U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures Research space
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2025 2 99.8 460
2024 4 99.4 459 3 99.7 631 40 95.8 925
2023 11 97.8 459 4 99.6 679 43 95.4 911 5 99.3 602
2022 5 99.1 457 5 99.4 680 39 95.8 900
2021 11 97.8 447 5 99.4 691 37 96.1 908 7 99 583
2020 3 99.6 450 2 99.9 698 39 95.9 916
2019 7 98.7 447 4 99.6 697 38 96 914 7 99 589
2018 4 99.3 428 3 99.7 700 37 96.1 911
2017 4 99.3 425 3 99.7 684 36 96.1 898 6 99.1 575
2016 13 97.2 430 4 99.6 697 33 96.5 896
2015 4 99.6 693 31 96.7 898 6 99.1 570
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: 2025–16
Fields 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
All fields 846 809 731 815 662 820 759 766 782 677
  Science and engineering 733 681 609 678 561 665 635 631 623 514
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 44 38 43 44 34 43 36 31 37 39
      Agricultural sciences 40 32 37 37 28 36 31 30 35 34
      Natural resources and conservation 4 6 6 7 6 7 5 1 2 5
    Biological and biomedical sciences 75 86 89 91 70 86 94 77 82 80
      Biochemistry and biophysics 20 16 21 17 8 13 13 13 21 24
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 . 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 3 2 9 1 6 6 4 2 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 2 1 3 4 5 4 11 4
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 6 9 10 9 6 5 17 8 5 11
      Genetics and genomics 1 . 1 2 1 . . . 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 10 13 8 10 12 9 13 7 11 4
      Molecular biology 3 7 6 4 7 3 4 2 2 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 7 13 9 6 11 13 15 9 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology 3 . . 4 . 1 1 . 3 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 9 6 2 3 7 3 3 4 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 17 18 16 20 20 25 18 20 13 24
    Computer and information sciences 98 86 52 77 63 59 48 48 41 44
      Computer science 80 76 40 57 50 50 42 42 37 40
      Computer and information sciences, other 18 10 12 20 13 9 6 6 4 4
    Engineering 277 225 220 230 189 241 225 211 210 161
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 19 9 13 15 9 8 8 11 9 8
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16 16 15 8 11 11 20 7 11 7
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 26 14 19 21 14 11 11 15 13 9
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 43 36 26 39 32 45 45 39 32 26
      Electrical and computer engineering 67 54 53 41 44 54 50 46 68 40
      Industrial engineering and operations research 8 12 8 16 10 10 4 7 4 7
      Materials and mining engineering 29 23 25 19 20 27 26 32 24 27
      Mechanical engineering 44 40 41 46 32 56 45 30 29 23
      Engineering, other 25 21 20 25 17 19 16 24 20 14
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 16 11 15 13 7 13 15 6 7
      Geological sciences 2 7 4 5 8 4 4 5 2 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 7 9 7 10 5 3 9 10 4 6
    Health sciences 11 17 16 17 7 14 13 17 27 12
      Nursing science . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Public health 2 10 3 3 1 2 3 2 9 6
      Health sciences, other 9 7 12 14 5 12 10 15 18 6
    Mathematics and statistics 33 29 36 27 29 36 33 48 32 21
      Applied mathematics 1 . 3 3 1 4 2 4 2 3
      Mathematics 3 3 . 8 2 9 15 19 8 3
      Statistics 13 11 9 6 9 5 3 10 6 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 16 15 24 10 17 18 13 15 16 13
    Physical sciences 102 93 72 86 87 97 83 96 93 86
      Astronomy and astrophysics 10 8 17 6 8 2 5 5 3 4
      Chemistry 42 49 29 46 45 49 41 49 47 50
      Physics 50 36 26 34 34 46 37 42 43 32
    Psychology 35 34 23 26 20 26 33 34 37 20
      Clinical psychology 7 6 4 3 5 4 3 2 3 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 11 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 6 5
      Research and experimental psychology 10 17 10 12 7 12 18 21 22 11
      Psychology, other 7 8 6 7 4 6 6 6 6 1
    Social sciences 49 57 47 65 49 56 57 54 58 44
      Anthropology 5 7 2 7 4 9 2 5 4 1
      Economics 15 17 25 26 21 17 21 18 17 12
      Political science and government 6 7 4 5 7 5 8 9 4 5
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . 1 1 . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 3 2 8 1 4 3 8 9 7
      Social sciences, other 21 23 14 19 16 21 22 13 24 19
  Non-science and engineering 113 128 122 137 101 155 124 135 159 163
    Business 19 21 17 25 15 24 18 17 17 21
      Business 19 21 17 25 15 24 18 17 17 21
    Education 32 47 41 52 32 41 41 50 50 54
      Education leadership and administration 6 8 7 6 2 7 8 6 8 .
