U. Texas, The, El Paso

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
2024 146 68.7 459
2023 130 72.1 459 183 73.4 679 176 71.2 602 155 83.3 914
2022 151 67.4 457 186 73 680 156 82.9 900
2021 178 60.7 447 167 76.2 691 159 73.1 583 163 82.3 908
2020 134 70.7 450 160 77.4 698 160 82.8 916
2019 171 62.3 447 164 76.8 697 180 69.9 589 156 83.2 914
2018 176 59.4 428 167 76.5 700 161 82.6 911
2017 159 63.1 425 164 76.4 684 183 68.6 575 160 82.4 898
2016 191 56.2 430 215 69.6 697 153 83.2 896
2015 149 65.5 426 207 70.5 693 204 64.7 570 151 83.4 898
2014 217 68.9 688 158 82.5 889
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

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 106 130 100 69 119 78 75 91 65 99
  Science and engineering 93 105 78 53 90 61 53 70 46 66
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 3 1 4 . 2 5 . 2 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation 3 1 4 . 2 5 . 2 1 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 21 18 20 10 20 4 9 5 8 16
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . 3 3 1 . . 1 1 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 9 10 7 3 7 2 2 . 1 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 2 . . . . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 4 3 1 6 . 2 1 1 2
      Microbiology and immunology 2 2 1 . 1 . . . 1 2
      Molecular biology . . 2 1 . . . . 3 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 . . . 2 . 2 1 1 .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 . . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . . 1 1 . 1 2 . 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . 2 . 2 . 1 . . 1
    Computer and information sciences 8 8 4 4 5 2 2 3 2 4
      Computer science 5 8 4 2 5 2 2 2 2 3
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 . . 2 . . . 1 . 1
    Engineering 23 38 24 24 32 24 21 39 20 23
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 3 2 . 1 . . 1 1 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 2 1 1 7 3 1 2 . 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . 1 1 . . 1 . . 1 .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 4 7 4 6 7 7 3 7 5 5
      Electrical and computer engineering 3 6 2 3 3 3 4 10 4 6
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . 1 . . 1 . .
      Materials and mining engineering 8 6 5 2 6 9 6 8 6 4
      Mechanical engineering 4 8 7 12 6 1 6 10 1 3
      Engineering, other 1 5 2 . 1 . 1 . 2 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 9 5 1 6 9 2 7 3 9
      Geological sciences 4 8 4 1 6 8 2 6 3 7
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 1 . . 1 . 1 . 2
    Health sciences 3 3 5 4 6 4 2 2 1 5
      Public health . . 1 1 1 1 2 . . .
      Health sciences, other 3 3 4 3 5 3 . 2 1 5
    Mathematics and statistics 5 12 4 3 4 3 4 . 1 .
      Applied mathematics . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Mathematics 5 10 4 3 3 3 4 . 1 .
      Statistics . 2 . . . . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other . . . . . . . . . .
    Physical sciences 14 8 7 6 5 5 5 4 6 4
      Chemistry 13 8 7 6 4 4 5 4 5 4
      Physics 1 . . . 1 1 . . 1 .
    Psychology 9 7 5 1 10 5 8 8 3 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 . . . 2 2 2 . . 1
      Research and experimental psychology 2 3 1 1 3 2 3 2 3 1
      Psychology, other 5 4 4 . 5 1 3 6 . 1
    Social sciences 2 1 . . . . . . 1 1
      Social sciences, other 2 1 . . . . . . 1 1
  Non-science and engineering 13 25 22 16 29 17 22 21 19 33
    Business 4 9 3 5 11 5 3 6 5 13
      Business 4 9 3 5 11 5 3 6 5 13
    Education 6 6 5 6 7 6 7 2 5 13
      Education leadership and administration . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Education research . 1 1 . . . 2 1 . 2
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 5 3 5 6 5 4 1 2 10
      Education, other . . 1 1 . 1 1 . 3 1
    Humanities and arts 3 8 14 5 11 6 12 13 9 7
      Letters . 3 11 5 4 4 8 6 4 2
      History 3 5 3 . 7 1 4 7 4 5
      Humanities and arts, other . . . . . 1 . . 1 .
    Other non-science and engineering . 2 . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . 2 . . . . . . . .

