U. Missouri, Columbia

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 84 82.1 459 128 80 631 70 92.6 925
2023 71 84.9 459 129 81.3 679 74 92.1 911 91 85.2 602
2022 72 84.6 457 128 81.5 680 70 92.4 900
2021 64 86 447 122 82.6 691 70 92.5 908 79 86.7 583
2020 67 85.4 450 106 85.1 698 78 91.7 916
2019 55 88 447 106 85.1 697 80 91.4 914 83 86.2 589
2018 49 88.9 428 101 85.8 700 81 91.3 911
2017 52 88.1 425 97 86.1 684 80 91.3 898 98 83.3 575
2016 58 86.8 430 92 87.1 697 82 91 896
2015 54 87.6 426 83 88.3 693 85 90.7 898 98 83.1 570
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 241 280 287 271 287 325 353 343 308 331
  Science and engineering 160 199 212 206 212 234 236 244 210 210
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 20 19 20 26 15 29 19 31 16 20
      Agricultural sciences 13 16 18 23 11 22 17 26 12 17
      Natural resources and conservation 7 3 2 3 4 7 2 5 4 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 26 37 44 36 47 51 44 52 45 45
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 4 8 6 5 9 9 6 10 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 8 7 2 6 3 2 4 3 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 7 4 6 9 5 2 3 3 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . 2 1 4 2 3 3 1 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 . 5 . 3 2 2 1 7 6
      Genetics and genomics 2 2 1 4 1 3 . . 3 1
      Microbiology and immunology 2 6 7 5 6 8 9 9 3 7
      Molecular biology 1 3 . . 2 2 1 1 2 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 3 5 3 1 5 3 6 3 5
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . 1 . 1 . 2 1 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 2 1 4 3 5 6 6 4 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 2 4 4 7 6 7 11 5 3
    Computer and information sciences 9 15 21 8 11 7 12 11 7 6
      Computer science 8 10 19 7 10 4 10 7 3 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 5 2 1 1 3 2 4 4 1
    Engineering 28 27 31 57 45 35 49 45 31 36
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 1 2 1 . 2 . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4 5 3 7 7 5 4 5 3 3
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 4 1 1 4 2 4 5 1 2 4
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 4 5 9 12 11 7 9 6 5 7
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 8 7 17 5 6 12 13 10 7
      Industrial engineering and operations research 4 2 4 1 3 . 2 3 3 2
      Materials and mining engineering . 2 1 1 2 . . 1 . 1
      Mechanical engineering 2 1 1 9 12 8 10 9 7 4
      Engineering, other . 2 3 5 3 3 7 7 1 8
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 5 7 2 3 6 4 5 5 1
      Geological sciences 1 3 5 2 2 5 2 2 3 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 2 2 . 1 1 2 3 2 .
    Health sciences 9 9 13 11 14 7 17 12 13 9
      Nursing science 6 5 11 9 8 6 8 8 4 3
      Pharmaceutical sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Public health 1 . . . . . 1 . . .
      Health sciences, other 2 3 2 2 6 1 8 4 9 6
    Mathematics and statistics 7 14 6 12 8 13 14 14 16 14
      Applied mathematics . 1 . 2 1 . . 1 . .
      Mathematics 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 6 2 7
      Statistics 4 3 4 5 2 4 3 2 3 5
      Mathematics and statistics, other 2 9 1 4 4 7 6 5 11 2
    Physical sciences 11 24 21 16 18 19 25 22 28 35
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . 2 1 . 1 4 2 . .
      Chemistry 9 16 14 11 10 12 11 16 23 25
      Physics 2 8 5 4 8 6 10 4 5 10
    Psychology 23 28 22 16 30 28 22 25 26 19
      Clinical psychology 3 6 4 6 3 6 4 5 4 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 12 11 11 . 7 3 4 3 8 5
      Research and experimental psychology 3 8 5 3 9 11 5 8 11 8
      Psychology, other 5 3 2 7 11 8 9 9 3 2
    Social sciences 24 21 27 22 21 39 30 27 23 25
      Anthropology 1 . 4 1 2 1 4 1 6 3
      Economics 9 8 4 11 1 11 6 7 6 5
      Political science and government 6 3 5 2 7 7 6 7 7 9
      Public policy analysis 1 1 2 . 1 . 1 . . 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 6 10 6 5 11 9 10 3 3
      Social sciences, other 3 3 2 2 5 9 4 2 1 4
  Non-science and engineering 81 81 75 65 75 91 117 99 98 121
    Business 6 9 7 4 10 10 7 6 13 10
      Business 6 9 7 4 10 10 7 6 13 10
    Education 31 30 27 27 24 31 35 38 32 46
      Education leadership and administration . 2 7 3 4 3 4 5 4 5
      Education research 18 18 13 14 10 6 16 14 16 24
      Teacher education and teaching fields 13 7 7 10 10 22 14 19 9 17
      Education, other . 3 . . . . 1 . 3 .
    Humanities and arts 26 17 17 19 27 30 38 27 27 33
      Letters 15 8 8 8 15 8 15 7 11 14
      Foreign languages and literature 1 3 3 2 . 5 1 3 4 3
      History 3 1 1 1 4 6 7 5 5 5
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 2 1 2 3 4 5 3 4 3
      Music and performing arts 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 6
      Humanities and arts, other 1 1 2 5 4 5 7 6 1 2
    Other non-science and engineering 18 25 24 15 14 20 37 28 26 32
      Communication 6 12 15 7 9 11 27 13 14 19
      Public administration and social services 7 6 4 4 3 3 6 4 4 2
      Non-science and engineering, other 5 7 5 4 2 6 4 11 8 11

