U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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 11 97.8 459 4 99.6 679 5 99.3 602 43 95.4 914
2022 5 99.1 457 5 99.4 680 39 95.8 900
2021 11 97.8 447 5 99.4 691 7 99 583 37 96.1 908
2020 3 99.6 450 2 99.9 698 39 95.9 916
2019 7 98.7 447 4 99.6 697 7 99 589 38 96 914
2018 4 99.3 428 3 99.7 700 37 96.1 911
2017 4 99.3 425 3 99.7 684 6 99.1 575 36 96.1 898
2016 13 97.2 430 4 99.6 697 33 96.5 896
2015 5 99.1 426 4 99.6 693 6 99.1 570 31 96.7 898
2014 8 98.4 422 4 99.6 688 32 96.5 889
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 731 815 662 820 759 766 782 677 782 755
  Science and engineering 609 678 561 665 635 631 623 514 611 602
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 43 44 34 43 36 31 37 39 35 35
      Agricultural sciences 37 37 28 36 31 30 35 34 32 32
      Natural resources and conservation 6 7 6 7 5 1 2 5 3 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 89 91 70 86 94 77 82 80 97 90
      Biochemistry and biophysics 21 17 8 13 13 13 21 24 25 16
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 4 3 2 1 1 . 4 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 9 1 6 6 4 2 2 4 6
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 1 3 4 5 4 11 4 6 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 10 9 6 5 17 8 5 11 10 13
      Genetics and genomics 1 2 1 . . . 1 1 2 1
      Microbiology and immunology 8 10 12 9 13 7 11 4 9 12
      Molecular biology 6 4 7 3 4 2 2 3 1 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 13 9 6 11 13 15 9 1 9 7
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 4 . 1 1 . 3 . 3 5
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 2 3 7 3 3 4 2 4 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 16 20 20 25 18 20 13 24 24 18
    Computer and information sciences 52 77 63 59 48 48 41 44 43 61
      Computer science 40 57 50 50 42 42 37 40 41 60
      Computer and information sciences, other 12 20 13 9 6 6 4 4 2 1
    Engineering 220 230 189 241 225 211 210 161 231 211
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 13 15 9 8 8 11 9 8 8 18
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 15 8 11 11 20 7 11 7 8 7
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 19 21 14 11 11 15 13 9 15 21
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 26 39 32 45 45 39 32 26 36 37
      Electrical and computer engineering 53 41 44 54 50 46 68 40 68 50
      Industrial engineering and operations research 8 16 10 10 4 7 4 7 12 9
      Materials and mining engineering 25 19 20 27 26 32 24 27 29 21
      Mechanical engineering 41 46 32 56 45 30 29 23 43 31
      Engineering, other 20 25 17 19 16 24 20 14 12 17
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 15 13 7 13 15 6 7 9 9
      Geological sciences 4 5 8 4 4 5 2 1 3 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 7 10 5 3 9 10 4 6 6 7
    Health sciences 16 17 7 14 13 17 27 12 9 19
      Nursing science . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 3 3 1 2 3 2 9 6 3 4
      Health sciences, other 12 14 5 12 10 15 18 6 6 15
    Mathematics and statistics 36 27 29 36 33 48 32 21 28 27
      Applied mathematics 3 3 1 4 2 4 2 3 3 3
      Mathematics . 8 2 9 15 19 8 3 17 14
      Statistics 9 6 9 5 3 10 6 2 3 6
      Mathematics and statistics, other 24 10 17 18 13 15 16 13 5 4
    Physical sciences 72 86 87 97 83 96 93 86 73 68
      Astronomy and astrophysics 17 6 8 2 5 5 3 4 2 7
      Chemistry 29 46 45 49 41 49 47 50 38 34
      Physics 26 34 34 46 37 42 43 32 33 27
    Psychology 23 26 20 26 33 34 37 20 32 26
      Clinical psychology 4 3 5 4 3 2 3 3 4 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 6 7
      Research and experimental psychology 10 12 7 12 18 21 22 11 17 12
      Psychology, other 6 7 4 6 6 6 6 1 5 3
    Social sciences 47 65 49 56 57 54 58 44 54 56
      Anthropology 2 7 4 9 2 5 4 1 5 7
      Economics 25 26 21 17 21 18 17 12 15 13
      Political science and government 4 5 7 5 8 9 4 5 6 7
      Public policy analysis . . . . 1 1 . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 8 1 4 3 8 9 7 6 5
      Social sciences, other 14 19 16 21 22 13 24 19 22 24
  Non-science and engineering 122 137 101 155 124 135 159 163 171 153
    Business 17 25 15 24 18 17 17 21 27 14
      Business 17 25 15 24 18 17 17 21 27 14
    Education 41 52 32 41 41 50 50 54 63 48
      Education leadership and administration 7 6 2 7 8 6 8 . 5 1
      Education research 27 33 23 25 30 36 35 33 46 38
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 10 4 8 2 7 4 14 11 9
      Education, other . 3 3 1 1 1 3 7 1 .
    Humanities and arts 33 44 34 62 40 41 55 64 51 60
      Letters 11 10 9 25 12 18 17 22 15 23
      Foreign languages and literature 8 14 2 9 8 9 12 11 5 8
      History 6 13 15 15 6 6 11 17 14 13
      Philosophy and religious studies 1 1 1 5 . 3 3 3 4 4
      Music and performing arts 4 1 3 1 8 5 8 4 5 4
      Humanities and arts, other 3 5 4 7 6 . 4 7 8 8
    Other non-science and engineering 31 16 20 28 25 27 37 24 30 31
      Communication 14 6 7 14 11 6 19 14 15 12
      Public administration and social services 5 2 2 3 4 8 4 . 4 7
      Non-science and engineering, other 12 8 11 11 10 13 14 10 11 12

