U. Pittsburgh, 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
2024 42 91.1 459
2023 41 91.4 459 32 94.9 602 17 98.3 914
2022 42 91.1 457 16 98.4 900
2021 43 90.7 447 32 94.7 583 18 98.1 908
2020 36 92.3 450 15 98.5 916
2019 48 89.6 447 34 94.4 589 15 98.5 914
2018 39 91.2 428 14 98.6 911
2017 42 90.4 425 24 96 575 16 98.3 898
2016 34 92.4 430 17 98.2 896
2015 40 90.9 426 24 96 570 18 98.1 898
2014 16 98.3 889
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

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 403 430 396 353 420 375 404 386 447 417
  Science and engineering 343 361 329 283 339 287 318 302 343 325
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 1 . . 1 . . 2 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 . . 1 . . 2 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 104 112 94 77 90 67 86 78 101 98
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 4 4 5 5 1 3 4 1 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 10 5 7 2 10 4 3 3 10 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 14 16 15 11 12 16 13 21 14 21
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 12 16 12 18 12 9 15 8 15 20
      Genetics and genomics 9 9 9 2 6 5 6 5 10 3
      Microbiology and immunology 21 19 17 16 13 10 18 12 10 11
      Molecular biology 4 8 4 3 7 5 6 3 9 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 16 16 13 10 9 6 10 14 18 14
      Pharmacology and toxicology 9 3 5 4 6 2 4 3 3 7
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 8 5 3 7 7 6 2 9 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 4 1 . 1 . . . . 1
    Computer and information sciences 22 11 22 15 19 10 23 16 23 17
      Computer science 14 6 11 11 7 3 12 8 11 9
      Computer and information sciences, other 8 5 11 4 12 7 11 8 12 8
    Engineering 70 81 73 57 74 66 79 61 76 68
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 15 18 22 18 19 26 31 17 23 27
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 12 11 9 13 13 7 8 5 10 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 6 12 11 4 9 7 8 7 7 5
      Electrical and computer engineering 14 16 10 10 13 11 15 11 14 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 5 8 9 1 7 6 3 6 4 3
      Materials and mining engineering 10 7 4 4 5 2 5 7 5 7
      Mechanical engineering 6 6 7 7 8 7 6 7 11 8
      Engineering, other 1 3 1 . . . 3 1 2 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 7 5 5 1 6 1 . 4 4
      Geological sciences 4 3 4 5 1 3 1 . 4 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . 4 1 . . 3 . . . .
    Health sciences 39 39 37 34 46 44 41 51 41 47
      Nursing science 4 9 4 5 7 4 3 4 8 4
      Pharmaceutical sciences 10 5 5 3 11 11 6 5 7 10
      Public health 11 8 14 6 11 11 7 15 5 15
      Health sciences, other 14 17 14 20 17 18 25 27 21 18
    Mathematics and statistics 8 25 13 11 15 18 16 22 10 17
      Applied mathematics 1 8 4 . 4 4 4 11 5 2
      Mathematics 2 4 4 2 5 3 3 7 . 8
      Statistics 1 8 . 5 2 4 3 2 2 5
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 5 5 4 4 7 6 2 3 2
    Physical sciences 43 48 34 36 46 35 37 37 32 37
      Astronomy and astrophysics 6 11 7 4 1 5 2 3 1 1
      Chemistry 25 27 20 21 30 19 28 21 21 26
      Physics 12 10 7 11 15 11 7 13 10 10
    Psychology 11 9 12 9 16 21 9 10 20 10
      Clinical psychology 3 3 4 4 7 7 2 2 10 3
      Counseling and applied psychology . 2 . . 2 1 1 . 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 7 3 8 4 6 11 6 8 9 7
      Psychology, other 1 1 . 1 1 2 . . . .
    Social sciences 41 28 39 39 31 20 26 25 35 27
      Anthropology 1 3 7 5 6 3 5 6 3 5
      Economics 12 5 5 11 7 3 6 8 7 8
      Political science and government 7 5 6 7 1 5 2 4 10 5
      Public policy analysis . 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 . 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 5 7 2 2 2 5 3 6 3
      Social sciences, other 18 9 13 13 10 6 6 3 9 4
  Non-science and engineering 60 69 67 70 81 88 86 84 104 92
    Business 4 11 7 4 9 8 12 5 7 10
      Business 4 11 7 4 9 8 12 5 7 10
    Education 9 12 9 13 16 28 18 23 25 17
      Education leadership and administration 3 2 1 . 1 3 1 . 1 3
      Education research 4 9 4 10 10 18 15 15 17 9
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 1 3 1 2 5 2 5 5 5
      Education, other 1 . 1 2 3 2 . 3 2 .
    Humanities and arts 39 32 34 40 47 42 44 43 64 52
      Letters 11 3 8 8 8 6 7 5 10 13
      Foreign languages and literature 7 8 5 2 6 5 5 10 13 10
      History 3 1 2 5 4 6 3 7 7 5
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 6 4 6 10 10 7 6 14 11
      Music and performing arts 6 9 4 11 6 5 7 7 5 7
      Humanities and arts, other 8 5 11 8 13 10 15 8 15 6
    Other non-science and engineering 8 14 17 13 9 10 12 13 8 13
      Communication 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 6 2 3
      Public administration and social services 4 6 8 6 4 6 4 4 5 3
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 5 5 3 2 1 5 3 1 7

