U. Pittsburgh

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 45 93.6 679
2022 42 94 680
2021 40 94.4 691
2020 39 94.6 698
2019 43 94 697
2018 35 95.2 700
2017 37 94.8 684
2016 39 94.6 697
2015 37 94.8 693
2014 38 94.7 688
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 1,626 1,633 1,617 1,619 1,643 1,780 1,767 1,733 1,784 1,782
    Female 1,743 1,811 1,749 1,600 1,520 1,682 1,528 1,530 1,551 1,593
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,835 1,930 1,989 1,920 1,670 1,826 1,694 1,740 1,726 1,837
    Hispanic or Latino 176 166 175 141 118 114 103 82 79 81
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,594 1,668 1,673 1,638 1,470 1,576 1,455 1,583 1,595 1,698
      American Indian or Alaska Native 4 4 6 6 4 1 2 2 3 5
      Asian 212 207 189 170 139 143 126 141 139 142
      Black or African American 109 99 92 102 87 84 76 79 91 90
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 2
      White 1,190 1,272 1,294 1,280 1,171 1,282 1,188 1,321 1,328 1,432
      More than one race 78 85 89 78 67 64 60 39 33 27
    Unknown ethnicity and race 65 96 141 141 82 136 136 75 52 58
  Temporary visa holders 1,534 1,514 1,377 1,299 1,493 1,636 1,601 1,523 1,609 1,538
  Science and engineering 2,964 2,979 2,883 2,792 2,727 2,961 2,841 2,850 2,929 2,913
    Science 2,290 2,290 2,191 2,109 2,012 2,260 2,098 2,127 2,217 2,205
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 912 907 882 819 721 750 680 540 529 552
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 79 76
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 452 460 383 350 461 514 434 386 442 364
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 31 30 31 29 25 27 24 27 28 30
      Mathematics and statistics 111 105 108 114 115 111 116 110 118 108
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 14 11 2 2 3 5 5 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 309 312 290 303 298 307 295 306 279 290
      Psychology 140 140 132 121 141 145 133 157 149 162
      Social sciences 321 325 363 371 248 401 411 530 593 623
    Engineering 674 689 692 683 715 701 743 723 712 708
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 208 208 196 171 158 140 160 173 177 167
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 58 60 70 79 74 81 99 106 102 84
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 60 71 73 60 83 96 91 103 87 103
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 135 142 134 149 165 158 173 142 121 115
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 48 49 53 55 71 67 72 67 62 86
      Mechanical engineering 103 104 101 111 106 114 103 90 113 104
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 40 39 43 42 44 37 33 34 43 39
      Other engineering 22 16 22 16 14 8 12 8 7 10
    Health 405 465 483 427 436 501 454 413 406 462
      Clinical medicine 119 119 128 128 108 136 93 37 39 32
      Other health 286 346 355 299 328 365 361 376 367 430

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 270 285 288 263 256 272 291 327 345 396
    Female 321 356 348 300 261 238 274 320 302 276
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 546 580 603 512 465 450 503 570 585 590
    Hispanic or Latino 26 24 27 24 16 10 25 19 21 20
    Not Hispanic or Latino 502 530 548 461 428 409 453 519 530 528
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
      Asian 72 60 64 41 38 32 33 43 60 46
      Black or African American 38 32 42 23 17 16 25 23 27 28
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
      White 373 419 424 380 354 346 380 429 425 438
      More than one race 17 19 17 16 18 14 14 23 17 16
    Unknown ethnicity and race 18 26 28 27 21 31 25 32 34 42
  Temporary visa holders 45 61 33 51 52 60 62 77 62 82
  Science and engineering 462 509 503 425 382 378 381 529 505 529
    Science 329 368 358 260 215 192 186 306 279 271
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 108 91 120 90 100 80 70 67 81 83
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 179 214 173 120 69 56 57 60 58 74
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 2 1 2 4 2 3 2 2 1
      Mathematics and statistics 5 12 9 9 10 5 4 5 1 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 5 13 5 7 9 5 1 2 1
      Psychology 8 23 24 22 17 12 17 13 28 35
      Social sciences 20 17 18 12 8 27 30 157 107 74
    Engineering 133 141 145 165 167 186 195 223 226 258
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 17 18 16 11 10 11 11 18 19 11
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 8 6 7 8 12 15 11 15 7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 17 17 22 29 23 26 36 44 38 45
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 26 23 27 26 28 32 28 38 37 44
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 6 8 14 8 15 14 15 10 25
      Mechanical engineering 39 45 47 56 68 63 65 73 81 95
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 14 15 13 14 17 25 21 20 18 21
      Other engineering 11 9 6 8 5 2 5 4 8 10
    Health 129 132 133 138 135 132 184 118 142 143
      Clinical medicine 113 112 111 115 117 105 143 68 83 81
      Other health 16 20 22 23 18 27 41 50 59 62

