U. Minnesota, Twin Cities

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 12 97.6 459 3 99.7 602 21 97.8 914
2022 16 96.7 457 20 97.9 900
2021 15 96.9 447 3 99.7 583 22 97.7 908
2020 15 96.9 450 20 97.9 916
2019 12 97.6 447 3 99.7 589 17 98.3 914
2018 15 96.8 428 17 98.3 911
2017 14 97 425 3 99.7 575 17 98.2 898
2016 5 99.1 430 15 98.4 896
2015 11 97.7 426 4 99.5 570 14 98.6 898
2014 6 98.8 422 15 98.4 889
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

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 726 693 626 647 719 665 678 787 711 762
  Science and engineering 581 558 527 503 561 539 521 605 530 565
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 34 51 24 36 25 29 39 34 38 42
      Agricultural sciences 20 42 19 27 16 26 30 24 23 27
      Natural resources and conservation 14 9 5 9 9 3 9 10 15 15
    Biological and biomedical sciences 133 113 104 94 115 110 104 115 102 104
      Biochemistry and biophysics 6 3 8 5 10 9 12 10 2 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 14 10 11 1 1 . 3 3 1 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 16 16 11 18 12 16 11 12 7 8
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 . 2 3 . 1 3 2 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 20 23 24 14 21 25 14 25 22 19
      Genetics and genomics 2 1 . 2 2 . 4 1 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 15 11 11 9 15 10 8 12 12 13
      Molecular biology 10 7 5 7 6 9 7 3 9 9
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 13 17 8 10 13 4 9 6 16 8
      Pharmacology and toxicology 9 4 6 7 9 10 6 9 7 5
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 4 6 3 4 8 12 9 6 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 24 16 14 16 19 19 17 22 17 17
    Computer and information sciences 18 26 30 20 28 23 29 26 26 26
      Computer science 15 19 25 20 28 23 28 22 24 25
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 7 5 . . . 1 4 2 1
    Engineering 130 128 134 126 132 146 121 136 127 131
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8 6 8 13 9 10 11 9 10 10
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16 18 20 16 14 20 17 22 12 14
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 18 27 22 21 22 27 23 19 17 19
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 9 13 9 5 11 10 9 14 13 13
      Electrical and computer engineering 29 27 27 25 34 33 29 28 33 25
      Industrial engineering and operations research 5 4 5 2 6 4 3 2 4 3
      Materials and mining engineering 13 8 16 9 14 13 7 14 11 8
      Mechanical engineering 24 18 20 31 19 21 21 22 25 36
      Engineering, other 8 7 7 4 3 8 1 6 2 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 13 7 7 8 9 12 12 11 8
      Geological sciences 6 8 4 5 5 4 9 9 6 6
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 5 3 2 3 5 3 3 5 2
    Health sciences 36 38 30 37 48 47 38 50 43 54
      Nursing science 4 5 4 6 7 5 6 9 2 4
      Pharmaceutical sciences 3 11 4 7 6 6 7 8 5 2
      Public health 12 9 8 13 16 14 14 13 8 14
      Health sciences, other 17 13 14 11 19 22 11 20 28 34
    Mathematics and statistics 23 26 26 17 27 16 22 21 24 20
      Applied mathematics 4 1 3 2 5 3 5 3 5 3
      Mathematics 2 2 1 3 7 1 3 1 2 3
      Statistics 8 5 7 4 4 2 7 3 8 10
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 18 15 8 11 10 7 14 9 4
    Physical sciences 90 58 62 56 70 69 54 67 57 64
      Astronomy and astrophysics 6 8 3 2 7 7 1 1 3 3
      Chemistry 62 30 39 34 46 36 38 41 33 42
      Physics 22 20 20 20 17 26 15 25 21 19
    Psychology 47 51 34 43 46 34 44 64 34 42
      Clinical psychology 1 2 2 5 4 2 1 2 . 1
      Counseling and applied psychology 14 18 12 9 16 14 17 22 9 7
      Research and experimental psychology 19 16 8 21 19 10 17 18 17 18
      Psychology, other 13 15 12 8 7 8 9 22 8 16
    Social sciences 59 54 76 67 62 56 58 80 68 74
      Anthropology 10 5 3 4 4 6 5 1 5 2
      Economics 16 19 40 26 29 20 23 32 20 25
      Political science and government 6 8 3 8 5 11 9 10 9 9
      Public policy analysis 3 1 2 . . . . 3 2 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 7 7 4 11 7 5 3 9 12 18
      Social sciences, other 17 14 24 18 17 14 18 25 20 19
  Non-science and engineering 145 135 99 144 158 126 157 182 181 197
    Business 19 18 18 22 14 19 15 34 23 30
      Business 19 18 18 22 14 19 15 34 23 30
    Education 61 44 37 58 66 58 77 80 82 75
      Education leadership and administration 11 16 11 6 5 4 6 7 6 10
      Education research 32 19 21 42 31 34 57 47 57 51
      Teacher education and teaching fields 17 9 4 8 16 11 11 14 13 8
      Education, other 1 . 1 2 14 9 3 12 6 6
    Humanities and arts 43 42 27 52 51 29 49 40 47 61
      Letters 20 14 7 22 8 6 12 16 7 21
      Foreign languages and literature 6 9 4 11 9 4 12 6 6 11
      History 5 9 11 9 7 11 6 7 11 15
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 1 . 1 3 2 5 4 3 .
      Music and performing arts 5 7 1 5 9 4 4 1 15 7
      Humanities and arts, other 3 2 4 4 15 2 10 6 5 7
    Other non-science and engineering 22 31 17 12 27 20 16 28 29 31
      Communication 10 11 4 4 10 5 11 16 19 10
      Public administration and social services 3 5 5 5 6 8 3 6 5 9
      Non-science and engineering, other 9 15 8 3 11 7 2 6 5 12

