U. Maryland, Baltimore County

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 161 65.4 459 160 83 925
2023 149 68 459 139 79.8 679 156 83.1 911 164 73.2 602
2022 150 67.6 457 132 80.9 680 169 81.5 900
2021 153 66.3 447 139 80.2 691 171 81.4 908 162 72.6 583
2020 167 63.4 450 150 78.8 698 172 81.5 916
2019 169 62.7 447 139 80.4 697 169 81.8 914 162 72.9 589
2018 154 64.5 428 143 79.9 700 173 81.3 911
2017 161 62.6 425 153 78 684 169 81.5 898 202 65.3 575
2016 167 61.7 430 155 78.1 697 168 81.5 896
2015 149 65.5 426 160 77.2 693 165 81.9 898 196 66.1 570
2014 159 77.2 688
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 88 100 103 88 85 81 93 88 83 99
  Science and engineering 81 93 97 80 77 75 88 87 78 92
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 2 . . . . . . 1 2
      Agricultural sciences 1 . . . . . . . 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation 1 2 . . . . . . . 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 8 10 8 8 10 8 16 8 8 11
      Biochemistry and biophysics . 1 2 1 . 2 3 2 3 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 5 2 2 1 . 2 2 1 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 1 . . . . 1 2 2 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 2 . 1 . . . . 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 . 1
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . 2 . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology . . . 1 1 . 2 . 2 .
      Molecular biology . . . . 2 2 5 1 . 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . 1 1 . 1 1 1 . . 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . 2 2 . 1 . . 1
    Computer and information sciences 14 24 25 17 16 17 17 21 14 14
      Computer science 7 14 16 12 6 9 9 11 6 9
      Computer and information sciences, other 7 10 9 5 10 8 8 10 8 5
    Engineering 19 17 19 15 17 16 13 16 12 14
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 3 1 5 3 4 2 3 1 1 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 2 2 2 . . 1 4 1 . 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 10 8 5 6 6 5 4 8 6 4
      Materials and mining engineering 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
      Mechanical engineering 2 6 5 4 7 7 2 4 2 5
      Engineering, other 1 . . 2 . . . 2 1 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 4 2 2 1 . 3 2 2 4
      Geological sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 3 4 2 2 1 . 3 2 2 4
    Health sciences . . . . . 1 . . 1 .
      Health sciences, other . . . . . 1 . . 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 5 2 14 5 5 3 9 14 8 8
      Applied mathematics 2 2 8 1 2 . 4 10 2 3
      Statistics 3 . 5 3 3 1 4 4 2 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other . . 1 1 . 2 1 . 4 1
    Physical sciences 7 11 8 8 8 10 11 7 13 8
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 2 .
      Chemistry 3 6 3 3 7 5 6 4 5 3
      Physics 2 4 4 4 1 4 4 3 6 5
    Psychology 8 10 14 10 14 11 12 13 10 13
      Clinical psychology 5 5 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 10
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 1 3 1 . 2 2 1 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 2 4 5 3 6 1 2 2 2 3
      Psychology, other . . . . . . . 3 1 .
    Social sciences 14 13 7 15 6 9 7 6 9 18
      Anthropology . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Economics . 1 . 1 . . . . . 1
      Public policy analysis 8 8 3 9 3 7 4 3 6 8
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 1 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Social sciences, other 5 4 3 5 3 2 2 3 3 9
  Non-science and engineering 7 7 6 8 8 6 5 1 5 7
    Business . . . 1 . 1 . . . .
      Business . . . 1 . 1 . . . .
    Education 3 1 3 2 6 1 . 1 2 3
      Education research . 1 1 1 2 1 . . . 1
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 . 1 1 2 . . 1 2 2
      Education, other . . 1 . 2 . . . . .
    Humanities and arts 3 3 . 3 2 3 5 . 3 4
      Letters 2 2 . 1 . 2 1 . 1 .
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . 1 . 1 . 1 1
      History 1 . . . . . 1 . . .
      Philosophy and religious studies . . . . . . . . . 1
      Humanities and arts, other . 1 . 2 1 1 2 . 1 2
    Other non-science and engineering 1 3 3 2 . 1 . . . .
      Communication . 1 . . . 1 . . . .
      Public administration and social services 1 2 . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 3 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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 638 685 602 494 529 492 484 548 524 501
    Female 538 564 467 379 434 434 390 380 403 425
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 436 442 474 438 430 454 434 465 502 524
    Hispanic or Latino 38 36 39 31 30 24 21 25 29 22
    Not Hispanic or Latino 390 396 409 392 392 423 402 434 466 494
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1
      Asian 67 66 61 64 55 57 45 57 47 59
      Black or African American 66 57 75 67 60 64 59 61 75 63
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3
      White 236 248 256 249 266 288 292 303 334 360
