U. Kansas

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 59 87.5 459 92 86.7 679 78 87.3 602 73 92.2 914
2022 77 83.5 457 90 87 680 74 92 900
2021 76 83.4 447 87 87.7 691 75 87.4 583 72 92.2 908
2020 61 86.8 450 83 88.4 698 70 92.5 916
2019 63 86.2 447 87 87.8 697 55 90.9 589 74 92.1 914
2018 59 86.6 428 81 88.7 700 73 92.2 911
2017 61 86 425 80 88.6 684 53 91 575 78 91.5 898
2016 59 86.6 430 76 89.3 697 78 91.5 896
2015 49 88.8 426 75 89.4 693 74 87.3 570 74 91.9 898
2014 62 85.7 422 71 89.9 688 76 91.6 889
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 317 269 237 310 304 318 310 302 351 293
  Science and engineering 212 188 166 203 213 207 211 201 228 186
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 . . . . . . 3 . .
      Agricultural sciences 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . 2 . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 50 41 30 45 40 48 50 42 45 47
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 5 . 5 2 4 3 4 4 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 2 2 1 4 1 2 3 . 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 9 7 3 9 7 2 2 5 4 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 1 2 2 1 3 6 4 4 4
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 9 6 8 8 8 4 7 5 4 7
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . 2 1 1 1 1 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology 5 6 3 3 1 7 5 3 5 8
      Molecular biology 2 2 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 2 2 1 3 3 4 3 4 9
      Pharmacology and toxicology 5 3 3 2 5 10 5 3 10 4
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 3 . 3 4 8 11 6 4 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 3 2 6 2 3 2 3 2 3
    Computer and information sciences 4 3 1 4 4 7 3 3 7 5
      Computer science 3 2 1 4 4 6 3 2 6 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 .
    Engineering 36 26 36 43 40 25 28 27 28 27
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 7 3 5 6 3 3 2 2 6 5
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 7
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 4 2 8 7 10 3 4 5 4 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 9 9 11 14 12 5 7 10 3 6
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 4 2 6 7 7 6 4 4 4
      Materials and mining engineering 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
      Mechanical engineering 5 4 4 3 1 1 4 . 4 2
      Engineering, other . . 1 2 1 1 . . 1 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 3 2 2 3 5 3 1 8 5
      Geological sciences 5 2 2 2 2 4 3 1 7 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 . . 1 1 . . 1 .
    Health sciences 13 17 7 27 31 24 27 29 23 26
      Nursing science 3 1 . 3 5 4 3 7 9 6
      Pharmaceutical sciences 3 4 2 6 7 7 6 4 4 7
      Public health 2 3 . 2 2 2 1 3 . .
      Health sciences, other 5 9 5 16 17 11 17 15 10 13
    Mathematics and statistics 6 11 7 5 11 8 4 10 5 3
      Applied mathematics 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 1
      Mathematics . 1 1 1 2 1 . 2 3 1
      Statistics 2 1 1 . . 1 . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 7 4 3 6 4 3 6 . 1
    Physical sciences 20 28 27 30 26 32 23 23 23 15
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 2 2 3 3 1 . . . .
      Chemistry 9 21 18 23 16 24 19 18 17 15
      Physics 10 5 7 4 7 7 4 5 6 .
    Psychology 33 30 33 24 23 32 30 25 41 24
      Clinical psychology 6 4 8 7 9 7 9 7 13 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 11 13 11 10 7 14 11 10 14 9
      Research and experimental psychology 14 10 11 5 6 7 6 5 12 8
      Psychology, other 2 3 3 2 1 4 4 3 2 3
    Social sciences 43 29 23 23 35 26 43 38 48 34
      Anthropology . . . 1 2 3 5 1 4 4
      Economics 5 10 . 10 11 6 9 8 10 9
      Political science and government 5 5 4 1 6 4 7 3 10 5
      Public policy analysis 1 . . 1 . . 1 1 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 4 3 3 4 1 4 8 2 1
      Social sciences, other 26 10 16 7 12 12 17 17 21 15
  Non-science and engineering 105 81 71 107 91 111 99 101 123 107
    Business 10 2 3 8 3 7 8 9 2 14
      Business 10 2 3 8 3 7 8 9 2 14
    Education 36 31 27 39 35 46 28 35 45 35
      Education leadership and administration 3 4 2 3 1 6 3 3 3 2
      Education research 28 20 22 32 26 33 16 19 33 28
      Teacher education and teaching fields 4 6 2 4 8 7 9 12 9 5
      Education, other 1 1 1 . . . . 1 . .
    Humanities and arts 26 26 27 37 33 39 38 38 53 36
      Letters 14 7 7 11 12 11 11 5 7 16
      Foreign languages and literature 3 . 4 2 5 7 5 3 13 8
      History 4 5 5 10 6 4 9 12 15 4
      Philosophy and religious studies 1 4 3 2 1 4 2 3 8 1
      Music and performing arts 1 2 4 6 5 6 5 7 6 3
      Humanities and arts, other 3 8 4 6 4 7 6 8 4 4
    Other non-science and engineering 33 22 14 23 20 19 25 19 23 22
      Communication 17 10 1 9 5 9 10 7 8 10
      Public administration and social services 6 3 5 9 6 4 7 7 10 8
      Non-science and engineering, other 10 9 8 5 9 6 8 5 5 4

