U. Connecticut

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 61 91.2 679 73 88.1 602 81 91.3 914
2022 64 90.8 680 79 91.4 900
2021 53 92.5 691 67 88.8 583 88 90.5 908
2020 48 93.3 698 89 90.5 916
2019 47 93.5 697 65 89.2 589 85 90.9 914
2018 49 93.2 700 89 90.4 911
2017 46 93.5 684 74 87.4 575 87 90.5 898
2016 47 93.5 697 84 90.8 896
2015 47 93.4 693 67 88.5 570 82 91.1 898
2014 46 93.5 688 82 91 889
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 1,395 1,339 1,343 1,342 1,431 1,411 1,396 1,472 1,447 1,445
    Female 1,287 1,268 1,308 1,297 1,402 1,351 1,400 1,456 1,344 1,283
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,516 1,480 1,556 1,523 1,457 1,422 1,448 1,514 1,485 1,458
    Hispanic or Latino 156 143 151 148 129 85 90 84 51 69
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,315 1,306 1,365 1,328 1,247 1,218 1,232 1,298 1,293 1,242
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 1 2
      Asian 159 143 144 128 111 117 116 119 122 109
      Black or African American 76 70 82 87 84 77 78 82 75 62
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 1
      White 1,022 1,031 1,079 1,064 1,004 974 996 1,052 1,024 1,036
      More than one race 58 60 59 48 45 44 37 42 69 32
    Unknown ethnicity and race 45 31 40 47 81 119 126 132 141 147
  Temporary visa holders 1,166 1,127 1,095 1,116 1,376 1,340 1,348 1,414 1,306 1,270
  Science and engineering 2,369 2,324 2,376 2,380 2,571 2,488 2,518 2,639 2,546 2,489
    Science 1,697 1,710 1,768 1,790 1,995 1,936 1,967 2,073 1,931 1,874
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 61 65 56 48 45 38 38 69 71 71
      Biological and biomedical sciences 444 438 466 409 433 421 422 424 397 411
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 46 48
      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 42 47 44
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 61 66 59 57 52 49 46 41 41 41
      Mathematics and statistics 231 294 305 443 606 544 543 573 483 412
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 57 54 55 47 31 26 25 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 254 232 243 221 230 241 235 229 239 253
      Psychology 285 297 309 289 256 263 310 299 285 237
      Social sciences 269 264 275 276 342 354 348 349 322 357
    Engineering 672 614 608 590 576 552 551 566 615 615
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 114 115 101 105 100 88 91 98 96 90
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 64 55 54 54 53 51 40 45 47 52
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 81 74 84 78 76 75 86 77 75 75
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 225 195 186 167 181 196 188 208 237 230
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 11 13 15 14 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 83 69 64 55 65 66 65 57 84 90
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 80 81 93 86 80 73 78 81 76 75
      Other engineering 21 14 13 30 7 3 3 0 0 3
    Health 313 283 275 259 262 274 278 289 245 239
      Clinical medicine 84 70 72 65 52 60 51 61 33 54
      Other health 229 213 203 194 210 214 227 228 212 185

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 341 348 361 369 325 321 317 348 393 410
    Female 293 312 314 267 248 259 260 295 324 313
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 576 595 595 539 497 514 495 560 614 613
    Hispanic or Latino 52 48 60 36 20 42 36 22 21 27
    Not Hispanic or Latino 512 523 515 473 437 427 419 487 549 536
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1
      Asian 65 67 48 44 41 40 29 37 53 58
      Black or African American 39 45 38 24 30 27 26 37 36 34
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2
      White 384 398 415 391 356 353 352 399 435 430
      More than one race 22 12 12 11 8 5 9 11 20 11
    Unknown ethnicity and race 12 24 20 30 40 45 40 51 44 50
  Temporary visa holders 58 65 80 97 76 66 82 83 103 110
  Science and engineering 564 580 606 568 487 495 499 556 608 559
    Science 289 301 298 274 224 226 247 307 358 297
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 5 6 4 7 7 4 7 17 16 20
      Biological and biomedical sciences 35 51 43 46 21 24 25 26 33 20
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 13 8
      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 5 7 8
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 6 7 7 6 8 3 7 10 9
      Mathematics and statistics 24 22 26 32 21 22 28 18 35 40
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 85 77 69 34 20 6 8 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 11 15 9 16 7 10 14 14 14 14
      Psychology 64 62 69 62 72 74 72 86 81 46
      Social sciences 53 62 71 70 70 78 90 123 149 132
    Engineering 275 279 308 294 263 269 252 249 250 262
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 29 31 32 32 13 20 27 14 28 22
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 6 9 7 6 3 7 8 5 9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 12 11 22 17 22 21 20 26 27 44
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 29 33 37 41 49 42 53 45 47 47
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7 9 10 22 29 37 35 38 38 36
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 14 13 9 7 10 12 10 14 11 13
      Other engineering 177 172 187 166 134 134 100 104 94 91
    Health 70 80 69 68 86 85 78 87 109 164
      Clinical medicine 46 56 46 46 59 56 56 61 72 86
      Other health 24 24 23 22 27 29 22 26 37 78

