U. Michigan, Ann Arbor

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 1 100 459 27 95.7 602 4 99.7 914
2022 1 100 457 4 99.7 900
2021 4 99.3 447 28 95.4 583 3 99.8 908
2020 2 99.8 450 2 99.9 916
2019 3 99.6 447 26 95.8 589 2 99.9 914
2018 1 100 428 2 99.9 911
2017 5 99.1 425 27 95.5 575 2 99.9 898
2016 3 99.5 430 2 99.9 896
2015 1 100 426 26 95.6 570 2 99.9 898
2014 3 99.5 422 2 99.9 889
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 900 861 780 846 801 853 778 818 851 850
  Science and engineering 765 758 674 740 661 722 640 673 706 701
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 11 2 6 3 6 11 6 8 7
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . . . . 1 . 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation 1 10 2 6 3 6 10 6 7 6
    Biological and biomedical sciences 148 153 131 128 124 132 122 139 130 141
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 8 5 10 11 9 11 15 26 21
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 6 4 5 6 6 3 6 . 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 30 30 27 19 19 26 19 22 15 14
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 5 3 2 7 8 9 14 10 9 11
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 23 19 25 26 21 25 15 17 16 18
      Genetics and genomics 7 8 6 2 4 3 7 6 3 7
      Microbiology and immunology 12 16 10 8 16 12 13 17 18 12
      Molecular biology 22 22 17 11 7 11 10 9 11 14
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 12 13 13 19 9 9 16 13 11 12
      Pharmacology and toxicology 4 7 5 8 6 6 3 6 12 9
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 17 13 12 11 14 16 8 15 9 14
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 7 8 5 2 3 . 3 3 . 5
    Computer and information sciences 32 22 35 40 30 32 19 25 16 22
      Computer science 13 8 27 27 24 22 14 21 7 17
      Computer and information sciences, other 19 14 8 13 6 10 5 4 9 5
    Engineering 266 275 223 245 218 237 223 201 227 254
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 24 17 27 17 15 34 17 10 22 23
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 26 24 16 21 20 23 15 19 31 27
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 25 30 21 18 22 25 20 11 18 19
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 17 11 19 14 16 16 12 8 13 13
      Electrical and computer engineering 75 71 41 46 46 55 59 52 48 49
      Industrial engineering and operations research 9 13 11 23 13 11 11 18 8 15
      Materials and mining engineering 22 16 21 20 10 22 22 27 19 23
      Mechanical engineering 43 60 40 59 54 36 33 34 44 54
      Engineering, other 25 33 27 27 22 15 34 22 24 31
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 19 23 10 16 18 17 12 20 15 10
      Geological sciences 9 14 5 10 11 10 6 15 8 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 10 9 5 6 7 7 6 5 7 6
    Health sciences 33 29 34 35 39 39 34 31 52 37
      Nursing science 4 3 7 6 8 11 6 12 11 9
      Pharmaceutical sciences 10 7 6 8 10 7 6 9 6 4
      Public health 11 10 14 14 17 10 16 5 24 15
      Health sciences, other 8 9 7 7 4 11 6 5 11 9
    Mathematics and statistics 46 36 35 40 33 26 27 24 34 39
      Applied mathematics 7 8 7 5 4 6 7 3 6 9
      Mathematics 6 4 4 11 11 8 5 12 17 19
      Statistics 19 11 11 14 10 6 8 5 8 9
      Mathematics and statistics, other 14 13 13 10 8 6 7 4 3 2
    Physical sciences 110 106 101 122 107 117 87 111 101 78
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 13 6 9 7 7 10 12 10 8
      Chemistry 64 55 59 65 59 65 43 59 53 34
      Physics 39 38 36 48 41 45 34 40 38 36
    Psychology 28 29 29 32 29 27 25 18 25 29
      Clinical psychology 5 2 4 6 5 3 3 3 4 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 4 3 5 4 6 1 4 2 2 2
      Research and experimental psychology 18 20 14 20 17 20 12 11 18 21
      Psychology, other 1 4 6 2 1 3 6 2 1 .
