U. Tennessee, Knoxville

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 56 88.1 459 97 84.9 631 89 90.6 925
2023 48 89.8 459 107 84.5 679 92 90.1 911 42 93.2 602
2022 53 88.7 457 117 83.1 680 89 90.3 900
2021 45 90.2 447 115 83.6 691 86 90.7 908 46 92.4 583
2020 44 90.5 450 113 84.1 698 82 91.2 916
2019 50 89.1 447 111 84.4 697 98 89.5 914 146 75.6 589
2018 46 89.6 428 110 84.6 700 91 90.2 911
2017 45 89.7 425 105 84.9 684 106 88.4 898 143 75.5 575
2016 49 88.9 430 109 84.6 697 111 87.8 896
2015 60 86.3 426 113 84 693 110 88 898 161 72.2 570
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 338 378 353 340 393 359 373 365 335 314
  Science and engineering 266 300 269 276 302 289 281 273 241 232
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 16 22 23 22 14 13 19 18 13 17
      Agricultural sciences 13 19 17 20 9 8 9 11 12 15
      Natural resources and conservation 3 3 6 2 5 5 10 7 1 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 33 39 41 45 47 44 34 36 42 36
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 2 3 3 5 6 5 6 7 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 4 3 3 1 3 1 . 3 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 6 1 1 3 3 2 1 7 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 8 6 11 13 7 10 3 9 5 5
      Genetics and genomics . 3 2 5 . . 2 1 . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 5 9 9 5 13 12 9 7 9 9
      Molecular biology . 3 3 4 2 1 3 3 2 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 . . . 2 1 3 1 . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . 2 1 . . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 12 6 8 10 11 7 5 6 8 9
    Computer and information sciences 19 12 9 11 8 12 3 12 7 4
      Computer science 8 5 6 6 8 7 1 11 5 4
      Computer and information sciences, other 11 7 3 5 . 5 2 1 2 .
    Engineering 109 97 104 101 111 97 119 100 78 81
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 5 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 2
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6 2 2 6 . 4 4 6 7 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 8 4 4 8 5 9 6 11 5 8
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 12 9 9 11 12 14 8 1 9
      Electrical and computer engineering 19 20 19 17 20 16 26 25 25 17
      Industrial engineering and operations research 8 12 10 6 8 10 8 8 7 4
      Materials and mining engineering 17 9 19 21 19 8 13 12 11 22
      Mechanical engineering 16 13 9 9 12 15 11 4 5 6
      Engineering, other 24 20 30 23 35 22 35 23 16 11
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 11 2 4 6 5 6 4 7 3
      Geological sciences 5 8 . 4 4 3 5 4 6 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 3 2 . 2 2 1 . 1 .
    Health sciences 11 17 4 10 15 4 8 10 4 8
      Nursing science 8 10 2 7 6 2 4 2 2 3
      Public health 1 2 . . . . . 2 . 1
      Health sciences, other 2 5 2 3 9 2 4 6 2 4
    Mathematics and statistics 6 11 13 10 16 12 18 7 13 6
      Applied mathematics 2 . 5 3 6 6 5 4 5 5
      Mathematics . 2 3 2 2 3 8 1 5 1
      Statistics . 1 . . . . . 1 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 8 5 5 8 3 5 1 3 .
    Physical sciences 26 46 38 27 41 45 29 36 31 27
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 2 3 2 . 2 . . 2 .
