U. Notre Dame

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 71 84.9 459 100 89.4 925
2023 73 84.4 459 98 85.8 679 97 89.6 911 117 80.9 602
2022 73 84.4 457 97 86 680 101 89 900
2021 75 83.6 447 91 87.1 691 106 88.5 908 117 80.3 583
2020 80 82.6 450 89 87.5 698 108 88.4 916
2019 80 82.5 447 96 86.5 697 102 89 914 112 81.3 589
2018 70 84 428 100 86 700 103 88.9 911
2017 79 81.8 425 101 85.5 684 100 89.1 898 114 80.5 575
2016 90 79.5 430 112 84.2 697 103 88.7 896
2015 76 82.5 426 115 83.7 693 105 88.5 898 129 77.7 570
2014 113 83.9 688
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

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 275 270 285 240 237 240 274 238 214 243
  Science and engineering 222 229 242 193 176 181 210 186 156 188
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . 1 1 1 1 . 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . 1 1 1 1 . 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 31 29 26 27 16 33 43 21 21 35
      Biochemistry and biophysics 10 8 5 7 3 10 15 5 3 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 6 6 11 8 2 8 2 1 3 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 1 . 1 2 2 . 1 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 1 . . 2 1 2 . 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 5 . 4 3 4 9 3 9 6
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . 1 . . . 1 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 3 2 3 1 2 3 5 2 1 5
      Molecular biology 5 4 2 4 . 1 2 3 . .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 . 1 . . . . 1 . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 3 1 1 3 2 6 2 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 . 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2
    Computer and information sciences 10 5 11 10 11 15 14 11 14 10
      Computer science 7 5 8 9 11 15 14 11 14 10
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 . 3 1 . . . . . .
    Engineering 73 72 88 52 57 46 52 53 51 61
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 5 12 5 8 3 8 9 7 9
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4 6 3 1 6 4 4 3 4 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 13 22 20 3 9 11 10 13 8 16
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 7 14 7 8 7 5 10 8 5
      Electrical and computer engineering 26 21 29 20 20 12 14 15 16 22
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . 1 1 . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 1 1 2 1 . 1 2 . . 1
      Mechanical engineering 5 6 5 10 2 6 8 3 7 5
      Engineering, other 5 4 3 4 3 2 1 . 1 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 6 . 6 5 4 2 . 3 4
      Geological sciences 2 3 . 5 3 3 2 . 2 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 3 . 1 2 1 . . 1 .
    Health sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Health sciences, other . . . . . . . . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 22 22 22 13 18 8 10 9 8 12
      Applied mathematics 3 8 7 3 1 2 1 3 1 3
      Mathematics 2 1 3 3 2 2 5 5 2 6
      Statistics 4 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 13 8 7 5 14 3 3 . 5 2
    Physical sciences 46 44 43 44 32 34 42 51 35 27
      Astronomy and astrophysics 6 5 2 5 2 3 . 2 1 1
      Chemistry 31 29 26 26 15 22 28 30 24 17
      Physics 9 10 15 13 15 9 14 19 10 9
    Psychology 8 14 18 9 9 15 14 15 6 9
      Clinical psychology 3 5 6 4 2 4 1 5 2 2
      Research and experimental psychology 3 7 7 4 5 11 12 10 2 7
      Psychology, other 2 2 5 1 2 . 1 . 2 .
    Social sciences 29 36 34 31 27 25 32 26 17 30
      Anthropology 2 6 6 1 5 1 . . . .
      Economics 6 8 6 5 4 4 5 2 1 9
      Political science and government 8 14 8 10 11 10 17 14 10 12
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 6 6 6 5 7 10 7 5 8
      Social sciences, other 7 2 8 9 2 3 . 3 1 1
  Non-science and engineering 53 41 43 47 61 59 64 52 58 55
    Business . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Business . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Humanities and arts 53 41 43 47 61 59 63 52 57 55
      Letters 12 4 10 11 10 9 9 14 13 14
      Foreign languages and literature 3 1 1 . 3 4 3 2 1 3
      History 21 9 7 7 15 15 15 14 14 13
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 7 8 8 9 7 19 13 14 14
      Music and performing arts 1 3 1 . 3 1 1 . . 1
      Humanities and arts, other 10 17 16 21 21 23 16 9 15 10
    Other non-science and engineering . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . . . . . . 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 989 973 982 896 890 902 843 813 840 823
    Female 682 681 665 628 630 596 585 569 536 531
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 871 912 954 935 906 898 898 891 901 849
    Hispanic or Latino 124 130 120 104 89 89 82 82 69 66
    Not Hispanic or Latino 747 776 829 827 811 802 805 794 814 754
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
      Asian 60 53 52 53 60 49 47 47 44 39
      Black or African American 36 30 30 31 25 24 21 21 21 17
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 614 656 710 702 682 691 693 687 717 669
      More than one race 32 37 37 41 44 38 43 38 31 28
    Unknown ethnicity and race 0 6 5 4 6 7 11 15 18 29
  Temporary visa holders 800 742 693 589 614 600 530 491 475 505
  Science and engineering 1,671 1,654 1,647 1,524 1,520 1,498 1,428 1,354 1,355 1,326
    Science 969 967 960 909 921 904 893 841 851 822
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 399 379 375 365 192 199 207 122 125 128
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 118 119 123 118 116 110 105 92 84 77
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 111 128 107 80 99 102 105 77 102 98
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 127 122 111 102 265 249 225 284 288 280
      Psychology 53 57 67 69 71 69 77 81 75 69
      Social sciences 161 162 177 175 178 175 174 185 177 170
    Engineering 702 687 687 615 599 594 535 513 504 504
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 1 0 3 2 1 1 97 101 96
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 34 31 27 21 24 21 21 24 22 19
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 102 111 118 100 91 87 85 69 74 85
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 98 99 98 100 86 93 95 91 88 85
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 264 240 229 214 221 238 231 232 219 219
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 116 129 137 132 119 109 102 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 28 28 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 57 48 56 43 56 45 0 0 0 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 21 28
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 21 28
    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

