U. Kentucky

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
2024 65 86.2 459 91 85.9 631 67 92.9 925
2023 62 86.8 459 90 87 679 63 93.2 911 20 96.9 602
2022 63 86.5 457 84 87.9 680 61 93.4 900
2021 51 88.9 447 81 88.5 691 64 93.1 908 13 98 583
2020 52 88.8 450 69 90.3 698 63 93.3 916
2019 57 87.6 447 72 89.9 697 63 93.3 914 14 97.8 589
2018 66 84.9 428 75 89.5 700 62 93.4 911
2017 64 85.3 425 71 89.8 684 62 93.3 898 14 97.8 575
2016 62 85.9 430 66 90.8 697 64 93 896
2015 66 84.9 426 68 90.4 693 67 92.7 898 16 97.4 570
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: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 295 312 305 324 332 322 285 305 299 288
  Science and engineering 225 232 230 224 241 251 223 205 216 214
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 15 13 16 15 21 21 25 14 12 13
      Agricultural sciences 15 12 16 14 21 21 24 14 12 12
      Natural resources and conservation . 1 . 1 . . 1 . . 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 62 57 48 43 40 42 48 49 48 45
      Biochemistry and biophysics 10 7 9 7 6 5 7 8 4 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 3 6 6 2 2 . 3 4 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 3 . 2 2 4 3 . 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 2 1 4 . . 1 . 4 4
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 8 5 7 4 4 6 4 3 2
      Genetics and genomics 1 . 1 . . 1 3 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology 5 4 4 2 6 3 5 1 3 3
      Molecular biology 1 2 2 2 . 2 2 2 1 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 6 1 3 4 3 6 5 10 2
      Pharmacology and toxicology 4 2 1 2 2 7 5 3 4 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 9 7 9 6 4 5 4 7 6 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 17 16 6 4 10 8 5 12 9 12
    Computer and information sciences 7 14 11 7 12 8 1 9 11 10
      Computer science 5 10 10 6 11 7 1 9 10 9
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 4 1 1 1 1 . . 1 1
    Engineering 37 40 35 42 43 50 33 27 43 47
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 2 . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4 5 1 6 6 2 4 1 5 9
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 7 4 3 10 10 7 5 6 7 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 4 5 5 5 4 9 3 7 7 5
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 10 4 8 6 10 4 4 4 11
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . 2 1
      Materials and mining engineering 5 5 6 2 6 9 2 5 5 5
      Mechanical engineering 1 7 13 6 7 9 10 2 7 6
      Engineering, other 8 2 3 5 4 4 5 2 6 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 1
      Geological sciences 2 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . . 1 . . . 1 .
    Health sciences 23 27 28 34 41 28 32 28 23 25
      Nursing science 1 3 4 5 10 4 6 9 8 5
      Pharmaceutical sciences 3 13 7 9 10 7 12 8 5 8
      Public health 1 . 2 . 1 3 . 2 . 2
      Health sciences, other 18 11 15 20 20 14 14 9 10 10
    Mathematics and statistics 26 11 16 14 19 15 12 21 13 12
      Applied mathematics 1 2 . 1 . 4 1 1 2 2
      Mathematics 3 . 4 4 7 1 2 6 2 7
      Statistics 10 2 6 7 4 4 4 4 3 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 12 7 6 2 8 6 5 10 6 3
    Physical sciences 19 31 24 24 13 22 26 18 13 15
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 7 3 3 . 3 . 2 1 2
      Chemistry 11 14 14 10 7 11 16 11 6 5
      Physics 4 10 7 11 6 8 10 5 6 8
    Psychology 17 13 19 15 21 27 20 15 22 21
      Clinical psychology 5 7 5 7 5 6 6 6 8 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 7 2 7 3 4 5 3 3 3 10
      Research and experimental psychology 5 3 4 4 8 12 5 5 7 3
      Psychology, other . 1 3 1 4 4 6 1 4 2
    Social sciences 17 24 32 29 28 34 25 23 29 25
      Anthropology . 1 9 9 4 7 5 3 1 2
      Economics 2 4 6 3 11 5 7 4 6 3
      Political science and government 7 5 2 4 2 2 5 1 4 4
      Public policy analysis 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 4 2 4 1 6 3 3 4 7
      Social sciences, other 3 9 12 8 8 12 4 10 13 7
  Non-science and engineering 70 80 75 100 91 71 62 100 83 74
    Business 5 9 5 3 5 8 6 7 4 11
      Business 5 9 5 3 5 8 6 7 4 11
    Education 37 41 33 50 31 34 21 56 31 33
      Education leadership and administration 12 11 12 10 10 10 5 14 9 3
      Education research 16 21 11 29 13 13 13 32 13 25
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 6 7 8 6 9 3 9 4 5
      Education, other 3 3 3 3 2 2 . 1 5 .
    Humanities and arts 21 22 20 27 39 14 22 24 38 17
      Letters 6 5 3 4 12 4 8 5 12 6
      Foreign languages and literature 4 8 3 4 2 4 2 3 6 3
      History 5 3 1 7 3 . 7 6 7 3
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 3 4 3 4 2 3 6 5 2
      Music and performing arts . 3 9 8 16 3 1 4 3 3
      Humanities and arts, other 3 . . 1 2 1 1 . 5 .
    Other non-science and engineering 7 8 17 20 16 15 13 13 10 13
      Communication 4 5 12 7 9 6 5 5 7 10
      Public administration and social services 3 3 4 10 5 8 8 8 2 1
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 1 3 2 1 . . 1 2

