U. Missouri, Columbia

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2023 71 84.9 459 129 81.3 679 91 85.2 602 74 92.1 914
2022 72 84.6 457 128 81.5 680 70 92.4 900
2021 64 86 447 122 82.6 691 79 86.7 583 70 92.5 908
2020 67 85.4 450 106 85.1 698 78 91.7 916
2019 55 88 447 106 85.1 697 83 86.2 589 80 91.4 914
2018 49 88.9 428 101 85.8 700 81 91.3 911
2017 52 88.1 425 97 86.1 684 98 83.3 575 80 91.3 898
2016 58 86.8 430 92 87.1 697 82 91 896
2015 54 87.6 426 83 88.3 693 98 83.1 570 85 90.7 898
2014 58 86.6 422 79 88.8 688 88 90.3 889
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: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 280 287 271 287 325 353 343 308 331 302
  Science and engineering 199 212 206 212 234 236 244 210 210 199
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 19 20 26 15 29 19 31 16 20 14
      Agricultural sciences 16 18 23 11 22 17 26 12 17 13
      Natural resources and conservation 3 2 3 4 7 2 5 4 3 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 37 44 36 47 51 44 52 45 45 43
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 8 6 5 9 9 6 10 8 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 8 7 2 6 3 2 4 3 4 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 7 4 6 9 5 2 3 3 1 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 2 1 4 2 3 3 1 6 5
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 5 . 3 2 2 1 7 6 4
      Genetics and genomics 2 1 4 1 3 . . 3 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology 6 7 5 6 8 9 9 3 7 4
      Molecular biology 3 . . 2 2 1 1 2 1 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 5 3 1 5 3 6 3 5 6
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . 1 . 1 . 2 1 1 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 1 4 3 5 6 6 4 2 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 4 4 7 6 7 11 5 3 3
    Computer and information sciences 15 21 8 11 7 12 11 7 6 8
      Computer science 10 19 7 10 4 10 7 3 5 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 2 1 1 3 2 4 4 1 .
    Engineering 27 31 57 45 35 49 45 31 36 36
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 2 1 . 2 . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5 3 7 7 5 4 5 3 3 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 1 4 2 4 5 1 2 4 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 9 12 11 7 9 6 5 7 2
      Electrical and computer engineering 8 7 17 5 6 12 13 10 7 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 2 4 1 3 . 2 3 3 2 2
      Materials and mining engineering 2 1 1 2 . . 1 . 1 1
      Mechanical engineering 1 1 9 12 8 10 9 7 4 7
      Engineering, other 2 3 5 3 3 7 7 1 8 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 7 2 3 6 4 5 5 1 5
      Geological sciences 3 5 2 2 5 2 2 3 1 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 2 . 1 1 2 3 2 . 1
    Health sciences 9 13 11 14 7 17 12 13 9 8
      Nursing science 5 11 9 8 6 8 8 4 3 3
      Pharmaceutical sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Public health . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Health sciences, other 3 2 2 6 1 8 4 9 6 5
    Mathematics and statistics 14 6 12 8 13 14 14 16 14 15
      Applied mathematics 1 . 2 1 . . 1 . . 2
      Mathematics 1 1 1 1 2 5 6 2 7 5
      Statistics 3 4 5 2 4 3 2 3 5 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 1 4 4 7 6 5 11 2 .
    Physical sciences 24 21 16 18 19 25 22 28 35 22
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 2 1 . 1 4 2 . . .
      Chemistry 16 14 11 10 12 11 16 23 25 14
      Physics 8 5 4 8 6 10 4 5 10 8
    Psychology 28 22 16 30 28 22 25 26 19 20
      Clinical psychology 6 4 6 3 6 4 5 4 4 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 11 11 . 7 3 4 3 8 5 8
      Research and experimental psychology 8 5 3 9 11 5 8 11 8 2
      Psychology, other 3 2 7 11 8 9 9 3 2 6
    Social sciences 21 27 22 21 39 30 27 23 25 28
      Anthropology . 4 1 2 1 4 1 6 3 4
      Economics 8 4 11 1 11 6 7 6 5 5
      Political science and government 3 5 2 7 7 6 7 7 9 6
      Public policy analysis 1 2 . 1 . 1 . . 1 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 10 6 5 11 9 10 3 3 8
      Social sciences, other 3 2 2 5 9 4 2 1 4 4
  Non-science and engineering 81 75 65 75 91 117 99 98 121 103
    Business 9 7 4 10 10 7 6 13 10 13
      Business 9 7 4 10 10 7 6 13 10 13
    Education 30 27 27 24 31 35 38 32 46 40
      Education leadership and administration 2 7 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 2
      Education research 18 13 14 10 6 16 14 16 24 24
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 7 10 10 22 14 19 9 17 14
      Education, other 3 . . . . 1 . 3 . .
    Humanities and arts 17 17 19 27 30 38 27 27 33 32
      Letters 8 8 8 15 8 15 7 11 14 17
      Foreign languages and literature 3 3 2 . 5 1 3 4 3 2
      History 1 1 1 4 6 7 5 5 5 4
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 1 2 3 4 5 3 4 3 4
      Music and performing arts 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 6 4
      Humanities and arts, other 1 2 5 4 5 7 6 1 2 1
    Other non-science and engineering 25 24 15 14 20 37 28 26 32 18
      Communication 12 15 7 9 11 27 13 14 19 11
      Public administration and social services 6 4 4 3 3 6 4 4 2 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 7 5 4 2 6 4 11 8 11 3

