U. Delaware

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 79 83.1 459 74 89.3 679 83 86.5 602 77 91.8 914
2022 85 81.8 457 69 90.1 680 78 91.5 900
2021 89 80.5 447 72 89.8 691 144 75.7 583 109 88.2 908
2020 88 80.8 450 67 90.6 698 109 88.3 916
2019 81 82.2 447 70 90.2 697 128 78.6 589 113 87.9 914
2018 83 81 428 65 90.9 700 118 87.3 911
2017 82 81.1 425 63 91 684 121 79.3 575 118 87.1 898
2016 74 83.2 430 75 89.5 697 115 87.4 896
2015 85 80.4 426 70 90.1 693 152 73.7 570 108 88.2 898
2014 93 78.4 422 70 90.1 688 112 87.6 889
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 254 236 206 211 235 231 232 269 219 194
  Science and engineering 229 216 182 189 208 220 209 247 197 173
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 8 5 12 11 11 12 9 15 13 9
      Agricultural sciences 7 4 6 6 8 6 5 4 7 7
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 6 5 3 6 4 11 6 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 33 24 30 21 23 19 39 26 17 22
      Biochemistry and biophysics 6 3 3 3 5 4 19 6 1 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general . 4 7 1 1 2 9 7 1 6
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 2 2 5 5 4 1 2 . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 1 . 2 . . . 4 1 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 3 . . . 1 . 1 1 2 .
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 1 1 3 . 1 . . 1 1 1
      Molecular biology 4 3 7 2 2 4 . 1 2 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . 1 4 2 1 . 1 . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 2 1 2 . 2 1 1 7 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 14 7 6 2 6 2 8 2 1 1
    Computer and information sciences 10 13 9 9 11 12 9 10 9 6
      Computer science 8 4 7 5 8 10 . 7 5 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 9 2 4 3 2 9 3 4 1
    Engineering 99 75 57 57 75 83 69 84 59 64
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . 1 . 1 . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 9 9 6 1 10 3 . 2 1 3
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 30 17 19 14 18 28 27 27 18 20
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 11 11 5 8 11 11 15 8 6 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 16 16 12 15 17 20 7 15 14 12
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Materials and mining engineering 16 10 9 8 11 7 11 19 9 9
      Mechanical engineering 13 8 4 9 5 11 8 11 9 9
      Engineering, other 4 3 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 8 4 12 7 7 11 15 8 6
      Geological sciences 2 3 . 2 . 1 2 3 2 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 3 5 4 10 7 6 9 12 6 5
    Health sciences 7 8 2 10 7 8 9 10 9 4
      Nursing science . . 1 1 . . 2 . 2 .
      Public health 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
      Health sciences, other 6 8 1 9 7 8 7 9 7 4
    Mathematics and statistics 12 8 9 9 4 5 8 9 12 7
      Applied mathematics 4 3 2 7 3 2 6 5 9 4
      Mathematics 2 . . 1 . 3 1 3 1 1
      Statistics . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 6 5 7 1 1 . . 1 2 2
    Physical sciences 17 31 26 21 34 38 10 29 28 21
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 3 . 2 6 2 2 1 1 .
      Chemistry 12 23 17 13 21 27 2 17 19 15
      Physics 4 5 9 6 7 9 6 11 8 6
    Psychology 8 16 6 8 8 8 12 15 10 7
      Clinical psychology 2 4 1 2 5 3 2 4 4 3
      Research and experimental psychology 5 10 3 4 . 4 . 6 4 2
      Psychology, other 1 2 2 2 3 1 10 5 2 2
    Social sciences 30 28 27 31 28 28 33 34 32 27
      Economics 11 5 6 10 10 11 12 7 7 5
      Political science and government 3 4 3 2 1 1 2 4 4 2
      Public policy analysis 4 5 . 3 5 2 1 2 6 5
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 3 4 4 3 1 2 4 3 1
      Social sciences, other 8 11 14 12 9 13 16 17 12 14
  Non-science and engineering 25 20 24 22 27 11 23 22 22 21
    Business 2 2 4 . 4 . . 1 1 .
      Business 2 2 4 . 4 . . 1 1 .
    Education 1 2 10 7 12 1 5 6 8 7
      Education research 1 . 6 5 8 . . 4 5 2
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 2
      Education, other . 2 2 1 1 . 3 1 . 3
    Humanities and arts 16 12 10 15 8 9 17 14 13 14
      Letters 6 4 5 2 3 2 4 3 6 3
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . 1 . . .
      History 5 3 2 4 1 4 8 6 5 5
      Humanities and arts, other 5 5 3 9 4 3 4 5 2 6
    Other non-science and engineering 6 4 . . 3 1 1 1 . .
      Communication 2 . . . . . . . . .
      Public administration and social services 4 2 . . 3 1 . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . 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

