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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
2022 103 85.1 680 72 92.1 890
2021 104 85.2 691 60 90 583 74 92 907
2020 94 86.8 697 72 92.3 915
2019 112 84.2 696 64 89.4 589 81 91.3 913
2018 117 83.5 698 83 91.1 910
2017 111 84.1 684 56 90.5 575 85 90.7 897
2016 114 83.9 697 86 90.6 895
2015 104 85.3 693 51 91.3 570 88 90.4 897
2014 97 86.2 688 83 90.8 887
2013 98 82.7 555 52 91.4 588 82 90.9 884
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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All full-time students 1,568 1,454 1,435 1,318 1,237 1,266 1,367 1,509 1,545 1,486
    Male 898 837 832 775 755 801 853 935 931 870
    Female 670 617 603 543 482 465 514 574 614 616
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 865 857 898 827 764 785 839 952 1,004 1,010
    Hispanic or Latino 79 72 70 71 62 67 64 73 55 45
    Not Hispanic or Latino 743 742 789 713 664 681 727 832 883 896
      American Indian or Alaska Native 14 14 16 14 17 21 23 33 30 29
      Asian 51 52 47 35 28 35 35 47 38 39
      Black or African American 22 24 33 37 26 37 38 26 38 41
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 5 3
      White 609 607 653 587 546 548 586 685 723 747
      More than one race 45 43 38 38 46 39 42 40 49 37
    Unknown ethnicity and race 43 43 39 43 38 37 48 47 66 69
  Temporary visa holders 703 597 537 491 473 481 528 557 541 476
  Science and engineering 1,506 1,375 1,357 1,222 1,207 1,203 1,252 1,390 1,418 1,372
    Science 1,180 1,075 1,053 922 887 851 870 1,018 1,061 1,074
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 314 265 267 237 238 199 158 157 189 183
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 41 40 55
      Computer and information sciences 94 76 59 53 63 58 64 72 70 46
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 152 152 150 117 109 98 102 127 128 136
      Mathematics and statistics 57 57 46 40 38 39 49 61 64 61
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 118 84 107 125 89 115 31 6 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 21 25 33 30 12 8 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 13 16 12
      Physical sciences 173 172 159 136 132 116 120 133 141 119
      Psychology 50 60 58 53 63 64 71 132 133 155
      Social sciences 201 184 174 131 143 154 221 276 280 307
    Engineering 326 300 304 300 320 352 382 372 357 298
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 3 2 3 13 7 7 28 27 38
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 30 26 21 25 12 16 17 11 12 10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 87 91 73 71 96 108 115 122 138 98
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 40 35 39 44 40 51 51 38 29 37
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 79 72 94 87 90 94 96 114 107 86
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 34 26 30 34 26 37 52 51 37 22
      Mechanical engineering 44 44 41 35 40 36 26 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
      Other engineering 3 3 4 1 3 2 17 7 7 7
    Health 62 79 78 96 30 63 115 119 127 114
      Clinical medicine 15 22 20 32 14 16 39 23 22 22
      Other health 47 57 58 64 16 47 76 96 105 92

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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All part-time students 735 907 865 1,039 1,059 1,070 1,153 1,215 1,196 1,306
    Male 456 598 584 650 689 694 745 722 748 842
    Female 279 309 281 389 370 376 408 493 448 464
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 684 853 792 842 850 827 917 956 977 1,098
    Hispanic or Latino 88 100 104 94 89 79 72 69 63 66
    Not Hispanic or Latino 562 705 639 694 707 693 784 806 834 940
      American Indian or Alaska Native 16 19 17 21 12 22 21 24 37 31
      Asian 38 40 40 51 63 56 57 39 35 34
      Black or African American 44 62 51 51 56 45 46 60 63 73
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 6 4 8
      White 425 534 491 528 537 527 621 638 665 764
      More than one race 39 50 40 41 37 42 36 39 30 30
    Unknown ethnicity and race 34 48 49 54 54 55 61 81 80 92
  Temporary visa holders 51 54 73 197 209 243 236 259 219 208
  Science and engineering 704 882 837 1,024 1,037 1,014 1,095 1,184 1,165 1,259
    Science 485 653 624 789 815 826 883 966 986 1,067
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 28 41 39 98 111 92 78 86 69 86
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 58 59 55
      Computer and information sciences 34 32 17 17 16 15 19 23 26 20
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 11 16 19 62 72 81 77 71 81 81
      Mathematics and statistics 6 1 2 10 20 26 21 22 15 13
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 137 221 262 281 357 367 51 20 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 81 148 140 94 25 5 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3
      Physical sciences 4 9 7 61 71 77 70 70 57 50
      Psychology 18 14 16 27 19 29 48 148 172 124
      Social sciences 166 171 122 139 124 134 470 467 503 635
    Engineering 219 229 213 235 222 188 212 218 179 192
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 0 1 2 4 8 5 22 29 32
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 4 4 5 10 9 4 4 4 7
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 33 43 57 74 74 53 64 62 38 46
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 81 89 72 57 42 13 24 33 31 26
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 52 48 41 52 43 60 62 57 38 45
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 33 28 11 20 26 20 21 25 27 29
      Mechanical engineering 10 12 20 18 16 15 13 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
      Other engineering 1 5 6 7 7 10 17 14 12 7
    Health 31 25 28 15 22 56 58 31 31 47
      Clinical medicine 22 14 18 15 16 24 11 8 9 16
      Other health 9 11 10 0 6 32 47 23 22 31

