U. Nevada, Las Vegas

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 127 72.8 459 184 73.3 679 198 67.6 602 178 80.8 914
2022 142 69.4 457 181 73.8 680 173 81.1 900
2021 139 69.4 447 172 75.5 691 197 66.7 583 167 81.9 908
2020 117 74.4 450 158 77.7 698 162 82.6 916
2019 141 68.9 447 169 76.1 697 212 64.5 589 161 82.6 914
2018 136 68.7 428 179 74.8 700 165 82.2 911
2017 148 65.7 425 178 74.3 684 225 61.4 575 176 80.7 898
2016 144 67 430 177 75 697 177 80.5 896
2015 142 67.2 426 179 74.5 693 225 61 570 208 77.2 898
2014 160 62.6 422 183 73.8 688 210 76.7 889
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 133 110 106 140 109 116 99 110 106 90
  Science and engineering 96 72 67 97 63 79 50 58 72 54
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . 1 . . 1 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . 1 . . 1 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 14 7 10 8 5 6 1 5 1 4
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 . . 1 . . . . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 9 4 5 2 2 2 1 3 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology . 1 2 1 2 1 . . . .
      Molecular biology . . 1 1 1 1 . . . .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 1 . . . . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . 1 . . . . . 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 1 2 1 . 1 . . . .
    Computer and information sciences 5 1 . 4 2 3 1 . . .
      Computer science 4 1 . 4 2 3 1 . . .
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 . . . . . . . . .
    Engineering 16 16 10 21 9 14 13 17 12 13
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 4 4 8 2 7 5 7 7 3
      Electrical and computer engineering 1 4 4 5 2 2 2 6 3 4
      Materials and mining engineering . . . 1 1 . . 1 . .
      Mechanical engineering 9 8 2 7 4 5 4 2 2 6
      Engineering, other 1 . . . . . 2 1 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 4
      Geological sciences 5 2 3 3 . 1 1 3 2 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . . 1 . . . . 1
    Health sciences 7 9 10 15 9 8 4 7 13 10
      Nursing science 2 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 6 7
      Public health 1 1 3 9 4 1 3 5 6 2
      Health sciences, other 4 4 4 4 4 6 . . 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics 8 4 3 5 4 3 4 . 7 1
      Applied mathematics . 1 2 2 1 1 1 . 1 .
      Mathematics 3 . . 1 . . . . 2 .
      Statistics 3 . . . 1 . 1 . 2 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 . 2 1
    Physical sciences 11 8 5 8 6 15 5 6 10 3
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 3 2 . 1 4 . 1 1 1
      Chemistry 5 4 1 6 3 10 5 4 7 2
      Physics 2 1 2 2 2 1 . 1 2 .
    Psychology 13 10 15 11 15 11 8 10 14 15
      Clinical psychology 7 4 8 6 4 4 3 2 6 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 1 3 3 6 . . 2 1 1
      Research and experimental psychology 3 2 1 1 2 1 5 3 2 4
      Psychology, other . 3 3 1 3 6 . 3 5 4
    Social sciences 17 15 11 22 11 18 13 9 12 4
      Anthropology 6 . 1 5 2 5 3 . 2 .
      Political science and government . 1 2 6 1 2 2 1 3 1
      Public policy analysis 1 2 1 2 1 . 2 1 1 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 5 2 4 4 5 4 5 5 1
      Social sciences, other 7 7 5 5 3 6 2 2 1 .
  Non-science and engineering 37 38 39 43 46 37 49 52 34 36
    Business 8 4 9 6 5 3 8 6 3 2
      Business 8 4 9 6 5 3 8 6 3 2
    Education 23 30 24 26 26 26 33 34 22 25
      Education leadership and administration . . . . . 1 . 1 . 1
      Education research 15 18 16 20 17 16 21 13 18 18
      Teacher education and teaching fields 8 8 8 4 7 8 10 12 3 6
      Education, other . 4 . 2 2 1 2 8 1 .
    Humanities and arts 5 3 6 11 8 5 6 8 9 6
      Letters 3 2 5 9 7 4 4 4 5 5
      History 2 . . 2 1 1 1 3 4 1
      Humanities and arts, other . 1 1 . . . 1 1 . .
    Other non-science and engineering 1 1 . . 7 3 2 4 . 3
      Public administration and social services 1 . . . 3 3 2 3 . 3
      Non-science and engineering, other . 1 . . 4 . . 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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 400 389 374 354 361 353 358 385 396 385
    Female 434 403 416 434 397 329 334 359 373 345
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 610 612 629 622 592 511 512 564 585 553
    Hispanic or Latino 140 121 128 116 106 82 68 67 61 56
    Not Hispanic or Latino 454 465 469 469 446 389 404 463 496 464
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 1 2 1 3 4 5 4 6 4
      Asian 70 76 60 59 60 48 48 34 41 32
      Black or African American 37 42 38 37 35 22 22 22 22 21
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 4 3 2
      White 282 292 308 316 305 289 298 366 383 375
      More than one race 61 51 59 53 39 24 29 33 41 30
    Unknown ethnicity and race 16 26 32 37 40 40 40 34 28 33
  Temporary visa holders 224 180 161 166 166 171 180 180 184 177
  Science and engineering 697 690 688 686 658 586 605 639 648 631
    Science 579 583 594 577 537 466 478 525 531 512
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 88 75 73 75 58 59 61 46 44 37
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 25 24
      Computer and information sciences 55 58 57 48 45 42 43 36 39 34
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 29 33 33 37 32 30 33 35 38 39
      Mathematics and statistics 26 34 39 35 38 39 40 46 46 48
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 39 30 22 25 26 24 14 10 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 86 83 72 61 57 56 57 56 61 59
      Psychology 123 130 130 110 116 90 106 104 107 89
      Social sciences 133 140 168 186 165 126 124 166 171 182
    Engineering 118 107 94 109 121 120 127 114 117 119
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 0 4 1 1 2 3 2 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 3 1 3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 47 41 32 37 46 46 49 38 41 49
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 36 24 23 26 23 24 28 29 38 38
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 30 40 35 41 48 46 47 41 36 26
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3
  Health 137 102 102 102 100 96 87 105 121 99
    Clinical medicine 85 64 63 62 58 54 50 50 58 40
    Other health 52 38 39 40 42 42 37 55 63 59

