U. Tennessee, The, Knoxville

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 49 89.6 459 107 84.5 679 42 93.2 602 92 90.1 914
2022 53 88.7 457 117 83.1 680 89 90.3 900
2021 45 90.2 447 115 83.6 691 46 92.4 583 86 90.7 908
2020 44 90.5 450 113 84.1 698 82 91.2 916
2019 50 89.1 447 111 84.4 697 146 75.6 589 98 89.5 914
2018 46 89.6 428 110 84.6 700 91 90.2 911
2017 45 89.7 425 105 84.9 684 143 75.5 575 106 88.4 898
2016 49 88.9 430 109 84.6 697 111 87.8 896
2015 60 86.3 426 113 84 693 161 72.2 570 110 88 898
2014 55 87.3 422 107 84.7 688 109 88 889
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 378 353 340 393 359 373 365 335 314 316
  Science and engineering 300 269 276 302 289 281 273 241 232 226
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 22 23 22 14 13 19 18 13 17 8
      Agricultural sciences 19 17 20 9 8 9 11 12 15 7
      Natural resources and conservation 3 6 2 5 5 10 7 1 2 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 39 41 45 47 44 34 36 42 36 21
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 3 3 5 6 5 6 7 5 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 3 3 1 3 1 . 3 2 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 6 1 1 3 3 2 1 7 2 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 6 11 13 7 10 3 9 5 5 6
      Genetics and genomics 3 2 5 . . 2 1 . 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 9 9 5 13 12 9 7 9 9 3
      Molecular biology 3 3 4 2 1 3 3 2 2 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . 2 1 3 1 . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . 2 1 . . . 1 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 6 8 10 11 7 5 6 8 9 3
    Computer and information sciences 12 9 11 8 12 3 12 7 4 4
      Computer science 5 6 6 8 7 1 11 5 4 4
      Computer and information sciences, other 7 3 5 . 5 2 1 2 . .
    Engineering 97 104 101 111 97 119 100 78 81 97
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 5
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 2 6 . 4 4 6 7 2 11
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 4 4 8 5 9 6 11 5 8 14
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 12 9 9 11 12 14 8 1 9 13
      Electrical and computer engineering 20 19 17 20 16 26 25 25 17 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 12 10 6 8 10 8 8 7 4 3
      Materials and mining engineering 9 19 21 19 8 13 12 11 22 13
      Mechanical engineering 13 9 9 12 15 11 4 5 6 8
      Engineering, other 20 30 23 35 22 35 23 16 11 16
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 2 4 6 5 6 4 7 3 7
      Geological sciences 8 . 4 4 3 5 4 6 3 7
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 3 2 . 2 2 1 . 1 . .
    Health sciences 17 4 10 15 4 8 10 4 8 11
      Nursing science 10 2 7 6 2 4 2 2 3 5
      Public health 2 . . . . . 2 . 1 .
      Health sciences, other 5 2 3 9 2 4 6 2 4 6
    Mathematics and statistics 11 13 10 16 12 18 7 13 6 6
      Applied mathematics . 5 3 6 6 5 4 5 5 2
      Mathematics 2 3 2 2 3 8 1 5 1 2
      Statistics 1 . . . . . 1 . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 8 5 5 8 3 5 1 3 . 2
    Physical sciences 46 38 27 41 45 29 36 31 27 36
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 3 2 . 2 . . 2 . .
      Chemistry 24 23 11 20 29 18 24 17 12 22
      Physics 20 12 14 21 14 11 12 12 15 14
    Psychology 20 22 20 20 23 18 26 18 25 12
      Clinical psychology 6 6 4 4 8 7 6 5 9 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 8 7 6 5 5 6 8 5 5 6
      Research and experimental psychology 4 4 4 3 7 2 4 3 2 2
      Psychology, other 2 5 6 8 3 3 8 5 9 1
    Social sciences 25 13 26 24 34 27 24 28 25 24
      Anthropology 5 1 . 5 6 7 5 10 7 7
      Economics 3 3 11 4 3 6 4 6 7 5
      Political science and government 4 3 3 1 5 2 5 4 4 5
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 5 1 3 3 7 4 2 1 2 4
      Social sciences, other 8 5 9 11 13 8 7 7 5 3
  Non-science and engineering 78 84 64 91 70 92 92 94 82 90
    Business 16 10 7 9 8 16 14 10 16 17
      Business 16 10 7 9 8 16 14 10 16 17
    Education 28 36 28 50 31 35 42 47 31 34
      Education leadership and administration 2 3 3 6 5 4 4 6 3 4
      Education research 19 24 18 23 19 16 25 27 18 19
      Teacher education and teaching fields 5 3 6 14 6 12 11 10 8 10
      Education, other 2 6 1 7 1 3 2 4 2 1
    Humanities and arts 18 20 17 18 20 26 24 23 17 26
      Letters 7 6 10 9 9 6 11 12 7 9
      Foreign languages and literature 4 4 3 2 1 9 3 5 4 6
      History 3 5 2 6 4 7 5 3 3 4
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 4 2 1 5 1 4 1 2 5
      Humanities and arts, other 1 1 . . 1 3 1 2 1 2
    Other non-science and engineering 16 18 12 14 11 15 12 14 18 13
      Communication 4 5 5 7 3 6 6 5 11 8
      Public administration and social services 6 5 5 4 4 5 2 4 3 2
      Non-science and engineering, other 6 8 2 3 4 4 4 5 4 3