      More than one race 21 24 16 12 10 12 5 10 9 8
    Unknown ethnicity and race 8 10 26 15 8 7 11 6 7 8
  Temporary visa holders 740 807 595 435 533 472 440 463 425 402
  Science and engineering 1,176 1,249 1,069 873 963 926 874 928 927 926
    Science 1,029 1,106 907 718 791 761 717 767 767 777
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 75 77 82 68 64 68 61 63 73 103
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 602 671 457 321 394 354 320 383 365 307
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 13 12 13 9 7 5 0 2 2 2
      Mathematics and statistics 40 37 38 42 41 43 43 46 44 58
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 75 14 11 10 18 19 20 1 5 6
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 104 94 104 97 94 89 89 88 83 85
      Psychology 21 81 83 81 79 84 93 76 88 88
      Social sciences 99 120 119 90 94 99 91 105 106 126
    Engineering 147 143 162 155 172 165 157 161 160 149
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 25 22 27 27 32 28 30 20 20 17
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 14 14 16 11 11 11 8 11 13 13
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 55 66 75 66 77 79 71 71 58 59
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 5 4 4 5 6 6 6 5 6 5
      Mechanical engineering 48 37 40 46 46 41 42 54 63 55
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 238 236 234 277 283 285 313 438 453 380
    Female 178 157 164 167 183 164 170 208 238 220
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 351 332 352 395 410 399 437 588 614 536
    Hispanic or Latino 20 23 18 20 15 17 18 30 23 20
    Not Hispanic or Latino 316 295 319 350 377 356 396 528 547 479
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 2
      Asian 67 56 60 63 65 56 67 85 75 61
      Black or African American 69 58 69 70 70 58 73 91 98 89
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 167 169 178 203 224 221 244 334 363 320
      More than one race 13 12 12 14 16 19 11 16 9 7
    Unknown ethnicity and race 15 14 15 25 18 26 23 30 44 37
  Temporary visa holders 65 61 46 49 56 50 46 58 77 64
  Science and engineering 416 393 398 444 466 449 483 646 691 600
    Science 353 330 328 372 397 371 401 564 602 505
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 8 9 7 12 10 3 5 23 25 16
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 218 183 189 233 248 248 261 392 428 314
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 19 22 22 25 23 20 20 24 29 27
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 18 7 6 7 5 2 2 9 8 7
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 2 3 2 2 3 4 2 1 3 2
      Psychology 0 7 6 16 18 10 9 1 0 0
      Social sciences 87 98 95 76 90 84 102 114 109 139
    Engineering 63 63 70 72 69 78 82 82 89 95
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 6 9 7 3 4 3 3 7 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 22 22 24 29 35 36 31 29 34 23
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 17 14 17 16 13 16 23 27 31 45
      Mechanical engineering 17 18 17 18 16 20 22 20 13 17
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 161 154 164 154 156 150 136 141 121 179
  Science and engineering 161 154 164 154 156 150 136 141 121 179
    Science 136 123 128 114 111 113 97 106 84 140
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 30 19 19 14 15 17 13 8 8 49
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 30 29 35 30 30 23 21 30 27 39
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 8 10 7 4 3 0 1 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 1 3 5 4 1 1 5 3 5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 15 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 44 47 43 47 41 40 32 39 32 21
      Psychology 0 10 13 10 13 22 21 17 8 16
      Social sciences 11 9 5 1 3 6 8 5 5 7
    Engineering 25 31 36 40 45 37 39 35 37 39
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 4 6 8 8 9 13 8 11 11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 9 7 6 5 6 4 3 7 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 11 13 19 19 24 14 14 18 12 13
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 5 4 7 8 8 8 6 7 12
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 1,176 1,249 1,069 873 963 926 874 928 927 926
  Fellowships 17 14 20 24 21 26 31 32 24 65
    Federal 10 4 1 15 15 18 16 16 9 54
    Institutional 6 8 15 9 4 8 15 14 11 10
    Nonfederal 1 2 4 0 2 0 0 2 4 1
  Research assistantships 340 303 323 278 287 283 244 256 240 231
    Federal 150 149 163 137 139 127 108 125 111 120
    Institutional 117 108 131 106 111 119 117 92 86 74
    Nonfederal 73 46 29 35 37 37 19 39 43 37
  Teaching assistantships 292 301 276 267 267 237 223 215 252 223
    Federal 1 0 0 2 2 5 4 0 0 0
    Institutional 291 300 276 263 263 229 216 212 250 218
    Nonfederal 0 1 0 2 2 3 3 3 2 5
  Other types of support 527 631 450 304 388 380 376 425 411 407
    Federal 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 5
    Institutional 8 15 15 13 18 8 18 9 6 50
    Nonfederal 13 2 6 1 3 2 2 3 10 2
    Personal resources 506 613 429 290 367 370 348 413 394 350

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 60 43 33 29 43 38 37 37 67 63
    Science 57 40 29 24 29 33 35 32 63 59
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 5 5 6 2 4 5 4 8 26 29
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 6 5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 4 5 4 6 8 8 7 7 5
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 2 2 0 3 1 1 2 2 1
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 35 27 15 15 14 16 9 13 21 17
      Psychology 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
      Social sciences 2 1 1 0 0 1 10 0 1 1
    Engineering 3 3 4 5 14 5 2 5 4 4
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 3 2 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 0 1 0 11 2 1 1 1 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 46 38 25 26 25 26 32 25 56 56
  Science and engineering 46 38 25 26 25 26 32 25 56 56
    Science 44 37 22 21 22 25 30 22 55 53
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 2 4 4 1 1 2 4 3 23 27
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 4 5 4 6 7 8 6 6 5
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 29 26 13 14 12 15 8 11 18 15
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 1
    Engineering 2 1 3 5 3 1 2 3 1 3
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 150,908 144,262 110,319 84,418 83,867 80,632 71,481 70,406 70,166 68,688
    Science 128,324 121,656 92,617 74,990 72,998 68,489 61,643 55,851 54,148 55,426
      Computer and information sciences 19,835 17,976 13,685 12,102 11,590 8,065 6,352 2,577 1,607 7,620
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 35,792 34,435 20,378 15,087 15,158 13,585 20,275 22,836 21,300 15,794
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 26,488 25,829 9,157 1,599 1,988 1,366 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,662 3,998 8,487 10,678 10,880 9,718 15,023 16,924 14,861 15,794
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 5,478 4,275 2,445 2,208 1,957 1,995 5,252 5,912 6,439 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 164 333 289 602 333 506 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 15,277 14,790 13,643 10,033 11,478 11,834 4,888 3,498 3,748 11,710
        Agricultural sciences 395 449 693 803 846 738 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 12,690 12,972 12,314 8,953 9,422 8,282 4,888 3,498 3,748 11,710
        Health sciences 847 320 259 22 934 2,446 0 0 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 748 764 190 64 50 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 597 285 187 191 226 368 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2,374 2,353 1,893 428 729 592 1,467 1,017 1,013 1,096
      Physical sciences 25,941 25,604 20,806 19,202 18,278 17,039 13,821 14,000 13,934 6,614
        Astronomy and astrophysics 17,037 15,705 12,573 13,537 13,778 12,299 7,807 7,572 7,718 0
        Chemistry 4,523 4,802 2,934 2,106 1,558 1,714 3,977 4,930 3,925 3,572
        Materials science 102 468 613 690 189 284 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,255 4,629 4,686 2,869 2,753 2,742 2,037 1,498 2,291 3,042
        Physical sciences nec 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,292 3,086 1,891 1,491 1,973 2,046 2,019 1,168 1,257 2,008
      Social sciences 21,872 20,411 17,891 14,413 11,597 13,139 10,521 9,104 9,907 10,266
        Anthropology 191 146 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 1,442 1,295 924 265 124 202 342 17 2 0
        Political science and government 988 1,004 744 46 135 462 7,674 8,530 8,765 10,191
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,347 1,173 955 281 686 725 1,054 86 28 75
        Social sciences nec 17,904 16,793 15,151 13,821 10,652 11,750 1,451 471 1,112 0
      Sciences nec 3,941 3,001 2,430 2,234 2,195 2,189 2,300 1,651 1,382 318
    Engineering 10,580 10,631 8,140 6,668 6,671 8,429 8,715 14,075 15,256 12,518
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 150 486 589 818 305 46 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,350 2,479 2,246 1,938 2,509 3,303 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 1,015 482 372 658 865 1,089 5,369 6,048 6,543 5,018
      Civil engineering 314 977 725 585 232 426 868 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,207 2,784 1,447 843 1,056 1,541 1,175 6,299 6,761 5,824
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 258 240 303 124 22 46 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,184 2,455 1,336 715 869 1,297 1,281 1,728 1,914 1,676
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 78 82 194 138 85 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,024 646 928 849 728 681 22 0 38 0
    Non-S&E 12,004 11,975 9,562 2,760 4,198 3,714 1,123 480 762 744
      Business management and business administration 437 532 28 11 1,198 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 437 266 29 0 0 3 6 18 13 0
      Education 2,884 4,172 3,669 1,955 449 2,161 728 109 422 112
      Humanities 5,350 4,401 3,358 100 89 525 260 226 208 113
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0
      Social work 431 340 186 27 0 34 3 21 4 9
      Visual and performing arts 1,852 1,405 1,022 220 143 188 126 106 115 250
      Non-S&E nec 613 859 1,270 447 2,319 727 0 0 0 260

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 150,908 91,886 8,440 43,363 3,080 3,179 960
    Science 128,324 85,500 7,353 30,884 2,356 1,660 571
      Computer and information sciences 19,835 10,696 184 7,253 1,553 16 133
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 35,792 31,184 35 4,028 356 187 2
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 26,488 25,075 0 1,413 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,662 2,649 32 769 134 76 2
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 5,478 3,349 3 1,793 222 111 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 164 111 0 53 0 0 0
      Life sciences 15,277 9,508 332 5,074 74 284 5
        Agricultural sciences 395 67 0 328 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 12,690 8,764 234 3,640 5 42 5
        Health sciences 847 204 98 545 0 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 748 319 0 326 0 103 0
        Life sciences nec 597 154 0 235 69 139 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2,374 279 0 2,077 18 0 0
      Physical sciences 25,941 22,392 85 2,856 203 279 126
        Astronomy and astrophysics 17,037 16,209 0 660 0 116 52
        Chemistry 4,523 2,980 85 1,312 13 133 0
        Materials science 102 102 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,255 3,077 0 884 190 30 74
        Physical sciences nec 24 24 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,292 1,508 0 1,361 0 231 192
      Social sciences 21,872 8,707 6,717 5,871 152 395 30
        Anthropology 191 0 0 191 0 0 0
        Economics 1,442 171 0 1,139 0 132 0
        Political science and government 988 0 0 988 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,347 503 0 841 0 3 0
        Social sciences nec 17,904 8,033 6,717 2,712 152 260 30
      Sciences nec 3,941 1,226 0 2,364 0 268 83
    Engineering 10,580 4,650 325 4,486 629 225 265
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 150 0 0 149 0 0 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,350 434 74 1,753 61 28 0
      Chemical engineering 1,015 577 0 159 132 147 0
      Civil engineering 314 218 0 48 0 48 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,207 2,167 0 748 243 2 47
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 258 41 25 34 0 0 158
      Mechanical engineering 2,184 765 194 1,104 121 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 78 0 0 78 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,024 448 32 413 72 0 59
    Non-S&E 12,004 1,736 762 7,993 95 1,294 124
      Business management and business administration 437 435 0 2 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 437 210 0 227 0 0 0
      Education 2,884 994 671 860 0 346 13
      Humanities 5,350 48 34 4,237 95 893 43
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 431 25 0 342 0 0 64
      Visual and performing arts 1,852 0 43 1,805 0 0 4
      Non-S&E nec 613 24 14 520 0 55 0

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 91,886 86,573 65,368 59,882 59,391 56,993 53,522 52,014 50,984 47,954
  DOD 7,372 6,005 4,748 3,678 3,410 3,020 3,466 5,651 7,952 7,824
  DOE 1,905 2,044 1,956 1,182 294 463 555 562 407 130
  HHS 18,135 17,085 15,597 15,208 15,355 17,315 13,908 12,928 12,811 12,128
  NASA 43,330 42,341 27,592 25,359 25,503 21,740 21,224 20,773 19,246 17,538
  NSF 15,268 13,537 11,427 11,141 11,350 10,967 10,815 8,938 8,524 7,621
  USDA 2,798 2,248 784 461 534 737 769 833 458 509
  Other 3,078 3,313 3,264 2,853 2,945 2,751 2,785 2,329 1,586 2,204

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 1,463 263 1,200 .
2018 1,389 220 1,169 .

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 358 355 348 252 252
    Agricultural sciences 13 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 57 49 49 47 44
    Computer and information sciences 47 37 36 19 26
    Engineering 76 65 68 59 58
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 10 19 15 10 6
    Health sciences 6 14 14 3 1
    Mathematics and statistics 7 8 7 6 5
    Natural resources and conservation 8 5 6 5 7
    Physical sciences 64 64 61 61 63
    Psychology 19 20 21 20 19
    Social sciences 24 25 24 16 15
    Other 28 50 47 6 9

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 0 0 0 0 46,214
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 0 0 46,214

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 9,133 1,571 2,286 966 2,158
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 1,243 342 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 515 0 0 300 0
    Engineering 2,105 0 634 0 1,388
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 659 666 0
    Health sciences 3,947 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 2,215 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 351 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 323 0 769
    Psychology 0 328 328 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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