U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures Research space
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2024 42 91.1 459 17 98.3 925
2023 41 91.4 459 17 98.3 911 32 94.9 602
2022 42 91.1 457 16 98.4 900
2021 43 90.7 447 18 98.1 908 32 94.7 583
2020 36 92.3 450 15 98.5 916
2019 48 89.6 447 15 98.5 914 34 94.4 589
2018 39 91.2 428 14 98.6 911
2017 42 90.4 425 16 98.3 898 24 96 575
2016 34 92.4 430 17 98.2 896
2015 40 90.9 426 18 98.1 898 24 96 570
2014
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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 1,504,665 1,398,078 1,251,998 1,135,416 1,105,532 1,080,951 1,006,513 939,706 889,793 861,205
    Science 1,408,195 1,305,635 1,175,570 1,068,141 1,039,261 1,022,671 950,767 886,397 839,126 815,240
      Computer and information sciences 11,311 12,535 11,763 10,455 9,312 9,734 8,386 9,032 9,268 6,745
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 16,587 13,409 11,232 9,952 10,875 13,185 12,405 13,116 12,513 13,683
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,708 3,517 2,904 2,242 2,622 2,907 2,212 2,884 2,187 3,959
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 12,879 9,892 8,328 7,710 8,253 10,278 10,193 10,232 10,326 9,724
      Life sciences 1,306,337 1,205,739 1,082,521 983,251 954,315 935,756 863,086 789,050 747,123 733,926
        Agricultural sciences 542 531 456 501 373 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 393,303 364,789 353,030 304,345 294,183 294,582 279,951 255,233 237,446 158,883
        Health sciences 912,456 840,307 728,994 678,383 659,733 641,144 583,096 533,779 509,666 541,662
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 36 112 41 22 26 30 39 38 11 33,381
      Mathematics and statistics 5,030 5,160 4,042 2,891 4,169 4,442 3,821 3,320 3,241 2,980
      Physical sciences 35,199 33,092 30,591 27,919 27,652 30,196 30,869 32,546 29,135 27,229
        Astronomy and astrophysics 4,999 4,521 4,175 3,695 3,087 3,202 4,033 4,175 3,557 2,825
        Chemistry 17,019 17,599 15,366 15,518 16,058 17,222 17,627 19,075 14,999 13,317
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 13,181 10,972 11,050 8,706 8,507 9,772 9,209 9,296 10,579 11,087
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 12,606 16,409 16,203 16,966 17,680 14,154 15,475 21,224 22,458 16,920
      Social sciences 4,762 5,653 4,587 4,070 4,990 4,662 4,743 5,129 4,174 3,336
        Anthropology 335 117 158 66 113 124 184 165 168 0
        Economics 439 573 480 399 353 430 442 835 180 231
        Political science and government 804 1,305 991 893 1,001 1,014 1,606 1,795 2,065 1,479
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 890 744 334 271 147 161 76 107 202 538
        Social sciences nec 2,294 2,914 2,624 2,441 3,376 2,933 2,435 2,227 1,559 1,088
      Sciences nec 16,363 13,638 14,631 12,637 10,268 10,542 11,982 12,980 11,214 10,421
    Engineering 83,908 82,238 65,936 56,681 53,586 46,075 44,995 43,801 41,382 37,093
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 27,827 26,133 19,319 15,435 14,129 12,918 12,741 13,247 11,074 11,025
      Chemical engineering 9,333 11,107 10,535 10,326 10,975 9,303 7,605 7,626 7,698 7,022
      Civil engineering 6,795 6,891 5,713 4,629 3,983 3,073 2,824 3,009 3,067 3,092
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 10,883 11,750 9,496 9,017 8,768 7,437 7,940 6,073 5,496 5,341
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,120 3,126 2,279 1,986 2,291 1,982 2,649 3,377 3,043 0
      Mechanical engineering 19,345 19,172 14,365 10,710 9,752 8,385 6,882 6,452 4,444 4,964
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 6,605 4,059 4,229 4,578 3,688 2,977 4,354 4,017 6,560 5,649
    Non-S&E 12,562 10,205 10,492 10,594 12,685 12,205 10,751 9,508 9,285 8,872
      Business management and business administration 778 490 452 453 1,291 1,291 1,306 1,303 965 914
      Communication and communications technologies 206 51 13 4 16 8 22 6 13 8
      Education 4,576 5,328 4,545 5,690 6,804 5,678 5,239 4,668 4,419 4,221
      Humanities 566 696 288 266 598 1,369 541 331 467 260
      Law 170 144 387 153 630 59 106 138 144 33
      Social work 2,129 1,108 2,059 1,723 1,433 1,869 1,622 1,382 1,312 1,244
      Visual and performing arts 0 22 7 1 90 111 0 9 22 0
      Non-S&E nec 4,137 2,366 2,741 2,304 1,823 1,820 1,915 1,671 1,943 2,192

