U. Georgia

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 27 94.4 459 46 93.4 679 1 100 602 58 93.8 914
2022 27 94.4 457 46 93.4 680 56 93.9 900
2021 34 92.7 447 54 92.4 691 2 99.8 583 57 93.9 908
2020 31 93.4 450 53 92.6 698 56 94 916
2019 32 93.1 447 55 92.3 697 2 99.8 589 55 94.1 914
2018 28 93.7 428 58 91.9 700 56 94 911
2017 29 93.5 425 61 91.3 684 2 99.8 575 53 94.3 898
2016 32 92.8 430 50 93 697 54 94.1 896
2015 36 91.8 426 54 92.4 693 2 99.8 570 61 93.4 898
2014 38 91.3 422 50 92.9 688 62 93.2 889
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 528 511 400 449 428 461 472 455 424 421
  Science and engineering 361 347 289 304 292 307 313 298 268 279
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 65 47 50 46 49 51 38 36 44 38
      Agricultural sciences 56 39 32 37 36 43 26 25 35 21
      Natural resources and conservation 9 8 18 9 13 8 12 11 9 17
    Biological and biomedical sciences 105 104 106 91 84 90 90 88 90 79
      Biochemistry and biophysics 14 12 14 6 6 8 9 9 5 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 9 3 4 8 5 2 6 5 2 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 11 8 5 3 8 6 4 8 9 10
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 4 3 2 6 5 8 5 2 5 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 12 15 9 16 9 15 15 15 10 12
      Genetics and genomics 13 8 9 1 4 3 7 9 6 5
      Microbiology and immunology 13 24 30 24 17 18 16 9 22 10
      Molecular biology 1 7 2 2 2 2 2 . 3 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 2 6 8 6 6 7 2 4 3 4
      Pharmacology and toxicology 4 2 4 1 7 4 7 3 6 7
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 . 3 4 1 4 2 . 6 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 20 16 16 14 14 13 15 24 13 9
    Computer and information sciences 13 13 5 6 13 11 10 7 9 5
      Computer science 10 9 4 6 13 11 10 6 9 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 4 1 . . . . 1 . .
    Engineering 30 20 13 15 10 13 16 9 5 4
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 9 5 . 3 4 2 1 2 3 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . . 1 . . . 2 1 . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 1 . . . . . . . .
      Electrical and computer engineering 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 . .
      Materials and mining engineering 1 . 3 . . 1 . 3 . .
      Mechanical engineering 2 . . 1 . 1 1 . . .
      Engineering, other 9 12 7 9 4 8 10 2 2 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 3 8 7 5 5 5 9 6 9
      Geological sciences 2 . 2 3 2 . 3 3 1 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 3 6 4 3 5 2 6 5 6
    Health sciences 25 26 16 21 23 35 24 23 24 26
      Pharmaceutical sciences 5 9 4 4 9 12 5 7 6 5
      Public health 5 4 5 10 5 11 10 10 5 8
      Health sciences, other 15 13 7 7 9 12 9 6 13 13
    Mathematics and statistics 19 20 14 16 14 13 11 17 17 17
      Applied mathematics . . . 2 2 1 1 . . 1
      Mathematics 1 1 . 1 . 3 3 1 3 5
      Statistics 10 13 7 9 6 5 4 6 12 6
      Mathematics and statistics, other 8 6 7 4 6 4 3 10 2 5
    Physical sciences 28 36 24 32 31 32 33 25 21 36
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . 1 1 2 . . 1 . .
      Chemistry 22 27 20 25 27 29 25 18 16 30
      Physics 6 9 3 6 2 3 8 6 5 6
    Psychology 32 30 32 44 30 30 54 38 23 29
      Clinical psychology . 6 4 6 2 5 8 7 3 2
      Counseling and applied psychology 16 10 20 21 13 13 20 14 12 8
      Research and experimental psychology 5 1 . 1 2 4 3 4 2 7
      Psychology, other 11 13 8 16 13 8 23 13 6 12
    Social sciences 37 48 21 26 33 27 32 46 29 36
      Anthropology 6 6 1 2 3 1 2 6 5 8
      Economics 7 6 1 1 5 2 6 9 4 4
      Political science and government 4 11 2 9 6 9 4 6 3 8
      Public policy analysis . . . . 2 . 1 . 1 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 4 3 1 4 5 4 3 3 4
      Social sciences, other 16 21 14 13 13 10 15 22 13 11
  Non-science and engineering 167 164 111 145 136 154 159 157 156 142
    Business 16 15 12 12 10 12 10 12 10 6
      Business 16 15 12 12 10 12 10 12 10 6
    Education 87 88 53 75 75 91 80 101 95 77
      Education leadership and administration 3 9 6 12 10 6 7 3 5 6
      Education research 46 45 23 28 39 40 30 35 47 44
      Teacher education and teaching fields 30 19 18 27 21 33 29 50 41 24
      Education, other 8 15 6 8 5 12 14 13 2 3
    Humanities and arts 36 27 15 38 33 28 47 25 33 35
      Letters 11 12 5 23 15 12 15 9 10 14
      Foreign languages and literature 10 9 2 7 7 4 5 4 5 6
      History 1 . . 4 5 4 8 6 7 6
      Philosophy and religious studies 5 4 2 4 5 5 9 2 4 2
      Music and performing arts 5 2 2 . . 1 4 1 3 3
      Humanities and arts, other 4 . 4 . 1 2 6 3 4 4
    Other non-science and engineering 28 34 31 20 18 23 22 19 18 24
      Communication 9 11 9 9 7 4 7 8 11 11
      Public administration and social services 8 8 9 10 9 13 7 7 5 7
      Non-science and engineering, other 11 15 13 1 2 6 8 4 2 6

