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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
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019 175 81.1 914
2018 174 81.2 911
2017 170 81.4 898
2016 664 5.7 697 171 81.2 896
2015 667 4.7 693 167 81.7 898
2014 665 4.3 688 168 81.4 889
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

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 . . . . . . . 4 4 1
    Female . . . . . . . 6 4 4
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents . . . . . . . 10 8 4
    Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . 10 8 4
      American Indian or Alaska Native . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Asian . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Black or African American . . . . . . . 3 1 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      White . . . . . . . 7 7 4
      More than one race . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race . . . . . . . 0 0 0
  Temporary visa holders . . . . . . . 0 0 1
  Science and engineering . . . . . . . 10 8 5
    Science . . . . . . . 10 8 5
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . 5 6 3
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Communication . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . 5 2 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Other health . . . . . . . 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • Graduate student data for this institution include the University of Tennessee main campus at Knoxville, the Space Institute, and the Institute of Agriculture.
  • . = 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 . . . . . . . 28 23 20
    Female . . . . . . . 49 48 44
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents . . . . . . . 77 70 64
    Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . 0 3 3
    Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . 77 67 61
      American Indian or Alaska Native . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Asian . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Black or African American . . . . . . . 6 8 6
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      White . . . . . . . 70 58 54
      More than one race . . . . . . . 1 1 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race . . . . . . . 0 0 0
  Temporary visa holders . . . . . . . 0 1 0
  Science and engineering . . . . . . . 77 71 64
    Science . . . . . . . 77 71 64
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . 32 26 31
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Communication . . . . . . . 11 4 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . 34 41 33
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Other health . . . . . . . 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • Graduate student data for this institution include the University of Tennessee main campus at Knoxville, the Space Institute, and the Institute of Agriculture.
  • . = 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 . . . . . . . 0 0 1
  Science and engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 1
    Science . . . . . . . 0 0 1
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Communication . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
  Health . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Other health . . . . . . . 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • Graduate student data for this institution include the University of Tennessee main campus at Knoxville, the Space Institute, and the Institute of Agriculture.
  • . = 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 . . . . . . . 10 8 5
  Fellowships . . . . . . . 3 0 0
    Federal . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Institutional . . . . . . . 3 0 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . . . 0 0 0
  Research assistantships . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Federal . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Institutional . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . . . 0 0 0
  Teaching assistantships . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Federal . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Institutional . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . . . 0 0 0
  Other types of support . . . . . . . 7 8 5
    Federal . . . . . . . 0 0 1
    Institutional . . . . . . . 1 4 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Personal resources . . . . . . . 6 4 4

NOTE:
  • Graduate student data for this institution include the University of Tennessee main campus at Knoxville, the Space Institute, and the Institute of Agriculture.
  • . = 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 . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Science . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Communication . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Other health . . . . . . . 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • Graduate student data for this institution include the University of Tennessee main campus at Knoxville, the Space Institute, and the Institute of Agriculture.
  • . = 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 . . . . . . . 0 0 0
  Science and engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Science . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Communication . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
  Health . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Other health . . . . . . . 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • Graduate student data for this institution include the University of Tennessee main campus at Knoxville, the Space Institute, and the Institute of Agriculture.
  • . = 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 . . . . 71,396 70,305 70,192 69,136 67,059 67,171
    Science . . . . 65,714 64,603 65,136 61,274 61,342 61,050
      Computer and information sciences . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences . . . . 64,074 59,827 60,073 54,083 54,116 50,277
        Agricultural sciences . . . . 41,602 42,103 43,602 39,997 46,255 42,112
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . 6,185 5,550 4,658 4,572 4,927 5,550
        Health sciences . . . . 3,720 3,386 3,312 2,758 1,504 1,638
        Natural resources and conservation . . . . 9,083 8,788 8,501 6,756 0 0
        Life sciences nec . . . . 3,484 0 0 0 1,430 977
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Materials science . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . 0 0 0 0 1,198 5,735
        Anthropology . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics . . . . 0 0 0 0 1,198 5,735
        Political science and government . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Sciences nec . . . . 1,640 4,776 5,063 7,191 6,028 5,038
    Engineering . . . . 5,637 5,643 5,056 7,862 5,717 6,121
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering . . . . 0 0 0 2,720 2,580 2,521
      Civil engineering . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec . . . . 5,637 5,643 5,056 5,142 3,137 3,600
    Non-S&E . . . . 45 59 0 0 0 0
      Business management and business administration . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Humanities . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Law . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec . . . . 45 59 0 0 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

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 . . . . . 0 0
    Science . . . . . 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology . . . . . 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Life sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Agricultural sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Health sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 0 0
        Life sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . 0 0
        Chemistry . . . . . 0 0
        Materials science . . . . . 0 0
        Physics . . . . . 0 0
        Physical sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Anthropology . . . . . 0 0
        Economics . . . . . 0 0
        Political science and government . . . . . 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . 0 0
        Social sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Chemical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Civil engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Engineering nec . . . . . 0 0
    Non-S&E . . . . . 0 0
      Business management and business administration . . . . . 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies . . . . . 0 0
      Education . . . . . 0 0
      Humanities . . . . . 0 0
      Law . . . . . 0 0
      Social work . . . . . 0 0
      Visual and performing arts . . . . . 0 0
      Non-S&E nec . . . . . 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies . . . . 28,804 27,378 27,229 18,598 15,320 15,342
  DOD . . . . 2,846 1,086 667 398 133 455
  DOE . . . . 2,807 3,353 2,948 2,283 2,308 1,739
  HHS . . . . 1,606 1,995 2,946 2,148 1,896 2,014
  NASA . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
  NSF . . . . 919 615 553 446 504 647
  USDA . . . . 17,338 16,287 15,697 10,722 9,211 8,489
  Other . . . . 3,288 4,042 4,418 2,601 1,268 1,998

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 1,431 142 1,289 .
2018 1,442 97 1,345 .
2017 1,436 106 1,330 .

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

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