U. Rhode Island

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 163 65 459 192 72.1 679 173 71.7 602 157 83.1 914
2022 158 65.9 457 198 71.3 680 159 82.6 900
2021 167 63.2 447 168 76 691 195 67 583 151 83.6 908
2020 164 64.1 450 169 76.1 698 159 82.9 916
2019 147 67.6 447 179 74.7 697 192 67.8 589 151 83.7 914
2018 147 66.2 428 168 76.4 700 156 83.1 911
2017 146 66.1 425 171 75.4 684 187 67.9 575 152 83.3 898
2016 166 61.9 430 206 70.8 697 150 83.5 896
2015 161 62.7 426 202 71.2 693 169 70.8 570 148 83.8 898
2014 147 65.7 422 211 69.7 688 151 83.3 889
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: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 88 92 83 90 103 104 100 84 92 102
  Science and engineering 72 71 60 72 84 83 83 64 73 85
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 2 4 5 2 3 3 6 4 8
      Agricultural sciences 1 . . . . . 2 3 . 1
      Natural resources and conservation 1 2 4 5 2 3 1 3 4 7
    Biological and biomedical sciences 9 15 7 12 10 14 10 9 5 13
      Biochemistry and biophysics . 1 . . 2 1 . . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 1 . . . 1 . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 1 . 3 1 3 3 1 2 3
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology . 3 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1
      Molecular biology 5 1 2 1 . 2 1 2 . 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 . 1 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 1 . 1 . 1 3 1 . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 4 . 3 3 2 . . . 3
    Computer and information sciences . 3 . 3 3 2 3 1 1 4
      Computer science . 3 . 3 3 2 3 . 1 4
      Computer and information sciences, other . . . . . . . 1 . .
    Engineering 25 15 17 13 15 15 19 13 15 14
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . 2 1 . 1 . . 1 . .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 7 1 1 3 4 3 2 2 3 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 7 1 2 2 1 4 2 1 4 3
      Electrical and computer engineering 1 4 6 4 3 2 5 4 3 4
      Industrial engineering and operations research 3 2 2 2 . 3 2 2 2 1
      Materials and mining engineering . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Mechanical engineering 4 3 2 1 2 2 5 1 1 3
      Engineering, other 3 1 3 1 4 1 3 2 2 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 8 10 6 9 6 7 7 10 10
      Geological sciences 3 1 1 1 1 . . 1 2 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 6 7 9 5 8 6 7 6 8 9
    Health sciences 7 7 4 7 11 12 5 9 11 9
      Nursing science 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 2 5
      Pharmaceutical sciences 4 6 3 5 9 9 3 1 8 4
      Public health . . . . . 1 . 2 1 .
      Health sciences, other . . . . . . 1 2 . .
    Mathematics and statistics 1 2 . 5 . 2 4 2 2 5
      Applied mathematics . 1 . 2 . . 1 . 1 1
      Mathematics . . . 2 . 1 . . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 1 . 1 . 1 3 2 . 4
    Physical sciences 12 8 5 8 17 15 7 4 8 8
      Chemistry 12 6 4 3 13 13 5 2 6 7
      Physics . 2 1 5 4 2 2 2 2 1
    Psychology 5 9 12 12 13 10 23 12 15 13
      Clinical psychology 2 2 2 7 6 3 6 6 2 5
      Counseling and applied psychology . 3 3 3 3 6 7 2 5 6
      Research and experimental psychology 2 3 5 1 2 1 7 4 2 1
      Psychology, other 1 1 2 1 2 . 3 . 6 1
    Social sciences 2 2 1 1 4 4 2 1 2 1
      Economics 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 1
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . . .
      Social sciences, other 1 1 . . 2 1 1 . . .
  Non-science and engineering 16 21 23 18 19 21 17 20 19 17
    Business 2 3 7 3 3 5 1 4 2 1
      Business 2 3 7 3 3 5 1 4 2 1
    Education 8 14 9 7 10 7 9 8 7 12
      Education leadership and administration 1 1 1 . 1 2 3 . 1 1
      Education research 3 2 1 . 3 2 1 5 3 4
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 4 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 2
      Education, other 4 7 6 6 3 2 2 1 1 5
    Humanities and arts 6 3 7 8 6 9 7 8 10 4
      Letters 5 3 7 8 6 9 7 8 10 4
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . . . . . . . . .
    Other non-science and engineering . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Public administration and social services . 1 . . . . . . . .