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 1,517 1,455 1,307 1,265 1,249 1,197 1,104 1,278 1,242 1,317
    Female 1,822 1,734 1,324 1,244 1,219 1,152 1,039 1,429 1,375 1,316
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 2,039 2,038 1,716 1,644 1,584 1,606 1,500 1,929 1,864 1,960
    Hispanic or Latino 133 105 90 74 85 80 65 67 63 68
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,869 1,899 1,563 1,496 1,439 1,463 1,342 1,848 1,780 1,844
      American Indian or Alaska Native 10 11 8 7 3 2 3 6 1 1
      Asian 117 117 88 81 71 76 96 96 85 79
      Black or African American 175 174 133 124 129 138 112 152 140 152
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 1 2 1 2 4 3 6 2
      White 1,456 1,493 1,284 1,241 1,199 1,212 1,098 1,558 1,527 1,587
      More than one race 111 104 49 41 36 33 29 33 21 23
    Unknown ethnicity and race 37 34 63 74 60 63 93 14 21 48
  Temporary visa holders 1,300 1,151 915 865 884 743 643 778 753 673
  Science and engineering 3,034 2,882 2,402 2,262 2,213 2,072 2,011 2,262 2,226 2,221
    Science 2,798 2,676 2,225 2,104 2,063 1,941 1,896 2,164 2,145 2,149
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 427 421 258 268 203 173 156 386 361 352
      Biological and biomedical sciences 794 699 611 612 529 496 492 512 533 527
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 272 247 235 237 253 233 273 150 139 128
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 254 235 212
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 67 63 65 58 58 56 55 51 49 52
      Mathematics and statistics 98 106 108 107 94 93 89 118 120 123
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 61 66 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21
      Natural resources and conservation 237 232 194 186 184 177 180 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 233 204 222 208 206 157 156 197 217 218
      Psychology 285 289 194 118 181 185 183 79 75 79
      Social sciences 324 349 338 310 355 371 312 416 414 437
    Engineering 236 206 177 158 150 131 115 98 81 72
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 36 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 32 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 162 146 177 158 150 131 115 98 81 72
    Health 305 307 229 247 255 277 132 445 391 412
      Clinical medicine 28 34 37 31 79 81 73 72 82 70
      Other health 277 273 192 216 176 196 59 373 309 342