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 667 677 667 694 683 755 757 876 990 1,025
    Female 679 597 609 665 697 722 690 790 838 874
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 783 751 843 922 897 977 919 1,024 1,082 1,143
    Hispanic or Latino 62 50 63 57 50 45 46 51 50 52
    Not Hispanic or Latino 702 696 754 848 823 900 830 912 971 1,031
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 4 2 4 3 2 4 6 4 6
      Asian 42 39 32 35 37 39 28 24 24 29
      Black or African American 47 50 54 69 64 65 49 51 44 46
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      White 582 582 639 706 686 759 720 799 863 926
      More than one race 29 21 26 34 32 35 29 32 36 24
    Unknown ethnicity and race 19 5 26 17 24 32 43 61 61 60
  Temporary visa holders 563 523 433 437 483 500 528 642 746 756
  Science and engineering 1,132 1,097 1,086 1,164 1,135 1,262 1,281 1,478 1,628 1,704
    Science 988 972 966 1,026 975 1,094 1,082 1,230 1,324 1,399
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 137 126 146 156 118 129 125 193 227 243
      Biological and biomedical sciences 190 157 138 145 137 162 196 219 213 210
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 9
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 29 31
      Computer and information sciences 164 188 135 129 95 133 130 53 57 64
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 56 52
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 20 21 28 27 24 27 33 28 32 31
      Mathematics and statistics 69 79 84 96 99 114 114 148 168 171
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 21 23 31 43 35 51 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 42 43 53 56 44 53 54 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 134 119 112 109 118 118 130 119 114 140
      Psychology 79 77 89 86 90 92 84 77 71 82
      Social sciences 132 139 150 179 215 215 216 311 350 366
    Engineering 144 125 120 138 160 168 199 248 304 305
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 30 25 18 26 20 26 28 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 5 8 9 11 18 19 22 26 21
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 32 30 29 35 39 29 41 46 47 42
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 22 26 31 29 32 30 36 63 81 75
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 17 11 8 9 13 16 12 14 21 20
      Mechanical engineering 36 27 24 25 37 37 41 47 64 57
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 1 2 5 8 12 22 56 65 90
    Health 214 177 190 195 245 215 166 188 200 195
      Clinical medicine 73 60 74 81 87 64 60 63 76 71
      Other health 141 117 116 114 158 151 106 125 124 124

