U. Kentucky

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 62 86.8 459 90 87 679 20 96.9 602 63 93.3 914
2022 63 86.5 457 84 87.9 680 61 93.4 900
2021 51 88.9 447 81 88.5 691 13 98 583 64 93.1 908
2020 52 88.8 450 69 90.3 698 63 93.3 916
2019 57 87.6 447 72 89.9 697 14 97.8 589 63 93.3 914
2018 66 84.9 428 75 89.5 700 62 93.4 911
2017 64 85.3 425 71 89.8 684 14 97.8 575 62 93.3 898
2016 62 85.9 430 66 90.8 697 64 93 896
2015 66 84.9 426 68 90.4 693 16 97.4 570 67 92.7 898
2014 54 87.5 422 59 91.6 688 68 92.5 889
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 312 305 324 332 322 285 305 299 288 319
  Science and engineering 232 230 224 241 251 223 205 216 214 241
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 13 16 15 21 21 25 14 12 13 23
      Agricultural sciences 12 16 14 21 21 24 14 12 12 23
      Natural resources and conservation 1 . 1 . . 1 . . 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 57 48 43 40 42 48 49 48 45 54
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 9 7 6 5 7 8 4 9 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 6 6 2 2 . 3 4 1 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 3 . 2 2 4 3 . 2 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 1 4 . . 1 . 4 4 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 8 5 7 4 4 6 4 3 2 2
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . . 1 3 1 . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 4 4 2 6 3 5 1 3 3 7
      Molecular biology 2 2 2 . 2 2 2 1 1 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 1 3 4 3 6 5 10 2 11
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 1 2 2 7 5 3 4 2 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 7 9 6 4 5 4 7 6 7 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 16 6 4 10 8 5 12 9 12 10
    Computer and information sciences 14 11 7 12 8 1 9 11 10 9
      Computer science 10 10 6 11 7 1 9 10 9 9
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 1 1 1 1 . . 1 1 .
    Engineering 40 35 42 43 50 33 27 43 47 37
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5 1 6 6 2 4 1 5 9 6
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 4 3 10 10 7 5 6 7 7 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 5 5 4 9 3 7 7 5 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 10 4 8 6 10 4 4 4 11 6
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . . . . 2 1 .
      Materials and mining engineering 5 6 2 6 9 2 5 5 5 6
      Mechanical engineering 7 13 6 7 9 10 2 7 6 7
      Engineering, other 2 3 5 4 4 5 2 6 3 7
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 1 2
      Geological sciences 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . 1 . . . 1 . .
    Health sciences 27 28 34 41 28 32 28 23 25 28
      Nursing science 3 4 5 10 4 6 9 8 5 2
      Pharmaceutical sciences 13 7 9 10 7 12 8 5 8 13
      Public health . 2 . 1 3 . 2 . 2 .
      Health sciences, other 11 15 20 20 14 14 9 10 10 13
    Mathematics and statistics 11 16 14 19 15 12 21 13 12 13
      Applied mathematics 2 . 1 . 4 1 1 2 2 .
      Mathematics . 4 4 7 1 2 6 2 7 10
      Statistics 2 6 7 4 4 4 4 3 . 3
      Mathematics and statistics, other 7 6 2 8 6 5 10 6 3 .
    Physical sciences 31 24 24 13 22 26 18 13 15 24
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 3 3 . 3 . 2 1 2 1
      Chemistry 14 14 10 7 11 16 11 6 5 16
      Physics 10 7 11 6 8 10 5 6 8 7
    Psychology 13 19 15 21 27 20 15 22 21 21
      Clinical psychology 7 5 7 5 6 6 6 8 6 5
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 7 3 4 5 3 3 3 10 5
      Research and experimental psychology 3 4 4 8 12 5 5 7 3 9
      Psychology, other 1 3 1 4 4 6 1 4 2 2
    Social sciences 24 32 29 28 34 25 23 29 25 30
      Anthropology 1 9 9 4 7 5 3 1 2 5
      Economics 4 6 3 11 5 7 4 6 3 4
      Political science and government 5 2 4 2 2 5 1 4 4 1
      Public policy analysis 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 5
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 2 4 1 6 3 3 4 7 3
      Social sciences, other 9 12 8 8 12 4 10 13 7 12
  Non-science and engineering 80 75 100 91 71 62 100 83 74 78
    Business 9 5 3 5 8 6 7 4 11 7
      Business 9 5 3 5 8 6 7 4 11 7
    Education 41 33 50 31 34 21 56 31 33 26
      Education leadership and administration 11 12 10 10 10 5 14 9 3 2
      Education research 21 11 29 13 13 13 32 13 25 20
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 7 8 6 9 3 9 4 5 3
      Education, other 3 3 3 2 2 . 1 5 . 1
    Humanities and arts 22 20 27 39 14 22 24 38 17 31
      Letters 5 3 4 12 4 8 5 12 6 8
      Foreign languages and literature 8 3 4 2 4 2 3 6 3 7
      History 3 1 7 3 . 7 6 7 3 12
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 4 3 4 2 3 6 5 2 1
      Music and performing arts 3 9 8 16 3 1 4 3 3 3
      Humanities and arts, other . . 1 2 1 1 . 5 . .
    Other non-science and engineering 8 17 20 16 15 13 13 10 13 14
      Communication 5 12 7 9 6 5 5 7 10 10
      Public administration and social services 3 4 10 5 8 8 8 2 1 3
      Non-science and engineering, other . 1 3 2 1 . . 1 2 1