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 50 47 62 72 75 59 8 8 5 8
    Female 29 30 29 29 33 26 5 6 2 4
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 67 68 75 85 94 79 10 12 6 11
    Hispanic or Latino 7 9 7 10 10 5 0 0 0 2
    Not Hispanic or Latino 60 58 67 74 82 74 10 12 6 8
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Asian 11 13 16 15 18 12 1 1 0 0
      Black or African American 0 2 2 1 4 2 2 2 1 2
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 47 38 44 55 57 55 7 9 5 5
      More than one race 2 5 5 3 3 5 0 0 0 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
  Temporary visa holders 12 9 16 16 14 6 3 2 1 1
  Science and engineering 79 77 91 101 108 85 13 14 7 11
    Science 67 71 81 89 98 78 7 8 5 7
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 2
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 3 3 4 5 1 1 3 2 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 58 63 71 78 90 73 2 1 1 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2
      Psychology 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
      Social sciences 4 3 3 5 1 2 2 3 2 3
    Engineering 12 6 10 12 10 7 6 6 2 4
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      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 2 1 2 2 4 1 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 9 2 8 10 6 2 5 4 2 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 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 0 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
    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

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 514 511 436 427 416 429 407 414 408 393
  Science and engineering 514 511 436 427 416 429 407 414 408 393
    Science 212 228 190 189 176 183 186 186 198 177
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 126 132 105 111 40 41 51 28 38 34
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8 16 18 20 12 20 12 8 11 8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 4 2 0 2 6 3 7 7 6
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 50 48 47 48 108 93 94 115 120 109
      Psychology 11 10 10 5 9 12 15 19 19 15
      Social sciences 16 18 8 5 5 11 11 9 3 5
    Engineering 302 283 246 238 240 246 221 228 210 216
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 39 37 32
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 18 17 12 10 10 6 8 6 8 7
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 59 60 47 53 38 42 28 32 30 27
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 40 36 42 39 46 49 47 33 32 36
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 103 88 77 79 92 96 97 118 103 114
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 65 70 63 57 53 53 41 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 15 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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 1,671 1,654 1,647 1,524 1,520 1,498 1,428 1,382 1,376 1,354
  Fellowships 406 433 541 210 419 432 396 294 287 257
    Federal 88 89 71 32 65 82 79 68 67 59
    Institutional 302 334 452 170 325 338 305 214 205 180
    Nonfederal 16 10 18 8 29 12 12 12 15 18
  Research assistantships 767 711 699 718 634 619 629 640 679 672
    Federal 423 409 364 384 342 343 321 346 337 331
    Institutional 273 253 292 282 252 235 249 230 268 280
    Nonfederal 71 49 43 52 40 41 59 64 74 61
  Teaching assistantships 349 330 330 413 311 319 271 283 271 288
    Federal 0 4 1 8 6 4 1 0 4 3
    Institutional 345 325 325 402 304 308 255 283 260 272
    Nonfederal 4 1 4 3 1 7 15 0 7 13
  Other types of support 149 180 77 183 156 128 132 165 139 137
    Federal 3 9 0 3 3 0 6 0 0 0
    Institutional 3 89 0 0 0 0 0 103 91 92
    Nonfederal 10 0 0 1 12 8 10 0 0 3
    Personal resources 133 82 77 179 141 120 116 62 48 42