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 902 830 826 812 858 923 923 1,015 1,041 1,083
    Female 945 928 895 901 904 878 866 987 995 972
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,094 1,103 1,163 1,176 1,161 1,172 1,133 1,292 1,298 1,313
    Hispanic or Latino 105 91 99 93 72 63 40 47 38 35
    Not Hispanic or Latino 973 991 1,034 1,053 1,062 1,071 1,056 1,194 1,216 1,240
      American Indian or Alaska Native 10 11 16 21 20 18 18 18 17 15
      Asian 74 71 74 64 52 56 41 50 60 58
      Black or African American 49 55 54 49 46 53 49 61 45 44
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
      White 787 804 836 873 903 899 897 1,010 1,029 1,069
      More than one race 53 50 52 44 41 45 51 55 64 53
    Unknown ethnicity and race 16 21 30 30 27 38 37 51 44 38
  Temporary visa holders 753 655 558 537 601 629 656 710 738 742
  Science and engineering 1,638 1,559 1,520 1,516 1,545 1,585 1,578 1,778 1,803 1,843
    Science 1,330 1,267 1,223 1,234 1,259 1,263 1,258 1,432 1,445 1,466
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 389 370 355 346 368 353 343 334 343 332
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 69 69
      Computer and information sciences 175 128 68 73 53 48 57 57 63 65
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 63 59 63 62 65 63 59 71 74 65
      Mathematics and statistics 61 57 58 68 68 74 71 68 71 71
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 83 65 72 62 66 65 65 44 44 43
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 166 160 143 153 160 162 151 163 170 166
      Psychology 193 191 194 188 201 210 215 226 233 251
      Social sciences 200 237 270 282 278 288 297 380 367 395
    Engineering 308 292 297 282 286 322 320 346 358 377
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 39 34 37 30 38 38 37 41 42 39
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 38 40 33 41 45 46 42 44 47 51
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 14 6 9 16 9 9 6 41 38 37
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 88 86 86 59 64 91 99 97 100 93
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 61 56 55 57 56 56 61 62 69 87
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 33 35 44 51 41 43 33 36 43 48
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 35 35 33 28 33 39 42 25 19 22
  Health 209 199 201 197 217 216 211 224 233 212
    Clinical medicine 45 38 33 33 36 36 37 38 41 19
    Other health 164 161 168 164 181 180 174 186 192 193

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 182 189 198 179 179 175 206 242 231 243
    Female 248 237 241 209 201 164 154 214 210 230
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 392 394 393 342 350 308 316 387 374 423
    Hispanic or Latino 34 36 23 20 19 11 9 6 11 13
    Not Hispanic or Latino 352 351 365 315 323 291 298 373 357 399
      American Indian or Alaska Native 5 4 5 5 4 1 3 6 7 5
      Asian 23 37 33 30 22 16 22 15 19 18
      Black or African American 29 32 27 22 21 20 19 18 19 21
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
      White 272 265 286 250 261 239 235 324 300 340
      More than one race 22 13 13 8 15 14 19 9 12 15
    Unknown ethnicity and race 6 7 5 7 8 6 9 8 6 11
  Temporary visa holders 38 32 46 46 30 31 44 69 67 50
  Science and engineering 351 352 375 329 313 285 295 383 364 384
    Science 293 283 300 269 252 211 199 290 271 300
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 88 72 68 59 35 33 44 46 41 49
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 7 8
      Computer and information sciences 26 31 32 19 26 32 26 32 29 34
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 13 9 9 11 18 14 19 25 29 29
      Mathematics and statistics 64 70 90 96 98 76 56 36 11 5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 77 75 62 47 41 24 15 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 4 9 6 3 6 1 3 2 5
      Psychology 7 5 9 13 8 10 11 5 7 16
      Social sciences 14 17 21 18 23 16 27 117 145 154
    Engineering 58 69 75 60 61 74 96 93 93 84
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 8 7 3 1 6 5 4 5 8
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 1 7 6 3 5 4 2 3 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 7 6 6 4 2 5 3 5 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 29 30 33 25 33 42 47 49 37 37
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 13 14 7 7 10 8 21 21 25 15
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7 7 10 10 10 7 10 11 15 15
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 4 2 5 3 0 4 4 3 3 3
  Health 79 74 64 59 67 54 65 73 77 89
    Clinical medicine 40 35 29 26 28 27 30 34 35 39
    Other health 39 39 35 33 39 27 35 39 42 50

