U. Texas, The, Austin

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 7 98.7 459 25 96.2 631 31 96.8 925
2023 6 98.9 459 22 96.9 679 32 96.6 911 41 93.4 602
2022 13 97.4 457 19 97.4 680 35 96.3 900
2021 9 98.2 447 20 97.3 691 35 96.3 908 44 92.7 583
2020 8 98.5 450 20 97.3 698 34 96.4 916
2019 3 99.6 447 19 97.4 697 37 96.1 914 42 93.1 589
2018 5 99.1 428 37 94.9 700 36 96.2 911
2017 3 99.5 425 33 95.4 684 35 96.2 898 43 92.8 575
2016 1 100 430 32 95.6 697 34 96.4 896
2015 2 99.8 426 30 95.8 693 34 96.4 898 36 93.9 570
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 786 767 741 667 744 801 762 795 849 841
  Science and engineering 605 583 573 502 549 584 534 583 630 601
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 1 4 . 1 . 1 1 1
      Agricultural sciences . . . 3 . 1 . 1 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation . . 1 1 . . . . . 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 74 56 61 48 49 58 63 71 70 80
      Biochemistry and biophysics 12 9 8 7 3 7 10 15 9 12
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 . 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 . 1 7 3 6 9 10 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 14 7 8 7 7 7 14 3 10 10
      Genetics and genomics 1 . 1 . . 1 1 2 . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 2 8 5 4 2 7 2 11 3 7
      Molecular biology 20 15 18 8 10 8 10 10 6 13
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 10 7 13 6 8 13 8 5 12 15
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 2 1 . . 1 1 2 . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . . 2 . . . . 4 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 10 6 5 10 10 8 9 12 13 11
    Computer and information sciences 37 33 32 34 23 22 25 33 34 27
      Computer science 29 23 23 31 18 20 21 25 29 24
      Computer and information sciences, other 8 10 9 3 5 2 4 8 5 3
    Engineering 226 222 214 200 212 239 195 203 227 212
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 8 7 6 5 11 6 7 13 10
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16 12 13 17 16 18 6 9 11 24
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 43 48 44 50 55 53 45 56 50 47
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 35 42 23 29 32 35 34 38 39 39
      Electrical and computer engineering 49 54 51 42 57 60 53 50 62 52
      Industrial engineering and operations research 7 5 5 9 6 7 3 4 4 4
      Materials and mining engineering 20 12 11 9 8 15 10 10 13 11
      Mechanical engineering 28 26 35 30 20 30 30 20 27 16
      Engineering, other 19 15 25 8 13 10 8 9 8 9
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 21 31 24 19 27 42 31 31 39 22
      Geological sciences 20 25 20 14 22 35 28 31 27 17
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 6 4 5 5 7 3 . 12 5
    Health sciences 39 35 32 34 29 37 26 37 24 29
      Nursing science 10 10 7 6 10 5 5 5 4 7
      Pharmaceutical sciences 14 13 15 13 12 15 12 17 8 9
      Public health 4 3 3 1 2 6 1 . 2 2
      Health sciences, other 11 9 7 14 5 11 8 15 10 11
    Mathematics and statistics 20 22 24 18 32 24 30 17 27 24
      Applied mathematics 4 2 2 1 4 2 2 6 9 11
      Mathematics 1 . 1 7 13 13 16 4 4 12
      Statistics 4 4 6 4 6 . 3 2 1 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 11 16 15 6 9 9 9 5 13 .
    Physical sciences 67 65 67 45 68 65 66 67 75 77
      Astronomy and astrophysics 8 4 11 4 2 7 7 3 9 8
      Chemistry 26 34 27 25 31 26 24 37 34 33
      Physics 33 27 29 16 35 32 35 27 32 36
    Psychology 37 29 30 41 36 34 30 31 39 36
      Clinical psychology 7 4 5 5 9 6 7 2 4 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 11 10 6 15 14 11 7 14 12 13
      Research and experimental psychology 10 9 14 13 8 8 7 10 14 9
      Psychology, other 9 6 5 8 5 9 9 5 9 11
    Social sciences 84 90 88 59 73 62 68 92 94 93
      Anthropology 4 7 8 6 2 3 7 18 11 15
      Economics 11 16 12 10 17 12 11 17 9 10
      Political science and government 16 10 18 7 12 10 13 13 14 18
      Public policy analysis 3 10 7 4 4 1 6 4 7 5
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 14 14 11 9 9 12 11 16 19 19
      Social sciences, other 36 33 32 23 29 24 20 24 34 26
  Non-science and engineering 181 184 168 165 195 217 228 212 219 240
    Business 9 20 11 12 13 22 24 20 17 16
      Business 9 20 11 12 13 22 24 20 17 16
    Education 58 52 58 54 63 59 71 66 44 83
      Education leadership and administration 12 4 7 8 11 7 18 9 2 9