      Chemistry 18 24 23 11 20 29 18 24 17 12
      Physics 8 20 12 14 21 14 11 12 12 15
    Psychology 20 20 22 20 20 23 18 26 18 25
      Clinical psychology 5 6 6 4 4 8 7 6 5 9
      Counseling and applied psychology 7 8 7 6 5 5 6 8 5 5
      Research and experimental psychology 5 4 4 4 3 7 2 4 3 2
      Psychology, other 3 2 5 6 8 3 3 8 5 9
    Social sciences 20 25 13 26 24 34 27 24 28 25
      Anthropology 5 5 1 . 5 6 7 5 10 7
      Economics 6 3 3 11 4 3 6 4 6 7
      Political science and government 2 4 3 3 1 5 2 5 4 4
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 5 1 3 3 7 4 2 1 2
      Social sciences, other 3 8 5 9 11 13 8 7 7 5
  Non-science and engineering 72 78 84 64 91 70 92 92 94 82
    Business 9 16 10 7 9 8 16 14 10 16
      Business 9 16 10 7 9 8 16 14 10 16
    Education 38 28 36 28 50 31 35 42 47 31
      Education leadership and administration 1 2 3 3 6 5 4 4 6 3
      Education research 24 19 24 18 23 19 16 25 27 18
      Teacher education and teaching fields 13 5 3 6 14 6 12 11 10 8
      Education, other . 2 6 1 7 1 3 2 4 2
    Humanities and arts 16 18 20 17 18 20 26 24 23 17
      Letters 8 7 6 10 9 9 6 11 12 7
      Foreign languages and literature 2 4 4 3 2 1 9 3 5 4
      History 3 3 5 2 6 4 7 5 3 3
      Philosophy and religious studies . 3 4 2 1 5 1 4 1 2
      Humanities and arts, other 3 1 1 . . 1 3 1 2 1
    Other non-science and engineering 9 16 18 12 14 11 15 12 14 18
      Communication 4 4 5 5 7 3 6 6 5 11
      Public administration and social services 1 6 5 5 4 4 5 2 4 3
      Non-science and engineering, other 4 6 8 2 3 4 4 4 5 4

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   1,286   1,157   1,058   1,049   1,039   1,042   1,024   1,050   1,046   1,038
    Hispanic or Latino   98   75   60   66   47   59   55   50   52   63
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,175   1,067   988   968   980   964   941   960   926   890
      American Indian or Alaska Native   3   2   3   2   0   3   3   2   3   6
      Asian   63   47   37   40   36   33   39   38   34   27
      Black or African American   60   53   44   55   60   61   52   48   36   45
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   994   916   867   842   857   842   819   839   821   785
      More than one race   54   49   37   29   27   25   28   33   32   27
    Unknown ethnicity and race   13   15   10   15   12   19   28   40   68   85
  Temporary visa holders   472   445   381   312   256   284   299   350   377   368
  Science and engineering   1,583   1,476   1,326   1,243   1,191   1,224   1,211   1,293   1,330   1,310
    Science   1,045   986   851   802   772   794   757   776   785   812
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   40   38   38   46   41   43   49   61   61   80
      Biological and biomedical sciences   160   159   141   132   128   121   154   135   154   165
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   53   56
      Computer and information sciences   103   60   37   38   36   36   29   30   25   23
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   44   31
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   41   38   35   38   37   40   44   45   41   38
      Mathematics and statistics   103   89   73   64   47   60   58   57   68   67
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   43   34   32   35   29   25   15   6   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   12   19   18   15   13   20   9   19   0   0
      Physical sciences   168   179   122   85   80   75   55   71   63   71
      Psychology   184   196   211   194   211   182   169   155   138   139
      Social sciences   191   174   144   155   150   192   175   197   138   142
    Engineering   538   490   475   441   419   430   454   517   545   498
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   30   32   32   22   9   25   23   18   25   16
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   18   19   16   19   11   16   14   17   18   10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   46   44   45   48   44   25   26   34   30   34
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   49   42   43   36   49   51   49   46   63   65
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   38   47   41   35   41   33   30   54   65   55
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   90   78   68   73   59   60   49   45   57   32
      Mechanical engineering   73   58   45   48   44   41   41   45   46   44
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   45   37   38   28   28   25   37   43   36   44
      Other engineering   149   133   147   132   134   154   185   215   205   198
    Health   175   126   113   118   104   102   112   107   93   96
      Clinical medicine   82   59   48   55   36   29   30   28   27   27
      Other health   93   67   65   63   68   73   82   79   66   69

