U. Nebraska, Lincoln

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 82.1 459 110 82.9 631
2023 68 85.5 459 106 84.7 679
2022 75 83.9 457 107 84.5 680 87 90.5 900
2021 74 83.8 447 94 86.7 691 85 90.8 908 41 93.2 583
2020 73 84.1 450 88 87.6 698 81 91.3 916
2019 70 84.7 447 89 87.5 697 79 91.5 914 41 93.3 589
2018 72 83.5 428 90 87.4 700 78 91.6 911
2017 71 83.7 425 86 87.7 684 77 91.6 898 46 92.2 575
2016 69 84.3 430 88 87.6 697 79 91.4 896
2015 68 84.4 426 91 87.1 693 79 91.4 898 72 87.6 570
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 241 281 282 241 268 275 257 267 276 275
  Science and engineering 182 209 223 181 206 206 190 200 201 181
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 34 33 34 40 32 27 36 36 30 22
      Agricultural sciences 28 26 30 37 27 26 32 31 23 18
      Natural resources and conservation 6 7 4 3 5 1 4 5 7 4
    Biological and biomedical sciences 30 40 32 30 24 33 27 28 34 22
      Biochemistry and biophysics 6 5 6 3 4 8 5 1 4 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 12 5 5 1 3 4 4 5 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . 1 . . . . 1 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 3 4 2 4 6 4 3 2 2
      Genetics and genomics 1 1 2 2 1 2 . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 3 5 4 3 3 5 4 7 6 2
      Molecular biology 2 . 2 1 . . . 1 3 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . 2 . . . . . 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 2 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 9 5 11 8 6 8 10 10 8
    Computer and information sciences 4 9 10 2 5 8 6 5 6 3
      Computer science 4 8 6 2 4 6 6 5 5 3
      Computer and information sciences, other . 1 4 . 1 2 . . 1 .
    Engineering 42 42 67 47 56 47 34 44 50 46
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7 7 12 3 6 5 3 6 4 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 1 6 1 5 1 2 2 2 5
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 12 11 20 13 11 11 7 7 9 13
      Electrical and computer engineering 9 7 14 17 14 9 5 9 10 13
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . 1 . . . 1 .
      Materials and mining engineering 6 4 3 4 5 3 5 4 4 5
      Mechanical engineering 6 6 7 5 7 5 4 12 7 1
      Engineering, other 1 6 5 4 7 13 8 4 13 5
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 3 3 2 5 3 4 6 7 5
      Geological sciences 1 . . 2 5 1 1 4 4 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 3 3 . . 2 3 2 3 3
    Health sciences 2 1 1 . 5 2 1 3 4 2
      Public health . . . . 1 . . 1 1 .
      Health sciences, other 2 1 1 . 4 2 1 2 3 2
    Mathematics and statistics 17 19 15 13 12 15 20 17 15 13
      Applied mathematics 1 3 . 1 1 . 1 . 2 2
      Mathematics 2 1 1 . 2 5 3 6 5 5
      Statistics 4 9 5 3 4 . 4 3 4 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 10 6 9 9 5 10 12 8 4 2
    Physical sciences 18 23 24 19 22 22 29 24 18 24
      Astronomy and astrophysics 3 2 2 4 . . . 1 . .
      Chemistry 7 13 17 8 13 15 16 17 12 16
      Physics 8 8 5 7 9 7 13 6 6 8
    Psychology 23 23 21 18 27 28 19 24 26 20
      Clinical psychology 5 7 4 3 9 8 6 4 5 5
      Counseling and applied psychology 6 6 6 8 7 5 5 6 7 4
      Research and experimental psychology 5 7 3 2 5 9 6 7 7 8
      Psychology, other 7 3 8 5 6 6 2 7 7 3
    Social sciences 10 16 16 10 18 21 14 13 11 24
      Anthropology . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Economics . 4 2 1 4 3 4 1 1 4
      Political science and government . 4 4 2 3 9 3 4 4 5
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 5 4 2 2 4 3 6 3 5
      Social sciences, other 4 3 6 4 9 5 4 2 3 10
  Non-science and engineering 59 72 59 60 62 69 67 67 75 94
    Business 4 4 9 9 5 6 3 4 5 10
      Business 4 4 9 9 5 6 3 4 5 10
    Education 28 35 29 31 31 37 25 39 46 57
      Education leadership and administration 7 15 5 11 13 13 3 9 9 16
      Education research 10 5 8 9 9 14 13 12 22 23
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 9 4 4 2 5 6 10 11 9
      Education, other 9 6 12 7 7 5 3 8 4 9
    Humanities and arts 20 19 15 14 19 20 34 18 19 18
      Letters 15 6 8 8 11 9 19 12 12 8
      Foreign languages and literature 2 5 2 2 . 3 3 2 1 2
      History 3 5 4 4 3 2 3 3 5 2
      Philosophy and religious studies . 3 . . 5 3 2 1 1 5
      Music and performing arts . . 1 . . 1 . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other . . . . . 2 7 . . 1
    Other non-science and engineering 7 14 6 6 7 6 5 6 5 9
      Communication 3 5 4 1 5 4 3 5 2 8
      Non-science and engineering, other 4 9 2 5 2 2 2 1 3 1