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 5,324 5,460 5,131 4,500 4,543 4,391 4,256 4,055 3,885 3,829
    Female 3,253 3,270 3,101 2,780 2,880 2,538 2,370 2,332 2,201 2,202
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 3,581 3,594 3,637 3,324 3,057 2,737 2,701 2,780 2,769 2,836
    Hispanic or Latino 377 391 404 370 314 265 241 218 218 210
    Not Hispanic or Latino 3,091 3,050 3,092 2,869 2,666 2,440 2,423 2,518 2,506 2,583
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 5 10 8
      Asian 823 728 726 560 490 499 476 429 401 390
      Black or African American 152 160 150 150 124 99 90 91 91 92
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 3 1 0 2 1 2 2 4 5
      White 1,953 1,999 2,074 2,025 1,932 1,731 1,750 1,886 1,908 2,001
      More than one race 158 159 140 133 115 106 102 105 92 87
    Unknown ethnicity and race 113 153 141 85 77 32 37 44 45 43
  Temporary visa holders 4,996 5,136 4,595 3,956 4,366 4,192 3,925 3,607 3,317 3,195
  Science and engineering 8,390 8,527 8,028 7,091 7,182 6,689 6,390 6,144 5,826 5,774
    Science 5,676 5,867 5,354 4,697 4,640 4,086 3,692 3,538 3,381 3,343
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 366 357 315 313 266 268 270 370 367 386
      Biological and biomedical sciences 580 601 579 540 534 517 524 493 474 494
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 70 70
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 101 100
      Computer and information sciences 2,486 2,668 2,320 1,765 1,602 1,120 886 612 526 490
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 88 89 77 88 75 75 83 78 79 78
      Mathematics and statistics 661 719 613 534 669 598 393 391 355 318
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 97 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 102 96 99 99 89 89 86 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 626 604 611 631 598 602 608 607 597 592
      Psychology 146 137 148 149 194 200 198 186 196 210
      Social sciences 524 560 592 578 613 617 644 632 616 605
    Engineering 2,714 2,660 2,674 2,394 2,542 2,603 2,698 2,606 2,445 2,431
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 229 239 209 154 129 141 167 169 140 130
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 165 132 129 126 131 117 110 95 87 79
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 132 130 135 127 116 104 98 96 88 84
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 465 479 517 468 519 581 654 669 657 681
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 641 634 660 590 671 635 600 573 495 523
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 206 210 181 176 215 242 250 215 207 182
      Mechanical engineering 406 383 407 363 361 382 418 362 400 400
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 217 213 208 191 182 177 177 189 187 187
      Other engineering 253 240 228 199 218 224 224 238 184 165
    Health 187 203 204 189 241 240 236 243 260 257
      Clinical medicine 61 66 66 59 51 64 60 52 55 63
      Other health 126 137 138 130 190 176 176 191 205 194

