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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