U. South Florida

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 78 83.4 459 46 92.9 631 69 92.7 925
2023 74 84.2 459 43 93.9 679 75 92 911 86 86 602
2022 68 85.4 457 41 94.2 680 75 91.8 900
2021 55 88 447 44 93.8 691 71 92.4 908 85 85.7 583
2020 54 88.3 450 42 94.2 698 77 91.8 916
2019 61 86.7 447 45 93.7 697 67 92.8 914 92 84.7 589
2018 60 86.3 428 42 94.2 700 64 93.2 911
2017 59 86.5 425 40 94.4 684 42 95.5 898 81 86.2 575
2016 66 85 430 36 95 697 46 95 896
2015 63 85.6 426 41 94.3 693 45 95.1 898 78 86.6 570
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 251 269 294 304 327 308 310 313 287 296
  Science and engineering 188 196 212 200 234 213 217 216 193 209
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 3
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 27 31 38 24 34 36 35 42 43 35
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 1 1 . 2 4 . 1 3 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 8 6 3 10 7 4 11 6 5
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 2 . 1 2 2 1 . 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 1 . 3 . 1 . 1 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 3 3 4 5 3 4 6 5 4 2
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 2 3 4 2 4 . 3 2 8 5
      Molecular biology 4 4 6 6 1 2 5 2 7 4
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 4 4 4 1 5 3 5 5 3
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 . . . . 1 2 2 4 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 5 10 3 9 10 8 13 4 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 . 1 .
    Computer and information sciences 9 2 7 16 19 8 8 6 7 6
      Computer science 8 2 3 13 18 8 8 4 6 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 . 4 3 1 . . 2 1 1
    Engineering 47 67 65 54 51 53 45 44 51 52
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3 8 4 4 4 4 4 6 2 7
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 5 5 5 2 4 2 . 4 4 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 14 13 13 13 14 9 9 10 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 18 29 26 23 18 16 21 12 13 17
      Industrial engineering and operations research 2 3 9 5 5 3 2 3 9 3
      Materials and mining engineering 4 1 4 1 . 1 . . 1 2
      Mechanical engineering 4 5 3 6 6 11 7 6 10 6
      Engineering, other 2 2 . . 1 2 2 4 2 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 7 12 13 15 20 12 15 7 14
      Geological sciences 3 3 6 7 9 6 5 5 4 7
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 4 6 6 6 14 7 10 3 7
    Health sciences 11 15 12 12 20 16 15 23 25 19
      Nursing science 1 4 3 4 2 6 4 2 9 6
      Public health 7 5 7 3 12 6 7 15 11 9
      Health sciences, other 3 6 2 5 6 4 4 6 5 4
    Mathematics and statistics 7 9 11 4 11 11 12 10 3 7
      Applied mathematics 1 1 4 1 . 5 3 2 1 .
      Mathematics . . . . 1 2 1 2 . 1
      Statistics 2 3 4 1 3 1 5 . . 3
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 5 3 2 7 3 3 6 2 3
    Physical sciences 28 14 19 24 35 11 35 24 13 27
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Chemistry 24 10 10 13 23 6 20 11 6 20
      Physics 4 4 9 11 11 5 15 13 7 7
    Psychology 21 14 23 18 19 25 21 18 14 17
      Clinical psychology 5 4 5 6 5 8 12 9 7 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 11 7 12 5 9 13 6 7 4 6
      Research and experimental psychology 4 1 5 7 4 3 3 2 2 4
      Psychology, other 1 2 1 . 1 1 . . 1 1
    Social sciences 29 35 23 32 29 32 33 31 29 29
      Anthropology 3 8 4 15 8 10 4 7 9 13
      Economics . 5 2 2 2 4 3 4 . 1
      Political science and government 1 2 1 2 4 3 7 1 . 3
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 1 3 4 2 4 3 5 3 4 1
      Social sciences, other 24 17 12 11 11 12 14 16 16 11
  Non-science and engineering 63 73 82 104 93 95 93 97 94 87
    Business 7 10 7 4 4 7 7 9 7 11
      Business 7 10 7 4 4 7 7 9 7 11
    Education 41 47 50 71 61 62 59 62 56 50
      Education leadership and administration 4 4 5 6 5 9 2 3 3 1
      Education research 18 29 29 46 37 37 40 42 30 36
      Teacher education and teaching fields 18 13 14 16 17 11 16 13 18 13
      Education, other 1 1 2 3 2 5 1 4 5 .