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2024
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 1,504,665 967,978 9,876 356,043 39,636 76,290 54,842
    Science 1,408,195 907,819 9,084 329,833 37,680 72,370 51,409
      Computer and information sciences 11,311 7,540 135 3,042 246 257 91
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 16,587 12,014 164 3,603 327 432 47
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,708 2,122 98 1,163 0 304 21
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 12,879 9,892 66 2,440 327 128 26
      Life sciences 1,306,337 842,684 8,608 299,237 36,904 68,543 50,361
        Agricultural sciences 542 237 0 305 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 393,303 257,468 2,841 83,692 9,923 23,461 15,918
        Health sciences 912,456 584,945 5,767 215,238 26,981 45,082 34,443
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 36 34 0 2 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 5,030 3,491 0 1,387 14 41 97
      Physical sciences 35,199 23,112 0 11,213 128 702 44
        Astronomy and astrophysics 4,999 1,770 0 2,817 17 365 30
        Chemistry 17,019 11,083 0 5,474 111 337 14
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 13,181 10,259 0 2,922 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 12,606 10,220 0 2,336 0 46 4
      Social sciences 4,762 1,655 177 1,554 0 753 623
        Anthropology 335 137 0 198 0 0 0
        Economics 439 0 0 405 0 22 12
        Political science and government 804 341 0 268 0 28 167
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 890 295 0 249 0 273 73
        Social sciences nec 2,294 882 177 434 0 430 371
      Sciences nec 16,363 7,103 0 7,461 61 1,596 142
    Engineering 83,908 55,239 755 22,093 1,787 2,248 1,786
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 27,827 20,689 11 5,710 185 1,212 20
      Chemical engineering 9,333 6,754 0 1,641 269 294 375
      Civil engineering 6,795 3,517 744 1,645 250 406 233
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 10,883 7,593 0 2,528 298 80 384
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,120 1,928 0 764 139 150 139
      Mechanical engineering 19,345 14,757 0 3,328 646 106 508
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 6,605 1 0 6,477 0 0 127
    Non-S&E 12,562 4,920 37 4,117 169 1,672 1,647
      Business management and business administration 778 325 0 190 149 85 29
      Communication and communications technologies 206 172 0 34 0 0 0
      Education 4,576 1,645 33 1,303 20 1,464 111
      Humanities 566 23 0 464 0 67 12
      Law 170 0 0 68 0 0 102
      Social work 2,129 1,410 4 439 0 55 221
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 4,137 1,345 0 1,619 0 1 1,172

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies 967,978 916,735 814,647 724,993 689,273 677,559 649,166 617,884 580,650 561,210
  DOD 87,686 70,896 58,347 45,446 48,018 47,299 50,695 46,573 42,008 39,566
  DOE 12,988 13,238 12,668 10,401 10,781 8,981 7,341 8,638 7,837 9,269
  HHS 809,001 777,420 696,411 623,521 587,352 581,530 549,368 521,398 492,151 472,159
  NASA 3,916 3,546 1,959 1,951 2,117 1,309 1,168 1,259 976 824
  NSF 38,375 38,493 33,465 29,667 28,642 26,547 27,423 25,703 24,918 25,861
  USDA 680 518 399 92 74 17 49 136 84 107
  Other 15,332 12,624 11,398 13,915 12,289 11,876 13,122 14,177 12,676 13,424

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2024–18 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2024 . . . .
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 10,855 2,009 8,846 .
2018 10,179 1,989 8,190 .

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)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
  All research space 0 0 0 0 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 2025–16
(Dollars in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
  All research space 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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