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 130 144 139 149 142 34 64 150 122 170
    Science 73 86 86 92 88 21 35 92 84 115
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 25 32 29 27 29 17 10 18 19 34
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 6 5 8 5 2 1 4 4 3 5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 3 2 5 4 0 0 5 2 5
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 34 35 33 36 40 0 15 48 53 63
      Psychology 2 4 4 8 4 1 1 7 3 6
      Social sciences 4 7 10 10 9 2 5 6 4 2
    Engineering 57 58 53 57 54 13 29 58 38 55
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 16 11 12 16 10 3 0 21 11 15
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 19 15 13 21 15 2 2 15 13 11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 11 14 15 12 14 4 4 10 7 18
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 11 18 13 8 15 4 3 12 7 11
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 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 0 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
    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

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 72 84 77 85 77 20 37 83 69 89
  Science and engineering 72 84 77 85 77 20 37 83 69 89
    Science 41 50 46 50 50 14 24 56 47 58
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 17 21 22 17 20 13 8 9 9 13
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 2 3 2 0 1 3 4 2 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 4
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 22 24 20 28 28 0 13 34 32 35
      Psychology 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 3
      Social sciences 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 31 34 31 35 27 6 13 27 22 31
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8 8 7 7 3 2 0 9 5 10
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 5 5 12 9 0 1 8 4 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 9 11 13 10 9 4 4 8 7 12
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 6 10 6 6 6 0 1 2 6 5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 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 0 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 345,791 331,943 280,604 240,324 227,535 240,078 219,993 212,823 202,216 190,954
    Science 180,549 163,312 138,267 123,816 116,337 121,992 113,226 108,997 105,233 103,913
      Computer and information sciences 29,582 23,170 15,067 13,961 14,904 16,400 14,217 11,524 9,309 7,817
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,768
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,768
      Life sciences 38,405 35,232 35,522 29,599 27,750 27,517 27,327 28,427 28,458 26,987
        Agricultural sciences 375 282 252 222 424 993 1,405 1,340 993 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 37,751 34,922 35,115 29,214 27,095 26,385 25,857 26,885 27,149 26,597
        Health sciences 279 28 155 163 231 139 65 202 316 390
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4,682 5,775 5,031 4,751 5,257 5,663 4,930 4,343 4,419 4,081
      Physical sciences 67,158 59,388 47,516 47,332 44,855 45,062 42,506 41,291 41,411 39,464
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 37,700 34,516 29,610 30,859 29,216 28,342 26,254 26,177 25,089 23,201
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 29,444 24,872 17,906 16,473 15,639 16,720 16,252 15,114 16,322 16,263
        Physical sciences nec 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,880 6,586 5,922 4,454 5,450 4,887 4,863 5,577 5,995 5,769
      Social sciences 16,952 16,096 12,729 10,334 8,860 9,450 9,494 7,673 7,097 8,421
        Anthropology 1,504 629 196 154 407 467 637 540 484 0
        Economics 6,312 5,694 4,801 5,222 3,768 3,611 2,652 2,322 1,749 1,445
        Political science and government 5,309 5,228 5,061 3,902 3,672 3,942 4,279 3,149 2,709 3,454
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,578 1,521 934 413 441 882 1,644 1,457 1,620 1,151
        Social sciences nec 2,249 3,024 1,737 643 572 548 282 205 535 2,371
      Sciences nec 16,890 17,065 16,480 13,385 9,261 13,013 9,889 10,162 8,544 9,606
    Engineering 107,700 113,853 103,773 90,572 84,478 89,702 77,243 75,064 69,954 67,235
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 43,019 49,774 42,915 35,176 31,277 35,548 30,038 25,858 24,224 21,603
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 21,711 20,386 18,892 18,988 14,730 12,652 11,500 11,538 10,250 9,683
      Civil engineering 15,682 17,933 15,644 13,987 14,901 14,986 12,221 10,512 10,169 9,073
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 25,765 24,428 25,114 21,743 22,234 23,508 19,037 22,142 20,628 20,650
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 10 24 13 3 52 783 3,061 3,093 3,169 3,364
      Engineering nec 1,513 1,308 1,195 675 1,284 2,225 1,386 1,921 1,514 2,862
    Non-S&E 57,542 54,778 38,564 25,936 26,720 28,384 29,524 28,762 27,029 19,806
      Business management and business administration 8,902 6,220 4,630 4,604 6,139 6,923 5,748 5,829 6,190 3,290
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
      Education 54 75 36 56 53 58 0 0 0 0
      Humanities 10,171 9,657 7,194 4,403 6,020 9,759 12,523 15,497 13,844 9,627
      Law 2,931 3,013 1,777 215 586 552 311 268 946 941
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 893 835 763 266 476 608 842 1,068 1,021 1,493
      Non-S&E nec 34,591 34,978 24,164 16,392 13,446 10,484 10,100 6,100 5,028 4,441