    Humanities and arts 13 12 13 20 21 21 17 16 24 15
      Letters 7 4 6 10 9 6 4 10 9 8
      History 3 4 4 3 2 5 5 1 2 .
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 4 . 6 10 10 6 5 8 5
      Music and performing arts . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . 2 1 . . 2 . 5 2
    Other non-science and engineering 2 4 12 9 7 5 10 10 7 11
      Communication 2 4 9 7 7 5 8 6 7 8
      Public administration and social services . . . . . . 2 4 . 3
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 3 2 . . . . . .

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   1,786   1,747   1,863   1,861   2,002   1,803   1,964   1,897   2,286   2,243
    Hispanic or Latino   369   341   370   354   362   295   306   263   304   306
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,351   1,348   1,434   1,442   1,562   1,449   1,593   1,559   1,904   1,873
      American Indian or Alaska Native   4   3   1   1   0   11   15   18   18   19
      Asian   141   124   129   140   154   171   205   163   196   170
      Black or African American   178   169   209   179   223   206   224   210   207   189
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   1   1   1   3   0   0   1   6   7
      White   964   980   1,028   1,063   1,112   1,061   1,149   1,167   1,463   1,456
      More than one race   64   71   66   58   70   0   0   0   14   32
    Unknown ethnicity and race   66   58   59   65   78   59   65   75   78   64
  Temporary visa holders   1,562   1,825   1,620   1,227   1,035   1,226   1,237   1,344   1,226   906
  Science and engineering   2,759   2,994   2,864   2,497   2,476   2,495   2,517   2,627   2,718   2,388
    Science   2,230   2,399   2,184   1,871   1,839   1,771   1,742   1,782   1,687   1,667
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   561   543   522   562   653   558   544   528   480   563
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   70   66
      Computer and information sciences   784   969   701   424   287   333   299   326   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   99   111   109   115   109   114   114   133   188   179
      Mathematics and statistics   48   52   60   63   65   66   65   67   89   63
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   45   36   20   20   23   22   23   23   80   83
      Natural resources and conservation   17   18   18   17   15   14   15   11   0   0
      Physical sciences   186   189   194   179   168   182   191   197   195   178
      Psychology   228   229   267   223   244   203   214   211   241   158
      Social sciences   262   252   293   268   275   279   277   286   328   341
    Engineering   529   595   680   626   637   724   775   845   1,031   721
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   61   48   46   51   43   40   38   49   40   40
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   38   44   53   34   39   40   30   29   32   31
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   77   86   113   120   126   135   142   135   127   122
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   210   274   294   275   285   329   365   388   549   363
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   73   63   71   58   54   71   56   85   198   91
      Mechanical engineering   70   74   97   83   78   93   122   138   85   74
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   6   6   5   10   14   19   16   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   2   2   3   5   0   0
    Health   589   578   619   591   561   534   684   614   794   761
      Clinical medicine   356   377   453   411   377   351   388   413   507   519
      Other health   233   201   166   180   184   183   296   201   287   242

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   992   972   1,000   1,096   1,098   1,073   971   1,129   1,068   1,469
    Hispanic or Latino   203   198   181   186   185   156   119   148   150   206
    Not Hispanic or Latino   749   745   790   878   870   885   822   950   892   1,208
      American Indian or Alaska Native   3   1   1   1   2   8   7   4   3   4
      Asian   82   88   92   89   92   119   76   121   102   125
      Black or African American   125   128   126   140   133   140   139   133   158   216
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   2   2   2   2   3   0   0   0   3   5
      White   504   503   538   603   595   618   600   688   615   847
      More than one race   33   23   31   43   45   0   0   4   11   11
    Unknown ethnicity and race   40   29   29   32   43   32   30   31   26   55
  Temporary visa holders   219   220   254   171   195   219   266   237   77   108
  Science and engineering   629   606   647   636   643   635   698   745   677   1,019
    Science   498   467   473   460   458   447   478   524   534   739
