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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
2023 105 77.5 459 42 94 679 134 78.1 602 153 83.5 914
2022 88 81.1 457 40 94.3 680 153 83.3 900
2021 79 82.7 447 58 91.8 691 132 77.7 583 152 83.5 908
2020 91 80.2 450 77 89.2 698 148 84.1 916
2019 96 78.9 447 59 91.8 697 124 79.3 589 150 83.8 914
2018 103 76.4 428 55 92.4 700 155 83.2 911
2017 93 78.5 425 49 93 684 138 76.4 575 158 82.7 898
2016 100 77.2 430 40 94.4 697 156 82.8 896
2015 98 77.4 426 39 94.6 693 138 76.2 570 159 82.6 898
2014 88 79.5 422 48 93.2 688 154 82.9 889
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 180 217 230 205 200 185 207 187 192 214
  Science and engineering 145 173 189 169 151 157 154 146 141 157
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 2 2 3 . 2 . 1 4 2
      Agricultural sciences 1 1 . . . . . . . 2
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 2 3 . 2 . 1 4 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 14 21 12 10 8 14 11 9 9 7
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 2 . 2 1 3 2 2 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 3 2 1 . . . 2 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 5 3 3 3 2 4 2 3 4
      Genetics and genomics 3 4 3 3 . 2 1 . 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 1 2 1 . . 2 3 . . 1
      Molecular biology 1 3 1 1 1 1 . . . .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 1 1 . . . . . 3 .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . . . 1 . . 2 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 1 . . 1 3 . 1 1 1
    Computer and information sciences 13 15 16 17 11 11 15 15 6 19
      Computer science 11 9 16 16 10 10 13 12 6 19
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 6 . 1 1 1 2 3 . .
    Engineering 59 79 93 80 76 80 72 66 67 79
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6 11 7 5 8 4 13 7 6 6
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6 8 15 10 8 8 6 5 8 7
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . . 2 . . . . . . 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 22 28 23 25 21 16 19 12 10 8
      Electrical and computer engineering 9 13 17 14 13 24 14 19 12 27
      Industrial engineering and operations research 2 7 8 9 5 7 4 5 11 12
      Materials and mining engineering 4 5 6 1 6 8 5 7 3 10
      Mechanical engineering 8 5 12 16 13 13 10 8 17 7
      Engineering, other 2 2 3 . 2 . 1 3 . 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 2 2 4 8 1 4 4 6 2
      Geological sciences 5 2 1 1 5 . 3 1 4 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 . 1 3 3 1 1 3 2 .
    Health sciences 12 8 8 9 2 3 8 5 8 10
      Nursing science 7 4 4 3 . 2 8 4 6 10
      Public health . . . . . . . 1 1 .
      Health sciences, other 5 4 4 6 2 1 . . 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 8 15 12 10 9 17 9 10 10 9
      Applied mathematics 2 4 3 1 2 9 5 4 1 7
      Mathematics 1 . 1 4 3 4 1 2 7 .
      Statistics 2 4 3 . . 1 1 . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 7 5 5 4 3 2 4 2 2
    Physical sciences 22 20 20 20 16 17 14 19 17 18
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 1 2 . 1 3 1 1 1 1
      Chemistry 12 12 10 15 14 10 7 10 9 14
      Physics 10 7 8 5 1 4 6 8 7 3
    Psychology 5 7 7 3 7 4 10 8 9 6
      Counseling and applied psychology . 1 1 . 1 1 . 2 5 2
      Research and experimental psychology 5 6 5 3 6 3 10 5 4 4
      Psychology, other . . 1 . . . . 1 . .
    Social sciences 4 4 17 13 14 8 11 9 5 5
      Public policy analysis . 1 2 . 1 2 . 1 . 1
      Social sciences, other 4 3 15 13 13 6 11 8 5 4
  Non-science and engineering 35 44 41 36 49 28 53 41 51 57
    Business 17 13 14 10 14 14 19 13 10 20
      Business 17 13 14 10 14 14 19 13 10 20
    Education 7 16 9 11 17 5 17 11 22 18
      Education leadership and administration 3 11 7 7 9 4 13 3 11 15
      Education research 2 2 . 2 2 1 . 3 10 3
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 3 1 1 3 . 1 3 1 .
      Education, other 2 . 1 1 3 . 3 2 . .
    Humanities and arts 3 9 8 6 9 6 5 9 10 7
      Letters 2 5 5 3 4 3 4 4 7 5
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . . . . 1
      History 1 4 2 3 5 3 1 4 3 1
      Humanities and arts, other . . 1 . . . . 1 . .
    Other non-science and engineering 8 6 10 9 9 3 12 8 9 12
      Communication . . 1 . . . . 1 . .
      Public administration and social services 8 6 8 8 9 3 12 7 9 12
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 1 1 . . . . . .