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 458 433 444 431 451 426 445 339 353 309 0
    Female 389 345 363 347 359 331 311 236 234 206 0
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 510 484 538 554 547 497 475 344 384 340 0
    Hispanic or Latino 409 383 428 435 423 388 359 254 290 253 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino 96 94 102 107 110 95 105 87 90 86 0
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 4 3 0
      Asian 10 17 16 18 15 7 6 6 10 8 0
      Black or African American 16 10 13 15 8 11 10 7 8 8 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
      White 64 62 71 72 85 74 86 72 67 66 0
      More than one race 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 5 7 8 12 14 14 11 3 4 1 0
  Temporary visa holders 337 294 269 224 263 260 281 231 203 175 0
  Science and engineering 746 679 708 690 727 673 666 539 557 486 0
    Science 431 405 408 386 392 373 370 332 328 302 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 100 91 84 89 96 101 97 75 70 64 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 64 50 52 44 42 41 39 31 32 30 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 24 27 25 25 27 26 39 42 43 40 0
      Mathematics and statistics 52 58 47 31 33 32 22 12 20 13 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 17 20 22 33 37 32 24 32 18 12 0
      Natural resources and conservation 5 8 9 6 2 4 9 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 70 74 68 56 58 57 60 55 50 40 0
      Psychology 29 35 45 43 43 41 42 31 35 37 0
      Social sciences 70 42 56 59 54 39 38 44 52 66 0
    Engineering 315 274 300 304 335 300 296 207 229 184 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 22 19 18 17 26 35 29 24 30 16 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 69 46 57 58 57 59 65 44 57 65 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 70 60 58 72 92 62 64 46 54 42 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 33 34 47 42 31 40 37 17 14 10 0
      Mechanical engineering 102 91 91 90 103 83 69 43 34 27 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 15 20 21 24 25 17 29 31 33 23 0
      Other engineering 4 4 8 1 1 4 3 2 7 1 0
  Health 101 99 99 88 83 84 90 36 30 29 0
    Clinical medicine 15 17 17 16 14 22 25 36 30 29 0
    Other health 86 82 82 72 69 62 65 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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 292 340 378 372 300 298 311 210 192 203 0
    Female 211 238 231 218 194 189 186 145 143 139 0
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 429 480 485 461 387 380 389 281 252 258 0
    Hispanic or Latino 305 371 373 342 287 279 283 211 200 191 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino 112 93 101 106 77 88 98 64 50 63 0
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0 1 2 3 2 2 4 0 2 0
      Asian 15 12 10 7 2 6 7 7 7 6 0
      Black or African American 23 17 15 13 15 11 10 4 2 3 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
      White 72 64 75 82 57 68 78 48 40 49 0
      More than one race 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 12 16 11 13 23 13 8 6 2 4 0
  Temporary visa holders 74 98 124 129 107 107 108 74 83 84 0
  Science and engineering 453 546 577 557 452 451 455 329 306 306 0
    Science 240 263 241 253 251 249 248 198 185 174 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 45 47 44 40 41 23 27 26 13 15 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 19 31 24 25 27 21 21 19 13 19 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 27 25 26 25 32 34 23 30 15 0
      Mathematics and statistics 33 29 22 11 15 12 18 2 6 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 14 23 20 30 34 36 37 11 10 14 0
      Natural resources and conservation 5 6 3 6 6 11 9 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 16 7 15 15 15 15 16 14 13 25 0
      Psychology 23 17 7 8 14 12 16 16 17 9 0
      Social sciences 71 76 81 92 74 87 70 74 73 77 0
    Engineering 213 283 336 304 201 202 207 131 121 132 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 8 12 16 13 15 12 17 13 12 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 40 59 63 51 44 49 47 33 42 35 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 42 51 67 71 52 51 47 36 30 33 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 82 114 143 119 52 44 55 9 3 11 0
      Mechanical engineering 25 34 35 38 26 25 29 23 20 18 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 18 14 15 9 12 15 14 11 13 17 0
      Other engineering 2 3 1 0 2 3 3 2 0 6 0
  Health 50 32 32 33 42 36 42 26 29 36 0
    Clinical medicine 13 7 7 10 13 16 16 26 29 36 0
    Other health 37 25 25 23 29 20 26 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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 147 155 157 151 120 122 99 126 94 82 0
  Science and engineering 144 150 153 140 115 119 96 125 94 77 0
    Science 70 68 75 74 53 51 42 49 42 27 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 13 20 22 25 24 24 21 15 19 13 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 17 5 9 4 9 7 4 8 3 8 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 5 4 6 0 3 3 9 6 3 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8 9 6 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 5 6 11 4 1 4 3 4 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10 10 12 17 11 8 3 4 4 1 0
      Psychology 6 4 7 5 1 4 4 5 3 0 0
      Social sciences 5 8 6 5 2 3 0 2 1 2 0
    Engineering 74 82 78 66 62 68 54 76 52 50 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 5 4 5 5 5 3 6 4 2 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 21 18 13 9 12 21 5 12 3 19 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 11 15 15 5 6 6 14 10 12 9 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 7 6 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 0
      Mechanical engineering 29 32 35 39 31 32 24 24 21 13 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 5 4 2 5 6 1 4 21 10 5 0
      Other engineering 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 3 5 4 11 5 3 3 1 0 5 0
    Clinical medicine 1 3 3 9 4 2 3 1 0 5 0
    Other health 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 847 778 807 778 810 757 756 575 587 515
  Fellowships 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 218 231 224 3 201 187 87 194 164 141
    Federal 145 149 157 3 116 114 40 117 94 79
    Institutional 61 64 57 0 72 55 29 60 63 48
    Nonfederal 12 18 10 0 13 18 18 17 7 14
  Teaching assistantships 245 325 340 335 345 331 231 246 235 222
    Federal 0 0 0 28 4 1 0 1 0 1
    Institutional 245 325 340 307 341 327 230 243 235 215
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 6
  Other types of support 384 222 243 440 264 239 438 132 186 151
    Federal 2 6 0 120 0 7 59 6 0 2
    Institutional 16 14 20 78 23 22 99 17 10 17
    Nonfederal 1 0 0 4 0 2 16 2 0 0
    Personal resources 365 202 223 238 241 208 264 107 176 132