      Education research 35 37 33 34 31 39 35 39 29 52
      Teacher education and teaching fields 9 11 18 11 20 10 17 16 9 21
      Education, other 2 . . 1 1 3 1 2 4 1
    Humanities and arts 79 69 73 73 77 104 89 88 108 103
      Letters 18 25 18 20 19 28 21 21 43 28
      Foreign languages and literature 8 10 6 10 18 17 24 14 12 18
      History 14 10 10 12 15 21 17 13 29 26
      Philosophy and religious studies 13 6 15 9 6 12 9 13 4 9
      Music and performing arts 11 4 6 4 5 6 8 14 9 5
      Humanities and arts, other 15 14 18 18 14 20 10 13 11 17
    Other non-science and engineering 35 43 26 26 42 32 44 38 50 38
      Communication 27 33 17 17 32 22 30 31 41 30
      Public administration and social services 5 7 6 4 6 8 12 5 5 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 3 3 5 4 2 2 2 4 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   2,879   3,116 i   3,131   3,278   2,985   2,893   1,746   1,864   2,014   2,083
    Hispanic or Latino   518   538 i   547   502   458   410   193   199   207   217
    Not Hispanic or Latino   2,203   2,448 i   2,454   2,647   2,399   2,347   1,484   1,593   1,637   1,803
      American Indian or Alaska Native   2   3 i   3   8   4   3   3   3   12   10
      Asian   478   458 i   453   386   334   322   203   218   210   218
      Black or African American   117   130 i   135   132   118   104   38   44   44   49
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   3   1 i   1   3   2   1   0   0   2   1
      White   1,515   1,774 i   1,779   2,018   1,859   1,848   1,186   1,275   1,342   1,502
      More than one race   88   82 i   83   100   82   69   54   53   27   23
    Unknown ethnicity and race   158   130 i   130   129   128   136   69   72   170   63
  Temporary visa holders   2,258   2,505 i   2,465   2,154   1,920   2,192   1,647   1,714   1,777   1,763
  Science and engineering   4,821   5,258 i   5,231   5,076   4,605   4,717   3,265   3,444   3,679   3,737
    Science   3,119   3,286 i   3,256   3,207   2,924   2,941   1,492   1,675   1,863   1,935
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   416   403 i   395   398   389   371   344   356   206   210
      Communication   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   162   178
      Computer and information sciences   755   804 i   729   591   452   513   0   51   196   210
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   25   26
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   170   158 i   163   177   185   181   196   214   238   257
      Mathematics and statistics   211   198 i   197   227   246   248   133   201   101   103
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   225   143 i   146   93   53   42   17   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   24   34 i   35   38   31   16   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   445   463 i   454   452   398   400   398   408   431   441
      Psychology   168   227 i   233   257   275   246   0   0   85   92
      Social sciences   705   856 i   904   974   895   924   404   445   371   375
    Engineering   1,702   1,972 i   1,975   1,869   1,681   1,776   1,773   1,769   1,816   1,802
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   157   155 i   153   147   123   106   90   87   93   87
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   131   143 i   133   129   112   110   99   96   88   84
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   271   298 i   296   312   309   340   322   342   377   382
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   219   326 i   327   314   277   305   348   351   366   392
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   472   549 i   562   504   450   520   507   491   455   473
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   43   83 i   88   69   44   54   68   61   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   299   302 i   304   282   260   246   247   248   341   290
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   88   93 i   90   85   74   65   61   57   54   55
      Other engineering   22   23 i   22   27   32   30   31   36   42   39
    Health   316   363 i   365   356   300   368   128   134   112   109
      Clinical medicine   29   32 i   33   32   24   27   29   27   0   0
      Other health   287   331 i   332   324   276   341   99   107   112   109