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 477 507 524 485 472 412 418 527 505 502
    Female 397 437 461 438 537 439 349 384 395 360
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 616 687 711 656 720 562 428 517 557 538
    Hispanic or Latino 41 51 41 43 35 23 24 21 18 10
    Not Hispanic or Latino 557 622 645 589 653 507 375 474 515 493
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
      Asian 39 42 40 25 24 14 13 16 15 20
      Black or African American 41 40 56 48 51 31 23 28 37 31
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 2 2 3 2 2 0 1 0 0
      White 461 522 525 492 549 432 322 414 446 423
      More than one race 14 14 19 20 27 28 17 14 16 19
    Unknown ethnicity and race 18 14 25 24 32 32 29 22 24 35
  Temporary visa holders 258 257 274 267 289 289 339 394 343 324
  Science and engineering 712 732 782 754 731 625 632 798 778 712
    Science 562 593 640 594 558 437 410 554 564 470
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 43 46 83 83 26 22 30 105 118 87
      Biological and biomedical sciences 47 48 13 14 16 6 50 48 43 34
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 8
      Computer and information sciences 117 109 134 92 115 93 104 68 69 60
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 73 51
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 1 3 3 6 4 3 1 1 5
      Mathematics and statistics 12 14 25 24 22 16 31 30 17 26
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 54 74 92 108 130 94 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 82 81 69 55 66 60 65 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 22 19 23 22 19 16 15 25 28 32
      Psychology 46 47 50 51 26 24 24 6 10 3
      Social sciences 138 154 148 142 132 102 88 193 192 162
    Engineering 150 139 142 160 173 188 222 244 214 242
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 22 26 30 26 30 29 24 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 8 8 12 15 10 18 14 8 10
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 35 28 32 32 30 35 35 30 30 27
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 39 39 37 44 54 62 70 81 78 80
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 15 10 9 15 12 6 13 19 10 15
      Mechanical engineering 36 28 24 26 30 40 53 66 52 45
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 2 5 2 6 9 34 36 65
    Health 162 212 203 169 278 226 135 113 122 150
      Clinical medicine 109 146 142 116 164 135 106 55 61 60
      Other health 53 66 61 53 114 91 29 58 61 90

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: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 275 242 231 209 223 246 217 237 244 263 0
  Science and engineering 256 232 219 188 192 212 198 217 223 242 0
    Science 206 195 195 166 160 192 169 181 181 217 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 46 47 43 29 25 23 15 43 52 42 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 41 40 43 33 37 53 52 61 63 70 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
      Computer and information sciences 35 37 28 27 20 22 13 9 9 14 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 5 8 6 4 9 10 4 8 12 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4 4 8 9 7 5 7 6 6 6 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 16 18 20 15 16 24 21 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 22 12 15 21 23 29 30 24 16 26 0
      Psychology 23 13 17 15 19 16 14 13 11 17 0
      Social sciences 10 16 11 9 7 11 7 15 14 26 0
    Engineering 50 37 24 22 32 20 29 36 42 25 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 12 4 2 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 11 9 5 2 3 4 3 5 6 3 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 7 7 5 11 5 7 5 8 2 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 7 3 0 2 5 4 3 0 3 2 0
      Mechanical engineering 15 11 8 6 9 3 3 4 4 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 1 0 3 3 1 7 20 19 16 0
    Health 19 10 12 21 31 34 19 20 21 21 0
      Clinical medicine 5 5 3 5 10 8 5 10 13 7 0
      Other health 14 5 9 16 21 26 14 10 8 14 0

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: 2023–14
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 1,346 1,274 1,276 1,359 1,380 1,477 1,447 1,666 1,828 1,899
  Fellowships 112 135 26 156 140 164 151 207 180 169
    Federal 30 36 19 61 49 84 71 63 51 76
    Institutional 82 94 7 93 85 77 66 130 115 82
    Nonfederal 0 5 0 2 6 3 14 14 14 11
  Research assistantships 520 438 520 458 466 470 504 552 635 675
    Federal 221 182 197 146 150 160 138 171 183 177
    Institutional 254 222 284 281 274 274 327 345 417 498
    Nonfederal 45 34 39 31 42 36 39 36 35 0
  Teaching assistantships 330 337 346 359 392 379 385 481 516 562
    Federal 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2
    Institutional 329 336 345 357 390 378 383 481 516 560
    Nonfederal 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
  Other types of support 384 364 384 386 382 464 407 426 497 493
    Federal 24 23 14 1 23 1 7 3 10 8
    Institutional 57 52 42 6 82 2 83 30 5 27
    Nonfederal 14 13 14 23 42 48 55 67 79 61
    Personal resources 289 276 314 356 235 413 262 326 403 397

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering 241 185 161 176 176 173 237 201 151 168
    Science 206 160 136 159 161 160 208 175 133 151
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 59 78 46 51 32 6 31 52 34 49
      Biological and biomedical sciences 72 19 30 56 75 93 85 61 49 52
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 6 2 1 0 6 1 4 6
      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 1 3 3 3 0 0 2
      Mathematics and statistics 6 2 5 5 1 2 1 7 8 8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 12 11 17 10 11 14 11 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 28 19 15 6 24 22 39 30 23 21
      Psychology 9 11 8 14 10 13 19 9 9 8
      Social sciences 14 13 8 13 4 7 13 10 4 4
    Engineering 35 25 25 17 15 13 29 26 18 17
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 1 2 7 4 4 4 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 3 0 0 0 1 6 5 2 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 13 6 5 3 2 2 4 1 1 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 6 5 2 2 3 5 1 1 5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 8 9 9 4 2 2 10 9 7 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 0 4 1 5 1 0 10 7 3
    Health 122 128 63 63 78 26 8 18 14 16
      Clinical medicine 120 119 56 57 53 2 1 1 1 0
      Other health 2 9 7 6 25 24 7 17 13 16

