U. Texas, The, San Antonio

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 132 71.7 459
2023 118 74.7 459 147 78.7 679 196 67.9 602 150 83.8 914
2022 124 73.3 457 150 78.3 680 151 83.5 900
2021 116 74.5 447 144 79.5 691 212 64.1 583 147 84.1 908
2020 132 71.1 450 136 80.8 698 145 84.4 916
2019 130 71.4 447 140 80.2 697 224 62.4 589 166 82.1 914
2018 136 68.7 428 157 77.9 700 170 81.6 911
2017 140 67.5 425 156 77.5 684 201 65.5 575 171 81.2 898
2016 152 65.2 430 153 78.4 697 182 80 896
2015 158 63.4 426 148 79 693 190 67.1 570 186 79.6 898
2014 145 79.2 688 197 78.2 889
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 127 146 130 133 121 125 116 105 102 94
  Science and engineering 91 101 94 88 74 77 83 76 73 62
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 . . 1 2 . . 2 . 1
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 . . 1 2 . . 1 . 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 13 14 10 7 5 9 8 8 10 7
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . . 1 . . 1 . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 1 . . . 1 . . 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . 1 . . 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 5 4 1 . 3 4 2 4 4 1
      Molecular biology 1 5 4 4 1 1 2 . 2 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 . 1 1 . . . 1 . .
    Computer and information sciences 20 10 15 11 12 10 11 8 11 8
      Computer science 14 8 10 7 11 9 10 8 10 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 6 2 5 4 1 1 1 . 1 .
    Engineering 17 34 38 35 16 22 26 21 19 21
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . 8 1 7 3 3 6 5 2 6
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 12 5 3 3 6 3 3 4 3
      Electrical and computer engineering 7 10 24 17 3 7 9 9 10 9
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 1 . 2 1 1 1 . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 1 . . . . . 1 . . 1
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 7 2 6 4 4 4 3 2
      Engineering, other . . 1 3 . 1 2 . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 2 . 1 . 1 . . 1 1
      Geological sciences 1 1 . . . . . . . 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 .
    Health sciences 1 . . 2 1 1 . . 2 .
      Public health . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Health sciences, other 1 . . 2 1 1 . . 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 1 3 2 3 . 5 1 4 . .
      Applied mathematics . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Statistics 1 3 2 3 . 2 1 4 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other . . . . . 2 . . . .
    Physical sciences 12 16 16 13 11 9 23 17 14 20
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 2 5 3 . 1 4 4 1 1
      Chemistry 6 11 8 7 6 4 6 2 5 5
      Physics 2 3 3 3 5 4 13 11 8 14
    Psychology 7 10 7 5 10 10 1 3 5 1
      Clinical psychology 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 1 1 . 1 2 1 1 3 .
      Research and experimental psychology 2 3 3 . 2 6 . 1 . 1
      Psychology, other 3 6 3 5 7 2 . 1 2 .
    Social sciences 17 12 6 10 17 10 13 13 11 3
      Anthropology 3 2 1 4 2 3 4 1 . .
      Economics . . . . . . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 11 6 3 5 7 7 7 6 6 1
      Social sciences, other 3 4 2 1 8 . 2 6 5 2
  Non-science and engineering 36 45 36 45 47 48 33 29 29 32
    Business 7 12 6 8 7 13 12 9 11 10
      Business 7 12 6 8 7 13 12 9 11 10
    Education 23 30 26 34 40 32 19 17 16 18
      Education leadership and administration 11 14 11 11 16 17 1 . 1 .
      Education research 6 6 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 11
      Teacher education and teaching fields 5 9 3 12 9 4 5 5 5 5
      Education, other 1 1 2 1 5 . 2 2 . 2
    Humanities and arts 6 3 3 3 . 3 2 3 2 4
      Letters 4 3 3 2 . 3 2 2 1 4
      Foreign languages and literature 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . . 1 . . . 1 1 .
    Other non-science and engineering . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Communication . . . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 1 . . . . . . .