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   61   69   75   98   86   60   40   93   298   445
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   19   23
      Computer and information sciences   194   171   195   123   131   156   191   169   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   22   16   21   27   25   33   48   48   63   64
      Mathematics and statistics   8   7   10   17   15   12   16   17   0   16
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   16   13   13   15   9   10   4   6   52   46
      Natural resources and conservation   3   4   9   12   10   6   4   6   0   0
      Physical sciences   10   11   8   10   16   24   10   22   22   5
      Psychology   78   77   33   54   39   35   46   59   0   4
      Social sciences   106   99   109   104   127   111   119   104   74   133
    Engineering   131   139   174   176   185   188   220   221   143   280
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   5   9   16   11   15   9   12   13   7   24
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   8   7   3   4   10   4   3   7   6   16
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   30   30   37   37   45   52   70   62   52   56
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   64   65   82   85   71   77   80   84   47   100
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   13   9   19   10   11   7   13   14   0   68
      Mechanical engineering   10   15   13   21   29   24   35   31   31   16
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   4   4   8   3   13   6   5   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   1   2   1   5   0   0
    Health   582   586   607   631   650   657   539   621   468   558
      Clinical medicine   326   368   410   416   385   404   393   382   388   418
      Other health   256   218   197   215   265   253   146   239   80   140

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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   262   301   260   241   200   196   270   271   218   188
  Science and engineering   227   269   220   229   174   181   236   231   178   149
    Science   129   166   156   126   92   90   150   154   77   71
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   45   58   67   42   22   6   29   23   12   22
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   5   13   6   3   4   3   8   1   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   32   34   37   31   29   32   39   42   21   15
      Mathematics and statistics   3   5   8   6   3   0   7   8   0   1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   0   0   0   1   2   2   2   4   5
      Natural resources and conservation   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   11   12   8   12   11   19   25   27   27   21
      Psychology   24   39   24   17   11   20   27   44   8   5
      Social sciences   6   5   6   15   11   8   13   7   4   2
    Engineering   98   103   64   103   82   91   86   77   101   78
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   19   10   0   10   8   8   5   3   6   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   15   9   10   7   10   3   2   3   6   9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   12   16   1   26   11   20   25   26   27   23
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   49   58   44   46   39   42   43   32   53   35
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   1   3   2   11   2   9   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2   7   7   3   12   8   11   12   9   11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0
    Health   35   32   40   12   26   15   34   40   40   39
      Clinical medicine   33   24   38   10   23   13   31   36   24   32
      Other health   2   8   2   2   3   2   3   4   16   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: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   3,348   3,572   3,483   3,088   3,037   3,029   3,201   3,241   3,512   3,149
  Fellowships   107   66   154   106   114   115   141   155   162   162
    Federal   31   45   52   19   25   30   54   52   35   41
    Institutional   62   18   91   69   84   75   66   92   118   112
    Nonfederal   14   3   11   18   5   10   21   11   9   9
  Research assistantships   567   580   469   502   461   434   471   434   468   417
    Federal   227   251   198   207   166   159   201   199   158   125
    Institutional   305   307   209   218   250   218   208   193   271   248
    Nonfederal   35   22   62   77   45   57   62   42   39   44
  Teaching assistantships   903   892   865   813   809   858   800   855   943   880
    Federal   0   0   1   0   0   1   1   0   0   0
    Institutional   899   892   864   765   809   853   799   855   943   879
    Nonfederal   4   0   0   48   0   4   0   0   0   1