      Education research 15 31 27 33 23 25 30 36 35 33
      Teacher education and teaching fields 8 4 7 10 4 8 2 7 4 14
      Education, other 3 4 . 3 3 1 1 1 3 7
    Humanities and arts 27 37 33 44 34 62 40 41 55 64
      Letters 9 12 11 10 9 25 12 18 17 22
      Foreign languages and literature 6 8 8 14 2 9 8 9 12 11
      History 8 10 6 13 15 15 6 6 11 17
      Philosophy and religious studies 1 2 1 1 1 5 . 3 3 3
      Music and performing arts 2 3 4 1 3 1 8 5 8 4
      Humanities and arts, other 1 2 3 5 4 7 6 . 4 7
    Other non-science and engineering 35 23 31 16 20 28 25 27 37 24
      Communication 10 7 14 6 7 14 11 6 19 14
      Public administration and social services 8 4 5 2 2 3 4 8 4 .
      Non-science and engineering, other 17 12 12 8 11 11 10 13 14 10

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   3,885   3,581   3,594   3,637   3,324   3,057   2,737   2,701   2,780   2,769   0
    Hispanic or Latino   441   377   391   404   370   314   265   241   218   218   0
    Not Hispanic or Latino   3,316   3,091   3,050   3,092   2,869   2,666   2,440   2,423   2,518   2,506   0
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   2   1   1   1   3   4   3   5   10   0
      Asian   988   823   728   726   560   490   499   476   429   401   0
      Black or African American   172   152   160   150   150   124   99   90   91   91   0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   3   3   1   0   2   1   2   2   4   0
      White   1,989   1,953   1,999   2,074   2,025   1,932   1,731   1,750   1,886   1,908   0
      More than one race   165   158   159   140   133   115   106   102   105   92   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   128   113   153   141   85   77   32   37   44   45   0
  Temporary visa holders   5,460   4,996   5,136   4,595   3,956   4,366   4,192   3,925   3,607   3,317   0
  Science and engineering   9,118   8,390   8,527   8,028   7,091   7,182   6,689   6,390   6,144   5,826   0
    Science   6,207   5,676   5,867   5,354   4,697   4,640   4,086   3,692   3,538   3,381   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   408   366   357   315   313   266   268   270   370   367   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   604   580   601   579   540   534   517   524   493   474   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   92   101   0
      Computer and information sciences   2,923   2,486   2,668   2,320   1,765   1,602   1,120   886   612   526   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   87   88   89   77   88   75   75   83   78   79   0
      Mathematics and statistics   646   661   719   613   534   669   598   393   391   355   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   108   97   36   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   98   102   96   99   99   89   89   86   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   661   626   604   611   631   598   602   608   607   597   0
      Psychology   155   146   137   148   149   194   200   198   186   196   0
      Social sciences   517   524   560   592   578   613   617   644   632   616   0
    Engineering   2,911   2,714   2,660   2,674   2,394   2,542   2,603   2,698   2,606   2,445   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   242   229   239   209   154   129   141   167   169   140   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   183   165   132   129   126   131   117   110   95   87   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   155   132   130   135   127   116   104   98   96   88   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   490   465   479   517   468   519   581   654   669   657   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   715   641   634   660   590   671   635   600   573   495   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   195   206   210   181   176   215   242   250   215   207   0
      Mechanical engineering   452   406   383   407   363   361   382   418   362   400   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   215   217   213   208   191   182   177   177   189   187   0
      Other engineering   264   253   240   228   199   218   224   224   238   184   0
    Health   227   187   203   204   189   241   240   236   243   260   0
      Clinical medicine   79   61   66   66   59   51   64   60   52   55   0
      Other health   148   126   137   138   130   190   176   176   191   205   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

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   1,399   1,276   1,174   1,179   1,054   918   618   487   422   400   0
    Hispanic or Latino   110   96   83   75   75   67   45   32   20   20   0
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,100   980   911   924   823   712   553   439   377   368   0
      American Indian or Alaska Native   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Asian   411   332   290   238   189   143   169   99   63   41   0
      Black or African American   38   38   38   36   31   21   15   12   11   9   0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   2   3   2   2   1   0   1   2   1   1   0
      White   607   576   557   618   577   521   343   309   289   310   0
