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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
2021 15 4.1 448 3 1.3 583 22 3.3 909
2020 15 4.1 450 20 3.1 915
2019 12 3.4 447 3 1.3 589 17 2.7 913
2018 15 4.2 428 17 2.7 910
2017 14 4 425 3 1.3 575 17 2.8 897
2016 5 1.9 430 15 2.6 895
2015 11 3.3 426 4 1.5 570 14 2.4 897
2014 6 2.2 422 15 2.6 887
2013 5 2 417 2 1.2 588 15 2.6 884
2012 6 2.2 412 14 2.4 892
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.
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Data

Number of earned doctorates, by major field of study of recipients: 2021–12
Fields 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All fields 626    647    719    665    678    787    711    762    762    721   
  Science and engineering 526    503    561    539    521    602    529    564    578    534   
    Science 392    377    429    393    400    466    402    433    448    419   
      Life science 158    167    188    186    181    199    183    200    210    206   
        Agricultural sciences 21    32    22    25    36    29    33    39    36    27   
        Biological sciences 104    94    115    110    104    115    102    104    111    120   
        Health sciences 33    41    51    51    41    55    48    57    63    59   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 68    63    78    78    66    79    68    72    63    61   
        Chemistry 39    34    46    36    38    41    33    42    32    27   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7    7    8    9    12    12    11    8    11    15   
        Physics and astronomy 22    22    24    33    16    26    24    22    20    19   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 56    37    55    39    51    47    50    46    70    32   
        Computer sciences 30    20    28    23    29    26    26    26    31    17   
        Mathematics 26    17    27    16    22    21    24    20    39    15   
      Psychology and social sciences 110    110    108    90    102    141    101    115    105    120   
        Psychology 34    43    46    34    44    64    34    42    38    40   
        Anthropology 3    4    4    6    5    1    5    2    3    5   
        Economics 40    26    29    20    23    32    20    25    21    25   
        Political science and government 3    8    5    11    9    10    9    9    8    10   
        Sociology 3    11    7    5    3    8    12    18    10    12   
        Other social sciences 27    18    17    14    18    26    21    19    25    28   
    Engineering 134    126    132    146    121    136    127    131    130    115   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 8    13    9    10    11    9    10    10    11    6   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 20    16    14    20    17    22    12    14    16    12   
      Chemical engineering 22    21    21    27    23    19    17    18    15    15   
      Civil engineering 6    4    8    7    8    10    9    10    13    11   
      Electrical engineering 26    22    30    28    29    27    32    25    41    35   
      Industrial engineering 4    1    5    3    1    2    3    2    .    .   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 16    9    14    13    7    14    11    8    8    11   
      Mechanical engineering 19    29    18    21    21    21    24    35    14    15   
      Other engineering 13    11    13    17    4    12    9    9    12    10   
  Non-science and engineering 100    144    158    126    157    185    182    198    184    187   
    Education 37    58    66    58    77    80    82    75    83    77   
      Education administration 11    6    5    4    6    7    6    10    15    11   
      Education research 21    42    31    34    57    47    57    51    56    55   
      Teacher education .    .    1    2    .    1    .    1    1    1   
      Teaching fields 4    8    15    9    11    13    13    7    10    8   
      Other education 1    2    14    9    3    12    6    6    1    2   
    Humanities 27    52    51    29    49    43    48    62    61    59   
      Foreign languages & literature 4    11    9    4    12    6    6    11    12    5   
      History 11    9    7    11    6    10    12    16    12    17   
      Letters 7    22    8    6    12    16    7    21    22    15   
      Other humanities and arts 5    10    27    8    19    11    23    14    15    22   
    Other 36    34    41    39    31    62    52    61    40    51   
      Business management/administration 18    22    14    19    15    34    23    30    12    26   
      Communication 4    4    10    5    11    16    19    10    12    17   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 14    8    17    15    5    12    10    21    16    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: 2021–12
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
  All R&D fields 1,072,961        1,042,382        1,013,112        954,683        921,681        910,181        880,618        876,870        858,378        826,173       
    Science 913,106        878,385        849,236        791,161        757,451        754,656        729,397        744,464        733,806        715,839       
      Computer and information sciences 22,629        22,996        22,227        21,810        21,511        16,151        15,498        15,447        15,943        15,120       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,634        14,715        14,391        14,248        14,204        13,960        15,007        15,088        15,624        14,111       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 13,634        14,715        14,391        14,248        14,204        13,960        13,027        13,069        13,275        12,033       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        1,980        2,019        2,349        2,078       
      Life sciences 760,975        722,074        684,938        635,157        607,864        610,920        581,577        595,108        585,286        586,222       
        Agricultural sciences 71,646        74,148        64,132        58,990        56,691        56,794        89,171        84,973        79,217        77,820       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 118,493        111,883        101,129        108,847        101,566        98,607        107,393        108,277        109,579        109,292       
        Health sciences 514,691        474,705        461,261        410,600        393,519        401,492        379,191        397,011        390,867        392,590       
        Natural resources and conservation 51,022        55,059        52,659        50,185        51,535        50,333        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 5,123        6,279        5,757        6,535        4,553        3,694        5,822        4,847        5,623        6,520       
      Mathematics and statistics 8,555        8,994        9,822        7,847        7,464        9,804        14,334        12,632        12,295        10,469       
      Physical sciences 41,812        43,946        45,573        39,527        38,747        40,569        40,497        46,377        45,720        37,258       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,989        1,937        1,631        1,853        1,677        2,180        2,117        1,839        2,082        1,802       
        Chemistry 20,661        22,061        21,094        18,303        18,708        19,695        19,700        19,539        16,413        13,477       
        Materials science 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 19,162        19,948        22,848        19,371        18,362        18,694        18,680        24,999        27,225        21,979       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Psychology 29,408        31,954        34,448        37,381        31,837        27,243        25,539        25,781        25,041        21,661       
      Social sciences 33,248        31,218        35,278        35,191        35,824        36,009        35,718        33,191        33,061        29,866       
        Anthropology 193        191        739        233        308        408        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 6,548        6,218        8,320        7,885        6,652        6,949        6,903        7,204        6,960        7,282       
        Political science and government 4,154        6,691        8,740        8,701        8,396        7,168        7,779        6,733        6,852        6,966       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 19,908        15,108        14,153        14,031        16,418        17,236        17,859        16,188        16,831        13,650       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 2,445        3,010        3,326        4,341        4,050        4,248        3,177        3,066        2,418        1,968       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 2,845        2,488        2,559        0        0        0        1,227        840        836        1,132       
    Engineering 121,637        120,929        120,976        124,637        123,835        117,858        114,619        106,416        100,375        90,993       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10,190        12,046        11,937        10,655        8,492        8,244        8,390        6,657        6,472        6,947       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 29,072        25,028        23,895        26,763        25,698        22,658        22,927        21,268        19,195        17,486       
      Chemical engineering 20,684        24,803        25,172        26,316        25,715        24,134        20,795        16,489        17,759        13,689       
      Civil engineering 13,225        13,513        15,692        17,316        17,440        17,698        16,394        16,030        16,882        18,068       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 18,813        19,080        20,047        18,345        18,309        16,603        15,981        15,437        14,104        13,906       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,148        2,281        1,887        2,108        2,190        2,093        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 23,064        18,088        17,233        15,200        13,776        15,350        18,453        18,989        18,717        15,950       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 5,441        6,090        5,113        7,934        12,215        11,078        0        0        0        0       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        11,679        11,546        7,246        4,947       
    Non-S&E 38,218        43,068        42,900        38,885        40,395        37,667        36,602        25,990        24,197        19,341       
      Business management and business administration 17,600        16,907        16,395        16,005        16,757        17,145        17,064        8,822        8,433        5,063       
      Communication and communications technologies 463        713        550        350        215        350        242        336        376        369       
      Education 10,490        15,212        13,445        10,383        12,371        11,060        10,728        9,118        7,543        7,135       
      Humanities 3,074        3,385        4,002        2,753        2,935        2,125        1,787        1,453        1,533        1,685       
      Law 2,264        1,728        1,594        1,379        1,306        1,442        1,451        1,508        1,545        1,456       
      Social work 1,204        1,436        1,164        3,812        4,041        2,949        1,264        1,331        1,020        561       
      Visual and performing arts 172        252        335        2,193        1,566        1,054        1,630        1,164        1,443        981       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 2,951        3,435        5,415        2,010        1,204        1,542        2,436        2,258        2,304        2,091       