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: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 147 112 81 94 101 90 105 92 63 74
  Science and engineering 111 78 62 77 75 82 101 86 57 71
    Science 91 67 56 70 73 77 91 78 52 65
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 26 36 15 20 11 3 15 24 13 18
      Biological and biomedical sciences 40 9 19 28 39 46 46 30 18 27
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 7 7 8 8 4 5 4 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 15 9 8 5 14 15 15 15 13 13
      Psychology 1 3 3 6 5 6 6 4 4 3
      Social sciences 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1
    Engineering 20 11 6 7 2 5 10 8 5 6
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 10 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 4 3 3 0 1 4 3 3 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
    Health 36 34 19 17 26 8 4 6 6 3
      Clinical medicine 35 33 18 17 16 1 1 1 1 0
      Other health 1 1 1 0 10 7 3 5 5 3

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 462,435 432,310 388,779 332,180 310,421 294,686 293,006 280,051 246,684 237,266
    Science 390,225 319,327 297,815 250,563 240,473 230,549 229,143 219,566 207,876 200,497
      Computer and information sciences 6,644 6,157 6,866 4,187 4,567 1,660 2,025 2,640 2,567 1,739
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,728 1,575 1,249 988 1,335 1,005 1,481 1,103 1,422 1,094
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 12 33 6 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,728 1,543 1,232 964 1,311 992 1,437 1,090 1,420 1,091
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 32 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 24 24 1 11 7 2 3
      Life sciences 309,601 283,404 237,728 220,890 210,550 198,676 197,347 191,299 181,701 175,893
        Agricultural sciences 122,054 91,367 86,679 71,875 69,960 68,948 67,387 65,384 86,596 77,354
        Biological and biomedical sciences 51,453 56,404 51,630 50,323 55,276 57,829 59,437 56,386 19,416 17,499
        Health sciences 114,187 98,322 79,594 78,021 62,918 51,464 52,390 49,809 56,832 63,390
        Natural resources and conservation 20,041 25,941 13,304 12,922 16,067 14,441 14,210 14,679 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,866 11,370 6,521 7,749 6,329 5,994 3,923 5,041 18,857 17,650
      Mathematics and statistics 1,583 1,666 1,377 1,279 1,308 1,670 2,069 2,032 2,111 2,434
      Physical sciences 57,534 9,469 8,722 9,173 10,286 13,985 14,109 11,058 6,364 7,375
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
        Chemistry 6,362 6,050 5,501 5,730 4,266 4,893 4,207 4,458 3,642 3,572
        Materials science 0 221 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 51,172 3,198 3,221 3,443 6,020 9,092 9,902 6,598 2,722 3,803
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,593 6,487 5,836 7,898 8,771 10,169 8,234 7,282 1,884 2,045
      Social sciences 3,972 8,731 6,665 3,957 2,840 3,037 3,611 3,967 11,827 9,917
        Anthropology 210 235 201 48 108 265 275 204 0 0
        Economics 1,242 1,651 2,117 1,973 2,220 2,083 2,389 2,352 9,946 7,792
        Political science and government 1,539 451 267 0 4 30 42 210 758 1,651
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 228 308 504 174 34 322 458 827 546 263
        Social sciences nec 753 6,086 3,576 1,762 474 337 447 374 577 211
      Sciences nec 2,570 1,838 29,372 2,191 816 347 267 185 0 0
    Engineering 24,365 78,494 56,685 53,343 48,028 44,864 43,053 43,353 35,554 33,116
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 243 587 79 67 69 126 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,417 2,629 1,646 3,107 3,887 3,210 3,264 4,865 95 129
      Chemical engineering 902 1,085 947 674 972 1,058 1,131 1,077 653 388
      Civil engineering 4,784 7,982 5,584 5,955 3,833 4,085 3,474 4,247 2,427 3,030
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 8,281 7,217 7,519 6,429 4,822 2,733 1,928 2,225 4,272 4,023
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 410 460 790 680 443 286 431 1,015 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,550 3,907 3,938 2,617 2,649 3,307 2,819 3,100 1,842 1,616
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 467 344 98 85 128 112 22 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 2,554 54,870 35,920 33,209 31,215 30,006 29,915 26,698 26,265 23,930
    Non-S&E 47,845 34,489 34,279 28,274 21,920 19,273 20,810 17,132 3,254 3,653
      Business management and business administration 613 606 825 3 3 3 10 23 21 15
      Communication and communications technologies 2,678 3,088 3,556 2,455 2,174 1,819 1,258 133 79 83
      Education 29,269 21,075 19,809 18,319 14,071 11,001 8,738 8,140 2,447 2,249
      Humanities 589 432 676 270 363 370 270 289 294 619
      Law 186 167 155 50 22 68 17 3 0 4
      Social work 892 602 839 968 950 790 688 640 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 381 217 204 57 52 18 18 6 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 13,237 8,302 8,215 6,152 4,285 5,204 9,811 7,898 413 683