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
All surveyed fields 421 434 408 330 329 313 296 312 317 365
  Science and engineering 377 400 365 296 285 270 243 268 270 305
    Science 285 308 277 232 225 198 178 204 209 243
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 117 120 106 91 95 78 67 78 77 86
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 23 26 22 17 16 11 7 7 12 9
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 19 21 19 13 8 10 11 15 14 7
      Mathematics and statistics 3 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 2 5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 21 21 11 14 17 14 4 4 6 5
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 53 59 56 51 42 38 43 51 50 52
      Psychology 27 27 29 19 27 23 19 12 11 29
      Social sciences 22 33 31 26 19 24 25 34 34 48
    Engineering 92 92 88 64 60 72 65 64 61 62
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 14 15 14 8 12 8 8 7 11 13
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 12 11 5 5 4 8 7 8 11 10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 13 7 9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 17 20 15 9 9 16 11 5 4 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 26 26 32 25 24 23 23 25 24 21
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7 8 11 10 9 10 2 3 2 5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 12 11 8 4 2 7 14 3 2 0
  Health 44 34 43 34 44 43 53 44 47 60
    Clinical medicine 6 3 6 6 8 6 4 3 3 4
    Other health 38 31 37 28 36 37 49 41 44 56

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 1,847 1,758 1,721 1,713 1,762 1,801 1,789 2,002 2,036 2,055
  Fellowships 121 113 127 106 80 98 170 174 177 179
    Federal 61 52 52 36 20 30 63 38 68 70
    Institutional 1 3 17 19 7 5 16 47 41 44
    Nonfederal 59 58 58 51 53 63 91 89 68 65
  Research assistantships 665 682 622 555 585 557 515 550 581 577
    Federal 338 365 322 280 277 249 227 233 235 281
    Institutional 241 231 215 191 224 213 217 254 257 221
    Nonfederal 86 86 85 84 84 95 71 63 89 75
  Teaching assistantships 655 559 552 649 700 672 669 704 722 676
    Federal 5 3 4 1 0 2 0 0 2 3
    Institutional 642 545 548 644 693 662 665 702 717 670
    Nonfederal 8 11 0 4 7 8 4 2 3 3
  Other types of support 406 404 420 403 397 474 435 574 556 623
    Federal 17 14 30 13 32 32 6 41 12 11
    Institutional 35 29 40 45 44 87 66 78 52 48
    Nonfederal 36 26 23 22 33 29 14 54 67 73
    Personal resources 318 335 327 323 288 326 349 401 425 491

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 120 99 95 107 103 99 112 127 154 149
    Science 96 85 85 95 92 85 99 110 132 127
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 65 55 46 54 55 63 63 73 85 85
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 5 7 8 7 2 6 5 4 2
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
      Natural resources and conservation 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 8 7 9 13 13 10 20 22 23 25
      Psychology 11 12 21 19 13 6 6 3 5 5
      Social sciences 1 1 1 0 2 3 3 3 3 2
    Engineering 24 14 10 12 11 14 13 17 22 22
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 7 4 3 4 4 5 11 12 12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 4 4 3 7 5 7 5 0 0 0
  Health 53 59 67 63 71 75 76 63 95 116
    Clinical medicine 35 30 31 27 27 29 30 25 40 41
    Other health 18 29 36 36 44 46 46 38 55 75

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 95 94 100 98 95 87 86 96 140 158
  Science and engineering 74 66 57 62 59 50 52 69 86 85
    Science 63 59 52 58 56 46 45 59 72 75
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 41 37 29 32 35 33 30 46 50 54
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 1 3 4 4 1 1 0 2 1
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 7 5 7 10 11 9 11 9 17 15
      Psychology 9 10 12 11 5 1 2 1 3 4
      Social sciences 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
    Engineering 11 7 5 4 3 4 7 10 14 10
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 6 9 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 2 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
  Health 21 28 43 36 36 37 34 27 54 73
    Clinical medicine 16 16 19 17 13 13 8 7 20 22
    Other health 5 12 24 19 23 24 26 20 34 51