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   1,201   1,061   1,004   1,047   988   981   1,001   975   923   900
    Hispanic or Latino   79   68   64   56   50   46   46   45   42   33
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,104   972   920   965   903   901   908   871   822   809
      American Indian or Alaska Native   6   5   3   4   5   2   3   4   5   3
      Asian   64   51   49   46   41   43   40   29   31   37
      Black or African American   80   56   52   43   36   42   46   38   47   33
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   926   838   792   850   793   788   798   780   726   722
      More than one race   28   22   24   22   28   26   21   20   13   14
    Unknown ethnicity and race   18   21   20   26   35   34   47   59   59   58
  Temporary visa holders   423   397   365   362   336   373   376   361   345   324
  Science and engineering   1,463   1,325   1,260   1,338   1,280   1,306   1,334   1,287   1,225   1,176
    Science   910   790   710   745   718   729   735   694   681   686
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   117   125   125   108   104   98   88   79   106   104
      Biological and biomedical sciences   178   151   133   137   124   137   120   139   110   111
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   23   23
      Computer and information sciences   206   128   71   53   47   58   57   54   54   47
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   12
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   2   2   4   7   5   4   7   3   4   5
      Mathematics and statistics   43   47   54   59   58   47   42   41   35   38
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   11   10   9   5   4   4   2   3   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   34   31   26   32   30   28   28   30   0   0
      Physical sciences   161   143   153   187   172   184   223   196   196   175
      Psychology   82   79   62   77   81   73   71   59   57   67
      Social sciences   76   74   73   80   93   96   97   90   89   104
    Engineering   553   535   550   593   562   577   599   593   544   490
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   48   45   46   44   42   21   16   27   13   15
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   11   11   13   8   11   9   7   4   9   11
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   11   8   6   8   9   22   24   22   25   23
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   79   105   94   112   84   102   96   106   100   75
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   104   91   97   117   113   131   138   131   131   118
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   92   64   79   85   77   79   99   103   91   89
      Mechanical engineering   76   81   91   84   77   73   75   75   54   53
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   26   34   31   41   53   57   55   45   48   37
      Other engineering   106   96   93   94   96   83   89   80   73   69
    Health   161   133   109   71   44   48   43   49   43   48
      Clinical medicine   124   109   83   37   17   15   6   12   8   11
      Other health   37   24   26   34   27   33   37   37   35   37

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   328   341   316   238   224   246   253   285   334   289
  Science and engineering   322   334   306   230   221   240   250   282   331   287
    Science   152   167   131   99   90   96   90   94   109   99
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   9   17   13   15   10   9   5   13   13   18
      Biological and biomedical sciences   44   46   35   24   24   23   36   30   41   41
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3
      Computer and information sciences   13   9   10   7   8   7   8   8   9   1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   6   6   4   5   7   4   4   9   7   6
      Mathematics and statistics   10   13   7   3   3   1   5   5   6   6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   26   27   20   18   15   12   6   1   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   1   5   6   3   2   3   2   1   0   0
      Physical sciences   25   25   18   8   8   9   11   14   13   13
      Psychology   8   10   10   9   8   20   8   4   8   4
      Social sciences   10   9   8   7   5   8   5   9   9   7
    Engineering   170   167   175   131   131   144   160   188   222   188
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2   7   6   3   0   3   3   3   5   1
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   2   3   2   1   3   2   2   5   3   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   14   7   21   14   16   6   12   11   15   12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   7   11   10   3   3   3   8   9   20   14
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   7   4   12   11   14   13   14   28   29   16
