U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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 66 86 459 60 91.4 679 114 81.4 602 112 88 914
2022 54 88.5 457 58 91.7 680 111 87.9 900
2021 67 85.4 447 50 93 691 105 82.3 583 115 87.6 908
2020 60 87 450 50 93 698 111 88.1 916
2019 52 88.7 447 54 92.5 697 98 83.7 589 109 88.3 914
2018 65 85.2 428 56 92.2 700 110 88.1 911
2017 63 85.5 425 54 92.3 684 94 84 575 103 88.7 898
2016 63 85.7 430 69 90.3 697 100 89 896
2015 70 83.9 426 71 90 693 92 84.2 570 100 89.1 898
2014 67 84.5 422 78 88.9 688 103 88.6 889
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 293 349 258 313 349 295 307 298 268 277
  Science and engineering 221 270 189 247 256 207 220 230 206 202
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 8 16 17 24 19 11 23 17 14 16
      Agricultural sciences 6 10 12 17 13 6 18 16 9 12
      Natural resources and conservation 2 6 5 7 6 5 5 1 5 4
    Biological and biomedical sciences 43 49 27 38 39 42 29 36 20 31
      Biochemistry and biophysics 5 5 1 4 7 9 6 5 . 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 3 2 . 1 . 2 1 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 5 7 2 2 1 . 1 . 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 3 2 2 4 1 6 2 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 10 14 5 4 9 7 3 6 6 7
      Genetics and genomics 1 3 . 1 . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 5 3 1 6 7 4 3 5 5 8
      Molecular biology 4 4 3 9 2 3 1 3 1 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 2 3 3 2 3 3 5 3 2 2
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 2 1 1 . . . 3 . 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 7 5 6 7 7 11 7 4 3 4
    Computer and information sciences 27 29 16 27 21 14 14 21 26 19
      Computer science 23 24 14 25 19 13 14 20 26 19
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 5 2 2 2 1 . 1 . .
    Engineering 46 60 39 53 55 41 52 49 46 38
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3 1 1 . 1 1 . 2 . .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 10 10 14 14 16 14 14 13 25 13
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 7 13 8 9 13 8 13 7 2 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 8 9 8 19 11 9 13 15 5 13
      Industrial engineering and operations research 2 4 2 2 2 1 3 2 4 2
      Materials and mining engineering 11 13 1 1 5 4 1 4 3 1
      Mechanical engineering 4 7 5 7 7 4 8 5 6 5
      Engineering, other 1 3 . . . . . 1 1 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 7 3 8 3 5 3 5 3 2
      Geological sciences 3 5 3 7 1 2 2 4 3 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 2 . 1 2 3 1 1 . .
    Health sciences 16 9 10 15 22 12 14 6 12 2
      Nursing science 8 4 7 6 9 8 5 1 5 .
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 4 5 1 3 4 1 4 2 2 .
      Health sciences, other 4 . 2 6 9 3 5 3 5 2
    Mathematics and statistics 7 12 2 9 8 6 8 6 2 13
      Applied mathematics 3 1 . 1 1 2 1 1 . 2
      Mathematics . 3 . 2 1 1 3 2 2 9
      Statistics 2 1 1 . 1 . 2 2 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 2 7 1 6 5 3 2 1 . 2
    Physical sciences 23 27 22 35 40 34 29 40 33 39
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 1 . 4 3 3 3 4 2 3
      Chemistry 11 18 12 19 22 19 12 23 23 26
      Physics 8 8 10 12 15 12 14 13 8 10
    Psychology 14 10 13 10 8 15 15 7 11 12
      Clinical psychology 3 3 . 4 2 4 1 2 5 6
      Counseling and applied psychology . 1 . . 1 . . . 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 9 6 13 6 5 11 12 5 5 6
      Psychology, other 2 . . . . . 2 . . .
    Social sciences 32 51 40 28 41 27 33 43 39 30
      Anthropology 3 10 5 1 4 1 2 5 6 5
      Economics 11 13 12 11 12 3 12 11 13 12
      Political science and government 4 7 5 2 5 3 4 5 6 5
      Public policy analysis . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 9 10 5 3 11 8 1 4 4 3
      Social sciences, other 5 11 13 11 8 12 14 18 10 5
  Non-science and engineering 72 79 69 66 93 88 87 68 62 75
    Business 14 5 5 9 15 9 18 16 9 10
      Business 14 5 5 9 15 9 18 16 9 10
    Education 26 28 29 29 40 34 39 20 29 28
      Education leadership and administration 3 5 3 2 5 6 8 2 5 1
      Education research 17 13 15 14 20 19 22 7 15 16
      Teacher education and teaching fields 4 5 9 10 11 8 4 6 9 7
      Education, other 2 5 2 3 4 1 5 5 . 4
    Humanities and arts 26 35 26 18 31 38 26 23 17 27
      Letters 9 18 16 9 9 17 8 9 8 14
      Foreign languages and literature 5 2 . 2 4 5 7 4 . 3
      History 3 6 4 1 6 4 4 2 6 3
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 4 2 4 4 6 3 5 1 3
      Music and performing arts 2 . . 1 3 . 1 . . 2
      Humanities and arts, other 5 5 4 1 5 6 3 3 2 2
    Other non-science and engineering 6 11 9 10 7 7 4 9 7 10
      Communication 4 9 7 9 6 7 2 9 7 9
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 2 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 1,512 1,506 1,475 1,392 1,393 1,370 1,292 1,113 1,105 1,070
    Female 1,301 1,303 1,260 1,138 1,077 1,024 1,057 1,018 974 863
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,243 1,347 1,365 1,394 1,208 1,187 1,171 1,153 1,164 1,102
    Hispanic or Latino 130 146 140 137 110 106 98 92 90 76
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,049 1,128 1,159 1,189 1,032 1,009 998 970 986 929
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 3
      Asian 157 141 131 125 91 94 82 72 94 79
      Black or African American 87 94 94 89 73 64 58 51 50 45
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
      White 739 834 872 912 820 806 804 802 802 770
      More than one race 64 57 60 62 47 43 52 42 38 32
    Unknown ethnicity and race 64 73 66 68 66 72 75 91 88 97
  Temporary visa holders 1,570 1,462 1,370 1,136 1,262 1,207 1,178 978 915 831
  Science and engineering 2,665 2,657 2,574 2,358 2,351 2,266 2,217 1,945 1,903 1,762
    Science 2,134 2,093 2,002 1,894 1,853 1,742 1,689 1,408 1,373 1,250
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 97 99 98 93 90 90 85 165 161 126
      Biological and biomedical sciences 358 367 364 361 336 318 317 260 255 218
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 29 26
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 47 41
      Computer and information sciences 742 645 589 497 551 499 465 211 190 179
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 26 29 32 41 38 46 44 41 44 45
      Mathematics and statistics 152 124 127 128 108 79 88 78 68 60
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 42 45 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 54 74 65 56 56 57 73 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 253 246 238 233 235 216 211 213 198 216
      Psychology 72 79 82 86 87 82 84 86 87 74
      Social sciences 338 385 382 391 352 355 322 278 294 265
    Engineering 531 564 572 464 498 524 528 537 530 512
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 25 21 16 10 9 3 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 143 157 155 145 150 136 142 54 55 54
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 89 84 72 80 75 91 94 100 104 105
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 178 195 212 132 161 185 189 208 196 182
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 23 18 16 16 26 29 27 20 14 13
      Mechanical engineering 69 89 101 81 77 80 76 68 68 66
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 93 92
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 148 152 161 172 119 128 132 186 176 171
      Clinical medicine 74 81 88 93 42 49 56 110 97 92
      Other health 74 71 73 79 77 79 76 76 79 79