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 195 193 104 119 139 144 111 129 143 124
    Female 341 298 100 110 151 159 155 171 218 197
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 490 457 153 169 236 244 228 247 315 299
    Hispanic or Latino 23 18 6 2 2 5 6 3 2 4
    Not Hispanic or Latino 462 429 137 157 222 227 196 242 307 290
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0
      Asian 28 22 9 8 9 10 12 17 10 15
      Black or African American 60 64 12 13 51 52 54 45 53 54
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 3 3 4 1 1 1 2 5
      White 357 327 108 130 152 160 126 173 237 214
      More than one race 17 14 5 3 5 3 3 3 5 2
    Unknown ethnicity and race 5 10 10 10 12 12 26 2 6 5
  Temporary visa holders 46 34 51 60 54 59 38 53 46 22
  Science and engineering 511 465 187 204 262 284 256 263 299 262
    Science 495 451 180 193 256 275 243 252 293 257
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 77 74 13 18 18 53 29 22 32 33
      Biological and biomedical sciences 192 152 39 41 30 22 14 13 13 11
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 31 26 57 63 62 63 60 42 25 22
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 114 98
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 3
      Mathematics and statistics 13 8 0 2 1 1 5 7 13 8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Natural resources and conservation 36 29 26 27 15 15 13 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 5 2 4
      Psychology 106 104 16 7 103 98 99 12 18 14
      Social sciences 36 50 26 32 25 22 22 82 73 62
    Engineering 16 14 7 11 6 9 13 11 6 5
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 11 10 7 11 6 9 13 11 6 5
    Health 25 26 17 25 28 19 10 37 62 59
      Clinical medicine 5 3 5 7 9 6 8 16 13 3
      Other health 20 23 12 18 19 13 2 21 49 56

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 630 642 733 647 637 538 518 500 527 422 0
  Science and engineering 612 615 698 623 601 506 500 441 468 390 0
    Science 560 557 641 584 544 459 462 399 435 366 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 93 82 76 66 58 52 35 87 81 79 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 230 233 281 289 233 207 200 162 153 145 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 22 17 13 14 17 13 13 1 2 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 25 14 28 33 20 18 27 11 9 13 0
      Mathematics and statistics 10 8 10 7 13 13 12 18 19 18 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0
      Natural resources and conservation 67 67 94 56 60 49 51 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 52 39 67 64 77 58 85 94 109 91 0
      Psychology 41 45 38 18 11 4 1 4 9 2 0
      Social sciences 19 29 34 37 55 45 38 21 51 13 0
    Engineering 52 58 57 39 57 47 38 42 33 24 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 32 40 57 39 57 47 38 42 33 24 0
    Health 18 27 35 24 36 32 18 59 59 32 0
      Clinical medicine 2 7 10 8 25 21 13 13 22 22 0
      Other health 16 20 25 16 11 11 5 46 37 10 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 3,339 3,189 2,631 2,509 2,468 2,349 2,143 2,707 2,617 2,633
  Fellowships 14 41 83 122 136 98 116 78 114 70
    Federal 3 4 42 58 64 44 41 54 68 33
    Institutional 11 15 30 41 60 38 66 19 33 26
    Nonfederal 0 22 11 23 12 16 9 5 13 11
  Research assistantships 1,658 1,548 1,410 1,321 1,315 1,219 1,084 1,285 1,247 1,255
    Federal 589 576 687 583 567 490 472 436 444 386
    Institutional 936 857 539 598 607 583 495 692 656 710
    Nonfederal 133 115 184 140 141 146 117 157 147 159
  Teaching assistantships 715 658 767 691 596 567 496 722 695 685
    Federal 10 13 2 5 2 1 2 1 10 1
    Institutional 700 641 741 686 594 564 490 712 675 684
    Nonfederal 5 4 24 0 0 2 4 9 10 0
  Other types of support 952 942 371 375 421 465 447 622 561 623
    Federal 28 49 2 1 4 3 3 9 5 2
    Institutional 268 302 12 9 14 20 29 75 32 73
    Nonfederal 21 34 11 15 18 17 13 21 6 20
    Personal resources 635 557 346 350 385 425 402 517 518 528

