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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 | |
2024 | 128 | 72.6 | 459 | |||||||||
2023 | 115 | 75.4 | 459 | |||||||||
2022 | 125 | 73.1 | 457 | |||||||||
2021 | 138 | 69.6 | 447 | |||||||||
2020 | 141 | 69.1 | 450 | |||||||||
2019 | 129 | 71.6 | 447 | |||||||||
2018 | 132 | 69.6 | 428 | |||||||||
2017 | 148 | 65.7 | 425 | |||||||||
2016 | 130 | 70.2 | 430 | |||||||||
2015 | 136 | 68.6 | 426 | |||||||||
2014 |
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

Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
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All fields | 132 | 149 | 129 | 109 | 111 | 128 | 119 | 99 | 121 | 116 |
Science and engineering | 86 | 103 | 91 | 76 | 83 | 89 | 86 | 74 | 80 | 88 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 27 | 16 |
Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 |
Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 1 | . | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . |
Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Microbiology and immunology | 3 | 3 | 4 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 |
Molecular biology | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Neurobiology and neurosciences | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | . |
Pharmacology and toxicology | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | 8 | 5 |
Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 |
Computer science | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 |
Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Engineering | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 7 | . | 9 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 |
Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . |
Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . |
Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | . | . | . | 2 |
Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Engineering, other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 4 |
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | . | . |
Geological sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . |
Health sciences | 20 | 35 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 38 | 28 | 24 | 21 |
Nursing science | 2 | . | . | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Pharmaceutical sciences | 13 | 30 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 7 |
Public health | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Health sciences, other | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 9 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | . | 5 |
Mathematics | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | . | 3 |
Statistics | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics, other | 5 | . | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 |
Physical sciences | 10 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Chemistry | 5 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
Physics | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | . | 3 |
Psychology | 8 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 15 |
Clinical psychology | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 13 |
Research and experimental psychology | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Psychology, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Social sciences | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 |
Economics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 4 | 3 |
Political science and government | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Social sciences, other | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . |
Non-science and engineering | 46 | 46 | 38 | 33 | 28 | 39 | 33 | 25 | 41 | 28 |
Business | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 |
Business | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 |
Education | 9 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 13 |
Education leadership and administration | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Education research | 4 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Teacher education and teaching fields | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
Education, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Humanities and arts | 23 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
Letters | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Foreign languages and literature | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
History | 7 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Music and performing arts | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Humanities and arts, other | 5 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other non-science and engineering | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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