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 894 775 719 687 721 713 785 816 786 792
    Female 708 664 642 608 605 610 615 607 620 603
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,157 1,058 1,049 1,039 1,042 1,024 1,050 1,046 1,038 1,070
    Hispanic or Latino 75 60 66 47 59 55 50 52 63 55
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,067 988 968 980 964 941 960 926 890 919
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 3 2 0 3 3 2 3 6 4
      Asian 47 37 40 36 33 39 38 34 27 28
      Black or African American 53 44 55 60 61 52 48 36 45 47
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 916 867 842 857 842 819 839 821 785 814
      More than one race 49 37 29 27 25 28 33 32 27 26
    Unknown ethnicity and race 15 10 15 12 19 28 40 68 85 96
  Temporary visa holders 445 381 312 256 284 299 350 377 368 325
  Science and engineering 1,476 1,326 1,243 1,191 1,224 1,211 1,293 1,330 1,310 1,286
    Science 986 851 802 772 794 757 776 785 812 812
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 38 38 46 41 43 49 61 61 80 61
      Biological and biomedical sciences 159 141 132 128 121 154 135 154 165 157
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 56 53
      Computer and information sciences 60 37 38 36 36 29 30 25 23 18
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 31 33
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 38 35 38 37 40 44 45 41 38 40
      Mathematics and statistics 89 73 64 47 60 58 57 68 67 72
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 34 32 35 29 25 15 6 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 19 18 15 13 20 9 19 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 179 122 85 80 75 55 71 63 71 74
      Psychology 196 211 194 211 182 169 155 138 139 144
      Social sciences 174 144 155 150 192 175 197 138 142 160
    Engineering 490 475 441 419 430 454 517 545 498 474
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 32 32 22 9 25 23 18 25 16 9
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 19 16 19 11 16 14 17 18 10 20
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 44 45 48 44 25 26 34 30 34 24
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 42 43 36 49 51 49 46 63 65 59
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 47 41 35 41 33 30 54 65 55 48
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 78 68 73 59 60 49 45 57 32 51
      Mechanical engineering 58 45 48 44 41 41 45 46 44 50
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 37 38 28 28 25 37 43 36 44 45
      Other engineering 133 147 132 134 154 185 215 205 198 168
    Health 126 113 118 104 102 112 107 93 96 109
      Clinical medicine 59 48 55 36 29 30 28 27 27 35
      Other health 67 65 63 68 73 82 79 66 69 74