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   801   783   751   843   922   897   977   919   1,024   1,082
    Hispanic or Latino   71   62   50   63   57   50   45   46   51   50
    Not Hispanic or Latino   706   702   696   754   848   823   900   830   912   971
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   2   4   2   4   3   2   4   6   4
      Asian   47   42   39   32   35   37   39   28   24   24
      Black or African American   51   47   50   54   69   64   65   49   51   44
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0
      White   582   582   582   639   706   686   759   720   799   863
      More than one race   25   29   21   26   34   32   35   29   32   36
    Unknown ethnicity and race   24   19   5   26   17   24   32   43   61   61
  Temporary visa holders   536   563   523   433   437   483   500   528   642   746
  Science and engineering   1,168   1,132   1,097   1,086   1,164   1,135   1,262   1,281   1,478   1,628
    Science   1,021   988   972   966   1,026   975   1,094   1,082   1,230   1,324
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   155   137   126   146   156   118   129   125   193   227
      Biological and biomedical sciences   202   190   157   138   145   137   162   196   219   213
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   26   29
      Computer and information sciences   146   164   188   135   129   95   133   130   53   57
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   51   56
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   20   20   21   28   27   24   27   33   28   32
      Mathematics and statistics   69   69   79   84   96   99   114   114   148   168
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   19   21   23   31   43   35   51   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   63   42   43   53   56   44   53   54   0   0
      Physical sciences   138   134   119   112   109   118   118   130   119   114
      Psychology   94   79   77   89   86   90   92   84   77   71
      Social sciences   115   132   139   150   179   215   215   216   311   350
    Engineering   147   144   125   120   138   160   168   199   248   304
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   28   30   25   18   26   20   26   28   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   7   6   5   8   9   11   18   19   22   26
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   43   32   30   29   35   39   29   41   46   47
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   28   22   26   31   29   32   30   36   63   81
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   9   17   11   8   9   13   16   12   14   21
      Mechanical engineering   30   36   27   24   25   37   37   41   47   64
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   2   1   1   2   5   8   12   22   56   65
    Health   169   214   177   190   195   245   215   166   188   200
      Clinical medicine   54   73   60   74   81   87   64   60   63   76
      Other health   115   141   117   116   114   158   151   106   125   124

