U. Minnesota

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
2025
2024 23 96.5 631
2023 24 96.6 679
2022 23 96.8 680
2021 21 97.1 691
2020 15 98 698
2019 13 98.3 697
2018 12 98.4 700
2017 12 98.4 684
2016 10 98.7 697
2015 12 98.4 693
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   3,412   3,333   3,461   3,565   3,470   3,363   3,419   3,399   3,286   3,186   0
    Hispanic or Latino   267   265   260   257   211   199   204   172   143   116   0
    Not Hispanic or Latino   3,094   3,018   3,151   3,257   3,210   3,110   3,138   3,152   3,058   2,971   0
      American Indian or Alaska Native   16   19   18   24   23   43   36   41   21   21   0
      Asian   374   335   335   325   304   280   260   252   234   213   0
      Black or African American   177   157   167   179   135   107   103   101   93   84   0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   4   4   4   4   3   2   1   1   1   3   0
      White   2,346   2,312   2,456   2,559   2,595   2,534   2,607   2,635   2,593   2,565   0
      More than one race   177   191   171   166   150   144   131   122   116   85   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   51   50   50   51   49   54   77   75   85   99   0
  Temporary visa holders   2,050   2,000   1,919   1,793   1,788   2,010   2,027   2,051   2,018   1,997   0
  Science and engineering   4,852   4,692   4,726   4,723   4,606   4,727   4,774   4,810   4,813   4,657   0
    Science   3,650   3,538   3,549   3,577   3,476   3,489   3,506   3,464   3,455   3,390   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   204   210   213   203   215   172   175   179   288   253   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   1,113   1,088   1,111   1,083   1,019   1,028   1,000   940   851   848   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   29   84   0
      Computer and information sciences   323   332   315   359   352   361   363   345   299   397   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   50   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   123   115   115   120   105   56   58   56   63   59   0
      Mathematics and statistics   384   282   235   265   256   303   322   311   309   243   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   65   73   68   32   24   24   25   31   10   3   0
      Natural resources and conservation   73   87   92   92   77   90   98   108   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   434   435   415   451   445   432   441   458   453   464   0
      Psychology   458   433   456   449   436   401   389   372   352   355   0
      Social sciences   473   483   529   523   547   622   635   664   750   581   0
    Engineering   1,202   1,154   1,177   1,146   1,130   1,238   1,268   1,346   1,358   1,267   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   76   75   75   70   77   90   85   86   77   82   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   185   152   161   151   152   144   142   169   160   143   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   145   143   141   155   150   150   141   148   132   215   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   94   91   83   86   98   104   121   124   123   95   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   276   273   287   249   249   313   348   416   449   405   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   51   49   55   49   46   45   46   43   50   50   0
      Mechanical engineering   221   234   241   230   219   252   254   221   224   227   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   98   89   84   74   81   77   66   64   73   0   0
      Other engineering   56   48   50   82   58   63   65   75   70   50   0
    Health   610   641   654   635   652   646   672   640   491   526   0
      Clinical medicine   278   286   313   336   333   300   309   301   178   151   0
      Other health   332   355   341   299   319   346   363   339   313   375   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