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 852 810 851 831 866 897 868 794 787 753
    Female 606 559 558 493 488 480 468 474 437 458
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,061 1,004 1,047 988 981 1,001 975 923 900 883
    Hispanic or Latino 68 64 56 50 46 46 45 42 33 25
    Not Hispanic or Latino 972 920 965 903 901 908 871 822 809 776
      American Indian or Alaska Native 5 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 3 2
      Asian 51 49 46 41 43 40 29 31 37 26
      Black or African American 56 52 43 36 42 46 38 47 33 31
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 838 792 850 793 788 798 780 726 722 708
      More than one race 22 24 22 28 26 21 20 13 14 9
    Unknown ethnicity and race 21 20 26 35 34 47 59 59 58 82
  Temporary visa holders 397 365 362 336 373 376 361 345 324 328
  Science and engineering 1,325 1,260 1,338 1,280 1,306 1,334 1,287 1,225 1,176 1,168
    Science 790 710 745 718 729 735 694 681 686 690
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 125 125 108 104 98 88 79 106 104 94
      Biological and biomedical sciences 151 133 137 124 137 120 139 110 111 106
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 31
      Computer and information sciences 128 71 53 47 58 57 54 54 47 45
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 9
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 4 7 5 4 7 3 4 5 8
      Mathematics and statistics 47 54 59 58 47 42 41 35 38 34
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 10 9 5 4 4 2 3 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 31 26 32 30 28 28 30 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 143 153 187 172 184 223 196 196 175 169
      Psychology 79 62 77 81 73 71 59 57 67 69
      Social sciences 74 73 80 93 96 97 90 89 104 125
    Engineering 535 550 593 562 577 599 593 544 490 478
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 45 46 44 42 21 16 27 13 15 14
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 11 13 8 11 9 7 4 9 11 10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 6 8 9 22 24 22 25 23 31
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 105 94 112 84 102 96 106 100 75 71
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 91 97 117 113 131 138 131 131 118 114
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 64 79 85 77 79 99 103 91 89 72
      Mechanical engineering 81 91 84 77 73 75 75 54 53 45
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 34 31 41 53 57 55 45 48 37 45
      Other engineering 96 93 94 96 83 89 80 73 69 76
    Health 133 109 71 44 48 43 49 43 48 43
      Clinical medicine 109 83 37 17 15 6 12 8 11 12
      Other health 24 26 34 27 33 37 37 35 37 31

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 341 316 238 224 246 253 285 334 289 264 0
  Science and engineering 334 306 230 221 240 250 282 331 287 260 0
    Science 167 131 99 90 96 90 94 109 99 108 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 17 13 15 10 9 5 13 13 18 12 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 46 35 24 24 23 36 30 41 41 42 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 9 10 7 8 7 8 8 9 1 2 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 4 5 7 4 4 9 7 6 5 0
      Mathematics and statistics 13 7 3 3 1 5 5 6 6 8 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 27 20 18 15 12 6 1 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 5 6 3 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 25 18 8 8 9 11 14 13 13 20 0
      Psychology 10 10 9 8 20 8 4 8 4 4 0
      Social sciences 9 8 7 5 8 5 9 9 7 12 0
    Engineering 167 175 131 131 144 160 188 222 188 152 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 7 6 3 0 3 3 3 5 1 1 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 2 1 3 2 2 5 3 0 2 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 21 14 16 6 12 11 15 12 9 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 11 10 3 3 3 8 9 20 14 13 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 12 11 14 13 14 28 29 16 19 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 5 2 1 1 2 1 3 6 4 0
      Mechanical engineering 24 17 16 12 13 8 9 12 9 11 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 16 19 7 10 6 13 11 16 21 15 0
      Other engineering 91 83 74 72 97 98 111 119 109 78 0
    Health 7 10 8 3 6 3 3 3 2 4 0
      Clinical medicine 5 9 7 3 3 0 0 0 2 3 0
      Other health 2 1 1 0 3 3 3 3 0 1 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 1,602 1,439 1,361 1,295 1,326 1,323 1,400 1,423 1,406 1,395
  Fellowships 51 39 40 63 55 57 73 61 59 70
    Federal 9 7 9 15 17 11 4 14 15 20
    Institutional 42 30 29 45 37 46 69 43 38 48
    Nonfederal 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 4 6 2
  Research assistantships 554 551 515 458 487 509 554 571 505 500
    Federal 326 296 215 201 220 229 269 306 237 212
    Institutional 139 182 214 197 209 208 233 192 199 218
    Nonfederal 89 73 86 60 58 72 52 73 69 70
  Teaching assistantships 691 579 546 538 534 505 500 489 548 566
    Federal 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 30 27
    Institutional 691 577 545 535 533 505 500 468 497 521
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 21 18
  Other types of support 306 270 260 236 250 252 273 302 294 259
    Federal 6 11 13 5 8 13 12 13 7 5
    Institutional 3 4 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 0
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Personal resources 297 255 244 229 242 238 258 289 287 254