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 746 808 836 922 948 975 968 951 1,005 974
    Hispanic or Latino 60 75 75 68 76 77 66 57 53 49
    Not Hispanic or Latino 674 718 746 837 847 874 868 852 907 873
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 2 1
      Asian 34 28 38 44 40 31 25 28 29 22
      Black or African American 22 21 18 17 17 21 20 23 23 23
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1
      White 576 629 656 742 756 792 795 771 822 800
      More than one race 40 38 32 30 29 26 25 28 30 26
    Unknown ethnicity and race 12 15 15 17 25 24 34 42 45 52
  Temporary visa holders 831 797 689 643 606 662 671 713 739 719
  Science and engineering 1,515 1,548 1,469 1,502 1,502 1,574 1,570 1,581 1,649 1,606
    Science 1,113 1,133 1,086 1,127 1,118 1,174 1,159 1,174 1,227 1,208
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 186 188 187 194 208 238 211 226 219 187
      Biological and biomedical sciences 173 178 153 148 152 155 162 158 234 240
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 17
      Computer and information sciences 85 79 77 85 76 85 82 89 87 101
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 43
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 25 33 27 34 30 31 32 27 25 37
      Mathematics and statistics 105 105 110 113 121 124 120 116 108 107
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 75 77 82 83 74 65 77 64 0 0
      Physical sciences 167 174 167 182 179 188 188 184 191 184
      Psychology 170 170 164 171 166 142 148 147 146 160
      Social sciences 125 129 119 117 112 146 139 163 136 132
    Engineering 402 415 383 375 384 400 411 407 422 398
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 37 36 32 29 28 27 30 22 13 14
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 29 28 19 17 19 19 26 22 17 17
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 131 126 122 119 128 135 134 128 125 119
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 38 48 53 49 52 53 52 67 100 100
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 70 81 64 63 70 72 65 64 83 75
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 21
      Other engineering 97 96 93 98 87 94 104 104 56 52
    Health 62 57 56 63 52 63 69 83 95 87
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 62 57 56 63 52 63 69 83 95 87

