U. Connecticut, Storrs
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 | 54 | 88.5 | 459 | |||||||||
| 2022 | 71 | 84.8 | 457 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 58 | 87.4 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2020 | 55 | 88.1 | 450 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 51 | 88.9 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 52 | 88.2 | 428 | |||||||||
| 2017 | 49 | 88.8 | 425 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 51 | 88.5 | 430 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 54 | 87.6 | 426 | |||||||||
| 2014 | 57 | 86.8 | 422 | |||||||||
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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 342 | 288 | 295 | 326 | 355 | 334 | 348 | 330 | 331 | 311 |
| Science and engineering | 283 | 226 | 244 | 257 | 294 | 279 | 297 | 266 | 254 | 264 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 14 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 9 |
| Agricultural sciences | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 67 | 41 | 41 | 64 | 48 | 50 | 65 | 58 | 48 | 56 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 18 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 3 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Genetics and genomics | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| Molecular biology | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| Computer and information sciences | 8 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 9 |
| Computer science | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 5 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . |
| Engineering | 67 | 57 | 62 | 44 | 75 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 60 | 63 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 8 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 15 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 15 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 12 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 18 |
| Mechanical engineering | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
| Engineering, other | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Health sciences | 15 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 27 | 21 | 17 |
| Nursing science | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Public health | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 7 | 2 | 6 | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 27 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 16 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Statistics | 11 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Physical sciences | 32 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 42 | 38 | 39 | 30 | 34 | 21 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 22 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 19 | 26 | 12 |
| Physics | 9 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
| Psychology | 23 | 24 | 20 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 27 | 33 |
| Clinical psychology | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 14 |
| Psychology, other | 9 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| Social sciences | 25 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 34 |
| Anthropology | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Economics | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| Political science and government | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Social sciences, other | 9 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 10 |
| Non-science and engineering | 59 | 62 | 51 | 69 | 61 | 55 | 51 | 64 | 77 | 47 |
| Business | 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Business | 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Education | 25 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 15 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | . |
| Education research | 15 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 14 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Education, other | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 14 | 25 | 14 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 32 | 36 | 15 |
| Letters | 4 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 2 | 1 | . | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | . |
| History | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | 4 |
| Music and performing arts | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 7 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Communication | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Public administration and social services | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | 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
