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
2022 27 94.4 457 46 93.4 680 56 93.9 890
2021 34 92.7 447 54 92.4 691 2 99.8 583 57 93.9 907
2020 31 93.4 450 53 92.6 697 56 94 915
2019 32 93.1 447 55 92.3 696 2 99.8 589 55 94.1 913
2018 28 93.7 428 58 91.9 698 56 94 910
2017 29 93.5 425 61 91.3 684 2 99.8 575 53 94.2 897
2016 32 92.8 430 50 93 697 54 94.1 895
2015 36 91.8 426 54 92.4 693 2 99.8 570 61 93.4 897
2014 38 91.3 422 50 92.9 688 62 93.2 887
2013 48 91.6 555 1 100 588 64 92.9 884
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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All full-time students 3,189 2,631 2,509 2,468 2,349 2,143 2,707 2,617 2,633 2,651
    Male 1,455 1,307 1,265 1,249 1,197 1,104 1,278 1,242 1,317 1,269
    Female 1,734 1,324 1,244 1,219 1,152 1,039 1,429 1,375 1,316 1,382
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 2,038 1,716 1,644 1,584 1,606 1,500 1,929 1,864 1,960 1,895
    Hispanic or Latino 105 90 74 85 80 65 67 63 68 65
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,899 1,563 1,496 1,439 1,463 1,342 1,848 1,780 1,844 1,808
      American Indian or Alaska Native 11 8 7 3 2 3 6 1 1 11
      Asian 117 88 81 71 76 96 96 85 79 71
      Black or African American 174 133 124 129 138 112 152 140 152 148
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 2 1 2 4 3 6 2 3
      White 1,493 1,284 1,241 1,199 1,212 1,098 1,558 1,527 1,587 1,555
      More than one race 104 49 41 36 33 29 33 21 23 20
    Unknown ethnicity and race 34 63 74 60 63 93 14 21 48 22
  Temporary visa holders 1,151 915 865 884 743 643 778 753 673 756
  Science and engineering 2,882 2,402 2,262 2,213 2,072 2,011 2,262 2,226 2,221 2,262
    Science 2,676 2,225 2,104 2,063 1,941 1,896 2,164 2,145 2,149 2,195
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 421 258 268 203 173 156 386 361 352 356
      Biological and biomedical sciences 699 611 612 529 496 492 512 533 527 610
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 247 235 237 253 233 273 150 139 128 121
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 254 235 212 204
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 63 65 58 58 56 55 51 49 52 54
      Mathematics and statistics 106 108 107 94 93 89 118 120 123 112
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 66 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21 0
      Natural resources and conservation 232 194 186 184 177 180 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 289 194 118 181 185 183 79 75 79 93
      Physical sciences 204 222 208 206 157 156 197 217 218 224
      Social sciences 349 338 310 355 371 312 416 414 437 421
    Engineering 206 177 158 150 131 115 98 81 72 67
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 22 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
      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 146 177 158 150 131 115 98 81 72 67
    Health 307 229 247 255 277 132 445 391 412 389
      Clinical medicine 34 37 31 79 81 73 72 82 70 71
      Other health 273 192 216 176 196 59 373 309 342 318

