U. Nevada, Reno

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 120 74.3 459 136 80.3 679 124 79.7 602 141 84.8 914
2022 126 72.9 457 124 82.1 680 139 84.8 900
2021 115 74.7 447 120 82.9 691 126 78.7 583 136 85.3 908
2020 141 69.1 450 120 83.1 698 137 85.3 916
2019 142 68.7 447 127 82.1 697 131 78.1 589 139 85 914
2018 129 70.3 428 126 82.3 700 139 85 911
2017 144 66.6 425 150 78.4 684 149 74.5 575 148 83.8 898
2016 132 69.8 430 165 76.7 697 152 83.3 896
2015 143 66.9 426 163 76.8 693 145 75 570 150 83.6 898
2014 139 67.6 422 166 76.2 688 155 82.8 889
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 145 125 134 111 108 124 101 119 105 109
  Science and engineering 131 107 116 93 93 100 80 96 82 86
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 7 2 2 3 2 2 4 . . .
      Agricultural sciences 6 1 . 1 . 1 . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 25 32 22 14 13 18 10 19 14 17
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 8 4 4 2 2 1 2 4 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general . . . 1 1 . . 2 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . 2 1 2 . 5 3 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 13 10 7 2 3 3 6 5 2 8
      Microbiology and immunology 2 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 2 1
      Molecular biology 4 9 5 . 1 3 . 2 1 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 2 3 3 1 . . . . 1 3
      Pharmacology and toxicology 3 . 2 2 2 2 1 . 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 1 . 1 2 1 . . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . 1 . . 4 1 2 . .
    Computer and information sciences 5 2 2 7 5 4 6 . 4 1
      Computer science 3 . 2 7 5 4 3 . 4 .
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 2 . . . . 3 . . 1
    Engineering 33 25 25 24 21 20 21 19 20 18
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . 1 . 2 1 . . .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 6 . . 1 . 1 4 1 . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 9 11 10 8 8 8 12 11 9
      Electrical and computer engineering 9 9 8 4 6 3 1 . 4 7
      Materials and mining engineering 6 3 . 3 3 3 4 2 1 2
      Mechanical engineering 4 3 5 3 4 2 2 3 3 .
      Engineering, other . 1 1 2 . 1 1 1 1 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 4 10 13 7 12 3 11 3 8
      Geological sciences 4 3 6 5 2 5 . 6 . 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 6 1 4 8 5 7 3 5 3 3
    Health sciences 4 1 3 3 . . 2 3 1 2
      Public health 2 1 3 2 . . 1 2 1 1
      Health sciences, other 2 . . 1 . . 1 1 . 1
    Mathematics and statistics 2 2 1 . . . . . . .
      Applied mathematics 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Statistics . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 1 1 . . . . . . .
    Physical sciences 12 15 12 6 20 13 12 12 17 11
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Chemistry 8 11 5 6 14 9 7 8 9 5
      Physics 4 3 7 . 6 4 5 4 8 6
    Psychology 23 13 26 14 17 17 14 25 15 23
      Clinical psychology 7 2 8 1 5 5 2 6 2 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 2 5 1 2 5 4 2 2 6
      Research and experimental psychology 7 8 9 7 8 5 5 12 4 9
      Psychology, other 7 1 4 5 2 2 3 5 7 2
    Social sciences 10 11 13 9 8 14 8 7 8 6
      Anthropology 7 3 . 3 2 1 2 1 . .
      Economics 1 2 6 2 . 4 2 3 2 2
      Political science and government . . 4 1 . 4 1 1 5 1
      Public policy analysis . . . . 2 . . . . .
      Social sciences, other 2 6 3 3 4 5 3 2 1 3
  Non-science and engineering 14 18 18 18 15 24 21 23 23 23
    Business . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Business . 1 . . . . . . . .
    Education 8 14 13 13 7 15 12 16 14 11
      Education leadership and administration . 3 1 3 2 3 4 8 2 4
      Education research 4 7 7 5 2 3 6 4 8 6
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 3 2 1 2 3 2 1 3 1
      Education, other 3 1 3 4 1 6 . 3 1 .
    Humanities and arts 5 3 2 5 6 9 7 7 7 9
      Letters 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 4 7
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . . 1 1 1
      History 2 1 . . . 3 3 1 2 .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . . . . . . . . 1
    Other non-science and engineering 1 . 3 . 2 . 2 . 2 3
      Communication . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Public administration and social services . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 . 2 . 2 . 2 . 1 3

