U. Minnesota, Twin Cities

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
2024 15 97 459 21 97.9 925
2023 12 97.6 459 21 97.8 911 3 99.7 602
2022 16 96.7 457 20 97.9 900
2021 15 96.9 447 22 97.7 908 3 99.7 583
2020 15 96.9 450 20 97.9 916
2019 12 97.6 447 17 98.3 914 3 99.7 589
2018 15 96.8 428 17 98.3 911
2017 14 97 425 17 98.2 898 3 99.7 575
2016 5 99.1 430 15 98.4 896
2015 11 97.7 426 14 98.6 898 4 99.5 570
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: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 702 726 693 626 647 719 665 678 787 711
  Science and engineering 575 581 558 527 503 561 539 521 605 530
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 28 34 51 24 36 25 29 39 34 38
      Agricultural sciences 26 20 42 19 27 16 26 30 24 23
      Natural resources and conservation 2 14 9 5 9 9 3 9 10 15
    Biological and biomedical sciences 134 133 113 104 94 115 110 104 115 102
      Biochemistry and biophysics 9 6 3 8 5 10 9 12 10 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 19 14 10 11 1 1 . 3 3 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 27 16 16 11 18 12 16 11 12 7
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 1 . 2 3 . 1 3 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 17 20 23 24 14 21 25 14 25 22
      Genetics and genomics 3 2 1 . 2 2 . 4 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 17 15 11 11 9 15 10 8 12 12
      Molecular biology 5 10 7 5 7 6 9 7 3 9
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 13 17 8 10 13 4 9 6 16
      Pharmacology and toxicology 11 8 4 6 7 9 10 6 9 7
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 9 4 4 6 3 4 8 12 9 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 11 24 16 14 16 19 19 17 22 17
    Computer and information sciences 24 18 26 30 20 28 23 29 26 26
      Computer science 19 15 19 25 20 28 23 28 22 24
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 3 7 5 . . . 1 4 2
    Engineering 129 130 128 134 126 132 146 121 136 127
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 8 6 8 13 9 10 11 9 10
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 21 16 18 20 16 14 20 17 22 12
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 23 18 27 22 21 22 27 23 19 17
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 6 9 13 9 5 11 10 9 14 13
      Electrical and computer engineering 25 29 27 27 25 34 33 29 28 33
      Industrial engineering and operations research 7 5 4 5 2 6 4 3 2 4
      Materials and mining engineering 12 13 8 16 9 14 13 7 14 11
      Mechanical engineering 20 24 18 20 31 19 21 21 22 25
      Engineering, other 4 8 7 7 4 3 8 1 6 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17 11 13 7 7 8 9 12 12 11
      Geological sciences 10 6 8 4 5 5 4 9 9 6
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 7 5 5 3 2 3 5 3 3 5
    Health sciences 48 36 38 30 37 48 47 38 50 43
      Nursing science 5 4 5 4 6 7 5 6 9 2
      Pharmaceutical sciences 11 3 11 4 7 6 6 7 8 5
      Public health 11 12 9 8 13 16 14 14 13 8
      Health sciences, other 21 17 13 14 11 19 22 11 20 28
    Mathematics and statistics 20 23 26 26 17 27 16 22 21 24
      Applied mathematics . 4 1 3 2 5 3 5 3 5
      Mathematics 3 2 2 1 3 7 1 3 1 2
      Statistics 4 8 5 7 4 4 2 7 3 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 13 9 18 15 8 11 10 7 14 9
    Physical sciences 65 90 58 62 56 70 69 54 67 57
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 6 8 3 2 7 7 1 1 3
      Chemistry 43 62 30 39 34 46 36 38 41 33
      Physics 15 22 20 20 20 17 26 15 25 21
    Psychology 41 47 51 34 43 46 34 44 64 34
      Clinical psychology 3 1 2 2 5 4 2 1 2 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 6 14 18 12 9 16 14 17 22 9
      Research and experimental psychology 20 19 16 8 21 19 10 17 18 17
      Psychology, other 12 13 15 12 8 7 8 9 22 8
    Social sciences 69 59 54 76 67 62 56 58 80 68
      Anthropology 4 10 5 3 4 4 6 5 1 5
      Economics 32 16 19 40 26 29 20 23 32 20
      Political science and government 9 6 8 3 8 5 11 9 10 9
      Public policy analysis 5 3 1 2 . . . . 3 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 9 7 7 4 11 7 5 3 9 12
      Social sciences, other 10 17 14 24 18 17 14 18 25 20
  Non-science and engineering 127 145 135 99 144 158 126 157 182 181
    Business 22 19 18 18 22 14 19 15 34 23
      Business 22 19 18 18 22 14 19 15 34 23
    Education 51 61 44 37 58 66 58 77 80 82
      Education leadership and administration 10 11 16 11 6 5 4 6 7 6
      Education research 26 32 19 21 42 31 34 57 47 57
      Teacher education and teaching fields 12 17 9 4 8 16 11 11 14 13
      Education, other 3 1 . 1 2 14 9 3 12 6
    Humanities and arts 37 43 42 27 52 51 29 49 40 47
      Letters 13 20 14 7 22 8 6 12 16 7
      Foreign languages and literature 6 6 9 4 11 9 4 12 6 6
      History 5 5 9 11 9 7 11 6 7 11
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 4 1 . 1 3 2 5 4 3
      Music and performing arts 5 5 7 1 5 9 4 4 1 15
      Humanities and arts, other 6 3 2 4 4 15 2 10 6 5
    Other non-science and engineering 17 22 31 17 12 27 20 16 28 29
      Communication 5 10 11 4 4 10 5 11 16 19
      Public administration and social services 5 3 5 5 5 6 8 3 6 5
      Non-science and engineering, other 7 9 15 8 3 11 7 2 6 5