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 1,164 1,059 1,029 985 836 588 427 334 285 250
    Female 552 532 474 433 391 221 193 198 199 178
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,276 1,174 1,179 1,054 918 618 487 422 400 360
    Hispanic or Latino 96 83 75 75 67 45 32 20 20 13
    Not Hispanic or Latino 980 911 924 823 712 553 439 377 368 335
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
      Asian 332 290 238 189 143 169 99 63 41 31
      Black or African American 38 38 36 31 21 15 12 11 9 7
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0
      White 576 557 618 577 521 343 309 289 310 287
      More than one race 30 23 30 25 27 25 17 13 6 8
    Unknown ethnicity and race 200 180 180 156 139 20 16 25 12 12
  Temporary visa holders 440 417 324 364 309 191 133 110 84 68
  Science and engineering 1,710 1,585 1,495 1,413 1,214 792 609 512 472 413
    Science 1,416 1,310 1,284 1,184 1,031 616 445 368 341 315
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 122 103 113 111 95 87 93 127 133 135
      Biological and biomedical sciences 8 7 10 7 20 19 14 11 35 28
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 4
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 30 34
      Computer and information sciences 1,182 1,095 1,078 977 833 449 259 148 88 69
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 18 4 7 5 3 6 6 4 3 5
      Mathematics and statistics 19 18 14 8 20 9 14 10 8 7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 47 46 39 40 34 29 34 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 7 3 11 3 2 7 6 9 6
      Psychology 2 12 4 7 10 5 6 8 12 11
      Social sciences 12 17 16 18 13 10 12 18 16 16
    Engineering 294 275 211 229 183 176 164 144 131 98
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 49 40 39 34 34 25 29 21 18 8
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 22 14 13 8 4 3 4 0 0 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 82 80 62 76 68 69 63 63 71 46
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 51 50 28 39 28 22 21 13 8 12
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 6 1 3 3 3 3 5 3 0
      Mechanical engineering 45 42 28 34 28 43 29 24 19 19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 5 5 5 7 7 2 3 9 4 4
      Other engineering 34 38 35 27 11 8 11 9 8 7
    Health 6 6 8 5 13 17 11 20 12 15
      Clinical medicine 2 2 4 3 2 4 1 3 3 0
      Other health 4 4 4 2 11 13 10 17 9 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

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 1,385 1,458 1,341 1,245 1,182 1,177 1,186 1,176 1,115 1,091 0
  Science and engineering 1,378 1,442 1,326 1,237 1,161 1,158 1,170 1,160 1,098 1,071 0
    Science 724 740 673 602 570 608 612 642 584 596 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 69 65 61 54 47 46 38 75 65 54 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 160 177 152 152 137 146 118 113 90 105 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 23 22 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 5 0
      Computer and information sciences 192 200 191 147 128 138 149 162 153 159 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 34 35 33 35 34 38 39 31 23 32 0
      Mathematics and statistics 13 21 10 11 8 13 20 21 14 10 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 33 25 26 23 31 30 30 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 170 166 155 135 132 138 160 149 158 154 0
      Psychology 14 20 18 18 26 26 23 30 27 31 0
      Social sciences 32 31 27 27 27 33 35 31 28 24 0
    Engineering 654 702 653 635 591 550 558 518 514 475 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 64 70 76 55 51 35 39 30 26 26 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 54 57 39 41 31 27 30 22 15 21 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 50 44 40 41 35 30 27 14 12 7 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 90 93 80 69 69 64 71 77 83 92 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 117 140 139 142 138 134 133 149 170 136 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 19 18 24 29 25 26 17 16 9 10 0
      Mechanical engineering 106 115 98 113 110 108 113 89 99 87 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 88 94 90 81 62 63 64 62 63 64 0
      Other engineering 66 71 67 64 70 63 64 59 37 32 0
    Health 7 16 15 8 21 19 16 16 17 20 0
      Clinical medicine 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
      Other health 6 15 14 7 21 19 15 16 16 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: 2023–14
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 8,577 8,730 8,232 7,280 7,423 6,929 6,626 6,387 6,086 6,031
  Fellowships 780 644 718 776 709 694 701 729 733 805
    Federal 25 26 26 19 23 26 38 45 32 30
    Institutional 755 618 691 755 684 665 658 681 698 773
    Nonfederal 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 3 3 2
  Research assistantships 2,382 2,409 2,312 2,062 2,082 2,048 2,050 2,094 2,017 2,000
    Federal 1,357 1,429 1,312 1,220 1,154 1,147 1,145 1,124 1,079 1,057
    Institutional 984 953 967 802 889 863 863 929 893 880
    Nonfederal 41 27 33 40 39 38 42 41 45 63
  Teaching assistantships 1,666 1,638 1,568 1,539 1,541 1,547 1,498 1,510 1,462 1,381
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 1,666 1,638 1,568 1,539 1,541 1,547 1,498 1,510 1,462 1,381
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 3,749 4,039 3,634 2,903 3,091 2,640 2,377 2,054 1,874 1,845
    Federal 3 3 3 6 5 4 3 7 4 4
    Institutional 879 906 901 869 790 629 636 620 645 646
    Nonfederal 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 6 3 3
    Personal resources 2,865 3,130 2,730 2,026 2,296 2,005 1,737 1,421 1,222 1,192