      More than one race   39   30   23   30   25   27   25   17   13   6   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   189   200   180   180   156   139   20   16   25   12   0
  Temporary visa holders   410   440   417   324   364   309   191   133   110   84   0
  Science and engineering   1,803   1,710   1,585   1,495   1,413   1,214   792   609   512   472   0
    Science   1,454   1,416   1,310   1,284   1,184   1,031   616   445   368   341   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   139   122   103   113   111   95   87   93   127   133   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   8   8   7   10   7   20   19   14   11   35   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   31   30   0
      Computer and information sciences   1,164   1,182   1,095   1,078   977   833   449   259   148   88   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   29   18   4   7   5   3   6   6   4   3   0
      Mathematics and statistics   32   19   18   14   8   20   9   14   10   8   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   6   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   47   47   46   39   40   34   29   34   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   7   3   7   3   11   3   2   7   6   9   0
      Psychology   5   2   12   4   7   10   5   6   8   12   0
      Social sciences   17   12   17   16   18   13   10   12   18   16   0
    Engineering   349   294   275   211   229   183   176   164   144   131   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   55   49   40   39   34   34   25   29   21   18   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   19   22   14   13   8   4   3   4   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   2   0   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   90   82   80   62   76   68   69   63   63   71   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   69   51   50   28   39   28   22   21   13   8   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   10   6   6   1   3   3   3   3   5   3   0
      Mechanical engineering   51   45   42   28   34   28   43   29   24   19   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   4   5   5   5   7   7   2   3   9   4   0
      Other engineering   49   34   38   35   27   11   8   11   9   8   0
    Health   6   6   6   8   5   13   17   11   20   12   0
      Clinical medicine   2   2   2   4   3   2   4   1   3   3   0
      Other health   4   4   4   4   2   11   13   10   17   9   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 receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   1,381   1,385   1,458   1,341   1,245   1,182   1,177   1,186   1,176   1,115   0
  Science and engineering   1,368   1,378   1,442   1,326   1,237   1,161   1,158   1,170   1,160   1,098   0
    Science   657   724   740   673   602   570   608   612   642   584   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   88   69   65   61   54   47   46   38   75   65   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   173   160   177   152   152   137   146   118   113   90   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3   0
      Computer and information sciences   128   192   200   191   147   128   138   149   162   153   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   23   34   35   33   35   34   38   39   31   23   0
      Mathematics and statistics   9   13   21   10   11   8   13   20   21   14   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   7   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   34   33   25   26   23   31   30   30   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   157   170   166   155   135   132   138   160   149   158   0
      Psychology   14   14   20   18   18   26   26   23   30   27   0
      Social sciences   24   32   31   27   27   27   33   35   31   28   0
    Engineering   711   654   702   653   635   591   550   558   518   514   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   68   64   70   76   55   51   35   39   30   26   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   49   54   57   39   41   31   27   30   22   15   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   56   50   44   40   41   35   30   27   14   12   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   97   90   93   80   69   69   64   71   77   83   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   137   117   140   139   142   138   134   133   149   170   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   22   19   18   24   29   25   26   17   16   9   0
      Mechanical engineering   119   106   115   98   113   110   108   113   89   99   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   95   88   94   90   81   62   63   64   62   63   0
      Other engineering   68   66   71   67   64   70   63   64   59   37   0
    Health   13   7   16   15   8   21   19   16   16   17   0
      Clinical medicine   3   1   1   1   1   0   0   1   0   1   0
      Other health   10   6   15   14   7   21   19   15   16   16   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: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   9,345   8,577   8,730   8,232   7,280   7,423   6,929   6,626   6,387   6,086
  Fellowships   1,165   780   644   718   776   709   694   701   729   733
    Federal   25   25   26   26   19   23   26   38   45   32