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 1,320,183 1,202,084 1,072,961 1,042,382 1,013,112 954,683 921,681 910,181 880,618 876,870
    Science 1,122,528 1,028,655 913,106 878,385 849,236 791,161 757,451 754,656 729,397 744,464
      Computer and information sciences 24,219 28,809 22,629 22,996 22,227 21,810 21,511 16,151 15,498 15,447
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 16,935 13,095 13,634 14,715 14,391 14,248 14,204 13,960 15,007 15,088
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 16,935 13,095 13,634 14,715 14,391 14,248 14,204 13,960 13,027 13,069
        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 1,980 2,019
      Life sciences 948,410 864,018 760,975 722,074 684,938 635,157 607,864 610,920 581,577 595,108
        Agricultural sciences 88,091 78,028 71,646 74,148 64,132 58,990 56,691 56,794 89,171 84,973
        Biological and biomedical sciences 138,086 126,554 118,493 111,883 101,129 108,847 101,566 98,607 107,393 108,277
        Health sciences 657,293 602,141 514,691 474,705 461,261 410,600 393,519 401,492 379,191 397,011
        Natural resources and conservation 57,494 51,426 51,022 55,059 52,659 50,185 51,535 50,333 0 0
        Life sciences nec 7,446 5,869 5,123 6,279 5,757 6,535 4,553 3,694 5,822 4,847
      Mathematics and statistics 8,376 7,615 8,555 8,994 9,822 7,847 7,464 9,804 14,334 12,632
      Physical sciences 47,610 42,715 41,812 43,946 45,573 39,527 38,747 40,569 40,497 46,377
        Astronomy and astrophysics 2,656 2,409 1,989 1,937 1,631 1,853 1,677 2,180 2,117 1,839
        Chemistry 21,704 19,860 20,661 22,061 21,094 18,303 18,708 19,695 19,700 19,539
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 23,250 20,446 19,162 19,948 22,848 19,371 18,362 18,694 18,680 24,999
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 33,730 29,392 29,408 31,954 34,448 37,381 31,837 27,243 25,539 25,781
      Social sciences 39,384 40,045 33,248 31,218 35,278 35,191 35,824 36,009 35,718 33,191
        Anthropology 601 404 193 191 739 233 308 408 0 0
        Economics 7,019 7,083 6,548 6,218 8,320 7,885 6,652 6,949 6,903 7,204
        Political science and government 4,862 3,973 4,154 6,691 8,740 8,701 8,396 7,168 7,779 6,733
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 23,898 26,450 19,908 15,108 14,153 14,031 16,418 17,236 17,859 16,188
        Social sciences nec 3,004 2,135 2,445 3,010 3,326 4,341 4,050 4,248 3,177 3,066
      Sciences nec 3,864 2,966 2,845 2,488 2,559 0 0 0 1,227 840
    Engineering 145,670 131,042 121,637 120,929 120,976 124,637 123,835 117,858 114,619 106,416
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10,609 10,420 10,190 12,046 11,937 10,655 8,492 8,244 8,390 6,657
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 41,585 33,495 29,072 25,028 23,895 26,763 25,698 22,658 22,927 21,268
      Chemical engineering 22,038 21,128 20,684 24,803 25,172 26,316 25,715 24,134 20,795 16,489
      Civil engineering 16,899 14,114 13,225 13,513 15,692 17,316 17,440 17,698 16,394 16,030
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 19,941 19,282 18,813 19,080 20,047 18,345 18,309 16,603 15,981 15,437
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 919 1,501 1,148 2,281 1,887 2,108 2,190 2,093 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 26,896 24,802 23,064 18,088 17,233 15,200 13,776 15,350 18,453 18,989
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 6,783 6,300 5,441 6,090 5,113 7,934 12,215 11,078 0 0
      Engineering nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11,679 11,546
    Non-S&E 51,985 42,387 38,218 43,068 42,900 38,885 40,395 37,667 36,602 25,990
      Business management and business administration 19,599 17,900 17,600 16,907 16,395 16,005 16,757 17,145 17,064 8,822
      Communication and communications technologies 460 400 463 713 550 350 215 350 242 336
      Education 16,727 12,714 10,490 15,212 13,445 10,383 12,371 11,060 10,728 9,118
      Humanities 3,936 3,640 3,074 3,385 4,002 2,753 2,935 2,125 1,787 1,453
      Law 3,061 2,190 2,264 1,728 1,594 1,379 1,306 1,442 1,451 1,508
      Social work 1,237 958 1,204 1,436 1,164 3,812 4,041 2,949 1,264 1,331
      Visual and performing arts 356 502 172 252 335 2,193 1,566 1,054 1,630 1,164
      Non-S&E nec 6,609 4,083 2,951 3,435 5,415 2,010 1,204 1,542 2,436 2,258

