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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 97 86 679 56 90.9 602 76 91.9 914
2022 103 85.1 680 73 92.1 900
2021 104 85.2 691 60 90 583 74 92 908
2020 94 86.8 698 72 92.3 916
2019 112 84.2 697 64 89.4 589 81 91.3 914
2018 117 83.6 700 83 91.1 911
2017 111 84.1 684 56 90.5 575 85 90.7 898
2016 114 83.9 697 86 90.6 896
2015 104 85.3 693 51 91.3 570 88 90.4 898
2014 97 86.2 688 83 90.9 889
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

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 957 898 837 832 775 755 801 853 935 931
    Female 719 670 617 603 543 482 465 514 574 614
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 866 865 857 898 827 764 785 839 952 1,004
    Hispanic or Latino 82 79 72 70 71 62 67 64 73 55
    Not Hispanic or Latino 754 743 742 789 713 664 681 727 832 883
      American Indian or Alaska Native 17 14 14 16 14 17 21 23 33 30
      Asian 50 51 52 47 35 28 35 35 47 38
      Black or African American 24 22 24 33 37 26 37 38 26 38
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 5
      White 604 609 607 653 587 546 548 586 685 723
      More than one race 58 45 43 38 38 46 39 42 40 49
    Unknown ethnicity and race 30 43 43 39 43 38 37 48 47 66
  Temporary visa holders 810 703 597 537 491 473 481 528 557 541
  Science and engineering 1,626 1,506 1,375 1,357 1,222 1,207 1,203 1,252 1,390 1,418
    Science 1,207 1,180 1,075 1,053 922 887 851 870 1,018 1,061
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 323 314 265 267 237 238 199 158 157 189
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 41 40
      Computer and information sciences 130 94 76 59 53 63 58 64 72 70
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 159 152 152 150 117 109 98 102 127 128
      Mathematics and statistics 52 57 57 46 40 38 39 49 61 64
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 132 118 84 107 125 89 115 31 6 0
      Natural resources and conservation 30 21 25 33 30 12 8 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 155 173 172 159 136 132 116 120 133 141
      Psychology 55 50 60 58 53 63 64 71 132 133
      Social sciences 171 201 184 174 131 143 154 221 276 280
    Engineering 419 326 300 304 300 320 352 382 372 357
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 15 9 3 2 3 13 7 7 28 27
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 39 30 26 21 25 12 16 17 11 12
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 102 87 91 73 71 96 108 115 122 138
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 47 40 35 39 44 40 51 51 38 29
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 102 79 72 94 87 90 94 96 114 107
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 47 34 26 30 34 26 37 52 51 37
      Mechanical engineering 65 44 44 41 35 40 36 26 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
      Other engineering 1 3 3 4 1 3 2 17 7 7
  Health 50 62 79 78 96 30 63 115 119 127
    Clinical medicine 11 15 22 20 32 14 16 39 23 22
    Other health 39 47 57 58 64 16 47 76 96 105

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 424 456 598 584 650 689 694 745 722 748
    Female 242 279 309 281 389 370 376 408 493 448
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 613 684 853 792 842 850 827 917 956 977
    Hispanic or Latino 75 88 100 104 94 89 79 72 69 63
    Not Hispanic or Latino 506 562 705 639 694 707 693 784 806 834
      American Indian or Alaska Native 18 16 19 17 21 12 22 21 24 37
      Asian 36 38 40 40 51 63 56 57 39 35
      Black or African American 39 44 62 51 51 56 45 46 60 63
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 6 4
      White 380 425 534 491 528 537 527 621 638 665
      More than one race 31 39 50 40 41 37 42 36 39 30
    Unknown ethnicity and race 32 34 48 49 54 54 55 61 81 80
  Temporary visa holders 53 51 54 73 197 209 243 236 259 219
  Science and engineering 633 704 882 837 1,024 1,037 1,014 1,095 1,184 1,165
    Science 427 485 653 624 789 815 826 883 966 986
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 28 28 41 39 98 111 92 78 86 69
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 58 59
      Computer and information sciences 25 34 32 17 17 16 15 19 23 26
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 11 16 19 62 72 81 77 71 81
      Mathematics and statistics 28 6 1 2 10 20 26 21 22 15
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 119 137 221 262 281 357 367 51 20 0
      Natural resources and conservation 73 81 148 140 94 25 5 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 4 9 7 61 71 77 70 70 57
      Psychology 14 18 14 16 27 19 29 48 148 172
      Social sciences 120 166 171 122 139 124 134 470 467 503
    Engineering 206 219 229 213 235 222 188 212 218 179
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6 2 0 1 2 4 8 5 22 29
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 7 4 4 5 10 9 4 4 4
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 39 33 43 57 74 74 53 64 62 38
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 75 81 89 72 57 42 13 24 33 31
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 36 52 48 41 52 43 60 62 57 38
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 39 33 28 11 20 26 20 21 25 27
      Mechanical engineering 8 10 12 20 18 16 15 13 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
      Other engineering 1 1 5 6 7 7 10 17 14 12
  Health 33 31 25 28 15 22 56 58 31 31
    Clinical medicine 22 22 14 18 15 16 24 11 8 9
    Other health 11 9 11 10 0 6 32 47 23 22