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   7   4   5   2   1   1   2   1   3   6
      Mechanical engineering   21   24   17   16   12   13   8   9   12   9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   28   16   19   7   10   6   13   11   16   21
      Other engineering   82   91   83   74   72   97   98   111   119   109
    Health   6   7   10   8   3   6   3   3   3   2
      Clinical medicine   5   5   9   7   3   3   0   0   0   2
      Other health   1   2   1   1   0   3   3   3   3   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: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   1,758   1,602   1,439   1,361   1,295   1,326   1,323   1,400   1,423   1,406
  Fellowships   68   51   39   40   63   55   57   73   61   59
    Federal   7   9   7   9   15   17   11   4   14   15
    Institutional   60   42   30   29   45   37   46   69   43   38
    Nonfederal   1   0   2   2   3   1   0   0   4   6
  Research assistantships   546   554   551   515   458   487   509   554   571   505
    Federal   302   326   296   215   201   220   229   269   306   237
    Institutional   160   139   182   214   197   209   208   233   192   199
    Nonfederal   84   89   73   86   60   58   72   52   73   69
  Teaching assistantships   736   691   579   546   538   534   505   500   489   548
    Federal   0   0   2   1   3   1   0   0   1   30
    Institutional   736   691   577   545   535   533   505   500   468   497
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   20   21
  Other types of support   408   306   270   260   236   250   252   273   302   294
    Federal   19   6   11   13   5   8   13   12   13   7
    Institutional   3   3   4   3   2   0   1   3   0   0
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Personal resources   386   297   255   244   229   242   238   258   289   287

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   155   151   137   146   150   135   129   138   132   136
    Science   100   98   84   90   89   83   88   95   88   86
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   19   21   8   22   17   13   11   8   20   20
      Biological and biomedical sciences   21   27   33   29   27   24   32   35   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   1   0   1   1   4   3   2   3   3   1
      Mathematics and statistics   0   1   0   1   0   1   1   1   1   1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   6   4   4   2   2   0   1   3   0   0
      Physical sciences   50   43   35   32   36   39   38   44   39   38
      Psychology   1   0   0   0   1   1   1   0   0   0
      Social sciences   2   2   3   3   2   2   2   1   1   2
    Engineering   55   53   53   56   61   52   41   43   44   50
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   7   4   8   6   8   8   7   9   12   11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   7   5   5   4   6   4   4   4   4   5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   4   5   4   5   13   10   6   5   5   3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   2   1   0   5   3   3   2   1   2   2
      Mechanical engineering   14   11   12   10   6   7   6   3   1   4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   9   11   12   10   10   6   3   9   8   15
      Other engineering   12   16   12   16   15   14   13   12   12   10
    Health   3   5   1   2   2   1   0   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   3   5   1   1   1   1   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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   82   89   67   80   83   80   72   75   69   72
  Science and engineering   81   87   67   79   82   80   72   75   69   72
    Science   54   60   44   53   50   50   47   55   50   49
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   10   9   5   15   10   10   7   3   10   13
      Biological and biomedical sciences   14   17   15   12   11   10   13   19   13   10
      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   0   1   1   3   2   0   2   2   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   1   0   1   1   1   1   1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   2   3   2   1   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   26   30   20   22   26   26   24   30   24   25
      Psychology   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Social sciences   1   1   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   27   27   23   26   32   30   25   20   19   23
      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   3   2   0   1   4   5   5   5   5   6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   1   2   3   1   2   1   1   0   0   2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   2   3   2   3   8   8   5   4   4   3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   1   0   0   2   2   0   0   0   1   0
      Mechanical engineering   8   7   3   1   1   2   4   1   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   3   4   6   5   4   3   1   2   1   3