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 2,310 2,551 1,688 1,225 1,641 1,722 1,911 2,328 2,376 1,879
    Female 1,324 1,285 836 598 710 689 757 876 917 784
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 397 419 492 508 528 537 552 534 573 524
    Hispanic or Latino 107 101 115 114 92 95 97 74 76 60
    Not Hispanic or Latino 280 307 367 381 423 424 445 445 488 453
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 1 2
      Asian 88 73 71 79 81 89 103 79 76 54
      Black or African American 28 44 61 56 59 68 55 55 71 68
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 141 165 213 223 259 243 257 283 315 300
      More than one race 23 24 21 21 21 22 28 28 25 29
    Unknown ethnicity and race 10 11 10 13 13 18 10 15 9 11
  Temporary visa holders 3,237 3,417 2,032 1,315 1,823 1,874 2,116 2,670 2,720 2,139
  Science and engineering 3,595 3,794 2,454 1,764 2,303 2,371 2,634 3,175 3,241 2,638
    Science 2,463 2,515 1,515 933 1,166 1,131 1,184 1,394 1,350 1,101
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 52
      Biological and biomedical sciences 86 77 38 32 40 48 48 58 46 46
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1,705 1,924 1,115 578 785 725 767 905 837 623
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 15 0
      Mathematics and statistics 151 73 67 82 86 81 84 67 56 61
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 288 214 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 21 25 26 23 23 34 42 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 99 101 98 88 97 94 91 125 139 91
      Psychology 60 51 58 63 73 64 66 63 57 61
      Social sciences 53 50 66 67 62 85 86 131 157 167
    Engineering 1,132 1,279 939 831 1,137 1,240 1,450 1,781 1,891 1,537
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 57 64 69 76 80 74 75 83 90 85
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 49 62 60 83 93 84 105 121 140 136
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 587 562 318 245 329 350 364 248 268 217
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 173 262 195 161 253 287 271 293 409 424
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 135 198 156 108 170 208 267 399 448 306
      Mechanical engineering 103 105 117 126 176 200 317 435 388 310
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 28 26 24 32 36 37 51 56 62 56
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 86 3
  Health 39 42 70 59 48 40 34 29 52 25
    Clinical medicine 28 28 33 18 7 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 11 14 37 41 41 40 34 29 52 25

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 877 708 721 728 730 693 754 793 862 760
    Female 460 371 346 346 309 301 329 390 445 397
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 549 610 664 665 657 611 584 726 815 765
    Hispanic or Latino 136 138 128 126 130 113 107 134 114 110
    Not Hispanic or Latino 398 460 517 521 510 483 465 576 682 637
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 3
      Asian 75 94 104 104 100 93 73 65 72 71
      Black or African American 66 71 77 80 75 72 64 140 146 121
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      White 241 277 310 314 312 293 306 340 430 417
      More than one race 15 17 25 22 21 24 22 30 31 24
    Unknown ethnicity and race 15 12 19 18 17 15 12 16 19 18
  Temporary visa holders 788 469 403 409 382 383 499 457 492 392
  Science and engineering 1,285 1,031 1,020 1,024 995 959 1,042 1,152 1,276 1,151
    Science 760 528 495 489 486 427 488 595 708 700
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 43
      Biological and biomedical sciences 40 41 50 50 46 45 37 23 32 33
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 448 260 213 211 190 158 197 167 235 210
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 7 6
      Mathematics and statistics 39 32 45 44 48 39 42 23 39 32
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 63 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 11 11 9 16 33 33 38 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 60 57 66 66 60 57 59 22 16 49
      Psychology 46 28 21 17 11 3 20 0 5 12
      Social sciences 53 72 77 85 98 92 95 330 350 315
    Engineering 525 503 525 535 509 532 554 557 568 451
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 46 54 56 56 39 21 28 34 40 48
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 33 21 25 13 21 22 14 25 34 29
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 243 214 224 217 198 192 177 133 147 112
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 96 71 66 77 88 87 89 87 112 92
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 45 62 64 70 69 82 85 89 88 79
      Mechanical engineering 50 73 74 87 82 110 141 139 117 86
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 12 8 16 15 12 18 20 20 11 4
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 19 1
  Health 52 48 47 50 44 35 41 31 31 6
    Clinical medicine 19 17 10 12 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 33 31 37 38 43 35 41 31 31 6