  Other types of support   1,771   2,034   1,995   1,667   1,653   1,622   1,789   1,797   1,939   1,690
    Federal   4   5   9   15   9   6   14   20   25   22
    Institutional   76   84   42   75   29   12   68   21   80   60
    Nonfederal   0   4   6   12   10   8   30   48   25   31
    Personal resources   1,691   1,941   1,938   1,565   1,605   1,596   1,677   1,708   1,809   1,577

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering   239   223   217   240   246   256   270   248   128   138
    Science   218   203   198   214   222   236   251   227   115   120
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   162   144   142   170   176   167   175   149   35   39
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
      Computer and information sciences   1   1   1   0   0   1   3   3   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   21   17   19   14   14   20   15   14   30   31
      Mathematics and statistics   5   7   6   5   4   6   4   3   3   3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   5   7   5   4   1   4   1   1   2   3
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   17   14   15   14   13   19   24   26   28   29
      Psychology   4   11   8   7   10   2   4   9   3   3
      Social sciences   3   2   2   0   3   17   25   22   11   8
    Engineering   21   20   19   26   24   20   19   21   13   18
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   3   5   4   3   3   1   0   0   0   1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   4   5   3   6   7   8   5   6   1   1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   11   9   11   13   10   8   12   13   10   14
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   1   0   0   2   3   2   1   2   2   2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2   0   0   1   1   1   1   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   36   37   36   41   46   40   37   40   144   144
      Clinical medicine   27   27   28   37   38   25   22   22   127   124
      Other health   9   10   8   4   8   15   15   18   17   20

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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   93   81   101   82   85   86   91   195   155   130
  Science and engineering   71   60   79   66   59   67   75   183   60   74
    Science   60   51   73   58   48   59   70   172   55   67
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   33   19   37   28   20   15   29   128   20   33
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   1   1   1   0   0   1   1   2   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   8   11   14   12   12   16   10   13   15   17
      Mathematics and statistics   1   2   3   2   2   3   2   2   1   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   3   5   3   3   0   3   1   1   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   13   8   10   11   9   17   17   21   17   10
      Psychology   0   5   5   2   3   1   3   5   0   2
      Social sciences   1   0   0   0   1   3   7   0   0   0
    Engineering   11   9   6   8   11   8   5   11   5   7
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   2   1   2   2   3   0   0   0   0   1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   3   4   2   3   3   4   3   4   0   1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   5   4   2   2   2   3   1   5   3   4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   1   0   0   1   3   1   1   2   2   1
      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   22   21   22   16   26   19   16   12   95   56
      Clinical medicine   16   13   17   14   23   15   11   8   91   48
      Other health   6   8   5   2   3   4   5   4   4   8

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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   521,892   461,390   405,166   385,965   333,344   391,325   385,686   557,889   505,965   485,354
    Science   386,188   331,856   288,354   270,366   250,177   285,460   289,457   455,420   405,222   372,158
      Computer and information sciences   25,342   18,841   9,503   11,614   9,417   7,707   8,803   7,189   7,068   6,575
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   35,121   24,544   22,129   19,373   24,670   25,127   26,509   27,289   25,346   20,312
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   3,062   406   168   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   9,507   6,979   6,802   6,911   6,424   5,954   5,834   5,945   5,858   4,438
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   22,552   17,159   15,159   12,460   18,246   19,173   20,675   21,344   19,488   15,874
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   262,781   232,123   203,592   184,291   164,666   200,585   207,171   349,420   306,387   295,103