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 239 222 233 228 182 201 186 209 208 196
    Science 223 211 220 218 173 186 175 200 204 192
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 43 36 45 41 16 25 22 46 33 40
      Biological and biomedical sciences 124 128 131 128 115 111 108 124 127 108
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 5
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 7 5 11 10 10 9 11 12 15
      Mathematics and statistics 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 6 8 8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 6 7 7 4 9 3 1 0 1
      Natural resources and conservation 22 14 16 12 8 15 17 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 4 1 5 6 5 6 7 10 11
      Psychology 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 13 9 6 9 8 6 2 3 6 4
    Engineering 16 11 13 10 9 15 11 9 4 4
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 4 6 3 4 7 5 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 5 5 2 2 4 3 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 1 2 5 3 3 2 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 4 4
    Health 17 18 29 30 42 35 43 51 42 35
      Clinical medicine 4 11 14 13 12 9 12 27 15 8
      Other health 13 7 15 17 30 26 31 24 27 27

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 136 65 145 131 117 100 117 137 135 134
  Science and engineering 127 55 129 115 94 86 100 114 120 119
    Science 119 46 120 109 89 83 97 113 119 118
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 14 6 11 15 5 6 8 23 20 24
      Biological and biomedical sciences 82 32 84 72 67 55 65 77 79 70
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 4 2 3 2 4 3 6 6 10
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 1 7 6 5 4 1 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 12 2 8 7 5 8 14 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 2 0 1 4 3 3 2 3 5 5
      Psychology 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 3 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 5 4
    Engineering 8 9 9 6 5 3 3 1 1 1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 5 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
    Health 9 10 16 16 23 14 17 23 15 15
      Clinical medicine 2 6 6 6 7 3 3 13 4 5
      Other health 7 4 10 10 16 11 14 10 11 10