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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All part-time students 491 204 229 290 303 266 300 361 321 298
    Male 193 104 119 139 144 111 129 143 124 132
    Female 298 100 110 151 159 155 171 218 197 166
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 457 153 169 236 244 228 247 315 299 262
    Hispanic or Latino 18 6 2 2 5 6 3 2 4 3
    Not Hispanic or Latino 429 137 157 222 227 196 242 307 290 256
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 5
      Asian 22 9 8 9 10 12 17 10 15 12
      Black or African American 64 12 13 51 52 54 45 53 54 46
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 3 3 4 1 1 1 2 5 3
      White 327 108 130 152 160 126 173 237 214 188
      More than one race 14 5 3 5 3 3 3 5 2 2
    Unknown ethnicity and race 10 10 10 12 12 26 2 6 5 3
  Temporary visa holders 34 51 60 54 59 38 53 46 22 36
  Science and engineering 465 187 204 262 284 256 263 299 262 268
    Science 451 180 193 256 275 243 252 293 257 262
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 74 13 18 18 53 29 22 32 33 52
      Biological and biomedical sciences 152 39 41 30 22 14 13 13 11 8
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 26 57 63 62 63 60 42 25 22 29
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 114 98 76
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 3 8
      Mathematics and statistics 8 0 2 1 1 5 7 13 8 8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
      Natural resources and conservation 29 26 27 15 15 13 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 104 16 7 103 98 99 12 18 14 10
      Physical sciences 4 1 1 1 1 0 5 2 4 5
      Social sciences 50 26 32 25 22 22 82 73 62 66
    Engineering 14 7 11 6 9 13 11 6 5 6
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 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
      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 10 7 11 6 9 13 11 6 5 6
    Health 26 17 25 28 19 10 37 62 59 30
      Clinical medicine 3 5 7 9 6 8 16 13 3 3
      Other health 23 12 18 19 13 2 21 49 56 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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All surveyed fields 642 733 647 637 538 518 500 527 422 468 0
  Science and engineering 615 698 623 601 506 500 441 468 390 423 0
    Science 557 641 584 544 459 462 399 435 366 406 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 82 76 66 58 52 35 87 81 79 80 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 233 281 289 233 207 200 162 153 145 137 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 17 13 14 17 13 13 1 2 0 25 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 14 28 33 20 18 27 11 9 13 12 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8 10 7 13 13 12 18 19 18 18 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 67 94 56 60 49 51 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 39 67 64 77 58 85 94 109 91 99 0
      Psychology 45 38 18 11 4 1 4 9 2 5 0
      Social sciences 29 34 37 55 45 38 21 51 13 21 0
    Engineering 58 57 39 57 47 38 42 33 24 17 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 0 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 40 57 39 57 47 38 42 33 24 17 0
    Health 27 35 24 36 32 18 59 59 32 45 0
      Clinical medicine 7 10 8 25 21 13 13 22 22 27 0
      Other health 20 25 16 11 11 5 46 37 10 18 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: 2022–13
Type and primary source of support 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All types and sources of support 3,189 2,631 2,509 2,468 2,349 2,143 2,707 2,617 2,633 2,651
  Fellowships 41 83 122 136 98 116 78 114 70 92
    Federal 4 42 58 64 44 41 54 68 33 47
    Institutional 15 30 41 60 38 66 19 33 26 41
    Nonfederal 22 11 23 12 16 9 5 13 11 4
  Research assistantships 1,548 1,410 1,321 1,315 1,219 1,084 1,285 1,247 1,255 1,227
    Federal 576 687 583 567 490 472 436 444 386 412
    Institutional 857 539 598 607 583 495 692 656 710 659
    Nonfederal 115 184 140 141 146 117 157 147 159 156
  Teaching assistantships 658 767 691 596 567 496 722 695 685 748
    Federal 13 2 5 2 1 2 1 10 1 8
    Institutional 641 741 686 594 564 490 712 675 684 733
    Nonfederal 4 24 0 0 2 4 9 10 0 7
  Other types of support 942 371 375 421 465 447 622 561 623 584
    Federal 49 2 1 4 3 3 9 5 2 1
    Institutional 302 12 9 14 20 29 75 32 73 94
    Nonfederal 34 11 15 18 17 13 21 6 20 15
    Personal resources 557 346 350 385 425 402 517 518 528 474

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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  Science and engineering 222 233 228 182 201 186 209 208 196 187
    Science 211 220 218 173 186 175 200 204 192 180
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 36 45 41 16 25 22 46 33 40 34
      Biological and biomedical sciences 128 131 128 115 111 108 124 127 108 109
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 5 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 7 5 11 10 10 9 11 12 15 13
      Mathematics and statistics 5 5 5 5 5 7 6 8 8 8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 6 7 7 4 9 3 1 0 1 2
      Natural resources and conservation 14 16 12 8 15 17 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 1 5 6 5 6 7 10 11 11
      Social sciences 9 6 9 8 6 2 3 6 4 1
    Engineering 11 13 10 9 15 11 9 4 4 7
      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 6 3 4 7 5 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 5 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 2 5 3 3 2 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 4 4 7
    Health 18 29 30 42 35 43 51 42 35 41
      Clinical medicine 11 14 13 12 9 12 27 15 8 13
      Other health 7 15 17 30 26 31 24 27 27 28

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: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 65 145 131 117 100 117 137 135 134 129
  Science and engineering 55 129 115 94 86 100 114 120 119 110
    Science 46 120 109 89 83 97 113 119 118 109
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 6 11 15 5 6 8 23 20 24 20
      Biological and biomedical sciences 32 84 72 67 55 65 77 79 70 67
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4 2 3 2 4 3 6 6 10 9
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 1 7 6 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 2 8 7 5 8 14 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 1 4 3 3 2 3 5 5 8
      Social sciences 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 5 4 1
    Engineering 9 9 6 5 3 3 1 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 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 2 3 3 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
    Health 10 16 16 23 14 17 23 15 15 19
      Clinical medicine 6 6 6 7 3 3 13 4 5 8
      Other health 4 10 10 16 11 14 10 11 10 11