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 1,314 1,291 1,195 1,120 1,167 1,194 1,202 1,137 1,200 1,178
    Female 1,132 1,113 1,051 961 942 937 927 874 900 911
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,202 1,286 1,319 1,215 1,183 1,200 1,161 1,055 1,104 1,152
    Hispanic or Latino 75 92 95 84 73 68 69 50 64 52
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,103 1,170 1,197 1,104 1,090 1,114 1,072 977 1,001 1,056
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
      Asian 105 92 103 98 88 83 80 72 71 77
      Black or African American 76 89 89 77 73 86 86 67 65 65
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 0 0
      White 876 939 951 886 886 905 872 805 838 883
      More than one race 44 48 52 41 40 38 33 32 26 30
    Unknown ethnicity and race 24 24 27 27 20 18 20 28 39 44
  Temporary visa holders 1,244 1,118 927 866 926 931 968 956 996 937
  Science and engineering 2,365 2,286 2,127 1,968 2,012 2,052 1,997 1,916 2,012 2,001
    Science 1,721 1,646 1,506 1,350 1,397 1,431 1,414 1,274 1,361 1,408
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 64 68 70 64 80 69 73 114 110 119
      Biological and biomedical sciences 376 331 284 194 187 188 180 182 212 218
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 18 15
      Computer and information sciences 276 208 188 158 163 177 189 124 131 139
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 29 33
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 88 110 103 95 100 110 101 92 106 108
      Mathematics and statistics 94 108 98 95 107 117 111 104 115 125
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 90 71 18 16 4 2 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 33 21 25 24 30 33 36 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 370 361 344 320 339 342 331 266 213 204
      Psychology 93 103 113 101 80 81 73 79 72 78
      Social sciences 237 265 263 283 307 312 320 266 352 368
    Engineering 644 640 621 618 615 621 583 642 651 593
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 66 65 63 60 52 43 44 37 25 18
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 207 211 190 161 155 147 140 134 154 154
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 95 110 126 158 148 160 108 109 121 111
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 125 120 130 134 148 169 187 197 199 156
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 149 131 108 100 106 95 95 79 75 74
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 69 75
      Other engineering 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 11 8 5
    Health 81 118 119 113 97 79 132 95 88 88
      Clinical medicine 13 51 56 53 33 22 21 29 23 24
      Other health 68 67 63 60 64 57 111 66 65 64