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 1,253 1,327 1,355 1,381 1,442 1,403 1,348 1,373 1,485 1,464
    Hispanic or Latino 75 83 75 75 82 81 64 59 56 59
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,132 1,182 1,193 1,214 1,255 1,221 1,194 1,224 1,334 1,287
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 6 8 5
      Asian 58 53 62 50 59 67 63 46 49 57
      Black or African American 79 102 96 95 97 74 62 73 68 73
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
      White 953 979 993 1,030 1,058 1,040 1,034 1,068 1,180 1,125
      More than one race 39 45 39 38 40 36 31 30 29 27
    Unknown ethnicity and race 46 62 87 92 105 101 90 90 95 118
  Temporary visa holders 627 591 563 572 537 613 626 620 685 698
  Science and engineering 1,598 1,608 1,624 1,660 1,679 1,683 1,645 1,597 1,778 1,837
    Science 1,280 1,281 1,314 1,325 1,365 1,361 1,320 1,281 1,403 1,470
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 86 76 88 90 89 79 91 99 90 113
      Biological and biomedical sciences 353 352 351 346 352 354 327 284 368 316
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 42
      Computer and information sciences 69 54 58 64 70 78 79 76 76 73
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 35
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 26 24 33 29 26 32 35 31 39 35
      Mathematics and statistics 148 150 144 145 167 170 120 113 116 121
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 14 11 12 16 10 7 9 11 13 13
      Natural resources and conservation 15 20 24 19 16 13 19 19 0 0
      Physical sciences 179 178 193 206 182 194 184 176 186 166
      Psychology 181 196 193 181 188 150 152 155 41 159
      Social sciences 209 220 218 229 265 284 304 317 396 397
    Engineering 318 327 310 335 314 322 325 316 375 367
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 12 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 25 29 35 32 28 22 24 20 27 33
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 36 37 32 30 30 33 44 43 34 39
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 43 49 38 42 42 48 55 50 58 58
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 55 57 49 54 50 51 53 55 54 53
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 1 0 6 7 12 10 6 6 3
      Mechanical engineering 84 78 87 94 90 90 77 77 89 79
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 39 42 43 49 45 36 42 45 21 29
      Other engineering 20 23 23 28 22 30 20 20 86 73
    Health 282 310 294 293 300 333 329 396 392 325
      Clinical medicine 66 74 74 63 76 68 56 75 74 100
      Other health 216 236 220 230 224 265 273 321 318 225

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 269 252 286 303 259 241 243 231 293 183
    Hispanic or Latino 14 9 6 10 8 4 8 10 6 5
    Not Hispanic or Latino 243 226 260 274 231 228 219 209 258 165
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2
      Asian 11 15 19 21 17 17 11 12 17 10
      Black or African American 8 8 17 20 15 13 9 7 10 5
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      White 212 196 215 221 192 194 190 185 225 146
      More than one race 10 6 8 12 7 3 7 4 6 2
    Unknown ethnicity and race 12 17 20 19 20 9 16 12 29 13
  Temporary visa holders 17 9 15 21 11 10 18 16 23 29
  Science and engineering 211 191 216 226 199 187 195 166 230 160
    Science 159 152 178 189 155 145 147 106 174 114
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 13 16 12 7 9 13 10 9 17 9
      Biological and biomedical sciences 43 37 42 37 36 30 29 21 28 21
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12
      Computer and information sciences 10 11 14 16 16 20 17 20 22 18
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 0
      Mathematics and statistics 19 14 34 48 30 34 21 16 8 4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 6 6 5 1 3 4 5 6 5
      Natural resources and conservation 21 21 17 14 5 1 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 7 12 7 9 7 5 9 4 3 8
      Psychology 5 4 6 3 2 1 10 4 14 3
      Social sciences 31 27 37 48 46 36 44 25 60 30
    Engineering 52 39 38 37 44 42 48 60 56 46
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 6 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 9 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 8 7 2 7 9 6 7 12 14 13
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 15 13 14 15 13 14 13 13 12 8
      Mechanical engineering 5 4 5 5 8 6 7 15 7 6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 5 4 4 2 1 2 6 3 1 1
      Other engineering 3 2 4 0 5 6 5 7 6 3
    Health 75 70 85 98 71 64 66 81 86 52
      Clinical medicine 48 50 56 56 31 25 31 39 26 25
      Other health 27 20 29 42 40 39 35 42 60 27