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 180 181 166 165 163 172 176 217 190 204
    Female 196 188 191 187 166 175 183 245 206 207
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 345 340 328 326 303 315 333 409 363 384
    Hispanic or Latino 83 86 61 59 47 45 39 56 43 46
    Not Hispanic or Latino 251 232 246 246 237 254 273 331 299 317
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 3
      Asian 40 28 34 30 24 27 20 26 17 20
      Black or African American 35 18 15 21 20 20 14 20 16 22
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 3
      White 141 158 172 178 171 178 212 249 237 245
      More than one race 35 26 22 15 19 23 23 33 25 24
    Unknown ethnicity and race 11 22 21 21 19 16 21 22 21 21
  Temporary visa holders 31 29 29 26 26 32 26 53 33 27
  Science and engineering 289 297 295 281 252 269 275 371 304 318
    Science 232 241 227 211 178 198 203 300 245 267
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4
      Biological and biomedical sciences 22 23 18 13 10 12 11 10 9 6
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 7
      Computer and information sciences 41 32 19 19 16 13 17 22 16 18
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 13 15 19 16 21 13 10 16 16 13
      Mathematics and statistics 9 11 8 11 14 16 19 21 10 9
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 20 14 13 5 6 5 7 3 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 6 6 9 7 6 6 12 15 8 11
      Psychology 62 71 66 67 43 48 52 61 51 51
      Social sciences 59 69 75 73 62 85 74 147 127 148
    Engineering 57 56 68 70 74 71 72 71 59 51
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 1 2 4 2 2 1 1 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 32 23 21 31 32 39 35 31 27 30
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 14 17 17 15 17 13 14 19 13 8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7 13 25 18 20 14 20 18 16 11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
  Health 87 72 62 71 77 78 84 91 92 93
    Clinical medicine 69 46 33 38 44 50 54 53 53 53
    Other health 18 26 29 33 33 28 30 38 39 40

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
All surveyed fields 97 110 86 56 61 56 82 77 87 100
  Science and engineering 94 102 79 51 56 53 81 74 87 96
    Science 66 72 59 33 36 29 49 47 60 69
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 19 17 7 11 8 2 14 13 13 9
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 8 13 14 3 2 2 4 1 3 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 4 5 4 6 3 3 6 5 6
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 21 18 18 9 11 18 18 17 27 34
      Psychology 9 11 6 2 5 3 4 5 8 8
      Social sciences 3 8 6 4 4 1 6 5 3 6
    Engineering 28 30 20 18 20 24 32 27 27 27
      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 10 11 10 6 6 9 12 11 8 12
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 6 4 1 6 3 6 9 5 9 7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 9 15 9 6 11 9 11 11 9 8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Health 3 8 7 5 5 3 1 3 0 4
    Clinical medicine 3 8 7 5 5 3 1 2 0 4
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 834 792 790 788 758 682 692 744 769 730
  Fellowships 3 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 3 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 319 296 253 239 242 232 233 208 199 193
    Federal 97 107 75 51 61 54 78 75 73 83
    Institutional 204 179 167 181 165 148 140 121 84 62
    Nonfederal 18 10 11 7 16 30 15 12 42 48
  Teaching assistantships 295 286 312 303 301 304 313 328 344 325
    Federal 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 14 17
    Institutional 295 286 305 303 301 304 313 325 283 278
    Nonfederal 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 47 30
  Other types of support 217 196 218 246 215 146 146 208 226 212
    Federal 0 3 5 5 0 2 4 2 0 0
    Institutional 20 13 15 14 18 16 19 24 2 1
    Nonfederal 4 3 7 5 7 9 9 6 21 28
    Personal resources 193 177 191 222 190 119 114 176 203 183