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 39 48 32 35 38 38 52 56 58 12 0
    Science 28 32 21 26 31 31 45 47 50 9 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 11 8 9 10 9 14 20 17 22 4 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 6 2 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 3 1 3 4 2 5 6 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 7 13 7 9 12 9 15 17 22 4 0
      Psychology 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 0
      Social sciences 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 11 16 11 9 7 7 7 9 8 3 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 4 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 6 4 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  Health 8 8 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 8 6 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 36 34 28 19 23 23 27 32 22 6 0
  Science and engineering 31 32 26 19 23 22 27 32 22 6 0
    Science 22 19 16 13 19 18 22 25 16 4 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 9 3 8 6 6 10 12 10 8 3 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 5 8 5 2 5 5 7 12 7 1 0
      Psychology 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
      Social sciences 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 9 13 10 6 4 4 5 7 6 2 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 6 3 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  Health 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 145,724 130,501 109,410 108,628 106,809 91,032 94,565 91,330 89,418 79,537
    Science 77,750 66,194 60,293 62,265 65,619 53,564 56,249 55,653 52,990 47,756
      Computer and information sciences 8,443 7,833 6,234 7,597 5,851 5,522 5,832 5,271 6,097 6,616
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,729 4,565 3,757 3,426 3,168 2,566 2,948 3,120 5,357 5,461
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 2,284 1,867
        Geological and earth sciences 4,719 4,550 3,747 3,392 3,168 2,488 2,927 3,090 2,893 3,547
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 10 15 10 34 0 44 21 0 180 47
      Life sciences 35,325 30,381 23,452 28,552 30,643 27,452 27,585 27,388 25,094 21,326
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 24,121 21,382 16,281 16,280 20,446 17,475 17,871 18,679 18,480 15,162
        Health sciences 10,288 7,386 5,638 6,503 7,504 6,979 6,303 5,887 2,246 1,411
        Natural resources and conservation 62 65 116 921 1,457 2,016 2,510 2,549 0 0
        Life sciences nec 854 1,548 1,417 4,848 1,236 982 901 273 4,368 4,753
      Mathematics and statistics 2,552 2,413 2,412 2,927 1,466 668 727 1,141 866 1,085
      Physical sciences 12,207 10,021 9,092 6,775 7,587 7,841 7,737 8,117 6,990 6,326
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 8,656 6,399 6,291 4,620 6,519 6,456 5,735 6,071 3,112 4,093
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,551 3,622 2,801 2,155 1,068 1,385 2,002 2,046 1,900 1,589
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,978 644
      Psychology 6,453 4,911 4,407 5,285 10,393 3,962 3,245 3,055 4,280 4,690
      Social sciences 4,319 3,365 4,964 4,161 3,951 3,903 5,083 5,666 4,141 2,240
        Anthropology 247 145 13 82 513 2,974 3,753 4,123 0 0
        Economics 527 269 1,942 1,092 1,201 85 60 120 150 272
        Political science and government 1,766 1,265 1,204 1,184 757 78 113 122 102 177
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,471 1,539 1,658 1,658 1,339 301 423 410 1,598 280
        Social sciences nec 308 147 147 145 141 465 734 891 2,291 1,511
      Sciences nec 3,722 2,705 5,975 3,542 2,560 1,650 3,092 1,895 165 12
    Engineering 45,627 40,798 26,599 25,172 26,586 27,260 27,643 25,328 24,525 22,719
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 184 42 24 15 1 328 1 24 25 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,031 1,266 682 1,016 977 0 0 6 0 8
      Chemical engineering 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 5,675 5,850 3,901 4,397 4,721 4,905 4,939 5,259 4,494 3,863
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 7,608 4,940 4,411 4,729 7,331 5,121 4,498 4,032 4,616 5,205
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,466 2,184 1,559 1,645 1,776 1,462 2,960 1,696 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 22,981 23,507 13,352 10,955 8,595 9,209 9,023 8,913 8,949 7,457
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,125 833 934 1,175 1,139 5,942 5,993 5,175 1,463 1,096
      Engineering nec 2,357 2,176 1,736 1,240 2,046 293 229 223 4,978 5,090
    Non-S&E 22,347 23,509 22,518 21,191 14,604 10,208 10,673 10,349 11,903 9,062
      Business management and business administration 5,534 5,487 4,515 6,679 4,309 2,489 3,171 2,470 2,206 1,856
      Communication and communications technologies 1,711 1,736 1,568 1,167 104 159 252 285 452 761
      Education 5,959 5,461 5,323 2,554 2,151 1,348 1,455 1,236 1,064 1,015
      Humanities 3,213 3,313 3,658 3,280 1,102 607 785 852 2,013 1,383
      Law 0 0 0 0 210 270 209 0 156 1
      Social work 1,073 1,323 1,212 1,636 947 477 223 230 300 87
      Visual and performing arts 1,652 1,548 1,874 2,001 230 314 355 196 198 114
      Non-S&E nec 3,205 4,641 4,368 3,874 5,551 4,544 4,223 5,080 5,514 3,845