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 430 428 455 450 469 432 467 489 489 489
    Hispanic or Latino 35 22 26 28 24 20 23 25 30 25
    Not Hispanic or Latino 389 401 426 414 433 389 419 438 439 440
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 0
      Asian 24 26 21 28 17 5 12 15 9 12
      Black or African American 20 14 14 14 17 14 16 12 17 20
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
      White 333 349 377 356 391 359 381 395 402 397
      More than one race 12 10 13 14 8 9 9 13 9 11
    Unknown ethnicity and race 6 5 3 8 12 23 25 26 20 24
  Temporary visa holders 43 44 43 47 41 39 61 78 89 69
  Science and engineering 471 469 490 495 499 467 521 558 560 542
    Science 321 346 341 331 369 349 403 418 468 443
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 120 121 111 109 113 125 139 132 102 107
      Biological and biomedical sciences 53 60 59 64 70 51 58 62 120 106
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11
      Computer and information sciences 22 27 23 19 18 10 15 16 24 12
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 72
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 5 5 4 5 5 9 13 19 15
      Mathematics and statistics 10 8 8 9 6 2 7 10 8 16
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 11 21 26 18 17 20 25 18 0 0
      Physical sciences 7 6 2 5 5 4 4 15 15 16
      Psychology 64 71 75 73 99 25 32 45 39 39
      Social sciences 26 27 32 30 36 107 114 107 60 49
    Engineering 150 123 149 164 130 118 118 140 92 99
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 6 6 6 1 3 3 4 2 3 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 1 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 34 29 36 40 26 31 26 38 33 43
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 6 7 11 4 10 11 12 25 19
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7 6 10 11 6 4 3 6 5 9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
      Other engineering 96 75 87 99 89 66 71 79 18 22
    Health 2 3 8 2 11 4 7 9 18 16
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 2 3 8 2 11 4 7 9 18 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

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 331 334 299 303 284 288 299 317 301 283
  Science and engineering 328 333 299 302 282 287 298 314 289 272
    Science 215 221 210 204 205 223 223 226 207 198
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 37 33 32 33 33 30 34 34 34 29
      Biological and biomedical sciences 38 48 41 43 47 41 47 48 40 43
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 30 19 24 24 27 31 19 28 26 29
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 12 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5
      Mathematics and statistics 6 5 4 2 4 14 12 8 11 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 15 17 17 14 14 15 16 13 0 0
      Physical sciences 42 52 51 58 49 60 56 54 60 63
      Psychology 23 20 26 18 20 18 24 19 22 16
      Social sciences 15 15 10 8 7 9 10 18 9 8
    Engineering 113 112 89 98 77 64 75 88 82 74
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 19 17 14 12 12 10 9 7 3 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 17 13 9 6 3 3 3 4 0 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 21 14 9 16 7 6 9 14 11 11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 8 8 11 12 11 10 13 24 37 34
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 20 25 16 12 12 9 6 6 11 11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8
      Other engineering 28 35 30 40 32 26 35 33 8 8
    Health 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 12 11
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 12 11

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 1,577 1,605 1,525 1,565 1,554 1,637 1,639 1,664 1,744 1,693
  Fellowships 1 7 12 9 13 13 3 7 42 35
    Federal 0 0 9 8 13 12 0 3 10 9
    Institutional 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
    Nonfederal 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 4 32 25
  Research assistantships 891 902 844 830 832 878 853 866 901 814
    Federal 322 327 281 282 261 267 274 293 279 259
    Institutional 376 397 389 400 373 416 380 409 446 395
    Nonfederal 193 178 174 148 198 195 199 164 176 160
  Teaching assistantships 430 443 436 469 438 451 486 482 491 492
    Federal 5 2 8 7 7 6 21 9 8 12
    Institutional 419 437 422 458 427 442 461 468 474 474
    Nonfederal 6 4 6 4 4 3 4 5 9 6
  Other types of support 255 253 233 257 271 295 297 309 310 352
    Federal 4 5 1 6 3 3 4 12 4 3
    Institutional 40 33 29 33 23 29 25 34 34 37
    Nonfederal 4 4 4 5 5 7 14 8 11 14
    Personal resources 207 211 199 213 240 256 254 255 261 298

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 148 149 162 159 173 165 166 176 213 198
    Science 123 124 127 124 134 137 132 138 174 166
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 44 46 43 52 50 52 39 37 34 33
      Biological and biomedical sciences 34 33 36 30 42 43 36 46 76 63
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 3 4 8
      Mathematics and statistics 7 8 8 5 4 3 4 3 5 6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
      Natural resources and conservation 8 11 14 10 9 12 15 18 0 0
      Physical sciences 22 19 18 20 19 22 30 26 40 39
      Psychology 1 1 3 3 4 2 4 2 6 7
      Social sciences 3 3 2 2 3 1 4 3 6 7
    Engineering 25 25 35 35 39 28 34 38 39 32
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 8 11 8 9 6 5 5 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 1 2 5 3 3 6 7 7 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 6 12 10 10 6 5 3 5 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 3 4 5 8 6 9 12 9 9
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 6 4 2 3 5 5 9 11 16 11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 3 4 4 4 2 0 0 2 5
    Health 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 5 6 7
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 5 6 7

