U. Michigan, Ann Arbor

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 1 100 459 4 99.7 925
2023 1 100 459 4 99.7 911 27 95.7 602
2022 1 100 457 4 99.7 900
2021 4 99.3 447 3 99.8 908 28 95.4 583
2020 2 99.8 450 2 99.9 916
2019 3 99.6 447 2 99.9 914 26 95.8 589
2018 1 100 428 2 99.9 911
2017 5 99.1 425 2 99.9 898 27 95.5 575
2016 3 99.5 430 2 99.9 896
2015 1 100 426 2 99.9 898 26 95.6 570
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: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 936 900 861 780 846 801 853 778 818 851
  Science and engineering 826 765 758 674 740 661 722 640 673 706
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 4 1 11 2 6 3 6 11 6 8
      Agricultural sciences 1 . 1 . . . . 1 . 1
      Natural resources and conservation 3 1 10 2 6 3 6 10 6 7
    Biological and biomedical sciences 181 148 153 131 128 124 132 122 139 130
      Biochemistry and biophysics 8 7 8 5 10 11 9 11 15 26
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 8 2 6 4 5 6 6 3 6 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 41 30 30 27 19 19 26 19 22 15
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 5 5 3 2 7 8 9 14 10 9
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 27 23 19 25 26 21 25 15 17 16
      Genetics and genomics 3 7 8 6 2 4 3 7 6 3
      Microbiology and immunology 13 12 16 10 8 16 12 13 17 18
      Molecular biology 21 22 22 17 11 7 11 10 9 11
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 16 12 13 13 19 9 9 16 13 11
      Pharmacology and toxicology 13 4 7 5 8 6 6 3 6 12
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 20 17 13 12 11 14 16 8 15 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 6 7 8 5 2 3 . 3 3 .
    Computer and information sciences 28 32 22 35 40 30 32 19 25 16
      Computer science 15 13 8 27 27 24 22 14 21 7
      Computer and information sciences, other 13 19 14 8 13 6 10 5 4 9
    Engineering 286 266 275 223 245 218 237 223 201 227
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 22 24 17 27 17 15 34 17 10 22
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 24 26 24 16 21 20 23 15 19 31
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 25 25 30 21 18 22 25 20 11 18
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 19 17 11 19 14 16 16 12 8 13
      Electrical and computer engineering 69 75 71 41 46 46 55 59 52 48
      Industrial engineering and operations research 14 9 13 11 23 13 11 11 18 8
      Materials and mining engineering 27 22 16 21 20 10 22 22 27 19
      Mechanical engineering 54 43 60 40 59 54 36 33 34 44
      Engineering, other 32 25 33 27 27 22 15 34 22 24
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 18 19 23 10 16 18 17 12 20 15
      Geological sciences 11 9 14 5 10 11 10 6 15 8
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 7 10 9 5 6 7 7 6 5 7
    Health sciences 33 33 29 34 35 39 39 34 31 52
      Nursing science 1 4 3 7 6 8 11 6 12 11
      Pharmaceutical sciences 6 10 7 6 8 10 7 6 9 6
      Public health 10 11 10 14 14 17 10 16 5 24
      Health sciences, other 16 8 9 7 7 4 11 6 5 11
    Mathematics and statistics 30 46 36 35 40 33 26 27 24 34
      Applied mathematics 4 7 8 7 5 4 6 7 3 6
      Mathematics 3 6 4 4 11 11 8 5 12 17
      Statistics 8 19 11 11 14 10 6 8 5 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 15 14 13 13 10 8 6 7 4 3
    Physical sciences 126 110 106 101 122 107 117 87 111 101
      Astronomy and astrophysics 8 7 13 6 9 7 7 10 12 10
      Chemistry 75 64 55 59 65 59 65 43 59 53
      Physics 43 39 38 36 48 41 45 34 40 38
    Psychology 32 28 29 29 32 29 27 25 18 25
      Clinical psychology 5 5 2 4 6 5 3 3 3 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 4 3 5 4 6 1 4 2 2
      Research and experimental psychology 20 18 20 14 20 17 20 12 11 18
      Psychology, other 4 1 4 6 2 1 3 6 2 1
    Social sciences 88 82 74 74 76 60 89 80 98 98
      Anthropology 11 12 9 9 14 9 16 9 13 17
      Economics 20 24 22 20 23 21 33 28 29 30
      Political science and government 17 10 15 10 14 11 14 16 21 20
      Public policy analysis 6 1 1 3 2 . 1 1 3 3
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 14 8 8 8 7 7 12 8 9 10
      Social sciences, other 20 27 19 24 16 12 13 18 23 18
  Non-science and engineering 110 135 103 106 106 140 131 138 145 145
    Business 13 11 15 9 13 18 9 11 20 16
      Business 13 11 15 9 13 18 9 11 20 16
    Education 20 27 25 26 19 21 34 17 38 31
      Education leadership and administration . . . . 1 . 1 . 3 .
      Education research 8 13 10 10 8 8 15 11 20 19
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 9 6 8 7 11 16 4 12 11
      Education, other 5 5 9 8 3 2 2 2 3 1
    Humanities and arts 60 76 47 53 52 83 75 86 72 77
      Letters 20 37 20 21 12 21 17 20 22 27
      Foreign languages and literature 5 4 4 3 11 9 10 20 6 10
      History 14 15 10 13 11 27 25 26 21 19
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 11 1 5 6 7 7 4 5 9
      Music and performing arts 3 2 5 1 5 5 3 3 7 4
      Humanities and arts, other 12 7 7 10 7 14 13 13 11 8
    Other non-science and engineering 17 21 16 18 22 18 13 24 15 21
      Communication 8 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 3 7
      Public administration and social services 3 6 8 3 5 5 5 5 8 6
      Non-science and engineering, other 6 9 3 10 12 9 4 14 4 8