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 921 934 964 980 1,027 1,029 1,051 1,145 1,125 1,183
    Female 997 984 989 999 989 945 942 1,025 1,037 1,118
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,327 1,355 1,381 1,442 1,403 1,348 1,373 1,485 1,464 1,529
    Hispanic or Latino 83 75 75 82 81 64 59 56 59 58
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,182 1,193 1,214 1,255 1,221 1,194 1,224 1,334 1,287 1,365
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 2 1 1 3 3 6 8 5 4
      Asian 53 62 50 59 67 63 46 49 57 64
      Black or African American 102 96 95 97 74 62 73 68 73 75
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
      White 979 993 1,030 1,058 1,040 1,034 1,068 1,180 1,125 1,195
      More than one race 45 39 38 40 36 31 30 29 27 27
    Unknown ethnicity and race 62 87 92 105 101 90 90 95 118 106
  Temporary visa holders 591 563 572 537 613 626 620 685 698 772
  Science and engineering 1,608 1,624 1,660 1,679 1,683 1,645 1,597 1,778 1,837 1,954
    Science 1,281 1,314 1,325 1,365 1,361 1,320 1,281 1,403 1,470 1,555
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 76 88 90 89 79 91 99 90 113 108
      Biological and biomedical sciences 352 351 346 352 354 327 284 368 316 331
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 42 47
      Computer and information sciences 54 58 64 70 78 79 76 76 73 83
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 35 56
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 24 33 29 26 32 35 31 39 35 42
      Mathematics and statistics 150 144 145 167 170 120 113 116 121 127
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 11 12 16 10 7 9 11 13 13 11
      Natural resources and conservation 20 24 19 16 13 19 19 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 178 193 206 182 194 184 176 186 166 150
      Psychology 196 193 181 188 150 152 155 41 159 180
      Social sciences 220 218 229 265 284 304 317 396 397 420
    Engineering 327 310 335 314 322 325 316 375 367 399
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 29 35 32 28 22 24 20 27 33 46
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 37 32 30 30 33 44 43 34 39 60
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 49 38 42 42 48 55 50 58 58 50
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 57 49 54 50 51 53 55 54 53 70
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 0 6 7 12 10 6 6 3 0
      Mechanical engineering 78 87 94 90 90 77 77 89 79 75
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 42 43 49 45 36 42 45 21 29 27
      Other engineering 23 23 28 22 30 20 20 86 73 71
  Health 310 294 293 300 333 329 396 392 325 347
    Clinical medicine 74 74 63 76 68 56 75 74 100 106
    Other health 236 220 230 224 265 273 321 318 225 241