      Other engineering   9   9   9   13   11   11   9   8   8   9
    Health   1   2   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   1   2   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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   386,949   338,847   324,435   316,273   320,407   247,693   259,607   203,800   183,268   173,533
    Science   216,045   188,585   177,532   158,795   163,772   105,198   105,030   85,504   86,950   96,250
      Computer and information sciences   4,108   8,009   10,765   11,725   13,906   14,744   14,367   15,565   17,675   22,210
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   4,141   3,939   2,609   5,062   5,322   5,557   5,752   4,722   5,314   6,011
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   4,141   3,119   2,609   3,355   3,641   4,164   4,240   3,034   2,766   3,116
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   820   0   1,707   1,681   1,393   1,512   1,688   2,548   2,895
      Life sciences   123,958   110,556   100,488   86,080   84,619   24,065   23,092   16,142   17,529   16,590
        Agricultural sciences   73,019   54,420   48,003   41,632   42,734   45   41   7   380   1,274
        Biological and biomedical sciences   32,582   36,768   33,638   26,252   22,643   17,425   16,939   12,741   13,244   12,315
        Health sciences   8,574   9,423   10,264   10,025   9,977   6,503   6,020   3,307   3,818   1,384
        Natural resources and conservation   9,779   9,914   8,583   8,171   9,265   92   92   87   87   0
        Life sciences nec   4   31   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,617
      Mathematics and statistics   3,986   3,447   3,044   2,938   3,181   3,390   3,372   1,369   928   970
      Physical sciences   29,393   25,471   23,139   20,809   21,239   25,677   24,307   22,091   17,602   16,497
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   9,608   8,885   8,643   6,532   6,816   7,780   8,481   8,162   8,093   6,942
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   19,785   16,586   14,496   14,277   14,423   17,897   15,826   13,929   9,509   9,555
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   4,421   4,134   4,977   4,744   5,465   4,382   4,243   1,595   1,288   1,320
      Social sciences   11,516   10,761   9,813   10,596   12,171   12,661   12,480   6,924   6,875   7,542
        Anthropology   1,589   1,360   2,019   2,054   2,466   2,213   2,553   1,354   1,250   0
        Economics   5,219   5,054   4,283   4,877   6,265   6,723   5,972   3,884   4,244   4,902
        Political science and government   1,302   1,333   1,275   1,551   1,502   1,600   1,539   1,028   783   647
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,400   1,262   910   940   864   864   969   112   95   1,332
        Social sciences nec   2,006   1,752   1,326   1,174   1,074   1,261   1,447   546   503   661
      Sciences nec   34,522   22,268   22,697   16,841   17,869   14,722   17,417   17,096   19,739   25,110
    Engineering   128,648   116,222   115,464   128,579   128,542   116,528   128,675   113,852   90,290   70,341
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   31,031   28,899   30,537   22,796   20,649   19,305   15,697   14,312   13,449   9,498
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   355   1,720   3,011   2,064   2,629   2,584   1,316   1,329   1,289   1,449
      Chemical engineering   8,303   7,406   6,717   6,997   6,273   6,116   7,377   5,724   5,672   5,487
      Civil engineering   21,462   12,896   13,606   13,080   12,133   13,773   14,118   12,822   14,150   12,636
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   22,625   19,337   20,024   19,825   21,008   22,394   20,998   17,351   17,712   14,149
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   6,259   5,183   8,586   32,467   34,275   27,748   45,973   39,533   14,318   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   11,455   10,699   10,172   12,479   13,830   11,752   11,297   11,467   12,377   13,564
      Engineering nec   27,158   30,082   22,811   18,871   17,745   12,856   11,899   11,314   11,323   13,558
    Non-S&E   42,256   34,040   31,439   28,899   28,093   25,967   25,902   4,444   6,028   6,942
      Business management and business administration   11,940   11,544   9,931   9,470   8,215   7,163   6,965   1,799   2,594   2,188
      Communication and communications technologies   4,612   3,195   2,796   2,466   1,913   1,197   1,347   45   64   274
      Education   5,536   3,838   3,893   2,905   2,810   2,637   2,608   543   945   1,149
      Humanities   6,849   6,436   6,179   5,922   5,775   6,009   6,684   1,002   1,030   1,231
      Law   2,857   2,317   2,715   2,832   3,026   2,510   2,362   25   32   83
      Social work   6,141   1,288   1,024   1,736   1,760   1,622   991   428   220   514