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

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 1,398,078 1,251,998 1,135,416 1,105,532 1,080,951 1,006,513 939,706 889,793 861,205 856,806
    Science 1,305,635 1,175,570 1,068,141 1,039,261 1,022,671 950,767 886,397 839,126 815,240 799,659
      Computer and information sciences 12,535 11,763 10,455 9,312 9,734 8,386 9,032 9,268 6,745 6,769
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,409 11,232 9,952 10,875 13,185 12,405 13,116 12,513 13,683 11,831
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,517 2,904 2,242 2,622 2,907 2,212 2,884 2,187 3,959 3,112
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 9,892 8,328 7,710 8,253 10,278 10,193 10,232 10,326 9,724 8,719
      Life sciences 1,205,739 1,082,521 983,251 954,315 935,756 863,086 789,050 747,123 733,926 722,739
        Agricultural sciences 531 456 501 373 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 364,789 353,030 304,345 294,183 294,582 279,951 255,233 237,446 158,883 160,023
        Health sciences 840,307 728,994 678,383 659,733 641,144 583,096 533,779 509,666 541,662 523,245
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 112 41 22 26 30 39 38 11 33,381 39,471
      Mathematics and statistics 5,160 4,042 2,891 4,169 4,442 3,821 3,320 3,241 2,980 3,698
      Physical sciences 33,092 30,591 27,919 27,652 30,196 30,869 32,546 29,135 27,229 27,198
        Astronomy and astrophysics 4,521 4,175 3,695 3,087 3,202 4,033 4,175 3,557 2,825 2,865
        Chemistry 17,599 15,366 15,518 16,058 17,222 17,627 19,075 14,999 13,317 14,565
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 10,972 11,050 8,706 8,507 9,772 9,209 9,296 10,579 11,087 9,768
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 16,409 16,203 16,966 17,680 14,154 15,475 21,224 22,458 16,920 14,337
      Social sciences 5,653 4,587 4,070 4,990 4,662 4,743 5,129 4,174 3,336 4,587
        Anthropology 117 158 66 113 124 184 165 168 0 0
        Economics 573 480 399 353 430 442 835 180 231 557
        Political science and government 1,305 991 893 1,001 1,014 1,606 1,795 2,065 1,479 1,104
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 744 334 271 147 161 76 107 202 538 491
        Social sciences nec 2,914 2,624 2,441 3,376 2,933 2,435 2,227 1,559 1,088 2,435
      Sciences nec 13,638 14,631 12,637 10,268 10,542 11,982 12,980 11,214 10,421 8,500
    Engineering 82,238 65,936 56,681 53,586 46,075 44,995 43,801 41,382 37,093 36,179
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 26,133 19,319 15,435 14,129 12,918 12,741 13,247 11,074 11,025 10,741
      Chemical engineering 11,107 10,535 10,326 10,975 9,303 7,605 7,626 7,698 7,022 6,577
      Civil engineering 6,891 5,713 4,629 3,983 3,073 2,824 3,009 3,067 3,092 3,875
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,750 9,496 9,017 8,768 7,437 7,940 6,073 5,496 5,341 4,699
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,126 2,279 1,986 2,291 1,982 2,649 3,377 3,043 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 19,172 14,365 10,710 9,752 8,385 6,882 6,452 4,444 4,964 4,529
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 4,059 4,229 4,578 3,688 2,977 4,354 4,017 6,560 5,649 5,758
    Non-S&E 10,205 10,492 10,594 12,685 12,205 10,751 9,508 9,285 8,872 20,968
      Business management and business administration 490 452 453 1,291 1,291 1,306 1,303 965 914 1,236
      Communication and communications technologies 51 13 4 16 8 22 6 13 8 3
      Education 5,328 4,545 5,690 6,804 5,678 5,239 4,668 4,419 4,221 6,235
      Humanities 696 288 266 598 1,369 541 331 467 260 918
      Law 144 387 153 630 59 106 138 144 33 69
      Social work 1,108 2,059 1,723 1,433 1,869 1,622 1,382 1,312 1,244 9,651
      Visual and performing arts 22 7 1 90 111 0 9 22 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 2,366 2,741 2,304 1,823 1,820 1,915 1,671 1,943 2,192 2,856