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   569   616   687   711   656   720   562   428   517   557
    Hispanic or Latino   34   41   51   41   43   35   23   24   21   18
    Not Hispanic or Latino   516   557   622   645   589   653   507   375   474   515
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   1   2   3   1   0   0   0   1   1
      Asian   39   39   42   40   25   24   14   13   16   15
      Black or African American   40   41   40   56   48   51   31   23   28   37
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   1   2   2   3   2   2   0   1   0
      White   419   461   522   525   492   549   432   322   414   446
      More than one race   17   14   14   19   20   27   28   17   14   16
    Unknown ethnicity and race   19   18   14   25   24   32   32   29   22   24
  Temporary visa holders   271   258   257   274   267   289   289   339   394   343
  Science and engineering   700   712   732   782   754   731   625   632   798   778
    Science   551   562   593   640   594   558   437   410   554   564
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   42   43   46   83   83   26   22   30   105   118
      Biological and biomedical sciences   63   47   48   13   14   16   6   50   48   43
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   12
      Computer and information sciences   110   117   109   134   92   115   93   104   68   69
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   63   73
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   3   1   1   3   3   6   4   3   1   1
      Mathematics and statistics   13   12   14   25   24   22   16   31   30   17
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   47   54   74   92   108   130   94   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   72   82   81   69   55   66   60   65   0   0
      Physical sciences   33   22   19   23   22   19   16   15   25   28
      Psychology   24   46   47   50   51   26   24   24   6   10
      Social sciences   144   138   154   148   142   132   102   88   193   192
    Engineering   149   150   139   142   160   173   188   222   244   214
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   20   22   26   30   26   30   29   24   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   1   3   8   8   12   15   10   18   14   8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   29   35   28   32   32   30   35   35   30   30
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   35   39   39   37   44   54   62   70   81   78
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   19   15   10   9   15   12   6   13   19   10
      Mechanical engineering   45   36   28   24   26   30   40   53   66   52
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   2   5   2   6   9   34   36
    Health   140   162   212   203   169   278   226   135   113   122
      Clinical medicine   87   109   146   142   116   164   135   106   55   61
      Other health   53   53   66   61   53   114   91   29   58   61

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   293   275   242   231   209   223   246   217   237   244
  Science and engineering   281   256   232   219   188   192   212   198   217   223
    Science   220   206   195   195   166   160   192   169   181   181
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   48   46   47   43   29   25   23   15   43   52
      Biological and biomedical sciences   54   41   40   43   33   37   53   52   61   63
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2
      Computer and information sciences   30   35   37   28   27   20   22   13   9   9
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   5   6   5   8   6   4   9   10   4   8
      Mathematics and statistics   2   4   4   8   9   7   5   7   6   6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   3   3   2   2   2   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   19   16   18   20   15   16   24   21   0   0
      Physical sciences   34   22   12   15   21   23   29   30   24   16
      Psychology   17   23   13   17   15   19   16   14   13   11
      Social sciences   10   10   16   11   9   7   11   7   15   14
    Engineering   61   50   37   24   22   32   20   29   36   42
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   13   12   4   2   2   1   1   4   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   2   1   2   2   2   0   2   2   2   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   23   11   9   5   2   3   4   3   5   6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   6   4   7   7   5   11   5   7   5   8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   1   7   3   0   2   5   4   3   0   3
      Mechanical engineering   15   15   11   8   6   9   3   3   4   4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   1   0   1   0   3   3   1   7   20   19
    Health   12   19   10   12   21   31   34   19   20   21
      Clinical medicine   2   5   5   3   5   10   8   5   10   13
      Other health   10   14   5   9   16   21   26   14   10   8