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: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All surveyed fields 256 252 245 260 251 160 188 214 226 244 0
  Science and engineering 242 235 230 227 247 147 187 204 224 235 0
    Science 187 176 176 172 190 93 117 142 140 169 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 49 41 46 89 118 28 32 40 45 64 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 0
      Computer and information sciences 7 7 1 2 1 6 11 8 12 4 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 67 68 64 40 30 23 26 41 29 34 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 6 2 4 4 4 7 3 3 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 7 0
      Psychology 1 5 8 3 10 9 9 9 9 18 0
      Physical sciences 42 40 35 21 16 17 17 19 20 15 0
      Social sciences 12 8 14 9 8 3 15 18 20 20 0
    Engineering 55 59 54 55 57 54 70 62 84 66 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 2 6 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 1 1 2 0 2 6 4 5 3 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 21 25 12 11 10 9 11 13 32 20 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 4 2 2 4 6 13 8 5 9 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 12 18 23 20 31 26 34 30 36 24 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 3 7 8 4 5 2 4 4 3 0
      Mechanical engineering 7 8 9 10 2 6 3 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
    Health 14 17 15 33 4 13 1 10 2 9 0
      Clinical medicine 4 6 5 5 3 3 1 1 0 6 0
      Other health 10 11 10 28 1 10 0 9 2 3 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: 2022–13
Type and primary source of support 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All types and sources of support 1,568 1,454 1,435 1,318 1,237 1,266 1,367 1,509 1,545 1,486
  Fellowships 16 10 14 21 15 13 18 2 1 24
    Federal 12 8 11 20 14 11 12 0 1 10
    Institutional 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 11
    Nonfederal 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 3
  Research assistantships 789 705 656 608 565 504 515 631 601 601
    Federal 240 238 228 237 235 143 176 214 223 233
    Institutional 392 303 337 284 247 280 235 297 232 257
    Nonfederal 157 164 91 87 83 81 104 120 146 111
  Teaching assistantships 523 504 506 419 408 420 476 461 492 461
    Federal 4 6 6 3 1 0 0 0 2 0
    Institutional 517 494 500 416 407 420 476 461 475 458
    Nonfederal 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3
  Other types of support 240 235 259 270 249 329 358 415 451 400
    Federal 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1
    Institutional 2 0 10 28 13 39 25 0 3 9
    Nonfederal 7 16 5 0 0 0 53 0 0 0
    Personal resources 231 219 244 242 235 284 280 415 448 390

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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  Science and engineering 156 160 159 181 174 169 166 164 176 167
    Science 122 126 124 143 140 139 138 131 140 137
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 45 61 47 55 45 60 53 59 65 60
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 26 33 29 32 37 26 24 18 25 22
      Mathematics and statistics 9 0 7 8 7 7 7 7 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0 3 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 31 14 25 28 34 35 37 37 43 44
      Psychology 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 0 2 1
      Social sciences 8 11 9 15 8 7 11 9 4 9
    Engineering 34 34 35 38 34 30 28 33 36 30
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 3 4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 6 6 4 3 2 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 9 11 10 9 7 12 11 12 7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 12 11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 10 5 9 15 10 11 9 11 8 8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 55 51 55 45 52 85 70 52 58 59
      Clinical medicine 50 46 52 39 37 62 52 30 39 34
      Other health 5 5 3 6 15 23 18 22 19 25