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

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 319 287 331 321 313 325 332 276 304 286
    Female 459 441 475 397 384 431 384 325 320 279
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 591 570 643 563 448 612 576 486 501 422
    Hispanic or Latino 44 37 32 17 13 20 15 23 20 10
    Not Hispanic or Latino 492 446 482 372 405 547 501 438 435 403
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 2 1 0 2 4 1 0 2 2
      Asian 31 31 26 31 26 46 42 37 34 19
      Black or African American 21 12 19 15 25 22 25 22 22 20
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 2
      White 424 386 426 324 345 466 426 372 373 357
      More than one race 15 14 10 1 5 6 5 6 3 3
    Unknown ethnicity and race 55 87 129 174 30 45 60 25 46 9
  Temporary visa holders 187 158 163 155 249 144 140 115 123 143
  Science and engineering 617 625 659 613 584 624 596 525 548 485
    Science 474 514 498 482 451 486 471 397 425 371
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 19 10 19 21 12 7 0 52 29 31
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 33 28 19 21 30 16 21 20 12 16
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 60 86 96 87 64 58 56 53 81 53
      Mathematics and statistics 27 29 27 28 17 24 14 26 28 14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 168 212 196 194 176 202 206 84 89 55
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 63 78 71 62 65 68 65 69 62 67
      Psychology 75 71 70 69 59 62 63 93 100 112
      Social sciences 29 0 0 0 28 49 46 0 24 23
    Engineering 143 111 161 131 133 138 125 128 123 114
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 10 19 21 13 16 19 19 25 20 22
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 20 20 27 16 24 22 21 24 19 19
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 32 41 39 38 39 42 32 38 28 21
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 35 1 45 41 33 31 22 18 27 31
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 40 30 29 23 21 24 23 23 29 21
  Health 161 103 147 105 113 132 120 76 76 80
    Clinical medicine 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 157 100 147 105 113 132 120 76 76 80

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 203 135 146 140 152 139 137 95 109 130
    Female 154 72 99 92 75 115 134 53 60 55
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 326 197 237 218 197 238 251 138 154 168
    Hispanic or Latino 25 10 13 10 7 9 8 10 11 8
    Not Hispanic or Latino 260 157 190 164 169 216 219 118 131 146
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
      Asian 11 9 13 7 8 13 17 4 5 8
      Black or African American 20 6 9 2 7 14 11 3 4 3
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
      White 217 137 160 145 150 185 189 110 121 134
      More than one race 9 4 7 8 3 2 1 0 0 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 41 30 34 44 21 13 24 10 12 14
  Temporary visa holders 31 10 8 14 30 16 20 10 15 17
  Science and engineering 285 190 193 206 203 188 202 124 144 151
    Science 204 137 114 125 130 100 115 54 52 59
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 2 9 9 7 3 6 0 4 4 3
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 56 43 47 45 72 15 21 15 14 21
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 37 20 8 10 10 8 13 9 15 12
      Mathematics and statistics 8 7 4 8 6 12 8 10 0 19
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 75 44 33 33 32 37 50 12 8 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 7 3 0 2 0 4 2 1 4 3
      Psychology 10 11 13 20 5 10 11 3 1 1
      Social sciences 9 0 0 0 2 8 10 0 6 0
    Engineering 81 53 79 81 73 88 87 70 92 92
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 4 3 3 1 7 8 4 6 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 7 7 14 10 10 10 8 11 12
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 18 20 20 15 12 16 12 16 4 29
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 14 0 34 33 36 36 28 27 53 33
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 25 22 15 16 14 19 21 15 18 15
  Health 72 17 52 26 24 66 69 24 25 34
    Clinical medicine 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 72 15 52 26 24 66 69 24 25 34

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 179 172 229 191 172 163 174 110 123 123
  Science and engineering 173 167 211 180 158 148 149 105 118 116
    Science 96 117 137 117 110 100 92 63 85 83
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 2 0 2 4 1 3 0 5 4 4
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 4 1 3 2 1 1 5 2 0 2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 28 43 57 51 36 30 22 23 26 27
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 47 52 56 48 54 57 53 19 34 24
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10 11 11 5 9 5 6 10 10 12
      Psychology 2 10 8 7 9 4 6 4 4 5
      Social sciences 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9
    Engineering 77 50 74 63 48 48 57 42 33 33
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 6 6 9 5 9 6 9 6 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 5 7 7 10 4 21 4 4 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 14 21 18 17 13 16 14 18 7 8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 18 1 21 16 10 8 4 4 8 10
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 31 17 22 14 10 11 12 7 8 7
  Health 6 5 18 11 14 15 25 5 5 7
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 6 5 18 11 14 15 25 5 5 7