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 466,222 405,267 385,637 368,811 352,643 339,046 300,319 297,933 311,383 301,534
    Science 326,175 296,690 283,437 272,655 261,773 252,013 233,284 224,655 237,774 231,554
      Computer and information sciences 6,179 4,418 3,652 4,416 4,004 4,073 4,214 3,608 1,710 1,093
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 15,975 13,717 11,923 10,485 10,594 11,329 12,792 15,059 18,357 17,947
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 950 1,174 842 605 317 385 443 412 1,007 949
        Geological and earth sciences 15,025 12,543 11,081 8,718 9,211 10,123 11,400 14,366 16,983 16,755
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 549 299 225 283 197 142 243
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 613 767 596 666 84 225 0
      Life sciences 258,443 237,780 230,059 226,786 212,241 202,119 187,893 179,404 192,916 187,458
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 735 858 927 1,406 1,411 1,714 2,106
        Biological and biomedical sciences 46,438 46,127 46,912 62,277 62,491 58,052 61,354 61,766 72,257 72,547
        Health sciences 195,349 172,748 168,897 154,245 142,295 135,493 120,687 113,298 104,659 96,355
        Natural resources and conservation 3,261 3,357 1,779 8,906 5,670 6,981 977 234 0 0
        Life sciences nec 13,395 15,548 12,471 623 927 666 3,469 2,695 14,286 16,450
      Mathematics and statistics 751 682 543 672 999 1,166 1,425 1,593 1,652 823
      Physical sciences 19,261 16,123 15,492 7,502 8,686 8,845 12,224 11,159 15,690 17,069
        Astronomy and astrophysics 683 746 748 560 396 1,373 756 721 766 863
        Chemistry 13,643 11,717 11,480 4,499 5,932 4,670 6,746 6,451 11,562 12,461
        Materials science 0 0 0 333 68 209 52 0 0 0
        Physics 4,935 3,660 3,264 2,108 2,269 2,578 3,714 3,343 3,350 3,745
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 2 21 15 956 644 12 0
      Psychology 11,333 11,416 11,469 16,106 17,811 15,843 7,040 6,523 1,677 1,438
      Social sciences 2,220 2,768 1,918 6,450 7,043 7,991 5,894 5,222 3,574 3,236
        Anthropology 865 894 258 176 260 277 230 13 0 0
        Economics 436 292 384 367 288 1,109 1,384 962 417 673
        Political science and government 218 403 290 250 407 606 1,709 2,275 303 148
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 226 699 748 277 597 1,119 732 850 1,247 1,219
        Social sciences nec 475 480 238 5,380 5,491 4,880 1,839 1,122 1,607 1,196
      Sciences nec 12,013 9,786 8,381 238 395 647 1,802 2,087 2,198 2,490
    Engineering 25,610 22,075 21,363 19,830 20,869 17,481 17,856 17,001 19,992 19,632
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,517 2,269 1,379 896 1,057 748 1,071 1,074 1,570 2,418
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 19 5,398 4,556 2,023 1,829 1,574 2,790 2,835
      Chemical engineering 8,878 7,420 8,407 3,005 3,861 4,719 4,708 5,686 7,153 6,276
      Civil engineering 9,349 6,504 5,459 3,125 3,696 3,180 2,568 2,672 3,333 4,154
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,231 3,308 3,566 4,759 5,193 5,176 5,009 3,848 4,695 3,356
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,128 2,232 1,919 782 707 310 168 176 199 264
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 18 4 0 24 21 87 102
      Engineering nec 507 342 614 1,847 1,795 1,325 2,479 1,950 165 227
    Non-S&E 114,437 86,502 80,837 76,326 70,001 69,552 49,179 56,277 53,617 50,348
      Business management and business administration 1,594 1,210 1,015 311 148 19 72 62 634 462
      Communication and communications technologies 1,085 1,567 866 35 25 74 104 36 86 104
      Education 89,662 64,951 62,676 60,801 54,547 56,728 38,418 40,171 37,643 34,903
      Humanities 1,771 2,104 2,513 1,426 586 803 341 1,007 1,309 1,456
      Law 34 18 18 119 4 1 102 271 166 50
      Social work 18,065 15,433 12,905 12,160 10,195 9,123 7,382 13,499 13,603 13,055
      Visual and performing arts 847 342 112 26 280 636 891 328 169 176
      Non-S&E nec 1,379 877 732 1,448 4,216 2,168 1,869 903 7 142