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 72 67 73 70 78 69 79 72 90 98
  Science and engineering 72 67 72 69 77 66 77 70 88 94
    Science 64 56 59 56 62 57 64 52 72 78
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 22 21 20 19 18 14 14 6 15 12
      Biological and biomedical sciences 16 14 19 16 22 24 20 21 27 28
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 4
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
      Natural resources and conservation 5 6 7 6 4 5 7 7 0 0
      Physical sciences 17 12 9 11 11 13 21 14 21 24
      Psychology 0 1 2 2 4 1 1 0 2 4
      Social sciences 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 3 3 4
    Engineering 8 11 13 13 15 9 13 18 16 16
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 2 2 2 4 1 2 2 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 3 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 2 3 3 3 4 6 9 8 7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 6 7 9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
    Health 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 4
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 4

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 . . 340,260 320,758 320,463 316,820 308,053 302,204 294,856 284,438
    Science . . 244,893 230,830 233,250 230,612 225,727 221,859 223,058 217,827
      Computer and information sciences . . 11,208 9,905 8,541 8,919 9,227 9,237 8,679 7,265
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . 2,220 2,186 2,943 3,639 4,014 4,374 3,613 3,703
        Atmospheric science and meteorology . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences . . 2,220 2,186 2,943 3,639 4,014 4,374 3,613 3,703
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences . . 170,212 158,894 161,499 161,097 156,100 152,195 156,112 140,321
        Agricultural sciences . . 103,125 96,947 100,056 97,932 92,126 87,785 88,696 81,383
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . 30,056 31,798 30,234 29,626 28,530 29,240 31,744 54,770
        Health sciences . . 17,663 16,429 16,883 18,492 19,422 20,948 21,260 604
        Natural resources and conservation . . 18,273 13,720 14,326 15,047 16,022 14,222 14,412 0
        Life sciences nec . . 1,095 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,564
      Mathematics and statistics . . 5,411 4,791 5,526 5,390 5,536 5,770 6,143 5,858
      Physical sciences . . 29,612 26,365 25,853 26,100 28,112 24,191 26,829 24,804
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry . . 10,884 10,659 11,631 9,916 12,332 7,942 7,750 7,426
        Materials science . . 489 406 427 276 661 286 862 0
        Physics . . 18,237 15,300 13,795 15,908 15,119 15,963 18,217 17,378
        Physical sciences nec . . 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology . . 15,053 13,881 12,761 10,968 9,871 9,387 9,028 12,288
      Social sciences . . 10,339 11,920 14,322 13,140 11,610 9,696 9,589 13,065
        Anthropology . . 15 2 526 426 349 349 352 0
        Economics . . 1,691 1,290 1,744 1,960 2,055 1,526 1,684 3,730
        Political science and government . . 1,346 1,406 1,248 1,025 923 1,031 988 2,243
        Sociology, demography, and population studies . . 5,949 8,079 9,948 9,018 7,588 6,087 5,909 4,040
        Social sciences nec . . 1,338 1,143 856 711 695 703 656 3,052
      Sciences nec . . 838 2,888 1,805 1,359 1,257 7,009 3,065 10,523
    Engineering . . 56,068 53,927 51,685 53,932 49,434 48,890 41,427 42,325
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . 13,382 11,174 9,481 9,912 9,550 7,504 5,633 6,435
      Chemical engineering . . 3,331 3,461 3,662 3,459 3,367 3,123 2,625 2,869
      Civil engineering . . 18,859 19,218 15,613 18,353 16,009 14,689 12,785 13,422
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering . . 7,618 7,940 9,457 8,608 7,765 9,459 8,462 8,481
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering . . 423 275 38 185 124 175 207 0
      Mechanical engineering . . 4,869 5,202 5,476 5,600 4,838 6,047 4,776 4,517
      Metallurgical and materials engineering . . 5,434 5,748 6,267 6,334 5,432 6,627 5,379 5,478
      Engineering nec . . 2,152 909 1,691 1,481 2,349 1,266 1,560 1,123
    Non-S&E . . 39,299 36,001 35,528 32,276 32,892 31,455 30,371 24,286
      Business management and business administration . . 12,105 11,282 11,151 10,560 9,747 8,367 6,902 5,861
      Communication and communications technologies . . 1,416 1,964 1,247 1,123 1,170 1,215 1,274 2,790
      Education . . 4,946 4,325 3,209 2,925 2,966 4,617 6,582 4,378
      Humanities . . 7,578 6,792 6,924 6,848 6,985 6,524 6,125 5,729
      Law . . 3,270 2,718 3,339 2,875 2,820 2,683 2,621 2,420
      Social work . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts . . 2,819 2,477 2,608 2,491 3,104 2,796 2,648 2,706
      Non-S&E nec . . 7,165 6,443 7,050 5,454 6,100 5,253 4,219 402