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: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields 545,631 493,944 482,786 477,536 453,249 455,432 410,345 374,264 355,471 350,225
    Science 452,595 409,132 400,383 396,465 369,427 388,504 349,206 320,330 304,477 298,842
      Computer and information sciences 5,509 4,121 3,760 3,731 4,902 5,554 3,599 4,301 3,841 3,484
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 19,938 17,846 20,493 23,281 22,530 24,163 23,210 18,118 17,422 14,643
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 347 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 4,813 3,577 4,006 4,643 4,047 4,196 4,383 3,073 3,691 4,276
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 15,125 14,269 16,487 18,638 18,136 19,967 18,827 15,045 13,731 10,367
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 334,447 309,153 302,667 294,353 262,237 285,274 253,828 232,592 219,233 212,754
        Agricultural sciences 126,469 113,627 122,395 100,006 87,780 88,456 89,453 79,815 77,555 73,020
        Biological and biomedical sciences 167,001 156,208 143,796 140,018 135,348 158,302 127,916 121,426 113,734 114,429
        Health sciences 36,409 35,774 32,872 50,860 35,091 35,374 33,965 27,574 24,384 21,442
        Natural resources and conservation 547 490 317 53 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 4,021 3,054 3,287 3,416 4,018 3,142 2,494 3,777 3,560 3,863
      Mathematics and statistics 5,701 5,845 6,690 7,666 6,745 8,027 6,500 5,990 5,437 5,525
      Physical sciences 10,161 10,896 11,295 13,275 19,257 11,280 13,066 11,700 12,042 11,880
        Astronomy and astrophysics 361 339 589 2,180 334 452 519 0 0 0
        Chemistry 6,900 8,057 8,005 10,042 15,528 8,403 9,835 7,824 8,144 7,668
        Materials science 0 1 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 2,900 2,499 2,701 1,053 3,331 2,425 2,712 3,876 3,898 4,212
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 30,933 27,865 25,773 24,590 20,028 19,288 17,225 16,512 17,578 20,680
      Social sciences 33,930 28,411 23,737 20,857 23,147 21,987 18,272 19,553 17,153 17,605
        Anthropology 1,787 1,550 1,282 1,596 1,474 1,493 1,278 0 0 0
        Economics 17,805 13,175 9,602 2,020 5,531 5,244 3,496 5,716 5,512 6,014
        Political science and government 1,654 1,687 1,851 1,916 1,840 1,527 1,519 4,958 4,362 4,239
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,424 2,288 2,336 2,449 2,792 2,832 2,789 3,799 3,618 3,740
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 10,260 9,711 8,666 12,876 11,510 10,891 9,190 5,080 3,661 3,612
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 11,976 4,995 5,968 8,712 10,581 12,931 13,506 11,564 11,771 12,271
    Engineering 22,379 20,289 19,273 18,444 21,346 15,071 11,314 9,943 8,968 9,644
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 6 0 161 37 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,724 1,587 2,090 2,115 1,422 4,004 2,736 855 936 1,045
      Chemical engineering 6,268 6,195 5,308 5,126 2,927 634 507 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 9,385 7,789 6,325 5,809 4,929 1,379 632 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 4,292 3,782 3,990 3,629 3,528 839 275 0 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 6 24 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 821 29 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 213 43 0 0 0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 710 936 1,560 1,759 8,540 7,014 7,031 9,088 8,032 8,599
    Non-S&E 70,657 64,523 63,130 62,627 62,476 51,857 49,825 43,991 42,026 41,739
      Business management and business administration 23,884 22,849 19,776 21,203 13,125 12,420 12,248 8,305 7,903 7,429
      Communication and communications technologies 4,017 4,086 4,040 3,719 3,749 3,819 3,750 3,586 2,768 2,603
      Education 9,937 9,368 9,560 10,565 10,926 11,329 10,348 10,454 10,222 11,073
      Humanities 8,741 8,725 9,408 9,094 8,657 8,457 8,777 8,604 8,257 8,253
      Law 4,980 4,597 4,404 4,246 3,546 4,569 4,146 5,985 5,739 5,235
      Social work 4,056 2,017 2,061 1,872 1,278 1,462 1,094 722 727 740
      Visual and performing arts 5,957 5,609 5,771 5,443 5,597 5,123 4,940 4,769 4,683 4,422
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 9,085 7,272 8,110 6,485 15,598 4,678 4,522 1,566 1,727 1,984