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 466,222 211,111 44,851 152,432 30,988 13,436 13,404
    Science 326,175 155,283 6,607 113,706 28,877 9,716 11,986
      Computer and information sciences 6,179 4,542 0 1,404 79 84 70
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 15,975 7,241 688 7,220 186 600 40
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 950 649 39 225 0 36 1
        Geological and earth sciences 15,025 6,592 649 6,995 186 564 39
        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 258,443 121,051 5,093 85,923 27,577 8,052 10,747
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 46,438 30,775 703 12,675 382 745 1,158
        Health sciences 195,349 88,016 4,158 65,904 27,153 7,206 2,912
        Natural resources and conservation 3,261 2,260 232 594 42 101 32
        Life sciences nec 13,395 0 0 6,750 0 0 6,645
      Mathematics and statistics 751 575 0 136 0 39 1
      Physical sciences 19,261 13,648 389 4,254 847 40 83
        Astronomy and astrophysics 683 679 0 4 0 0 0
        Chemistry 13,643 9,418 377 2,914 847 5 82
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,935 3,551 12 1,336 0 35 1
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 11,333 6,847 420 2,808 46 772 440
      Social sciences 2,220 1,320 17 559 118 129 77
        Anthropology 865 474 17 291 0 53 30
        Economics 436 208 0 59 118 51 0
        Political science and government 218 157 0 43 0 18 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 226 140 0 41 0 0 45
        Social sciences nec 475 341 0 125 0 7 2
      Sciences nec 12,013 59 0 11,402 24 0 528
    Engineering 25,610 15,825 999 4,859 2,106 648 1,173
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,517 1,798 0 717 0 2 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 8,878 4,468 150 1,816 1,615 70 759
      Civil engineering 9,349 5,681 810 1,720 310 570 258
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,231 2,226 0 5 0 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,128 1,652 39 221 181 6 29
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 507 0 0 380 0 0 127
    Non-S&E 114,437 40,003 37,245 33,867 5 3,072 245
      Business management and business administration 1,594 317 0 1,222 0 0 55
      Communication and communications technologies 1,085 660 0 367 1 17 40
      Education 89,662 23,649 35,312 28,313 0 2,373 15
      Humanities 1,771 879 0 754 0 67 71
      Law 34 0 0 22 0 12 0
      Social work 18,065 13,384 1,933 2,252 0 496 0
      Visual and performing arts 847 425 0 349 0 17 56
      Non-S&E nec 1,379 689 0 588 4 90 8

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 211,111 200,117 187,249 185,007 169,694 155,147 148,178 140,002 155,835 165,442
  DOD 8,006 7,049 7,043 7,246 6,412 5,877 6,466 6,958 6,928 6,541
  DOE 6,051 4,572 4,326 4,046 3,816 2,961 4,203 4,760 4,848 4,305
  HHS 134,942 131,767 129,732 124,882 113,725 101,731 91,813 88,324 98,287 97,741
  NASA 2,357 2,955 2,395 1,838 2,364 2,711 4,069 3,426 3,245 2,995
  NSF 28,554 25,253 19,377 18,369 18,954 18,804 21,370 19,904 19,008 22,267
  USDA 819 648 377 849 686 560 667 1,373 51 1,462
  Other 30,382 27,873 23,999 27,777 23,737 22,503 19,590 15,257 23,468 30,131

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 5,267 943 4,324 .
2018 5,187 871 4,316 .
2017 4,727 806 3,921 .

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 956 928 1,132 1,183 894
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 271 257 417 474 291
    Computer and information sciences 13 13 13 10 11
    Engineering 114 113 107 79 86
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 63 63 65 34 69
    Health sciences 308 308 326 326 320
    Mathematics and statistics 8 8 10 11 16
    Natural resources and conservation 22 22 24 21 16
    Physical sciences 91 89 114 161 72
    Psychology 34 24 23 45 5
    Social sciences 29 27 31 21 5
    Other 2 2 2 2 2

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 1,000 3,621 1,286 5,992 103,470
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 3,621 0 0 50,847
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 1,286 5,079 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 913 0
    Physical sciences 1,000 0 0 0 52,623

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 1,173 7,422 4,124 4,318 5,099
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 1,173 3,616 1,749 1,886 3,952
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 422 481 1,117 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 1,981 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 307 0 0 1,147
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 398 865 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 548 1,000 450 0
    Social sciences 0 548 496 0 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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