    Social sciences 82 74 74 76 60 89 80 98 98 84
      Anthropology 12 9 9 14 9 16 9 13 17 15
      Economics 24 22 20 23 21 33 28 29 30 26
      Political science and government 10 15 10 14 11 14 16 21 20 11
      Public policy analysis 1 1 3 2 . 1 1 3 3 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 8 8 8 7 7 12 8 9 10 16
      Social sciences, other 27 19 24 16 12 13 18 23 18 16
  Non-science and engineering 135 103 106 106 140 131 138 145 145 149
    Business 11 15 9 13 18 9 11 20 16 23
      Business 11 15 9 13 18 9 11 20 16 23
    Education 27 25 26 19 21 34 17 38 31 26
      Education leadership and administration . . . 1 . 1 . 3 . .
      Education research 13 10 10 8 8 15 11 20 19 16
      Teacher education and teaching fields 9 6 8 7 11 16 4 12 11 10
      Education, other 5 9 8 3 2 2 2 3 1 .
    Humanities and arts 76 47 53 52 83 75 86 72 77 76
      Letters 37 20 21 12 21 17 20 22 27 21
      Foreign languages and literature 4 4 3 11 9 10 20 6 10 11
      History 15 10 13 11 27 25 26 21 19 20
      Philosophy and religious studies 11 1 5 6 7 7 4 5 9 6
      Music and performing arts 2 5 1 5 5 3 3 7 4 7
      Humanities and arts, other 7 7 10 7 14 13 13 11 8 11
    Other non-science and engineering 21 16 18 22 18 13 24 15 21 24
      Communication 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 3 7 8
      Public administration and social services 6 8 3 5 5 5 5 8 6 9
      Non-science and engineering, other 9 3 10 12 9 4 14 4 8 7

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

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 1,925,875 1,770,708 1,639,645 1,673,862 1,675,805 1,600,869 1,530,139 1,436,448 1,369,278 1,349,262
    Science 1,491,033 1,349,872 1,241,735 1,289,602 1,279,433 1,194,281 1,148,441 1,063,298 1,045,835 1,028,301
      Computer and information sciences 17,076 16,789 13,922 15,180 12,983 12,010 10,716 8,162 7,631 9,123
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 19,164 15,865 15,080 14,928 15,705 14,278 14,449 13,522 14,609 17,279
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 19,164 15,865 15,080 14,928 15,705 14,278 14,449 13,522 14,609 17,279
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 1,116,866 1,018,062 931,174 967,660 955,653 873,031 826,506 784,654 779,922 760,324
        Agricultural sciences 2,872 2,541 2,142 2,073 2,065 2,724 2,481 2,156 18,542 15,454
        Biological and biomedical sciences 298,094 266,722 262,263 266,507 258,013 230,944 216,493 194,016 195,419 192,013
        Health sciences 739,926 680,357 604,587 622,140 632,969 578,171 548,211 532,088 472,983 463,576
        Natural resources and conservation 24,573 21,095 17,964 22,439 21,749 19,614 17,922 18,143 0 0
        Life sciences nec 51,401 47,347 44,218 54,501 40,857 41,578 41,399 38,251 92,978 89,281
      Mathematics and statistics 21,033 20,129 17,937 18,648 18,478 18,306 20,517 18,405 17,803 16,485
      Physical sciences 70,259 65,018 66,041 60,824 61,017 59,815 60,437 54,868 52,449 52,496
        Astronomy and astrophysics 6,922 6,216 5,831 5,867 6,288 5,708 5,817 5,095 5,132 5,315
        Chemistry 35,089 32,418 33,006 31,361 29,977 29,285 27,654 25,176 24,714 25,992
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 28,248 26,384 27,204 23,596 24,752 24,822 26,966 24,597 22,603 21,189
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 23,483 20,806 18,255 20,413 19,157 19,865 21,636 21,397 21,989 21,479
      Social sciences 217,488 189,167 175,698 187,421 191,336 192,919 191,304 160,254 149,805 149,442
        Anthropology 7,166 5,723 5,288 6,178 5,760 6,087 5,672 5,130 0 0
        Economics 39,340 33,300 31,218 31,063 34,600 36,553 39,263 31,297 32,144 29,587
        Political science and government 33,859 29,770 30,233 25,466 24,585 24,988 26,641 22,550 23,457 23,368