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
All surveyed fields 155 166 164 117 79 120 101 100 129 126
  Science and engineering 150 163 161 111 77 115 98 99 129 125
    Science 68 75 56 41 29 54 44 51 64 53
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
      Biological and biomedical sciences 9 9 5 3 1 3 1 4 5 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 23 29 23 13 8 11 9 14 14 11
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8 0 1 4 6 9 3 11 8 10
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 2 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 21 31 22 19 13 24 26 18 27 23
      Psychology 7 3 1 0 1 2 4 3 5 4
      Social sciences 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0
    Engineering 82 88 105 70 48 61 54 48 65 72
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 16 13 9 6 5 4 2 4 5
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 12 18 24 25 22 25 15 10 9 17
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 22 16 30 10 7 12 7 2 7 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 12 17 14 20 8 14 18 14 23 21
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 8 9 3 1 0 3 5 8 7
      Mechanical engineering 6 13 13 3 3 3 4 7 10 9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 13 0 2 0 1 2 3 8 4 8
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 5 3 3 6 2 5 3 1 0 1
    Clinical medicine 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 3 3 2 6 2 5 3 1 0 1

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
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 3,634 3,836 2,524 1,823 2,351 2,411 2,668 3,204 3,293 2,663
  Fellowships 13 15 94 46 10 16 14 12 30 41
    Federal 12 13 41 11 8 12 14 9 26 15
    Institutional 0 2 53 25 0 0 0 0 2 7
    Nonfederal 1 0 0 10 2 4 0 3 2 19
  Research assistantships 251 257 198 200 138 153 163 133 210 187
    Federal 132 147 122 98 57 86 82 81 102 109
    Institutional 79 85 60 76 65 55 65 48 51 43
    Nonfederal 40 25 16 26 16 12 16 4 57 35
  Teaching assistantships 597 550 405 441 410 480 531 531 589 531
    Federal 10 3 0 3 6 20 0 10 0 0
    Institutional 504 543 405 437 403 460 527 517 584 524
    Nonfederal 83 4 0 1 1 0 4 4 5 7
  Other types of support 2,773 3,014 1,827 1,136 1,793 1,762 1,960 2,528 2,464 1,904
    Federal 1 3 1 5 8 2 5 0 1 2
    Institutional 8 5 13 18 144 0 5 22 42 57
    Nonfederal 4 0 7 14 3 2 12 8 19 14
    Personal resources 2,760 3,006 1,806 1,099 1,638 1,758 1,938 2,498 2,402 1,831

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 61 64 68 71 77 63 47 61 59 49
    Science 26 31 33 39 39 47 31 38 44 24
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 5 9 6 3 8 3 3 2 0 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 4 4 5 6 4 3 0 3 1 2
      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 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2 2 3 7 9 14 7 0 11 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 13 16 18 23 16 21 18 30 31 19
      Psychology 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
    Engineering 35 33 35 32 38 16 16 23 15 25
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 2 5 11 5 4 2 3 3 4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 8 6 3 8 6 5 5 2 7
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 15 11 13 11 13 3 3 6 6 6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 5 5 5 5 1 1 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 4 4 0 3 1 4 4 3 5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 3
      Other engineering 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 4 6 4 6 2 2 5 7 1 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 4 6 4 6 2 2 5 7 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