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   396   408   432   421   435   431   411   451   429   315   0
    Hispanic or Latino   27   34   22   18   25   23   14   17   13   13   0
    Not Hispanic or Latino   359   366   407   397   406   400   382   410   407   292   0
      American Indian or Alaska Native   5   2   3   2   1   2   0   2   2   4   0
      Asian   41   35   38   46   42   27   33   34   25   8   0
      Black or African American   26   33   32   23   28   20   19   28   21   13   0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   274   286   318   308   315   340   322   339   347   263   0
      More than one race   13   10   16   18   20   11   8   7   12   4   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   10   8   3   6   4   8   15   24   9   10   0
  Temporary visa holders   111   117   119   127   101   90   115   121   133   67   0
  Science and engineering   347   378   412   435   401   365   378   424   460   337   0
    Science   266   281   291   304   274   253   269   280   299   216   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   20   12   23   24   14   10   14   12   26   25   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   76   76   78   103   104   101   106   117   105   55   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Computer and information sciences   49   39   50   54   49   38   44   46   56   53   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   1   1   4   2   1   0   1   2   2   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   16   22   23   20   16   13   16   13   16   5   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   19   20   20   11   10   6   9   9   1   1   0
      Natural resources and conservation   9   4   6   8   9   10   16   7   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   10   9   6   7   11   8   3   6   4   5   0
      Psychology   24   55   36   28   16   24   16   22   16   8   0
      Social sciences   42   43   45   47   44   43   44   46   73   62   0
    Engineering   81   97   121   131   127   112   109   144   161   121   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   4   6   7   7   8   5   4   4   4   2   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   9   10   22   26   25   14   11   19   13   22   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   1   7   9   5   8   4   4   6   13   3   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   5   4   11   6   4   8   7   10   11   13   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   28   36   25   40   36   34   40   57   62   45   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   8   10   12   14   14   10   11   6   14   9   0
      Mechanical engineering   17   19   24   24   26   27   25   27   34   25   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   6   3   3   4   2   3   3   7   9   0   0
      Other engineering   3   2   8   5   4   7   4   8   1   2   0
    Health   160   147   139   113   135   156   148   148   102   45   0
      Clinical medicine   146   136   124   99   122   131   129   134   90   27   0
      Other health   14   11   15   14   13   25   19   14   12   18   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 receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   1,157   1,154   1,140   1,133   1,141   1,115   1,066   1,013   1,027   1,071   0
  Science and engineering   1,086   1,068   1,051   1,065   1,062   1,040   995   954   976   981   0
    Science   752   738   723   734   708   680   661   643   653   663   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   39   39   43   31   25   23   23   21   30   33   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   356   336   320   319   292   280   261   243   218   228   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   46   37   61   60   79   83   68   76   81   79   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   36   35   28   30   28   10   15   11   10   12   0
      Mathematics and statistics   22   19   22   22   21   18   21   19   21   26   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   7   5   6   5   2   5   5   6   2   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   14   17   18   20   11   15   13   15   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   127   126   125   140   144   135   142   133   121   124   0
      Psychology   78   92   71   73   73   77   85   86   83   73   0
      Social sciences   27   32   29   34   33   34   28   33   54   50   0
    Engineering   334   330   328   331   354   360   334   311   323   318   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   26   33   32   34   37   44   39   40   39   50   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   45   51   39   47   62   61   49   51   50   44   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   54   55   64   72   63   51   57   53   40   65   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   21   21   16   13   14   15   13   18   18   19   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   62   51   64   63   62   75   74   70   93   81   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   6   3   1   0   3   4   3   4   4   6   0
      Mechanical engineering   80   76   68   58   65   68   66   46   47   51   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   38   36   38   30   39   37   28   25   25   0   0
      Other engineering   2   4   6   14   9   5   5   4   7   2   0
    Health   71   86   89   68   79   75   71   59   51   90   0
      Clinical medicine   28   34   35   28   37   29   29   25   20   39   0
      Other health   43   52   54   40   42   46   42   34   31   51   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: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   5,462   5,333   5,380   5,358   5,258   5,373   5,446   5,450   5,304   5,183
  Fellowships   654   672   673   713   685   664   652   660   693   740
    Federal   212   221   246   277   292   265   250   238   231   232
    Institutional   423   434   405   413   376   390   387   408   440   480
    Nonfederal   19   17   22   23   17   9   15   14   22   28
  Research assistantships   2,020   1,984   1,994   1,803   1,801   1,871   1,815   1,807   1,794   1,892
    Federal   928   916   875   826   830   828   815   774   792   835
    Institutional   783   768   825   707   737   785   790   776   745   678
    Nonfederal   309   300   294   270   234   258   210   257   257   379
  Teaching assistantships   1,168   1,191   1,185   1,212   1,282   1,253   1,318   1,332   1,302   1,306
    Federal   0   1   1   1   0   1   1   1   1   0
    Institutional   1,168   1,190   1,184   1,207   1,277   1,252   1,317   1,329   1,299   1,299
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   4   5   0   0   2   2   7
  Other types of support   1,620   1,486   1,528   1,630   1,490   1,585   1,661   1,651   1,515   1,245
    Federal   17   16   18   29   19   21   0   0   3   4
    Institutional   157   136   150   147   120   158   150   140   118   153
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   31   28   46
    Personal resources   1,446   1,334   1,360   1,454   1,351   1,406   1,511   1,480   1,366   1,042

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   1,005   989   921   893   871   830   780   705   629   585   0
    Science   842   834   776   750   737   686   628   565   488   449   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   74   71   67   68   90   51   44   39   44   41   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   596   569   536   501   465   449   396   362   283   236   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   5   7   7   4   5   5   10   8   5   7   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   20   20   26   28   27   21   21   15   14   17   0
      Mathematics and statistics   24   25   19   20   21   22   16   17   23   14   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   31   27   19   17   18   23   24   30   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   66   80   65   70   72   82   81   73   79   90   0
      Psychology   17   17   19   23   24   19   21   15   7   12   0
      Social sciences   9   18   18   19   15   14   15   6   3   8   0
    Engineering   163   155   145   143   134   144   152   140   141   136   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   9   8   11   13   12   13   12   9   8   9   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   39   40   30   28   26   24   20   20   24   8   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   37   43   38   33   31   41   51   55   62   54   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   11   8   11   12   9   14   12   10   9   5   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   22   20   17   19   24   30   34   26   24   23   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   42   31   32   33   27   20   22   20   14   22   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   2   4   5   4   3   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   1   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   15   0
    Health   682   623   554   511   441   476   371   330   280   170   0
      Clinical medicine   622   568   497   450   383   353   278   253   195   143   0
      Other health   60   55   57   61   58   123   93   77   85   27   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

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   263   294   287   305   279   282   275   259   236   241   0
  Science and engineering   226   257   240   256   238   225   227   213   205   238   0
    Science   160   188   174   189   178   172   164   158   147   188   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   35   35   23   27   26   12   11   9   14   18   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   65   71   64   77   56   66   59   69   52   74   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   3   2   2   1   3   2   5   5   3   5   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   10   8   13   12   15   12   12   12   10   10   0
      Mathematics and statistics   3   4   5   6   8   9   7   6   16   11   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   10   10   9   4   5   5   8   8   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   25   45   41   44   44   52   47   43   47   57   0
      Psychology   8   6   9   13   16   9   10   4   4   9   0
      Social sciences   1   7   8   5   5   5   5   2   1   3   0
    Engineering   66   69   66   67   60   53   63   55   58   50   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5   5   8   7   7   5   6   4   5   5   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   17   18   14   11   10   9   10   10   12   4   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   17   18   18   22   17   13   18   20   20   19   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   2   2   1   2   2   3   1   1   3   1   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   8   10   10   11   12   11   13   9   10   5   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   16   15   14   13   12   12   15   11   8   12   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0
    Health   37   37   47   49   41   57   48   46   31   3   0
      Clinical medicine   9   7   15   13   10   7   13   13   0   2   0
      Other health   28   30   32   36   31   50   35   33   31   1   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

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