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 305 256 252 245 260 251 160 188 214 226
  Science and engineering 294 242 235 230 227 247 147 187 204 224
    Science 220 187 176 176 172 190 93 117 142 140
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 72 49 41 46 89 118 28 32 40 45
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 16 7 7 1 2 1 6 11 8 12
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 80 67 68 64 40 30 23 26 41 29
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 6 2 4 4 4 7 3 3 0
      Natural resources and conservation 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 35 42 40 35 21 16 17 17 19 20
      Psychology 4 1 5 8 3 10 9 9 9 9
      Social sciences 7 12 8 14 9 8 3 15 18 20
    Engineering 74 55 59 54 55 57 54 70 62 84
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 10 7 1 1 2 0 2 6 4 5
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 22 21 25 12 11 10 9 11 13 32
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 5 4 2 2 4 6 13 8 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 19 12 18 23 20 31 26 34 30 36
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 7 1 3 7 8 4 5 2 4 4
      Mechanical engineering 9 7 8 9 10 2 6 3 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 1 1 0 1 0 0
  Health 11 14 17 15 33 4 13 1 10 2
    Clinical medicine 5 4 6 5 5 3 3 1 1 0
    Other health 6 10 11 10 28 1 10 0 9 2

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 1,676 1,568 1,454 1,435 1,318 1,237 1,266 1,367 1,509 1,545
  Fellowships 30 16 10 14 21 15 13 18 2 1
    Federal 19 12 8 11 20 14 11 12 0 1
    Institutional 8 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 0 0
    Nonfederal 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 0
  Research assistantships 872 789 705 656 608 565 504 515 631 601
    Federal 286 240 238 228 237 235 143 176 214 223
    Institutional 422 392 303 337 284 247 280 235 297 232
    Nonfederal 164 157 164 91 87 83 81 104 120 146
  Teaching assistantships 500 523 504 506 419 408 420 476 461 492
    Federal 0 4 6 6 3 1 0 0 0 2
    Institutional 499 517 494 500 416 407 420 476 461 475
    Nonfederal 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
  Other types of support 274 240 235 259 270 249 329 358 415 451
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0
    Institutional 0 2 0 10 28 13 39 25 0 3
    Nonfederal 1 7 16 5 0 0 0 53 0 0
    Personal resources 273 231 219 244 242 235 284 280 415 448

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 162 157 161 160 181 174 169 166 164 176
    Science 132 123 127 125 143 140 139 138 131 140
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 55 45 61 47 55 45 60 53 59 65
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 21 26 33 29 32 37 26 24 18 25
      Mathematics and statistics 8 10 0 7 8 7 7 7 7 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 3 2 1 2 3 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 34 31 14 25 28 34 35 37 37 43
      Psychology 0 1 3 3 1 2 1 3 0 2
      Social sciences 11 8 11 9 15 8 7 11 9 4
    Engineering 30 34 34 35 38 34 30 28 33 36
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 3
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 4 6 6 4 3 2 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 14 7 9 11 10 9 7 12 11 12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 8 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 12
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 6 10 5 9 15 10 11 9 11 8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
      Mechanical engineering 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 58 55 51 55 45 52 85 70 52 58
    Clinical medicine 50 50 46 52 39 37 62 52 30 39
    Other health 8 5 5 3 6 15 23 18 22 19

