U. New Hampshire

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 135 85.6 925
2023 162 76.5 679 131 85.9 911 165 73 602
2022 167 75.8 680 129 85.9 900
2021 158 77.5 691 138 85 908 157 73.5 583
2020 152 78.6 698 138 85.2 916
2019 158 77.7 697 141 84.8 914 157 73.7 589
2018 156 78 700 137 85.2 911
2017 161 76.8 684 133 85.4 898 205 64.8 575
2016 179 74.7 697 131 85.6 896
2015 186 73.5 693 125 86.3 898 171 70.4 570
2014 180 74.2 688
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

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 462 443 437 438 453 472 442 395 399 416
    Female 493 465 428 405 386 375 356 334 308 322
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 580 610 613 580 560 583 562 530 518 547
    Hispanic or Latino 21 24 21 14 19 23 22 23 21 16
    Not Hispanic or Latino 536 560 568 539 515 537 515 487 469 490
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 2
      Asian 21 19 13 11 8 14 16 20 18 24
      Black or African American 8 12 14 12 8 9 6 7 6 6
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 491 516 529 506 484 501 483 450 436 450
      More than one race 16 13 12 10 14 12 10 8 8 8
    Unknown ethnicity and race 23 26 24 27 26 23 25 20 28 41
  Temporary visa holders 375 298 252 263 279 264 236 199 189 191
  Science and engineering 882 840 793 773 764 790 743 654 641 650
    Science 724 683 628 621 609 624 573 495 481 508
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 18 18 18 15 10 13 2 43 51 53
      Biological and biomedical sciences 172 140 128 112 107 100 102 91 74 78
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 134 82 64 92 110 91 59 40 52 48
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 26 32 27 36 36 37 33 53 44 52
      Mathematics and statistics 70 72 62 65 44 50 47 60 57 59
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 82 91 82 72 80 86 90 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 121 135 125 124 121 122 120 106 109 111
      Psychology 39 39 44 39 21 20 24 21 28 31
      Social sciences 60 69 72 66 80 105 96 80 63 73
    Engineering 158 157 165 152 155 166 170 159 160 142
      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 12 17 16 18 18 18 19 20 16 15
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 58 53 48 48 54 49 55 57 58 43
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 27 25 27 30 31 39 31 21 28 23
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 34 35 46 32 31 43 48 35 33 41
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 5
      Other engineering 24 25 26 23 20 16 16 22 21 15
  Health 73 68 72 70 75 57 55 75 66 88
    Clinical medicine 7 8 13 10 12 8 9 13 9 21
    Other health 66 60 59 60 63 49 46 62 57 67

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 85 94 89 92 82 98 100 129 116 120
    Female 63 76 87 79 65 58 49 91 87 108
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 137 157 147 145 138 142 130 200 190 215
    Hispanic or Latino 10 10 8 10 2 3 4 5 4 5
    Not Hispanic or Latino 124 147 134 131 134 134 124 183 177 193
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
      Asian 3 4 4 6 6 5 6 3 4 9
      Black or African American 6 6 8 6 5 6 3 5 5 3
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 110 134 122 113 119 120 110 172 159 178
      More than one race 5 3 0 5 4 3 4 3 8 3
    Unknown ethnicity and race 3 0 5 4 2 5 2 12 9 17
  Temporary visa holders 11 13 29 26 9 14 19 20 13 13
  Science and engineering 137 149 162 158 139 141 137 164 147 170
    Science 105 114 133 126 106 107 100 103 93 98
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 21 18 17
      Biological and biomedical sciences 21 28 18 17 13 7 11 16 16 11
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 21 21 37 32 29 33 32 16 14 20
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 13 10 9 5 6 2 5 5 4
      Mathematics and statistics 7 7 10 5 10 12 5 6 6 9
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 12 11 11 15 11 15 20 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 1 3 3 3 1 1 4 3 1
      Psychology 4 5 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 15 24 36 39 33 31 28 33 31 36
    Engineering 32 35 29 32 33 34 37 61 54 72
      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 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 4 10 8 8 12 19 24 20 29
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 7 9 8 9 11 11 6 12 11 12
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 12 16 7 12 11 9 7 18 14 18
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Other engineering 6 4 3 3 3 1 3 5 5 7
  Health 11 21 14 13 8 15 12 56 56 58
    Clinical medicine 6 13 6 8 4 11 6 6 8 12
    Other health 5 8 8 5 4 4 6 50 48 46