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 620 650 675 624 568 589 482 464 496 464
    Female 608 716 626 596 571 525 401 412 417 405
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 799 943 933 908 808 789 606 615 635 629
    Hispanic or Latino 133 147 124 106 89 101 65 68 50 48
    Not Hispanic or Latino 651 772 782 760 684 651 509 507 576 567
      American Indian or Alaska Native 6 8 7 4 5 4 3 4 6 4
      Asian 73 75 68 62 42 48 38 34 37 32
      Black or African American 21 28 22 18 15 13 6 5 8 11
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 3 2 1
      White 505 599 633 626 580 549 435 433 504 485
      More than one race 46 62 52 49 41 34 24 28 19 34
    Unknown ethnicity and race 15 24 27 42 35 37 32 40 9 14
  Temporary visa holders 429 423 368 312 331 325 277 261 278 240
  Science and engineering 1,100 1,135 1,118 1,056 992 985 782 776 814 769
    Science 750 773 775 752 704 719 576 572 581 571
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 12 14 16 18 15 7 0 13 18 14
      Biological and biomedical sciences 248 237 228 211 200 189 161 136 127 122
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 10 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 19 21 10 9 8 13 12 15 8 3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 11
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 73 89 96 80 83 77 79 66 78 73
      Mathematics and statistics 43 45 47 50 43 35 23 18 17 16
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 32 39 44 41 36 35 13 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 123 107 110 103 90 101 93 93 104 103
      Psychology 94 94 99 118 111 141 103 104 108 105
      Social sciences 106 127 125 122 118 121 92 96 104 124
    Engineering 350 362 343 304 288 266 206 204 233 198
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 19 11 13 14 16 13 8 7 4 5
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 14 15 19 18 13 10 7 6 8 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 79 99 93 86 80 67 57 60 75 78
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 144 135 122 114 107 104 72 72 88 57
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 53 56 61 43 39 32 26 33 26 28
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 37 40 35 29 33 40 36 26 32 24
      Other engineering 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 128 231 183 164 147 129 101 100 99 100
      Clinical medicine 80 182 135 116 101 82 60 49 48 52
      Other health 48 49 48 48 46 47 41 51 51 48