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 31,619 27,767 27,044 25,750 28,607 27,068 24,322 22,135 28,126 25,770
        Social sciences nec 105,504 92,607 81,915 98,964 97,784 98,223 95,406 79,142 66,078 70,717
      Sciences nec 5,664 4,036 3,628 4,528 5,104 4,057 2,876 2,036 1,627 1,673
    Engineering 324,306 299,254 279,682 283,329 291,887 299,072 286,094 293,930 254,505 251,302
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 17,064 15,615 13,744 14,793 17,083 15,762 15,610 14,524 13,587 12,558
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 28,393 29,990 23,304 21,413 20,938 28,662 18,346 17,329 12,575 13,559
      Chemical engineering 18,366 15,462 14,277 14,152 12,829 12,545 13,770 15,234 13,386 13,565
      Civil engineering 22,870 21,267 20,239 20,833 25,780 25,664 23,547 24,369 19,828 21,846
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 83,421 80,277 77,614 81,952 81,768 79,372 76,730 69,878 65,786 62,947
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 5,428 5,384 5,282 4,631 6,285 7,202 7,037 4,389 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 56,952 48,222 45,339 43,824 41,651 39,855 39,540 35,705 31,987 33,377
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 15,532 13,520 11,156 11,432 11,904 13,414 12,637 11,920 12,321 13,629
      Engineering nec 76,280 69,517 68,727 70,299 73,649 76,596 78,877 100,582 85,035 79,821
    Non-S&E 110,536 121,582 118,228 100,931 104,485 107,516 95,604 79,220 68,938 69,659
      Business management and business administration 17,515 15,156 16,156 13,243 13,015 13,897 14,246 13,166 11,773 11,324
      Communication and communications technologies 1,989 1,740 1,716 1,821 2,016 2,242 1,953 2,165 2,699 1,883
      Education 12,852 12,943 12,371 12,071 11,100 14,748 12,758 9,499 10,817 13,260
      Humanities 26,770 25,283 23,442 25,098 25,955 25,489 25,718 23,526 25,506 24,833
      Law 8,961 6,311 6,694 4,437 6,683 5,991 4,983 4,371 5,848 4,437
      Social work 9,378 7,319 7,210 7,954 7,366 6,921 5,699 5,429 4,801 5,154
      Visual and performing arts 4,334 3,616 3,115 3,825 3,655 3,924 3,022 3,003 2,960 3,104
      Non-S&E nec 28,737 49,214 47,524 32,482 34,695 34,304 27,225 18,061 4,534 5,664

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 1,925,875 1,041,430 1,934 679,205 113,903 80,894 8,509
    Science 1,491,033 824,979 1,083 508,054 83,005 68,837 5,075
      Computer and information sciences 17,076 7,577 0 7,997 114 1,360 28
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 19,164 10,505 0 8,446 0 206 7
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 19,164 10,505 0 8,446 0 206 7
        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 1,116,866 631,452 584 350,016 78,460 52,204 4,150
        Agricultural sciences 2,872 5 0 2,867 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 298,094 203,273 0 75,769 4,887 13,772 393
        Health sciences 739,926 390,777 340 237,538 71,059 36,581 3,631
        Natural resources and conservation 24,573 10,314 153 12,682 318 980 126
        Life sciences nec 51,401 27,083 91 21,160 2,196 871 0
      Mathematics and statistics 21,033 7,505 0 13,066 94 230 138
      Physical sciences 70,259 42,501 0 22,861 2,357 2,408 132
        Astronomy and astrophysics 6,922 3,789 0 2,801 0 332 0
        Chemistry 35,089 20,730 0 11,100 2,147 1,112 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 28,248 17,982 0 8,960 210 964 132
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 23,483 9,184 0 11,998 52 2,162 87
      Social sciences 217,488 113,394 499 91,082 1,928 10,052 533
        Anthropology 7,166 865 0 5,775 0 427 99
        Economics 39,340 27,373 0 10,339 78 1,237 313
        Political science and government 33,859 19,285 0 12,203 0 2,255 116