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 133 142 170 153 136 143 141 181 114 130
    Female 128 159 154 117 115 118 106 135 98 108
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 252 286 303 259 241 243 231 293 183 213
    Hispanic or Latino 9 6 10 8 4 8 10 6 5 8
    Not Hispanic or Latino 226 260 274 231 228 219 209 258 165 194
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1
      Asian 15 19 21 17 17 11 12 17 10 11
      Black or African American 8 17 20 15 13 9 7 10 5 9
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      White 196 215 221 192 194 190 185 225 146 169
      More than one race 6 8 12 7 3 7 4 6 2 4
    Unknown ethnicity and race 17 20 19 20 9 16 12 29 13 11
  Temporary visa holders 9 15 21 11 10 18 16 23 29 25
  Science and engineering 191 216 226 199 187 195 166 230 160 202
    Science 152 178 189 155 145 147 106 174 114 143
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 16 12 7 9 13 10 9 17 9 20
      Biological and biomedical sciences 37 42 37 36 30 29 21 28 21 34
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 15
      Computer and information sciences 11 14 16 16 20 17 20 22 18 13
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 11
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 0 1
      Mathematics and statistics 14 34 48 30 34 21 16 8 4 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 6 5 1 3 4 5 6 5 5
      Natural resources and conservation 21 17 14 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 12 7 9 7 5 9 4 3 8 5
      Psychology 4 6 3 2 1 10 4 14 3 5
      Social sciences 27 37 48 46 36 44 25 60 30 31
    Engineering 39 38 37 44 42 48 60 56 46 59
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 6 6 8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 9 11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 7 2 7 9 6 7 12 14 13 16
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 13 14 15 13 14 13 13 12 8 0
      Mechanical engineering 4 5 5 8 6 7 15 7 6 15
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 4 4 2 1 2 6 3 1 1 3
      Other engineering 2 4 0 5 6 5 7 6 3 6
  Health 70 85 98 71 64 66 81 86 52 36
    Clinical medicine 50 56 56 31 25 31 39 26 25 33
    Other health 20 29 42 40 39 35 42 60 27 3

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 446 441 499 432 408 356 275 172 208 313
  Science and engineering 389 396 443 391 361 314 245 151 188 281
    Science 260 286 302 285 260 236 185 121 148 203
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 19 30 23 31 28 25 17 7 8 12
      Biological and biomedical sciences 148 139 138 125 118 99 59 67 67 101
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 8 11 15 17 11 21 23 7 10 12
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 4 1 5 3 2 5 2 5 6
      Mathematics and statistics 3 4 10 2 6 5 4 1 5 4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Natural resources and conservation 2 5 7 4 4 5 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 32 39 46 45 42 37 36 33 29 34
      Psychology 34 42 42 40 33 19 17 2 16 29
      Social sciences 11 11 19 16 15 23 24 2 7 4
    Engineering 129 110 141 106 101 78 60 30 40 78
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 16 16 17 11 5 4 4 3 5 12
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 10 8 12 13 13 22 18 10 8 28
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 2 6 4 3 0 2 2 2 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 21 18 21 9 13 6 9 6 7 12
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 37 27 36 34 24 12 16 3 12 10
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 23 19 27 21 16 18 10 4 5 7
      Other engineering 15 18 21 14 25 14 1 2 1 8
  Health 57 45 56 41 47 42 30 21 20 32
    Clinical medicine 14 1 6 1 9 2 4 3 0 3
    Other health 43 44 50 40 38 40 26 18 20 29

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 1,918 1,918 1,953 1,979 2,016 1,974 1,993 2,170 2,162 2,301
  Fellowships 134 153 174 166 156 156 117 135 161 178
    Federal 72 81 102 91 76 54 36 40 41 49
    Institutional 62 69 70 72 74 100 74 93 117 118
    Nonfederal 0 3 2 3 6 2 7 2 3 11
  Research assistantships 677 663 691 676 709 647 712 557 616 658
    Federal 324 330 348 315 303 285 224 122 167 261
    Institutional 279 255 273 274 332 275 395 435 445 306
    Nonfederal 74 78 70 87 74 87 93 0 4 91
  Teaching assistantships 522 520 514 509 564 522 516 545 663 583
    Federal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
    Institutional 522 520 514 509 561 522 516 544 663 579
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
  Other types of support 585 582 574 628 587 649 648 933 722 882
    Federal 50 30 49 26 28 17 15 9 0 1
    Institutional 129 153 120 138 126 149 118 452 36 29
    Nonfederal 24 14 17 23 27 36 38 38 0 3
    Personal resources 382 385 388 441 406 447 477 434 686 849

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 208 200 226 225 192 228 163 161 132 99
    Science 188 178 196 202 180 211 148 141 118 90
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 25 23 23 28 15 17 13 0 15 18
      Biological and biomedical sciences 123 111 129 136 124 141 106 88 51 34
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 6 6 11
      Mathematics and statistics 5 10 2 2 4 4 2 4 3 4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Natural resources and conservation 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 19 21 24 22 20 31 23 27 33 19
      Psychology 2 3 8 8 7 5 1 6 6 2
      Social sciences 10 9 9 4 5 6 3 6 2 0
    Engineering 20 22 30 23 12 17 15 20 14 9
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 3 5 3 1 2 2 4 2 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5 5 8 9 2 5 4 6 4 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4 6 9 4 5 3 2 2 4 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 4 2 1 1 3 3 3 0 0
      Other engineering 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 1
  Health 24 21 21 29 31 33 21 72 89 56
    Clinical medicine 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 50 48 24
    Other health 16 20 19 26 31 33 21 22 41 32

