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
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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