U. Michigan

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 2 99.8 679
2022 1 100 680
2021 1 100 691
2020 1 100 698
2019 1 100 697
2018 1 100 700
2017 1 100 684
2016 1 100 697
2015 3 99.7 693
2014 3 99.7 688
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

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 5,476 5,555 5,275 4,723 4,624 4,652 4,708 4,417 4,043 3,721
    Female 4,509 4,612 4,419 3,869 3,736 3,629 3,418 3,062 2,701 2,549
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 5,242 5,392 5,649 5,178 4,713 4,682 4,441 4,034 3,857 3,736
    Hispanic or Latino 596 623 612 538 483 495 448 338 325 287
    Not Hispanic or Latino 4,447 4,548 4,781 4,377 4,007 3,942 3,744 3,493 3,306 3,279
      American Indian or Alaska Native 15 18 21 16 14 11 14 11 13 9
      Asian 893 876 864 702 634 590 534 449 436 433
      Black or African American 346 363 371 330 285 282 255 215 183 180
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 6 4 4 1 3 6 4 6 5
      White 2,925 3,042 3,273 3,093 2,878 2,871 2,771 2,666 2,530 2,512
      More than one race 263 243 248 232 195 185 164 148 138 140
    Unknown ethnicity and race 199 221 256 263 223 245 249 203 226 170
  Temporary visa holders 4,743 4,775 4,045 3,414 3,647 3,599 3,685 3,445 2,887 2,534
  Science and engineering 9,276 9,445 8,938 7,982 7,808 7,697 7,534 6,906 6,192 5,630
    Science 5,531 5,573 5,359 4,812 4,641 4,384 4,200 3,867 3,400 3,276
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1,571 1,582 1,567 1,391 1,418 1,405 1,351 970 966 859
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 55 51
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 30 29
      Computer and information sciences 1,014 1,042 1,039 769 630 542 494 433 120 83
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 136 131 129 127 133 113 124 413 412 464
      Mathematics and statistics 491 502 450 423 463 428 409 355 298 259
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 244 216 57 32 37 22 1 124 97 89
      Natural resources and conservation 458 484 492 422 299 220 261 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 596 564 574 614 602 596 574 426 398 390
      Psychology 199 205 218 203 214 191 182 147 133 121
      Social sciences 822 847 833 831 845 867 804 918 891 931
    Engineering 3,745 3,872 3,579 3,170 3,167 3,313 3,334 3,039 2,792 2,354
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 279 326 291 213 217 211 224 195 176 181
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 264 227 232 228 222 216 199 202 193 164
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 172 143 166 170 164 160 147 161 155 140
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 202 191 171 164 194 195 177 162 159 164
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1,234 1,372 1,270 1,063 1,055 1,081 1,118 1,095 978 919
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 338 462 401 299 270 341 325 250 244 192
      Mechanical engineering 761 729 666 610 568 615 633 573 528 281
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 163 148 131 140 132 124 116 123 113 124
      Other engineering 332 274 251 283 345 370 395 278 246 189
    Health 709 722 756 610 552 584 592 573 552 640
      Clinical medicine 274 329 347 248 211 232 241 244 240 317
      Other health 435 393 409 362 341 352 351 329 312 323