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 778 728 806 718 697 756 716 601 624 565
  Fellowships 18 19 41 23 26 38 19 32 29 35
    Federal 2 3 23 9 16 3 1 5 11 10
    Institutional 11 14 13 9 7 20 13 18 14 9
    Nonfederal 5 2 5 5 3 15 5 9 4 16
  Research assistantships 204 196 236 213 192 223 203 141 140 151
    Federal 171 162 193 177 147 157 134 102 109 90
    Institutional 23 28 27 20 26 51 59 28 17 36
    Nonfederal 10 6 16 16 19 15 10 11 14 25
  Teaching assistantships 309 305 304 288 268 268 268 234 245 205
    Federal 1 1 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 20
    Institutional 308 304 300 288 268 264 260 234 245 185
    Nonfederal 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 247 208 225 194 211 227 226 194 210 174
    Federal 5 6 11 5 9 3 31 3 3 3
    Institutional 6 5 14 15 33 7 16 4 4 13
    Nonfederal 6 3 22 20 27 34 16 4 25 11
    Personal resources 230 194 178 154 142 183 163 183 178 147

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 29 30 26 33 28 34 33 35 25 24
    Science 26 29 24 32 27 31 30 33 23 23
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 12 11 11 10 11 12 9 8 6
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 9 14 10 16 13 17 15 13 6 7
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 2 2 4 3 2 3 9 7 8
      Psychology 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 3 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 1 0 0
  Health 5 6 7 10 11 7 6 4 7 3
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 5 6 7 10 11 7 6 4 7 3

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 26 28 17 29 28 27 25 27 20 17
  Science and engineering 22 24 13 23 21 20 20 25 17 15
    Science 19 23 12 23 20 18 19 24 16 14
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 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 5 8 3 8 8 8 10 7 7 4
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 12 8 14 11 8 8 10 5 4
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 3 4
      Psychology 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 2 3 2
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 2 3 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

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 144,013 129,102 129,296 109,967 115,160 104,490 101,871 97,900 93,828 91,706
    Science 119,228 103,258 109,500 91,877 96,797 90,361 87,555 84,013 80,250 78,692
      Computer and information sciences 2,484 743 439 523 687 783 703 636 399 432
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 61,366 54,685 52,469 42,634 50,513 47,018 49,241 43,504 40,356 38,351
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 17 11 0 0 47 58 169 261 418 164
        Geological and earth sciences 10,374 11,031 11,501 13,990 16,292 16,484 14,903 11,415 9,712 8,050
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 38,572 34,107 32,011 19,534 27,245 27,351 29,939 28,029 26,822 26,862
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 12,403 9,536 8,957 9,110 6,929 3,125 4,230 3,799 3,404 3,275
      Life sciences 36,874 29,670 28,984 27,699 24,563 24,101 22,192 23,299 21,362 20,603
        Agricultural sciences 5,436 3,465 4,209 3,400 2,546 1,904 1,740 1,556 1,840 778
        Biological and biomedical sciences 22,967 15,848 17,614 18,161 13,997 9,141 6,667 8,640 4,392 6,027
        Health sciences 2 5,359 3,849 2,397 2,944 2,714 4,076 2,314 8,125 8,060
        Natural resources and conservation 0 775 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 8,469 4,223 3,310 3,741 5,076 10,337 9,709 10,789 7,005 5,738
      Mathematics and statistics 57 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 64 0
      Physical sciences 6,026 4,119 3,328 3,869 3,194 3,713 3,764 4,891 5,723 3,989
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 3,553 2,246 1,957 2,081 2,020 2,469 2,726 4,181 5,014 3,397
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 421 102 20 100 95 104 52 145 202 522
        Physical sciences nec 2,052 1,771 1,351 1,688 1,079 1,140 986 565 507 70
      Psychology 3,779 3,552 3,222 2,059 1,483 2,030 1,507 1,502 1,572 1,495
      Social sciences 4,447 2,746 1,417 2,377 2,432 3,204 2,605 2,753 4,636 4,498
        Anthropology 0 0 3 0 530 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 965 388 565 937 168 836 757 354 67 19
        Political science and government 587 69 85 92 136 110 86 51 90 158
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 0 287 0 24 82 204 272 196 71 17
        Social sciences nec 2,895 2,002 764 1,324 1,516 2,054 1,490 2,152 4,408 4,304
      Sciences nec 4,195 7,743 19,636 12,716 13,925 9,512 7,543 7,428 6,138 9,324
    Engineering 14,637 11,931 10,766 10,182 10,632 7,910 7,642 6,549 5,889 5,701
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 674 650 510 319 318 575 297 43 71 21
      Chemical engineering 1,907 2,146 1,539 2,052 1,165 514 485 966 1,122 1,781
      Civil engineering 1,624 1,244 1,195 1,369 2,355 1,080 1,279 1,431 1,247 763
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,417 2,481 1,793 1,228 1,518 1,122 964 1,369 1,293 1,097
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,772 1,937 2,026 1,808 1,371 1,227 1,669 1,013 886 1,090
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 17 9 40 0 0 4 10 4 0 0
      Engineering nec 4,226 3,464 3,663 3,406 3,905 3,387 2,938 1,723 1,270 949
    Non-S&E 10,148 13,913 9,030 7,908 7,731 6,219 6,674 7,338 7,689 7,313
      Business management and business administration 1,816 1,364 2,271 1,001 207 381 276 1,075 1,428 65
      Communication and communications technologies 1,885 613 481 1,438 1,433 491 646 611 261 260
      Education 3,185 1,504 1,287 2,289 2,809 1,672 1,815 1,652 2,241 2,844
      Humanities 737 597 609 88 999 844 741 122 232 53
      Law 391 145 13 2 162 165 70 23 0 0
      Social work 790 819 3 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
      Non-S&E nec 1,344 8,739 4,366 3,090 2,121 2,666 3,126 3,841 3,527 4,087