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 145,724 70,873 16,687 44,987 1,268 1,770 10,139
    Science 77,750 39,785 12,321 19,399 730 788 4,727
      Computer and information sciences 8,443 6,258 408 1,293 157 5 322
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,729 2,652 241 1,149 338 13 336
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 4,719 2,652 241 1,149 338 13 326
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
      Life sciences 35,325 18,554 6,922 7,021 25 273 2,530
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 24,121 14,150 3,213 4,889 1 68 1,800
        Health sciences 10,288 4,404 3,242 1,730 24 205 683
        Natural resources and conservation 62 0 62 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 854 0 405 402 0 0 47
      Mathematics and statistics 2,552 1,117 163 1,214 0 11 47
      Physical sciences 12,207 6,551 1,540 3,434 210 316 156
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 8,656 4,691 1,052 2,308 210 268 127
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,551 1,860 488 1,126 0 48 29
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,453 3,567 560 1,921 0 132 273
      Social sciences 4,319 1,086 450 2,012 0 38 733
        Anthropology 247 110 1 127 0 0 9
        Economics 527 12 5 5 0 16 489
        Political science and government 1,766 371 237 1,025 0 1 132
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,471 528 207 698 0 2 36
        Social sciences nec 308 65 0 157 0 19 67
      Sciences nec 3,722 0 2,037 1,355 0 0 330
    Engineering 45,627 28,605 2,545 11,868 303 187 2,119
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 184 0 165 0 0 0 19
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,031 755 0 276 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 200 0 55 145 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 5,675 2,491 1,174 1,807 29 40 134
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 7,608 5,512 54 1,590 60 0 392
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,466 1,305 154 920 29 0 58
      Mechanical engineering 22,981 16,751 684 5,003 21 137 385
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,125 822 255 1,886 2 0 160
      Engineering nec 2,357 969 4 241 162 10 971
    Non-S&E 22,347 2,483 1,821 13,720 235 795 3,293
      Business management and business administration 5,534 52 483 3,583 235 0 1,181
      Communication and communications technologies 1,711 4 235 1,411 0 0 61
      Education 5,959 1,647 599 2,679 0 300 734
      Humanities 3,213 134 277 2,206 0 370 226
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 1,073 511 105 328 0 106 23
      Visual and performing arts 1,652 10 83 1,303 0 0 256
      Non-S&E nec 3,205 125 39 2,210 0 19 812