    Institutional   1,138   755   618   691   755   684   665   658   681   698
    Nonfederal   2   0   0   1   2   2   3   5   3   3
  Research assistantships   2,341   2,382   2,409   2,312   2,062   2,082   2,048   2,050   2,094   2,017
    Federal   1,353   1,357   1,429   1,312   1,220   1,154   1,147   1,145   1,124   1,079
    Institutional   938   984   953   967   802   889   863   863   929   893
    Nonfederal   50   41   27   33   40   39   38   42   41   45
  Teaching assistantships   1,643   1,666   1,638   1,568   1,539   1,541   1,547   1,498   1,510   1,462
    Federal   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Institutional   1,643   1,666   1,638   1,568   1,539   1,541   1,547   1,498   1,510   1,462
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Other types of support   4,196   3,749   4,039   3,634   2,903   3,091   2,640   2,377   2,054   1,874
    Federal   3   3   3   3   6   5   4   3   7   4
    Institutional   894   879   906   901   869   790   629   636   620   645
    Nonfederal   1   2   0   0   2   0   2   1   6   3
    Personal resources   3,298   2,865   3,130   2,730   2,026   2,296   2,005   1,737   1,421   1,222

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering   521   469   443   447   494   459   413   453   500   533   0
    Science   324   301   279   293   329   354   315   343   395   411   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   36   32   39   35   49   33   17   14   18   29   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   72   77   73   91   81   89   83   107   111   125   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   36   38   34   36   33   29   43   51   53   46   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   8   6   4   6   4   6   8   8   5   4   0
      Mathematics and statistics   20   20   10   9   12   17   14   16   16   15   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   44   39   49   65   60   0
      Natural resources and conservation   22   17   23   23   29   23   19   6   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   104   90   80   80   97   94   85   82   103   113   0
      Psychology   12   9   5   5   14   10   3   3   6   5   0
      Social sciences   14   12   11   8   10   9   4   7   18   14   0
    Engineering   197   168   164   154   165   105   98   110   105   122   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   6   12   11   7   5   2   4   5   6   6   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   15   11   14   9   15   15   9   5   5   8   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   16   18   21   15   11   10   9   12   18   15   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   21   14   11   14   7   6   7   15   12   14   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   10   9   10   12   9   10   8   10   7   6   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2   0
      Mechanical engineering   24   18   11   18   25   21   23   17   14   17   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   39   35   34   25   28   24   20   25   35   46   0
      Other engineering   66   51   52   54   65   17   18   21   6   8   0
    Health   10   11   8   4   5   15   10   6   12   9   0
      Clinical medicine   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   9   11   8   4   5   15   10   6   12   9   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

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   205   200   183   185   224   204   185   198   222   229   0
  Science and engineering   202   198   181   185   224   199   183   196   218   227   0
    Science   120   117   102   117   143   157   143   152   182   193   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   20   17   14   14   23   12   3   6   9   13   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   24   32   31   34   32   39   44   43   53   55   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   10   11   12   14   16   16   16   25   26   26   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   3   2   0   1   2   4   7   6   3   1   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   24   13   16   22   24   0
      Natural resources and conservation   11   10   12   14   7   11   9   6   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   50   43   31   38   53   44   49   46   61   67   0
      Psychology   2   1   1   1   8   7   2   2   3   4   0
      Social sciences   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   2   5   3   0
    Engineering   82   81   79   68   81   42   40   44   36   34   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   3   7   6   2   3   2   1   3   2   3   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   10   9   7   3   10   6   4   3   1   1   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   4   6   8   5   3   3   3   2   6   6   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   6   6   3   3   2   2   1   8   6   4   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   3   3   6   5   3   1   3   4   1   1   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   0
      Mechanical engineering   14   12   6   13   14   12   9   3   5   6   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   17   18   19   10   10   6   8   11   11   10   0