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 345,791 144,327 509 128,586 15,060 27,031 30,278
    Science 180,549 82,120 330 62,657 1,795 15,813 17,834
      Computer and information sciences 29,582 11,299 82 12,143 447 4,069 1,542
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 38,405 14,549 242 11,437 794 7,395 3,988
        Agricultural sciences 375 0 0 324 0 0 51
        Biological and biomedical sciences 37,751 14,457 242 11,044 794 7,395 3,819
        Health sciences 279 92 0 69 0 0 118
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4,682 2,223 0 1,803 72 245 339
      Physical sciences 67,158 42,059 0 22,710 211 846 1,332
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 37,700 24,945 0 11,857 83 196 619
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 29,444 17,114 0 10,839 128 650 713
        Physical sciences nec 14 0 0 14 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,880 5,054 0 1,650 4 27 145
      Social sciences 16,952 3,419 6 6,156 63 2,643 4,665
        Anthropology 1,504 1,113 0 259 0 47 85
        Economics 6,312 391 0 2,284 62 1,406 2,169
        Political science and government 5,309 1,504 0 1,650 1 752 1,402
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,578 146 0 871 0 339 222
        Social sciences nec 2,249 265 6 1,092 0 99 787
      Sciences nec 16,890 3,517 0 6,758 204 588 5,823
    Engineering 107,700 49,799 179 40,636 10,965 2,136 3,985
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 43,019 16,289 0 16,721 9,443 91 475
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 21,711 7,735 17 10,723 811 1,361 1,064
      Civil engineering 15,682 8,873 162 5,306 339 91 911
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 25,765 16,015 0 7,449 372 593 1,336
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 10 0 0 10 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,513 887 0 427 0 0 199
    Non-S&E 57,542 12,408 0 25,293 2,300 9,082 8,459
      Business management and business administration 8,902 39 0 4,975 74 120 3,694
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 54 0 0 0 0 0 54
      Humanities 10,171 165 0 5,212 3 2,622 2,169
      Law 2,931 215 0 1,936 0 450 330
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 893 0 0 527 0 234 132
      Non-S&E nec 34,591 11,989 0 12,643 2,223 5,656 2,080

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 144,327 147,985 124,411 109,891 104,030 106,411 96,182 91,787 87,129 83,710
  DOD 32,397 35,688 34,222 28,768 26,047 24,399 20,296 24,039 19,713 20,281
  DOE 16,564 15,960 15,024 13,369 14,028 14,122 13,743 12,619 13,181 13,372
  HHS 30,455 31,968 29,289 27,114 25,188 27,117 22,784 21,058 21,089 20,877
  NASA 2,814 4,448 1,667 1,265 1,016 830 1,007 1,375 1,461 1,472
  NSF 41,900 41,477 32,276 28,682 27,578 28,416 27,410 27,018 26,711 23,004
  USDA 1,370 1,212 976 429 272 228 516 605 567 473
  Other 18,827 17,232 10,957 10,264 9,901 11,299 10,426 5,073 4,407 4,231

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 3,566 379 3,187 .
2018 3,566 380 3,186 .

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 633 621 619 578 486
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 133 130 111 107 208
    Computer and information sciences 2 2 2 1 2
    Engineering 227 227 221 206 182
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 7 7 7 7 0
    Health sciences 31 28 28 16 0
    Mathematics and statistics 25 25 25 20 18
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 175 178 195 201 60
    Psychology 23 14 15 13 10
    Social sciences 11 11 16 6 6
    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

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 0 82,435 0 5,057 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 20,689 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 32,838 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 748 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 26,298 0 5,057 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 1,172 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 690 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 4,770 14,623 7,532 12,981 30,008
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 2,180 3,056 4,815 0 715
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 1,050 1,916 2,717 3,903 24,964
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 357
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 1,540 9,651 0 9,078 3,972
    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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