NOTE:
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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 396 382 308 359 318 326 280 339 260 274
    Female 428 431 424 425 369 417 392 440 435 439
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 559 542 543 481 495 509 487 525 512 506
    Hispanic or Latino 65 45 45 36 39 29 26 34 34 31
    Not Hispanic or Latino 457 463 462 411 409 432 422 454 439 432
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 1 3 3
      Asian 68 63 53 43 40 45 32 34 25 36
      Black or African American 32 33 40 30 34 48 52 49 44 45
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
      White 344 349 348 323 319 321 329 357 354 338
      More than one race 13 18 18 12 13 15 6 12 13 10
    Unknown ethnicity and race 37 34 36 34 47 48 39 37 39 43
  Temporary visa holders 265 271 189 303 192 234 185 254 183 207
  Science and engineering 618 561 463 521 449 484 386 456 358 423
    Science 492 413 353 342 326 347 284 335 254 293
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 37 27 26 29 31 32 35 51 58 65
      Biological and biomedical sciences 47 32 35 36 37 37 40 32 27 16
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 4
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 28 30
      Computer and information sciences 168 151 88 94 74 85 39 106 35 45
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 5 7 8 10 14 9 15 15 20
      Mathematics and statistics 20 19 17 9 7 5 3 7 3 8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 63 46 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 26 31 35 34 34 37 30 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 14 14 18 19 20 25 17 16 11 10
      Psychology 14 15 17 11 12 11 8 6 3 13
      Social sciences 97 73 91 102 101 101 103 70 69 82
    Engineering 126 148 110 179 123 137 102 121 104 130
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 10 10 5 8 5 14 9 2 6 9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 24 19 25 16 22 23 16 21 12 14
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 70 95 49 129 71 68 57 54 47 56
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 5 9 5 5 5 4 6 4 8
      Mechanical engineering 16 17 21 21 20 27 16 31 28 30
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 13
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 206 252 269 263 238 259 286 323 337 290
      Clinical medicine 197 239 253 249 224 240 265 296 308 262
      Other health 9 13 16 14 14 19 21 27 29 28

