U. Texas, The, Brownsville

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
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015 450 21.9 570 376 58.6 898
2014 513 26.2 688 355 60.5 889
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

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 . . . . . . . . . 38
    Female . . . . . . . . . 26
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents . . . . . . . . . 54
    Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . 34
    Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . 20
      American Indian or Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . 1
      Asian . . . . . . . . . 4
      Black or African American . . . . . . . . . 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander . . . . . . . . . 0
      White . . . . . . . . . 15
      More than one race . . . . . . . . . 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race . . . . . . . . . 0
  Temporary visa holders . . . . . . . . . 10
  Science and engineering . . . . . . . . . 49
    Science . . . . . . . . . 49
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . . . 16
      Communication . . . . . . . . . 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . . . 7
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . . . 8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . . 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . . . 6
      Psychology . . . . . . . . . 4
      Social sciences . . . . . . . . . 8
    Engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . . 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . . 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . . 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
    Health . . . . . . . . . 15
      Clinical medicine . . . . . . . . . 0
      Other health . . . . . . . . . 15

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 . . . . . . . . . 63
    Female . . . . . . . . . 59
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents . . . . . . . . . 116
    Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . 80
    Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . 36
      American Indian or Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . 1
      Asian . . . . . . . . . 11
      Black or African American . . . . . . . . . 3
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander . . . . . . . . . 0
      White . . . . . . . . . 21
      More than one race . . . . . . . . . 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race . . . . . . . . . 0
  Temporary visa holders . . . . . . . . . 6
  Science and engineering . . . . . . . . . 102
    Science . . . . . . . . . 102
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . . . 23
      Communication . . . . . . . . . 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . . . 11
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . . . 41
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . . 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . . . 6
      Psychology . . . . . . . . . 5
      Social sciences . . . . . . . . . 16
    Engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . . 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . . 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . . 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
    Health . . . . . . . . . 20
      Clinical medicine . . . . . . . . . 0
      Other health . . . . . . . . . 20

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 . . . . . . . . . 7
  Science and engineering . . . . . . . . . 6
    Science . . . . . . . . . 6
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . . . 2
      Communication . . . . . . . . . 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . . . 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . . . 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . . 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . . . 3
      Psychology . . . . . . . . . 0
      Social sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . . 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . . 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . . 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
    Health . . . . . . . . . 1
      Clinical medicine . . . . . . . . . 0
      Other health . . . . . . . . . 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
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support . . . . . . . . . 64
  Fellowships . . . . . . . . . 0
    Federal . . . . . . . . . 0
    Institutional . . . . . . . . . 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . . . . . 0
  Research assistantships . . . . . . . . . 0
    Federal . . . . . . . . . 0
    Institutional . . . . . . . . . 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . . . . . 0
  Teaching assistantships . . . . . . . . . 0
    Federal . . . . . . . . . 0
    Institutional . . . . . . . . . 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . . . . . 0
  Other types of support . . . . . . . . . 64
    Federal . . . . . . . . . 7
    Institutional . . . . . . . . . 13
    Nonfederal . . . . . . . . . 1
    Personal resources . . . . . . . . . 43

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 . . . . . . . . . 1
    Science . . . . . . . . . 1
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Communication . . . . . . . . . 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . . . 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . . 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . . . 1
      Psychology . . . . . . . . . 0
      Social sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . . 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . . 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . . 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
    Health . . . . . . . . . 0
      Clinical medicine . . . . . . . . . 0
      Other health . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . 0
  Science and engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
    Science . . . . . . . . . 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Communication . . . . . . . . . 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . . . 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . . 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
      Psychology . . . . . . . . . 0
      Social sciences . . . . . . . . . 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . . 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . . 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . . 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . . . 0
    Health . . . . . . . . . 0
      Clinical medicine . . . . . . . . . 0
      Other health . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . 5,827 7,400
    Science . . . . . . . . 5,792 7,329
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . . 382 418
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . . 120 30
        Atmospheric science and meteorology . . . . . . . . 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences . . . . . . . . 105 30
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec . . . . . . . . 15 0
      Life sciences . . . . . . . . 2,476 3,001
        Agricultural sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . . 1,091 1,402
        Health sciences . . . . . . . . 968 1,202
        Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . 0 0
        Life sciences nec . . . . . . . . 417 397
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . . 252 213
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . . 2,410 3,546
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . . . . 1,294 3,170
        Chemistry . . . . . . . . 68 0
        Materials science . . . . . . . . 0 0
        Physics . . . . . . . . 561 161
        Physical sciences nec . . . . . . . . 487 215
      Psychology . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . . . . 137 121
        Anthropology . . . . . . . . 0 0
        Economics . . . . . . . . 4 3
        Political science and government . . . . . . . . 35 22
        Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . . . 0 0
        Social sciences nec . . . . . . . . 98 96
      Sciences nec . . . . . . . . 15 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . . 10 71
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Chemical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Civil engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Engineering nec . . . . . . . . 10 71
    Non-S&E . . . . . . . . 25 0
      Business management and business administration . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Education . . . . . . . . 25 0
      Humanities . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Law . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Social work . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Visual and performing arts . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Non-S&E nec . . . . . . . . 0 0

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 . . . . . 0 0
    Science . . . . . 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology . . . . . 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Life sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Agricultural sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Health sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 0 0
        Life sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . 0 0
        Chemistry . . . . . 0 0
        Materials science . . . . . 0 0
        Physics . . . . . 0 0
        Physical sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Anthropology . . . . . 0 0
        Economics . . . . . 0 0
        Political science and government . . . . . 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . 0 0
        Social sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Chemical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Civil engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Engineering nec . . . . . 0 0
    Non-S&E . . . . . 0 0
      Business management and business administration . . . . . 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies . . . . . 0 0
      Education . . . . . 0 0
      Humanities . . . . . 0 0
      Law . . . . . 0 0
      Social work . . . . . 0 0
      Visual and performing arts . . . . . 0 0
      Non-S&E nec . . . . . 0 0

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 . . . . . . . . 3,977 5,762
  DOD . . . . . . . . 308 442
  DOE . . . . . . . . 0 0
  HHS . . . . . . . . 942 1,155
  NASA . . . . . . . . 209 1,003
  NSF . . . . . . . . 2,233 1,538
  USDA . . . . . . . . 0 0
  Other . . . . . . . . 285 1,624

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 . . . .
2018 . . . .
2017 . . . .

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 . . . . 31
    Agricultural sciences . . . . 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . 21
    Computer and information sciences . . . . 0
    Engineering . . . . 7
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . 0
    Health sciences . . . . 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . . . 0
    Natural resources and conservation . . . . 0
    Physical sciences . . . . 3
    Psychology . . . . 0
    Social sciences . . . . 0
    Other . . . . 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)

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)

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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