U. Nebraska, Lincoln and Medical Center

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Data year	Earned doctorates			Full-time graduate students						Total R&D expenditures
Data year	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked
2023							22	96.5	602	55	94.1	914
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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
All R&D fields	617,372	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Science	500,277	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	10,348	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	3,364	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Atmospheric science and meteorology	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geological and earth sciences	3,364	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ocean sciences and marine sciences	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Life sciences	413,555	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Agricultural sciences	106,723	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	145,976	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Health sciences	137,215	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	20,777	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Life sciences nec	2,864	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	5,687	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	37,541	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Astronomy and astrophysics	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chemistry	12,286	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Materials science	267	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physics	24,988	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences nec	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Psychology	17,233	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	11,621	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Anthropology	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Economics	1,899	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Political science and government	1,431	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sociology, demography, and population studies	5,875	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Social sciences nec	2,416	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sciences nec	928	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Engineering	76,802	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering	14,931	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chemical engineering	3,547	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Civil engineering	21,043	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering	21,855	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Industrial and manufacturing engineering	302	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	4,775	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Metallurgical and materials engineering	5,320	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Engineering nec	5,029	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Non-S&E	40,293	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Business management and business administration	10,061	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Communication and communications technologies	1,236	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Education	5,254	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Humanities	7,620	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Law	3,353	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Social work	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Visual and performing arts	5,593	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Non-S&E nec	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: 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	617,372	280,120	76,042	177,595	32,720	27,961	22,934
Science	500,277	237,398	68,920	122,201	26,138	24,111	21,509
Computer and information sciences	10,348	4,526	935	4,632	228	5	22
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	3,364	1,588	0	1,703	28	0	45
Atmospheric science and meteorology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Geological and earth sciences	3,364	1,588	0	1,703	28	0	45
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	413,555	188,452	64,120	93,102	23,377	23,525	20,979
Agricultural sciences	106,723	28,261	27,411	33,897	11,889	3,859	1,406
Biological and biomedical sciences	145,976	96,565	11,475	24,449	2,627	3,654	7,206
Health sciences	137,215	54,879	15,434	30,379	8,817	15,646	12,060
Natural resources and conservation	20,777	8,623	7,098	4,339	44	366	307
Life sciences nec	2,864	124	2,702	38	0	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	5,687	1,572	1,433	2,080	503	95	4
Physical sciences	37,541	26,970	495	8,230	1,764	0	82
Astronomy and astrophysics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	12,286	8,922	237	3,094	18	0	15
Materials science	267	0	208	59	0	0	0
Physics	24,988	18,048	50	5,077	1,746	0	67
Physical sciences nec	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Psychology	17,233	10,234	1,254	5,523	26	68	128
Social sciences	11,621	4,049	475	6,385	45	418	249
Anthropology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Economics	1,899	616	110	923	13	80	157
Political science and government	1,431	0	51	1,291	0	37	52
Sociology, demography, and population studies	5,875	2,832	314	2,648	32	21	28
Social sciences nec	2,416	601	0	1,523	0	280	12
Sciences nec	928	7	208	546	167	0	0
Engineering	76,802	37,913	5,839	23,762	5,719	2,944	625
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering	14,931	5,344	2,810	2,709	3,457	268	343
Chemical engineering	3,547	1,847	151	1,449	77	6	17
Civil engineering	21,043	9,079	1,858	8,439	770	828	69
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering	21,855	15,836	82	5,153	544	236	4
Industrial and manufacturing engineering	302	0	0	142	0	0	160
Mechanical engineering	4,775	1,979	372	2,201	198	6	19
Metallurgical and materials engineering	5,320	2,085	566	2,426	224	6	13
Engineering nec	5,029	1,743	0	1,243	449	1,594	0
Non-S&E	40,293	4,809	1,283	31,632	863	906	800
Business management and business administration	10,061	103	390	9,064	285	83	136
Communication and communications technologies	1,236	7	12	1,126	26	2	63
Education	5,254	2,448	62	2,651	0	60	33
Humanities	7,620	794	15	5,885	216	453	257
Law	3,353	15	0	2,898	14	236	190
Social work	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Visual and performing arts	5,593	23	232	5,262	0	59	17
Non-S&E nec	7,176	1,419	572	4,746	322	13	104

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	280,120	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
DOD	42,877	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
DOE	12,226	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
HHS	138,888	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
NASA	805	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
NSF	38,292	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
USDA	29,004	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other	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: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023	.	.	.	.
2022	.	.	.	.
2021	.	.	.	.
2020	.	.	.	.
2019	.	.	.	.
2018	.	.	.	.
2017	.	.	.	.

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	.	.	.
Engineering	0	396	.	.	.

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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