NOTE:
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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 413 495 465 484 460 421 452 455 471 458 0
  Science and engineering 408 488 458 477 451 409 433 438 457 438 0
    Science 265 343 326 349 326 283 295 295 307 298 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 28 37 31 31 32 26 28 59 54 47 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 66 96 91 112 79 76 73 55 61 53 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 5 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 74 67 70 79 79 71 69 82 81 76 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 7 10 11 9 19 16 11 18 19 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 4 2 4 3 2 0 1 2 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 11 19 15 14 12 12 21 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 66 83 77 74 80 55 66 63 57 73 0
      Psychology 3 9 13 12 13 9 7 6 10 7 0
      Social sciences 7 21 17 12 19 13 15 11 18 18 0
    Engineering 143 145 132 128 125 126 138 143 150 140 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 6 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 51 58 58 55 52 44 51 15 26 18 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 15 15 11 9 15 16 17 19 23 14 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 50 43 34 32 29 37 44 51 42 37 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 7 2 2 4 5 5 6 3 3 4 0
      Mechanical engineering 11 21 25 25 22 23 20 20 14 16 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 42 51 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 5 7 7 7 9 12 19 17 14 20 0
      Clinical medicine 1 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 6 0
      Other health 4 6 5 6 5 8 17 16 13 14 0

NOTE:
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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 2,813 2,809 2,735 2,530 2,470 2,394 2,349 2,131 2,079 1,933
  Fellowships 41 116 119 129 138 120 170 133 127 110
    Federal 5 48 45 64 57 59 76 69 61 68
    Institutional 32 58 64 54 70 49 82 50 53 30
    Nonfederal 4 10 10 11 11 12 12 14 13 12
  Research assistantships 936 935 909 856 823 839 773 803 809 781
    Federal 407 445 419 420 403 361 373 385 409 388
    Institutional 362 352 346 310 269 314 238 250 233 253
    Nonfederal 167 138 144 126 151 164 162 168 167 140
  Teaching assistantships 916 900 878 847 838 828 778 782 761 744
    Federal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 915 899 878 847 837 828 778 782 759 744
    Nonfederal 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
  Other types of support 920 858 829 698 671 607 628 413 382 298
    Federal 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 2
    Institutional 33 60 57 39 39 55 47 43 43 22
    Nonfederal 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
    Personal resources 887 796 770 657 631 550 578 369 338 272