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 141 85 98 114 106 129 110 120 95 160
    Female 163 78 170 197 158 178 162 79 108 170
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 273 146 249 286 246 285 249 180 183 300
    Hispanic or Latino 48 17 35 43 21 21 24 14 18 19
    Not Hispanic or Latino 219 124 204 232 216 255 213 161 162 274
      American Indian or Alaska Native 6 1 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
      Asian 27 15 31 22 20 26 34 13 15 14
      Black or African American 13 2 11 18 15 15 5 2 3 6
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
      White 162 98 138 164 164 200 165 142 139 235
      More than one race 11 8 18 24 16 12 8 4 5 16
    Unknown ethnicity and race 6 5 10 11 9 9 12 5 3 7
  Temporary visa holders 31 17 19 25 18 22 23 19 20 30
  Science and engineering 225 134 140 156 147 201 198 173 180 308
    Science 185 93 106 119 114 154 142 129 130 237
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 3 3 2 2 4 1 0 6 1 5
      Biological and biomedical sciences 21 15 9 12 11 12 10 11 15 18
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 49 6 7 8 10 13 7 5 4 15
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 20 8 13 24 21 30 26 34 21 43
      Mathematics and statistics 7 6 6 4 2 7 2 2 2 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 11 7 6 9 6 12 4 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 2 1 2 0 6 5 0 3 2 12
      Psychology 36 20 27 25 18 27 44 32 43 61
      Social sciences 36 27 34 35 36 47 49 32 38 71
    Engineering 40 41 34 37 33 47 56 44 50 71
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 3 4
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 10 8 9 1 4 12 20 6 7 8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 17 17 12 13 20 22 22 26 28 39
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4 2 2 5 3 3 5 4 6 8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 7 11 9 13 6 8 8 7 6 8
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 79 29 128 155 117 106 74 26 23 22
      Clinical medicine 78 27 128 155 117 104 67 26 23 22
      Other health 1 2 0 0 0 2 7 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 226 227 173 180 195 224 166 172 198 100 0
  Science and engineering 216 216 169 177 190 220 160 162 193 99 0
    Science 125 136 111 120 120 144 109 89 102 55 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 1 4 1 3 5 1 0 5 3 2 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 62 65 58 46 36 54 45 21 24 18 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 22 27 13 16 17 20 18 21 22 8 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 5 7 5 7 12 12 5 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 22 19 17 31 28 32 23 16 22 17 0
      Psychology 7 8 6 6 7 5 10 15 20 6 0
      Social sciences 5 6 9 8 12 17 8 5 6 4 0
    Engineering 91 80 58 57 70 76 51 73 91 44 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 3 1 1 4 4 2 2 3 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 7 4 5 1 1 0 2 4 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 8 7 7 8 6 6 23 31 28 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 41 33 29 26 34 33 18 25 29 4 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 12 10 11 12 13 14 7 9 12 6 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 14 16 6 6 10 18 18 12 12 6 0
      Other engineering 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 10 11 4 3 5 4 6 10 5 1 0
      Clinical medicine 10 11 4 3 5 4 6 10 5 1 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1,228 1,366 1,301 1,220 1,139 1,114 883 876 913 869
  Fellowships 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
    Federal 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Nonfederal 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 442 494 436 422 439 453 398 374 420 348
    Federal 222 222 166 176 184 210 164 168 197 99
    Institutional 149 188 209 206 227 212 198 192 204 236
    Nonfederal 71 84 61 40 28 31 36 14 19 13
  Teaching assistantships 418 410 410 365 414 387 326 327 316 286
    Federal 4 5 5 4 9 13 2 0 1 1
    Institutional 414 405 405 361 400 374 324 327 315 285
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 368 462 453 433 284 274 159 171 177 235
    Federal 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 51 39 29 12 0 1 0 0 0 3
    Nonfederal 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Personal resources 317 423 421 420 283 272 159 171 177 232

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 73 100 110 102 86 87 85 89 78 65
    Science 61 89 100 90 80 82 78 76 69 57
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 6
      Biological and biomedical sciences 30 45 51 50 50 48 45 49 45 38
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3 1 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 2 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 7 10 8 6 4 6 7 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 12 21 16 12 11 13 17 11 8 6
      Psychology 3 6 13 10 6 4 1 1 7 1
      Social sciences 4 3 6 4 3 4 2 3 3 3
    Engineering 12 11 10 12 6 5 7 13 9 8
      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 1 1 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 1 2 4 0 1 0 1 2 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 3 4 4 5 2 3 7 4 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 7 4 3 0 0 0 4 2 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
      Other health 1 0 0 0 0 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

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 45 56 58 55 44 42 40 51 44 2
  Science and engineering 45 56 56 55 43 42 40 51 44 2
    Science 39 52 51 51 39 41 39 44 42 1
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 22 30 33 35 30 25 22 34 29 1
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 0 0
      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 2 4 3 2 1 4 5 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 12 7 4 4 6 8 3 4 0
      Psychology 2 1 4 5 0 3 0 1 6 0
      Social sciences 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0
    Engineering 6 4 5 4 4 1 1 7 2 1
      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 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 6 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 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 0 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