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 139 125 161 108 131 124 91 77 88 84
    Female 111 95 94 54 75 69 46 48 70 71
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 219 193 212 128 184 163 113 103 138 144
    Hispanic or Latino 16 14 16 5 12 12 4 7 8 5
    Not Hispanic or Latino 199 173 192 118 167 148 107 92 126 134
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
      Asian 31 31 29 16 18 14 9 6 4 7
      Black or African American 16 13 12 11 16 12 6 6 10 8
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 146 125 145 85 122 118 86 75 110 118
      More than one race 6 4 6 6 9 4 5 5 2 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 4 6 4 5 5 3 2 4 4 5
  Temporary visa holders 31 27 43 34 22 30 24 22 20 11
  Science and engineering 243 208 243 159 199 188 130 115 150 147
    Science 205 168 197 114 154 140 83 53 85 87
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 3 5 6 3 2 2 2 7 10 14
      Biological and biomedical sciences 21 15 14 8 10 9 5 7 10 6
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Computer and information sciences 52 47 58 49 43 49 37 10 10 15
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 10
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 4
      Mathematics and statistics 51 46 42 4 25 20 3 1 1 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 17 22 25 16 5 2 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 5 7 5 3 5 12 15 7 5 3
      Psychology 21 18 9 16 11 6 5 0 11 10
      Social sciences 33 6 37 12 50 39 15 9 25 21
    Engineering 38 40 46 45 45 48 47 62 65 60
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 0 0 1 4 4 5 3 7 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 6 11 8 10 13 14 9 14 11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 15 19 24 22 19 15 20 32 30 30
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 14 15 10 12 11 14 8 7 7 11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 6
      Other engineering 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
    Health 7 12 12 3 7 5 7 10 8 8
      Clinical medicine 4 6 7 3 7 5 6 6 5 6
      Other health 3 6 5 0 0 0 1 4 3 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 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 542 539 512 323 207 249 242 244 219 224 0
  Science and engineering 537 532 508 322 207 248 238 240 215 216 0
    Science 309 321 309 174 110 129 116 111 95 104 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 21 25 19 5 5 11 8 12 6 8 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 81 81 73 16 10 15 11 13 28 18 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 17 18 24 12 6 13 14 9 4 6 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 28 39 33 20 5 10 8 15 12 11 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 3 1 1 0 3 1 2 4 4 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 113 113 123 95 71 69 70 53 34 50 0
      Psychology 26 19 21 21 13 7 2 0 4 2 0
      Social sciences 11 14 15 4 0 1 2 6 3 3 0
    Engineering 228 211 199 148 97 119 122 129 120 112 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 26 32 28 18 17 17 12 4 5 1 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 87 92 69 61 44 52 51 54 56 57 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 40 32 33 27 12 18 17 15 18 6 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 32 26 30 17 13 16 18 25 19 22 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 42 28 38 25 10 14 22 16 8 14 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 14 12 0
      Other engineering 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
    Health 5 7 4 1 0 1 4 4 4 8 0
      Clinical medicine 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 5 4 3 1 0 1 4 4 4 8 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 2,446 2,404 2,246 2,081 2,109 2,131 2,129 2,011 2,100 2,089
  Fellowships 175 187 199 180 187 191 167 143 140 133
    Federal 36 60 44 25 24 17 15 11 13 8
    Institutional 135 125 151 153 160 168 138 132 127 125
    Nonfederal 4 2 4 2 3 6 14 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 1,031 999 932 876 831 828 783 759 822 947
    Federal 492 451 445 287 171 205 207 196 196 205
    Institutional 399 391 356 492 598 523 491 563 626 734
    Nonfederal 140 157 131 97 62 100 85 0 0 8
  Teaching assistantships 521 562 511 484 497 500 479 490 391 382
    Federal 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
    Institutional 516 558 506 483 496 500 479 490 391 380
    Nonfederal 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 719 656 604 541 594 612 700 619 747 627
    Federal 12 27 20 11 12 27 20 37 10 9
    Institutional 139 131 167 236 240 222 242 172 271 156
    Nonfederal 9 8 12 2 6 7 7 0 0 0
    Personal resources 559 490 405 292 336 356 431 410 466 462

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 192 188 186 174 175 154 136 131 129 151
    Science 90 98 118 103 106 93 95 78 76 95
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 17 19 19 16 13 10 8 14 21 21
      Biological and biomedical sciences 7 4 7 10 8 4 5 6 20 16
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 15 16 15 16 24 19 20 18 15 11
      Mathematics and statistics 8 3 6 5 5 5 5 4 2 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 5 9 14 14 11 8 12 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 26 32 37 23 24 31 32 25 7 28
      Psychology 4 2 9 7 7 7 5 5 0 0
      Social sciences 4 9 10 11 12 8 7 4 3 11
    Engineering 102 90 68 71 69 61 41 53 53 56
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 1 2 1 5 6 4 3 2 3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 56 61 47 53 53 35 25 32 38 36
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 9 7 3 0 1 4 3 4 1 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 13 5 5 9 7 10 2 1 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 6 8 5 0 0 3 5 2 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 15 8 6 8 3 3 2 11 12 14
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 2 2 9 9 6 6 8 6 3 15
      Clinical medicine 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 2 1 7 5 6 6 8 6 3 15

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 89 80 77 76 74 72 73 137 90 118
  Science and engineering 88 79 75 73 73 69 70 131 89 109
    Science 43 41 54 47 52 44 48 78 57 74
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 13 10 9 9 8 6 5 14 14 18
      Biological and biomedical sciences 5 2 3 4 4 3 3 6 16 10
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 8 8 7 10 7 11 18 9 7
      Mathematics and statistics 4 2 5 3 3 2 2 4 2 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 2 4 4 8 6 3 6 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 8 11 17 9 12 19 18 25 6 22
      Psychology 1 1 4 2 5 3 2 5 0 0
      Social sciences 2 2 3 4 3 0 0 4 3 9
    Engineering 45 38 21 26 21 25 22 53 32 35
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 1 0 3 3 2 3 2 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 24 26 12 17 13 13 14 32 21 22
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 3 2 4 4 6 1 1 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4 2 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 1 3 5 1 1 0 11 8 11
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 1 1 2 3 1 3 3 6 1 9
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 6 1 9