NOTE:
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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 162 169 150 151 156 150 149 132 141 150
    Science 118 124 111 110 114 109 104 94 104 107
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 18 13 11 6 12 12 13 24 27 23
      Biological and biomedical sciences 31 39 37 32 38 36 36 29 33 34
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 8
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 13 18 19 16 10 10 8 6 7 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 5 4 6 7 5 5 4 6 4
      Mathematics and statistics 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 3 2 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 14 15 11 12 11 7 8 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 26 26 17 23 24 22 21 20 18 26
      Psychology 3 3 5 10 10 14 12 6 7 2
      Social sciences 5 3 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
    Engineering 44 45 39 41 42 41 45 38 37 43
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 22 23 20 22 25 25 23 6 5 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 10 11 10 7 4 7 12 7 6 10
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 2 3 4 4 3 7 5 3 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 6 5 6 8 5 3 4 6 3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 17 21
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 3 6 2 2 2 3 2 0 3 3
      Clinical medicine 2 5 2 2 2 3 2 0 3 3
      Other health 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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 68 83 71 81 85 75 67 70 80 98
  Science and engineering 66 80 70 80 84 73 67 70 79 95
    Science 50 64 57 61 65 59 50 48 60 70
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 5 5 4 2 5 5 6 13 16 17
      Biological and biomedical sciences 15 23 23 21 25 23 18 12 16 18
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 7
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 4 6 4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 4 3 3 4 4 2 1 3 4
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 10 11 6 8 7 4 3 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 14 12 15 15 10 7 11 8 17
      Psychology 3 2 3 7 6 10 10 4 6 1
      Social sciences 4 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 16 16 13 19 19 14 17 22 19 25
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 10 8 11 14 13 10 5 4 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 3 2 3 1 1 6 4 4 6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 15
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 3
      Clinical medicine 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 3
      Other health 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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 268,657 245,158 213,824 219,389 223,177 211,140 210,416 214,576 213,902 200,199
    Science 164,810 155,651 141,122 146,194 154,140 139,276 140,312 146,606 155,793 138,343
      Computer and information sciences 30,057 30,721 27,336 31,199 27,702 25,106 21,126 20,596 19,313 18,447
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,835 4,378 3,582 4,265 6,569 5,215 3,966 3,849 4,754 4,029
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 1,437 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 4,835 4,378 3,582 2,828 6,564 5,215 3,966 3,849 4,746 4,029
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
      Life sciences 79,726 77,193 69,519 64,246 67,652 66,052 74,257 83,957 81,165 69,749
        Agricultural sciences 23,426 21,277 17,175 16,454 10,311 11,406 12,018 12,497 24,915 24,079
        Biological and biomedical sciences 26,929 27,376 25,498 25,906 24,678 22,897 20,051 22,306 20,002 22,885
        Health sciences 13,087 10,918 9,953 10,047 19,940 19,867 20,827 18,693 12,031 13,881
        Natural resources and conservation 9,541 8,221 7,248 7,497 8,213 8,017 8,428 11,088 0 0
        Life sciences nec 6,743 9,401 9,645 4,342 4,510 3,865 12,933 19,373 24,217 8,904
      Mathematics and statistics 3,383 3,351 3,218 3,361 3,636 2,429 2,392 2,495 2,587 2,007
      Physical sciences 27,580 23,286 22,250 28,757 31,623 24,443 22,383 23,246 31,831 31,601
        Astronomy and astrophysics 5,992 5,117 4,116 4,838 4,768 4,698 3,520 3,583 3,197 3,125
        Chemistry 11,743 9,387 10,139 14,992 19,452 12,489 11,433 12,359 15,408 20,128
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 9,845 8,782 7,995 8,927 7,403 7,256 7,430 7,304 13,226 8,348
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 9,888 8,227 8,004 7,836 9,195 7,357 6,263 6,902 6,682 5,209
      Social sciences 8,461 7,235 5,623 4,819 6,118 5,185 5,234 4,807 5,479 4,581
        Anthropology 410 537 549 610 1,063 919 917 1,100 0 0
        Economics 2,376 1,681 1,455 1,129 1,820 2,201 911 989 629 840
        Political science and government 970 621 518 495 837 317 1,194 753 1,222 640
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,806 1,461 1,297 1,505 1,263 700 610 1,268 2,991 2,008
        Social sciences nec 2,899 2,935 1,804 1,080 1,135 1,048 1,602 697 637 1,093
      Sciences nec 880 1,260 1,590 1,711 1,645 3,489 4,691 754 3,982 2,720
    Engineering 82,841 67,776 60,065 58,804 49,745 54,219 53,718 47,257 41,390 44,867
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6,661 3,913 4,848 1,111 998 65 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 25,274 21,842 21,100 21,952 14,492 18,147 17,437 17,241 10,357 14,910
      Civil engineering 22,301 15,006 13,904 14,209 13,705 15,058 15,413 10,679 12,075 9,021
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 17,521 13,103 9,787 10,658 11,198 11,881 11,807 11,787 11,505 13,640
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 9,260 9,172 8,152 8,915 8,456 7,521 7,664 7,193 6,996 6,773
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,824 4,740 2,274 1,959 896 1,547 1,397 357 430 523
    Non-S&E 21,006 21,731 12,637 14,391 19,292 17,645 16,386 20,713 16,719 16,989
      Business management and business administration 1,649 1,686 1,463 1,550 1,384 2,029 1,112 1,847 1,565 1,047
      Communication and communications technologies 505 221 223 124 657 582 458 682 369 600
      Education 5,455 5,421 4,014 4,079 9,103 11,399 12,168 9,318 9,266 10,496
      Humanities 2,625 2,959 1,624 2,507 2,019 2,062 1,611 2,395 3,428 2,035
      Law 15 18 39 95 91 105 0 0 0 2
      Social work 0 0 0 542 0 1 0 0 206 48
      Visual and performing arts 507 327 348 117 1,483 481 953 779 138 736
      Non-S&E nec 10,250 11,099 4,926 5,377 4,555 986 84 5,692 1,747 2,025