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 434 446 441 499 432 408 356 275 172 208
  Science and engineering 390 389 396 443 391 361 314 245 151 188
    Science 278 260 286 302 285 260 236 185 121 148
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 23 19 30 23 31 28 25 17 7 8
      Biological and biomedical sciences 152 148 139 138 125 118 99 59 67 67
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Computer and information sciences 17 8 11 15 17 11 21 23 7 10
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 3 4 1 5 3 2 5 2 5
      Mathematics and statistics 4 3 4 10 2 6 5 4 1 5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 3 2 5 7 4 4 5 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 32 32 39 46 45 42 37 36 33 29
      Psychology 33 34 42 42 40 33 19 17 2 16
      Social sciences 11 11 11 19 16 15 23 24 2 7
    Engineering 112 129 110 141 106 101 78 60 30 40
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 13 16 16 17 11 5 4 4 3 5
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 10 8 12 13 13 22 18 10 8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 3 2 6 4 3 0 2 2 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 18 21 18 21 9 13 6 9 6 7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 34 37 27 36 34 24 12 16 3 12
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 20 23 19 27 21 16 18 10 4 5
      Other engineering 12 15 18 21 14 25 14 1 2 1
    Health 44 57 45 56 41 47 42 30 21 20
      Clinical medicine 2 14 1 6 1 9 2 4 3 0
      Other health 42 43 44 50 40 38 40 26 18 20

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 1,880 1,918 1,918 1,953 1,979 2,016 1,974 1,993 2,170 2,162
  Fellowships 163 134 153 174 166 156 156 117 135 161
    Federal 90 72 81 102 91 76 54 36 40 41
    Institutional 70 62 69 70 72 74 100 74 93 117
    Nonfederal 3 0 3 2 3 6 2 7 2 3
  Research assistantships 674 677 663 691 676 709 647 712 557 616
    Federal 334 324 330 348 315 303 285 224 122 167
    Institutional 252 279 255 273 274 332 275 395 435 445
    Nonfederal 88 74 78 70 87 74 87 93 0 4
  Teaching assistantships 521 522 520 514 509 564 522 516 545 663
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
    Institutional 521 522 520 514 509 561 522 516 544 663
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 522 585 582 574 628 587 649 648 933 722
    Federal 10 50 30 49 26 28 17 15 9 0
    Institutional 115 129 153 120 138 126 149 118 452 36
    Nonfederal 14 24 14 17 23 27 36 38 38 0
    Personal resources 383 382 385 388 441 406 447 477 434 686

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 202 208 200 226 225 192 228 163 161 132
    Science 186 188 178 196 202 180 211 148 141 118
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 27 25 23 23 28 15 17 13 0 15
      Biological and biomedical sciences 136 123 111 129 136 124 141 106 88 51
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 6 6
      Mathematics and statistics 3 5 10 2 2 4 4 2 4 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 11 19 21 24 22 20 31 23 27 33
      Psychology 1 2 3 8 8 7 5 1 6 6
      Social sciences 6 10 9 9 4 5 6 3 6 2
    Engineering 16 20 22 30 23 12 17 15 20 14
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 5 3 5 3 1 2 2 4 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 5 5 8 9 2 5 4 6 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 4 6 9 4 5 3 2 2 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 3 3 0
      Other engineering 1 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 2
    Health 21 24 21 21 29 31 33 21 72 89
      Clinical medicine 5 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 50 48
      Other health 16 16 20 19 26 31 33 21 22 41

