U. Colorado Colorado Springs

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 289 37.8 459 252 58.6 602 404 56.3 914
2022 252 45.5 457 376 58.7 900
2021 252 44.3 447 253 57.1 583 404 56 908
2020 272 40.2 450 401 56.7 916
2019 254 43.8 447 285 52.2 589 417 54.9 914
2018 274 36.7 428 384 58.3 911
2017 255 40.7 425 364 37.4 575 372 59 898
2016 279 35.8 430 367 59.5 896
2015 287 33.4 426 325 43.6 570 363 60 898
2014 293 31.3 422 388 56.8 889
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

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 26 32 30 25 30 23 30 22 19 18
  Science and engineering 14 21 22 17 21 17 14 11 15 10
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 . . . . . . . . .
      Agricultural sciences 2 . . . . . . . . .
    Computer and information sciences 1 3 5 1 3 2 4 4 2 3
      Computer science 1 1 4 1 3 2 4 3 2 3
      Computer and information sciences, other . 2 1 . . . . 1 . .
    Engineering 3 10 10 11 11 11 7 4 8 2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . .
      Electrical and computer engineering 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 . 2 2
      Mechanical engineering . . 2 . . 1 . 2 . .
      Engineering, other 2 7 7 10 9 8 5 2 6 .
    Mathematics and statistics . 1 . 1 1 . . . . 1
      Applied mathematics . 1 . . 1 . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other . . . 1 . . . . . 1
    Physical sciences 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 3
      Physics 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 3
    Psychology 4 5 3 1 3 3 2 1 4 1
      Clinical psychology 3 4 2 1 2 1 2 . 2 .
      Psychology, other 1 1 1 . 1 2 . 1 2 1
    Social sciences . . 2 . 1 . . . . .
      Social sciences, other . . 2 . 1 . . . . .
  Non-science and engineering 12 11 8 8 9 6 16 11 4 8
    Business . . . . . . 4 1 . .
      Business . . . . . . 4 1 . .
    Education 12 11 8 7 9 5 12 10 4 8
      Education leadership and administration 6 6 6 7 9 4 9 6 1 6
      Education research 3 4 2 . . . 3 2 3 2
      Education, other 3 1 . . . 1 . 2 . .
    Other non-science and engineering . . . 1 . 1 . . . .
      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

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 7,012 7,761 5,338 5,557 4,720 5,976 6,680 6,812 6,988 5,363
    Science 4,596 4,897 3,593 3,018 2,746 3,967 4,619 4,787 4,955 3,152
      Computer and information sciences 2,705 2,607 1,965 1,035 928 1,305 1,767 1,904 1,361 821
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 227 187 141 173 79 55 124 187 222 234
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 133 130 81 26 0 0 92 181 162 59
        Geological and earth sciences 65 33 60 13 1 21 32 6 60 57
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 134 78 34 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 29 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118
      Life sciences 566 379 755 845 528 634 466 363 267 264
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 443 332 728 716 510 619 466 359 257 150
        Health sciences 107 43 0 62 18 15 0 4 0 4
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 16 4 27 54 0 0 0 0 10 110
      Mathematics and statistics 86 21 0 11 67 77 108 113 117 77
      Physical sciences 377 457 310 270 217 472 807 874 1,615 538
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 197 219 57 0 0 0 19 69 393 129
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 179 185 185 145 203 449 765 805 1,222 409
        Physical sciences nec 1 53 68 125 14 23 23 0 0 0
      Psychology 325 378 259 226 591 1,100 1,001 983 954 1,112
      Social sciences 310 861 36 124 39 16 58 335 9 28
        Anthropology 80 89 14 46 17 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
        Political science and government 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
        Social sciences nec 224 769 22 78 22 16 58 320 9 0
      Sciences nec 0 7 127 334 297 308 288 28 410 78
    Engineering 1,144 1,883 902 1,367 694 763 992 892 1,007 1,160
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 25 23 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 136 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 597 958 526 705 107 181 472 599 513 1,042
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 500 890 344 487 518 582 513 216 330 94
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 22 12 0 175 69 0 3 18 28 24
    Non-S&E 1,272 981 843 1,172 1,280 1,246 1,069 1,133 1,026 1,051
      Business management and business administration 10 43 569 562 662 713 491 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 63 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 505 275 83 108 173 120 151 48 38 70
      Humanities 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 100 253 184 130 230 145
      Social work 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 610 646 191 502 345 160 243 955 758 836

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 7,012 5,205 29 1,042 523 207 6
    Science 4,596 3,598 29 649 216 98 6
      Computer and information sciences 2,705 2,367 0 116 216 0 6
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 227 190 0 37 0 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 133 113 0 20 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 65 65 0 0 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 29 12 0 17 0 0 0
      Life sciences 566 343 0 211 0 12 0
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 443 343 0 100 0 0 0
        Health sciences 107 0 0 106 0 1 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 16 0 0 5 0 11 0
      Mathematics and statistics 86 67 0 19 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 377 240 29 108 0 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 197 142 0 55 0 0 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 179 97 29 53 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 325 243 0 81 0 1 0
      Social sciences 310 148 0 77 0 85 0
        Anthropology 80 0 0 35 0 45 0
        Economics 4 0 0 4 0 0 0
        Political science and government 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 224 148 0 36 0 40 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 1,144 762 0 75 307 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 25 20 0 5 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 597 274 0 26 297 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 500 468 0 22 10 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 22 0 0 22 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 1,272 845 0 318 0 109 0
      Business management and business administration 10 0 0 10 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 63 0 0 63 0 0 0
      Education 505 308 0 99 0 98 0
      Humanities 53 0 0 53 0 0 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 20 0 0 20 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 11 0 0 11 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 610 537 0 62 0 11 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 5,205 5,345 3,942 3,508 3,072 4,094 4,525 3,976 4,244 4,018
  DOD 1,435 1,510 1,099 748 600 850 1,682 1,849 2,157 1,991
  DOE 230 142 144 99 110 147 0 0 0 0
  HHS 653 549 838 812 940 1,100 934 590 498 407
  NASA 68 3 15 117 18 23 11 20 0 0
  NSF 2,438 3,082 1,837 1,683 1,349 1,742 1,756 1,400 1,589 1,620
  USDA 80 0 9 24 2 17 0 0 0 0
  Other 301 59 0 25 53 215 142 117 0 0

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 179 53 126 .
2018 177 50 127 .
2017 219 49 170 .

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 163 163 131 71 89
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 25 25 25 15 17
    Computer and information sciences 5 5 5 4 4
    Engineering 23 23 23 17 21
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5 5 5 0 0
    Health sciences 49 49 17 6 16
    Mathematics and statistics 3 3 3 1 1
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 24 24 24 14 16
    Psychology 11 11 11 9 9
    Social sciences 14 14 14 4 5
    Other 3 3 3 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

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 3,496 3,496 . 5,220 .
    Engineering 3,496 3,496 . 0 .
    Health sciences 0 0 . 5,220 .

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 47,097 0 0 1,471 570
    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 47,097 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 478 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 993 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 570
    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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