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 119 122 152 141 124 144 113 114 1 71
  Science and engineering 108 112 137 125 106 129 102 98 1 46
    Science 98 102 118 115 101 122 96 85 1 41
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 11 10 11 9 6 7 7 0 0 9
      Biological and biomedical sciences 72 74 85 88 77 94 73 54 0 17
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 1 2 0 0 1 1 2
      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 1
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 11 17 19 17 14 19 15 19 0 11
      Psychology 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 6 0 1
      Social sciences 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
    Engineering 10 10 19 10 5 7 6 13 0 5
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 2 5 3 0 0 0 3 0 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 3 4 3 2 2 3 2 0 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 3 5 1 3 1 0 2 0 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 0
      Other engineering 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
  Health 11 10 15 16 18 15 11 16 0 25
    Clinical medicine 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
    Other health 7 10 13 16 18 15 11 16 0 16

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 504,005 476,517 429,241 417,674 410,581 393,034 378,374 349,661 331,705 328,239
    Science 426,510 402,070 366,439 359,155 347,641 335,152 322,518 289,529 276,606 277,311
      Computer and information sciences 5,019 5,913 4,011 4,054 3,165 3,138 2,997 2,890 2,149 3,085
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,438 2,948 3,356 2,966 2,331 2,385 2,608 2,672 2,332 3,052
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,438 2,948 3,356 2,966 2,331 2,385 2,608 2,672 2,332 3,052
        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 381,193 352,400 323,030 322,077 314,547 294,776 275,761 250,625 232,829 231,222
        Agricultural sciences 66,265 61,281 63,522 69,756 62,898 68,360 62,780 62,745 59,511 52,445
        Biological and biomedical sciences 216,881 204,821 181,729 175,026 178,030 161,764 142,104 133,389 56,694 60,047
        Health sciences 98,047 86,296 77,779 77,295 73,619 64,652 70,791 54,379 109,868 112,965
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 2 0 0 0 0 86 112 6,756 5,765
      Mathematics and statistics 1,448 1,582 1,512 1,336 1,685 809 903 828 1,096 1,819
      Physical sciences 8,370 9,118 8,722 8,553 8,173 7,069 7,525 8,254 7,163 9,010
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 4,968 5,609 5,598 4,802 5,236 4,703 4,092 3,934 3,562 5,040
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,402 3,509 3,124 3,751 2,937 2,366 3,433 4,320 3,601 3,970
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,526 5,066 4,185 3,537 4,047 4,110 4,542 5,017 10,568 10,797
      Social sciences 6,340 5,072 4,075 3,696 765 1,659 1,348 1,556 8,205 9,116
        Anthropology 147 119 59 56 108 201 208 376 0 0
        Economics 4,088 3,160 2,661 2,527 0 8 0 0 4,353 4,065
        Political science and government 82 256 168 92 82 413 125 59 1,233 1,158
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,589 1,151 636 559 92 263 279 265 1,273 1,632
        Social sciences nec 434 386 551 462 483 774 736 856 1,346 2,261
      Sciences nec 14,176 19,971 17,548 12,936 12,928 21,206 26,834 17,687 12,264 9,210
    Engineering 62,529 61,287 52,361 46,976 50,743 47,821 45,416 50,766 48,952 45,002
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 548 1,169 2,449 3,595 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,820 3,028 2,522 1,756 909 1,112 1,342 953 1,127 1,449
      Chemical engineering 2,943 3,262 3,360 3,512 4,707 4,298 4,127 3,526 1,499 2,613
      Civil engineering 13,599 11,874 10,230 8,775 10,129 9,928 9,947 10,354 11,708 10,062
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,093 2,243 2,366 2,510 1,746 1,399 2,061 2,077 1,886 3,351
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,805 1,109 809 206 295 641 595 337 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 6,512 5,732 3,834 3,462 2,565 1,348 3,628 4,611 3,795 3,670
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,136 5,093 4,508 4,557 5,275 4,252 2,817 2,632 2,901 3,502
      Engineering nec 28,621 28,946 24,184 21,029 22,668 21,248 20,899 26,276 26,036 20,355
    Non-S&E 14,966 13,160 10,441 11,543 12,197 10,061 10,440 9,366 6,147 5,926
      Business management and business administration 4,124 3,551 3,829 4,446 3,838 3,169 2,704 2,574 1,022 817
      Communication and communications technologies 361 370 115 320 205 183 231 242 379 706
      Education 1,303 1,057 684 792 921 1,039 1,445 1,446 901 710
      Humanities 1,948 1,492 647 330 234 120 305 310 655 346
      Law 45 124 240 74 61 78 23 4 88 80
      Social work 1,938 1,854 749 1,454 1,197 1,132 1,226 360 1,055 1,520
      Visual and performing arts 930 697 578 602 638 556 542 642 661 460
      Non-S&E nec 4,317 4,015 3,599 3,525 5,103 3,784 3,964 3,788 1,386 1,287