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 464 443 449 493 458 413 453 500 533 515
    Science 296 278 293 328 352 315 343 395 411 398
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 31 39 35 49 33 17 14 18 29 28
      Biological and biomedical sciences 75 72 92 81 89 83 107 111 125 130
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 37 34 36 33 28 43 51 53 46 30
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 4 6 4 6 8 8 5 4 9
      Mathematics and statistics 20 10 9 12 17 14 16 16 15 17
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 44 39 49 65 60 61
      Natural resources and conservation 17 24 22 29 23 19 6 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 89 79 80 97 93 85 82 103 113 103
      Psychology 9 5 5 14 10 3 3 6 5 7
      Social sciences 12 11 8 9 9 4 7 18 14 13
    Engineering 168 165 156 165 106 98 110 105 122 117
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 12 11 7 5 2 4 5 6 6 6
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 11 15 10 16 16 9 5 5 8 9
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 18 21 16 11 10 9 12 18 15 12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 14 11 14 7 6 7 15 12 14 19
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 9 10 12 9 10 8 10 7 6 7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3
      Mechanical engineering 18 11 18 24 21 23 17 14 17 16
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 35 34 25 28 24 20 25 35 46 38
      Other engineering 51 52 54 65 17 18 21 6 8 7
    Health 11 8 4 5 15 10 6 12 9 10
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 11 8 4 5 15 10 6 12 9 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

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 200 183 185 224 204 185 198 222 229 221
  Science and engineering 198 181 185 224 199 183 196 218 227 219
    Science 117 102 117 143 157 143 152 182 193 178
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 17 14 14 23 12 3 6 9 13 12
      Biological and biomedical sciences 32 31 34 32 39 44 43 53 55 49
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 11 12 14 16 16 16 25 26 26 16
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 0 1 2 4 7 6 3 1 4
      Mathematics and statistics 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 24 13 16 22 24 22
      Natural resources and conservation 10 12 14 7 11 9 6 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 43 31 38 53 44 49 46 61 67 67
      Psychology 1 1 1 8 7 2 2 3 4 5
      Social sciences 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 3 3
    Engineering 81 79 68 81 42 40 44 36 34 41
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 7 6 2 3 2 1 3 2 3 2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 7 3 10 6 4 3 1 1 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 8 5 3 3 3 2 6 6 8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 3 3 2 2 1 8 6 4 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 6 5 3 1 3 4 1 1 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      Mechanical engineering 12 6 13 14 12 9 3 5 6 5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 18 19 10 10 6 8 11 11 10 14
      Other engineering 20 24 27 36 10 11 10 2 2 2
    Health 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 4 2 2
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 4 2 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