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 302 274 292 300 270 129 138 132 136 143
    Science 196 168 180 178 166 88 95 88 86 96
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 42 16 44 34 26 11 8 20 20 22
      Biological and biomedical sciences 54 66 58 54 48 32 35 24 24 24
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 2 2 8 6 2 3 3 1 5
      Mathematics and statistics 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 8 8 4 4 0 1 3 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 86 70 64 72 78 38 44 39 38 44
      Psychology 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 4 6 6 4 4 2 1 1 2 1
    Engineering 106 106 112 122 104 41 43 44 50 47
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 16 12 16 16 7 9 12 11 8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 10 10 8 12 8 4 4 4 5 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 10 8 10 26 20 6 5 5 3 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 0 10 6 6 2 1 2 2 3
      Mechanical engineering 22 24 20 12 14 6 3 1 4 5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 22 24 20 20 12 3 9 8 15 14
      Other engineering 32 24 32 30 28 13 12 12 10 10
    Health 10 2 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 10 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 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

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 89 67 80 83 80 72 75 69 72 75
  Science and engineering 87 67 79 82 80 72 75 69 72 75
    Science 60 44 53 50 50 47 55 50 49 56
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 9 5 15 10 10 7 3 10 13 11
      Biological and biomedical sciences 17 15 12 11 10 13 19 13 10 13
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 2 0 3
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 30 20 22 26 26 24 30 24 25 28
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
    Engineering 27 23 26 32 30 25 20 19 23 19
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 0 1 4 5 5 5 5 6 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 2 3 8 8 5 4 4 3 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7 3 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 4 6 5 4 3 1 2 1 3 4
      Other engineering 9 9 13 11 11 9 8 8 9 6
    Health 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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 338,847 324,435 316,273 320,407 247,693 259,607 203,800 183,268 173,533 179,041
    Science 188,585 177,532 158,795 163,772 105,198 105,030 85,504 86,950 96,250 105,914
      Computer and information sciences 8,009 10,765 11,725 13,906 14,744 14,367 15,565 17,675 22,210 27,808
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,939 2,609 5,062 5,322 5,557 5,752 4,722 5,314 6,011 6,711
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,119 2,609 3,355 3,641 4,164 4,240 3,034 2,766 3,116 2,789
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 820 0 1,707 1,681 1,393 1,512 1,688 2,548 2,895 3,922
      Life sciences 110,556 100,488 86,080 84,619 24,065 23,092 16,142 17,529 16,590 18,238
        Agricultural sciences 54,420 48,003 41,632 42,734 45 41 7 380 1,274 1,004