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 111 103 99 118 129 108 123 125 116 139
  Science and engineering 79 77 80 95 104 92 79 88 82 111
    Science 68 56 63 77 89 78 73 79 74 98
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 36 25 34 27 32 19 29 40 41 57
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 1 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 14 19 19 23 27 30 20 18 12 13
      Mathematics and statistics 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 13 4 6 19 20 21 18 16 17 24
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 3 4 4 6 9 6 6 5 4 4
    Engineering 11 21 17 18 15 14 6 9 8 13
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 5 3 2 1 2 0 5 1 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 7 5 7 11 8 5 2 4 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
      Mechanical engineering 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 32 26 19 23 25 16 44 37 34 28
    Clinical medicine 29 25 19 23 21 13 37 30 20 20
    Other health 3 1 0 0 4 3 7 7 14 8

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 436,964 408,656 380,048 362,209 302,679 283,638 272,239 259,998 242,367 253,344
    Science 315,443 309,840 294,273 300,981 256,806 239,570 225,787 215,304 201,406 201,598
      Computer and information sciences 9,628 6,637 4,661 3,019 1,752 2,845 2,699 2,838 1,547 3,648
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 83,345 89,076 91,101 84,812 71,836 63,159 47,554 44,835 41,808 39,406
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 71,803 78,348 81,571 75,531 64,194 53,476 36,864 35,502 32,193 28,490
        Geological and earth sciences 11,495 10,728 9,530 9,281 7,642 9,683 10,690 9,333 9,615 10,916
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 174,395 176,123 165,745 164,967 148,621 140,602 145,939 140,303 127,529 137,027
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 42,895 50,190 48,670 43,605 37,322 35,948 34,748 38,754 40,209 44,849
        Health sciences 130,968 125,256 116,506 119,319 107,128 98,313 106,024 92,600 79,152 85,734
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 532 677 569 2,043 4,171 6,341 5,167 8,949 8,168 6,444
      Mathematics and statistics 2,621 2,495 2,274 2,018 477 377 309 224 440 538
      Physical sciences 21,859 18,730 16,497 18,739 15,362 14,899 12,061 11,711 12,856 12,972
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 12,341 10,525 10,051 12,342 11,836 10,818 8,491 7,971 8,304 7,787
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 9,518 8,205 6,446 6,397 3,526 4,081 3,570 3,740 4,552 5,185
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 5,725 3,077 2,599 1,608 1,395 1,351 1,137 1,281 1,733 1,116
      Social sciences 17,870 13,702 11,396 25,818 17,363 16,337 16,088 14,112 15,493 6,891
        Anthropology 4,458 2,608 2,253 3,952 3,365 2,732 1,901 657 0 0
        Economics 1,560 1,522 1,353 2,244 555 1,442 942 903 666 617
        Political science and government 4,803 2,828 2,654 2,269 2,241 2,687 3,126 3,212 2,758 2,539
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,290 401 134 326 69 0 0 10 525 706
        Social sciences nec 5,759 6,343 5,002 17,027 11,133 9,476 10,119 9,330 11,544 3,029
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 58,746 44,727 39,785 36,643 26,569 23,293 24,840 24,935 26,162 25,506
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9,461 6,991 5,873 5,362 3,988 2,152 1,999 1,853 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5,412 3,450 2,879 3,079 1,353 1,030 562 209 0 0
      Chemical engineering 6,805 5,241 4,148 3,174 1,458 1,538 2,548 3,479 11,835 10,360
      Civil engineering 8,683 6,452 5,747 6,323 4,923 5,627 7,469 6,051 5,813 4,897
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 19,470 15,798 14,186 12,454 8,215 7,387 6,913 6,902 5,304 6,250
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,116 1,357 1,728 1,614 964 824 772 374 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,704 1,978
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 6,799 5,438 5,224 4,637 5,668 4,735 4,577 6,067 1,506 2,021
    Non-S&E 62,775 54,089 45,990 24,585 19,304 20,775 21,612 19,759 14,799 26,240
      Business management and business administration 11,976 12,573 11,021 543 544 355 1,517 315 219 0
      Communication and communications technologies 2,157 1,228 1,242 1,636 849 1,156 1,326 1,331 1,243 1,946
      Education 19,608 18,284 17,156 1,469 1,025 991 1,053 340 494 13,249
      Humanities 5,551 2,845 395 131 449 953 1,326 1,873 1,280 604
      Law 1,746 289 49 53 53 12 25 24 0 63
      Social work 2,016 1,163 1,076 415 96 592 469 186 44 83
      Visual and performing arts 4,466 958 702 606 196 161 227 12 97 35
      Non-S&E nec 15,255 16,749 14,349 19,732 16,092 16,555 15,669 15,678 11,422 10,260