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 117 119 122 152 141 124 144 113 114 1
  Science and engineering 105 108 112 137 125 106 129 102 98 1
    Science 95 98 102 118 115 101 122 96 85 1
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 10 11 10 11 9 6 7 7 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 77 72 74 85 88 77 94 73 54 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 5 11 17 19 17 14 19 15 19 0
      Psychology 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 6 0
      Social sciences 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0
    Engineering 10 10 10 19 10 5 7 6 13 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 3 2 5 3 0 0 0 3 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 1 3 4 3 2 2 3 2 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 2 3 5 1 3 1 0 2 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 3 0
      Other engineering 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
    Health 12 11 10 15 16 18 15 11 16 0
      Clinical medicine 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 9 7 10 13 16 18 15 11 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

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 527,658 504,005 476,517 429,241 417,674 410,581 393,034 378,374 349,661 331,705
    Science 440,578 426,510 402,070 366,439 359,155 347,641 335,152 322,518 289,529 276,606
      Computer and information sciences 5,595 5,019 5,913 4,011 4,054 3,165 3,138 2,997 2,890 2,149
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,368 3,438 2,948 3,356 2,966 2,331 2,385 2,608 2,672 2,332
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,368 3,438 2,948 3,356 2,966 2,331 2,385 2,608 2,672 2,332
        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 394,244 381,193 352,400 323,030 322,077 314,547 294,776 275,761 250,625 232,829
        Agricultural sciences 62,469 66,265 61,281 63,522 69,756 62,898 68,360 62,780 62,745 59,511
        Biological and biomedical sciences 233,442 216,881 204,821 181,729 175,026 178,030 161,764 142,104 133,389 56,694
        Health sciences 98,333 98,047 86,296 77,779 77,295 73,619 64,652 70,791 54,379 109,868
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 86 112 6,756
      Mathematics and statistics 1,570 1,448 1,582 1,512 1,336 1,685 809 903 828 1,096
      Physical sciences 7,951 8,370 9,118 8,722 8,553 8,173 7,069 7,525 8,254 7,163
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 4,513 4,968 5,609 5,598 4,802 5,236 4,703 4,092 3,934 3,562
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,438 3,402 3,509 3,124 3,751 2,937 2,366 3,433 4,320 3,601
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,972 6,526 5,066 4,185 3,537 4,047 4,110 4,542 5,017 10,568
      Social sciences 5,458 6,340 5,072 4,075 3,696 765 1,659 1,348 1,556 8,205
        Anthropology 204 147 119 59 56 108 201 208 376 0
        Economics 3,589 4,088 3,160 2,661 2,527 0 8 0 0 4,353
        Political science and government 98 82 256 168 92 82 413 125 59 1,233
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,370 1,589 1,151 636 559 92 263 279 265 1,273
        Social sciences nec 197 434 386 551 462 483 774 736 856 1,346
      Sciences nec 15,420 14,176 19,971 17,548 12,936 12,928 21,206 26,834 17,687 12,264
    Engineering 67,561 62,529 61,287 52,361 46,976 50,743 47,821 45,416 50,766 48,952
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 548 1,169 2,449 3,595 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3,055 2,820 3,028 2,522 1,756 909 1,112 1,342 953 1,127
      Chemical engineering 3,078 2,943 3,262 3,360 3,512 4,707 4,298 4,127 3,526 1,499
      Civil engineering 13,714 13,599 11,874 10,230 8,775 10,129 9,928 9,947 10,354 11,708
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,964 3,093 2,243 2,366 2,510 1,746 1,399 2,061 2,077 1,886
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,727 1,805 1,109 809 206 295 641 595 337 0
      Mechanical engineering 6,824 6,512 5,732 3,834 3,462 2,565 1,348 3,628 4,611 3,795
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,624 3,136 5,093 4,508 4,557 5,275 4,252 2,817 2,632 2,901
      Engineering nec 30,575 28,621 28,946 24,184 21,029 22,668 21,248 20,899 26,276 26,036
    Non-S&E 19,519 14,966 13,160 10,441 11,543 12,197 10,061 10,440 9,366 6,147
      Business management and business administration 3,727 4,124 3,551 3,829 4,446 3,838 3,169 2,704 2,574 1,022
      Communication and communications technologies 355 361 370 115 320 205 183 231 242 379
      Education 2,240 1,303 1,057 684 792 921 1,039 1,445 1,446 901
      Humanities 3,090 1,948 1,492 647 330 234 120 305 310 655
      Law 21 45 124 240 74 61 78 23 4 88
      Social work 4,518 1,938 1,854 749 1,454 1,197 1,132 1,226 360 1,055
      Visual and performing arts 959 930 697 578 602 638 556 542 642 661
      Non-S&E nec 4,609 4,317 4,015 3,599 3,525 5,103 3,784 3,964 3,788 1,386