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   1,337   1,346   1,274   1,276   1,359   1,380   1,477   1,447   1,666   1,828
  Fellowships   45   112   135   26   156   140   164   151   207   180
    Federal   29   30   36   19   61   49   84   71   63   51
    Institutional   16   82   94   7   93   85   77   66   130   115
    Nonfederal   0   0   5   0   2   6   3   14   14   14
  Research assistantships   588   520   438   520   458   466   470   504   552   635
    Federal   244   221   182   197   146   150   160   138   171   183
    Institutional   308   254   222   284   281   274   274   327   345   417
    Nonfederal   36   45   34   39   31   42   36   39   36   35
  Teaching assistantships   352   330   337   346   359   392   379   385   481   516
    Federal   4   0   1   1   1   1   1   1   0   0
    Institutional   347   329   336   345   357   390   378   383   481   516
    Nonfederal   1   1   0   0   1   1   0   1   0   0
  Other types of support   352   384   364   384   386   382   464   407   426   497
    Federal   16   24   23   14   1   23   1   7   3   10
    Institutional   47   57   52   42   6   82   2   83   30   5
    Nonfederal   9   14   13   14   23   42   48   55   67   79
    Personal resources   280   289   276   314   356   235   413   262   326   403

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 Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering   263   252   177   142   161   160   173   237   201   151
    Science   226   216   155   120   144   146   160   208   175   133
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   64   61   74   37   45   29   6   31   52   34
      Biological and biomedical sciences   77   76   19   27   47   67   93   85   61   49
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   1   6   2   1   0   6   1   4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   3   1   1   1   1   3   3   3   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   3   6   2   4   4   1   2   1   7   8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   3   5   4   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   16   13   12   14   10   8   14   11   0   0
      Physical sciences   30   29   17   14   7   22   22   39   30   23
      Psychology   15   9   10   8   13   9   13   19   9   9
      Social sciences   15   16   15   9   14   6   7   13   10   4
    Engineering   37   36   22   22   17   14   13   29   26   18
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   8   9   1   2   7   3   4   4   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   1   1   3   0   0   0   1   6   5   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   11   13   6   5   3   2   2   4   1   1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   4   1   5   4   2   2   3   5   1   1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   12   9   7   8   4   2   2   10   9   7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   1   0   3   1   5   1   0   10   7
    Health   118   128   126   55   52   65   26   8   18   14
      Clinical medicine   112   126   118   49   46   43   2   1   1   1
      Other health   6   2   8   6   6   22   24   7   17   13

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   158   147   112   81   94   101   90   105   92   63
  Science and engineering   127   111   78   62   77   75   82   101   86   57
    Science   112   91   67   56   70   73   77   91   78   52
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   32   26   36   15   20   11   3   15   24   13
      Biological and biomedical sciences   38   40   9   19   28   39   46   46   30   18
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   2   1   1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   1   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   2   3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   13   7   7   8   8   4   5   4   0   0
      Physical sciences   18   15   9   8   5   14   15   15   15   13
      Psychology   5   1   3   3   6   5   6   6   4   4
      Social sciences   4   1   1   0   2   0   0   2   1   0
    Engineering   15   20   11   6   7   2   5   10   8   5
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   4   5   0   0   1   1   1   1   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   1   3   0   0   0   1   2   2   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   6   10   2   1   1   0   0   1   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   2   1   2   1   1   0   1   2   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3   3   4   3   3   0   1   4   3   3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   1   1   1   1   0   3   2
    Health   31   36   34   19   17   26   8   4   6   6
      Clinical medicine   30   35   33   18   17   16   1   1   1   1
      Other health   1   1   1   1   0   10   7   3   5   5