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 611 595 580 587 543 504 507 550 615 629 0
    Female 521 459 449 453 408 337 344 395 410 422 0
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 779 706 712 765 659 563 542 604 567 582 0
    Hispanic or Latino 370 319 330 336 274 230 207 221 196 204 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino 393 377 369 408 363 309 291 335 349 362 0
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0
      Asian 56 48 39 52 41 35 46 42 39 38 0
      Black or African American 53 42 57 58 47 41 39 44 44 39 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 2 3 3 3 5 1 4 2 1 0
      White 246 260 248 273 250 206 187 224 242 255 0
      More than one race 34 23 21 22 21 21 17 19 22 27 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 16 10 13 21 22 24 44 48 22 16 0
  Temporary visa holders 353 348 317 275 292 278 309 341 458 469 0
  Science and engineering 1,074 1,001 980 988 897 787 795 874 952 1,010 0
    Science 823 772 734 761 663 554 556 609 613 631 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 28 15 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 91 78 79 87 91 101 112 78 59 78 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 4 0
      Computer and information sciences 228 212 184 168 143 129 131 130 146 120 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 12 19 17 12 26 13 11 17 22 20 0
      Mathematics and statistics 78 70 40 53 46 34 31 36 47 54 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 29 26 39 58 2 1 3 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 16 14 17 17 12 13 15 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 112 106 112 126 109 92 87 91 82 91 0
      Psychology 127 101 97 99 93 62 65 75 76 77 0
      Social sciences 130 146 149 141 141 109 101 140 135 160 0
    Engineering 251 229 246 227 234 233 239 265 339 379 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 33 25 27 29 23 18 26 22 34 54 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 59 49 56 55 51 41 41 45 38 34 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 87 94 103 85 103 103 93 120 191 211 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 7 8 6 10 13 14 14 9 14 0
      Mechanical engineering 53 52 49 44 42 53 56 59 56 55 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 5 2 3 8 5 5 9 3 7 8 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 0
  Health 58 53 49 52 54 54 56 71 73 41 0
    Clinical medicine 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 34 51 48 51 54 54 56 71 73 41 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 491 556 596 559 413 441 420 508 470 465 0
    Female 366 398 442 433 302 291 329 438 381 414 0
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 778 864 932 881 626 638 661 830 742 772 0
    Hispanic or Latino 410 425 434 390 262 262 266 356 329 342 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino 346 414 469 462 336 330 337 413 388 412 0
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 2 3 4 2 4 0 1 4 1 0
      Asian 40 59 71 56 42 40 44 49 43 44 0
      Black or African American 39 54 57 46 34 37 26 50 39 48 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 0
      White 244 278 314 330 236 229 254 295 278 300 0
      More than one race 19 20 22 24 21 19 11 18 22 18 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 22 25 29 29 28 46 58 61 25 18 0
  Temporary visa holders 79 90 106 111 89 94 88 116 109 107 0
  Science and engineering 823 925 988 934 673 685 707 883 795 815 0
    Science 619 694 740 694 458 469 494 643 558 620 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 16 17 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 27 36 57 54 54 54 57 42 48 54 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 11 18 0
      Computer and information sciences 182 185 171 135 92 93 76 83 59 63 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 26 30 33 19 25 21 24 19 14 0
      Mathematics and statistics 74 94 34 36 37 37 41 45 37 45 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 58 60 112 132 9 8 14 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 25 33 36 25 16 18 16 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 22 27 37 21 24 24 36 25 34 42 0
      Psychology 50 66 72 69 42 54 58 41 49 50 0
      Social sciences 157 167 191 189 165 156 175 348 284 316 0
    Engineering 204 231 248 240 215 216 213 240 237 195 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 31 29 32 24 35 36 27 37 36 27 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 52 55 44 37 37 36 40 35 21 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 76 78 90 102 82 93 97 97 98 93 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 18 19 12 10 9 9 9 9 17 11 0
      Mechanical engineering 26 44 53 55 47 36 39 44 38 33 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 9 9 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 5 0
  Health 34 29 50 58 42 47 42 63 56 64 0
    Clinical medicine 19 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 15 25 43 52 42 47 42 63 56 64 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 152 160 162 151 97 102 72 83 87 94 0
  Science and engineering 144 149 153 145 89 92 70 71 74 86 0
    Science 125 105 121 124 72 77 56 53 52 63 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 23 18 18 21 16 14 8 3 3 8 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 37 27 30 28 15 24 22 7 8 9 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 6 4 4 2 3 0 2 3 3 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 5 3 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 1 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 23 16 30 37 22 19 20 7 7 10 0
      Psychology 16 12 15 9 2 7 3 6 6 9 0
      Social sciences 16 18 18 15 13 8 3 21 18 18 0
    Engineering 19 44 32 21 17 15 14 18 22 23 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 4 4 2 2 5 2 2 3 5 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 3 6 9 5 1 4 3 2 2 2 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 19 11 7 11 5 6 7 11 9 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0
      Mechanical engineering 8 14 7 7 2 1 3 4 4 4 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
  Health 8 11 9 6 8 10 2 12 13 8 0
    Clinical medicine 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 6 10 9 5 8 10 2 12 13 8 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 1,132 1,054 1,029 1,040 951 841 851 945 1,025 1,051
  Fellowships 2 1 0 5 27 52 11 0 0 0
    Federal 0 0 0 0 7 13 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 2 1 0 5 20 39 11 0 0 0
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 187 248 185 184 154 161 159 201 204 200
    Federal 79 87 73 77 56 55 50 30 32 47
    Institutional 88 142 102 93 83 88 92 136 133 120
    Nonfederal 20 19 10 14 15 18 17 35 39 33
  Teaching assistantships 156 178 81 99 118 111 167 206 213 156
    Federal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 156 178 81 98 117 111 166 206 213 156
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
  Other types of support 787 627 763 752 652 517 514 538 608 695
    Federal 73 73 89 74 33 34 22 53 55 47
    Institutional 296 113 274 238 261 161 197 198 225 146
    Nonfederal 11 1 6 5 8 9 19 0 0 0
    Personal resources 407 440 394 435 350 313 276 287 328 502