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 916 808 773 581 620 534 496 515 436 530 0
  Science and engineering 853 764 740 545 591 504 471 482 410 510 0
    Science 501 484 438 311 328 311 294 303 251 289 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 47 42 31 27 23 21 21 35 31 38 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 141 147 136 105 90 95 84 85 74 104 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 37 35 31 29 21 27 21 16 18 12 0
      Mathematics and statistics 17 17 13 7 15 14 10 4 4 5 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 30 27 32 19 16 14 12 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 98 85 74 54 71 61 67 74 61 62 0
      Psychology 104 107 90 46 60 52 49 58 39 49 0
      Social sciences 27 24 31 24 32 27 30 26 22 18 0
    Engineering 352 280 302 234 263 193 177 179 159 221 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 50 42 42 29 37 32 24 15 13 17 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 34 25 26 20 19 15 7 10 12 16 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 52 31 47 33 42 31 37 39 21 27 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 113 89 96 68 88 70 65 71 66 95 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 9 12 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 54 39 33 37 31 26 21 18 22 41 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 45 45 46 41 33 18 22 26 25 25 0
      Other engineering 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
    Health 63 44 33 36 29 30 25 33 26 20 0
      Clinical medicine 11 3 6 6 4 8 2 3 0 0 0
      Other health 52 41 27 30 25 22 23 30 26 20 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 2,682 2,607 2,651 2,639 2,833 2,762 2,796 2,928 2,791 2,728
  Fellowships 251 226 204 44 222 177 179 232 156 196
    Federal 126 119 113 11 124 85 74 106 48 111
    Institutional 122 80 59 25 62 62 66 65 36 47
    Nonfederal 3 27 32 8 36 30 39 61 72 38
  Research assistantships 1,175 1,089 1,083 974 885 895 917 942 926 1,029
    Federal 780 686 657 563 488 444 416 406 384 418
    Institutional 368 320 334 295 293 346 412 451 430 481
    Nonfederal 27 83 92 116 104 105 89 85 112 130
  Teaching assistantships 758 760 766 781 823 826 826 840 818 782
    Federal 8 3 3 6 8 4 6 3 4 1
    Institutional 750 757 762 775 814 818 815 834 811 778
    Nonfederal 0 0 1 0 1 4 5 3 3 3
  Other types of support 498 532 598 840 903 864 874 914 891 721
    Federal 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 11 14 16 4 10 9 5 3 1 0
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
    Personal resources 485 518 582 835 893 854 869 893 890 721

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 334 321 316 301 277 176 157 161 149 162
    Science 286 270 262 242 226 151 138 132 129 136
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 12 12 2 7 7 5 3 5 6 5
      Biological and biomedical sciences 118 98 118 105 108 91 88 70 73 76
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 14
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      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 1 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 12 7 17 16 14 10 12 10 9 7
      Mathematics and statistics 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 14 7 6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 43 47 30 28 25 9 4 7 5 4
      Natural resources and conservation 16 8 10 7 5 1 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 55 66 60 56 43 27 20 13 11 15
      Psychology 20 26 18 13 16 3 3 1 3 2
      Social sciences 8 6 7 10 6 4 7 6 5 5
    Engineering 48 51 54 59 51 25 19 29 20 26
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 13 12 16 18 14 6 4 2 2 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 13 8 8 6 4 4 3 3 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 12 8 4 8 14 6 6 7 1 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10 8 20 18 8 4 2 1 3 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 6 6 7 4 1 3 16 11 14
      Other engineering 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 32 47 63 61 75 51 63 72 64 63
      Clinical medicine 8 16 23 28 35 27 31 41 40 34
      Other health 24 31 40 33 40 24 32 31 24 29

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 156 144 167 150 152 136 134 139 126 123
  Science and engineering 146 130 139 124 122 112 97 97 85 92
    Science 125 112 121 103 106 98 84 82 74 80
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 3 2 1 4 4 4 2 5 5 2
      Biological and biomedical sciences 62 58 66 55 52 59 57 49 44 51
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 12
      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 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 3 9 6 6 7 7 7 7 5
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 17 11 9 9 13 7 3 3 4 2
      Natural resources and conservation 6 3 5 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 21 23 24 19 18 17 11 8 4 7
      Psychology 11 10 5 3 8 2 2 1 1 0
      Social sciences 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 1
    Engineering 21 18 18 21 16 14 13 15 11 12
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 6 5 6 7 5 2 2 1 1 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 6 5 3 1 4 4 2 1 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 1 1 3 5 5 6 5 1 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4 2 4 7 2 2 1 0 2 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 7 6 6
      Other engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 10 14 28 26 30 24 37 42 41 31
      Clinical medicine 1 4 13 13 11 10 15 23 22 17
      Other health 9 10 15 13 19 14 22 19 19 14

