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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