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 821,023 765,909 731,268 689,176 677,523 652,709 642,084 625,180 639,817 621,733
    Science 501,535 498,282 479,686 454,997 439,852 414,571 409,763 416,758 452,553 425,703
      Computer and information sciences 99,934 104,436 99,600 95,988 106,430 96,170 102,612 94,722 109,661 99,611
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 23,906 6,575 5,521 6,281 6,868 7,272 6,303 7,211 7,214 8,446
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 7,695 5,175 3,785 3,619 3,947 4,386 3,994 3,139 2,869 3,633
        Geological and earth sciences 16,211 1,400 1,736 2,662 2,921 2,886 2,309 4,072 4,345 4,813
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 245,437 270,361 258,253 241,661 222,994 206,379 199,917 202,597 220,029 208,635
        Agricultural sciences 81,241 67,828 70,763 79,576 59,210 58,176 57,299 59,596 130,410 125,465
        Biological and biomedical sciences 107,346 93,256 91,434 77,458 66,393 64,375 58,090 57,616 69,710 65,387
        Health sciences 7,433 5,483 4,630 2,845 25,462 19,229 20,194 14,045 15,500 14,935
        Natural resources and conservation 49,417 103,794 91,426 81,782 71,929 64,599 64,334 71,340 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,409 2,848
      Mathematics and statistics 5,040 3,729 3,612 5,346 5,071 5,669 5,388 4,474 4,851 4,205
      Physical sciences 84,748 77,419 78,698 72,360 69,531 69,612 65,579 71,513 67,182 65,359
        Astronomy and astrophysics 6,548 7,833 9,377 10,212 10,015 12,033 9,324 6,198 3,701 3,256
        Chemistry 34,685 30,955 35,360 34,642 35,411 31,819 28,988 33,655 32,678 31,861
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 43,505 38,628 33,961 27,506 24,104 25,760 27,267 31,659 30,803 30,233
        Physical sciences nec 10 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9
      Psychology 15,234 13,192 15,063 16,086 14,473 14,814 16,169 20,964 17,276 17,753
      Social sciences 9,883 6,718 5,604 5,846 6,846 9,255 8,335 10,794 21,340 17,432
        Anthropology 955 709 617 582 1,664 2,016 2,048 1,127 0 0
        Economics 1,299 1,488 1,290 1,325 574 1,306 633 552 8,438 6,257
        Political science and government 813 794 875 712 2,049 2,855 2,694 5,399 6,525 7,516
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 497 221 216 65 95 85 159 133 1,090 1,061
        Social sciences nec 6,319 3,506 2,606 3,162 2,464 2,993 2,801 3,583 5,287 2,598
      Sciences nec 17,353 15,852 13,335 11,429 7,639 5,400 5,460 4,483 5,000 4,262
    Engineering 272,650 228,786 216,233 203,564 201,028 195,413 192,878 170,506 161,458 172,828
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 17,051 16,647 14,809 10,210 11,047 12,007 11,992 9,490 8,411 8,184
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 19,103 15,966 15,544 13,055 11,831 10,491 10,024 7,731 7,692 7,509
      Chemical engineering 25,698 20,595 18,948 17,451 17,270 10,403 8,495 7,864 8,435 7,978
      Civil engineering 35,959 26,706 23,693 20,674 20,615 22,097 25,156 28,392 30,134 29,741
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 53,289 56,110 56,980 60,400 59,121 58,382 56,318 49,809 50,363 55,278
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 34,031 31,526 31,641 32,041 31,786 34,594 31,480 24,177 21,406 22,806
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 25,514 19,386 17,397 16,575 19,185 18,179 20,859 19,766 19,504 23,100
      Engineering nec 62,005 41,850 37,221 33,158 30,173 29,260 28,554 23,277 15,513 18,232
    Non-S&E 46,838 38,841 35,349 30,615 36,643 42,725 39,443 37,916 25,806 23,202
      Business management and business administration 4,621 3,533 2,368 1,950 1,415 1,672 1,280 1,385 1,611 1,961
      Communication and communications technologies 445 266 226 236 168 74 129 188 4,957 2,924
      Education 6,389 5,928 5,172 6,631 5,841 5,215 4,836 3,788 4,198 4,442
      Humanities 5,829 4,727 3,719 3,699 3,988 4,131 3,460 3,355 3,757 3,630
      Law 1,327 1,429 1,418 1,166 1,143 1,346 1,301 1,320 1,625 1,292
      Social work 8,660 7,619 7,957 3,813 3,108 6,521 6,499 4,820 3,599 3,080
      Visual and performing arts 1,922 1,299 1,173 798 918 986 786 603 500 647
      Non-S&E nec 17,645 14,040 13,316 12,322 20,062 22,780 21,152 22,457 5,559 5,226

