U. South Florida, Tampa

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 74 84.2 459 43 93.9 679 86 86 602 75 92 914
2022 68 85.4 457 41 94.2 680 75 91.8 900
2021 55 88 447 44 93.8 691 85 85.7 583 71 92.4 908
2020 54 88.3 450 42 94.2 698 77 91.8 916
2019 61 86.7 447 45 93.7 697 92 84.7 589 67 92.8 914
2018 60 86.3 428 42 94.2 700 64 93.2 911
2017 59 86.5 425 40 94.4 684 81 86.2 575 42 95.5 898
2016 66 85 430 36 95 697 46 95 896
2015 63 85.6 426 41 94.3 693 78 86.6 570 45 95.1 898
2014 63 85.4 422 40 94.4 688 41 95.5 889
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 269 294 304 327 308 310 313 287 296 289
  Science and engineering 196 212 200 234 213 217 216 193 209 204
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 3 2
      Agricultural sciences 1 . . . . . . . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 3 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 31 38 24 34 36 35 42 43 35 37
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 1 . 2 4 . 1 3 2 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 8 6 3 10 7 4 11 6 5 6
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 2 . 1 2 2 1 . 2 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 . 3 . 1 . 1 2 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 3 4 5 3 4 6 5 4 2 5
      Genetics and genomics 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 3 4 2 4 . 3 2 8 5 5
      Molecular biology 4 6 6 1 2 5 2 7 4 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 4 4 1 5 3 5 5 3 4
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . 1 2 2 4 . 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 5 10 3 9 10 8 13 4 10 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 . 1 . 1 1 . 1 . 1
    Computer and information sciences 2 7 16 19 8 8 6 7 6 4
      Computer science 2 3 13 18 8 8 4 6 5 4
      Computer and information sciences, other . 4 3 1 . . 2 1 1 .
    Engineering 67 65 54 51 53 45 44 51 52 44
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8 4 4 4 4 4 6 2 7 3
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 5 5 2 4 2 . 4 4 3 6
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 14 13 13 13 14 9 9 10 10 8
      Electrical and computer engineering 29 26 23 18 16 21 12 13 17 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 3 9 5 5 3 2 3 9 3 4
      Materials and mining engineering 1 4 1 . 1 . . 1 2 1
      Mechanical engineering 5 3 6 6 11 7 6 10 6 6
      Engineering, other 2 . . 1 2 2 4 2 3 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 12 13 15 20 12 15 7 14 18
      Geological sciences 3 6 7 9 6 5 5 4 7 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 6 6 6 14 7 10 3 7 13
    Health sciences 15 12 12 20 16 15 23 25 19 31
      Nursing science 4 3 4 2 6 4 2 9 6 7
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 5 7 3 12 6 7 15 11 9 17
      Health sciences, other 6 2 5 6 4 4 6 5 4 7
    Mathematics and statistics 9 11 4 11 11 12 10 3 7 6
      Applied mathematics 1 4 1 . 5 3 2 1 . 1
      Mathematics . . . 1 2 1 2 . 1 1
      Statistics 3 4 1 3 1 5 . . 3 3
      Mathematics and statistics, other 5 3 2 7 3 3 6 2 3 1
    Physical sciences 14 19 24 35 11 35 24 13 27 22
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Chemistry 10 10 13 23 6 20 11 6 20 14
      Physics 4 9 11 11 5 15 13 7 7 8
    Psychology 14 23 18 19 25 21 18 14 17 18
      Clinical psychology 4 5 6 5 8 12 9 7 6 9
      Counseling and applied psychology 7 12 5 9 13 6 7 4 6 7
      Research and experimental psychology 1 5 7 4 3 3 2 2 4 2
      Psychology, other 2 1 . 1 1 . . 1 1 .
    Social sciences 35 23 32 29 32 33 31 29 29 22
      Anthropology 8 4 15 8 10 4 7 9 13 8
      Economics 5 2 2 2 4 3 4 . 1 4
      Political science and government 2 1 2 4 3 7 1 . 3 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 4 2 4 3 5 3 4 1 .
      Social sciences, other 17 12 11 11 12 14 16 16 11 8
  Non-science and engineering 73 82 104 93 95 93 97 94 87 85
    Business 10 7 4 4 7 7 9 7 11 12
      Business 10 7 4 4 7 7 9 7 11 12
    Education 47 50 71 61 62 59 62 56 50 47
      Education leadership and administration 4 5 6 5 9 2 3 3 1 2
      Education research 29 29 46 37 37 40 42 30 36 30
      Teacher education and teaching fields 13 14 16 17 11 16 13 18 13 14
      Education, other 1 2 3 2 5 1 4 5 . 1
    Humanities and arts 12 13 20 21 21 17 16 24 15 14
      Letters 4 6 10 9 6 4 10 9 8 5
      History 4 4 3 2 5 5 1 2 . .
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 . 6 10 10 6 5 8 5 7
      Music and performing arts . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other . 2 1 . . 2 . 5 2 2
    Other non-science and engineering 4 12 9 7 5 10 10 7 11 12
      Communication 4 9 7 7 5 8 6 7 8 8
      Public administration and social services . . . . . 2 4 . 3 4
      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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 1,704 1,624 1,370 1,355 1,481 1,582 1,640 1,734 1,517 1,462
    Female 1,868 1,859 1,718 1,682 1,548 1,619 1,601 1,778 1,632 1,729
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,747 1,863 1,861 2,002 1,803 1,964 1,897 2,286 2,243 2,338
    Hispanic or Latino 341 370 354 362 295 306 263 304 306 296
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,348 1,434 1,442 1,562 1,449 1,593 1,559 1,904 1,873 1,975
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3 1 1 0 11 15 18 18 19 8
      Asian 124 129 140 154 171 205 163 196 170 185
      Black or African American 169 209 179 223 206 224 210 207 189 240
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 6 7 3
      White 980 1,028 1,063 1,112 1,061 1,149 1,167 1,463 1,456 1,517
      More than one race 71 66 58 70 0 0 0 14 32 22
    Unknown ethnicity and race 58 59 65 78 59 65 75 78 64 67
  Temporary visa holders 1,825 1,620 1,227 1,035 1,226 1,237 1,344 1,226 906 853
  Science and engineering 2,994 2,864 2,497 2,476 2,495 2,517 2,627 2,718 2,388 2,393
    Science 2,399 2,184 1,871 1,839 1,771 1,742 1,782 1,687 1,667 1,687
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 543 522 562 653 558 544 528 480 563 601
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 36 28
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 66 58
      Computer and information sciences 969 701 424 287 333 299 326 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 111 109 115 109 114 114 133 188 179 161
      Mathematics and statistics 52 60 63 65 66 65 67 89 63 65
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 36 20 20 23 22 23 23 80 83 58
      Natural resources and conservation 18 18 17 15 14 15 11 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 189 194 179 168 182 191 197 195 178 198
      Psychology 229 267 223 244 203 214 211 241 158 168
      Social sciences 252 293 268 275 279 277 286 328 341 350
    Engineering 595 680 626 637 724 775 845 1,031 721 706
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 48 46 51 43 40 38 49 40 40 41
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 44 53 34 39 40 30 29 32 31 49
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 86 113 120 126 135 142 135 127 122 117
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 274 294 275 285 329 365 388 549 363 358
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 63 71 58 54 71 56 85 198 91 70
      Mechanical engineering 74 97 83 78 93 122 138 85 74 71
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 6 5 10 14 19 16 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 2 2 3 5 0 0 0
    Health 578 619 591 561 534 684 614 794 761 798
      Clinical medicine 377 453 411 377 351 388 413 507 519 543
      Other health 201 166 180 184 183 296 201 287 242 255