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: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 103 99 118 129 108 123 125 116 139 152
  Science and engineering 77 80 95 104 92 79 88 82 111 114
    Science 56 63 77 89 78 73 79 74 98 100
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 25 34 27 32 19 29 40 41 57 47
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 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 sciences, and ocean sciences 19 19 23 27 30 20 18 12 13 18
      Mathematics and statistics 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 6 19 20 21 18 16 17 24 29
      Social sciences 4 4 6 9 6 6 5 4 4 6
    Engineering 21 17 18 15 14 6 9 8 13 14
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 4 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 3 2 1 2 0 5 1 5 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 7 5 7 11 8 5 2 4 2 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 26 19 23 25 16 44 37 34 28 38
      Clinical medicine 25 19 23 21 13 37 30 20 20 23
      Other health 1 0 0 4 3 7 7 14 8 15

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: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields 408,656 380,048 362,209 302,679 283,638 272,239 259,998 242,367 253,344 255,674
    Science 309,840 294,273 300,981 256,806 239,570 225,787 215,304 201,406 201,598 194,186
      Computer and information sciences 6,637 4,661 3,019 1,752 2,845 2,699 2,838 1,547 3,648 2,734
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 89,076 91,101 84,812 71,836 63,159 47,554 44,835 41,808 39,406 42,065
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 78,348 81,571 75,531 64,194 53,476 36,864 35,502 32,193 28,490 29,395
        Geological and earth sciences 10,728 9,530 9,281 7,642 9,683 10,690 9,333 9,615 10,916 12,670
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 176,123 165,745 164,967 148,621 140,602 145,939 140,303 127,529 137,027 126,391
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 50,190 48,670 43,605 37,322 35,948 34,748 38,754 40,209 44,849 48,113
        Health sciences 125,256 116,506 119,319 107,128 98,313 106,024 92,600 79,152 85,734 73,103
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 677 569 2,043 4,171 6,341 5,167 8,949 8,168 6,444 5,175
      Mathematics and statistics 2,495 2,274 2,018 477 377 309 224 440 538 527
      Physical sciences 18,730 16,497 18,739 15,362 14,899 12,061 11,711 12,856 12,972 13,702
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 10,525 10,051 12,342 11,836 10,818 8,491 7,971 8,304 7,787 8,831
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 8,205 6,446 6,397 3,526 4,081 3,570 3,740 4,552 5,185 4,871
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,077 2,599 1,608 1,395 1,351 1,137 1,281 1,733 1,116 1,476
      Social sciences 13,702 11,396 25,818 17,363 16,337 16,088 14,112 15,493 6,891 7,291
        Anthropology 2,608 2,253 3,952 3,365 2,732 1,901 657 0 0 0
        Economics 1,522 1,353 2,244 555 1,442 942 903 666 617 540
        Political science and government 2,828 2,654 2,269 2,241 2,687 3,126 3,212 2,758 2,539 2,404
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 401 134 326 69 0 0 10 525 706 907
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 6,343 5,002 17,027 11,133 9,476 10,119 9,330 11,544 3,029 3,440
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 44,727 39,785 36,643 26,569 23,293 24,840 24,935 26,162 25,506 26,730
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6,991 5,873 5,362 3,988 2,152 1,999 1,853 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3,450 2,879 3,079 1,353 1,030 562 209 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 5,241 4,148 3,174 1,458 1,538 2,548 3,479 11,835 10,360 9,431
      Civil engineering 6,452 5,747 6,323 4,923 5,627 7,469 6,051 5,813 4,897 5,904
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 15,798 14,186 12,454 8,215 7,387 6,913 6,902 5,304 6,250 6,677
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,357 1,728 1,614 964 824 772 374 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,704 1,978 2,613
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 5,438 5,224 4,637 5,668 4,735 4,577 6,067 1,506 2,021 2,105
    Non-S&E 54,089 45,990 24,585 19,304 20,775 21,612 19,759 14,799 26,240 34,758
      Business management and business administration 12,573 11,021 543 544 355 1,517 315 219 0 828
      Communication and communications technologies 1,228 1,242 1,636 849 1,156 1,326 1,331 1,243 1,946 3,133
      Education 18,284 17,156 1,469 1,025 991 1,053 340 494 13,249 14,520
      Humanities 2,845 395 131 449 953 1,326 1,873 1,280 604 1,465
      Law 289 49 53 53 12 25 24 0 63 0
      Social work 1,163 1,076 415 96 592 469 186 44 83 46
      Visual and performing arts 958 702 606 196 161 227 12 97 35 10
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 16,749 14,349 19,732 16,092 16,555 15,669 15,678 11,422 10,260 14,756