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 . . . . . 0 0
    Science . . . . . 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology . . . . . 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Life sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Agricultural sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Health sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 0 0
        Life sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . 0 0
        Chemistry . . . . . 0 0
        Materials science . . . . . 0 0
        Physics . . . . . 0 0
        Physical sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Anthropology . . . . . 0 0
        Economics . . . . . 0 0
        Political science and government . . . . . 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . 0 0
        Social sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Chemical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Civil engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Engineering nec . . . . . 0 0
    Non-S&E . . . . . 0 0
      Business management and business administration . . . . . 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies . . . . . 0 0
      Education . . . . . 0 0
      Humanities . . . . . 0 0
      Law . . . . . 0 0
      Social work . . . . . 0 0
      Visual and performing arts . . . . . 0 0
      Non-S&E nec . . . . . 0 0

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 . . 113,248 107,006 107,299 109,954 103,565 101,532 95,426 95,831
  DOD . . 6,153 6,907 8,390 7,654 7,641 8,039 7,976 9,977
  DOE . . 10,515 9,512 10,041 8,023 6,699 6,142 4,769 3,436
  HHS . . 26,614 27,595 25,370 24,842 20,457 17,679 16,283 15,997
  NASA . . 553 698 585 1,013 1,144 1,917 2,205 2,498
  NSF . . 30,032 27,409 28,026 31,035 28,357 29,130 28,127 27,084
  USDA . . 24,104 20,979 20,474 21,174 21,907 23,205 21,914 19,631
  Other . . 15,277 13,906 14,413 16,213 17,360 15,420 14,152 17,208

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 6,755 852 5,903 .
2018 6,683 748 5,935 .

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 . 1,610 1,459 1,236 856
    Agricultural sciences . 915 721 697 448
    Biological and biomedical sciences . 232 232 121 120
    Computer and information sciences . 10 10 1 6
    Engineering . 125 170 155 122
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . 9 9 29 8
    Health sciences . 99 97 40 16
    Mathematics and statistics . 0 0 1 0
    Natural resources and conservation . 47 48 41 25
    Physical sciences . 97 97 117 72
    Psychology . 12 12 20 8
    Social sciences . 62 60 2 31
    Other . 3 3 11 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

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 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021
  All research space . . 0 0 0 0
    Agricultural sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Engineering . . 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation . . 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Psychology . . 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Other . . 0 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

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 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021
  All research space . . 24,231 10,051 40,678 0
    Agricultural sciences . . 1,732 5,298 37,241 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . 5,420 894 0 0
    Computer and information sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Engineering . . 2,340 2,532 1,084 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences . . 10,282 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation . . 1,733 0 0 0
    Physical sciences . . 1,170 971 2,354 0
    Psychology . . 314 0 0 0
    Social sciences . . 1,241 356 0 0
    Other . . 0 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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