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 461 527 504 530 544 563 576 433 660 635
    Female 731 727 763 763 748 674 790 712 917 881
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 972 1,000 1,096 1,098 1,073 971 1,129 1,068 1,469 1,425
    Hispanic or Latino 198 181 186 185 156 119 148 150 206 191
    Not Hispanic or Latino 745 790 878 870 885 822 950 892 1,208 1,188
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 2 8 7 4 3 4 5
      Asian 88 92 89 92 119 76 121 102 125 114
      Black or African American 128 126 140 133 140 139 133 158 216 191
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 3 5 5
      White 503 538 603 595 618 600 688 615 847 864
      More than one race 23 31 43 45 0 0 4 11 11 9
    Unknown ethnicity and race 29 29 32 43 32 30 31 26 55 46
  Temporary visa holders 220 254 171 195 219 266 237 77 108 91
  Science and engineering 606 647 636 643 635 698 745 677 1,019 1,021
    Science 467 473 460 458 447 478 524 534 739 736
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 69 75 98 86 60 40 93 298 445 384
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 5
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 23 42
      Computer and information sciences 171 195 123 131 156 191 169 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 16 21 27 25 33 48 48 63 64 77
      Mathematics and statistics 7 10 17 15 12 16 17 0 16 12
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 13 13 15 9 10 4 6 52 46 57
      Natural resources and conservation 4 9 12 10 6 4 6 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 11 8 10 16 24 10 22 22 5 5
      Psychology 77 33 54 39 35 46 59 0 4 4
      Social sciences 99 109 104 127 111 119 104 74 133 150
    Engineering 139 174 176 185 188 220 221 143 280 285
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 16 11 15 9 12 13 7 24 9
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 3 4 10 4 3 7 6 16 8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 30 37 37 45 52 70 62 52 56 64
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 65 82 85 71 77 80 84 47 100 98
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 9 19 10 11 7 13 14 0 68 79
      Mechanical engineering 15 13 21 29 24 35 31 31 16 27
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 4 4 8 3 13 6 5 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 0
    Health 586 607 631 650 657 539 621 468 558 495
      Clinical medicine 368 410 416 385 404 393 382 388 418 346
      Other health 218 197 215 265 253 146 239 80 140 149

