 4,374
      Humanities 4,629 4,379 3,239 2,985 3,037 2,739 2,712 3,433 2,882 3,189
      Law 123 228 55 43 0 36 23 1,037 854 679
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 477
      Visual and performing arts 197 208 148 114 187 153 221 3,117 3,284 3,198
      Non-S&E nec 16,972 15,511 9,974 8,469 6,611 6,204 6,836 14,398 15,194 13,289

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 739,878 411,205 8,611 200,709 53,909 46,333 19,111
    Science 645,809 384,831 6,882 145,899 49,474 43,409 15,314
      Computer and information sciences 5,655 1,135 2,227 2,275 18 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,736 1,004 2 604 0 44 82
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,736 1,004 2 604 0 44 82
        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 601,423 361,767 3,621 131,035 48,579 41,855 14,566
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 68,750 39,749 1,347 20,051 2,937 1,274 3,392
        Health sciences 510,486 312,165 2,224 99,573 45,455 40,339 10,730
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 22,187 9,853 50 11,411 187 242 444
      Mathematics and statistics 1,563 794 0 698 0 71 0
      Physical sciences 15,163 7,901 0 6,023 114 637 488
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 9,817 4,842 0 3,969 114 607 285
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 5,346 3,059 0 2,054 0 30 203
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 9,505 7,661 0 1,778 38 26 2
      Social sciences 9,575 4,569 1,032 3,022 0 776 176
        Anthropology 241 98 0 80 0 0 63
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 1,829 172 909 738 0 10 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,129 1,363 58 971 0 720 17
        Social sciences nec 4,376 2,936 65 1,233 0 46 96
      Sciences nec 1,189 0 0 464 725 0 0
    Engineering 61,486 21,031 1,272 33,003 4,027 875 1,278
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8,542 4,411 94 3,418 170 76 373
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7,923 2,448 55 5,085 25 180 130
      Chemical engineering 6,964 2,792 183 3,281 215 120 373
      Civil engineering 9,445 3,580 383 5,159 118 166 39
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 8,959 3,242 343 4,690 311 73 300
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 12,849 3,355 183 6,480 2,741 62 28
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 6,804 1,203 31 4,890 447 198 35
    Non-S&E 32,583 5,343 457 21,807 408 2,049 2,519
      Business management and business administration 3,387 59 5 3,249 9 23 42
      Communication and communications technologies 103 0 0 75 0 12 16
      Education 7,172 2,672 57 4,413 0 18 12
      Humanities 4,629 244 0 2,210 0 16 2,159
      Law 123 1 0 122 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 197 0 0 197 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 16,972 2,367 395 11,541 399 1,980 290

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 411,205 391,943 350,392 309,097 285,899 252,892 250,202 242,237 231,817 251,717
  DOD 19,480 16,982 13,541 13,647 13,220 9,751 10,159 7,567 6,834 7,389
  DOE 4,648 4,401 3,287 3,057 2,295 2,518 2,638 2,490 1,546 1,315
  HHS 359,576 346,063 310,961 273,764 252,177 221,849 218,186 213,851 207,016 229,523
  NASA 1,406 745 707 717 582 771 479 525 702 346
  NSF 15,306 14,900 13,046 8,595 7,959 9,306 11,667 11,734 10,920 8,590
  USDA 206 21 56 81 63 126 231 321 51 93
  Other 10,583 8,831 8,794 9,236 9,603 8,571 6,842 5,749 4,748 4,461

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 3,580 576 3,004 .
2018 3,606 595 3,011 .

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 0 28,795
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 3,467 5,533 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 18,400 1,316 0 0 0
    Engineering 11,117 12,340 0 0 23,362
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 6,311 0 5,433
    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 9,919 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 1,011 0 0 0
    Other 0 6,656 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 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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