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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   2,110,961   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
    Science   1,628,149   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
      Computer and information sciences   20,917   17,076   16,789   13,922   15,180   12,983   12,010   10,716   8,162   7,631
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   21,117   19,164   15,865   15,080   14,928   15,705   14,278   14,449   13,522   14,609
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   21,117   19,164   15,865   15,080   14,928   15,705   14,278   14,449   13,522   14,609
        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   1,217,303   1,116,866   1,018,062   931,174   967,660   955,653   873,031   826,506   784,654   779,922
        Agricultural sciences   2,889   2,872   2,541   2,142   2,073   2,065   2,724   2,481   2,156   18,542
        Biological and biomedical sciences   312,732   298,094   266,722   262,263   266,507   258,013   230,944   216,493   194,016   195,419
        Health sciences   819,888   739,926   680,357   604,587   622,140   632,969   578,171   548,211   532,088   472,983
        Natural resources and conservation   26,771   24,573   21,095   17,964   22,439   21,749   19,614   17,922   18,143   0
        Life sciences nec   55,023   51,401   47,347   44,218   54,501   40,857   41,578   41,399   38,251   92,978
      Mathematics and statistics   22,114   21,033   20,129   17,937   18,648   18,478   18,306   20,517   18,405   17,803
      Physical sciences   74,407   70,259   65,018   66,041   60,824   61,017   59,815   60,437   54,868   52,449
        Astronomy and astrophysics   6,912   6,922   6,216   5,831   5,867   6,288   5,708   5,817   5,095   5,132
        Chemistry   39,679   35,089   32,418   33,006   31,361   29,977   29,285   27,654   25,176   24,714
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   27,815   28,248   26,384   27,204   23,596   24,752   24,822   26,966   24,597   22,603
        Physical sciences nec   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   27,037   23,483   20,806   18,255   20,413   19,157   19,865   21,636   21,397   21,989
      Social sciences   238,537   217,488   189,167   175,698   187,421   191,336   192,919   191,304   160,254   149,805
        Anthropology   7,520   7,166   5,723   5,288   6,178   5,760   6,087   5,672   5,130   0
        Economics   41,865   39,340   33,300   31,218   31,063   34,600   36,553   39,263   31,297   32,144
        Political science and government   36,937   33,859   29,770   30,233   25,466   24,585   24,988   26,641   22,550   23,457
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   31,201   31,619   27,767   27,044   25,750   28,607   27,068   24,322   22,135   28,126
        Social sciences nec   121,014   105,504   92,607   81,915   98,964   97,784   98,223   95,406   79,142   66,078
      Sciences nec   6,717   5,664   4,036   3,628   4,528   5,104   4,057   2,876   2,036   1,627
    Engineering   371,562   324,306   299,254   279,682   283,329   291,887   299,072   286,094   293,930   254,505
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   20,463   17,064   15,615   13,744   14,793   17,083   15,762   15,610   14,524   13,587
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   36,737   28,393   29,990   23,304   21,413   20,938   28,662   18,346   17,329   12,575
      Chemical engineering   21,621   18,366   15,462   14,277   14,152   12,829   12,545   13,770   15,234   13,386
      Civil engineering   25,712   22,870   21,267   20,239   20,833   25,780   25,664   23,547   24,369   19,828
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   80,789   83,421   80,277   77,614   81,952   81,768   79,372   76,730   69,878   65,786
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   6,567   5,428   5,384   5,282   4,631   6,285   7,202   7,037   4,389   0
      Mechanical engineering   69,211   56,952   48,222   45,339   43,824   41,651   39,855   39,540   35,705   31,987
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   19,240   15,532   13,520   11,156   11,432   11,904   13,414   12,637   11,920   12,321
      Engineering nec   91,222   76,280   69,517   68,727   70,299   73,649   76,596   78,877   100,582   85,035
    Non-S&E   111,250   110,536   121,582   118,228   100,931   104,485   107,516   95,604   79,220   68,938
      Business management and business administration   16,943   17,515   15,156   16,156   13,243   13,015   13,897   14,246   13,166   11,773
      Communication and communications technologies   2,034   1,989   1,740   1,716   1,821   2,016   2,242   1,953   2,165   2,699
      Education   11,859   12,852   12,943   12,371   12,071   11,100   14,748   12,758   9,499   10,817
      Humanities   25,531   26,770   25,283   23,442   25,098   25,955   25,489   25,718   23,526   25,506
      Law   9,071   8,961   6,311   6,694   4,437   6,683   5,991   4,983   4,371   5,848
      Social work   10,238   9,378   7,319   7,210   7,954   7,366   6,921   5,699   5,429   4,801
      Visual and performing arts   5,075   4,334   3,616   3,115   3,825   3,655   3,924   3,022   3,003   2,960
      Non-S&E nec   30,499   28,737   49,214   47,524   32,482   34,695   34,304   27,225   18,061   4,534