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 31,619 19,604 104 9,885 741 1,280 5
        Social sciences nec 105,504 46,267 395 52,880 1,109 4,853 0
      Sciences nec 5,664 2,861 0 2,588 0 215 0
    Engineering 324,306 206,437 705 74,674 30,679 8,438 3,373
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 17,064 12,728 0 2,280 1,550 198 308
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 28,393 21,270 0 3,344 2,575 1,204 0
      Chemical engineering 18,366 9,406 66 7,053 1,191 619 31
      Civil engineering 22,870 9,291 416 8,353 3,423 629 758
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 83,421 50,758 60 17,642 9,844 3,534 1,583
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 5,428 3,526 41 1,420 394 47 0
      Mechanical engineering 56,952 36,654 51 10,367 9,126 611 143
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 15,532 9,918 0 3,737 969 721 187
      Engineering nec 76,280 52,886 71 20,478 1,607 875 363
    Non-S&E 110,536 10,014 146 96,477 219 3,619 61
      Business management and business administration 17,515 377 0 16,828 0 289 21
      Communication and communications technologies 1,989 0 0 1,989 0 0 0
      Education 12,852 5,880 42 4,293 90 2,508 39
      Humanities 26,770 352 0 26,418 0 0 0
      Law 8,961 0 0 8,887 74 0 0
      Social work 9,378 3,165 59 5,499 17 638 0
      Visual and performing arts 4,334 114 0 4,181 38 0 1
      Non-S&E nec 28,737 126 45 28,382 0 184 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 1,041,430 970,636 891,125 884,880 886,851 849,123 829,695 786,749 735,447 742,160
  DOD 79,110 82,277 78,334 77,782 83,880 78,514 80,926 79,997 74,028 76,474
  DOE 48,259 43,491 42,146 39,304 40,718 40,483 42,094 40,522 38,612 38,635
  HHS 728,763 680,713 608,464 613,008 615,534 578,188 544,658 493,159 466,611 472,691
  NASA 31,693 27,890 27,565 28,557 25,555 29,077 31,484 51,541 43,172 38,037
  NSF 109,808 99,432 97,499 89,821 81,455 81,682 90,781 83,587 78,520 77,596
  USDA 1,578 1,237 1,988 1,809 1,773 1,921 2,756 2,589 2,437 2,492
  Other 42,219 35,596 35,129 34,599 37,936 39,258 36,996 35,354 32,067 36,235

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 23,007 5,575 17,432 .
2018 22,863 5,392 17,471 .
2017 21,999 5,256 16,743 .

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 2,054 1,882 1,905 1,900 1,878
    Agricultural sciences 12 12 12 12 31
    Biological and biomedical sciences 572 534 363 494 358
    Computer and information sciences 3 4 4 4 1
    Engineering 487 449 463 395 416
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 47 42 47 70 79
    Health sciences 566 496 663 611 672
    Mathematics and statistics 4 5 4 6 7
    Natural resources and conservation 13 6 8 11 19
    Physical sciences 176 166 167 161 167
    Psychology 33 28 32 34 36
    Social sciences 81 79 82 103 89
    Other 59 62 61 1 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 49,400 70,486 . 56,700 104,000
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 . 0 104,000
    Engineering 49,400 40,261 . 33,820 0
    Health sciences 0 30,225 . 22,880 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 22,583 28,727 22,725 85,201 48,402
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 3,928 4,619 7,808 5,303 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 7,277 5,928 6,851 15,099 5,640
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 504 0 0 498 600
    Health sciences 6,831 15,562 5,578 48,389 39,260
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 485
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 912 2,618 2,002 1,008 2,039
    Psychology 567 0 0 640 0
    Social sciences 0 0 485 0 379
    Other 2,565 0 0 14,263 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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