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 2013
All surveyed fields 301 260 241 200 196 270 271 218 188 241 0
  Science and engineering 269 220 229 174 181 236 231 178 149 194 0
    Science 166 156 126 92 90 150 154 77 71 90 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 58 67 42 22 6 29 23 12 22 25 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 13 6 3 4 3 8 1 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 34 37 31 29 32 39 42 21 15 15 0
      Mathematics and statistics 5 8 6 3 0 7 8 0 1 4 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 4 5 3 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 12 8 12 11 19 25 27 27 21 31 0
      Psychology 39 24 17 11 20 27 44 8 5 7 0
      Social sciences 5 6 15 11 8 13 7 4 2 5 0
    Engineering 103 64 103 82 91 86 77 101 78 104 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 10 0 10 8 8 5 3 6 0 4 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 10 7 10 3 2 3 6 9 10 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 16 1 26 11 20 25 26 27 23 42 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 58 44 46 39 42 43 32 53 35 29 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 2 11 2 9 0 0 0 0 4 0
      Mechanical engineering 7 7 3 12 8 11 12 9 11 15 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
    Health 32 40 12 26 15 34 40 40 39 47 0
      Clinical medicine 24 38 10 23 13 31 36 24 32 27 0
      Other health 8 2 2 3 2 3 4 16 7 20 0

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
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 3,572 3,483 3,088 3,037 3,029 3,201 3,241 3,512 3,149 3,191
  Fellowships 66 154 106 114 115 141 155 162 162 197
    Federal 45 52 19 25 30 54 52 35 41 38
    Institutional 18 91 69 84 75 66 92 118 112 151
    Nonfederal 3 11 18 5 10 21 11 9 9 8
  Research assistantships 580 469 502 461 434 471 434 468 417 433
    Federal 251 198 207 166 159 201 199 158 125 166
    Institutional 307 209 218 250 218 208 193 271 248 239
    Nonfederal 22 62 77 45 57 62 42 39 44 28
  Teaching assistantships 892 865 813 809 858 800 855 943 880 830
    Federal 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
    Institutional 892 864 765 809 853 799 855 943 879 829
    Nonfederal 0 0 48 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
  Other types of support 2,034 1,995 1,667 1,653 1,622 1,789 1,797 1,939 1,690 1,731
    Federal 5 9 15 9 6 14 20 25 22 36
    Institutional 84 42 75 29 12 68 21 80 60 14
    Nonfederal 4 6 12 10 8 30 48 25 31 30
    Personal resources 1,941 1,938 1,565 1,605 1,596 1,677 1,708 1,809 1,577 1,651

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 222 209 235 243 255 270 248 128 138 150
    Science 202 191 211 220 235 251 227 115 120 138
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 144 137 167 175 167 175 149 35 39 46
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 0 0 1 3 3 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 17 17 14 13 19 15 14 30 31 23
      Mathematics and statistics 7 6 5 4 6 4 3 3 3 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 5 4 1 4 1 1 2 3 26
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 13 15 14 13 19 24 26 28 29 21
      Psychology 11 8 7 10 2 4 9 3 3 3
      Social sciences 2 2 0 3 17 25 22 11 8 11
    Engineering 20 18 24 23 20 19 21 13 18 12
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5 3 6 7 8 5 6 1 1 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 9 10 12 9 8 12 13 10 14 7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
      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 37 36 37 45 40 37 40 144 144 150
      Clinical medicine 27 28 33 37 25 22 22 127 124 124
      Other health 10 8 4 8 15 15 18 17 20 26