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 1,398,078 916,735 11,421 315,634 43,372 64,516 46,400
    Science 1,305,635 858,100 10,380 290,504 41,225 61,380 44,046
      Computer and information sciences 12,535 8,450 156 3,487 195 82 165
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,409 9,854 182 2,702 299 259 113
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,517 1,966 107 1,185 0 228 31
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 9,892 7,888 75 1,517 299 31 82
      Life sciences 1,205,739 792,983 9,681 261,652 40,725 57,866 42,832
        Agricultural sciences 531 361 0 170 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 364,789 255,129 4,395 64,969 12,943 15,434 11,919
        Health sciences 840,307 537,455 5,286 196,439 27,782 42,432 30,913
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 112 38 0 74 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 5,160 3,886 0 1,112 0 161 1
      Physical sciences 33,092 21,533 0 11,182 6 242 129
        Astronomy and astrophysics 4,521 1,374 0 3,003 0 104 40
        Chemistry 17,599 10,990 0 6,376 6 138 89
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 10,972 9,169 0 1,803 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 16,409 13,588 71 2,712 0 13 25
      Social sciences 5,653 1,789 290 1,852 0 1,124 598
        Anthropology 117 43 0 74 0 0 0
        Economics 573 57 0 501 0 14 1
        Political science and government 1,305 572 30 336 0 50 317
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 744 381 0 248 0 72 43
        Social sciences nec 2,914 736 260 693 0 988 237
      Sciences nec 13,638 6,017 0 5,805 0 1,633 183
    Engineering 82,238 54,013 1,029 21,621 2,048 1,555 1,972
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 26,133 19,158 40 5,626 374 854 81
      Chemical engineering 11,107 7,278 0 2,364 379 267 819
      Civil engineering 6,891 3,290 989 1,922 424 77 189
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,750 7,850 0 3,255 311 12 322
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,126 2,005 0 848 71 164 38
      Mechanical engineering 19,172 14,432 0 3,635 489 181 435
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 4,059 0 0 3,971 0 0 88
    Non-S&E 10,205 4,622 12 3,509 99 1,581 382
      Business management and business administration 490 306 0 157 15 6 6
      Communication and communications technologies 51 0 0 51 0 0 0
      Education 5,328 2,491 11 1,506 84 1,114 122
      Humanities 696 0 0 436 0 249 11
      Law 144 6 0 6 0 0 132
      Social work 1,108 539 1 308 0 173 87
      Visual and performing arts 22 22 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 2,366 1,258 0 1,045 0 39 24

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 916,735 814,647 724,993 689,273 677,559 649,166 617,884 580,650 561,210 582,136
  DOD 70,896 58,347 45,446 48,018 47,299 50,695 46,573 42,008 39,566 36,862
  DOE 13,238 12,668 10,401 10,781 8,981 7,341 8,638 7,837 9,269 9,340
  HHS 777,420 696,411 623,521 587,352 581,530 549,368 521,398 492,151 472,159 488,791
  NASA 3,546 1,959 1,951 2,117 1,309 1,168 1,259 976 824 1,040
  NSF 38,493 33,465 29,667 28,642 26,547 27,423 25,703 24,918 25,861 25,880
  USDA 518 399 92 74 17 49 136 84 107 310
  Other 12,624 11,398 13,915 12,289 11,876 13,122 14,177 12,676 13,424 19,913

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 10,855 2,009 8,846 .
2018 10,179 1,989 8,190 .
2017 10,174 1,947 8,227 .

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 1,801 1,835 1,683 1,924 1,882
    Agricultural sciences 29 2 2 2 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 652 718 666 626 604
    Computer and information sciences 17 22 22 45 39
    Engineering 114 191 131 176 172
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 14 14 11 13 13
    Health sciences 694 609 595 789 789
    Mathematics and statistics 18 15 15 25 25
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 13 2
    Physical sciences 187 187 166 120 120
    Psychology 45 45 45 34 36
    Social sciences 31 31 31 79 78
    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)

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 90,664 71,665 45,413 108,370 38,875
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 60,600 1,965 33,880 14,174 12,400
    Computer and information sciences 0 700 2,300 0 0
    Engineering 0 7,000 1,600 3,981 1,200
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 760
    Health sciences 9,664 49,100 7,633 81,240 19,400
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 20,400 11,900 0 8,976 3,300
    Psychology 0 1,000 0 0 828
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 987
    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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