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: 2023
(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 462,435 217,091 65,868 146,211 15,816 11,225 6,224
    Science 390,225 171,637 54,804 134,906 15,016 9,359 4,503
      Computer and information sciences 6,644 5,340 1,032 72 0 0 200
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,728 1,388 129 122 0 89 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,728 1,388 129 122 0 89 0
        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 309,601 148,119 49,746 84,432 14,374 8,835 4,095
        Agricultural sciences 122,054 57,022 30,513 23,571 7,291 1,286 2,371
        Biological and biomedical sciences 51,453 29,006 3,445 13,731 887 3,809 575
        Health sciences 114,187 53,565 10,126 39,900 6,135 3,484 977
        Natural resources and conservation 20,041 8,526 5,405 5,622 61 256 171
        Life sciences nec 1,866 0 257 1,608 0 0 1
      Mathematics and statistics 1,583 1,100 132 147 0 158 46
      Physical sciences 57,534 7,860 2,145 46,949 507 0 73
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 6,362 5,281 341 563 108 0 69
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 51,172 2,579 1,804 46,386 399 0 4
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,593 4,587 485 1,479 40 2 0
      Social sciences 3,972 1,433 631 1,449 95 275 89
        Anthropology 210 134 49 17 0 10 0
        Economics 1,242 624 81 420 46 40 31
        Political science and government 1,539 653 205 510 49 75 47
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 228 0 28 50 0 150 0
        Social sciences nec 753 22 268 452 0 0 11
      Sciences nec 2,570 1,810 504 256 0 0 0
    Engineering 24,365 16,700 3,141 2,902 755 793 74
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,417 1,282 259 718 154 4 0
      Chemical engineering 902 548 27 108 0 219 0
      Civil engineering 4,784 3,392 917 333 104 38 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 8,281 5,927 1,374 362 77 468 73
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 410 168 35 114 67 26 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,550 3,711 262 408 130 38 1
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 467 42 14 351 60 0 0
      Engineering nec 2,554 1,630 253 508 163 0 0
    Non-S&E 47,845 28,754 7,923 8,403 45 1,073 1,647
      Business management and business administration 613 116 213 122 0 1 161
      Communication and communications technologies 2,678 76 796 223 0 320 1,263
      Education 29,269 19,204 4,435 5,183 0 424 23
      Humanities 589 214 76 139 0 97 63
      Law 186 186 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 892 325 386 57 0 86 38
      Visual and performing arts 381 0 351 30 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 13,237 8,633 1,666 2,649 45 145 99

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 217,091 182,432 163,576 156,190 139,781 138,029 134,525 126,071 105,015 104,910
  DOD 14,006 12,797 13,439 17,161 12,436 8,814 8,061 8,401 8,775 9,200
  DOE 4,912 6,915 7,295 5,582 5,643 11,014 10,594 5,810 4,155 5,690
  HHS 114,981 89,116 80,698 73,447 65,718 59,896 57,884 54,245 46,499 46,602
  NASA 1,763 951 409 645 514 595 251 656 620 679
  NSF 18,383 16,283 14,915 18,313 21,711 21,238 22,805 22,413 18,556 16,438
  USDA 32,057 27,061 22,400 20,423 17,378 18,898 19,135 20,255 17,792 17,706
  Other 30,989 29,309 24,420 20,619 16,381 17,574 15,795 14,291 8,618 8,595

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: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 4,738 762 3,976 .
2018 5,028 607 4,421 .
2017 4,972 687 4,285 .

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)

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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