i=imputed

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   2,827   1,812 i   1,785   1,644   807   712   332   342   225   233
    Hispanic or Latino   392   276 i   274   210   123   115   53   38   23   31
    Not Hispanic or Latino   2,217   1,397 i   1,375   1,336   617   543   266   289   182   200
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   1 i   1   2   1   4   2   3   1   1
      Asian   968   483 i   462   351   146   99   44   59   37   37
      Black or African American   81   48 i   48   50   26   25   10   11   5   6
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   2   1 i   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   1,103   820 i   820   878   422   402   202   210   137   153
      More than one race   62   44 i   43   55   22   13   8   6   2   3
    Unknown ethnicity and race   218   139 i   136   98   67   54   13   15   20   2
  Temporary visa holders   1,150   793 i   764   556   331   177   100   84   69   80
  Science and engineering   3,888   2,494 i   2,424   2,074   1,047   813   410   417   282   297
    Science   3,632   2,228 i   2,142   1,797   723   478   114   116   93   109
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   41   55 i   61   59   49   44   23   19   3   3
      Communication   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   16   23
      Computer and information sciences   2,308   1,110 i   1,036   888   517   226   0   7   18   18
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   12   10 i   11   14   12   10   10   16   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   9   6 i   6   8   4   12   4   8   1   3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1,125   887 i   858   662   6   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   1   2 i   2   3   0   1   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   8   4 i   4   9   4   11   16   14   6   11
      Psychology   17   36 i   36   42   34   52   0   0   9   4
      Social sciences   111   118 i   128   112   97   122   61   52   40   46
    Engineering   256   266 i   282   277   324   335   296   301   189   188
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   13   13 i   12   9   14   6   12   11   10   6
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   1 i   1   0   4   1   2   0   0   1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   7   10 i   11   9   14   9   13   16   3   10
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   33   39 i   44   21   21   27   34   29   28   17
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   114   121 i   129   129   153   163   155   171   108   107
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   1   4 i   4   1   5   8   8   9   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   83   76 i   79   86   76   79   67   60   38   42
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   5   2 i   2   2   2   4   1   2   1   4
      Other engineering   0   0 i   0   20   35   38   4   3   1   1
    Health   89   111 i   125   126   91   76   22   9   12   16
      Clinical medicine   23   23 i   27   19   12   2   1   0   0   0
      Other health   66   88 i   98   107   79   74   21   9   12   16

i=imputed

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   1,215   1,188 i   1,169   1,146   1,024   730   515   755   584   711
  Science and engineering   1,174   1,139 i   1,119   1,107   986   710   514   750   580   695
    Science   594   588 i   576   585   535   354   273   353   297   333
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   139   139 i   134   147   130   70   105   113   18   19
      Communication   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   22   8
      Computer and information sciences   102   135 i   123   90   80   65   0   3   65   76
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   51   50 i   52   48   49   16   38   64   37   32
      Mathematics and statistics   30   21 i   20   40   38   34   15   24   6   9
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   43   26 i   31   15   12   6   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   1   5 i   5   2   4   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   157   137 i   135   139   117   95   88   105   74   103
      Psychology   33   30 i   30   52   52   31   0   0   7   17
      Social sciences   38   45 i   46   52   53   37   27   44   35   36
    Engineering   580   551 i   543   522   451   356   241   397   283   362
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   70   75 i   73   62   51   28   7   3   5   8
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   54   45 i   42   50   44   30   40   38   33   39
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   80   60 i   57   64   77   47   43   65   80   53
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   58   58 i   58   53   41   38   18   51   28   20
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   171   166 i   167   147   124   109   82   123   105   136
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   6   13 i   14   12   12   7   0   2   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   102   91 i   91   96   72   76   42   85   7   79
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   37   40 i   38   35   30   21   8   30   25   27
      Other engineering   2   3 i   3   3   0   0   1   0   0   0
    Health   41   49 i   50   39   38   20   1   5   4   16
      Clinical medicine   4   7 i   7   3   4   0   0   4   0   0
      Other health   37   42 i   43   36   34   20   1   1   4   16