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 428,128 368,107 231,532 220,445 206,270 186,192 183,428 176,295 175,724 175,563
    Science 242,269 219,562 134,328 140,259 134,488 126,628 136,278 130,017 120,007 112,555
      Computer and information sciences 12,538 5,740 4,182 6,648 5,274 5,267 5,171 4,709 4,930 5,542
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 26,658 33,416 18,173 17,697 18,346 20,689 21,126 18,814 18,610 18,760
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 4,817 6,372 3,575 4,140 3,953 2,968 2,002 2,547 2,639 2,245
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 11,565 18,079 8,990 9,841 9,855 11,239 12,250 11,339 10,697 12,655
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 10,276 8,965 5,608 3,716 4,538 6,482 6,874 4,928 5,274 3,860
      Life sciences 89,502 81,458 60,823 66,097 60,535 55,454 62,222 59,725 58,329 50,266
        Agricultural sciences 34,194 30,550 30,290 32,048 29,062 27,344 31,177 31,939 32,695 30,297
        Biological and biomedical sciences 17,302 11,850 5,050 5,344 4,551 3,928 3,952 4,156 4,399 4,269
        Health sciences 38,006 39,058 25,483 28,705 26,922 24,182 27,093 23,630 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21,235 15,700
      Mathematics and statistics 6,401 5,684 1,384 1,887 2,227 1,908 2,030 1,833 1,820 2,000
      Physical sciences 56,483 50,077 26,015 25,192 27,410 23,634 23,387 23,187 15,947 16,161
        Astronomy and astrophysics 3,204 2,938 1,110 1,080 1,070 1,073 949 1,474 1,798 2,730
        Chemistry 19,940 19,259 9,404 8,146 9,124 8,752 8,919 9,044 8,529 7,103
        Materials science 20,279 15,899 10,978 10,537 11,717 8,204 8,565 8,048 0 0
        Physics 13,060 11,981 4,523 5,429 5,499 5,605 4,954 4,621 5,620 6,328
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 12,376 12,949 7,990 7,485 5,486 4,409 4,553 5,346 4,008 3,737
      Social sciences 26,345 22,727 13,326 12,936 12,868 13,731 16,667 15,357 15,872 14,465
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 4,405 3,587 3,332 3,488 3,176 3,162 3,025 2,957 2,789 2,386
        Political science and government 2,586 2,303 131 141 13 32 24 10 27 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 6,177 5,000 2,664 2,525 2,219 2,785 2,566 1,751 1,864 2,256
        Social sciences nec 13,177 11,837 7,199 6,782 7,460 7,752 11,052 10,639 11,192 9,823
      Sciences nec 11,966 7,511 2,435 2,317 2,342 1,536 1,122 1,046 491 1,624
    Engineering 161,894 123,997 90,327 74,258 66,447 52,932 40,177 39,367 47,897 57,086
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,485 10,569 6,236 5,239 4,621 11,265 4,713 2,307 1,942 2,414
      Chemical engineering 91,873 74,497 54,225 41,292 36,874 19,795 15,651 15,692 14,951 17,814
      Civil engineering 18,223 11,799 9,288 8,565 8,746 7,588 7,862 7,481 7,136 10,432
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 17,655 14,130 11,892 11,012 7,874 7,175 5,299 6,594 9,426 10,183
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 14,089 9,265 7,640 6,898 7,241 6,430 6,302 5,239 5,571 3,971
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,522 11,672
      Engineering nec 8,569 3,737 1,046 1,252 1,091 679 350 2,054 1,349 600
    Non-S&E 23,965 24,548 6,877 5,928 5,335 6,632 6,973 6,911 7,820 5,922
      Business management and business administration 1,010 1,512 914 478 38 161 557 663 961 230
      Communication and communications technologies 2,106 0 1,001 444 24 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 6,682 6,887 4,797 4,703 5,115 6,185 6,294 6,031 6,443 5,632
      Humanities 11,270 10,938 143 303 158 286 122 217 274 60
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 2,377 2,486 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 520 2,725 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 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 428,128 202,469 13,161 188,645 5,204 8,191 10,458
    Science 242,269 106,043 8,280 117,945 2,636 4,269 3,096
      Computer and information sciences 12,538 4,163 422 7,582 142 178 51
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 26,658 19,081 1,741 4,360 872 386 218
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 4,817 3,216 81 1,076 195 128 121
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 11,565 7,708 889 1,975 677 219 97
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 10,276 8,157 771 1,309 0 39 0
      Life sciences 89,502 37,111 4,871 44,083 798 1,329 1,310
        Agricultural sciences 34,194 9,917 3,332 18,971 698 619 657
        Biological and biomedical sciences 17,302 8,578 314 7,990 0 168 252
        Health sciences 38,006 18,616 1,225 17,122 100 542 401
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 6,401 1,685 0 4,661 3 52 0
      Physical sciences 56,483 28,042 175 26,156 780 839 491
        Astronomy and astrophysics 3,204 1,397 0 1,597 2 119 89
        Chemistry 19,940 8,964 61 10,260 608 43 4
        Materials science 20,279 11,988 114 7,790 160 192 35
        Physics 13,060 5,693 0 6,509 10 485 363
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 12,376 6,540 1 5,135 0 643 57
      Social sciences 26,345 6,363 843 17,508 41 621 969
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 4,405 1,106 19 3,193 0 0 87
        Political science and government 2,586 35 0 2,544 1 2 4
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 6,177 1,614 5 4,313 1 37 207
        Social sciences nec 13,177 3,608 819 7,458 39 582 671
      Sciences nec 11,966 3,058 227 8,460 0 221 0
    Engineering 161,894 90,547 4,752 54,565 2,363 2,858 6,809
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,485 7,666 6 3,458 170 5 180
      Chemical engineering 91,873 58,044 4,197 20,891 1,232 1,205 6,304
      Civil engineering 18,223 9,405 327 8,049 247 40 155
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 17,655 8,597 122 8,400 369 31 136
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 14,089 6,835 100 6,774 345 1 34
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 8,569 0 0 6,993 0 1,576 0
    Non-S&E 23,965 5,879 129 16,135 205 1,064 553
      Business management and business administration 1,010 856 1 142 0 6 5
      Communication and communications technologies 2,106 461 75 1,519 0 0 51
      Education 6,682 4,381 17 911 205 770 398
      Humanities 11,270 91 36 11,026 0 19 98
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 2,377 0 0 2,376 0 0 1
      Non-S&E nec 520 90 0 161 0 269 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 202,469 194,775 157,725 144,142 133,020 118,573 117,813 113,217 114,245 116,340
  DOD 24,933 25,879 21,335 18,040 18,681 16,972 18,991 17,661 17,568 21,306
  DOE 15,436 17,218 14,132 13,993 12,097 10,320 8,651 8,206 9,807 13,792
  HHS 53,333 54,711 46,023 41,787 37,168 34,463 33,920 30,979 31,130 25,151
  NASA 6,369 5,475 4,314 4,276 3,697 3,530 3,017 3,504 3,197 3,314
  NSF 42,731 39,581 32,207 31,843 29,868 28,426 28,000 26,118 27,616 29,177
  USDA 7,014 5,134 4,394 5,316 5,352 5,652 8,205 8,729 7,762 7,840
  Other 52,653 46,777 35,320 28,887 26,157 19,210 17,029 18,020 17,165 15,760