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 570,956 545,631 493,944 482,786 477,536 453,249 455,432 410,345 374,264 355,471
    Science 469,865 452,595 409,132 400,383 396,465 369,427 388,504 349,206 320,330 304,477
      Computer and information sciences 5,970 5,509 4,121 3,760 3,731 4,902 5,554 3,599 4,301 3,841
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 25,512 19,938 17,846 20,493 23,281 22,530 24,163 23,210 18,118 17,422
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 347 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 5,712 4,813 3,577 4,006 4,643 4,047 4,196 4,383 3,073 3,691
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 19,800 15,125 14,269 16,487 18,638 18,136 19,967 18,827 15,045 13,731
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 343,271 334,447 309,153 302,667 294,353 262,237 285,274 253,828 232,592 219,233
        Agricultural sciences 132,030 126,469 113,627 122,395 100,006 87,780 88,456 89,453 79,815 77,555
        Biological and biomedical sciences 169,728 167,001 156,208 143,796 140,018 135,348 158,302 127,916 121,426 113,734
        Health sciences 36,426 36,409 35,774 32,872 50,860 35,091 35,374 33,965 27,574 24,384
        Natural resources and conservation 1,022 547 490 317 53 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 4,065 4,021 3,054 3,287 3,416 4,018 3,142 2,494 3,777 3,560
      Mathematics and statistics 6,927 5,701 5,845 6,690 7,666 6,745 8,027 6,500 5,990 5,437
      Physical sciences 11,502 10,161 10,896 11,295 13,275 19,257 11,280 13,066 11,700 12,042
        Astronomy and astrophysics 486 361 339 589 2,180 334 452 519 0 0
        Chemistry 7,961 6,900 8,057 8,005 10,042 15,528 8,403 9,835 7,824 8,144
        Materials science 0 0 1 0 0 64 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,055 2,900 2,499 2,701 1,053 3,331 2,425 2,712 3,876 3,898
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 30,072 30,933 27,865 25,773 24,590 20,028 19,288 17,225 16,512 17,578
      Social sciences 38,671 33,930 28,411 23,737 20,857 23,147 21,987 18,272 19,553 17,153
        Anthropology 2,254 1,787 1,550 1,282 1,596 1,474 1,493 1,278 0 0
        Economics 20,908 17,805 13,175 9,602 2,020 5,531 5,244 3,496 5,716 5,512
        Political science and government 2,268 1,654 1,687 1,851 1,916 1,840 1,527 1,519 4,958 4,362
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,848 2,424 2,288 2,336 2,449 2,792 2,832 2,789 3,799 3,618
        Social sciences nec 10,393 10,260 9,711 8,666 12,876 11,510 10,891 9,190 5,080 3,661
      Sciences nec 7,940 11,976 4,995 5,968 8,712 10,581 12,931 13,506 11,564 11,771
    Engineering 27,420 22,379 20,289 19,273 18,444 21,346 15,071 11,314 9,943 8,968
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 6 0 161 37 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,048 1,724 1,587 2,090 2,115 1,422 4,004 2,736 855 936
      Chemical engineering 7,545 6,268 6,195 5,308 5,126 2,927 634 507 0 0
      Civil engineering 12,416 9,385 7,789 6,325 5,809 4,929 1,379 632 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 4,262 4,292 3,782 3,990 3,629 3,528 839 275 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 24 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 821 29 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 43 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,149 710 936 1,560 1,759 8,540 7,014 7,031 9,088 8,032
    Non-S&E 73,671 70,657 64,523 63,130 62,627 62,476 51,857 49,825 43,991 42,026
      Business management and business administration 22,368 23,884 22,849 19,776 21,203 13,125 12,420 12,248 8,305 7,903
      Communication and communications technologies 4,290 4,017 4,086 4,040 3,719 3,749 3,819 3,750 3,586 2,768
      Education 9,678 9,937 9,368 9,560 10,565 10,926 11,329 10,348 10,454 10,222
      Humanities 9,016 8,741 8,725 9,408 9,094 8,657 8,457 8,777 8,604 8,257
      Law 4,784 4,980 4,597 4,404 4,246 3,546 4,569 4,146 5,985 5,739
      Social work 7,090 4,056 2,017 2,061 1,872 1,278 1,462 1,094 722 727
      Visual and performing arts 6,080 5,957 5,609 5,771 5,443 5,597 5,123 4,940 4,769 4,683
      Non-S&E nec 10,365 9,085 7,272 8,110 6,485 15,598 4,678 4,522 1,566 1,727