i=imputed

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   5,137   5,621 i   5,596   5,432   4,905   5,085   3,393   3,578   3,791   3,846
  Fellowships   780   856 i   861   803   728   513   429   540   556   487
    Federal   200   224 i   219   187   169   66   135   193   203   197
    Institutional   332   361 i   365   306   334   270   149   279   290   230
    Nonfederal   248   271 i   277   310   225   177   145   68   63   60
  Research assistantships   1,858   1,920 i   1,892   1,818   1,582   1,402   786   1,388   1,438   1,459
    Federal   1,000   954 i   940   940   828   659   380   529   362   500
    Institutional   431   489 i   479   395   338   365   147   541   749   501
    Nonfederal   427   477 i   473   483   416   378   259   318   327   458
  Teaching assistantships   1,204   1,382 i   1,389   1,344   997   1,138   745   1,193   1,286   1,315
    Federal   2   1 i   1   0   0   2   0   5   0   0
    Institutional   1,195   1,380 i   1,387   1,339   989   1,126   744   1,178   1,286   1,315
    Nonfederal   7   1 i   1   5   8   10   1   10   0   0
  Other types of support   1,295   1,463 i   1,454   1,467   1,598   2,032   1,433   457   511   585
    Federal   13   9 i   9   19   27   3   0   28   19   14
    Institutional   860   827 i   816   840   1,121   1,562   1,140   28   59   40
    Nonfederal   169   139 i   139   123   115   45   0   36   45   71
    Personal resources   253   488 i   490   485   335   422   293   365   388   460

i=imputed

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   506   479 i   457   485   463   443   432   292   327   346
    Science   345   344 i   330   347   317   303   294   200   225   198
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   89   98 i   94   94   104   100   94   31   47   24
      Communication   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   3
      Computer and information sciences   10   9 i   8   12   6   8   7   5   8   5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   7
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   51   34 i   32   32   34   32   41   49   14   13
      Mathematics and statistics   48   40 i   41   47   48   42   36   10   13   15
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   25   20 i   20   24   18   19   31   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   82   97 i   91   99   76   78   60   85   96   111
      Psychology   19   23 i   22   22   17   10   20   14   13   13
      Social sciences   21   23 i   22   17   14   14   5   6   10   7
    Engineering   161   135 i   127   138   146   140   138   92   102   148
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   8   8 i   7   9   1   6   5   11   8   8
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   18   13 i   13   14   16   24   15   12   15   15
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   45   38 i   36   27   34   32   35   33   37   53
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   21   18 i   17   16   13   10   13   0   5   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   24   12 i   11   11   14   14   18   17   13   17
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   31   35 i   32   44   50   40   40   0   3   23
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   16   20   31
      Other engineering   14   11 i   11   17   18   14   12   3   1   1
    Health   28   22 i   21   23   5   48   20   13   16   24
      Clinical medicine   17   14 i   14   16   0   19   0   0   0   0
      Other health   11   8 i   7   7   5   29   20   13   16   24

