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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 320 53.4 679
2022 298 56.7 680
2021 257 63.3 691
2020 259 63.4 698
2019 285 59.6 697
2018 282 60.2 700
2017 272 60.7 684
2016 246 65.2 697
2015 289 58.8 693
2014 289 58.5 688
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

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 99 108 131 124 103 99 143 191 160 161
    Female 212 230 264 231 205 217 205 249 179 167
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 278 308 374 341 294 295 324 402 310 293
    Hispanic or Latino 16 25 27 16 12 14 9 6 4 5
    Not Hispanic or Latino 260 276 332 321 272 259 286 357 254 267
      American Indian or Alaska Native 16 17 15 9 12 12 15 25 19 19
      Asian 5 3 6 3 3 2 7 6 6 3
      Black or African American 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 8
      White 220 237 293 294 242 229 261 323 224 235
      More than one race 18 17 17 14 15 16 1 0 2 2
    Unknown ethnicity and race 2 7 15 4 10 22 29 39 52 21
  Temporary visa holders 33 30 21 14 14 21 24 38 29 35
  Science and engineering 223 244 299 260 222 230 298 389 338 327
    Science 223 244 299 260 222 230 298 385 336 327
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 39 22
      Biological and biomedical sciences 46 74 91 71 59 55 78 62 86 87
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 9
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 6 5 8 14 5 0 7 8 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 13 14 15 5 8 15 62 46 49
      Mathematics and statistics 10 10 11 13 21 9 16 24 24 21
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 29 33 41 5 6 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 57 48 64 0 14 23 69 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 12 13 11 11 4 7 18 33 24 28
      Psychology 21 20 27 30 20 19 17 33 26 25
      Social sciences 60 61 73 77 61 68 73 108 85 86
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 88 94 96 95 86 86 50 51 1 1
      Clinical medicine 19 26 26 23 20 17 50 48 0 0
      Other health 69 68 70 72 66 69 0 3 1 1

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 104 121 124 86 92 81 70 86 86 86
    Female 191 217 186 143 151 146 94 120 106 105
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 277 323 301 221 235 218 152 196 182 181
    Hispanic or Latino 16 16 12 7 8 6 2 7 2 3
    Not Hispanic or Latino 248 289 275 202 212 199 140 167 153 148
      American Indian or Alaska Native 8 8 10 7 14 10 6 18 7 11
      Asian 4 8 3 5 5 3 10 1 4 0
      Black or African American 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
      White 229 260 245 181 180 177 124 141 137 126
      More than one race 7 13 15 9 13 9 0 6 5 9
    Unknown ethnicity and race 13 18 14 12 15 13 10 22 27 30
  Temporary visa holders 18 15 9 8 8 9 12 10 10 10
  Science and engineering 226 243 230 160 181 160 164 206 192 191
    Science 225 242 230 160 181 160 164 206 192 191
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 24 21
      Biological and biomedical sciences 57 47 40 36 20 17 28 17 58 40
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 4 8 7 9 6 0 13 4 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 11 13 11 9 10 5 11 24 26
      Mathematics and statistics 13 13 15 20 11 12 10 4 8 6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 1 1 11 18 13 9 14 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 64 76 75 0 44 38 62 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 7 10 9 10 3 9 9 0 0 0
      Psychology 19 29 27 22 19 17 0 19 18 23
      Social sciences 50 47 43 41 51 44 28 72 60 75
    Engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 69 95 80 69 62 67 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 65 72 76 66 59 64 0 0 0 0
      Other health 4 23 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 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 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 28 26 29 32 26 28 31 71 59 49 0
  Science and engineering 25 23 26 29 22 25 31 71 59 49 0
    Science 25 23 26 29 22 25 31 71 59 49 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 11 4 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 3 5 4 6 3 8 12 18 23 23 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 7 6 7 2 3 0 4 0 4 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4 4 3 3 5 2 2 4 4 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 7 2 5 0 4 3 6 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 14 4 6 0
      Psychology 1 1 2 4 3 3 0 4 4 3 0
      Social sciences 5 4 5 8 5 5 5 13 13 8 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 3 3 3 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 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 311 338 395 355 308 316 348 440 339 328
  Fellowships 3 4 6 10 7 7 13 17 9 12
    Federal 1 1 1 5 3 3 7 13 8 9
    Institutional 2 3 5 5 4 4 6 1 1 0
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
  Research assistantships 70 63 72 64 45 63 76 79 67 56
    Federal 21 18 23 21 17 18 19 47 38 31
    Institutional 46 42 45 43 26 38 51 21 22 17
    Nonfederal 3 3 4 0 2 7 6 11 7 8
  Teaching assistantships 89 110 130 114 102 100 124 156 155 153
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 85 103 125 109 99 96 118 156 155 153
    Nonfederal 4 7 5 5 3 4 6 0 0 0
  Other types of support 149 161 187 167 154 146 135 188 108 107
    Federal 6 7 5 6 6 7 5 11 13 9
    Institutional 36 41 52 48 32 20 6 2 18 5
    Nonfederal 0 2 3 8 7 7 13 14 7 3
    Personal resources 107 111 127 105 109 112 111 161 70 90

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 80 62 60 78 40 28 55 32 36 36
    Science 80 62 60 78 40 28 55 32 36 36
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 52 42 36 36 22 16 36 15 28 17
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 0 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 2
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 18 16 12 20 10 8 3 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 2 2 10 16 5 3 7 7 3 13
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Social sciences 4 2 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 12 8 10 22 10 6 1 4 0 0
      Clinical medicine 4 4 4 18 2 2 0 0 0 0
      Other health 8 4 6 4 8 4 1 4 0 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

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 0 0 0 0 23 13 25 20 27 23
  Science and engineering 0 0 0 0 16 9 25 17 27 23
    Science 0 0 0 0 16 9 25 17 27 23
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 7 4 14 9 20 8
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 4 3 11
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 3 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 3 0 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

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