U. Michigan

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 2 99.8 631
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
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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 5,453 5,242 5,392 5,649 5,178 4,713 4,682 4,441 4,034 3,857
    Hispanic or Latino 607 596 623 612 538 483 495 448 338 325
    Not Hispanic or Latino 4,609 4,447 4,548 4,781 4,377 4,007 3,942 3,744 3,493 3,306
      American Indian or Alaska Native 21 15 18 21 16 14 11 14 11 13
      Asian 983 893 876 864 702 634 590 534 449 436
      Black or African American 371 346 363 371 330 285 282 255 215 183
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 5 6 4 4 1 3 6 4 6
      White 2,947 2,925 3,042 3,273 3,093 2,878 2,871 2,771 2,666 2,530
      More than one race 285 263 243 248 232 195 185 164 148 138
    Unknown ethnicity and race 237 199 221 256 263 223 245 249 203 226
  Temporary visa holders 4,668 4,743 4,775 4,045 3,414 3,647 3,599 3,685 3,445 2,887
  Science and engineering 9,393 9,276 9,445 8,938 7,982 7,808 7,697 7,534 6,906 6,192
    Science 5,530 5,531 5,573 5,359 4,812 4,641 4,384 4,200 3,867 3,400
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1,669 1,571 1,582 1,567 1,391 1,418 1,405 1,351 970 966
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 30
      Computer and information sciences 981 1,014 1,042 1,039 769 630 542 494 433 120
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 136 136 131 129 127 133 113 124 413 412
      Mathematics and statistics 492 491 502 450 423 463 428 409 355 298
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 203 244 216 57 32 37 22 1 124 97
      Natural resources and conservation 483 458 484 492 422 299 220 261 0 0
      Physical sciences 591 596 564 574 614 602 596 574 426 398
      Psychology 192 199 205 218 203 214 191 182 147 133
      Social sciences 783 822 847 833 831 845 867 804 918 891
    Engineering 3,863 3,745 3,872 3,579 3,170 3,167 3,313 3,334 3,039 2,792
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 279 279 326 291 213 217 211 224 195 176
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 287 264 227 232 228 222 216 199 202 193
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 183 172 143 166 170 164 160 147 161 155
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 187 202 191 171 164 194 195 177 162 159
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1,321 1,234 1,372 1,270 1,063 1,055 1,081 1,118 1,095 978
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 339 338 462 401 299 270 341 325 250 244
      Mechanical engineering 764 761 729 666 610 568 615 633 573 528
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 155 163 148 131 140 132 124 116 123 113
      Other engineering 348 332 274 251 283 345 370 395 278 246
    Health 728 709 722 756 610 552 584 592 573 552
      Clinical medicine 285 274 329 347 248 211 232 241 244 240
      Other health 443 435 393 409 362 341 352 351 329 312

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,019 1,053 1,052 1,014 1,019 1,150 1,070 1,095 618 507
    Hispanic or Latino 70 71 69 72 75 64 54 65 40 21
    Not Hispanic or Latino 902 935 940 902 911 1,039 970 982 549 437
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 1 0 0 1 4 4 4 1 1
      Asian 184 184 189 165 161 148 124 105 76 60
      Black or African American 45 42 38 35 41 50 54 66 25 23
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
      White 633 667 670 669 678 802 767 778 425 332
      More than one race 38 39 41 33 29 35 20 28 21 17
    Unknown ethnicity and race 47 47 43 40 33 47 46 48 29 49
  Temporary visa holders 381 526 544 346 411 380 360 413 281 243
  Science and engineering 1,374 1,560 1,580 1,345 1,390 1,501 1,403 1,476 843 664
    Science 635 708 696 571 551 397 232 205 278 214
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 14 17 15 15 10 27 17 16 11 9
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 517 574 542 442 395 247 94 134 106 48
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 12 13
      Mathematics and statistics 7 6 11 6 6 17 30 23 9 19
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 63 71 68 55 57 37 19 1 118 111
      Natural resources and conservation 19 17 27 21 25 16 21 13 0 0
      Physical sciences 1 3 3 3 5 8 8 4 0 0
      Psychology 4 4 5 4 8 8 7 0 0 1
      Social sciences 10 16 24 25 43 37 36 13 22 13
    Engineering 739 852 884 774 839 1,104 1,171 1,271 565 450
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 12 10 6 7 18 19 14 13 12 21
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 5 3 6 15 7 10 13 9 9
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 1 0 2 2 4 4 2 4 10
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 6 9 5 14 20 15 12 13 9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 146 188 224 211 257 255 229 207 194 133
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 244 317 350 250 201 334 389 357 111 80
      Mechanical engineering 103 113 123 127 177 197 225 232 208 178
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 15 10 10 4 10 8 7 5 3 2
      Other engineering 214 202 159 162 145 260 278 430 11 8
    Health 26 19 16 15 40 29 27 32 56 86
      Clinical medicine 10 9 7 9 6 11 11 8 17 19
      Other health 16 10 9 6 34 18 16 24 39 67