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 81 101 82 85 86 91 195 155 130 154
  Science and engineering 60 79 66 59 67 75 183 60 74 84
    Science 51 73 58 48 59 70 172 55 67 77
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 19 37 28 20 15 29 128 20 33 41
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 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 11 14 12 12 16 10 13 15 17 15
      Mathematics and statistics 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 8 10 11 9 17 17 21 17 10 15
      Psychology 5 5 2 3 1 3 5 0 2 1
      Social sciences 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0 0 1
    Engineering 9 6 8 11 8 5 11 5 7 7
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 2 3 3 4 3 4 0 1 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 2 2 2 3 1 5 3 4 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 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 1
      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 21 22 16 26 19 16 12 95 56 70
      Clinical medicine 13 17 14 23 15 11 8 91 48 68
      Other health 8 5 2 3 4 5 4 4 8 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 461,390 405,166 385,965 333,344 391,325 385,686 557,889 505,965 485,354 488,641
    Science 331,856 288,354 270,366 250,177 285,460 289,457 455,420 405,222 372,158 364,826
      Computer and information sciences 18,841 9,503 11,614 9,417 7,707 8,803 7,189 7,068 6,575 6,636
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 24,544 22,129 19,373 24,670 25,127 26,509 27,289 25,346 20,312 18,648
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 406 168 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 6,979 6,802 6,911 6,424 5,954 5,834 5,945 5,858 4,438 3,151
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 17,159 15,159 12,460 18,246 19,173 20,675 21,344 19,488 15,874 15,497
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 232,123 203,592 184,291 164,666 200,585 207,171 349,420 306,387 295,103 290,276
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 111,401 103,543 93,020 90,898 115,159 116,411 127,159 81,706 61,365 50,824
        Health sciences 119,355 99,029 90,274 72,093 83,200 84,743 213,888 218,815 191,432 198,961
        Natural resources and conservation 53 146 303 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,314 874 694 1,675 2,226 6,017 8,373 5,850 42,306 40,491
      Mathematics and statistics 2,902 3,192 3,055 3,165 2,685 2,463 2,488 2,441 1,997 1,809
      Physical sciences 10,460 10,866 9,900 11,433 14,060 12,725 11,895 10,427 9,923 10,124
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 5,981 5,933 5,647 6,507 8,838 6,843 6,711 5,311 5,090 5,247
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,096 4,127 3,623 4,213 4,440 5,096 4,385 4,483 4,470 4,877
        Physical sciences nec 383 806 630 713 782 786 799 633 363 0
      Psychology 7,605 7,280 6,927 4,710 4,305 4,843 15,380 12,453 10,370 11,201
      Social sciences 33,891 30,394 33,907 31,616 30,138 25,741 39,578 39,231 26,006 24,257
        Anthropology 2,564 2,105 2,166 2,217 1,651 1,870 2,388 2,233 0 0
        Economics 714 762 971 819 771 763 787 873 822 667
        Political science and government 1,818 1,824 1,539 1,073 1,005 1,178 1,315 1,012 851 874
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,673 2,339 2,439 2,080 2,867 3,537 2,629 2,589 4,626 5,607
        Social sciences nec 26,122 23,364 26,792 25,427 23,844 18,393 32,459 32,524 19,707 17,109
      Sciences nec 1,490 1,398 1,299 500 853 1,202 2,181 1,869 1,872 1,875
    Engineering 62,025 50,859 50,547 37,162 45,508 45,487 46,796 42,590 47,844 71,752
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 663 161 814 36 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,426 6,121 5,262 3,394 2,113 1,269 700 475 757 2,306
      Chemical engineering 2,820 2,906 3,273 3,732 3,408 2,532 2,449 2,385 2,338 2,314
      Civil engineering 22,563 20,822 20,584 17,467 27,848 28,410 32,343 27,835 29,997 26,199
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 15,247 8,256 11,968 5,761 4,907 6,353 4,789 5,022 4,867 32,236
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,027 1,635 1,203 955 1,123 1,149 1,323 1,158 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5,021 4,767 6,108 4,575 3,956 4,456 4,221 4,419 4,622 5,049
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 5,258 6,191 1,335 1,242 2,153 1,318 971 1,296 5,263 3,648
    Non-S&E 67,509 65,953 65,052 46,005 60,357 50,742 55,673 58,153 65,352 52,063
      Business management and business administration 9,338 12,629 11,211 6,675 10,687 8,278 7,054 6,886 7,366 7,464
      Communication and communications technologies 2,971 2,681 2,574 2,240 2,229 2,134 8,087 8,227 8,218 3,829
      Education 39,082 31,715 36,128 23,240 22,746 21,032 20,242 22,961 30,168 23,205
      Humanities 6,169 6,239 6,101 5,466 5,342 5,713 4,989 4,614 6,213 4,682
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 832 848 1,181 1,281 1,053 974 919 886 362 848
      Visual and performing arts 3,629 3,148 3,505 2,922 3,073 3,204 2,909 3,328 3,160 2,357
      Non-S&E nec 5,488 8,693 4,352 4,181 15,227 9,407 11,473 11,251 9,865 9,678