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 436,964 219,964 22,816 169,611 12,753 10,096 1,724
    Science 315,443 175,165 19,912 99,064 10,783 9,535 984
      Computer and information sciences 9,628 5,640 0 3,254 590 0 144
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 83,345 64,382 661 15,847 1,008 777 670
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 71,803 61,619 11 8,331 713 641 488
        Geological and earth sciences 11,495 2,739 650 7,493 295 136 182
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 47 24 0 23 0 0 0
      Life sciences 174,395 85,141 17,198 55,382 8,974 7,688 12
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 42,895 25,405 1,777 13,414 587 1,711 1
        Health sciences 130,968 59,736 15,421 41,436 8,387 5,977 11
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 532 0 0 532 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2,621 546 0 2,011 0 64 0
      Physical sciences 21,859 11,345 148 9,721 202 443 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 12,341 7,361 148 4,720 0 112 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 9,518 3,984 0 5,001 202 331 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 5,725 3,332 71 2,298 9 15 0
      Social sciences 17,870 4,779 1,834 10,551 0 548 158
        Anthropology 4,458 1,916 70 2,327 0 128 17
        Economics 1,560 3 29 1,431 0 94 3
        Political science and government 4,803 2,455 0 2,120 0 93 135
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,290 11 237 817 0 222 3
        Social sciences nec 5,759 394 1,498 3,856 0 11 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 58,746 30,388 2,233 23,018 1,970 422 715
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9,461 4,117 70 5,159 115 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5,412 2,749 384 2,265 10 4 0
      Chemical engineering 6,805 2,787 31 3,213 535 75 164
      Civil engineering 8,683 4,774 1,107 2,563 90 149 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 19,470 12,822 641 4,917 613 134 343
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,116 543 0 1,434 0 0 139
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 6,799 2,596 0 3,467 607 60 69
    Non-S&E 62,775 14,411 671 47,529 0 139 25
      Business management and business administration 11,976 174 0 11,802 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 2,157 140 0 2,017 0 0 0
      Education 19,608 12,463 172 6,933 0 40 0
      Humanities 5,551 15 0 5,463 0 73 0
      Law 1,746 0 0 1,746 0 0 0
      Social work 2,016 432 496 1,085 0 3 0
      Visual and performing arts 4,466 6 3 4,457 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 15,255 1,181 0 14,026 0 23 25

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 219,964 210,994 193,639 183,728 164,855 149,317 133,177 134,772 127,709 118,925
  DOD 17,814 14,075 9,113 9,809 8,387 6,806 4,775 6,180 6,751 5,911
  DOE 9,640 7,212 7,286 5,658 4,549 3,896 4,792 8,400 9,000 6,043
  HHS 92,264 85,136 79,772 73,735 70,271 65,703 66,815 64,990 61,376 64,971
  NASA 27,360 37,076 37,080 33,581 26,364 18,200 3,422 3,764 3,309 2,964
  NSF 23,986 19,652 13,514 12,520 14,257 14,488 14,983 13,882 14,260 12,367
  USDA 840 814 1,222 1,354 1,367 1,614 1,149 850 704 361
  Other 48,060 47,029 45,652 47,071 39,660 38,610 37,241 36,706 32,309 26,308

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 3,320 690 2,630 .
2018 3,306 679 2,627 .
2017 3,277 697 2,580 .

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 1,393 1,207 1,368 1,504 1,548
    Agricultural sciences 29 29 30 95 93
    Biological and biomedical sciences 490 399 585 649 685
    Computer and information sciences 14 12 7 6 7
    Engineering 247 201 183 190 179
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 313 312 309 325 324
    Health sciences 76 45 49 47 58
    Mathematics and statistics 4 7 7 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 10 9 9 0 0
    Physical sciences 147 133 132 136 128
    Psychology 17 18 16 2 19
    Social sciences 45 42 40 54 56
    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 80,620 5,698 . 69,838 14,972
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 . 45,062 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 80,620 5,698 . 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 . 24,776 14,972

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 2,250 8,500 20,000 27,500 142,552
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 5,000 3,000 6,000
    Biological and biomedical sciences 1,000 8,500 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 500 0 0 15,000 28,677
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 15,000 9,500 107,875
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 750 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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