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: 2023
(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 1,320,183 702,483 76,395 386,198 55,081 40,764 59,262
    Science 1,122,528 600,131 62,402 318,659 50,333 35,144 55,859
      Computer and information sciences 24,219 9,091 222 13,437 871 33 565
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 16,935 11,431 2,397 2,858 0 2 247
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 16,935 11,431 2,397 2,858 0 2 247
        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 948,410 493,390 55,210 269,213 47,186 29,969 53,442
        Agricultural sciences 88,091 34,200 17,526 26,861 2,182 2,143 5,179
        Biological and biomedical sciences 138,086 88,199 8,567 33,671 1,329 930 5,390
        Health sciences 657,293 350,374 14,271 182,447 43,497 26,247 40,457
        Natural resources and conservation 57,494 16,292 14,701 24,116 171 521 1,693
        Life sciences nec 7,446 4,325 145 2,118 7 128 723
      Mathematics and statistics 8,376 5,394 347 1,635 194 777 29
      Physical sciences 47,610 33,927 695 10,431 1,509 585 463
        Astronomy and astrophysics 2,656 1,977 0 662 0 3 14
        Chemistry 21,704 13,527 608 5,528 1,509 91 441
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 23,250 18,423 87 4,241 0 491 8
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 33,730 23,854 879 7,238 107 1,229 423
      Social sciences 39,384 22,801 2,388 10,917 402 2,354 522
        Anthropology 601 216 3 315 0 34 33
        Economics 7,019 2,804 1,621 1,986 309 133 166
        Political science and government 4,862 850 378 3,032 93 449 60
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 23,898 18,543 25 3,804 0 1,452 74
        Social sciences nec 3,004 388 361 1,780 0 286 189
      Sciences nec 3,864 243 264 2,930 64 195 168
    Engineering 145,670 92,997 10,524 34,129 4,261 1,061 2,698
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10,609 8,664 56 1,738 1 0 150
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 41,585 28,149 3,927 7,899 336 378 896
      Chemical engineering 22,038 13,638 631 5,731 1,604 74 360
      Civil engineering 16,899 8,209 2,618 5,688 138 73 173
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 19,941 12,255 730 4,522 1,316 132 986
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 919 204 4 665 23 0 23
      Mechanical engineering 26,896 16,455 2,558 6,526 843 404 110
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 6,783 5,423 0 1,360 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 51,985 9,355 3,469 33,410 487 4,559 705
      Business management and business administration 19,599 456 53 18,770 45 196 79
      Communication and communications technologies 460 58 0 279 0 73 50
      Education 16,727 7,049 1,621 7,104 161 632 160
      Humanities 3,936 719 64 2,875 0 195 83
      Law 3,061 269 443 1,577 0 522 250
      Social work 1,237 558 213 355 0 43 68
      Visual and performing arts 356 0 0 356 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 6,609 246 1,075 2,094 281 2,898 15