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: 2021
(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 1,072,961        570,946        69,842        309,620        44,460        45,879        32,214       
    Science 913,106        483,889        59,903        255,035        41,490        41,346        31,443       
      Computer and information sciences 22,629        9,509        424        11,648        143        321        584       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,634        8,548        2,121        2,806        0        10        149       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 13,634        8,548        2,121        2,806        0        10        149       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Life sciences 760,975        388,235        53,787        214,305        39,244        35,699        29,705       
        Agricultural sciences 71,646        24,629        15,889        23,140        1,928        4,270        1,790       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 118,493        75,180        7,730        27,270        2,163        4,453        1,697       
        Health sciences 514,691        274,027        13,934        141,265        34,930        25,570        24,965       
        Natural resources and conservation 51,022        11,115        16,120        21,227        223        1,084        1,253       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 5,123        3,284        114        1,403        0        322        0       
      Mathematics and statistics 8,555        5,674        522        1,553        166        630        10       
      Physical sciences 41,812        32,702        234        7,636        827        164        249       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,989        1,447        0        542        0        0        0       
        Chemistry 20,661        15,439        156        3,887        827        104        248       
        Materials science 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 19,162        15,816        78        3,207        0        60        1       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Psychology 29,408        20,743        424        6,387        295        1,348        211       
      Social sciences 33,248        18,265        2,273        9,126        745        2,325        514       
        Anthropology 193        38        0        75        0        20        60       
        Economics 6,548        1,914        1,591        1,773        726        421        123       
        Political science and government 4,154        581        348        2,692        19        403        111       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 19,908        15,226        39        3,140        0        1,309        194       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 2,445        506        295        1,446        0        172        26       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 2,845        213        118        1,574        70        849        21       
    Engineering 121,637        78,808        8,670        28,975        2,549        1,968        667       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10,190        8,859        109        1,222        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 29,072        20,004        2,924        5,411        350        288        95       
      Chemical engineering 20,684        13,497        224        5,269        1,016        374        304       
      Civil engineering 13,225        5,096        2,436        5,374        51        169        99       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 18,813        12,341        1,004        4,071        385        979        33       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,148        326        0        806        0        0        16       
      Mechanical engineering 23,064        14,340        1,973        5,729        744        158        120       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 5,441        4,345        0        1,093        3        0        0       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
    Non-S&E 38,218        8,249        1,269        25,610        421        2,565        104       
      Business management and business administration 17,600        688        29        16,531        29        323        0       
      Communication and communications technologies 463        191        0        172        0        100        0       
      Education 10,490        5,161        64        4,426        312        462        65       
      Humanities 3,074        936        13        1,866        0        225        34       
      Law 2,264        343        0        1,129        0        789        3       
      Social work 1,204        303        148        356        0        395        2       
      Visual and performing arts 172        30        0        142        0        0        0       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 2,951        597        1,015        988        80        271        0       