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 58 33 33 23 40 39 25 29 27 24
    Science 55 31 32 21 37 32 21 25 22 22
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 17 12 10 9 9 5 2 1 7 5
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 5 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 16 7 7 3 11 14 13 11 9 14
      Psychology 6 3 7 3 9 7 4 8 3 2
      Social sciences 6 2 3 2 6 4 0 0 0 1
    Engineering 3 2 1 2 3 7 4 4 5 2
      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 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 2 1 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 1 0 0 1 2 5 2 4 5 2
      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 4 4 5 3 6 6 6 7 6 8
    Clinical medicine 4 4 3 1 3 3 3 5 5 2
    Other health 0 0 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 6

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 30 21 24 17 28 23 20 22 18 16
  Science and engineering 29 18 19 14 24 19 17 18 16 16
    Science 27 17 19 13 21 15 15 16 14 14
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 11 7 7 4 5 2 2 1 3 3
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 12 6 6 3 8 9 10 10 7 10
      Psychology 0 0 2 1 5 2 2 3 1 1
      Social sciences 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 2 2 2
      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 1 1 1 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 1 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 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 2 2
      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 1 3 5 3 4 4 3 4 2 0
    Clinical medicine 1 3 3 1 3 1 1 2 1 0
    Other health 0 0 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 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

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 98,751 94,967 101,009 105,872 99,445 83,800 66,285 62,825 42,000 39,448
    Science 68,396 59,813 63,448 64,877 58,041 46,519 41,055 36,359 25,599 27,643
      Computer and information sciences 2,120 1,556 1,015 1,077 1,662 1,782 1,772 1,705 1,156 546
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,803 5,393 6,082 6,342 4,526 4,253 4,280 2,541 4,254 8,504
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 97 209 394 188 35 18 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 5,204 4,854 5,400 5,458 4,418 4,235 4,280 2,536 2,021 6,187
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 502 330 288 696 73 0 0 5 2,233 2,317
      Life sciences 36,005 31,571 32,306 34,733 31,434 22,193 17,404 15,916 9,951 7,668
        Agricultural sciences 51 84 212 65 32 21 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 16,544 14,714 12,969 12,763 10,027 7,898 2,597 2,508 3,352 3,350
        Health sciences 17,845 15,740 18,321 21,019 20,056 12,751 14,550 12,125 201 118
        Natural resources and conservation 966 272 234 208 162 28 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 599 761 570 678 1,157 1,495 257 1,283 6,398 4,200
      Mathematics and statistics 2,558 2,224 2,624 2,347 1,471 1,550 154 607 26 10
      Physical sciences 11,407 9,030 10,589 9,692 9,099 9,520 8,772 9,343 6,745 6,778
        Astronomy and astrophysics 617 354 160 263 209 27 0 5 0 0
        Chemistry 4,792 3,601 5,482 5,140 4,910 4,491 4,048 5,153 3,706 2,831
        Materials science 0 0 0 4 79 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 5,998 5,075 4,851 3,807 3,765 4,989 4,724 4,185 3,037 3,947
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 96 478 136 13 0 0 2 0
      Psychology 2,027 1,959 3,738 3,767 2,982 1,528 2,707 1,710 957 1,167
      Social sciences 7,566 7,012 6,536 6,306 6,344 4,149 5,966 4,537 2,510 2,967
        Anthropology 872 883 910 951 857 1,260 771 617 0 0
        Economics 4,307 3,624 2,663 2,127 2,144 536 2,579 1,157 100 118
        Political science and government 798 814 838 798 686 613 607 678 48 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 588 766 790 791 770 839 833 1,161 247 274
        Social sciences nec 1,001 925 1,335 1,639 1,887 901 1,176 924 2,115 2,575
      Sciences nec 910 1,068 558 613 523 1,544 0 0 0 3
    Engineering 13,866 12,665 10,667 12,729 15,736 16,192 12,018 13,046 13,965 10,586
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 361 433 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 64 10 104 82 83 159 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 4,674 4,872 4,307 4,499 5,323 4,669 2,824 3,747 4,244 4,131
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,605 1,929 1,914 1,442 2,392 2,171 2,118 2,025 1,317 1,265
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,754 4,554 3,192 4,406 4,819 6,889 6,278 6,407 6,868 4,318
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 3 115 8 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,769 1,300 1,150 2,297 2,643 1,717 798 867 1,536 872
    Non-S&E 16,489 22,489 26,894 28,266 25,668 21,089 13,212 13,420 2,436 1,219
      Business management and business administration 5,130 5,608 6,388 6,387 5,133 3,467 3,161 3,756 1,205 534
      Communication and communications technologies 492 748 907 1,067 897 592 328 327 168 82
      Education 3,359 6,226 4,818 4,710 4,137 6,397 3,737 3,115 731 511
      Humanities 3,037 3,584 3,722 3,673 3,385 2,809 2,630 2,183 63 56
      Law 0 2,648 3,143 3,411 4,247 679 0 49 106 15
      Social work 177 244 377 578 527 344 2,624 3,161 27 5
      Visual and performing arts 393 0 3,111 3,149 2,980 2,343 4 212 0 7
      Non-S&E nec 3,901 3,431 4,428 5,291 4,362 4,458 728 617 136 9

