U. Minnesota

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 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
2014 12 98.4 688
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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 2,622 2,628 2,658 2,658 2,794 2,897 2,948 2,962 2,952 2,848
    Female 2,711 2,752 2,700 2,600 2,579 2,549 2,502 2,342 2,231 2,173
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 3,333 3,461 3,565 3,470 3,363 3,419 3,399 3,286 3,186 3,130
    Hispanic or Latino 265 260 257 211 199 204 172 143 116 108
    Not Hispanic or Latino 3,018 3,151 3,257 3,210 3,110 3,138 3,152 3,058 2,971 2,928
      American Indian or Alaska Native 19 18 24 23 43 36 41 21 21 23
      Asian 335 335 325 304 280 260 252 234 213 193
      Black or African American 157 167 179 135 107 103 101 93 84 65
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 3 5
      White 2,312 2,456 2,559 2,595 2,534 2,607 2,635 2,593 2,565 2,576
      More than one race 191 171 166 150 144 131 122 116 85 66
    Unknown ethnicity and race 50 50 51 49 54 77 75 85 99 94
  Temporary visa holders 2,000 1,919 1,793 1,788 2,010 2,027 2,051 2,018 1,997 1,891
  Science and engineering 4,692 4,726 4,723 4,606 4,727 4,774 4,810 4,813 4,657 4,509
    Science 3,538 3,549 3,577 3,476 3,489 3,506 3,464 3,455 3,390 3,308
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 210 213 203 215 172 175 179 288 253 237
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1,088 1,111 1,083 1,019 1,028 1,000 940 851 848 843
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 84 126
      Computer and information sciences 332 315 359 352 361 363 345 299 397 385
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 45
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 115 115 120 105 56 58 56 63 59 54
      Mathematics and statistics 282 235 265 256 303 322 311 309 243 223
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 73 68 32 24 24 25 31 10 3 4
      Natural resources and conservation 87 92 92 77 90 98 108 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 435 415 451 445 432 441 458 453 464 441
      Psychology 433 456 449 436 401 389 372 352 355 376
      Social sciences 483 529 523 547 622 635 664 750 581 518
    Engineering 1,154 1,177 1,146 1,130 1,238 1,268 1,346 1,358 1,267 1,201
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 75 75 70 77 90 85 86 77 82 83
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 152 161 151 152 144 142 169 160 143 125
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 143 141 155 150 150 141 148 132 215 171
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 91 83 86 98 104 121 124 123 95 110
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 273 287 249 249 313 348 416 449 405 399
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 49 55 49 46 45 46 43 50 50 49
      Mechanical engineering 234 241 230 219 252 254 221 224 227 213
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 89 84 74 81 77 66 64 73 0 0
      Other engineering 48 50 82 58 63 65 75 70 50 51
  Health 641 654 635 652 646 672 640 491 526 512
    Clinical medicine 286 313 336 333 300 309 301 178 151 160
    Other health 355 341 299 319 346 363 339 313 375 352

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 247 254 276 292 269 268 316 321 233 276
    Female 278 297 272 244 252 258 256 241 149 185
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 408 432 421 435 431 411 451 429 315 355
    Hispanic or Latino 34 22 18 25 23 14 17 13 13 8
    Not Hispanic or Latino 366 407 397 406 400 382 410 407 292 340
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 3 2 1 2 0 2 2 4 4
      Asian 35 38 46 42 27 33 34 25 8 24
      Black or African American 33 32 23 28 20 19 28 21 13 10
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 286 318 308 315 340 322 339 347 263 298
      More than one race 10 16 18 20 11 8 7 12 4 4
    Unknown ethnicity and race 8 3 6 4 8 15 24 9 10 7
  Temporary visa holders 117 119 127 101 90 115 121 133 67 106
  Science and engineering 378 412 435 401 365 378 424 460 337 392
    Science 281 291 304 274 253 269 280 299 216 235
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 12 23 24 14 10 14 12 26 25 40
      Biological and biomedical sciences 76 78 103 104 101 106 117 105 55 47
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
      Computer and information sciences 39 50 54 49 38 44 46 56 53 46
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 6
      Mathematics and statistics 22 23 20 16 13 16 13 16 5 14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 20 20 11 10 6 9 9 1 1 0
      Natural resources and conservation 4 6 8 9 10 16 7 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 6 7 11 8 3 6 4 5 5
      Psychology 55 36 28 16 24 16 22 16 8 18
      Social sciences 43 45 47 44 43 44 46 73 62 42
    Engineering 97 121 131 127 112 109 144 161 121 157
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6 7 7 8 5 4 4 4 2 10
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 10 22 26 25 14 11 19 13 22 15
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 9 5 8 4 4 6 13 3 31
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 11 6 4 8 7 10 11 13 9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 36 25 40 36 34 40 57 62 45 55
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 10 12 14 14 10 11 6 14 9 10
      Mechanical engineering 19 24 24 26 27 25 27 34 25 24
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 3 3 4 2 3 3 7 9 0 0
      Other engineering 2 8 5 4 7 4 8 1 2 3
  Health 147 139 113 135 156 148 148 102 45 69
    Clinical medicine 136 124 99 122 131 129 134 90 27 40
    Other health 11 15 14 13 25 19 14 12 18 29