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: 2022
(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 408,656 210,994 26,614 140,592 15,450 11,616 3,390
    Science 309,840 176,671 23,960 84,989 13,623 8,709 1,888
      Computer and information sciences 6,637 4,383 0 2,032 211 0 11
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 89,076 71,650 987 13,721 635 1,078 1,005
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 78,348 69,024 3 7,335 390 907 689
        Geological and earth sciences 10,728 2,626 984 6,386 245 171 316
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 176,123 83,142 21,194 51,359 12,744 7,214 470
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 50,190 29,099 4,419 13,461 831 1,920 460
        Health sciences 125,256 54,008 16,775 37,267 11,912 5,294 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 677 35 0 631 1 0 10
      Mathematics and statistics 2,495 429 0 2,009 0 57 0
      Physical sciences 18,730 11,218 118 7,261 33 96 4
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 10,525 6,981 103 3,341 0 96 4
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 8,205 4,237 15 3,920 33 0 0
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,077 2,506 0 530 0 18 23
      Social sciences 13,702 3,343 1,661 8,077 0 246 375
        Anthropology 2,608 519 68 2,015 0 3 3
        Economics 1,522 65 0 1,371 0 69 17
        Political science and government 2,828 1,700 0 836 0 0 292
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 401 19 82 109 0 128 63
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 6,343 1,040 1,511 3,746 0 46 0
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 44,727 20,850 1,803 18,097 1,827 693 1,457
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6,991 2,449 93 4,112 278 26 33
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3,450 832 307 1,809 73 71 358
      Chemical engineering 5,241 1,905 42 2,709 372 28 185
      Civil engineering 6,452 2,772 687 2,507 60 326 100
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 15,798 10,362 674 3,569 557 133 503
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,357 269 0 1,048 22 18 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 5,438 2,261 0 2,343 465 91 278
    Non-S&E 54,089 13,473 851 37,506 0 2,214 45
      Business management and business administration 12,573 788 253 11,436 0 96 0
      Communication and communications technologies 1,228 101 0 1,127 0 0 0
      Education 18,284 11,371 186 5,968 0 759 0
      Humanities 2,845 5 0 2,725 0 93 22
      Law 289 80 0 184 0 25 0
      Social work 1,163 202 412 549 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 958 55 0 749 0 154 0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 16,749 871 0 14,768 0 1,087 23

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: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Federal Agencies 210,994 193,639 183,728 164,855 149,317 133,177 134,772 127,709 118,925 132,456
  DOD 14,075 9,113 9,809 8,387 6,806 4,775 6,180 6,751 5,911 11,037
  DOE 7,212 7,286 5,658 4,549 3,896 4,792 8,400 9,000 6,043 8,819
  HHS 85,136 79,772 73,735 70,271 65,703 66,815 64,990 61,376 64,971 62,035
  NASA 37,076 37,080 33,581 26,364 18,200 3,422 3,764 3,309 2,964 3,099
  NSF 19,652 13,514 12,520 14,257 14,488 14,983 13,882 14,260 12,367 17,480
  USDA 814 1,222 1,354 1,367 1,614 1,149 850 704 361 467
  Other 47,029 45,652 47,071 39,660 38,610 37,241 36,706 32,309 26,308 29,519

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: 2022–16 [temporarily discontinued]
Year All personnel Principal investigators Other personnel Postdocs
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 3,320 690 2,630 .
2018 3,306 679 2,627 .
2017 3,277 697 2,580 .
2016 3,607 688 2,919 .

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: 2021–12
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field 2021 2019 2017 2015 2013
  All research space 1,207 1,368 1,504 1,548 1,549
    Agricultural sciences 29 30 95 93 66
    Biological and biomedical sciences 399 585 649 685 732
    Computer and information sciences 12 7 6 7 11
    Engineering 201 183 190 179 173
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 312 309 325 324 296
    Health sciences 45 49 47 58 45
    Mathematics and statistics 7 7 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 9 9 0 0 .
    Physical sciences 133 132 136 128 134
    Psychology 18 16 2 19 27
    Social sciences 42 40 54 56 48
    Other 0 0 0 0 18

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: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space . . 69,838 14,972 . 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . 45,062 0 . 0
    Physical sciences . . 24,776 14,972 . 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space 30,000 20,000 27,500 142,552 26,578
    Agricultural sciences 30,000 5,000 3,000 6,000 1,306
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 11,588
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 15,000 28,677 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 15,000 9,500 107,875 13,684
    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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