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 268,657 138,849 11,465 90,429 9,220 12,373 6,321
    Science 164,810 93,029 3,066 54,517 3,928 6,357 3,913
      Computer and information sciences 30,057 16,516 148 8,927 2,293 530 1,643
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,835 3,057 99 1,254 288 137 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 4,835 3,057 99 1,254 288 137 0
        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 79,726 43,382 2,783 28,837 1,248 2,750 726
        Agricultural sciences 23,426 13,073 1,067 7,917 466 580 323
        Biological and biomedical sciences 26,929 17,311 875 7,296 0 1,373 74
        Health sciences 13,087 7,982 214 4,009 514 188 180
        Natural resources and conservation 9,541 4,953 555 3,344 23 563 103
        Life sciences nec 6,743 63 72 6,271 245 46 46
      Mathematics and statistics 3,383 2,171 0 934 0 139 139
      Physical sciences 27,580 18,832 0 7,944 46 642 116
        Astronomy and astrophysics 5,992 4,406 0 1,559 0 27 0
        Chemistry 11,743 8,193 0 3,053 28 434 35
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 9,845 6,233 0 3,332 18 181 81
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 9,888 6,191 36 2,768 42 754 97
      Social sciences 8,461 2,880 0 3,148 11 1,404 1,018
        Anthropology 410 185 0 192 6 27 0
        Economics 2,376 985 0 1,013 5 369 4
        Political science and government 970 377 0 433 0 160 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,806 588 0 375 0 787 56
        Social sciences nec 2,899 745 0 1,135 0 61 958
      Sciences nec 880 0 0 705 0 1 174
    Engineering 82,841 41,770 4,151 25,285 5,025 4,918 1,692
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6,661 2,879 0 2,749 930 92 11
      Chemical engineering 25,274 15,016 0 7,295 2,098 823 42
      Civil engineering 22,301 10,632 3,917 5,989 240 404 1,119
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 17,521 8,415 100 4,960 796 3,248 2
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 9,260 4,558 134 3,093 810 223 442
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,824 270 0 1,199 151 128 76
    Non-S&E 21,006 4,050 4,248 10,627 267 1,098 716
      Business management and business administration 1,649 32 0 1,488 0 0 129
      Communication and communications technologies 505 80 0 310 74 41 0
      Education 5,455 2,211 618 2,216 29 250 131
      Humanities 2,625 104 0 2,323 22 82 94
      Law 15 15 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 507 15 0 483 0 9 0
      Non-S&E nec 10,250 1,593 3,630 3,807 142 716 362

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 138,849 129,044 116,349 116,170 117,359 110,654 108,871 106,269 103,417 110,189
  DOD 14,781 18,086 16,646 16,361 17,180 15,381 14,533 11,783 11,323 10,870
  DOE 7,985 7,195 6,227 5,775 6,097 5,228 4,336 5,232 7,950 12,298
  HHS 46,582 42,807 38,102 34,939 33,895 29,026 26,986 24,453 21,187 21,291
  NASA 5,263 3,520 3,206 3,347 2,694 2,864 3,123 3,239 3,200 2,570
  NSF 38,784 36,895 34,549 38,314 38,320 36,016 36,819 38,020 36,529 39,445
  USDA 9,883 7,395 7,605 8,480 7,999 7,642 7,887 8,948 9,003 9,200
  Other 15,571 13,146 10,014 8,954 11,174 14,497 15,187 14,594 14,225 14,515

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 3,389 606 2,783 .
2018 3,341 578 2,763 .
2017 3,253 570 2,683 .

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 645 701 707 698 682
    Agricultural sciences 93 112 91 90 87
    Biological and biomedical sciences 122 130 123 121 128
    Computer and information sciences 34 28 40 37 39
    Engineering 175 182 190 166 153
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 21 21 19 18 18
    Health sciences 29 30 49 64 50
    Mathematics and statistics 3 3 2 3 3
    Natural resources and conservation 22 24 25 24 24
    Physical sciences 95 106 104 111 120
    Psychology 48 56 54 54 53
    Social sciences 5 8 9 8 9
    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 111,373 . . . .
    Computer and information sciences 51,656 . . . .
    Engineering 41,700 . . . .
    Health sciences 18,017 . . . .

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 1,450 39,919 17,800 41,338 9,112
    Agricultural sciences 0 4,230 849 4,460 1,050
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 2,300 2,871 13,502 1,279
    Computer and information sciences 0 4,804 879 2,429 0
    Engineering 0 2,060 9,205 4,756 4,641
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 431 427
    Health sciences 1,450 17,493 1,061 1,148 1,456
    Mathematics and statistics 0 8,374 394 323 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 863 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 659 903 2,831 259
    Psychology 0 0 775 11,141 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 316 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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