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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   508,580   462,435   432,310   388,779   332,180   310,421   294,686   293,006   280,051   246,684
    Science   428,373   390,225   319,327   297,815   250,563   240,473   230,549   229,143   219,566   207,876
      Computer and information sciences   4,601   6,644   6,157   6,866   4,187   4,567   1,660   2,025   2,640   2,567
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,856   1,728   1,575   1,249   988   1,335   1,005   1,481   1,103   1,422
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   12   33   6   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,856   1,728   1,543   1,232   964   1,311   992   1,437   1,090   1,420
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   32   17   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   24   24   1   11   7   2
      Life sciences   331,995   309,601   283,404   237,728   220,890   210,550   198,676   197,347   191,299   181,701
        Agricultural sciences   131,330   122,054   91,367   86,679   71,875   69,960   68,948   67,387   65,384   86,596
        Biological and biomedical sciences   60,791   51,453   56,404   51,630   50,323   55,276   57,829   59,437   56,386   19,416
        Health sciences   117,868   114,187   98,322   79,594   78,021   62,918   51,464   52,390   49,809   56,832
        Natural resources and conservation   21,530   20,041   25,941   13,304   12,922   16,067   14,441   14,210   14,679   0
        Life sciences nec   476   1,866   11,370   6,521   7,749   6,329   5,994   3,923   5,041   18,857
      Mathematics and statistics   3,126   1,583   1,666   1,377   1,279   1,308   1,670   2,069   2,032   2,111
      Physical sciences   63,587   57,534   9,469   8,722   9,173   10,286   13,985   14,109   11,058   6,364
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0
        Chemistry   9,570   6,362   6,050   5,501   5,730   4,266   4,893   4,207   4,458   3,642
        Materials science   0   0   221   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   54,017   51,172   3,198   3,221   3,443   6,020   9,092   9,902   6,598   2,722
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   7,620   6,593   6,487   5,836   7,898   8,771   10,169   8,234   7,282   1,884
      Social sciences   7,971   3,972   8,731   6,665   3,957   2,840   3,037   3,611   3,967   11,827
        Anthropology   688   210   235   201   48   108   265   275   204   0
        Economics   3,082   1,242   1,651   2,117   1,973   2,220   2,083   2,389   2,352   9,946
        Political science and government   2,394   1,539   451   267   0   4   30   42   210   758
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   642   228   308   504   174   34   322   458   827   546
        Social sciences nec   1,165   753   6,086   3,576   1,762   474   337   447   374   577
      Sciences nec   6,617   2,570   1,838   29,372   2,191   816   347   267   185   0
    Engineering   30,592   24,365   78,494   56,685   53,343   48,028   44,864   43,053   43,353   35,554
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   243   587   79   67   69   126   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   3,090   2,417   2,629   1,646   3,107   3,887   3,210   3,264   4,865   95
      Chemical engineering   1,582   902   1,085   947   674   972   1,058   1,131   1,077   653
      Civil engineering   4,938   4,784   7,982   5,584   5,955   3,833   4,085   3,474   4,247   2,427
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,558   8,281   7,217   7,519   6,429   4,822   2,733   1,928   2,225   4,272
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   938   410   460   790   680   443   286   431   1,015   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,982   4,550   3,907   3,938   2,617   2,649   3,307   2,819   3,100   1,842
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   2,043   467   344   98   85   128   112   22   0   0
      Engineering nec   5,461   2,554   54,870   35,920   33,209   31,215   30,006   29,915   26,698   26,265
    Non-S&E   49,615   47,845   34,489   34,279   28,274   21,920   19,273   20,810   17,132   3,254
      Business management and business administration   424   613   606   825   3   3   3   10   23   21
      Communication and communications technologies   2,763   2,678   3,088   3,556   2,455   2,174   1,819   1,258   133   79
      Education   28,145   29,269   21,075   19,809   18,319   14,071   11,001   8,738   8,140   2,447
      Humanities   3,700   589   432   676   270   363   370   270   289   294
      Law   189   186   167   155   50   22   68   17   3   0
      Social work   1,132   892   602   839   968   950   790   688   640   0
      Visual and performing arts   2,038   381   217   204   57   52   18   18   6   0
      Non-S&E nec   11,224   13,237   8,302   8,215   6,152   4,285   5,204   9,811   7,898   413

