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

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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