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 126 119 91 93 109 117 116 97 93 92
  Science and engineering 123 115 88 90 106 117 116 97 92 92
    Science 87 84 64 66 77 87 84 67 65 71
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 6 5 5
      Biological and biomedical sciences 14 10 8 8 12 14 13 8 4 9
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 11 6 9 9 9 3 4 4 5 4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 10 6 7 10 15 15 21 20 18
      Mathematics and statistics 3 1 0 3 1 1 3 3 1 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 14 21 15 13 16 17 20 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 35 32 25 26 27 31 27 23 25 33
      Psychology 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
      Social sciences 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 4 1
    Engineering 36 31 24 24 29 30 32 30 27 21
      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 1 2 1 4 4 5 4 3 1 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 13 11 3 3 6 7 5 4 6 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 5 6 4 2 3 2 1 2 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7 3 3 4 7 8 13 9 8 8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 10 10 11 9 10 7 8 13 10 6
  Health 3 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    Other health 3 4 2 3 3 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
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 955 908 865 843 839 847 798 729 707 738
  Fellowships 17 21 20 21 22 21 24 34 28 27
    Federal 5 3 5 7 6 2 8 12 9 7
    Institutional 12 18 15 14 16 16 13 17 17 16
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 2 4
  Research assistantships 217 210 175 160 162 205 193 161 157 156
    Federal 118 112 83 83 94 110 104 83 82 84
    Institutional 58 53 64 44 39 50 53 56 46 31
    Nonfederal 41 45 28 33 29 45 36 22 29 41
  Teaching assistantships 353 381 388 369 363 349 353 346 325 329
    Federal 0 0 0 3 6 3 1 0 0 1
    Institutional 351 374 384 364 356 346 349 346 324 328
    Nonfederal 2 7 4 2 1 0 3 0 1 0
  Other types of support 368 296 282 293 292 272 228 188 197 226
    Federal 3 4 3 0 3 2 3 2 2 0
    Institutional 53 45 52 66 61 71 62 40 31 35
    Nonfederal 6 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
    Personal resources 306 244 225 226 228 199 162 146 163 191

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 53 54 60 50 52 62 54 51 45 45
    Science 43 42 48 43 45 52 47 45 40 43
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 2 2 2 2 3 3 0 13 12 14
      Biological and biomedical sciences 8 4 9 10 13 11 14 14 10 7
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 5 6 4 2 0 0 2 3 4 4
      Mathematics and statistics 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 6 5 5 2 3 3 3 2 1
      Natural resources and conservation 4 8 8 8 10 13 13 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 10 11 7 12 13 11 10 8 12
      Psychology 2 1 3 4 3 4 2 1 4 4
      Social sciences 3 3 6 5 2 4 2 1 0 1
    Engineering 10 12 12 7 7 10 7 6 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 4 7 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 0 1 5 3 6 4 3 2 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 4 1 1 1 2 3 1 0
      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 2 1
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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