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 82 79 78 97 84 100 84 79 38 51 0
    Science 66 64 68 82 70 81 60 60 28 40 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 33 31 30 37 31 17 14 14 8 10 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 3 5 4 2 11 4 5 3 3 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 3 1 1 0
      Mathematics and statistics 3 3 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 17 16 24 31 28 35 33 36 13 19 0
      Psychology 2 2 1 3 3 13 2 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 7 6 6 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 0
    Engineering 16 15 10 15 14 19 24 19 10 11 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 2 0 3 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 1 0 0 0 3 5 5 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 2 2 3 1 7 8 6 6 2 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 1 1 0 2 4 0 6 3 6 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 3 3 7 7 1 3 0 0 0 0
  Health 5 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0
    Clinical medicine 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0

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

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

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 39 40 38 39 27 20 22 0 17 22 0
  Science and engineering 37 39 38 39 27 20 22 0 17 22 0
    Science 31 32 32 35 22 14 15 0 12 17 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 24 23 16 21 15 9 7 0 3 6 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 2 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 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 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 5 6 13 10 6 2 7 0 6 6 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
    Engineering 6 7 6 4 5 6 7 0 5 5 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 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 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
  Health 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 1 0 0 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 158,453 147,629 145,362 138,586 84,326 72,682 70,163 59,831 54,949 47,061
    Science 90,137 87,580 76,533 68,684 55,791 48,411 46,426 34,986 38,629 32,651
      Computer and information sciences 22,722 21,484 19,203 12,064 12,132 10,239 8,273 6,351 4,258 3,718
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,765 4,787 3,429 2,354 1,178 1,087 1,018 893 1,519 799
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 2,632 2,576 2,203 1,873 1,178 1,087 1,018 893 1,519 786
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 2,133 2,082 1,226 481 0 0 0 0 0 13
      Life sciences 31,428 27,073 26,419 25,911 22,455 16,720 17,353 13,205 18,852 17,035
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 26,481 22,618 23,479 23,733 20,972 15,062 16,323 13,098 18,686 16,820
        Health sciences 2,193 2,527 1,961 2,014 1,483 1,658 1,030 107 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 2,754 1,928 979 164 0 0 0 0 166 215
      Mathematics and statistics 1,782 2,075 1,554 1,529 586 272 371 331 390 346
      Physical sciences 12,226 12,128 11,547 11,234 10,617 11,561 12,884 6,935 6,646 4,867
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 7,586 8,005 7,037 6,980 6,843 8,475 10,155 4,366 3,401 2,762
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,640 4,123 4,510 4,254 3,774 3,086 2,729 2,569 3,245 2,105
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,133 3,738 2,835 4,716 1,262 1,015 1,006 528 911 201
      Social sciences 12,152 10,456 9,393 9,447 6,674 5,686 5,521 5,313 3,664 3,257
        Anthropology 1,651 1,190 797 916 800 766 667 659 0 0
        Economics 894 941 901 925 801 790 1,201 627 436 65
        Political science and government 906 822 813 760 71 52 47 34 43 45
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,866 2,101 2,895 3,242 2,507 2,658 2,356 2,640 1,961 1,760
        Social sciences nec 4,835 5,402 3,987 3,604 2,495 1,420 1,250 1,353 1,224 1,387
      Sciences nec 1,929 5,839 2,153 1,429 887 1,831 0 1,430 2,389 2,428
    Engineering 25,584 24,403 21,499 22,922 19,928 17,781 17,717 14,397 11,383 9,667
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4,037 4,096 3,532 3,887 2,689 1,944 1,440 896 781 779
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 6,896 7,198 6,580 4,856 4,138 3,825 2,951 2,122 3,564 2,386
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,896 4,575 3,550 3,701 2,467 2,094 4,119 3,777 2,449 2,310
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,353 821 496 584 428 345 234 13 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,918 3,312 3,124 3,591 2,494 2,228 4,111 3,516 3,613 3,409
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 5,484 4,401 4,217 6,303 7,712 7,345 4,862 4,073 976 783
    Non-S&E 42,732 35,646 47,330 46,980 8,607 6,490 6,020 10,448 4,937 4,743
      Business management and business administration 7,685 7,400 7,414 7,081 2,581 2,185 2,345 2,250 2,260 2,569
      Communication and communications technologies 1,226 1,140 1,086 964 55 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 9,169 7,511 5,615 6,649 5,032 2,761 2,516 3,274 1,549 1,141
      Humanities 4,052 3,467 3,465 3,166 377 634 773 770 1,073 1,009
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 3,947 1,805 1,331 588 99 0 0 0 55 24
      Visual and performing arts 865 724 786 640 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 15,788 13,599 27,633 27,892 463 910 386 4,154 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 158,453 58,171 21,583 67,694 5,971 1,988 3,046
    Science 90,137 43,671 9,408 30,941 2,603 1,575 1,939
      Computer and information sciences 22,722 13,407 2,867 5,629 553 14 252
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,765 2,904 242 1,505 43 21 50
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 2,632 846 242 1,473 0 21 50
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 2,133 2,058 0 32 43 0 0
      Life sciences 31,428 17,421 3,755 8,104 735 924 489
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 26,481 15,575 2,905 5,961 636 923 481
        Health sciences 2,193 691 6 1,388 99 1 8
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 2,754 1,155 844 755 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,782 316 0 1,366 0 0 100
      Physical sciences 12,226 5,045 1,514 4,087 545 305 730
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 7,586 2,356 1,463 2,217 523 305 722
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,640 2,689 51 1,870 22 0 8
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,133 552 3 2,525 10 0 43
      Social sciences 12,152 3,797 1,027 6,414 717 143 54
        Anthropology 1,651 456 51 969 38 128 9
        Economics 894 117 12 711 9 0 45
        Political science and government 906 20 69 809 0 8 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,866 1,264 89 2,105 408 0 0
        Social sciences nec 4,835 1,940 806 1,820 262 7 0
      Sciences nec 1,929 229 0 1,311 0 168 221
    Engineering 25,584 11,142 2,293 10,542 1,218 42 347
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4,037 1,452 99 2,154 277 1 54
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 6,896 1,153 1,546 3,978 71 11 137
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,896 1,529 307 1,708 232 20 100
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,353 960 23 148 222 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,918 1,599 159 2,095 0 9 56
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 5,484 4,449 159 459 416 1 0
    Non-S&E 42,732 3,358 9,882 26,211 2,150 371 760
      Business management and business administration 7,685 29 187 7,113 23 29 304
      Communication and communications technologies 1,226 13 75 1,128 10 0 0
      Education 9,169 1,532 1,364 4,748 1,396 54 75
      Humanities 4,052 1 107 3,231 122 240 351
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 3,947 930 2,416 573 28 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 865 22 0 829 0 0 14
      Non-S&E nec 15,788 831 5,733 8,589 571 48 16