        Biological and biomedical sciences 36,768 33,638 26,252 22,643 17,425 16,939 12,741 13,244 12,315 14,419
        Health sciences 9,423 10,264 10,025 9,977 6,503 6,020 3,307 3,818 1,384 1,647
        Natural resources and conservation 9,914 8,583 8,171 9,265 92 92 87 87 0 0
        Life sciences nec 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,617 1,168
      Mathematics and statistics 3,447 3,044 2,938 3,181 3,390 3,372 1,369 928 970 891
      Physical sciences 25,471 23,139 20,809 21,239 25,677 24,307 22,091 17,602 16,497 18,777
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 8,885 8,643 6,532 6,816 7,780 8,481 8,162 8,093 6,942 8,173
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 16,586 14,496 14,277 14,423 17,897 15,826 13,929 9,509 9,555 10,604
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 4,134 4,977 4,744 5,465 4,382 4,243 1,595 1,288 1,320 1,397
      Social sciences 10,761 9,813 10,596 12,171 12,661 12,480 6,924 6,875 7,542 7,702
        Anthropology 1,360 2,019 2,054 2,466 2,213 2,553 1,354 1,250 0 0
        Economics 5,054 4,283 4,877 6,265 6,723 5,972 3,884 4,244 4,902 5,536
        Political science and government 1,333 1,275 1,551 1,502 1,600 1,539 1,028 783 647 431
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,262 910 940 864 864 969 112 95 1,332 974
        Social sciences nec 1,752 1,326 1,174 1,074 1,261 1,447 546 503 661 761
      Sciences nec 22,268 22,697 16,841 17,869 14,722 17,417 17,096 19,739 25,110 24,390
    Engineering 116,222 115,464 128,579 128,542 116,528 128,675 113,852 90,290 70,341 64,557
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 28,899 30,537 22,796 20,649 19,305 15,697 14,312 13,449 9,498 9,201
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,720 3,011 2,064 2,629 2,584 1,316 1,329 1,289 1,449 1,948
      Chemical engineering 7,406 6,717 6,997 6,273 6,116 7,377 5,724 5,672 5,487 5,354
      Civil engineering 12,896 13,606 13,080 12,133 13,773 14,118 12,822 14,150 12,636 10,720
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 19,337 20,024 19,825 21,008 22,394 20,998 17,351 17,712 14,149 12,655
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 5,183 8,586 32,467 34,275 27,748 45,973 39,533 14,318 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 10,699 10,172 12,479 13,830 11,752 11,297 11,467 12,377 13,564 11,915
      Engineering nec 30,082 22,811 18,871 17,745 12,856 11,899 11,314 11,323 13,558 12,764
    Non-S&E 34,040 31,439 28,899 28,093 25,967 25,902 4,444 6,028 6,942 8,570
      Business management and business administration 11,544 9,931 9,470 8,215 7,163 6,965 1,799 2,594 2,188 3,086
      Communication and communications technologies 3,195 2,796 2,466 1,913 1,197 1,347 45 64 274 262
      Education 3,838 3,893 2,905 2,810 2,637 2,608 543 945 1,149 1,026
      Humanities 6,436 6,179 5,922 5,775 6,009 6,684 1,002 1,030 1,231 1,163
      Law 2,317 2,715 2,832 3,026 2,510 2,362 25 32 83 127
      Social work 1,288 1,024 1,736 1,760 1,622 991 428 220 514 408
      Visual and performing arts 2,233 2,042 1,994 2,108 2,280 2,409 69 52 65 66
      Non-S&E nec 3,189 2,859 1,574 2,486 2,549 2,536 533 1,091 1,438 2,432