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 144,013 102,056 6,615 29,165 2,094 3,441 642
    Science 119,228 86,905 5,343 22,612 1,373 2,353 642
      Computer and information sciences 2,484 2,431 0 0 0 53 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 61,366 45,185 1,633 12,702 260 1,533 53
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 17 0 0 4 0 13 0
        Geological and earth sciences 10,374 2,507 54 7,813 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 38,572 33,565 482 2,794 257 1,421 53
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 12,403 9,113 1,097 2,091 3 99 0
      Life sciences 36,874 27,275 3,348 4,978 909 305 59
        Agricultural sciences 5,436 3,730 15 1,691 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 22,967 18,301 1,745 1,792 765 305 59
        Health sciences 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 8,469 5,244 1,588 1,493 144 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 57 57 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 6,026 3,062 0 1,959 44 433 528
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 3,553 2,057 0 1,454 39 2 1
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 421 155 0 265 0 0 1
        Physical sciences nec 2,052 850 0 240 5 431 526
      Psychology 3,779 3,098 0 632 49 0 0
      Social sciences 4,447 2,463 7 1,869 89 17 2
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 965 292 0 647 26 0 0
        Political science and government 587 113 0 431 43 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 2,895 2,058 7 791 20 17 2
      Sciences nec 4,195 3,334 355 472 22 12 0
    Engineering 14,637 11,545 571 1,759 710 52 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 674 621 46 7 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 1,907 715 383 449 360 0 0
      Civil engineering 1,624 1,384 84 156 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,417 2,138 0 62 217 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,772 2,632 58 1,030 0 52 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 17 17 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 4,226 4,038 0 55 133 0 0
    Non-S&E 10,148 3,606 701 4,794 11 1,036 0
      Business management and business administration 1,816 699 0 1,117 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 1,885 616 390 867 6 6 0
      Education 3,185 560 212 1,390 0 1,023 0
      Humanities 737 603 0 129 5 0 0
      Law 391 0 58 333 0 0 0
      Social work 790 464 0 326 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 1,344 664 41 632 0 7 0

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 102,056 93,190 78,923 67,242 73,080 64,026 62,785 61,641 64,711 65,715
  DOD 12,127 9,281 6,546 4,913 5,439 5,307 4,744 6,172 6,018 5,285
  DOE 1,652 1,322 1,096 1,262 628 621 1,707 965 1,978 2,459
  HHS 26,068 21,890 20,897 19,303 16,927 17,317 14,295 15,408 18,982 19,856
  NASA 763 736 873 1,031 1,365 1,002 1,038 558 731 366
  NSF 15,519 19,687 19,473 18,523 22,832 16,945 16,207 14,392 15,870 18,022
  USDA 6,867 7,212 5,129 5,328 6,419 5,822 5,991 6,518 5,446 5,443
  Other 39,060 33,062 24,909 16,882 19,470 17,012 18,803 17,628 15,686 14,284

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 1,746 257 1,489 .
2018 1,713 213 1,500 .
2017 1,713 213 1,500 .

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 322 272 272 272 320
    Agricultural sciences 43 26 21 21 114
    Biological and biomedical sciences 71 49 49 49 28
    Computer and information sciences 2 1 1 1 1
    Engineering 58 26 26 26 24
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 100 86 86 86 93
    Health sciences 13 19 24 24 26
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 34 36 36 0
    Physical sciences 27 14 14 14 10
    Psychology 6 1 1 1 16
    Social sciences 2 8 6 6 6
    Other 0 8 8 8 2

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 15,128 . . . 47,187
    Engineering 7,564 . . . 47,187
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 7,564 . . . 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 0 915 6,306 6,162 1,766
    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 1,766
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 915 6,306 6,162 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

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