U. Nebraska, Lincoln and Medical Center

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Data year	Earned doctorates			Full-time graduate students			Total R&D expenditures			Research space
Data year	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked
2024							55	94.2	925
2023							55	94.1	911	22	96.5	602
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014

NOTES:

1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

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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	657,468	617,372	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Science	532,921	500,277	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	11,730	10,348	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	3,041	3,364	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Atmospheric science and meteorology	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geological and earth sciences	3,041	3,364	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ocean sciences and marine sciences	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Life sciences	443,757	413,555	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Agricultural sciences	114,809	106,723	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	161,309	145,976	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Health sciences	144,503	137,215	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	22,436	20,777	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Life sciences nec	700	2,864	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	6,412	5,687	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	37,111	37,541	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Astronomy and astrophysics	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chemistry	13,689	12,286	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Materials science	886	267	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physics	22,536	24,988	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences nec	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Psychology	20,822	17,233	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	9,201	11,621	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Anthropology	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Economics	2,161	1,899	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Political science and government	1,063	1,431	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sociology, demography, and population studies	4,290	5,875	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Social sciences nec	1,687	2,416	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sciences nec	847	928	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Engineering	80,020	76,802	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering	15,611	14,931	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chemical engineering	4,893	3,547	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Civil engineering	23,081	21,043	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering	17,667	21,855	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Industrial and manufacturing engineering	427	302	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	5,317	4,775	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Metallurgical and materials engineering	6,157	5,320	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Engineering nec	6,867	5,029	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Non-S&E	44,527	40,293	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Business management and business administration	11,095	10,061	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Communication and communications technologies	1,189	1,236	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Education	5,738	5,254	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Humanities	8,206	7,620	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Law	4,387	3,353	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Social work	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Visual and performing arts	5,589	5,593	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Non-S&E nec	8,323	7,176	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

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	657,468	301,070	72,315	194,687	32,109	28,830	28,457
Science	532,921	255,564	65,297	135,627	26,423	22,620	27,390
Computer and information sciences	11,730	5,098	1,097	4,841	669	9	16
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	3,041	1,483	0	1,482	37	0	39
Atmospheric science and meteorology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Geological and earth sciences	3,041	1,483	0	1,482	37	0	39
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	443,757	205,990	59,561	105,946	23,553	21,859	26,848
Agricultural sciences	114,809	29,720	27,184	42,640	11,291	2,566	1,408
Biological and biomedical sciences	161,309	108,166	11,438	25,824	3,003	2,733	10,145
Health sciences	144,503	57,803	13,900	32,341	9,179	16,374	14,906
Natural resources and conservation	22,436	10,298	6,343	5,140	80	186	389
Life sciences nec	700	3	696	1	0	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	6,412	1,678	1,302	2,811	530	62	29
Physical sciences	37,111	26,429	665	8,670	1,226	61	60
Astronomy and astrophysics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	13,689	9,633	286	3,710	41	0	19
Materials science	886	179	379	328	0	0	0
Physics	22,536	16,617	0	4,632	1,185	61	41
Physical sciences nec	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Psychology	20,822	12,137	2,179	6,033	45	244	184
Social sciences	9,201	2,580	465	5,451	138	353	214
Anthropology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Economics	2,161	839	171	972	25	10	144
Political science and government	1,063	22	3	985	0	19	34
Sociology, demography, and population studies	4,290	1,399	291	2,426	113	38	23
Social sciences nec	1,687	320	0	1,068	0	286	13
Sciences nec	847	169	28	393	225	32	0
Engineering	80,020	39,652	5,423	24,803	4,402	5,288	452
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering	15,611	5,645	2,682	3,129	2,713	1,306	136
Chemical engineering	4,893	2,692	337	1,766	34	30	34
Civil engineering	23,081	11,787	1,184	8,597	492	989	32
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering	17,667	12,861	47	4,112	531	100	16
Industrial and manufacturing engineering	427	0	0	213	0	0	214
Mechanical engineering	5,317	2,191	485	2,396	170	56	19
Metallurgical and materials engineering	6,157	2,594	688	2,568	250	56	1
Engineering nec	6,867	1,882	0	2,022	212	2,751	0
Non-S&E	44,527	5,854	1,595	34,257	1,284	922	615
Business management and business administration	11,095	288	409	9,905	312	66	115
Communication and communications technologies	1,189	12	12	1,106	0	8	51
Education	5,738	3,198	109	2,365	0	51	15
Humanities	8,206	1,052	15	6,125	274	540	200
Law	4,387	25	0	4,043	0	141	178
Social work	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Visual and performing arts	5,589	44	257	5,255	1	23	9
Non-S&E nec	8,323	1,235	793	5,458	697	93	47

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	301,070	280,120	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
DOD	47,719	42,877	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
DOE	12,644	12,226	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
HHS	144,903	138,888	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
NASA	1,359	805	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
NSF	40,321	38,292	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
USDA	33,116	29,004	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other	21,008	18,028	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

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	.	.	.	.
2018	.	.	.	.

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	2,283	.	.	.	.
Agricultural sciences	893	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	526	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	14	.	.	.	.
Engineering	143	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	9	.	.	.	.
Health sciences	461	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	0	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	47	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	95	.	.	.	.
Psychology	13	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	61	.	.	.	.
Other	21	.	.	.	.

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	46,916	62,655	.	.	.
Agricultural sciences	0	62,259	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	46,916	0	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	0	0	.	.	.
Engineering	0	396	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	0	0	.	.	.
Health sciences	0	0	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	0	0	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	0	0	.	.	.
Physical sciences	0	0	.	.	.
Psychology	0	0	.	.	.
Social sciences	0	0	.	.	.
Other	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

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	3,061	23,872	.	.	.
Agricultural sciences	670	0	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	0	13,666	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	0	330	.	.	.
Engineering	1,152	866	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	0	0	.	.	.
Health sciences	987	835	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	0	0	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	0	468	.	.	.
Physical sciences	252	731	.	.	.
Psychology	0	0	.	.	.
Social sciences	0	468	.	.	.
Other	0	6,507	.	.	.

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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