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   16   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   119,800   111,401   103,543   93,020   90,898   115,159   116,411   127,159   81,706   61,365
        Health sciences   140,459   119,355   99,029   90,274   72,093   83,200   84,743   213,888   218,815   191,432
        Natural resources and conservation   0   53   146   303   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   2,522   1,314   874   694   1,675   2,226   6,017   8,373   5,850   42,306
      Mathematics and statistics   3,848   2,902   3,192   3,055   3,165   2,685   2,463   2,488   2,441   1,997
      Physical sciences   11,512   10,460   10,866   9,900   11,433   14,060   12,725   11,895   10,427   9,923
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   6,595   5,981   5,933   5,647   6,507   8,838   6,843   6,711   5,311   5,090
        Materials science   2,036   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   2,769   4,096   4,127   3,623   4,213   4,440   5,096   4,385   4,483   4,470
        Physical sciences nec   112   383   806   630   713   782   786   799   633   363
      Psychology   9,216   7,605   7,280   6,927   4,710   4,305   4,843   15,380   12,453   10,370
      Social sciences   37,648   33,891   30,394   33,907   31,616   30,138   25,741   39,578   39,231   26,006
        Anthropology   3,323   2,564   2,105   2,166   2,217   1,651   1,870   2,388   2,233   0
        Economics   1,501   714   762   971   819   771   763   787   873   822
        Political science and government   2,135   1,818   1,824   1,539   1,073   1,005   1,178   1,315   1,012   851
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   2,891   2,673   2,339   2,439   2,080   2,867   3,537   2,629   2,589   4,626
        Social sciences nec   27,798   26,122   23,364   26,792   25,427   23,844   18,393   32,459   32,524   19,707
      Sciences nec   720   1,490   1,398   1,299   500   853   1,202   2,181   1,869   1,872
    Engineering   65,144   62,025   50,859   50,547   37,162   45,508   45,487   46,796   42,590   47,844
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   159   663   161   814   36   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   8,316   8,426   6,121   5,262   3,394   2,113   1,269   700   475   757
      Chemical engineering   3,215   2,820   2,906   3,273   3,732   3,408   2,532   2,449   2,385   2,338
      Civil engineering   27,787   22,563   20,822   20,584   17,467   27,848   28,410   32,343   27,835   29,997
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   14,748   15,247   8,256   11,968   5,761   4,907   6,353   4,789   5,022   4,867
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,999   2,027   1,635   1,203   955   1,123   1,149   1,323   1,158   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,470   5,021   4,767   6,108   4,575   3,956   4,456   4,221   4,419   4,622
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   2,450   5,258   6,191   1,335   1,242   2,153   1,318   971   1,296   5,263
    Non-S&E   70,560   67,509   65,953   65,052   46,005   60,357   50,742   55,673   58,153   65,352
      Business management and business administration   9,671   9,338   12,629   11,211   6,675   10,687   8,278   7,054   6,886   7,366
      Communication and communications technologies   2,473   2,971   2,681   2,574   2,240   2,229   2,134   8,087   8,227   8,218
      Education   42,350   39,082   31,715   36,128   23,240   22,746   21,032   20,242   22,961   30,168
      Humanities   6,361   6,169   6,239   6,101   5,466   5,342   5,713   4,989   4,614   6,213
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   788   832   848   1,181   1,281   1,053   974   919   886   362
      Visual and performing arts   4,242   3,629   3,148   3,505   2,922   3,073   3,204   2,909   3,328   3,160
      Non-S&E nec   4,675   5,488   8,693   4,352   4,181   15,227   9,407   11,473   11,251   9,865

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   521,892   272,483   34,971   175,897   14,416   21,384   2,741
    Science   386,188   211,514   24,462   114,254   14,020   20,017   1,921
      Computer and information sciences   25,342   15,585   119   9,525   25   13   75
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   35,121   20,353   4,712   9,404   85   527   40
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   3,062   3,062   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   9,507   3,218   1,554   4,303   39   373   20
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   22,552   14,073   3,158   5,101   46   154   20
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   262,781   150,048   14,592   65,735   13,842   17,006   1,558
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   119,800   85,114   558   18,951   8,566   6,122   489
        Health sciences   140,459   64,589   13,377   45,364   5,276   10,788   1,065