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 390,165 367,557 302,329 280,131 285,764 269,685 267,647 265,522 259,397 258,056
    Science 302,900 287,978 241,905 223,646 228,990 216,919 217,336 218,981 207,292 204,194
      Computer and information sciences 6,946 4,766 5,294 5,575 5,103 4,807 4,342 4,317 3,835 3,824
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 11,951 11,254 10,483 9,186 10,974 10,356 9,289 9,385 10,348 9,488
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,775 1,150 746 920 1,073 296 388 149 64 35
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 10,176 10,104 9,737 8,266 9,901 10,060 8,901 9,236 10,284 9,453
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 222,563 220,304 175,232 157,618 165,087 155,958 160,162 162,256 143,533 146,296
        Agricultural sciences 15,498 13,050 10,683 8,613 10,079 9,876 10,396 10,178 7,011 6,949
        Biological and biomedical sciences 93,727 105,565 79,715 75,806 69,141 62,683 62,173 66,416 68,185 78,795
        Health sciences 97,728 89,129 74,770 64,335 76,662 72,241 77,275 76,743 60,029 56,995
        Natural resources and conservation 7,435 5,190 3,616 3,203 2,905 2,321 2,810 2,459 0 0
        Life sciences nec 8,175 7,370 6,448 5,661 6,300 8,837 7,508 6,460 8,308 3,557
      Mathematics and statistics 2,934 2,616 2,119 2,344 2,362 2,296 1,805 1,586 1,481 1,716
      Physical sciences 15,372 11,245 17,682 18,546 16,829 16,816 15,352 14,796 10,993 9,977
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 7,895 5,492 4,998 5,868 4,713 5,170 5,319 5,753 5,900 5,794
        Materials science 0 0 7,202 6,644 5,786 5,673 5,162 4,477 0 0
        Physics 7,477 5,753 5,482 6,034 6,330 5,973 4,871 4,566 5,093 4,183
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 30,889 26,385 22,130 21,553 18,641 17,741 17,602 19,391 18,787 18,048
      Social sciences 9,126 9,724 6,705 6,645 8,455 8,481 6,803 6,335 6,838 6,795
        Anthropology 624 688 594 626 738 469 433 342 0 0
        Economics 3,386 3,536 2,195 1,683 2,790 2,629 2,548 2,019 1,795 2,255
        Political science and government 3,274 1,667 663 726 797 646 357 474 301 573
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 665 2,943 2,349 2,850 3,229 3,271 2,390 2,480 3,586 2,947
        Social sciences nec 1,177 890 904 760 901 1,466 1,075 1,020 1,156 1,020
      Sciences nec 3,119 1,684 2,260 2,179 1,539 464 1,981 915 11,477 8,050
    Engineering 72,672 68,902 54,185 46,751 44,044 39,907 39,840 38,977 44,329 43,185
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,183 5,736 4,486 3,677 3,414 3,192 2,767 1,675 746 610
      Chemical engineering 8,655 8,061 7,486 6,131 6,223 4,817 3,164 4,182 6,149 5,048
      Civil engineering 20,006 21,804 17,982 14,913 14,185 13,296 11,847 10,256 10,138 8,433
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 9,486 8,613 7,267 8,364 7,957 7,624 8,365 8,591 8,154 7,466
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 9,826 8,539 7,914 5,456 4,870 4,779 5,622 5,363 6,515 8,089
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 15,821 14,963 7,597 6,583 5,250 4,507 5,000 4,971 6,702 5,715
      Engineering nec 695 1,186 1,453 1,627 2,145 1,692 3,075 3,939 5,925 7,824
    Non-S&E 14,593 10,677 6,239 9,734 12,730 12,859 10,471 7,564 7,776 10,677
      Business management and business administration 921 1,684 870 939 1,792 310 403 112 709 3,808
      Communication and communications technologies 264 165 200 245 259 107 90 60 356 430
      Education 2,667 1,597 1,155 1,874 3,860 4,796 4,295 3,163 3,934 3,212
      Humanities 1,767 1,029 433 1,287 2,758 3,232 3,551 744 577 486
      Law 118 96 111 102 58 125 157 33 230 90
      Social work 5,657 3,091 1,521 2,885 1,966 1,175 1,216 1,641 1,819 2,447
      Visual and performing arts 1,061 1,515 587 607 965 773 445 242 151 204
      Non-S&E nec 2,138 1,500 1,362 1,795 1,072 2,341 314 1,569 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