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 58,171 54,384 42,952 34,334 34,588 29,824 29,947 25,813 23,511 23,066
  DOD 8,071 7,398 5,252 4,451 6,646 4,478 4,869 6,316 5,052 4,399
  DOE 9,876 11,164 5,954 1,503 448 371 410 440 397 375
  HHS 20,698 17,482 14,320 13,096 12,526 10,872 12,394 11,472 11,978 11,736
  NASA 2,205 2,568 2,341 1,722 592 561 563 468 673 851
  NSF 8,173 8,444 8,001 6,456 7,715 6,751 6,034 3,767 3,447 4,096
  USDA 525 234 295 625 632 558 428 338 393 473
  Other 8,623 7,094 6,789 6,481 6,029 6,233 5,249 3,012 1,571 1,136

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

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 1,818 332 1,486 .
2018 1,763 294 1,469 .
2017 2,621 310 2,311 .

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 371 i 281 i 260 296 306
    Agricultural sciences 10 i 9 i 9 6 5
    Biological and biomedical sciences 50 i 50 i 50 100 107
    Computer and information sciences 15 i 8 i 7 7 8
    Engineering 109 i 89 i 83 72 69
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 19 i 9 i 10 12 16
    Health sciences 12 i 0 i 0 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics 5 i 3 i 1 1 1
    Natural resources and conservation 17 i 11 i 8 5 4
    Physical sciences 78 i 53 i 52 51 58
    Psychology 20 i 19 i 15 15 15
    Social sciences 37 i 29 i 25 25 22
    Other 0 i 0 i 0 0 0

i=imputed

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 . . 105,577 . 25,866 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . 35,192 . 0 0
    Computer and information sciences . . 35,192 . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . 16,483 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . 35,193 . 9,383 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 i 0 i 330 i 1,752 1,689
    Agricultural sciences 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 i 0 i 0 i 648 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0
    Engineering 0 i 0 i 330 i 661 379
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0
    Health sciences 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 i 0 i 0 i 443 1,310
    Psychology 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0
    Social sciences 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0
    Other 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0

i=imputed

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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