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 70,873 60,387 43,930 39,126 41,261 44,352 44,811 42,423 41,897 35,304
  DOD 12,633 12,604 6,445 2,802 2,937 4,387 5,353 4,714 4,738 4,641
  DOE 5,238 4,206 2,302 2,279 2,032 1,725 2,021 1,304 1,676 1,888
  HHS 21,672 18,064 14,720 14,008 14,492 15,382 16,195 14,527 12,421 8,667
  NASA 2,622 3,569 2,699 2,808 2,166 3,675 3,392 2,669 1,878 1,467
  NSF 19,551 14,445 11,223 10,527 11,838 10,008 10,639 10,551 10,291 9,271
  USDA 510 274 454 1,260 2,105 2,084 1,882 1,936 1,373 790
  Other 8,647 7,225 6,087 5,442 5,691 7,091 5,329 6,722 9,520 8,580

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 2,147 230 1,917 .
2018 2,860 233 2,627 .
2017 1,881 104 1,777 .

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 317 362 293 280 242
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 83 86 81 83 76
    Computer and information sciences 12 12 12 10 12
    Engineering 100 107 91 65 60
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 20 20 20 12 12
    Health sciences 12 15 13 15 8
    Mathematics and statistics 3 4 3 4 2
    Natural resources and conservation 5 8 8 4 4
    Physical sciences 38 40 41 48 44
    Psychology 23 18 18 24 18
    Social sciences 17 10 4 12 5
    Other 5 43 3 3 0

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

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

New construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction: 2025–16
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021
  All research space . . 34,291 . 91,765 0
    Engineering . . 34,291 . 1,765 0
    Other . . . . 90,000 0

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

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

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 2025–16
(Dollars in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
  All research space 0 1,575 639 345 3,147
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 750 316 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 825 0 345 351
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 960
    Psychology 0 0 323 0 1,836
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

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