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: 2021–12
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Federal Agencies 570,946        514,092        494,549        464,300        456,443        469,260        476,029        489,767        494,206        485,462       
  DOD 35,239        33,686        33,159        28,046        23,937        20,952        23,500        23,509        21,197        16,154       
  DOE 22,531        22,855        21,696        20,106        17,765        19,783        21,423        25,392        26,585        21,948       
  HHS 390,774        337,054        315,135        290,869        288,953        301,157        298,257        317,867        324,478        332,912       
  NASA 7,611        8,609        11,391        11,508        9,254        9,480        7,627        8,341        7,064        6,010       
  NSF 68,332        66,439        69,610        69,598        71,049        73,547        78,575        72,567        71,165        67,781       
  USDA 33,840        31,472        29,714        28,432        28,355        25,678        24,844        24,719        24,993        23,131       
  Other 12,619        13,977        13,844        15,741        17,130        18,663        21,803        17,372        18,724        17,526       

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: 2021–15 [temporarily discontinued]
Year All personnel Principal investigators Other personnel Postdocs
2021 .    .        .        .       
2020 .    .        .        .       
2019 14,681    2,855        11,826        .       
2018 14,477    2,779        11,698        .       
2017 14,117    2,666        11,451        .       
2016 14,103    2,724        11,379        .       
2015 14,022    2,628        11,394        1,112       

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: 2021–12
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field 2021 2019 2017 2015 2013
  All research space 3,712    3,763    3,791    3,400    3,673   
    Agricultural sciences 1,392    1,450    1,367    1,261    1,370   
    Biological and biomedical sciences 468    473    500    459    440   
    Computer and information sciences 32    36    47    9    4   
    Engineering 326    305    306    249    254   
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 171    174    151    128    138   
    Health sciences 770    756    728    688    822   
    Mathematics and statistics 52    52    52    52    51   
    Natural resources and conservation 109    113    115    82    .   
    Physical sciences 198    194    227    209    343   
    Psychology 88    93    92    84    84   
    Social sciences 107    117    129    97    90   
    Other 0    0    77    82    76   

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: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space .    20,000    10,400    31,463    37,125   
    Agricultural sciences .    .    10,400    .    .   
    Biological and biomedical sciences .    .    .    .    37,125   
    Health sciences .    20,000    .    23,000    .   
    Natural resources and conservation .    .    .    8,463    .   

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space 1,065    75,961    25,425    38,401    19,590   
    Agricultural sciences 683    13,796    11,855    2,796    0   
    Biological and biomedical sciences 382    2,678    1,360    0    847   
    Computer and information sciences 0    0    0    0    0   
    Engineering 0    54,644    0    1,645    11,087   
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0    0    1,210    24,144    0   
    Health sciences 0    4,843    9,637    1,086    1,576   
    Mathematics and statistics 0    0    0    0    0   
    Natural resources and conservation 0    0    353    0    6,081   
    Physical sciences 0    0    0    8,730    0   
    Psychology 0    0    0    0    0   
    Social sciences 0    0    1,009    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

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