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: 2022
(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 545,631 220,343 55,206 237,894 12,775 12,380 7,033
    Science 452,595 204,002 54,177 165,720 11,032 11,103 6,561
      Computer and information sciences 5,509 2,085 0 3,276 30 22 96
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 19,938 7,577 2,887 8,383 430 477 184
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 4,813 347 0 4,422 0 44 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 15,125 7,230 2,887 3,961 430 433 184
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 334,447 155,393 48,197 105,179 10,191 9,816 5,671
        Agricultural sciences 126,469 38,838 41,017 33,854 5,181 3,793 3,786
        Biological and biomedical sciences 167,001 102,961 6,888 46,490 4,203 4,650 1,809
        Health sciences 36,409 12,287 292 21,800 675 1,304 51
        Natural resources and conservation 547 0 0 547 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 4,021 1,307 0 2,488 132 69 25
      Mathematics and statistics 5,701 837 0 4,804 0 57 3
      Physical sciences 10,161 4,090 0 5,972 46 4 49
        Astronomy and astrophysics 361 330 0 31 0 0 0
        Chemistry 6,900 2,971 0 3,916 0 3 10
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 2,900 789 0 2,025 46 1 39
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 30,933 20,630 66 9,393 109 379 356
      Social sciences 33,930 13,225 3,027 17,007 226 324 121
        Anthropology 1,787 396 51 1,316 0 21 3
        Economics 17,805 10,135 2,721 4,599 113 226 11
        Political science and government 1,654 45 14 1,495 78 13 9
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,424 33 0 2,353 0 0 38
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 10,260 2,616 241 7,244 35 64 60
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 11,976 165 0 11,706 0 24 81
    Engineering 22,379 10,503 161 9,264 1,661 496 294
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,724 131 0 1,587 6 0 0
      Chemical engineering 6,268 2,810 0 1,681 1,518 191 68
      Civil engineering 9,385 5,130 79 3,554 137 303 182
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 4,292 2,432 82 1,776 0 2 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 not elsewhere classified 710 0 0 666 0 0 44
    Non-S&E 70,657 5,838 868 62,910 82 781 178
      Business management and business administration 23,884 184 0 23,531 28 92 49
      Communication and communications technologies 4,017 132 0 3,850 0 16 19
      Education 9,937 2,422 700 6,291 54 376 94
      Humanities 8,741 115 0 8,506 0 104 16
      Law 4,980 62 0 4,915 0 3 0
      Social work 4,056 1,808 25 2,183 0 40 0
      Visual and performing arts 5,957 0 7 5,946 0 4 0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 9,085 1,115 136 7,688 0 146 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: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Federal Agencies 220,343 188,451 171,351 159,948 148,543 158,229 143,886 132,118 126,164 131,824
  DOD 6,816 4,879 3,039 3,413 4,002 4,938 4,838 4,171 3,441 2,555
  DOE 14,581 13,002 12,910 10,682 8,905 11,303 11,902 11,811 10,878 11,923
  HHS 95,248 91,326 81,511 73,320 67,294 67,158 59,303 51,762 51,835 54,232
  NASA 1,413 1,269 1,340 1,463 1,292 1,562 1,884 2,114 1,436 1,211
  NSF 39,153 30,420 28,103 30,287 27,111 31,394 27,402 27,327 26,802 28,488
  USDA 44,862 33,772 30,754 26,571 27,034 27,473 23,685 21,512 20,840 22,481
  Other 18,270 13,783 13,694 14,212 12,905 14,401 14,872 13,421 10,932 10,934

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: 2022–16 [temporarily discontinued]
Year All personnel Principal investigators Other personnel Postdocs
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 8,381 1,272 7,109 .
2018 8,366 382 7,984 .
2017 7,927 439 7,488 .
2016 7,593 389 7,204 .

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: 2021–12
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field 2021 2019 2017 2015 2013
  All research space 3,969 3,945 3,950 3,891 3,777
    Agricultural sciences 1,996 2,022 2,052 1,992 2,081
    Biological and biomedical sciences 393 364 342 342 488
    Computer and information sciences 3 3 3 3 3
    Engineering 170 149 149 149 119
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 233 233 230 230 226
    Health sciences 418 418 418 418 416
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 305 305 305 305 .
    Physical sciences 98 98 98 98 117
    Psychology 41 41 41 41 40
    Social sciences 15 15 15 15 14
    Other 297 297 297 297 273

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: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space 49,864 42,860 66,843 53,482 45,465
    Agricultural sciences 49,864 600 2,846 38,139 35,947
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 25,356 0 15,343 0
    Engineering 0 16,904 26,994 0 6,518
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 3,000
    Physical sciences 0 0 37,003 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

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space 60,410 4,678 10,446 16,964 6,729
    Agricultural sciences 0 2,328 5,300 5,000 500
    Biological and biomedical sciences 60,410 0 480 590 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 500
    Engineering 0 0 807 0 730
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 3,522 0
    Health sciences 0 2,050 3,859 7,082 4,273
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 300 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 725
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 770 0
    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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