U. Minnesota, Duluth

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2023 | 237 | 61.1 | 602 | 278 | 70 | 914 | ||||||
2022 | 274 | 69.9 | 900 | |||||||||
2021 | 221 | 62.6 | 583 | 261 | 71.6 | 908 | ||||||
2020 | 249 | 73.2 | 916 | |||||||||
2019 | 209 | 65 | 589 | 243 | 73.8 | 914 | ||||||
2018 | 247 | 73.2 | 911 | |||||||||
2017 | 206 | 64.6 | 575 | 247 | 72.8 | 898 | ||||||
2016 | 238 | 73.8 | 896 | |||||||||
2015 | 226 | 60.8 | 570 | 234 | 74.3 | 898 | ||||||
2014 | 254 | 71.8 | 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

Field | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 25,534 | 23,362 | 23,767 | 26,137 | 27,530 | 25,189 | 24,956 | 27,528 | 27,550 | 21,904 | ||||||||||
Science | 23,074 | 21,045 | 20,884 | 23,448 | 24,460 | 22,123 | 22,296 | 24,887 | 24,848 | 19,171 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 257 | 133 | 242 | 289 | 283 | 123 | 167 | 294 | 225 | 197 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 621 | 528 | 451 | 2,480 | 3,466 | 1,245 | 1,166 | 3,106 | 21,246 | 15,724 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 621 | 528 | 451 | 2,480 | 3,466 | 1,245 | 1,166 | 3,106 | 4,579 | 583 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,891 | 2,362 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,776 | 12,779 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 20,530 | 19,244 | 19,119 | 19,580 | 19,286 | 19,392 | 19,522 | 19,978 | 1,346 | 1,556 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,341 | 1,333 | 1,279 | 1,090 | 1,182 | 1,211 | 1,104 | 1,327 | 1,346 | 1,556 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 19,186 | 17,911 | 17,840 | 18,489 | 18,103 | 18,181 | 18,418 | 18,651 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 248 | 184 | 274 | 152 | 236 | 242 | 401 | 366 | 274 | 294 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 619 | 493 | 624 | 840 | 1,065 | 1,005 | 914 | 1,046 | 1,513 | 1,183 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 289 | 285 | 374 | 717 | 828 | 775 | 627 | 705 | 1,097 | 920 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 330 | 208 | 250 | 123 | 237 | 230 | 287 | 341 | 416 | 263 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 473 | 198 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 56 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 326 | 265 | 154 | 82 | 123 | 110 | 90 | 81 | 233 | 157 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 12 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 79 | 18 | 23 | 47 | 93 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 46 | 6 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
Social sciences nec | 231 | 241 | 120 | 18 | 19 | 93 | 59 | 45 | 183 | 137 | ||||||||||
Sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 1,878 | 1,892 | 2,392 | 2,186 | 2,399 | 2,570 | 2,156 | 2,062 | 2,110 | 1,951 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 176 | 163 | 99 | 181 | 108 | 82 | 322 | 93 | 28 | 101 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 574 | 718 | 1,133 | 953 | 737 | 1,144 | 851 | 1,035 | 1,101 | 1,015 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 150 | 138 | 150 | 168 | 262 | 270 | 247 | 373 | 378 | 216 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 663 | 622 | 692 | 451 | 838 | 561 | 300 | 219 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 278 | 271 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering nec | 315 | 251 | 318 | 433 | 454 | 513 | 436 | 342 | 325 | 348 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 582 | 425 | 491 | 503 | 671 | 496 | 504 | 579 | 592 | 782 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 206 | 112 | 104 | 168 | 168 | 142 | 128 | 147 | 107 | 218 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 3 | 79 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 47 | 52 | 296 | 320 | ||||||||||
Education | 81 | 53 | 117 | 44 | 196 | 105 | 70 | 89 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 31 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 49 | 74 | 71 | 65 | 113 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 52 | 60 | 27 | 63 | 91 | 76 | 77 | 114 | 95 | 94 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E nec | 195 | 181 | 156 | 206 | 160 | 101 | 107 | 106 | 6 | 14 |
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
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
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All R&D fields | 25,534 | 7,533 | 6,410 | 11,092 | 381 | 63 | 55 | |||||||
Science | 23,074 | 7,178 | 5,937 | 9,622 | 311 | 12 | 14 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 257 | 172 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 621 | 427 | 76 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 621 | 427 | 76 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 20,530 | 5,495 | 5,861 | 8,935 | 237 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,341 | 625 | 277 | 437 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Health sciences | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 19,186 | 4,868 | 5,584 | 8,497 | 237 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 248 | 92 | 0 | 82 | 74 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 619 | 376 | 0 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 289 | 114 | 0 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 330 | 262 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 473 | 451 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Social sciences | 326 | 165 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 79 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences nec | 231 | 165 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 1,878 | 331 | 387 | 1,071 | 70 | 0 | 19 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 176 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 574 | 68 | 213 | 223 | 70 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 150 | 18 | 31 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 663 | 245 | 143 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering nec | 315 | 0 | 0 | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 582 | 24 | 86 | 399 | 0 | 51 | 22 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 206 | 0 | 86 | 110 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 81 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 52 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E nec | 195 | 24 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 26 | 22 |
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
Source of funds | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 7,533 | 6,122 | 5,325 | 6,454 | 7,143 | 5,520 | 6,033 | 8,055 | 10,025 | 5,940 | ||||||||||
DOD | 325 | 51 | 133 | 69 | 123 | 67 | 111 | 367 | 613 | 662 | ||||||||||
DOE | 554 | 344 | 133 | 97 | 235 | 314 | 153 | 309 | 191 | 400 | ||||||||||
HHS | 59 | 270 | 279 | 283 | 270 | 47 | 0 | 124 | 179 | 226 | ||||||||||
NASA | 20 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 91 | 159 | 94 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,476 | 2,292 | 2,594 | 3,867 | 4,292 | 2,907 | 2,924 | 5,146 | 6,558 | 2,377 | ||||||||||
USDA | 314 | 324 | 296 | 480 | 636 | 445 | 547 | 173 | 219 | 146 | ||||||||||
Other | 3,785 | 2,837 | 1,881 | 1,652 | 1,583 | 1,735 | 2,244 | 1,845 | 2,106 | 2,035 |
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
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2022 | . | . | . | . | ||||
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2020 | . | . | . | . | ||||
2019 | 603 | 134 | 469 | . | ||||
2018 | 616 | 134 | 482 | . | ||||
2017 | 655 | 122 | 533 | . |
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
Field, medical school space, and research animal space | 2023 | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | |||||
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All research space | 195 | 228 | 236 | 243 | 207 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 14 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Engineering | 26 | 25 | 31 | 29 | 7 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 19 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 24 | |||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Natural resources and conservation | 98 | 135 | 143 | 148 | 150 | |||||
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||
Psychology | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Social sciences | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Other | 21 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 7 |
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.
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 | |||||||
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All research space | . | . | . | 13,450 | . | 0 | ||||||
Physical sciences | . | . | . | 13,450 | . | 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.
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 | |||||
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All research space | 0 | 0 | 1,369 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 1,369 | 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.