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 527,658 273,724 31,173 172,167 11,497 12,298 26,799
    Science 440,578 225,259 25,635 145,692 9,208 11,532 23,252
      Computer and information sciences 5,595 2,925 0 2,016 40 560 54
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,368 1,895 39 1,269 97 60 8
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,368 1,895 39 1,269 97 60 8
        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 394,244 203,942 24,645 123,285 9,071 10,539 22,762
        Agricultural sciences 62,469 13,260 16,029 26,855 411 1,736 4,178
        Biological and biomedical sciences 233,442 123,514 6,635 71,852 8,524 7,457 15,460
        Health sciences 98,333 67,168 1,981 24,578 136 1,346 3,124
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,570 1,172 8 259 0 102 29
      Physical sciences 7,951 6,234 223 1,146 0 164 184
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 4,513 3,285 223 765 0 137 103
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,438 2,949 0 381 0 27 81
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,972 5,902 0 1,013 0 54 3
      Social sciences 5,458 2,679 720 1,818 0 53 188
        Anthropology 204 32 0 119 0 43 10
        Economics 3,589 1,262 720 1,475 0 0 132
        Political science and government 98 64 0 34 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,370 1,283 0 87 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 197 38 0 103 0 10 46
      Sciences nec 15,420 510 0 14,886 0 0 24
    Engineering 67,561 41,051 4,796 17,751 2,289 445 1,229
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3,055 2,567 0 330 10 19 129
      Chemical engineering 3,078 2,013 6 670 283 54 52
      Civil engineering 13,714 7,666 1,873 3,877 0 50 248
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,964 2,932 146 313 553 7 13
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,727 2,512 0 213 0 0 2
      Mechanical engineering 6,824 4,995 396 992 178 0 263
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,624 2,468 0 612 16 244 284
      Engineering nec 30,575 15,898 2,375 10,744 1,249 71 238
    Non-S&E 19,519 7,414 742 8,724 0 321 2,318
      Business management and business administration 3,727 855 441 1,684 0 0 747
      Communication and communications technologies 355 80 0 266 0 0 9
      Education 2,240 1,385 1 800 0 10 44
      Humanities 3,090 68 0 2,324 0 35 663
      Law 21 0 0 20 0 0 1
      Social work 4,518 3,366 0 1,056 0 35 61
      Visual and performing arts 959 0 0 314 0 85 560
      Non-S&E nec 4,609 1,660 300 2,260 0 156 233

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 273,724 265,543 253,852 220,703 200,664 192,945 171,672 171,323 154,559 146,548
  DOD 14,728 14,714 11,889 8,186 7,198 5,902 5,574 5,547 3,352 2,615
  DOE 11,419 10,455 13,364 13,008 11,563 11,548 8,074 5,682 7,767 5,822
  HHS 197,850 191,087 180,292 158,314 142,692 135,877 119,953 117,411 100,626 99,377
  NASA 2,490 2,597 2,553 2,327 1,662 1,733 1,280 1,460 2,101 1,984
  NSF 21,012 20,442 19,130 16,540 15,661 15,733 14,200 21,216 15,972 13,093
  USDA 14,725 16,487 14,045 12,511 13,226 13,762 14,186 11,713 14,578 12,636
  Other 11,500 9,761 12,579 9,817 8,662 8,390 8,405 8,294 10,163 11,021

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 6,179 1,656 4,523 .
2018 6,106 1,638 4,468 .

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 2,690 2,914 2,859 3,088 2,838
    Agricultural sciences 866 1,021 953 870 821
    Biological and biomedical sciences 667 567 588 578 455
    Computer and information sciences 9 17 10 35 39
    Engineering 342 403 406 428 395
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 98 98 114 119 105
    Health sciences 524 631 626 815 801
    Mathematics and statistics 5 5 5 10 10
    Natural resources and conservation 23 24 29 20 17
    Physical sciences 115 96 73 136 125
    Psychology 21 24 23 33 28
    Social sciences 20 29 33 44 42
    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

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 352,600 10,000 0 1,480 177,800
    Agricultural sciences 176,000 10,000 0 1,480 2,800
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 26,600 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 150,000 0 0 0 175,000
    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 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 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 28,228 40,659 6,038 2,290 3,037
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 1,507 1,411 545
    Biological and biomedical sciences 9,276 32,000 1,558 879 349
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 6,250 8,659 591 0 755
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 5,876 0 1,881 0 1,389
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 502 0 0
    Physical sciences 6,826 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 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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