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 570,956 221,804 61,887 257,757 12,988 11,982 4,538
    Science 469,865 201,096 60,907 182,621 10,727 10,341 4,173
      Computer and information sciences 5,970 2,597 0 3,157 16 51 149
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 25,512 8,259 4,688 11,297 245 709 314
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 5,712 471 0 5,238 0 3 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 19,800 7,788 4,688 6,059 245 706 314
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 343,271 151,231 53,202 116,778 9,918 8,964 3,178
        Agricultural sciences 132,030 39,657 43,527 39,418 5,779 3,649 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 169,728 99,203 9,260 51,607 3,449 3,094 3,115
        Health sciences 36,426 11,262 415 22,079 665 1,946 59
        Natural resources and conservation 1,022 0 0 1,022 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 4,065 1,109 0 2,652 25 275 4
      Mathematics and statistics 6,927 1,335 0 5,509 0 79 4
      Physical sciences 11,502 4,938 2 6,418 3 32 109
        Astronomy and astrophysics 486 448 0 20 0 0 18
        Chemistry 7,961 3,667 0 4,259 2 27 6
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,055 823 2 2,139 1 5 85
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 30,072 19,318 108 9,995 294 210 147
      Social sciences 38,671 13,265 2,907 21,750 251 296 202
        Anthropology 2,254 620 20 1,567 6 27 14
        Economics 20,908 9,579 2,521 8,503 109 157 39
        Political science and government 2,268 295 4 1,801 83 34 51
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,848 37 0 2,756 0 37 18
        Social sciences nec 10,393 2,734 362 7,123 53 41 80
      Sciences nec 7,940 153 0 7,717 0 0 70
    Engineering 27,420 11,735 65 12,531 2,074 752 263
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,048 35 0 2,013 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 7,545 2,764 7 2,209 1,948 496 121
      Civil engineering 12,416 6,866 54 5,052 126 227 91
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 4,262 2,070 4 2,159 0 29 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,149 0 0 1,098 0 0 51
    Non-S&E 73,671 8,973 915 62,605 187 889 102
      Business management and business administration 22,368 267 23 21,889 61 128 0
      Communication and communications technologies 4,290 414 0 3,815 0 42 19
      Education 9,678 2,486 764 6,045 0 334 49
      Humanities 9,016 77 0 8,845 0 61 33
      Law 4,784 39 0 4,745 0 0 0
      Social work 7,090 4,265 86 2,499 15 225 0
      Visual and performing arts 6,080 0 3 6,018 0 58 1
      Non-S&E nec 10,365 1,425 39 8,749 111 41 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 221,804 220,343 188,451 171,351 159,948 148,543 158,229 143,886 132,118 126,164
  DOD 8,571 6,816 4,879 3,039 3,413 4,002 4,938 4,838 4,171 3,441
  DOE 16,977 14,581 13,002 12,910 10,682 8,905 11,303 11,902 11,811 10,878
  HHS 98,339 95,248 91,326 81,511 73,320 67,294 67,158 59,303 51,762 51,835
  NASA 1,184 1,413 1,269 1,340 1,463 1,292 1,562 1,884 2,114 1,436
  NSF 32,580 39,153 30,420 28,103 30,287 27,111 31,394 27,402 27,327 26,802
  USDA 42,427 44,862 33,772 30,754 26,571 27,034 27,473 23,685 21,512 20,840
  Other 21,726 18,270 13,783 13,694 14,212 12,905 14,401 14,872 13,421 10,932

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 8,381 1,272 7,109 .
2018 8,366 382 7,984 .
2017 7,927 439 7,488 .

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 3,978 3,969 3,945 3,950 3,891
    Agricultural sciences 1,987 1,996 2,022 2,052 1,992
    Biological and biomedical sciences 396 393 364 342 342
    Computer and information sciences 3 3 3 3 3
    Engineering 187 170 149 149 149
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 232 233 233 230 230
    Health sciences 418 418 418 418 418
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 305 305 305 305 305
    Physical sciences 98 98 98 98 98
    Psychology 41 41 41 41 41
    Social sciences 15 15 15 15 15
    Other 297 297 297 297 297

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 112,720 34,033 42,860 66,843 53,482
    Agricultural sciences 112,720 34,033 600 2,846 38,139
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 25,356 0 15,343
    Engineering 0 0 16,904 26,994 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 37,003 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 12,481 17,013 4,678 10,446 16,964
    Agricultural sciences 1,302 8,039 2,328 5,300 5,000
    Biological and biomedical sciences 6,172 8,974 0 480 590
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 807 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 3,522
    Health sciences 4,306 0 2,050 3,859 7,082
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 700 0 300 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 770
    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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