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 821,023 460,491 24,473 234,686 44,275 35,768 21,330
    Science 501,535 267,382 15,173 160,210 23,006 23,332 12,432
      Computer and information sciences 99,934 56,104 165 26,466 14,183 982 2,034
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 23,906 15,466 463 7,537 301 31 108
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 7,695 6,436 275 649 230 22 83
        Geological and earth sciences 16,211 9,030 188 6,888 71 9 25
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 245,437 123,278 12,788 82,041 3,724 15,494 8,112
        Agricultural sciences 81,241 33,560 7,812 27,078 1,535 5,795 5,461
        Biological and biomedical sciences 107,346 68,102 1,302 25,918 2,032 8,040 1,952
        Health sciences 7,433 2,304 21 4,442 6 371 289
        Natural resources and conservation 49,417 19,312 3,653 24,603 151 1,288 410
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 5,040 3,184 2 1,245 64 244 301
      Physical sciences 84,748 57,753 414 16,736 4,064 4,634 1,147
        Astronomy and astrophysics 6,548 4,961 3 1,310 177 35 62
        Chemistry 34,685 21,096 20 8,682 1,448 2,593 846
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 43,505 31,688 391 6,742 2,439 2,006 239
        Physical sciences nec 10 8 0 2 0 0 0
      Psychology 15,234 7,736 1,030 5,072 620 524 252
      Social sciences 9,883 3,155 311 4,880 20 1,069 448
        Anthropology 955 280 1 554 12 25 83
        Economics 1,299 13 0 1,079 0 185 22
        Political science and government 813 263 33 433 0 46 38
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 497 182 0 302 8 1 4
        Social sciences nec 6,319 2,417 277 2,512 0 812 301
      Sciences nec 17,353 706 0 16,233 30 354 30
    Engineering 272,650 176,925 4,546 55,210 20,077 8,190 7,702
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 17,051 11,674 35 3,244 1,517 143 438
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 19,103 13,148 94 3,619 631 1,091 520
      Chemical engineering 25,698 17,075 280 3,650 2,359 2,129 205
      Civil engineering 35,959 23,847 1,610 8,769 292 809 632
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 53,289 34,075 586 8,480 6,907 1,175 2,066
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 34,031 25,086 213 5,144 1,570 595 1,423
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 25,514 18,125 102 3,961 1,949 850 527
      Engineering nec 62,005 33,895 1,626 18,343 4,852 1,398 1,891
    Non-S&E 46,838 16,184 4,754 19,266 1,192 4,246 1,196
      Business management and business administration 4,621 692 26 3,386 111 139 267
      Communication and communications technologies 445 35 0 399 0 1 10
      Education 6,389 3,356 484 1,825 48 522 154
      Humanities 5,829 268 51 3,493 35 1,883 99
      Law 1,327 24 0 1,234 0 4 65
      Social work 8,660 2,365 3,710 2,061 0 483 41
      Visual and performing arts 1,922 135 0 1,677 1 70 39
      Non-S&E nec 17,645 9,309 483 5,191 997 1,144 521

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 460,491 420,953 406,612 387,853 382,206 353,710 358,905 335,056 338,178 343,275
  DOD 59,094 62,791 58,649 52,163 50,403 47,161 49,456 42,948 43,262 46,437
  DOE 95,415 90,166 84,115 75,459 66,545 50,433 51,063 43,031 45,962 46,734
  HHS 95,343 83,915 85,578 78,416 69,420 63,522 60,885 61,055 61,359 67,908
  NASA 12,335 10,846 10,081 8,430 8,403 10,402 9,920 8,244 6,750 6,193
  NSF 137,092 117,743 120,001 127,552 141,078 134,169 136,242 127,024 132,673 130,010
  USDA 27,860 24,588 19,849 18,648 19,682 19,438 19,422 19,843 18,067 17,473
  Other 33,352 30,904 28,339 27,185 26,675 28,585 31,917 32,911 30,105 28,520

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 12,292 1,333 10,959 .
2018 12,258 1,200 11,058 .
2017 12,889 1,213 11,676 .

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 3,312 3,166 3,080 3,058 3,034
    Agricultural sciences 974 954 815 827 825
    Biological and biomedical sciences 432 417 349 334 315
    Computer and information sciences 148 153 158 178 180
    Engineering 656 610 635 624 620
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 20 20 20 29 12
    Health sciences 47 57 160 144 145
    Mathematics and statistics 6 5 5 4 4
    Natural resources and conservation 379 324 318 315 315
    Physical sciences 202 208 210 207 205
    Psychology 73 72 71 74 71
    Social sciences 24 32 24 22 31
    Other 352 314 315 299 311

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 23,123 1,040 8,656 42,525 17,251
    Agricultural sciences 23,123 1,040 0 16,733 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 8,656 0 7,251
    Engineering 0 0 0 9,789 10,000
    Health sciences 0 0 0 6,009 0
    Other 0 0 0 9,994 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 17,663 7,326 5,264 35,361 83,733
    Agricultural sciences 1,237 2,297 0 302 5,655
    Biological and biomedical sciences 1,939 1,208 0 2,582 2,491
    Computer and information sciences 1,586 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 8,003 1,889 1,259 13,722 66,175
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 1,825 741
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 2,504 0 0 8,604 3,171
    Physical sciences 1,661 1,460 0 3,695 4,198
    Psychology 0 0 503 0 631
    Social sciences 0 0 365 294 0
    Other 734 472 3,137 4,338 672

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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