      Other engineering   25   20   24   27   36   10   11   10   2   2   0
    Health   3   2   2   0   0   5   2   2   4   2   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   3   2   2   0   0   5   2   2   4   2   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

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   906,751   821,023   765,909   731,268   689,176   677,523   652,709   642,084   625,180   639,817
    Science   501,776   501,535   498,282   479,686   454,997   439,852   414,571   409,763   416,758   452,553
      Computer and information sciences   87,866   99,934   104,436   99,600   95,988   106,430   96,170   102,612   94,722   109,661
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   17,050   23,906   6,575   5,521   6,281   6,868   7,272   6,303   7,211   7,214
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   6,635   7,695   5,175   3,785   3,619   3,947   4,386   3,994   3,139   2,869
        Geological and earth sciences   10,415   16,211   1,400   1,736   2,662   2,921   2,886   2,309   4,072   4,345
        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   252,675   245,437   270,361   258,253   241,661   222,994   206,379   199,917   202,597   220,029
        Agricultural sciences   90,118   81,241   67,828   70,763   79,576   59,210   58,176   57,299   59,596   130,410
        Biological and biomedical sciences   100,601   107,346   93,256   91,434   77,458   66,393   64,375   58,090   57,616   69,710
        Health sciences   8,377   7,433   5,483   4,630   2,845   25,462   19,229   20,194   14,045   15,500
        Natural resources and conservation   53,579   49,417   103,794   91,426   81,782   71,929   64,599   64,334   71,340   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4,409
      Mathematics and statistics   4,557   5,040   3,729   3,612   5,346   5,071   5,669   5,388   4,474   4,851
      Physical sciences   94,494   84,748   77,419   78,698   72,360   69,531   69,612   65,579   71,513   67,182
        Astronomy and astrophysics   9,056   6,548   7,833   9,377   10,212   10,015   12,033   9,324   6,198   3,701
        Chemistry   39,913   34,685   30,955   35,360   34,642   35,411   31,819   28,988   33,655   32,678
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   45,500   43,505   38,628   33,961   27,506   24,104   25,760   27,267   31,659   30,803
        Physical sciences nec   25   10   3   0   0   1   0   0   1   0
      Psychology   16,212   15,234   13,192   15,063   16,086   14,473   14,814   16,169   20,964   17,276
      Social sciences   13,338   9,883   6,718   5,604   5,846   6,846   9,255   8,335   10,794   21,340
        Anthropology   1,554   955   709   617   582   1,664   2,016   2,048   1,127   0
        Economics   1,816   1,299   1,488   1,290   1,325   574   1,306   633   552   8,438
        Political science and government   856   813   794   875   712   2,049   2,855   2,694   5,399   6,525
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   623   497   221   216   65   95   85   159   133   1,090
        Social sciences nec   8,489   6,319   3,506   2,606   3,162   2,464   2,993   2,801   3,583   5,287
      Sciences nec   15,584   17,353   15,852   13,335   11,429   7,639   5,400   5,460   4,483   5,000
    Engineering   351,544   272,650   228,786   216,233   203,564   201,028   195,413   192,878   170,506   161,458
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   20,724   17,051   16,647   14,809   10,210   11,047   12,007   11,992   9,490   8,411
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   23,993   19,103   15,966   15,544   13,055   11,831   10,491   10,024   7,731   7,692
      Chemical engineering   25,409   25,698   20,595   18,948   17,451   17,270   10,403   8,495   7,864   8,435
      Civil engineering   41,984   35,959   26,706   23,693   20,674   20,615   22,097   25,156   28,392   30,134
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   65,014   53,289   56,110   56,980   60,400   59,121   58,382   56,318   49,809   50,363
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   41,102   34,031   31,526   31,641   32,041   31,786   34,594   31,480   24,177   21,406
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   35,316   25,514   19,386   17,397   16,575   19,185   18,179   20,859   19,766   19,504
      Engineering nec   98,002   62,005   41,850   37,221   33,158   30,173   29,260   28,554   23,277   15,513
    Non-S&E   53,431   46,838   38,841   35,349   30,615   36,643   42,725   39,443   37,916   25,806
      Business management and business administration   4,738   4,621   3,533   2,368   1,950   1,415   1,672   1,280   1,385   1,611
      Communication and communications technologies   4,804   445   266   226   236   168   74   129   188   4,957
      Education   5,527   6,389   5,928   5,172   6,631   5,841   5,215   4,836   3,788   4,198
      Humanities   5,455   5,829   4,727   3,719   3,699   3,988   4,131   3,460   3,355   3,757
      Law   844   1,327   1,429   1,418   1,166   1,143   1,346   1,301   1,320   1,625
      Social work   8,795   8,660   7,619   7,957   3,813   3,108   6,521   6,499   4,820   3,599
      Visual and performing arts   2,143   1,922   1,299   1,173   798   918   986   786   603   500
      Non-S&E nec   21,125   17,645   14,040   13,316   12,322   20,062   22,780   21,152   22,457   5,559