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 34 39 36 31 28 22 22 35 24 30
  Science and engineering 30 33 32 27 26 20 19 30 24 30
    Science 18 21 16 18 14 15 13 22 20 20
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 2 4 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 4 4 1 5 4 3 0 3 1 2
      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 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10 13 9 13 8 8 9 16 17 15
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
    Engineering 12 12 16 9 12 5 6 8 4 10
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 5 6 3 8 3 3 3 0 7
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 3 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
      Other engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 4 6 4 4 2 2 3 5 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 4 6 4 4 2 2 3 5 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 147,265 133,770 126,477 133,793 123,858 105,688 97,197 87,386 77,798 89,175
    Science 59,987 52,269 47,839 47,622 46,284 38,744 40,807 40,466 37,301 28,821
      Computer and information sciences 9,165 8,415 6,865 7,572 7,191 5,719 4,506 4,471 4,310 4,241
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,228 668 867 877 1,289 1,275 1,385 1,323 1,661 1,842
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,228 668 867 877 1,289 1,275 1,385 1,323 1,661 1,842
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 23,340 20,310 19,246 18,430 18,118 12,100 18,039 18,761 16,079 4,101
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 10,440 9,659 8,816 8,478 7,903 6,319 5,881 2,478 2,195 2,986
        Health sciences 12,347 10,059 9,984 9,511 9,698 5,317 3,035 3,218 1,144 0
        Natural resources and conservation 553 592 446 441 517 464 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,123 13,065 12,740 1,115
      Mathematics and statistics 3,317 2,443 2,350 2,053 2,276 1,992 1,835 2,053 1,716 1,706
      Physical sciences 20,371 18,905 16,864 17,257 15,590 16,067 13,273 12,629 11,596 12,448
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 6,773 5,006 5,631 5,740 5,243 4,776 4,307 4,849 2,054 4,449
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 12,488 12,897 10,373 10,782 9,378 10,412 8,966 7,780 9,487 7,999
        Physical sciences nec 1,110 1,002 860 735 969 879 0 0 55 0
      Psychology 2,416 1,404 1,568 1,329 1,660 1,459 1,644 1,121 1,205 1,500
      Social sciences 150 124 79 104 160 132 125 108 734 2,983
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 62 0 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 21
        Political science and government 42 58 24 4 38 58 24 13 5 16
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 77 15 11 9 42 36 0 0 59 24
        Social sciences nec 31 51 44 91 80 38 39 27 670 2,922
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 64,548 61,467 58,154 59,395 54,450 48,513 41,258 41,889 37,401 45,440
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6,018 5,890 4,249 4,444 4,390 2,978 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5,150 4,880 4,520 5,453 5,864 4,800 3,668 2,973 2,959 4,049
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,097 0 0
      Civil engineering 15,294 13,842 12,925 11,785 8,543 6,981 5,500 5,922 5,798 6,190
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 6,992 6,928 5,936 6,625 6,978 6,955 5,113 4,692 6,471 4,395
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 13,192 12,597 12,949 12,438 11,161 12,033 10,167 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 6,018 5,889 4,249 4,451 4,390 3,053 6,731 6,149 5,351 7,033
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,614 9,198 9,492 2,020
      Engineering nec 11,884 11,441 13,326 14,199 13,124 11,713 8,465 11,858 7,330 21,753
    Non-S&E 22,730 20,034 20,484 26,776 23,124 18,431 15,132 5,031 3,096 14,914
      Business management and business administration 4,337 3,301 3,531 4,463 2,264 1,454 785 885 537 613
      Communication and communications technologies 109 55 22 87 137 208 158 0 10 486
      Education 1,927 1,571 1,171 1,278 1,193 1,308 1,082 2,296 1,612 520
      Humanities 809 494 725 1,303 1,318 1,120 1,131 999 86 520
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 6,195 6,023 6,150 9,201 9,536 5,944 847 798 217 1,269
      Visual and performing arts 222 272 272 431 377 214 0 0 617 121
      Non-S&E nec 9,131 8,318 8,613 10,013 8,299 8,183 11,129 53 17 11,385