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 390,165 238,701 5,973 117,252 11,251 12,293 4,695
    Science 302,900 187,692 3,034 90,691 6,783 10,393 4,307
      Computer and information sciences 6,946 3,562 862 1,864 610 48 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 11,951 8,186 35 3,547 38 145 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,775 1,060 0 616 0 99 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 10,176 7,126 35 2,931 38 46 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 222,563 139,444 1,030 65,190 5,344 7,248 4,307
        Agricultural sciences 15,498 7,028 89 8,023 183 175 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 93,727 66,369 55 21,509 775 3,735 1,284
        Health sciences 97,728 63,473 365 23,581 4,031 3,255 3,023
        Natural resources and conservation 7,435 2,574 521 3,902 355 83 0
        Life sciences nec 8,175 0 0 8,175 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2,934 1,823 0 680 387 44 0
      Physical sciences 15,372 11,828 0 3,235 146 163 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 7,895 6,103 0 1,643 146 3 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 7,477 5,725 0 1,592 0 160 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 30,889 19,530 120 9,005 250 1,984 0
      Social sciences 9,126 3,021 987 4,740 8 370 0
        Anthropology 624 69 0 457 0 98 0
        Economics 3,386 1,815 0 1,504 0 67 0
        Political science and government 3,274 473 987 1,614 8 192 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 665 0 0 665 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 1,177 664 0 500 0 13 0
      Sciences nec 3,119 298 0 2,430 0 391 0
    Engineering 72,672 46,010 1,160 20,358 4,278 496 370
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,183 6,522 0 1,219 217 140 85
      Chemical engineering 8,655 5,869 0 2,279 494 0 13
      Civil engineering 20,006 12,419 1,160 4,949 1,395 62 21
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 9,486 6,611 0 2,094 740 32 9
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 9,826 7,089 0 1,410 1,029 56 242
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 15,821 7,489 0 7,787 403 142 0
      Engineering nec 695 11 0 620 0 64 0
    Non-S&E 14,593 4,999 1,779 6,203 190 1,404 18
      Business management and business administration 921 25 9 453 179 255 0
      Communication and communications technologies 264 30 0 233 0 1 0
      Education 2,667 1,635 70 767 10 185 0
      Humanities 1,767 153 0 1,206 0 406 2
      Law 118 0 0 118 0 0 0
      Social work 5,657 2,644 1,700 1,185 1 127 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,061 48 0 567 0 430 16
      Non-S&E nec 2,138 464 0 1,674 0 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

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 238,701 230,752 183,362 164,848 159,220 144,048 145,637 146,390 137,980 144,104
  DOD 22,360 22,079 18,901 13,660 10,573 8,617 9,617 9,547 8,711 10,982
  DOE 8,592 6,786 6,529 6,731 5,187 4,070 4,504 5,245 4,909 4,983
  HHS 135,171 125,263 106,354 93,640 92,365 82,666 85,401 86,255 80,983 84,927
  NASA 3,343 2,243 2,866 1,647 1,309 1,360 1,842 1,889 1,082 1,079
  NSF 31,244 42,254 22,779 24,383 26,288 23,861 20,375 19,595 19,754 21,796
  USDA 11,514 8,702 5,251 5,757 5,407 5,599 6,420 6,347 5,680 5,623
  Other 26,477 23,425 20,682 19,030 18,091 17,875 17,478 17,512 16,861 14,714

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 5,363 798 4,565 .
2018 5,388 798 4,590 .
2017 5,034 753 4,281 .

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 1,390 1,359 1,427 1,433 1,328
    Agricultural sciences 66 93 99 103 161
    Biological and biomedical sciences 385 372 385 583 544
    Computer and information sciences 7 10 9 12 12
    Engineering 104 111 108 98 97
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 42 32 33 36 44
    Health sciences 478 424 431 348 300
    Mathematics and statistics 4 4 4 8 2
    Natural resources and conservation 17 10 8 9 9
    Physical sciences 133 129 146 137 120
    Psychology 25 47 54 60 30
    Social sciences 73 128 151 38 9
    Other 58 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

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 1,600 58,617 54,491 1,923 .
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 1,923 .
    Health sciences 1,600 0 1,331 0 .
    Physical sciences 0 0 49,615 0 .
    Social sciences 0 58,617 3,545 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 47,549 28,846 32,573 77,062 43,190
    Agricultural sciences 1,433 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 26,673 9,185 24,257 53,076 33,452
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 1,239 0 0 324 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 2,689 0
    Health sciences 10,487 15,894 6,260 700 9,298
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 3,715 0 970 0 0
    Physical sciences 4,003 1,055 1,086 20,273 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 1,631 0 0 439
    Other 0 1,080 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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