i=imputed

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   194   190 i   185   185   225   200   177   162   190   219
  Science and engineering   179   184 i   179   180   222   190   175   151   177   202
    Science   119   144 i   141   135   168   157   135   105   138   102
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   35   48 i   47   41   60   58   50   25   37   20
      Communication   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   2
      Computer and information sciences   4   7 i   6   8   6   6   4   3   6   3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   13   8 i   8   4   12   12   13   15   6   4
      Mathematics and statistics   21   20 i   21   23   30   24   17   3   6   3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   9   7 i   7   5   7   8   14   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   26   44 i   42   41   39   40   27   43   52   55
      Psychology   11   9 i   9   11   9   6   9   11   13   11
      Social sciences   0   1 i   1   2   5   3   1   5   6   2
    Engineering   60   40 i   38   45   54   33   40   46   39   100
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5   3 i   3   3   1   2   2   9   2   2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   7   4 i   4   2   6   7   6   7   3   9
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   20   6 i   6   4   9   2   5   10   13   38
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   4   5 i   5   4   3   4   3   0   5   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   10   8 i   7   8   9   7   5   8   7   11
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   10   10 i   9   19   23   11   15   0   0   17
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   9   9   23
      Other engineering   4   4 i   4   5   3   0   4   3   0   0
    Health   15   6 i   6   5   3   10   2   11   13   17
      Clinical medicine   9   4 i   4   3   0   2   0   0   0   0
      Other health   6   2 i   2   2   3   8   2   11   13   17

i=imputed

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   1,143,917   1,035,838   845,896   779,348   797,199   696,111   679,781   652,187   621,692   604,376
    Science   628,875   578,722   460,322   429,433   466,980   370,141   374,604   359,098   348,295   334,833
      Computer and information sciences   155,613   116,971   100,730   87,595   139,290   66,125   73,386   82,102   78,370   68,999
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   101,475   76,120   55,612   54,009   61,145   51,155   55,302   64,052   70,200   71,843
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   33   45   27   16   38   21   9   25   12   0
        Geological and earth sciences   84,156   58,701   43,557   42,578   47,519   37,311   40,691   50,433   56,819   60,245
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   12,336   12,897   9,266   9,063   11,098   11,681   11,468   12,193   11,948   10,260
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   4,950   4,477   2,762   2,352   2,490   2,142   3,134   1,401   1,421   1,338
      Life sciences   179,715   188,258   156,202   148,471   130,377   117,716   119,249   94,334   78,582   74,068
        Agricultural sciences   188   167   75   69   58   83   117   129   283   287
        Biological and biomedical sciences   85,083   83,405   71,830   72,413   62,802   58,063   66,148   53,273   46,835   45,654
        Health sciences   82,528   94,347   77,108   69,548   62,010   56,232   42,958   29,454   27,592   25,620
        Natural resources and conservation   7,080   5,220   4,167   3,192   2,526   1,467   7,569   7,941   1,542   0
        Life sciences nec   4,836   5,119   3,022   3,249   2,981   1,871   2,457   3,537   2,330   2,507
      Mathematics and statistics   16,287   18,889   18,319   17,349   20,290   17,222   14,581   11,704   9,373   8,508
      Physical sciences   114,231   123,113   93,232   85,250   81,380   81,357   77,735   76,290   83,505   83,873
        Astronomy and astrophysics   20,224   26,910   13,903   12,621   13,187   13,759   11,490   11,080   12,321   12,779
        Chemistry   23,812   24,211   20,895   18,584   16,470   15,321   15,216   15,040   18,227   19,934
        Materials science   40,175   42,219   34,726   30,671   24,874   28,305   24,079   23,441   3,502   0
        Physics   29,600   28,669   23,264   23,011   26,463   23,553   26,391   26,240   49,332   50,124
        Physical sciences nec   420   1,104   444   363   386   419   559   489   123   1,036
      Psychology   18,518   16,683   11,067   10,293   10,435   12,544   11,714   9,784   8,518   9,938
      Social sciences   38,041   32,781   22,612   23,660   20,650   20,467   18,516   18,825   15,135   14,473
        Anthropology   1,533   1,422   1,451   1,266   1,158   628   1,381   1,362   1,358   0
        Economics   988   599   117   90   383   334   452   881   310   373
        Political science and government   1,336   948   577   346   399   803   665   475   482   597
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   29,347   24,222   15,821   16,316   13,156   13,517   10,274   10,832   9,418   8,791
        Social sciences nec   4,837   5,590   4,646   5,642   5,554   5,185   5,744   5,275   3,567   4,712
      Sciences nec   4,995   5,907   2,548   2,806   3,413   3,555   4,121   2,007   4,612   3,131
    Engineering   418,949   360,947   319,719   279,730   259,935   249,788   242,963   239,499   217,413   216,821
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   23,276   18,046   14,072   13,515   12,615   12,550   11,300   10,067   10,907   11,439
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   14,987   10,980   10,324   10,287   12,543   12,519   9,927   9,371   8,456   8,145
      Chemical engineering   54,306   47,864   46,906   41,078   37,569   38,107   43,514   43,517   49,555   51,920
      Civil engineering   49,525   45,300   41,873   37,375   35,537   35,530   37,053   39,355   39,734   32,605
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   115,571   90,376   80,126   67,530   63,425   57,368   51,630   52,013   43,153   42,255
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   38   72   101   141   302   1,645   2,321   3,519   0
      Mechanical engineering   82,381   82,731   70,078   60,298   49,202   44,742   45,173   43,887   10,020   8,652
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   27,655   26,976   24,710   22,629   21,465   23,789   21,525   18,014   16,413   17,613
      Engineering nec   51,248   38,636   31,558   26,917   27,438   24,881   21,196   20,954   35,656   44,192
    Non-S&E   96,093   96,169   65,855   70,185   70,284   76,182   62,214   53,590   55,984   52,722
      Business management and business administration   6,136   7,436   4,525   4,969   4,708   8,264   6,441   6,655   7,763   8,584
      Communication and communications technologies   11,719   13,623   9,556   8,910   10,087   11,285   10,818   7,306   7,218   7,679
      Education   28,730   29,939   20,684   16,080   19,359   19,902   18,223   15,159   12,709   13,530
      Humanities   11,664   7,839   6,256   6,706   9,673   10,049   622   697   592   689
      Law   1,041   2,080   1,570   1,092   691   1,027   113   223   509   564
      Social work   6,600   11,364   12,013   11,835   6,528   5,969   6,081   4,533   5,551   4,834
      Visual and performing arts   920   446   574   168   158   361   364   561   338   360
      Non-S&E nec   29,283   23,442   10,677   20,425   19,080   19,325   19,552   18,456   21,304   16,482