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 1,109 1,172 995 1,026 1,138 1,106 1,168 664 555 600
    Female 470 424 365 404 392 324 340 235 195 233
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,053 1,052 1,014 1,019 1,150 1,070 1,095 618 507 574
    Hispanic or Latino 71 69 72 75 64 54 65 40 21 35
    Not Hispanic or Latino 935 940 902 911 1,039 970 982 549 437 501
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 0 0 1 4 4 4 1 1 2
      Asian 184 189 165 161 148 124 105 76 60 69
      Black or African American 42 38 35 41 50 54 66 25 23 26
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 1
      White 667 670 669 678 802 767 778 425 332 396
      More than one race 39 41 33 29 35 20 28 21 17 7
    Unknown ethnicity and race 47 43 40 33 47 46 48 29 49 38
  Temporary visa holders 526 544 346 411 380 360 413 281 243 259
  Science and engineering 1,560 1,580 1,345 1,390 1,501 1,403 1,476 843 664 748
    Science 708 696 571 551 397 232 205 278 214 159
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 17 15 15 10 27 17 16 11 9 5
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 574 542 442 395 247 94 134 106 48 48
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 12 13 14
      Mathematics and statistics 6 11 6 6 17 30 23 9 19 8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 71 68 55 57 37 19 1 118 111 60
      Natural resources and conservation 17 27 21 25 16 21 13 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 3 3 5 8 8 4 0 0 1
      Psychology 4 5 4 8 8 7 0 0 1 0
      Social sciences 16 24 25 43 37 36 13 22 13 23
    Engineering 852 884 774 839 1,104 1,171 1,271 565 450 589
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10 6 7 18 19 14 13 12 21 16
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 3 6 15 7 10 13 9 9 5
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 0 2 2 4 4 2 4 10 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 9 5 14 20 15 12 13 9 13
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 188 224 211 257 255 229 207 194 133 156
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 317 350 250 201 334 389 357 111 80 210
      Mechanical engineering 113 123 127 177 197 225 232 208 178 171
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 10 10 4 10 8 7 5 3 2 7
      Other engineering 202 159 162 145 260 278 430 11 8 6
    Health 19 16 15 40 29 27 32 56 86 85
      Clinical medicine 9 7 9 6 11 11 8 17 19 16
      Other health 10 9 6 34 18 16 24 39 67 69

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 2,210 2,411 1,842 1,918 1,734 1,658 1,647 1,574 1,515 1,492 0
  Science and engineering 1,973 2,173 1,758 1,846 1,651 1,584 1,562 1,502 1,436 1,415 0
    Science 1,255 1,328 988 990 834 799 814 744 693 717 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 617 636 538 516 456 436 426 347 326 318 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 24 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 151 158 31 22 22 15 10 12 10 9 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 46 59 59 59 55 46 58 70 64 81 0
      Mathematics and statistics 40 33 40 42 34 27 30 48 48 34 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0
      Natural resources and conservation 94 112 21 13 4 8 11 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 211 210 229 258 199 212 209 168 158 168 0
      Psychology 19 22 20 24 18 20 24 17 19 20 0
      Social sciences 77 95 50 56 46 35 46 55 42 59 0
    Engineering 718 845 770 856 817 785 748 758 743 698 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 82 92 64 66 54 60 63 66 57 60 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 89 84 83 73 79 59 60 51 39 46 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 53 53 67 78 76 57 57 64 60 45 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 27 35 32 29 30 46 31 25 32 30 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 196 261 229 283 273 249 253 269 285 256 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 28 34 20 27 18 32 25 20 22 22 0
      Mechanical engineering 131 149 145 160 139 128 128 111 101 99 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 42 41 42 48 48 47 39 53 54 58 0
      Other engineering 70 96 88 92 100 107 92 99 93 82 0
    Health 237 238 84 72 83 74 85 72 79 77 0
      Clinical medicine 116 137 28 23 36 25 32 29 38 40 0
      Other health 121 101 56 49 47 49 53 43 41 37 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 9,985 10,167 9,694 8,592 8,360 8,281 8,126 7,479 6,744 6,270
  Fellowships 2,086 1,902 2,132 2,153 1,991 2,094 2,091 1,786 1,700 1,670
    Federal 475 446 465 496 454 439 451 381 384 407
    Institutional 1,611 1,456 1,643 1,632 1,523 1,642 1,618 1,383 1,281 1,242
    Nonfederal 0 0 24 25 14 13 22 22 35 21
  Research assistantships 1,621 1,688 1,965 1,975 1,892 1,867 1,748 1,681 1,644 1,608
    Federal 1,080 1,193 1,336 1,371 1,226 1,182 1,143 1,165 1,110 1,074
    Institutional 378 317 377 368 409 433 365 309 336 370
    Nonfederal 163 178 252 236 257 252 240 207 198 164
  Teaching assistantships 1,550 1,544 1,448 1,497 1,348 1,303 1,298 1,200 1,110 1,085
    Federal 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
    Institutional 1,549 1,543 1,448 1,497 1,346 1,303 1,298 1,198 1,110 1,085
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 4,728 5,033 4,149 2,967 3,129 3,017 2,989 2,812 2,290 1,907
    Federal 654 771 41 51 53 37 53 26 21 11
    Institutional 3,458 3,585 439 480 393 409 375 347 301 250
    Nonfederal 90 113 33 23 28 37 40 56 43 44
    Personal resources 526 564 3,636 2,413 2,655 2,534 2,521 2,383 1,925 1,602