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 188,505 181,782 175,386 159,790 152,128 144,426 105,869 95,475 90,138 87,324
    Science 129,129 133,385 130,797 120,388 113,139 107,676 82,174 77,891 69,313 69,239
      Computer and information sciences 4,617 6,103 6,843 7,550 7,812 7,719 4,134 2,859 1,322 1,072
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 19,059 20,831 19,030 15,077 14,563 14,369 11,868 12,115 13,530 13,199
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 514 458 243 350 428 441 937 998 929 1,056
        Geological and earth sciences 17,197 18,925 17,178 13,839 13,419 12,985 10,313 11,117 9,557 9,372
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 769 615 794 298 519 697 0 0 933 550
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 579 833 815 590 197 246 618 0 2,111 2,221
      Life sciences 77,346 78,928 78,218 71,378 64,307 61,782 54,031 49,879 45,177 46,479
        Agricultural sciences 8,697 8,509 6,648 8,439 8,118 9,281 9,599 8,796 11,575 12,035
        Biological and biomedical sciences 35,893 39,371 43,521 36,791 32,985 31,513 33,058 31,485 16,173 22,424
        Health sciences 20,603 20,416 20,341 19,029 18,515 17,682 5,873 4,687 14,367 9,522
        Natural resources and conservation 10,188 8,968 6,640 6,161 4,098 3,253 5,484 4,911 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,965 1,664 1,068 958 591 53 17 0 3,062 2,498
      Mathematics and statistics 1,408 1,640 1,777 2,341 2,609 1,451 650 442 620 98
      Physical sciences 11,696 10,640 8,025 9,566 10,153 11,017 6,594 6,324 6,347 6,591
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,147 1,179 44 480 494 293 1 1 0 0
        Chemistry 5,421 5,281 3,935 3,903 4,373 4,285 2,049 2,129 1,762 1,627
        Materials science 434 0 34 107 138 69 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,975 3,720 2,947 4,235 3,942 4,126 4,544 3,711 3,807 4,492
        Physical sciences nec 719 460 1,065 841 1,206 2,244 0 483 778 472
      Psychology 5,242 6,146 6,422 5,430 5,429 4,947 2,952 3,062 1,366 724
      Social sciences 6,324 5,985 7,637 7,053 7,113 5,521 956 1,093 740 1,015
        Anthropology 1,359 1,449 1,581 1,671 1,693 1,010 239 145 0 0
        Economics 2,445 1,842 3,367 2,478 2,482 1,910 530 573 22 29
        Political science and government 1,074 942 1,165 1,252 1,100 842 24 15 11 2
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 546 922 652 729 715 679 10 1 132 18
        Social sciences nec 900 830 872 923 1,123 1,080 153 359 575 966
      Sciences nec 3,437 3,112 2,845 1,993 1,153 870 989 2,117 211 61
    Engineering 41,198 32,454 27,769 23,939 23,568 19,373 16,982 12,782 14,072 11,789
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,603 1,540 1,740 388 1,981 1,639 2,431 1,514 106 81
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,703 1,963 1,697 1,847 1,529 273 71 10 8 10
      Chemical engineering 7,448 3,510 2,533 2,251 2,025 1,763 897 1,305 1,032 998
      Civil engineering 8,651 9,968 10,045 9,204 9,364 8,298 8,677 6,842 7,462 6,255
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 597 488 1,226 1,493 1,772 1,544 914 656 1,515 865
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10,168 7,014 2,837 2,127 2,528 1,892 1,393 1,306 1,439 1,085
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,723 2,042 2,323 2,854 2,020 1,707 809 1,108 1,313 1,471
      Engineering nec 5,295 5,925 5,368 3,775 2,349 2,257 1,790 41 1,197 1,024
    Non-S&E 18,178 15,943 16,820 15,463 15,421 17,377 6,713 4,802 6,753 6,296
      Business management and business administration 5,123 5,967 3,570 4,012 4,912 5,586 1,604 1,930 1,088 959
      Communication and communications technologies 284 503 22 39 24 7 248 126 28 32
      Education 3,750 1,072 4,442 3,981 3,724 2,990 597 626 1,065 623
      Humanities 1,024 1,924 1,795 1,837 1,758 1,379 29 19 748 483
      Law 3,986 1,650 3,808 3,961 3,637 2,880 269 311 272 289
      Social work 260 52 906 1,037 961 598 7 10 41 217
      Visual and performing arts 1,773 1,718 337 339 316 224 51 12 20 5
      Non-S&E nec 1,978 3,057 1,940 257 89 3,713 3,908 1,768 3,491 3,688