      Visual and performing arts   2,579   2,233   2,042   1,994   2,108   2,280   2,409   69   52   65
      Non-S&E nec   1,742   3,189   2,859   1,574   2,486   2,549   2,536   533   1,091   1,438

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   386,949   180,010   12,857   171,819   8,618   8,377   5,268
    Science   216,045   93,986   6,686   103,276   4,024   4,991   3,082
      Computer and information sciences   4,108   1,990   0   1,820   15   3   280
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   4,141   1,881   0   2,225   0   0   35
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   4,141   1,881   0   2,225   0   0   35
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   123,958   52,999   1,646   58,987   3,740   4,159   2,427
        Agricultural sciences   73,019   25,631   430   39,978   3,129   2,244   1,607
        Biological and biomedical sciences   32,582   18,414   1,022   11,224   391   1,455   76
        Health sciences   8,574   3,459   0   4,372   220   187   336
        Natural resources and conservation   9,779   5,495   194   3,409   0   273   408
        Life sciences nec   4   0   0   4   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   3,986   1,563   0   2,384   14   0   25
      Physical sciences   29,393   18,832   886   9,160   24   347   144
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   9,608   5,679   290   3,193   19   283   144
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   19,785   13,153   596   5,967   5   64   0
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   4,421   1,332   0   3,087   0   2   0
      Social sciences   11,516   1,688   804   8,440   8   422   154
        Anthropology   1,589   481   8   1,037   0   4   59
        Economics   5,219   659   796   3,408   0   355   1
        Political science and government   1,302   0   0   1,212   8   5   77
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,400   0   0   1,352   0   45   3
        Social sciences nec   2,006   548   0   1,431   0   13   14
      Sciences nec   34,522   13,701   3,350   17,173   223   58   17
    Engineering   128,648   80,267   5,989   35,015   4,594   1,209   1,574
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   31,031   20,642   1,285   7,290   1,119   8   687
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   355   1   0   354   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   8,303   4,809   922   2,089   268   203   12
      Civil engineering   21,462   10,608   1,595   7,667   913   240   439
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   22,625   14,640   502   5,852   1,418   120   93
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   6,259   4,136   3   1,841   125   145   9
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   11,455   6,572   1,139   2,851   412   293   188
      Engineering nec   27,158   18,859   543   7,071   339   200   146
    Non-S&E   42,256   5,757   182   33,528   0   2,177   612
      Business management and business administration   11,940   89   20   11,787   0   11   33
      Communication and communications technologies   4,612   2,049   0   2,559   0   1   3
      Education   5,536   2,526   30   2,585   0   350   45
      Humanities   6,849   146   0   6,703   0   0   0
      Law   2,857   0   0   2,850   0   7   0
      Social work   6,141   785   132   3,026   0   1,801   397
      Visual and performing arts   2,579   0   0   2,572   0   7   0
      Non-S&E nec   1,742   162   0   1,446   0   0   134

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   180,010   153,637   149,260   135,202   138,402   123,434   117,776   117,097   109,722   105,417
  DOD   29,363   26,963   27,848   17,970   13,702   13,516   10,756   10,341   10,417   8,741
  DOE   58,852   57,048   55,570   56,425   60,980   61,485   58,852   60,118   44,048   36,010
  HHS   14,752   13,316   12,103   9,647   8,533   7,307   7,567   7,307   6,267   5,395
  NASA   2,299   2,738   4,277   3,469   4,731   5,395   4,387   2,754   2,173   2,353
  NSF   30,000   23,328   22,317   22,000   23,561   26,275   25,575   25,721   34,075   38,623
  USDA   23,943   20,159   17,554   16,954   16,486   2,031   1,904   1,439   1,677   1,068
  Other   20,801   10,085   9,591   8,737   10,409   7,425   8,735   9,417   11,065   13,227

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   4,358   445   3,913   .
2018   4,351   351   4,000   .

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   0
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   26,519   11,319   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   49,364   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   2,607   0   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   88,355   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   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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