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 1,011 800 871 925 930 893 934 901 881 864
    Science 739 585 657 722 711 678 719 669 651 658
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 355 326 325 352 379 358 340 292 281 276
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 14 10
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Computer and information sciences 36 18 14 26 14 8 6 4 6 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 4
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 26 24 30 38 35 25 33 47 52 58
      Mathematics and statistics 91 6 82 75 69 67 67 67 66 50
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 3 3 4 6 5 49 72 53 99
      Natural resources and conservation 32 28 25 25 26 18 23 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 125 116 113 116 112 120 127 111 116 93
      Psychology 22 21 21 25 23 22 21 19 19 18
      Social sciences 49 43 44 53 47 55 53 33 41 43
    Engineering 272 215 214 203 219 215 215 232 230 206
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 16 14 21 16 19 17 19 18 17 18
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 25 24 25 32 38 40 35 33 28 26
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 36 24 21 15 16 17 24 30 26 28
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 48 28 15 20 15 14 18 7 8 12
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 54 46 57 55 59 52 34 60 54 49
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 5 4 2 6 3 2 7 4 2 1
      Mechanical engineering 58 53 52 1 42 39 43 49 55 42
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 9 12 17 17 23 18
      Other engineering 30 22 21 58 18 22 18 14 17 12
    Health 424 371 403 399 413 458 434 416 419 412
      Clinical medicine 299 270 284 311 293 329 336 328 336 317
      Other health 125 101 119 88 120 129 98 88 83 95

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 734 652 718 807 779 765 781 778 771 690
  Science and engineering 492 436 495 599 564 495 528 540 531 493
    Science 356 314 369 443 428 378 418 410 382 366
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 211 187 226 252 263 244 238 216 189 180
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 5 4 2 10 2 2 2 2 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17 21 22 29 25 22 26 28 33 34
      Mathematics and statistics 2 2 5 15 13 4 11 19 24 26
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 2 1 2 3 1 32 42 30 40
      Natural resources and conservation 14 13 14 16 14 13 9 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 77 63 75 89 86 74 79 68 74 60
      Psychology 15 12 14 17 12 10 9 10 10 12
      Social sciences 14 10 10 13 10 8 12 11 12 10
    Engineering 136 122 126 156 136 117 110 130 149 127
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 11 8 11 11 7 14 9 12 11
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 12 13 20 25 27 23 16 21 19 14
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 14 10 12 13 13 8 8 15 15 14
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 8 6 12 6 7 4 0 4 6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 37 36 38 49 30 29 20 30 41 37
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 30 27 26 0 26 18 23 28 30 20
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 7 9 10 14 15 15
      Other engineering 22 15 16 44 15 16 14 10 13 10
    Health 242 216 223 208 215 270 253 238 240 197
      Clinical medicine 168 152 157 158 146 207 206 193 194 148
      Other health 74 64 66 50 69 63 47 45 46 49

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

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