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 461,390 242,224 25,735 160,703 13,502 16,015 3,211
    Science 331,856 181,843 19,328 100,311 13,075 14,912 2,387
      Computer and information sciences 18,841 10,902 205 7,487 6 0 241
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 24,544 13,777 2,862 7,340 6 526 33
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 406 406 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 6,979 2,002 1,068 3,740 6 132 31
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 17,159 11,369 1,794 3,600 0 394 2
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 232,123 132,859 12,456 59,613 12,899 12,591 1,705
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 111,401 77,152 1,285 18,762 8,211 5,445 546
        Health sciences 119,355 55,214 11,171 39,996 4,688 7,141 1,145
        Natural resources and conservation 53 53 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,314 440 0 855 0 5 14
      Mathematics and statistics 2,902 849 0 1,867 0 136 50
      Physical sciences 10,460 4,431 22 5,742 0 91 174
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 5,981 2,324 22 3,377 0 91 167
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,096 1,777 0 2,312 0 0 7
        Physical sciences nec 383 330 0 53 0 0 0
      Psychology 7,605 2,777 486 4,239 56 35 12
      Social sciences 33,891 16,052 3,297 13,067 108 1,239 128
        Anthropology 2,564 764 54 1,674 0 72 0
        Economics 714 0 0 673 0 39 2
        Political science and government 1,818 350 207 1,252 0 9 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,673 913 0 1,760 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 26,122 14,025 3,036 7,708 108 1,119 126
      Sciences nec 1,490 196 0 956 0 294 44
    Engineering 62,025 34,863 4,516 21,267 425 672 282
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 663 663 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,426 6,422 16 1,972 0 15 1
      Chemical engineering 2,820 1,413 103 1,168 0 48 88
      Civil engineering 22,563 13,168 3,436 5,057 339 533 30
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 15,247 7,823 168 6,984 86 53 133
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,027 938 14 1,075 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5,021 2,653 113 2,232 0 23 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 5,258 1,783 666 2,779 0 0 30
    Non-S&E 67,509 25,518 1,891 39,125 2 431 542
      Business management and business administration 9,338 383 71 8,855 0 6 23
      Communication and communications technologies 2,971 189 0 2,778 0 0 4
      Education 39,082 24,041 1,658 13,138 2 61 182
      Humanities 6,169 225 0 5,845 0 36 63
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 832 190 44 521 0 11 66
      Visual and performing arts 3,629 63 52 3,392 0 19 103
      Non-S&E nec 5,488 427 66 4,596 0 298 101

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 242,224 206,552 185,364 158,958 181,882 179,024 250,384 228,365 218,338 222,790
  DOD 18,617 12,998 9,933 4,148 4,436 5,004 5,680 5,242 7,685 10,924
  DOE 2,748 2,056 2,054 2,180 995 1,380 1,760 1,866 2,445 2,173
  HHS 139,899 126,254 106,347 101,327 115,498 111,603 167,128 149,677 136,518 141,232
  NASA 2,697 2,354 2,721 2,984 2,635 2,713 3,086 3,386 2,657 2,070
  NSF 16,541 15,319 13,081 12,607 14,002 15,963 15,312 13,771 14,222 12,631
  USDA 82 210 786 688 471 306 626 711 350 143
  Other 61,640 47,361 50,442 35,024 43,845 42,055 56,792 53,712 54,461 53,617

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 3,501 1,221 2,280 .
2018 2,272 1,108 1,164 .
2017 4,327 1,489 2,838 .

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 . . 90,355 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 95,880 . . 0 .
    Health sciences 0 . . 90,355 .

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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