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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   1,409,710   1,320,183   1,202,084   1,072,961   1,042,382   1,013,112   954,683   921,681   910,181   880,618
    Science   1,188,705   1,122,528   1,028,655   913,106   878,385   849,236   791,161   757,451   754,656   729,397
      Computer and information sciences   29,109   24,219   28,809   22,629   22,996   22,227   21,810   21,511   16,151   15,498
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   16,405   16,935   13,095   13,634   14,715   14,391   14,248   14,204   13,960   15,007
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   16,405   16,935   13,095   13,634   14,715   14,391   14,248   14,204   13,960   13,027
        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   0   1,980
      Life sciences   1,008,633   948,410   864,018   760,975   722,074   684,938   635,157   607,864   610,920   581,577
        Agricultural sciences   96,524   88,091   78,028   71,646   74,148   64,132   58,990   56,691   56,794   89,171
        Biological and biomedical sciences   143,433   138,086   126,554   118,493   111,883   101,129   108,847   101,566   98,607   107,393
        Health sciences   701,289   657,293   602,141   514,691   474,705   461,261   410,600   393,519   401,492   379,191
        Natural resources and conservation   60,344   57,494   51,426   51,022   55,059   52,659   50,185   51,535   50,333   0
        Life sciences nec   7,043   7,446   5,869   5,123   6,279   5,757   6,535   4,553   3,694   5,822
      Mathematics and statistics   8,601   8,376   7,615   8,555   8,994   9,822   7,847   7,464   9,804   14,334
      Physical sciences   51,221   47,610   42,715   41,812   43,946   45,573   39,527   38,747   40,569   40,497
        Astronomy and astrophysics   3,352   2,656   2,409   1,989   1,937   1,631   1,853   1,677   2,180   2,117
        Chemistry   23,453   21,704   19,860   20,661   22,061   21,094   18,303   18,708   19,695   19,700
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   24,416   23,250   20,446   19,162   19,948   22,848   19,371   18,362   18,694   18,680
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   34,732   33,730   29,392   29,408   31,954   34,448   37,381   31,837   27,243   25,539
      Social sciences   36,861   39,384   40,045   33,248   31,218   35,278   35,191   35,824   36,009   35,718
        Anthropology   314   601   404   193   191   739   233   308   408   0
        Economics   6,426   7,019   7,083   6,548   6,218   8,320   7,885   6,652   6,949   6,903
        Political science and government   6,939   4,862   3,973   4,154   6,691   8,740   8,701   8,396   7,168   7,779
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   20,495   23,898   26,450   19,908   15,108   14,153   14,031   16,418   17,236   17,859
        Social sciences nec   2,687   3,004   2,135   2,445   3,010   3,326   4,341   4,050   4,248   3,177
      Sciences nec   3,143   3,864   2,966   2,845   2,488   2,559   0   0   0   1,227
    Engineering   160,821   145,670   131,042   121,637   120,929   120,976   124,637   123,835   117,858   114,619
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   14,626   10,609   10,420   10,190   12,046   11,937   10,655   8,492   8,244   8,390
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   44,534   41,585   33,495   29,072   25,028   23,895   26,763   25,698   22,658   22,927
      Chemical engineering   23,528   22,038   21,128   20,684   24,803   25,172   26,316   25,715   24,134   20,795
      Civil engineering   24,503   16,899   14,114   13,225   13,513   15,692   17,316   17,440   17,698   16,394
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   19,348   19,941   19,282   18,813   19,080   20,047   18,345   18,309   16,603   15,981
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   866   919   1,501   1,148   2,281   1,887   2,108   2,190   2,093   0
      Mechanical engineering   28,676   26,896   24,802   23,064   18,088   17,233   15,200   13,776   15,350   18,453
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   4,740   6,783   6,300   5,441   6,090   5,113   7,934   12,215   11,078   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11,679
    Non-S&E   60,184   51,985   42,387   38,218   43,068   42,900   38,885   40,395   37,667   36,602
      Business management and business administration   22,013   19,599   17,900   17,600   16,907   16,395   16,005   16,757   17,145   17,064
      Communication and communications technologies   355   460   400   463   713   550   350   215   350   242
      Education   20,265   16,727   12,714   10,490   15,212   13,445   10,383   12,371   11,060   10,728
      Humanities   3,838   3,936   3,640   3,074   3,385   4,002   2,753   2,935   2,125   1,787
      Law   2,363   3,061   2,190   2,264   1,728   1,594   1,379   1,306   1,442   1,451
      Social work   1,134   1,237   958   1,204   1,436   1,164   3,812   4,041   2,949   1,264
      Visual and performing arts   443   356   502   172   252   335   2,193   1,566   1,054   1,630
      Non-S&E nec   9,773   6,609   4,083   2,951   3,435   5,415   2,010   1,204   1,542   2,436