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: 2024
(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   906,751   511,574   29,114   258,312   45,694   36,634   25,423
    Science   501,776   257,460   15,960   167,084   23,949   23,487   13,836
      Computer and information sciences   87,866   41,956   196   25,185   17,418   891   2,220
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   17,050   11,140   362   5,161   288   9   90
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   6,635   5,198   237   878   288   8   26
        Geological and earth sciences   10,415   5,942   125   4,283   0   1   64
        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   252,675   124,717   13,367   87,599   2,242   16,133   8,617
        Agricultural sciences   90,118   38,667   8,442   29,655   1,038   6,401   5,915
        Biological and biomedical sciences   100,601   61,970   731   27,561   1,071   7,502   1,766
        Health sciences   8,377   2,663   22   4,728   43   540   381
        Natural resources and conservation   53,579   21,417   4,172   25,655   90   1,690   555
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   4,557   2,845   4   1,343   35   130   200
      Physical sciences   94,494   62,391   702   21,954   3,687   3,846   1,914
        Astronomy and astrophysics   9,056   6,186   3   2,704   76   64   23
        Chemistry   39,913   24,158   24   11,106   1,132   2,059   1,434
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   45,500   32,026   675   8,140   2,479   1,723   457
        Physical sciences nec   25   21   0   4   0   0   0
      Psychology   16,212   9,235   981   5,154   123   408   311
      Social sciences   13,338   5,046   348   5,487   17   2,059   381
        Anthropology   1,554   451   99   863   2   100   39
        Economics   1,816   596   0   1,033   0   110   77
        Political science and government   856   392   0   411   0   22   31
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   623   300   0   297   8   1   17
        Social sciences nec   8,489   3,307   249   2,883   7   1,826   217
      Sciences nec   15,584   130   0   15,201   139   11   103
    Engineering   351,544   235,831   6,528   68,624   21,284   9,170   10,107
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   20,724   14,039   164   4,766   1,302   151   302
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   23,993   15,779   383   5,163   629   1,354   685
      Chemical engineering   25,409   17,304   371   3,639   1,821   2,121   153
      Civil engineering   41,984   27,453   2,205   9,983   453   1,092   798
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   65,014   40,255   1,115   12,257   7,087   1,464   2,836
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   41,102   31,170   79   5,590   1,671   749   1,843
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   35,316   23,448   355   7,018   2,273   682   1,540
      Engineering nec   98,002   66,383   1,856   20,208   6,048   1,557   1,950
    Non-S&E   53,431   18,283   6,626   22,604   461   3,977   1,480
      Business management and business administration   4,738   641   2   3,862   80   76   77
      Communication and communications technologies   4,804   2,278   36   2,475   0   0   15
      Education   5,527   2,536   296   1,903   6   472   314
      Humanities   5,455   246   4   3,316   38   1,770   81
      Law   844   31   0   741   0   4   68
      Social work   8,795   1,910   4,366   1,926   0   523   70
      Visual and performing arts   2,143   157   0   1,836   0   69   81
      Non-S&E nec   21,125   10,484   1,922   6,545   337   1,063   774

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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies   511,574   460,491   420,953   406,612   387,853   382,206   353,710   358,905   335,056   338,178
  DOD   78,009   59,094   62,791   58,649   52,163   50,403   47,161   49,456   42,948   43,262
  DOE   121,838   95,415   90,166   84,115   75,459   66,545   50,433   51,063   43,031   45,962
  HHS   97,530   95,343   83,915   85,578   78,416   69,420   63,522   60,885   61,055   61,359
  NASA   14,134   12,335   10,846   10,081   8,430   8,403   10,402   9,920   8,244   6,750
  NSF   125,665   137,092   117,743   120,001   127,552   141,078   134,169   136,242   127,024   132,673
  USDA   33,496   27,860   24,588   19,849   18,648   19,682   19,438   19,422   19,843   18,067
  Other   40,902   33,352   30,904   28,339   27,185   26,675   28,585   31,917   32,911   30,105

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: 2024–18 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2024   .   .   .   .
2023   .   .   .   .
2022   .   .   .   .
2021   .   .   .   .
2020   .   .   .   .
2019   12,292   1,333   10,959   .
2018   12,258   1,200   11,058   .

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
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   9,789   10,000
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   0   0   6,009   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Psychology   0   0   0   0   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   0   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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