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 338,847 153,637 13,175 151,783 7,899 7,696 4,657
    Science 188,585 78,435 5,849 91,289 3,501 6,121 3,390
      Computer and information sciences 8,009 5,586 0 2,146 68 0 209
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,939 2,380 163 1,363 17 0 16
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,119 1,959 0 1,144 0 0 16
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 820 421 163 219 17 0 0
      Life sciences 110,556 42,883 1,673 54,720 3,214 5,238 2,828
        Agricultural sciences 54,420 12,857 196 35,402 2,147 1,703 2,115
        Biological and biomedical sciences 36,768 21,396 1,210 11,783 879 1,299 201
        Health sciences 9,423 3,024 1 4,021 182 1,910 285
        Natural resources and conservation 9,914 5,606 266 3,483 6 326 227
        Life sciences nec 31 0 0 31 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 3,447 1,021 3 2,315 82 26 0
      Physical sciences 25,471 15,806 968 8,182 11 352 152
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 8,885 5,308 304 2,779 11 331 152
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 16,586 10,498 664 5,403 0 21 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 4,134 1,578 10 2,539 0 4 3
      Social sciences 10,761 1,480 829 8,135 24 236 57
        Anthropology 1,360 273 49 976 24 10 28
        Economics 5,054 847 780 3,264 0 147 16
        Political science and government 1,333 0 0 1,327 0 6 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,262 0 0 1,186 0 70 6
        Social sciences nec 1,752 360 0 1,382 0 3 7
      Sciences nec 22,268 7,701 2,203 11,889 85 265 125
    Engineering 116,222 70,876 7,167 31,628 4,347 1,119 1,085
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 28,899 19,121 1,947 6,291 1,164 20 356
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,720 852 0 759 54 0 55
      Chemical engineering 7,406 4,302 1,092 1,732 195 80 5
      Civil engineering 12,896 5,624 1,400 5,084 282 158 348
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 19,337 12,229 720 5,226 1,094 44 24
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 5,183 3,044 168 1,550 249 166 6
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 10,699 5,421 1,309 2,490 801 552 126
      Engineering nec 30,082 20,283 531 8,496 508 99 165
    Non-S&E 34,040 4,326 159 28,866 51 456 182
      Business management and business administration 11,544 300 0 11,191 0 0 53
      Communication and communications technologies 3,195 1,532 0 1,536 16 106 5
      Education 3,838 1,368 46 2,352 0 58 14
      Humanities 6,436 33 0 6,319 0 69 15
      Law 2,317 0 0 2,317 0 0 0
      Social work 1,288 101 113 793 0 199 82
      Visual and performing arts 2,233 0 0 2,228 0 0 5
      Non-S&E nec 3,189 992 0 2,130 35 24 8

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 153,637 149,260 135,202 138,402 123,434 117,776 117,097 109,722 105,417 112,201
  DOD 26,963 27,848 17,970 13,702 13,516 10,756 10,341 10,417 8,741 11,113
  DOE 57,048 55,570 56,425 60,980 61,485 58,852 60,118 44,048 36,010 35,905
  HHS 13,316 12,103 9,647 8,533 7,307 7,567 7,307 6,267 5,395 4,387
  NASA 2,738 4,277 3,469 4,731 5,395 4,387 2,754 2,173 2,353 2,768
  NSF 23,328 22,317 22,000 23,561 26,275 25,575 25,721 34,075 38,623 44,554
  USDA 20,159 17,554 16,954 16,486 2,031 1,904 1,439 1,677 1,068 557
  Other 10,085 9,591 8,737 10,409 7,425 8,735 9,417 11,065 13,227 12,917

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 4,358 445 3,913 .
2018 4,351 351 4,000 .
2017 3,768 342 3,426 .

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space 2023 2021 2019 2017 2015
  All research space 1,583 1,447 424 446 353
    Agricultural sciences 1,011 968 0 9 9
    Biological and biomedical sciences 91 58 53 72 74
    Computer and information sciences 24 24 24 24 34
    Engineering 271 267 206 155 134
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 5
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 5
    Mathematics and statistics 4 1 1 1 1
    Natural resources and conservation 49 40 1 1 1
    Physical sciences 105 67 106 150 57
    Psychology 3 3 5 4 2
    Social sciences 15 9 21 28 20
    Other 8 10 9 2 11

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 88,355 2,607 26,519 60,683 .
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 26,519 11,319 .
    Engineering 0 0 0 49,364 .
    Health sciences 0 2,607 0 0 .
    Physical sciences 88,355 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 37,841 35,966 20,783 4,373 8,960
    Agricultural sciences 29,410 2,747 865 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 1,284 4,185 0 1,200
    Computer and information sciences 0 2,500 2,500 0 1,680
    Engineering 1,300 22,100 7,078 1,841 5,680
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 4,810 6,360 5,290 1,641 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 2,321 975 865 891 400
    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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