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 1,151 1,132 1,139 747 678 595 578 784 793 769 0 i
  Science and engineering 1,090 1,042 1,073 673 608 519 505 711 726 706 0 i
    Science 735 681 711 449 349 282 303 497 493 468 0 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences 489 453 449 398 312 249 254 219 221 227 0 i
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 45 46 0 i
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i
      Computer and information sciences 39 42 66 43 37 27 35 50 57 41 0 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 6 7 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 0 i
      Mathematics and statistics 10 12 7 0 0 0 0 13 8 9 0 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i
      Physical sciences 135 120 130 0 0 0 0 121 107 105 0 i
      Psychology 35 32 38 1 0 0 2 28 32 31 0 i
      Social sciences 12 11 13 7 0 6 12 16 15 9 0 i
    Engineering 355 361 362 224 259 237 202 214 233 238 0 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 159 151 136 77 78 74 59 74 86 66 0 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 23 33 40 19 26 23 24 31 33 31 0 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 21 23 28 13 17 16 15 19 20 20 0 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 62 71 83 51 71 63 49 39 35 34 0 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 13 11 12 13 13 12 19 15 14 23 0 i
      Mechanical engineering 47 44 40 36 38 32 24 24 31 39 0 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 19 21 19 10 13 12 9 8 12 15 0 i
      Other engineering 11 7 4 5 3 5 3 4 2 10 0 i
    Health 61 90 66 74 70 76 73 73 67 63 0 i
      Clinical medicine 13 19 10 24 20 16 21 14 9 8 0 i
      Other health 48 71 56 50 50 60 52 59 58 55 0 i

i=imputed

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 3,369 3,444 3,366 3,219 3,163 3,462 3,295 3,263 3,335 3,375
  Fellowships 448 463 454 314 310 435 400 429 449 488
    Federal 166 189 185 210 178 153 159 170 180 179
    Institutional 247 261 246 86 107 274 231 242 257 291
    Nonfederal 35 13 23 18 25 8 10 17 12 18
  Research assistantships 1,202 1,229 1,194 690 684 699 600 800 775 790
    Federal 960 933 934 509 495 433 367 612 595 556
    Institutional 190 198 192 132 129 196 186 152 143 182
    Nonfederal 52 98 68 49 60 70 47 36 37 52
  Teaching assistantships 488 464 446 1,140 1,044 814 841 618 622 555
    Federal 4 0 11 4 1 3 4 0 0 0
    Institutional 483 464 431 1,134 1,043 808 828 617 621 555
    Nonfederal 1 0 4 2 0 3 9 1 1 0
  Other types of support 1,231 1,288 1,272 1,075 1,125 1,514 1,454 1,416 1,489 1,542
    Federal 21 10 9 24 4 6 48 2 18 34
    Institutional 83 80 116 79 18 132 116 173 154 162
    Nonfederal 24 13 21 49 11 22 33 31 25 30
    Personal resources 1,103 1,185 1,126 923 1,092 1,354 1,257 1,210 1,292 1,316

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 266 270 315 303 337 330 334 360 328 315
    Science 211 216 251 250 270 269 278 302 268 271
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 157 164 199 192 202 190 200 190 179 187
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 27 27
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 4 2 0 2 3 1 5 1 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 3 6 5 3 7 6 3 3 2
      Mathematics and statistics 6 5 6 8 10 8 9 7 6 4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 7 4 3 2 2 2 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 28 23 28 29 38 43 40 53 44 42
      Psychology 1 2 4 4 4 7 4 6 5 4
      Social sciences 7 10 4 7 8 11 12 7 3 4
    Engineering 55 54 64 53 67 61 56 58 60 44
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 17 18 13 12 11 10 8 13 17 10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 12 14 19 14 20 19 19 15 17 20
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 10 8 9 7 6 3 1 2 4 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 5 6 2 5 4 6 5 2 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 1 1 2 4 4 4 6 6 2
      Mechanical engineering 11 8 14 14 19 20 18 17 14 7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Other engineering 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
    Health 491 448 433 440 437 388 392 343 336 344
      Clinical medicine 479 434 419 425 405 368 384 312 308 314
      Other health 12 14 14 15 32 20 8 31 28 30

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 513 509 513 539 543 469 524 530 490 480
  Science and engineering 180 194 210 210 217 204 227 274 242 239
    Science 137 154 167 174 180 167 181 221 194 196
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 114 128 142 147 144 123 144 154 140 148
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 21 19
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 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 2 5 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 2
      Mathematics and statistics 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 2 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 17 16 18 18 26 34 25 37 26 21
      Psychology 2 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
    Engineering 43 40 43 36 37 37 46 53 48 43
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 17 18 12 9 6 7 8 13 17 10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 10 9 12 12 13 14 17 15 13 20
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 2 3 3 2 0 0 2 2 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 4 6 2 3 1 3 3 2 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 6 4 2
      Mechanical engineering 7 6 10 10 12 15 14 14 10 7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 333 315 303 329 326 265 297 256 248 241
      Clinical medicine 324 305 291 315 296 249 292 239 226 216
      Other health 9 10 12 14 30 16 5 17 22 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

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