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: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 1,154 1,140 1,133 1,141 1,115 1,066 1,013 1,027 1,071 1,080
  Science and engineering 1,068 1,051 1,065 1,062 1,040 995 954 976 981 978
    Science 738 723 734 708 680 661 643 653 663 679
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 39 43 31 25 23 23 21 30 33 31
      Biological and biomedical sciences 336 320 319 292 280 261 243 218 228 243
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Computer and information sciences 37 61 60 79 83 68 76 81 79 94
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 35 28 30 28 10 15 11 10 12 12
      Mathematics and statistics 19 22 22 21 18 21 19 21 26 26
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 6 5 2 5 5 6 2 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 17 18 20 11 15 13 15 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 126 125 140 144 135 142 133 121 124 124
      Psychology 92 71 73 73 77 85 86 83 73 67
      Social sciences 32 29 34 33 34 28 33 54 50 35
    Engineering 330 328 331 354 360 334 311 323 318 299
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 33 32 34 37 44 39 40 39 50 42
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 51 39 47 62 61 49 51 50 44 45
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 55 64 72 63 51 57 53 40 65 54
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 21 16 13 14 15 13 18 18 19 17
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 51 64 63 62 75 74 70 93 81 78
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 1 0 3 4 3 4 4 6 6
      Mechanical engineering 76 68 58 65 68 66 46 47 51 52
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 36 38 30 39 37 28 25 25 0 0
      Other engineering 4 6 14 9 5 5 4 7 2 5
  Health 86 89 68 79 75 71 59 51 90 102
    Clinical medicine 34 35 28 37 29 29 25 20 39 61
    Other health 52 54 40 42 46 42 34 31 51 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: 2023–14
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 5,333 5,380 5,358 5,258 5,373 5,446 5,450 5,304 5,183 5,021
  Fellowships 672 673 713 685 664 652 660 693 740 721
    Federal 221 246 277 292 265 250 238 231 232 233
    Institutional 434 405 413 376 390 387 408 440 480 455
    Nonfederal 17 22 23 17 9 15 14 22 28 33
  Research assistantships 1,984 1,994 1,803 1,801 1,871 1,815 1,807 1,794 1,892 1,843
    Federal 916 875 826 830 828 815 774 792 835 817
    Institutional 768 825 707 737 785 790 776 745 678 679
    Nonfederal 300 294 270 234 258 210 257 257 379 347
  Teaching assistantships 1,191 1,185 1,212 1,282 1,253 1,318 1,332 1,302 1,306 1,282
    Federal 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1
    Institutional 1,190 1,184 1,207 1,277 1,252 1,317 1,329 1,299 1,299 1,279
    Nonfederal 0 0 4 5 0 0 2 2 7 2
  Other types of support 1,486 1,528 1,630 1,490 1,585 1,661 1,651 1,515 1,245 1,175
    Federal 16 18 29 19 21 0 0 3 4 29
    Institutional 136 150 147 120 158 150 140 118 153 394
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 28 46 53
    Personal resources 1,334 1,360 1,454 1,351 1,406 1,511 1,480 1,366 1,042 699

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering 989 921 893 871 830 780 705 629 585 538
    Science 834 776 750 737 686 628 565 488 449 412
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 71 67 68 90 51 44 39 44 41 36
      Biological and biomedical sciences 569 536 501 465 449 396 362 283 236 215
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 7 7 4 5 5 10 8 5 7 7
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 20 26 28 27 21 21 15 14 17 19
      Mathematics and statistics 25 19 20 21 22 16 17 23 14 14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 27 19 17 18 23 24 30 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 80 65 70 72 82 81 73 79 90 82
      Psychology 17 19 23 24 19 21 15 7 12 12
      Social sciences 18 18 19 15 14 15 6 3 8 4
    Engineering 155 145 143 134 144 152 140 141 136 126
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8 11 13 12 13 12 9 8 9 13
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 40 30 28 26 24 20 20 24 8 9
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 43 38 33 31 41 51 55 62 54 52
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 11 12 9 14 12 10 9 5 6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 20 17 19 24 30 34 26 24 23 16
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 31 32 33 27 20 22 20 14 22 17
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 4 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 13
  Health 623 554 511 441 476 371 330 280 170 150
    Clinical medicine 568 497 450 383 353 278 253 195 143 120
    Other health 55 57 61 58 123 93 77 85 27 30

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: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 294 287 305 279 282 275 259 236 241 365
  Science and engineering 257 240 256 238 225 227 213 205 238 360
    Science 188 174 189 178 172 164 158 147 188 278
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 35 23 27 26 12 11 9 14 18 27
      Biological and biomedical sciences 71 64 77 56 66 59 69 52 74 122
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 2 1 3 2 5 5 3 5 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 13 12 15 12 12 12 10 10 18
      Mathematics and statistics 4 5 6 8 9 7 6 16 11 14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 10 9 4 5 5 8 8 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 45 41 44 44 52 47 43 47 57 79
      Psychology 6 9 13 16 9 10 4 4 9 10
      Social sciences 7 8 5 5 5 5 2 1 3 2
    Engineering 69 66 67 60 53 63 55 58 50 82
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 8 7 7 5 6 4 5 5 9
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 18 14 11 10 9 10 10 12 4 9
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 18 18 22 17 13 18 20 20 19 22
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 3 1 6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 10 10 11 12 11 13 9 10 5 16
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 15 14 13 12 12 15 11 8 12 17
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
  Health 37 47 49 41 57 48 46 31 3 5
    Clinical medicine 7 15 13 10 7 13 13 0 2 1
    Other health 30 32 36 31 50 35 33 31 1 4

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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