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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