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   1,143,917   690,835   36,746   252,904   94,028   59,786   9,618
    Science   628,875   391,365   15,860   141,722   36,590   37,899   5,439
      Computer and information sciences   155,613   138,730   1,552   10,706   2,764   1,359   502
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   101,475   52,798   3,448   28,351   13,007   3,510   361
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   33   0   0   14   17   2   0
        Geological and earth sciences   84,156   45,824   2,606   20,403   11,849   3,180   294
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   12,336   3,540   508   7,268   803   177   40
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   4,950   3,434   334   666   338   151   27
      Life sciences   179,715   89,699   8,213   54,805   11,194   13,767   2,037
        Agricultural sciences   188   52   0   118   18   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   85,083   46,026   2,976   24,863   3,872   6,354   992
        Health sciences   82,528   37,760   4,019   27,178   5,673   6,866   1,032
        Natural resources and conservation   7,080   1,749   1,218   2,327   1,361   412   13
        Life sciences nec   4,836   4,112   0   319   270   135   0
      Mathematics and statistics   16,287   7,333   54   4,868   604   3,257   171
      Physical sciences   114,231   73,168   1,897   29,245   3,382   6,062   477
        Astronomy and astrophysics   20,224   6,559   0   12,962   535   166   2
        Chemistry   23,812   10,147   1,129   6,978   885   4,344   329
        Materials science   40,175   40,074   10   0   91   0   0
        Physics   29,600   16,388   758   9,034   1,768   1,552   100
        Physical sciences nec   420   0   0   271   103   0   46
      Psychology   18,518   13,259   198   2,739   293   678   1,351
      Social sciences   38,041   16,378   498   8,503   2,871   9,251   540
        Anthropology   1,533   736   0   552   54   104   87
        Economics   988   139   0   304   1   509   35
        Political science and government   1,336   452   0   266   84   507   27
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   29,347   13,951   34   5,572   2,290   7,153   347
        Social sciences nec   4,837   1,100   464   1,809   442   978   44
      Sciences nec   4,995   0   0   2,505   2,475   15   0
    Engineering   418,949   258,113   18,473   86,028   42,446   12,321   1,568
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   23,276   18,595   415   2,981   1,134   151   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   14,987   8,183   664   4,410   250   1,475   5
      Chemical engineering   54,306   25,637   1,288   7,410   14,562   4,996   413
      Civil engineering   49,525   11,373   14,607   11,184   9,202   2,743   416
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   115,571   78,776   284   29,868   5,529   801   313
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   82,381   74,682   259   4,556   2,034   850   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   27,655   19,614   1   4,339   3,128   573   0
      Engineering nec   51,248   21,253   955   21,280   6,607   732   421
    Non-S&E   96,093   41,357   2,413   25,154   14,992   9,566   2,611
      Business management and business administration   6,136   696   969   1,825   1,987   454   205
      Communication and communications technologies   11,719   2,352   82   4,689   2,748   1,782   66
      Education   28,730   20,679   1,240   3,435   161   2,749   466
      Humanities   11,664   352   0   1,538   9,066   586   122
      Law   1,041   41   0   74   747   179   0
      Social work   6,600   3,960   1   1,722   72   608   237
      Visual and performing arts   920   0   78   409   211   216   6
      Non-S&E nec   29,283   13,277   43   11,462   0   2,992   1,509