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 702,483 652,384 570,946 514,092 494,549 464,300 456,443 469,260 476,029 489,767
  DOD 39,589 36,190 35,239 33,686 33,159 28,046 23,937 20,952 23,500 23,509
  DOE 28,058 24,107 22,531 22,855 21,696 20,106 17,765 19,783 21,423 25,392
  HHS 479,309 453,718 390,774 337,054 315,135 290,869 288,953 301,157 298,257 317,867
  NASA 9,283 8,267 7,611 8,609 11,391 11,508 9,254 9,480 7,627 8,341
  NSF 81,018 72,227 68,332 66,439 69,610 69,598 71,049 73,547 78,575 72,567
  USDA 47,660 41,976 33,840 31,472 29,714 28,432 28,355 25,678 24,844 24,719
  Other 17,566 15,899 12,619 13,977 13,844 15,741 17,130 18,663 21,803 17,372

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: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 14,681 2,855 11,826 .
2018 14,477 2,779 11,698 .
2017 14,117 2,666 11,451 .

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 3,765 3,712 3,763 3,791 3,400
    Agricultural sciences 1,395 1,392 1,450 1,367 1,261
    Biological and biomedical sciences 531 468 473 500 459
    Computer and information sciences 15 32 36 47 9
    Engineering 311 326 305 306 249
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 165 171 174 151 128
    Health sciences 781 770 756 728 688
    Mathematics and statistics 48 52 52 52 52
    Natural resources and conservation 109 109 113 115 82
    Physical sciences 202 198 194 227 209
    Psychology 113 88 93 92 84
    Social sciences 95 107 117 129 97
    Other 0 0 0 77 82

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 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021
  All research space . . 20,000 10,400 31,463 0
    Agricultural sciences . . . 10,400 0 0
    Health sciences . . 20,000 0 23,000 0
    Natural resources and conservation . . . 0 8,463 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 7,510 60,406 75,961 25,425 38,401
    Agricultural sciences 703 0 13,796 11,855 2,796
    Biological and biomedical sciences 299 1,486 2,678 1,360 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 4,708 14,826 54,644 0 1,645
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 1,210 24,144
    Health sciences 1,800 24,457 4,843 9,637 1,086
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 353 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 8,730
    Psychology 0 19,638 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 1,009 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

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