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: 2024
(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   2,110,961   1,165,494   3,715   740,911   104,709   88,134   7,998
    Science   1,628,149   915,451   2,958   549,567   80,367   75,489   4,317
      Computer and information sciences   20,917   8,448   0   11,059   216   1,154   40
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   21,117   12,050   0   8,811   0   209   47
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   21,117   12,050   0   8,811   0   209   47
        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   1,217,303   697,776   1,841   377,400   77,487   59,109   3,690
        Agricultural sciences   2,889   7   0   2,880   0   0   2
        Biological and biomedical sciences   312,732   218,175   85   72,670   4,645   16,456   701
        Health sciences   819,888   437,226   1,691   266,677   70,776   40,661   2,857
        Natural resources and conservation   26,771   11,691   58   13,842   209   841   130
        Life sciences nec   55,023   30,677   7   21,331   1,857   1,151   0
      Mathematics and statistics   22,114   8,462   0   13,221   38   385   8
      Physical sciences   74,407   44,098   0   25,990   2,145   2,005   169
        Astronomy and astrophysics   6,912   3,794   0   2,803   0   315   0
        Chemistry   39,679   22,564   0   14,176   1,755   1,155   29
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   27,815   17,740   0   9,010   390   535   140
        Physical sciences nec   1   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Psychology   27,037   12,351   0   12,962   71   1,630   23
      Social sciences   238,537   129,941   1,117   96,060   410   10,669   340
        Anthropology   7,520   934   0   6,139   0   447   0
        Economics   41,865   29,313   0   11,088   195   1,124   145
        Political science and government   36,937   22,114   0   12,999   5   1,807   12
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   31,201   19,536   1   10,079   210   1,282   93
        Social sciences nec   121,014   58,044   1,116   55,755   0   6,009   90
      Sciences nec   6,717   2,325   0   4,064   0   328   0
    Engineering   371,562   239,934   682   94,575   23,376   9,364   3,631
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   20,463   13,928   0   4,635   1,383   213   304
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   36,737   23,807   0   8,209   2,466   2,254   1
      Chemical engineering   21,621   13,021   23   6,591   1,345   641   0
      Civil engineering   25,712   12,130   199   8,688   3,060   1,115   520
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   80,789   48,634   29   20,117   6,733   3,421   1,855
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   6,567   3,859   50   1,995   483   10   170
      Mechanical engineering   69,211   49,628   351   12,447   6,060   679   46
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   19,240   13,293   30   4,314   1,124   373   106
      Engineering nec   91,222   61,634   0   27,579   722   658   629
    Non-S&E   111,250   10,109   75   96,769   966   3,281   50
      Business management and business administration   16,943   246   0   16,499   142   50   6
      Communication and communications technologies   2,034   11   0   2,023   0   0   0
      Education   11,859   5,753   0   3,708   485   1,912   1
      Humanities   25,531   253   0   25,229   0   49   0
      Law   9,071   46   0   8,941   57   27   0
      Social work   10,238   3,278   35   6,257   88   578   2
      Visual and performing arts   5,075   275   0   4,777   7   1   15
      Non-S&E nec   30,499   247   40   29,335   187   664   26

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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies   1,165,494   1,041,430   970,636   891,125   884,880   886,851   849,123   829,695   786,749   735,447
  DOD   89,228   79,110   82,277   78,334   77,782   83,880   78,514   80,926   79,997   74,028
  DOE   56,889   48,259   43,491   42,146   39,304   40,718   40,483   42,094   40,522   38,612
  HHS   810,530   728,763   680,713   608,464   613,008   615,534   578,188   544,658   493,159   466,611
  NASA   30,952   31,693   27,890   27,565   28,557   25,555   29,077   31,484   51,541   43,172
  NSF   123,526   109,808   99,432   97,499   89,821   81,455   81,682   90,781   83,587   78,520
  USDA   1,506   1,578   1,237   1,988   1,809   1,773   1,921   2,756   2,589   2,437
  Other   52,863   42,219   35,596   35,129   34,599   37,936   39,258   36,996   35,354   32,067

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: 2024–18 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2024   .   .   .   .
2023   .   .   .   .
2022   .   .   .   .
2021   .   .   .   .
2020   .   .   .   .
2019   23,007   5,575   17,432   .
2018   22,863   5,392   17,471   .

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   0   56,700   104,000
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   104,000
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   49,400   40,261   0   33,820   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   30,225   0   22,880   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Psychology   0   0   0   0   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   0   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

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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