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   2,522   345   657   1,420   0   96   4
      Mathematics and statistics   3,848   1,131   0   2,645   0   44   28
      Physical sciences   11,512   4,532   176   6,257   4   395   148
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   6,595   1,860   135   4,354   0   98   148
        Materials science   2,036   123   41   1,872   0   0   0
        Physics   2,769   2,468   0   0   4   297   0
        Physical sciences nec   112   81   0   31   0   0   0
      Psychology   9,216   3,577   643   4,968   2   26   0
      Social sciences   37,648   16,274   4,220   15,244   62   1,801   47
        Anthropology   3,323   1,038   79   2,124   0   82   0
        Economics   1,501   0   0   1,444   0   57   0
        Political science and government   2,135   364   190   1,551   0   30   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   2,891   1,202   0   1,673   0   0   16
        Social sciences nec   27,798   13,670   3,951   8,452   62   1,632   31
      Sciences nec   720   14   0   476   0   205   25
    Engineering   65,144   37,276   5,356   21,242   352   765   153
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   159   159   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   8,316   5,202   10   3,002   0   61   41
      Chemical engineering   3,215   1,461   322   1,251   101   80   0
      Civil engineering   27,787   16,428   4,445   6,361   166   330   57
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   14,748   8,338   289   5,825   85   208   3
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,999   1,082   0   917   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,470   3,653   130   2,627   0   60   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   2,450   953   160   1,259   0   26   52
    Non-S&E   70,560   23,693   5,153   40,401   44   602   667
      Business management and business administration   9,671   234   77   9,133   38   30   159
      Communication and communications technologies   2,473   107   19   2,336   0   0   11
      Education   42,350   22,271   4,800   14,637   0   431   211
      Humanities   6,361   251   0   5,919   0   51   140
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   788   154   6   423   0   90   115
      Visual and performing arts   4,242   182   14   4,015   0   0   31
      Non-S&E nec   4,675   494   237   3,938   6   0   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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies   272,483   242,224   206,552   185,364   158,958   181,882   179,024   250,384   228,365   218,338
  DOD   23,685   18,617   12,998   9,933   4,148   4,436   5,004   5,680   5,242   7,685
  DOE   2,618   2,748   2,056   2,054   2,180   995   1,380   1,760   1,866   2,445
  HHS   157,181   139,899   126,254   106,347   101,327   115,498   111,603   167,128   149,677   136,518
  NASA   3,338   2,697   2,354   2,721   2,984   2,635   2,713   3,086   3,386   2,657
  NSF   20,726   16,541   15,319   13,081   12,607   14,002   15,963   15,312   13,771   14,222
  USDA   255   82   210   786   688   471   306   626   711   350
  Other   64,680   61,640   47,361   50,442   35,024   43,845   42,055   56,792   53,712   54,461

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   3,501   1,221   2,280   .
2018   2,272   1,108   1,164   .

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   823   799   727   811   794
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   59   63   62   58   59
    Computer and information sciences   15   10   10   9   8
    Engineering   119   117   100   98   107
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   139   126   123   126   118
    Health sciences   316   316   279   362   344
    Mathematics and statistics   1   3   3   1   1
    Natural resources and conservation   1   1   1   1   2
    Physical sciences   86   88   80   84   80
    Psychology   32   25   23   24   24
    Social sciences   56   50   47   47   50
    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   95,880   0   0   90,355   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   95,880   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   0   0   90,355   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   31,146   32,673   7,794   14,177   2,361
    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   2,353   1,370   6,305   7,029   396
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   298   0   1,888   476
    Health sciences   28,793   25,925   490   5,260   1,489
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   813   0   0   0
    Psychology   0   0   1,000   0   0
    Social sciences   0   4,267   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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