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 147,265 56,337 28,343 50,435 5,284 4,708 2,158
    Science 59,987 26,362 7,597 23,259 1,252 889 628
      Computer and information sciences 9,165 3,739 2,277 2,839 300 10 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,228 82 0 1,054 9 40 43
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,228 82 0 1,054 9 40 43
        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 23,340 9,619 1,875 10,207 487 574 578
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 10,440 4,247 1,429 4,240 282 24 218
        Health sciences 12,347 5,372 133 5,744 188 550 360
        Natural resources and conservation 553 0 313 223 17 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 3,317 1,357 1,325 628 0 7 0
      Physical sciences 20,371 10,808 2,120 6,759 425 258 1
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 6,773 2,466 383 3,318 394 211 1
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 12,488 8,342 884 3,184 31 47 0
        Physical sciences nec 1,110 0 853 257 0 0 0
      Psychology 2,416 681 0 1,719 10 0 6
      Social sciences 150 76 0 53 21 0 0
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 42 16 0 26 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 77 60 0 17 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 31 0 0 10 21 0 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 64,548 26,470 17,258 14,558 3,492 2,134 636
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6,018 2,621 1,243 1,516 536 42 60
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5,150 2,201 398 1,788 59 529 175
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 15,294 3,262 6,907 3,711 906 419 89
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 6,992 3,497 1,694 1,439 220 87 55
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 13,192 9,395 289 2,333 729 417 29
      Mechanical engineering 6,018 2,621 1,243 1,516 536 42 60
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 11,884 2,873 5,484 2,255 506 598 168
    Non-S&E 22,730 3,505 3,488 12,618 540 1,685 894
      Business management and business administration 4,337 126 17 2,843 149 659 543
      Communication and communications technologies 109 0 11 98 0 0 0
      Education 1,927 939 39 809 48 92 0
      Humanities 809 49 21 636 0 42 61
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 6,195 1,065 275 4,488 63 259 45
      Visual and performing arts 222 0 15 137 4 66 0
      Non-S&E nec 9,131 1,326 3,110 3,607 276 567 245

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 56,337 56,025 46,946 44,950 41,764 36,027 33,111 26,664 27,712 24,857
  DOD 11,021 12,573 8,786 8,647 10,128 9,469 6,943 4,246 4,466 3,588
  DOE 3,474 2,931 2,462 2,863 3,121 2,502 1,676 1,374 1,740 2,047
  HHS 13,742 11,601 10,353 9,470 7,258 3,807 4,118 2,541 2,348 3,364
  NASA 2,233 2,188 1,753 1,568 849 1,027 1,106 1,077 1,017 695
  NSF 12,822 12,699 9,340 9,087 8,919 9,292 10,844 8,187 9,216 9,302
  USDA 1,126 721 225 160 48 0 65 108 136 87
  Other 11,919 13,312 14,027 13,155 11,441 9,930 8,359 9,131 8,789 5,774

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 1,777 412 1,365 .
2018 1,802 390 1,412 .
2017 1,810 417 1,393 .

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 515 515 557 463 448
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 83 83 85 68 72
    Computer and information sciences 41 41 37 29 27
    Engineering 205 205 216 210 184
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 14 14 18 14 14
    Health sciences 56 56 50 22 14
    Mathematics and statistics 2 2 6 6 6
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 98 98 126 94 112
    Psychology 15 15 17 17 18
    Social sciences 1 1 2 2 1
    Other 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

New construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction: 2025–16
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
  All research space . 131,583 . . 125,000 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . 53,628 . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . 30,000 0
    Health sciences . 60,656 . . 30,000 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . . . 10,000 0
    Physical sciences . . . . 30,000 0
    Psychology . 17,299 . . 0 0
    Social sciences . . . . 25,000 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 0 1,726 765 282 7,531
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 6,763
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 630 291 282 421
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 780 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 316 474 0 347
    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

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