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 188,505 83,603 7,744 83,470 2,666 1,926 9,096
    Science 129,129 67,968 4,928 46,190 1,980 1,132 6,931
      Computer and information sciences 4,617 4,270 80 267 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 19,059 8,364 1,492 7,784 31 0 1,388
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 514 409 0 105 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 17,197 7,262 1,473 7,043 31 0 1,388
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 769 155 0 614 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 579 538 19 22 0 0 0
      Life sciences 77,346 42,300 3,230 25,304 1,877 514 4,121
        Agricultural sciences 8,697 3,499 1,182 2,702 230 46 1,038
        Biological and biomedical sciences 35,893 20,508 0 13,609 1,407 46 323
        Health sciences 20,603 12,366 286 6,441 210 93 1,207
        Natural resources and conservation 10,188 4,067 1,762 2,468 30 329 1,532
        Life sciences nec 1,965 1,860 0 84 0 0 21
      Mathematics and statistics 1,408 109 0 1,242 0 46 11
      Physical sciences 11,696 7,666 94 3,012 53 146 725
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,147 0 0 1,127 0 0 20
        Chemistry 5,421 3,850 0 1,498 8 11 54
        Materials science 434 434 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,975 3,382 0 377 45 55 116
        Physical sciences nec 719 0 94 10 0 80 535
      Psychology 5,242 3,255 0 1,890 0 41 56
      Social sciences 6,324 1,916 32 3,486 19 385 486
        Anthropology 1,359 272 0 664 4 0 419
        Economics 2,445 1,375 32 938 0 99 1
        Political science and government 1,074 35 0 753 0 285 1
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 546 107 0 433 0 1 5
        Social sciences nec 900 127 0 698 15 0 60
      Sciences nec 3,437 88 0 3,205 0 0 144
    Engineering 41,198 14,595 2,682 21,581 686 752 902
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,603 48 671 1,884 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,703 1,744 14 570 126 249 0
      Chemical engineering 7,448 2,224 0 5,188 0 19 17
      Civil engineering 8,651 3,737 693 3,503 121 260 337
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 597 239 0 107 110 141 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 10 6 0 4 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10,168 2,672 65 7,298 36 20 77
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,723 2,129 0 784 293 63 454
      Engineering nec 5,295 1,796 1,239 2,243 0 0 17
    Non-S&E 18,178 1,040 134 15,699 0 42 1,263
      Business management and business administration 5,123 93 0 4,036 0 0 994
      Communication and communications technologies 284 0 0 282 0 0 2
      Education 3,750 783 0 2,784 0 38 145
      Humanities 1,024 8 0 988 0 4 24
      Law 3,986 40 134 3,736 0 0 76
      Social work 260 116 0 144 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,773 0 0 1,760 0 0 13
      Non-S&E nec 1,978 0 0 1,969 0 0 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

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 83,603 83,631 77,246 64,793 62,903 62,635 54,782 53,371 51,724 53,363
  DOD 5,071 8,127 7,009 5,334 6,180 3,493 2,083 1,289 1,980 2,990
  DOE 9,314 7,660 5,542 5,361 4,379 6,410 7,358 7,427 6,976 8,248
  HHS 29,312 30,941 29,519 26,180 25,643 25,107 20,390 20,979 20,093 19,939
  NASA 1,870 1,863 1,302 1,478 1,035 830 654 684 802 667
  NSF 20,342 16,817 12,778 10,997 9,990 11,312 9,375 8,729 7,239 6,959
  USDA 5,750 6,167 6,119 6,038 5,516 4,855 4,628 4,364 4,259 4,130
  Other 11,944 12,056 14,977 9,405 10,160 10,628 10,294 9,899 10,375 10,430

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 2,284 597 1,687 .
2018 2,186 332 1,854 .
2017 2,203 404 1,799 .

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 564 558 494 409 405
    Agricultural sciences 92 102 74 34 37
    Biological and biomedical sciences 150 143 144 117 102
    Computer and information sciences 19 19 15 12 7
    Engineering 115 111 90 93 120
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 35 35 30 25 24
    Health sciences 6 7 8 6 12
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 17 15 18 20 0
    Physical sciences 97 97 92 84 83
    Psychology 18 16 15 10 11
    Social sciences 14 13 9 5 5
    Other 0 0 0 3 4

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 . . . 26,415 . 0
    Engineering . . . 26,415 . 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 4,138 1,769 10,296 3,353 5,464
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 2,725 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 325 0 1,281
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 686 0 532 0 3,466
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 453 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 3,000 1,769 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 8,814 628 717
    Psychology 0 0 626 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 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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