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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 2,286 2,210 2,411 1,842 1,918 1,734 1,658 1,647 1,574 1,515
  Science and engineering 2,045 1,973 2,173 1,758 1,846 1,651 1,584 1,562 1,502 1,436
    Science 1,297 1,255 1,328 988 990 834 799 814 744 693
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 668 617 636 538 516 456 436 426 347 326
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 148 151 158 31 22 22 15 10 12 10
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 40 46 59 59 59 55 46 58 70 64
      Mathematics and statistics 44 40 33 40 42 34 27 30 48 48
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
      Natural resources and conservation 110 94 112 21 13 4 8 11 0 0
      Physical sciences 199 211 210 229 258 199 212 209 168 158
      Psychology 26 19 22 20 24 18 20 24 17 19
      Social sciences 61 77 95 50 56 46 35 46 55 42
    Engineering 748 718 845 770 856 817 785 748 758 743
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 83 82 92 64 66 54 60 63 66 57
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 98 89 84 83 73 79 59 60 51 39
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 73 53 53 67 78 76 57 57 64 60
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 21 27 35 32 29 30 46 31 25 32
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 194 196 261 229 283 273 249 253 269 285
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 32 28 34 20 27 18 32 25 20 22
      Mechanical engineering 139 131 149 145 160 139 128 128 111 101
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 43 42 41 42 48 48 47 39 53 54
      Other engineering 65 70 96 88 92 100 107 92 99 93
    Health 241 237 238 84 72 83 74 85 72 79
      Clinical medicine 127 116 137 28 23 36 25 32 29 38
      Other health 114 121 101 56 49 47 49 53 43 41

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: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support 10,121 9,985 10,167 9,694 8,592 8,360 8,281 8,126 7,479 6,744
  Fellowships 2,129 2,086 1,902 2,132 2,153 1,991 2,094 2,091 1,786 1,700
    Federal 498 475 446 465 496 454 439 451 381 384
    Institutional 1,631 1,611 1,456 1,643 1,632 1,523 1,642 1,618 1,383 1,281
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 24 25 14 13 22 22 35
  Research assistantships 1,641 1,621 1,688 1,965 1,975 1,892 1,867 1,748 1,681 1,644
    Federal 1,121 1,080 1,193 1,336 1,371 1,226 1,182 1,143 1,165 1,110
    Institutional 371 378 317 377 368 409 433 365 309 336
    Nonfederal 149 163 178 252 236 257 252 240 207 198
  Teaching assistantships 1,533 1,550 1,544 1,448 1,497 1,348 1,303 1,298 1,200 1,110
    Federal 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
    Institutional 1,533 1,549 1,543 1,448 1,497 1,346 1,303 1,298 1,198 1,110
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 4,818 4,728 5,033 4,149 2,967 3,129 3,017 2,989 2,812 2,290
    Federal 667 654 771 41 51 53 37 53 26 21
    Institutional 3,579 3,458 3,585 439 480 393 409 375 347 301
    Nonfederal 68 90 113 33 23 28 37 40 56 43
    Personal resources 504 526 564 3,636 2,413 2,655 2,534 2,521 2,383 1,925

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering 904 909 735 870 923 945 893 934 901 881
    Science 639 656 527 654 719 721 678 719 669 651
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 297 319 290 323 346 382 358 340 292 281
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Computer and information sciences 45 36 18 14 26 14 8 6 4 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 35 28 25 30 38 36 25 33 47 52
      Mathematics and statistics 65 63 3 79 74 69 67 67 67 66
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 2 2 3 4 6 5 49 72 53
      Natural resources and conservation 27 29 28 25 25 26 18 23 0 0
      Physical sciences 95 111 101 113 116 114 120 127 111 116
      Psychology 26 22 21 21 26 24 22 21 19 19
      Social sciences 46 46 39 46 56 50 55 53 33 41
    Engineering 265 253 208 216 204 224 215 215 232 230
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 16 17 14 22 16 19 17 19 18 17
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 32 26 25 25 33 39 40 35 33 28
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 30 33 22 21 15 16 17 24 30 26
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 20 28 17 15 20 15 14 18 7 8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 66 54 49 57 56 60 52 34 60 54
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 5 4 2 5 3 2 7 4 2
      Mechanical engineering 60 59 53 52 1 45 39 43 49 55
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 9 12 17 17 23
      Other engineering 38 31 24 22 58 18 22 18 14 17
    Health 429 409 362 397 393 411 458 434 416 419
      Clinical medicine 321 285 260 278 308 294 329 336 328 336
      Other health 108 124 102 119 85 117 129 98 88 83

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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 710 734 652 718 807 779 765 781 778 771
  Science and engineering 496 492 436 495 599 564 495 528 540 531
    Science 339 356 314 369 443 428 378 418 410 382
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 199 211 187 226 252 263 244 238 216 189
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 4 5 4 2 10 2 2 2 2 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 22 17 21 22 29 25 22 26 28 33
      Mathematics and statistics 3 2 2 5 15 13 4 11 19 24
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 32 42 30
      Natural resources and conservation 10 14 13 14 16 14 13 9 0 0
      Physical sciences 68 77 63 75 89 86 74 79 68 74
      Psychology 16 15 12 14 17 12 10 9 10 10
      Social sciences 16 14 10 10 13 10 8 12 11 12
    Engineering 157 136 122 126 156 136 117 110 130 149
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 11 11 8 11 11 7 14 9 12
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 26 12 13 20 25 27 23 16 21 19
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 14 10 12 13 13 8 8 15 15
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 13 8 8 6 12 6 7 4 0 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 34 37 36 38 49 30 29 20 30 41
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 0
      Mechanical engineering 32 30 27 26 0 26 18 23 28 30
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 10 14 15
      Other engineering 31 22 15 16 44 15 16 14 10 13
    Health 214 242 216 223 208 215 270 253 238 240
      Clinical medicine 158 168 152 157 158 146 207 206 193 194
      Other health 56 74 64 66 50 69 63 47 45 46

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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