U. Colorado Denver
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 | |
2022 | 127 | 72.6 | 457 | 300 | 66.7 | 890 | ||||||
2021 | 120 | 73.6 | 447 | 288 | 68.6 | 907 | ||||||
2020 | 154 | 66.3 | 450 | |||||||||
2019 | 146 | 67.8 | 447 | |||||||||
2018 | 151 | 65.2 | 428 | |||||||||
2017 | 146 | 66.1 | 425 | |||||||||
2016 | 150 | 65.6 | 430 | |||||||||
2015 | 156 | 63.9 | 426 | |||||||||
2014 | 133 | 69 | 422 | |||||||||
2013 | 135 | 68.1 | 417 |
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
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 124 | 129 | 100 | 105 | 97 | 100 | 103 | 96 | 114 | 110 |
Science and engineering | 108 | 114 | 88 | 96 | 89 | 89 | 96 | 81 | 108 | 96 |
Science | 94 | 102 | 80 | 89 | 78 | 84 | 88 | 75 | 97 | 91 |
Life science | 82 | 86 | 68 | 84 | 65 | 73 | 74 | 60 | 86 | 75 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Biological sciences | 65 | 59 | 45 | 55 | 45 | 64 | 56 | 41 | 63 | 54 |
Health sciences | 17 | 26 | 22 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 21 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
Computer sciences | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Mathematics | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Psychology and social sciences | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
Psychology | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | . | . |
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Other social sciences | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Engineering | 14 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . |
Civil engineering | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
Electrical engineering | 4 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 16 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 14 |
Education | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Education administration | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Education research | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Teaching fields | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
Other education | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 |
Humanities | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
Business management/administration | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 18,080 | 18,039 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Science | 9,217 | 9,372 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 687 | 475 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 650 | 379 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 608 | 379 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 42 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 2,804 | 4,284 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 29 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,076 | 1,012 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,635 | 3,149 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 50 | 106 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 14 | 17 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 989 | 1,122 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,895 | 1,574 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,187 | 1,157 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physics | 708 | 417 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,554 | 1,179 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 638 | 359 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 135 | 63 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Economics | 81 | 53 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 21 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 172 | 119 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 229 | 124 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Engineering | 3,906 | 3,695 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 438 | 286 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 972 | 772 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 952 | 1,067 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,097 | 1,266 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 447 | 304 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 4,957 | 4,972 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 377 | 333 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 42 | 35 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Education | 2,804 | 2,579 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Humanities | 77 | 111 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Law | 220 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social work | 46 | 59 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 100 | 94 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,291 | 1,761 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 18,080 | 12,668 | 2,422 | 1,063 | 453 | 1,160 | 314 | |||||||
Science | 9,217 | 6,847 | 1,094 | 311 | 386 | 520 | 59 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 687 | 619 | 46 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 650 | 642 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 608 | 601 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 42 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 2,804 | 1,484 | 1,030 | 172 | 0 | 118 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,076 | 941 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 102 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,635 | 450 | 1,015 | 154 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 989 | 988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,895 | 1,798 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 58 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,187 | 1,090 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 58 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 708 | 708 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,554 | 929 | 0 | 81 | 300 | 244 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 638 | 387 | 18 | 33 | 45 | 99 | 56 | |||||||
Anthropology | 135 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 81 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 42 | |||||||
Political science and government | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 172 | 125 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 229 | 105 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 90 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 3,906 | 3,398 | 323 | 63 | 54 | 68 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 438 | 415 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 972 | 624 | 251 | 45 | 0 | 52 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 952 | 952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,097 | 1,074 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 447 | 333 | 31 | 15 | 54 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 4,957 | 2,423 | 1,005 | 689 | 13 | 572 | 255 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 377 | 377 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 42 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Education | 2,804 | 1,630 | 602 | 294 | 13 | 109 | 156 | |||||||
Humanities | 77 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 220 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 191 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 46 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 100 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,291 | 223 | 386 | 357 | 0 | 269 | 56 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 12,668 | 11,866 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
DOD | 610 | 535 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
DOE | 210 | 109 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
HHS | 5,461 | 4,799 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NASA | 267 | 287 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NSF | 3,900 | 4,029 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
USDA | 55 | 87 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Other | 2,165 | 2,020 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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
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SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey