U. Maryland, College Park

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 20 95.9 459
2022 20 95.9 457
2021 22 95.3 447
2020 19 96 450
2019 18 96.2 447
2018 19 95.8 428 24 96.7 700 46 95.1 911
2017 19 95.8 425 21 97.1 684 69 88.3 575 43 95.4 898
2016 18 96.1 430 23 96.9 697 41 95.6 896
2015 16 96.5 426 22 97 693 79 86.4 570 43 95.4 898
2014 17 96.2 422 22 97 688 43 95.3 889
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 595 565 501 568 575 586 529 546 619 583
  Science and engineering 476 472 408 448 489 465 438 448 496 452
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 24 22 15 27 27 22 17 12 22 16
      Agricultural sciences 14 11 10 15 20 15 9 7 16 10
      Natural resources and conservation 10 11 5 12 7 7 8 5 6 6
    Biological and biomedical sciences 47 47 38 33 44 63 52 51 59 52
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 15 5 9 6 5 6 9 10 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 10 7 5 3 4 6 4 5 2 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 5 1 3 . 5 6 . 6 2 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 . 1 1 3 3 4 2 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 6 8 6 6 10 9 7 6 9
      Genetics and genomics 1 . . . . 3 . 1 2 3
      Microbiology and immunology 8 2 1 1 5 5 4 5 11 8
      Molecular biology 5 6 4 3 3 5 8 6 10 7
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 6 3 4 1 8 8 3 4 4
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . 2 2 1 . 1 . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . 1 1 . . 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 3 9 4 10 10 10 4 9 10
    Computer and information sciences 42 43 38 36 42 34 25 36 27 39
      Computer science 35 31 28 30 37 27 23 27 26 33
      Computer and information sciences, other 7 12 10 6 5 7 2 9 1 6
    Engineering 148 132 99 127 155 133 113 131 123 139
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 20 15 8 24 15 13 7 12 21 11
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 14 9 12 12 14 13 10 12 8 15
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 14 7 7 6 6 15 5 8 5 10
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 18 21 10 16 17 16 17 19 21 16
      Electrical and computer engineering 33 30 27 34 35 27 36 35 24 46
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 .
      Materials and mining engineering 13 7 9 7 14 15 8 11 11 6
      Mechanical engineering 33 36 19 22 46 27 24 27 24 28
      Engineering, other 2 4 4 5 7 6 5 4 7 7
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17 25 17 23 17 14 21 13 12 11
      Geological sciences 3 8 6 8 2 4 6 3 2 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 14 17 11 15 15 10 15 10 10 9
    Health sciences 18 20 18 20 13 10 13 14 13 9
      Public health 14 16 10 18 9 6 10 9 8 2
      Health sciences, other 4 4 8 2 4 4 3 5 5 7
    Mathematics and statistics 30 27 21 26 24 25 17 28 40 20
      Applied mathematics 14 9 3 6 9 10 6 14 20 11
      Mathematics 7 2 2 4 4 4 4 1 8 2
      Statistics 4 4 2 3 4 . 2 2 6 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 5 12 14 13 7 11 5 11 6 3
    Physical sciences 70 72 52 60 46 56 60 64 75 64
      Astronomy and astrophysics 11 10 9 3 7 4 12 7 10 5
      Chemistry 17 22 11 15 14 14 17 18 25 16
      Physics 42 40 32 42 25 38 31 39 40 43
    Psychology 19 21 29 22 36 21 31 27 22 25
      Clinical psychology 1 2 1 2 6 2 2 4 4 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 6 8 9 8 4 6 8 3 7 11
      Research and experimental psychology 8 7 8 4 15 8 9 16 7 9
      Psychology, other 4 4 11 8 11 5 12 4 4 5
    Social sciences 61 63 81 74 85 87 89 72 103 77
      Anthropology 1 2 . 1 1 2 3 1 9 1
      Economics 17 11 23 15 16 17 17 19 19 23
      Political science and government 6 7 6 11 18 10 12 12 15 13
      Public policy analysis 6 8 4 5 3 7 4 6 9 3
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 3 9 8 8 11 8 5 9 5
      Social sciences, other 28 32 39 34 39 40 45 29 42 32
  Non-science and engineering 119 93 93 120 86 121 91 98 123 131
    Business 26 11 16 17 16 12 18 13 16 14
      Business 26 11 16 17 16 12 18 13 16 14
    Education 37 34 33 48 28 38 28 41 54 53
      Education leadership and administration 5 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 2 6
      Education research 16 25 22 30 20 27 15 25 45 37
      Teacher education and teaching fields 16 4 5 13 5 9 10 11 6 10
      Education, other . . 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 .
    Humanities and arts 38 37 33 45 29 53 33 36 38 48
      Letters 11 14 15 15 10 11 18 7 9 20
      Foreign languages and literature 5 1 2 6 5 12 . 7 5 10
      History 10 5 6 9 4 8 6 5 11 7
      Philosophy and religious studies 5 2 2 7 2 4 3 5 4 1
      Music and performing arts 6 10 3 2 1 11 3 5 3 5
      Humanities and arts, other 1 5 5 6 7 7 3 7 6 5
    Other non-science and engineering 18 11 11 10 13 18 12 8 15 16
      Communication 15 9 11 8 11 16 9 3 12 12
      Public administration and social services 1 1 . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 1 . 2 2 2 3 5 3 4

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male . . . . . 2,768 2,747 2,699 2,684 2,631
    Female . . . . . 1,829 1,805 1,907 1,972 1,912
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents . . . . . 2,221 2,211 2,416 2,532 2,583
    Hispanic or Latino . . . . . 154 147 156 153 138
    Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . 1,953 1,950 2,093 2,208 2,266
      American Indian or Alaska Native . . . . . 5 6 7 6 6
      Asian . . . . . 248 222 240 239 253
      Black or African American . . . . . 195 204 213 206 193
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander . . . . . 2 1 1 1 2
      White . . . . . 1,423 1,442 1,565 1,685 1,745
      More than one race . . . . . 80 75 67 71 67
    Unknown ethnicity and race . . . . . 114 114 167 171 179
  Temporary visa holders . . . . . 2,376 2,341 2,190 2,124 1,960
  Science and engineering . . . . . 4,302 4,283 4,258 4,329 4,237
    Science . . . . . 2,734 2,732 2,698 2,794 2,783
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . 95 96 154 154 167
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 288 295 254 282 302
        Neurobiology and neuroscience . . . . . 0 0 46 48 45
      Communication . . . . . 0 0 62 60 58
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 501 464 512 480 348
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . 0 0 0 15 16
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . 89 93 94 101 93
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 327 335 188 196 201
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . 137 119 133 94 89
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 52 55 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 431 415 379 384 409
      Psychology . . . . . 85 93 97 111 122
      Social sciences . . . . . 729 767 779 869 933
    Engineering . . . . . 1,568 1,551 1,560 1,535 1,454
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 133 128 14 12 4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . 73 68 70 73 66
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . 58 65 70 62 55
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . 153 167 158 166 182
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . 396 442 508 553 526
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . 19 29 21 10 17
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 188 198 184 217 206
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . 70 76 70 74 73
      Other engineering . . . . . 478 378 465 368 325
    Health . . . . . 295 269 348 327 306
      Clinical medicine . . . . . 159 154 98 79 60
      Other health . . . . . 136 115 250 248 246

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 . . . . . 606 648 720 686 689
    Female . . . . . 441 414 485 412 381
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents . . . . . 878 915 1,060 973 999
    Hispanic or Latino . . . . . 82 63 67 56 67
    Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . 754 818 957 893 901
      American Indian or Alaska Native . . . . . 1 0 1 0 0
      Asian . . . . . 113 110 141 126 113
      Black or African American . . . . . 125 144 151 133 135
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander . . . . . 0 0 0 0 1
      White . . . . . 481 534 632 612 633
      More than one race . . . . . 34 30 32 22 19
    Unknown ethnicity and race . . . . . 42 34 36 24 31
  Temporary visa holders . . . . . 169 147 145 125 71
  Science and engineering . . . . . 925 939 1,115 1,015 1,007
    Science . . . . . 413 406 548 461 453
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . 5 14 54 58 75
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 42 37 47 52 70
        Neurobiology and neuroscience . . . . . 0 0 1 3 1
      Communication . . . . . 0 0 0 1 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 113 128 105 105 61
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . 0 0 0 1 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . 6 10 15 15 10
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 27 16 22 29 37
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . 33 21 123 34 31
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 38 38 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 4 12 9 8 7
      Psychology . . . . . 33 32 39 42 27
      Social sciences . . . . . 112 98 133 113 133
    Engineering . . . . . 512 533 567 554 554
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 18 24 22 21 19
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . 7 5 6 2 7
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . 5 7 10 5 7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . 18 10 19 18 19
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . 25 37 47 62 47
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . 6 8 11 13 11
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 29 33 52 36 33
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . 5 7 7 6 6
      Other engineering . . . . . 399 402 393 391 405
    Health . . . . . 122 123 90 83 63
      Clinical medicine . . . . . 115 110 70 59 47
      Other health . . . . . 7 13 20 24 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

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 2013
All surveyed fields . . . . . 824 812 792 835 823 0
  Science and engineering . . . . . 812 800 782 825 813 0
    Science . . . . . 520 508 528 539 546 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . 19 22 30 27 28 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 74 77 70 62 61 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience . . . . . 0 0 9 10 7 0
      Communication . . . . . 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 119 109 98 91 76 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . 0 0 0 0 3 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . 42 43 43 53 49 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 11 10 20 22 21 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . 34 30 31 24 28 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 2 2 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 189 182 185 190 193 0
      Psychology . . . . . 9 10 14 11 27 0
      Social sciences . . . . . 21 23 28 47 53 0
    Engineering . . . . . 292 292 254 286 267 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 35 33 1 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . 39 36 16 16 13 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . 20 20 16 19 17 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . 31 33 12 17 14 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . 87 88 92 106 99 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . 2 3 2 1 6 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 30 31 46 60 49 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . 37 40 36 38 33 0
      Other engineering . . . . . 11 8 33 29 36 0
    Health . . . . . 12 12 10 10 10 0
      Clinical medicine . . . . . 5 6 2 2 2 0
      Other health . . . . . 7 6 8 8 8 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
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support . . . . . 4,597 4,552 4,606 4,656 4,543
  Fellowships . . . . . 372 376 230 218 240
    Federal . . . . . 100 98 43 27 41
    Institutional . . . . . 244 250 185 189 199
    Nonfederal . . . . . 28 28 2 2 0
  Research assistantships . . . . . 1,314 1,275 1,161 1,209 1,215
    Federal . . . . . 677 667 603 633 607
    Institutional . . . . . 518 495 558 576 608
    Nonfederal . . . . . 119 113 0 0 0
  Teaching assistantships . . . . . 1,396 1,403 1,694 1,658 1,749
    Federal . . . . . 33 33 146 175 175
    Institutional . . . . . 1,358 1,365 1,548 1,483 1,574
    Nonfederal . . . . . 5 5 0 0 0
  Other types of support . . . . . 1,515 1,498 1,521 1,571 1,339
    Federal . . . . . 14 14 0 0 0
    Institutional . . . . . 42 44 0 0 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . 26 25 0 0 0
    Personal resources . . . . . 1,433 1,415 1,521 1,571 1,339

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 . . . . . 459 506 462 483 431
    Science . . . . . 378 401 356 398 341
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . 25 16 19 10 5
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 57 60 39 37 36
        Neurobiology and neuroscience . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 13 18 28 27 27
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . 0 0 0 0 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . 47 48 49 50 27
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 13 13 13 12 14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . 1 2 10 13 29
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 4 32 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 171 177 177 219 164
      Psychology . . . . . 19 10 12 15 17
      Social sciences . . . . . 28 25 9 15 21
    Engineering . . . . . 81 105 106 85 90
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 5 6 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . 0 0 12 8 11
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . 9 9 7 9 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . 2 12 5 2 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . 4 9 6 13 18
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . 13 8 10 8 12
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 11 19 16 10 18
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . 26 27 33 22 13
      Other engineering . . . . . 11 15 17 13 12
    Health . . . . . 15 7 17 13 6
      Clinical medicine . . . . . 5 6 2 1 1
      Other health . . . . . 10 1 15 12 5

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 . . . . . 315 352 306 332 261
  Science and engineering . . . . . 305 345 301 330 257
    Science . . . . . 265 286 244 278 218
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . 13 9 11 5 4
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 45 42 25 20 21
        Neurobiology and neuroscience . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 8 12 18 23 15
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . 42 41 43 42 23
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 2 3 3 1 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . 0 1 6 7 20
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 1 30 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 132 132 127 159 110
      Psychology . . . . . 10 7 9 12 11
      Social sciences . . . . . 12 9 2 9 11
    Engineering . . . . . 40 59 57 52 39
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 4 3 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . 0 0 5 2 3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . 5 7 5 7 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . 1 8 5 0 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . 3 4 6 10 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . 7 6 6 7 5
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 4 10 7 4 7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . 12 15 17 15 9
      Other engineering . . . . . 4 6 6 7 5
    Health . . . . . 10 7 5 2 4
      Clinical medicine . . . . . 3 6 2 1 1
      Other health . . . . . 7 1 3 1 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

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 . . . . . 540,660 548,885 539,388 505,699 485,051
    Science . . . . . 397,955 402,050 389,208 379,100 361,063
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 46,197 45,861 44,663 40,010 36,838
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . . 47,540 47,774 50,463 40,202 38,810
        Atmospheric science and meteorology . . . . . 31,061 31,233 35,769 1,585 1,795
        Geological and earth sciences . . . . . 15,980 14,960 12,884 38,617 37,015
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences . . . . . 499 1,581 1,810 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences . . . . . 114,805 124,365 127,030 115,904 94,818
        Agricultural sciences . . . . . 47,385 55,069 55,209 56,326 43,478
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 41,986 41,999 43,282 36,048 35,839
        Health sciences . . . . . 21,691 21,461 22,661 19,049 9,533
        Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 3,727 5,836 5,878 0 0
        Life sciences nec . . . . . 16 0 0 4,481 5,968
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 6,788 6,882 5,917 7,008 5,876
      Physical sciences . . . . . 104,606 103,561 98,474 91,974 85,573
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . 32,187 33,529 31,152 24,521 21,994
        Chemistry . . . . . 10,672 9,694 13,864 11,774 9,245
        Materials science . . . . . 0 0 28 0 0
        Physics . . . . . 58,116 58,803 51,196 55,096 50,345
        Physical sciences nec . . . . . 3,631 1,535 2,234 583 3,989
      Psychology . . . . . 8,365 10,114 12,852 7,147 5,652
      Social sciences . . . . . 67,202 56,370 40,643 76,855 93,496
        Anthropology . . . . . 428 438 175 0 0
        Economics . . . . . 1,381 1,015 1,206 1,633 3,875
        Political science and government . . . . . 5,852 5,040 4,953 7,700 10,173
        Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . 6,812 7,331 5,668 6,146 4,885
        Social sciences nec . . . . . 52,729 42,546 28,641 61,376 74,563
      Sciences nec . . . . . 2,452 7,123 9,166 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 131,245 130,932 127,965 124,268 111,172
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 15,691 15,089 12,465 13,362 13,352
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . 9,941 8,674 8,067 6,664 6,275
      Chemical engineering . . . . . 5,484 5,829 4,394 3,805 3,780
      Civil engineering . . . . . 24,049 26,960 25,975 25,281 24,281
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering . . . . . 15,414 18,650 22,125 18,292 17,337
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 20,320 18,547 17,937 17,534 16,636
      Metallurgical and materials engineering . . . . . 15,480 14,669 13,714 13,978 12,262
      Engineering nec . . . . . 24,866 22,514 23,288 25,352 17,249
    Non-S&E . . . . . 11,460 15,903 22,215 2,331 12,816
      Business management and business administration . . . . . 2,815 2,607 1,584 0 1,185
      Communication and communications technologies . . . . . 519 884 882 734 972
      Education . . . . . 2,516 3,914 5,836 125 4,241
      Humanities . . . . . 3,426 2,422 1,981 1,078 1,728
      Law . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts . . . . . 237 909 314 394 419
      Non-S&E nec . . . . . 1,947 5,167 11,618 0 4,271

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 . . . . . 0 0
    Science . . . . . 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology . . . . . 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Life sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Agricultural sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Health sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 0 0
        Life sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . 0 0
        Chemistry . . . . . 0 0
        Materials science . . . . . 0 0
        Physics . . . . . 0 0
        Physical sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Anthropology . . . . . 0 0
        Economics . . . . . 0 0
        Political science and government . . . . . 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . 0 0
        Social sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Chemical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Civil engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Engineering nec . . . . . 0 0
    Non-S&E . . . . . 0 0
      Business management and business administration . . . . . 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies . . . . . 0 0
      Education . . . . . 0 0
      Humanities . . . . . 0 0
      Law . . . . . 0 0
      Social work . . . . . 0 0
      Visual and performing arts . . . . . 0 0
      Non-S&E nec . . . . . 0 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies . . . . . 356,489 369,651 369,285 332,393 333,409
  DOD . . . . . 71,212 84,484 82,419 69,595 87,474
  DOE . . . . . 18,579 20,244 18,429 16,573 17,149
  HHS . . . . . 53,815 46,035 48,566 53,214 43,759
  NASA . . . . . 57,778 59,083 55,402 47,159 46,401
  NSF . . . . . 55,728 54,703 57,157 55,269 52,623
  USDA . . . . . 21,957 24,849 27,938 24,158 19,863
  Other . . . . . 77,420 80,253 79,374 66,425 66,140

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 . . . .
2018 7,913 986 6,927 .
2017 8,479 1,050 7,429 .

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 . . . 938 786
    Agricultural sciences . . . 149 140
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . 297 187
    Computer and information sciences . . . 15 30
    Engineering . . . 213 131
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . 3 16
    Health sciences . . . 58 26
    Mathematics and statistics . . . 0 13
    Natural resources and conservation . . . 0 0
    Physical sciences . . . 151 197
    Psychology . . . 31 15
    Social sciences . . . 20 31
    Other . . . 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 . . . . 39,742 0
    Computer and information sciences . . . . 17,991 0
    Health sciences . . . . 21,751 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 . . . . 10,514 0
    Agricultural sciences . . . . 1,145 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . 546 0
    Computer and information sciences . . . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . 351 0
    Health sciences . . . . 4,093 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . . . 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation . . . . 0 0
    Physical sciences . . . . 4,379 0
    Psychology . . . . 0 0
    Social sciences . . . . 0 0
    Other . . . . 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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