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 3,093 611 2,482 .
2018 3,007 537 2,470 .
2017 3,083 493 2,590 .

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 853 478 526 552 391
    Agricultural sciences 212 100 111 133 72
    Biological and biomedical sciences 27 12 17 20 20
    Computer and information sciences 10 5 8 9 6
    Engineering 232 149 144 172 141
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 78 40 61 60 16
    Health sciences 68 38 43 45 21
    Mathematics and statistics 6 1 2 1 1
    Natural resources and conservation 14 17 8 7 3
    Physical sciences 122 62 97 67 75
    Psychology 27 16 16 15 10
    Social sciences 30 15 11 16 10
    Other 27 22 8 4 15

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 77,097 45,836 . 55,553 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 23,962 . 0 .
    Engineering 77,097 0 . 45,099 .
    Health sciences 0 0 . 3,520 .
    Physical sciences 0 19,837 . 0 .
    Social sciences 0 2,037 . 0 .
    Other 0 0 . 6,934 .

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 14,293 13,082 10,008 4,856 10,939
    Agricultural sciences 273 774 6,092 1,565 763
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 263 0 299 0 0
    Engineering 10,955 6,249 862 1,392 3,029
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 371 291 395 392 2,997
    Health sciences 344 639 0 327 3,611
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 354 0 0
    Physical sciences 2,087 4,802 1,340 924 539
    Psychology 0 0 666 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 255 0
    Other 0 327 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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