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 43 37 43 33 31 34 39 13 29 30
  Science and engineering 43 37 43 33 31 34 39 13 29 30
    Science 33 27 35 28 25 27 35 10 24 30
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 2 2 2 2 3 2 0 2 9 12
      Biological and biomedical sciences 8 3 7 7 6 7 11 4 7 5
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 3 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 3
      Mathematics and statistics 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation 4 6 8 7 8 11 13 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 8 9 9 7 5 2 7 3 4 9
      Psychology 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 10 10 8 5 6 7 4 3 5 0
      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 4 7 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 0 0 3 2 3 2 1 2 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 0
      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 2 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 230,224 223,683 206,392 167,373 156,901 148,980 146,430 145,375 145,015 144,735
    Science 181,428 180,777 166,660 130,291 122,387 113,765 114,139 111,489 116,547 105,617
      Computer and information sciences 1,738 1,505 1,465 1,057 854 883 359 1,879 2,124 1,476
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 95,042 99,189 86,032 55,523 51,661 48,149 52,678 51,592 54,491 53,596
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 37,269 32,874 29,758 28,224 23,179 20,369 22,150 20,685 21,176 21,556
        Geological and earth sciences 9,790 8,503 7,874 6,307 6,146 6,267 7,571 9,624 12,853 14,333
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 47,983 57,812 48,400 20,992 22,336 21,513 22,957 21,283 20,462 17,707
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 57,624 54,290 55,600 52,907 52,822 50,431 49,115 46,616 44,280 37,901
        Agricultural sciences 15,013 17,902 21,849 16,303 18,571 15,181 13,855 18,005 18,707 20,010
        Biological and biomedical sciences 14,130 9,896 9,521 10,279 11,697 12,981 12,196 6,263 5,267 8,202
        Health sciences 18,652 17,761 16,527 18,883 15,276 14,712 14,602 12,606 12,331 0
        Natural resources and conservation 9,112 8,393 7,703 6,712 7,278 7,241 8,462 9,742 7,953 0
        Life sciences nec 717 338 0 730 0 316 0 0 22 9,689
      Mathematics and statistics 1,732 1,738 1,481 1,239 404 291 229 209 173 252
      Physical sciences 5,694 5,689 5,090 4,957 4,425 3,521 4,554 2,234 3,734 2,312
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 2,106 1,760 1,966 1,808 1,428 1,625 1,677 1,212 1,425 737
        Materials science 664 858 0 363 325 179 1,454 89 576 0
        Physics 2,924 3,071 3,124 2,786 2,672 1,717 1,423 933 1,733 1,150
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 425
      Psychology 1,024 1,110 1,086 1,279 877 1,869 1,621 1,235 1,976 332
      Social sciences 18,574 17,256 15,906 13,329 11,344 8,621 5,583 7,524 8,989 6,643
        Anthropology 602 373 264 424 56 235 170 30 312 0
        Economics 5,031 4,365 1,569 2,257 1,450 1,395 756 2,919 3,855 334
        Political science and government 790 733 1,644 1,262 2,874 1,694 23 0 0 15
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 6,172 5,756 3,173 3,345 2,365 3,829 3,739 3,731 2,937 5,234
        Social sciences nec 5,979 6,029 9,256 6,041 4,599 1,468 895 844 1,885 1,060
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 780 3,105
    Engineering 34,616 29,519 25,040 22,509 23,457 23,861 19,239 22,103 19,459 25,083
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 519 0 0 0 5,601 3,594 1,807
      Chemical engineering 3,422 2,741 1,964 1,664 1,638 1,788 1,490 801 935 1,021
      Civil engineering 9,168 7,964 6,101 6,235 8,007 7,745 6,533 5,360 5,002 5,487
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,080 9,641 11,718 10,411 9,776 9,157 8,369 7,804 8,021 10,964
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5,097 4,688 4,849 3,443 4,036 4,809 2,847 1,760 1,583 2,462
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 408 0 0 362 0 87 0 838
      Engineering nec 5,849 4,485 0 237 0 0 0 674 324 2,504
    Non-S&E 14,180 13,387 14,692 14,573 11,057 11,354 13,052 11,783 9,009 14,035
      Business management and business administration 5,017 4,783 4,272 2,191 3,485 2,443 2,041 2,187 844 1,369
      Communication and communications technologies 517 638 718 634 43 8 172 193 238 183
      Education 3,839 2,707 3,399 5,061 4,869 6,929 8,292 6,448 5,705 10,045
      Humanities 3,291 3,627 3,690 3,875 1,414 775 778 435 552 450
      Law 0 0 827 688 228 105 35 214 176 539
      Social work 804 588 776 1,347 911 974 1,289 1,937 1,418 1,338
      Visual and performing arts 586 556 522 459 0 0 0 0 0 21
      Non-S&E nec 126 488 488 318 107 120 445 369 76 90