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   690,835   621,223   536,296   489,827   500,409   407,981   405,131   396,447   357,309   346,215
  DOD   248,592   252,267   211,424   191,082   178,548   156,351   141,803   139,457   134,638   135,342
  DOE   84,183   59,115   54,041   52,059   43,372   35,772   40,820   47,753   41,287   40,546
  HHS   127,284   128,822   119,022   110,282   88,179   89,062   84,399   74,424   68,312   64,126
  NASA   23,447   26,172   17,385   13,954   15,134   17,529   16,672   12,603   12,340   11,862
  NSF   176,446   122,660   110,937   97,303   144,693   78,379   87,222   93,746   78,961   77,160
  USDA   379   428   403   533   489   455   463   584   400   557
  Other   30,504   31,759   23,084   24,614   29,994   30,433   33,752   27,880   21,371   16,622

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   3,753 i   829 i   2,924 i   .
2018   3,753   829   2,924   .

i=imputed

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   1,629   1,463   1,404   1,375   1,551
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   217   204   198   193   199
    Computer and information sciences   47   41   36   39   36
    Engineering   520   469   444   449   491
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   69   42   38   58   60
    Health sciences   72   83   48   44   100
    Mathematics and statistics   2   3   3   3   9
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   10
    Physical sciences   167   158   178   162   202
    Psychology   39   36   33   35   38
    Social sciences   27   26   20   25   16
    Other   469   402   406   367   391

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   0   0   5,601   130,344   0
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   121,359   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   8,985   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   0   0   0   0   0
    Psychology   0   0   5,601   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   459,919   50,219   91,945   136,006   188,884
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   565   6,601   2,729   13,657   6,147
    Computer and information sciences   278,719   1,044   27,169   21,215   0
    Engineering   128,312   17,622   17,178   19,167   3,816
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   2,150   1,488   4,493   23,513
    Health sciences   0   7,000   0   29,924   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   5,323   11,634   8,496   11,357   155,409
    Psychology   0   1,064   5,868   2,195   0
    Social sciences   47,000   1,473   0   422   0
    Other   0   1,631   29,017   33,576   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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