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 98,751 38,815 2,536 51,945 1,599 1,096 2,760
    Science 68,396 29,504 1,244 34,420 1,065 753 1,410
      Computer and information sciences 2,120 1,300 0 707 0 0 113
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,803 3,419 16 1,869 442 0 57
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 97 97 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 5,204 3,318 16 1,428 442 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 502 4 0 441 0 0 57
      Life sciences 36,005 16,628 576 17,576 354 393 478
        Agricultural sciences 51 48 0 3 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 16,544 10,284 25 6,018 40 59 118
        Health sciences 17,845 5,381 452 11,102 216 334 360
        Natural resources and conservation 966 764 71 33 98 0 0
        Life sciences nec 599 151 28 420 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2,558 261 0 2,282 0 2 13
      Physical sciences 11,407 6,399 9 4,258 231 0 510
        Astronomy and astrophysics 617 617 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 4,792 3,165 9 1,312 140 0 166
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 5,998 2,617 0 2,946 91 0 344
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 2,027 666 0 1,020 0 312 29
      Social sciences 7,566 803 643 5,863 38 46 173
        Anthropology 872 219 0 651 0 0 2
        Economics 4,307 0 643 3,591 38 35 0
        Political science and government 798 58 0 729 0 11 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 588 12 0 552 0 0 24
        Social sciences nec 1,001 514 0 340 0 0 147
      Sciences nec 910 28 0 845 0 0 37
    Engineering 13,866 6,771 430 6,166 309 39 151
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 64 0 0 0 64 0 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 4,674 2,492 287 1,749 12 11 123
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,605 1,462 65 1,078 0 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,754 2,749 61 1,670 233 28 13
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,769 68 17 1,669 0 0 15
    Non-S&E 16,489 2,540 862 11,359 225 304 1,199
      Business management and business administration 5,130 10 0 4,324 144 0 652
      Communication and communications technologies 492 27 0 446 0 0 19
      Education 3,359 1,976 448 424 0 157 354
      Humanities 3,037 1 0 3,036 0 0 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 177 12 5 160 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 393 0 0 387 0 0 6
      Non-S&E nec 3,901 514 409 2,582 81 147 168

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 38,815 28,867 27,178 29,252 28,381 33,727 29,172 25,613 27,493 26,950
  DOD 1,127 546 377 1,403 1,496 2,323 1,560 1,554 2,828 1,437
  DOE 5,695 3,965 3,057 2,776 3,687 6,676 7,338 6,902 8,441 8,761
  HHS 13,063 10,550 9,163 10,929 9,385 10,242 9,492 7,881 7,128 5,062
  NASA 2,278 2,066 2,095 1,600 1,658 1,325 1,260 1,028 731 710
  NSF 8,972 5,207 4,880 4,897 4,191 6,734 4,542 4,393 4,080 4,868
  USDA 1,947 1,809 1,997 2,033 2,328 1,664 1,544 200 153 994
  Other 5,733 4,724 5,609 5,614 5,636 4,763 3,436 3,655 4,132 5,118

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 1,927 142 1,785 .
2018 1,197 156 1,041 .
2017 1,195 154 1,041 .

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 265 263 234 217 211
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 44 43 43 36 35
    Computer and information sciences 11 20 19 15 6
    Engineering 54 46 61 62 60
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 14 15 16 16 16
    Health sciences 40 39 28 24 25
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 1 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 42 43 38 38 40
    Psychology 20 16 16 16 13
    Social sciences 11 11 10 10 9
    Other 28 28 3 0 7

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 . 33,396 . . 2,250 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . 2,250 0
    Engineering . 33,396 . . 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 5,716 2,263 4,820 9,259 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 265 1,325 1,571 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 1,881 597 0
    Engineering 0 0 689 2,119 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 366 0 509 0
    Health sciences 5,716 631 926 852 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 2,015 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 522 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 1,072 0
    Other 0 1,000 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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