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   508,580   241,938   66,965   155,500   25,527   12,426   6,224
    Science   428,373   194,685   55,361   138,555   24,800   10,129   4,843
      Computer and information sciences   4,601   4,408   97   80   0   0   16
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,856   1,644   0   1,128   0   64   20
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,856   1,644   0   1,128   0   64   20
        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   331,995   169,915   48,925   84,562   14,494   9,358   4,741
        Agricultural sciences   131,330   67,398   27,826   22,771   8,450   1,739   3,146
        Biological and biomedical sciences   60,791   39,218   3,488   12,650   1,008   3,765   662
        Health sciences   117,868   53,278   13,137   42,006   4,980   3,661   806
        Natural resources and conservation   21,530   10,021   4,460   6,689   56   193   111
        Life sciences nec   476   0   14   446   0   0   16
      Mathematics and statistics   3,126   1,298   37   1,718   0   71   2
      Physical sciences   63,587   9,242   2,174   41,712   10,287   117   55
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   9,570   6,580   740   1,921   246   30   53
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   54,017   2,662   1,434   39,791   10,041   87   2
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   7,620   4,987   401   2,174   19   36   3
      Social sciences   7,971   2,016   209   5,258   0   483   5
        Anthropology   688   249   0   431   0   8   0
        Economics   3,082   978   50   1,921   0   131   2
        Political science and government   2,394   789   158   1,373   0   74   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   642   0   1   371   0   270   0
        Social sciences nec   1,165   0   0   1,162   0   0   3
      Sciences nec   6,617   1,175   3,518   1,923   0   0   1
    Engineering   30,592   21,004   3,102   4,408   703   1,373   2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   3,090   1,980   0   837   271   2   0
      Chemical engineering   1,582   303   63   1,013   0   203   0
      Civil engineering   4,938   4,022   208   514   33   161   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,558   8,387   95   402   120   552   2
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   938   686   0   189   63   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,982   2,059   0   414   109   400   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   2,043   1,082   489   441   29   2   0
      Engineering nec   5,461   2,485   2,247   598   78   53   0
    Non-S&E   49,615   26,249   8,502   12,537   24   924   1,379
      Business management and business administration   424   24   243   115   0   0   42
      Communication and communications technologies   2,763   154   702   568   0   72   1,267
      Education   28,145   18,950   4,661   4,053   17   450   14
      Humanities   3,700   290   794   2,474   0   134   8
      Law   189   179   10   0   0   0   0
      Social work   1,132   471   417   75   0   169   0
      Visual and performing arts   2,038   0   2   2,036   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   11,224   6,181   1,673   3,216   7   99   48

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   241,938   217,091   182,432   163,576   156,190   139,781   138,029   134,525   126,071   105,015
  DOD   14,563   14,006   12,797   13,439   17,161   12,436   8,814   8,061   8,401   8,775
  DOE   3,923   4,912   6,915   7,295   5,582   5,643   11,014   10,594   5,810   4,155
  HHS   123,428   114,981   89,116   80,698   73,447   65,718   59,896   57,884   54,245   46,499
  NASA   1,902   1,763   951   409   645   514   595   251   656   620
  NSF   24,126   18,383   16,283   14,915   18,313   21,711   21,238   22,805   22,413   18,556
  USDA   35,853   32,057   27,061   22,400   20,423   17,378   18,898   19,135   20,255   17,792
  Other   38,143   30,989   29,309   24,420   20,619   16,381   17,574   15,795   14,291   8,618

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   4,738   762   3,976   .
2018   5,028   607   4,421   .

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   786   828   778   655   655
    Agricultural sciences   227   291   291   190   190
    Biological and biomedical sciences   123   172   138   112   112
    Computer and information sciences   31   22   22   8   8
    Engineering   84   92   92   85   85
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   8   8   8   8   8
    Health sciences   75   123   123   105   105
    Mathematics and statistics   1   1   1   1   1
    Natural resources and conservation   153   40   30   20   20
    Physical sciences   50   49   45   40   40
    Psychology   25   17   15   17   17
    Social sciences   6   13   13   12   12
    Other   2   0   0   56   56

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   101,303 i   51,522 i   15,800   179,457   0
    Agricultural sciences   83,744 i   26,260 i   5,800   49,257   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   25,262 i   0   0   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   6,180   0   10,000   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   11,379 i   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   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   130,200   0

i=imputed

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   5,214   72,574   13,761   16,300   50,724
    Agricultural sciences   5,214   4,830   3,671   0   571
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   8,390   0   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   294   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   2,099   475   0   42,725
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   444   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   50,939   8,355   16,300   5,061
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   1,269   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   761   735   0   2,367
    Psychology   0   287   525   0   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Other   0   3,261   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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