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 504,005 265,543 34,829 151,066 11,737 12,511 28,319
    Science 426,510 223,148 30,313 127,401 9,376 11,279 24,993
      Computer and information sciences 5,019 2,202 0 2,185 10 482 140
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,438 1,868 42 1,406 72 41 9
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,438 1,868 42 1,406 72 41 9
        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 381,193 201,680 28,964 106,473 9,279 10,402 24,395
        Agricultural sciences 66,265 16,117 18,631 24,521 757 1,543 4,696
        Biological and biomedical sciences 216,881 116,212 7,211 61,545 8,302 6,102 17,509
        Health sciences 98,047 69,351 3,122 20,407 220 2,757 2,190
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,448 1,181 14 119 15 88 31
      Physical sciences 8,370 7,162 124 900 0 26 158
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 4,968 4,205 123 488 0 21 131
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,402 2,957 1 412 0 5 27
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,526 5,715 0 767 0 41 3
      Social sciences 6,340 2,867 1,169 2,002 0 61 241
        Anthropology 147 36 0 95 0 8 8
        Economics 4,088 1,136 1,169 1,603 0 8 172
        Political science and government 82 58 0 24 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,589 1,448 0 107 0 34 0
        Social sciences nec 434 189 0 173 0 11 61
      Sciences nec 14,176 473 0 13,549 0 138 16
    Engineering 62,529 37,882 3,786 16,467 2,327 948 1,119
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,820 2,317 0 358 27 46 72
      Chemical engineering 2,943 2,041 36 586 198 11 71
      Civil engineering 13,599 7,747 1,887 3,575 36 80 274
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,093 2,131 53 208 645 7 49
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,805 1,642 0 162 0 0 1
      Mechanical engineering 6,512 5,135 259 812 92 0 214
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,136 1,515 0 789 2 608 222
      Engineering nec 28,621 15,354 1,551 9,977 1,327 196 216
    Non-S&E 14,966 4,513 730 7,198 34 284 2,207
      Business management and business administration 4,124 1,040 437 1,639 30 0 978
      Communication and communications technologies 361 91 0 265 0 0 5
      Education 1,303 585 2 701 0 3 12
      Humanities 1,948 0 0 1,690 0 0 258
      Law 45 0 0 24 0 0 21
      Social work 1,938 1,344 0 436 0 134 24
      Visual and performing arts 930 0 0 284 4 7 635
      Non-S&E nec 4,317 1,453 291 2,159 0 140 274

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 265,543 253,852 220,703 200,664 192,945 171,672 171,323 154,559 146,548 142,312
  DOD 14,714 11,889 8,186 7,198 5,902 5,574 5,547 3,352 2,615 4,173
  DOE 10,455 13,364 13,008 11,563 11,548 8,074 5,682 7,767 5,822 5,837
  HHS 191,087 180,292 158,314 142,692 135,877 119,953 117,411 100,626 99,377 94,049
  NASA 2,597 2,553 2,327 1,662 1,733 1,280 1,460 2,101 1,984 2,139
  NSF 20,442 19,130 16,540 15,661 15,733 14,200 21,216 15,972 13,093 11,204
  USDA 16,487 14,045 12,511 13,226 13,762 14,186 11,713 14,578 12,636 13,793
  Other 9,761 12,579 9,817 8,662 8,390 8,405 8,294 10,163 11,021 11,117

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 6,179 1,656 4,523 .
2018 6,106 1,638 4,468 .
2017 6,042 1,595 4,447 .

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 . 1,480 177,800
    Agricultural sciences 176,000 10,000 . 1,480 2,800
    Engineering 26,600 0 . 0 0
    Health sciences 150,000 0 . 0 175,000

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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