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: 2024
(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   1,409,710   748,229   89,087   412,003   50,458   38,966   70,967
    Science   1,188,705   639,696   71,518   336,281   44,875   31,937   64,398
      Computer and information sciences   29,109   10,596   319   15,396   808   205   1,785
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   16,405   9,616   2,905   3,748   0   9   127
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   16,405   9,616   2,905   3,748   0   9   127
        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   1,008,633   535,008   63,265   282,470   41,431   27,102   59,357
        Agricultural sciences   96,524   36,913   20,195   29,470   1,817   2,269   5,860
        Biological and biomedical sciences   143,433   91,341   8,304   36,004   1,284   1,168   5,332
        Health sciences   701,289   385,837   17,962   190,918   37,865   22,978   45,729
        Natural resources and conservation   60,344   16,691   16,757   23,939   390   519   2,048
        Life sciences nec   7,043   4,226   47   2,139   75   168   388
      Mathematics and statistics   8,601   5,519   161   1,970   147   757   47
      Physical sciences   51,221   35,051   804   11,840   2,095   998   433
        Astronomy and astrophysics   3,352   2,496   0   854   0   0   2
        Chemistry   23,453   13,012   804   6,857   2,095   275   410
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   24,416   19,543   0   4,129   0   723   21
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   34,732   23,512   716   7,194   116   1,265   1,929
      Social sciences   36,861   19,947   3,091   11,647   31   1,570   575
        Anthropology   314   94   19   182   0   17   2
        Economics   6,426   2,362   1,745   2,090   0   17   212
        Political science and government   6,939   1,944   752   3,756   31   312   144
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   20,495   15,270   70   4,053   0   1,020   82
        Social sciences nec   2,687   277   505   1,566   0   204   135
      Sciences nec   3,143   447   257   2,016   247   31   145
    Engineering   160,821   98,159   13,000   37,917   5,485   1,031   5,229
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   14,626   10,445   64   1,767   38   0   2,312
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   44,534   28,897   4,642   9,079   524   508   884
      Chemical engineering   23,528   14,073   860   6,096   1,980   85   434
      Civil engineering   24,503   12,517   4,450   6,979   313   15   229
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   19,348   10,767   579   5,533   1,325   83   1,061
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   866   292   0   547   0   0   27
      Mechanical engineering   28,676   17,376   2,405   6,968   1,305   340   282
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   4,740   3,792   0   948   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   60,184   10,374   4,569   37,805   98   5,998   1,340
      Business management and business administration   22,013   714   29   20,826   20   214   210
      Communication and communications technologies   355   53   0   269   0   0   33
      Education   20,265   7,482   3,069   8,516   17   481   700
      Humanities   3,838   698   29   2,884   0   123   104
      Law   2,363   313   114   1,401   0   436   99
      Social work   1,134   468   245   292   0   27   102
      Visual and performing arts   443   0   19   424   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   9,773   646   1,064   3,193   61   4,717   92

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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies   748,229   702,483   652,384   570,946   514,092   494,549   464,300   456,443   469,260   476,029
  DOD   45,551   39,589   36,190   35,239   33,686   33,159   28,046   23,937   20,952   23,500
  DOE   29,845   28,058   24,107   22,531   22,855   21,696   20,106   17,765   19,783   21,423
  HHS   513,267   479,309   453,718   390,774   337,054   315,135   290,869   288,953   301,157   298,257
  NASA   11,585   9,283   8,267   7,611   8,609   11,391   11,508   9,254   9,480   7,627
  NSF   82,504   81,018   72,227   68,332   66,439   69,610   69,598   71,049   73,547   78,575
  USDA   47,182   47,660   41,976   33,840   31,472   29,714   28,432   28,355   25,678   24,844
  Other   18,295   17,566   15,899   12,619   13,977   13,844   15,741   17,130   18,663   21,803

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: 2024–18 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2024   .   .   .   .
2023   .   .   .   .
2022   .   .   .   .
2021   .   .   .   .
2020   .   .   .   .
2019   14,681   2,855   11,826   .
2018   14,477   2,779   11,698   .

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
  All research space   0   0   20,000   10,400   31,463
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   10,400   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   20,000   0   23,000
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   8,463
    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.

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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