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 230,224 151,886 1,270 55,530 10,012 10,581 945
    Science 181,428 131,197 1,037 35,328 3,709 9,522 635
      Computer and information sciences 1,738 1,103 0 635 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 95,042 85,251 581 6,534 637 1,744 295
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 37,269 33,804 0 3,421 0 15 29
        Geological and earth sciences 9,790 7,915 133 1,392 38 194 118
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 47,983 43,532 448 1,721 599 1,535 148
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 57,624 30,659 258 18,959 3,041 4,594 113
        Agricultural sciences 15,013 5,986 12 8,567 388 50 10
        Biological and biomedical sciences 14,130 10,689 24 3,262 3 135 17
        Health sciences 18,652 7,456 158 4,219 2,431 4,331 57
        Natural resources and conservation 9,112 6,386 64 2,340 215 78 29
        Life sciences nec 717 142 0 571 4 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,732 609 0 1,123 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 5,694 3,237 0 2,426 31 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 2,106 962 0 1,144 0 0 0
        Materials science 664 515 0 118 31 0 0
        Physics 2,924 1,760 0 1,164 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 1,024 246 0 752 0 0 26
      Social sciences 18,574 10,092 198 4,899 0 3,184 201
        Anthropology 602 167 0 398 0 37 0
        Economics 5,031 1,258 192 1,742 0 1,839 0
        Political science and government 790 8 0 782 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 6,172 3,493 6 1,772 0 741 160
        Social sciences nec 5,979 5,166 0 205 0 567 41
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 34,616 17,173 233 10,223 6,303 498 186
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 3,422 2,916 0 506 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 9,168 6,444 226 1,678 209 431 180
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,080 1,260 0 3,975 5,845 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5,097 2,843 0 2,041 213 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 5,849 3,710 7 2,023 36 67 6
    Non-S&E 14,180 3,516 0 9,979 0 561 124
      Business management and business administration 5,017 176 0 4,708 0 133 0
      Communication and communications technologies 517 38 0 479 0 0 0
      Education 3,839 2,911 0 863 0 65 0
      Humanities 3,291 9 0 2,921 0 361 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 804 382 0 422 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 586 0 0 586 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 126 0 0 0 0 2 124

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 151,886 152,377 129,721 99,323 100,373 90,241 95,807 92,338 93,599 92,040
  DOD 9,958 6,308 5,544 4,042 4,758 3,195 3,780 3,338 2,688 2,641
  DOE 5,378 5,360 3,998 3,234 2,999 3,255 3,030 2,370 1,789 1,664
  HHS 22,527 21,742 23,788 23,219 19,871 18,096 16,749 13,834 13,469 10,327
  NASA 57,284 64,820 49,867 24,077 20,865 19,213 20,658 18,154 18,790 18,883
  NSF 20,003 20,540 16,783 14,761 18,563 18,567 16,267 18,195 20,923 20,505
  USDA 10,750 9,100 8,113 7,980 8,822 6,461 11,219 11,923 11,005 9,453
  Other 25,986 24,507 21,628 22,010 24,495 21,454 24,104 24,524 24,935 28,567

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 2,746 312 2,434 .
2018 2,460 295 2,165 .

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 357 384 374 245 314
    Agricultural sciences 101 93 84 86 91
    Biological and biomedical sciences 44 59 63 18 45
    Computer and information sciences 14 17 17 24 27
    Engineering 61 57 61 37 46
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 64 82 78 59 67
    Health sciences 5 5 6 2 2
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 16 17 16 7 11
    Physical sciences 32 33 32 5 16
    Psychology 10 9 8 1 0
    Social sciences 3 5 5 4 6
    Other 6 7 4 0 3

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 13,000 0 0 15,810 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 6,660 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 9,150 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,000 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 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

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 22,500 1,290 1,200 36,050 2,870
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 1,290 1,200 35,650 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 22,500 0 0 400 2,870
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 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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