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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 52 89 459 55 92.1 679 39 93.7 602 47 95 914
2022 36 92.4 457 54 92.3 680 47 94.9 900
2021 52 88.7 447 47 93.4 691 35 94.2 583 47 95 908
2020 51 89 450 47 93.5 698 46 95.1 916
2019 49 89.4 447 56 92.2 697 32 94.8 589 46 95.1 914
2018 53 87.9 428 47 93.5 700 44 95.3 911
2017 55 87.4 425 51 92.8 684 29 95.2 575 61 93.4 898
2016 56 87.3 430 55 92.3 697 63 93.1 896
2015 46 89.5 426 52 92.7 693 32 94.6 570 40 95.7 898
2014 56 87.1 422 53 92.5 688 42 95.4 889
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: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 363 448 321 336 361 332 329 317 372 313
  Science and engineering 310 382 259 280 298 280 265 250 304 245
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . 1 . . . . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 70 67 48 52 50 62 54 61 51 58
      Biochemistry and biophysics 8 9 6 4 5 9 10 10 3 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 9 6 7 3 4 6 12 7 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 5 4 4 3 8 4 4 4 3 9
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 3 3 . 2 4 3 1 4 . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 3 4 4 3 5 1 4 2 2
      Genetics and genomics 5 4 2 5 2 8 6 4 9 3
      Microbiology and immunology 11 4 4 6 4 7 8 3 5 3
      Molecular biology 6 5 3 4 3 3 4 4 2 4
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 10 11 8 8 9 10 7 9 10
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 1 . 1 1 1 1 2 2 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 9 11 6 5 8 5 3 4 9 17
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 4 2 3 1 4 . 3 . .
    Computer and information sciences 20 30 14 17 12 15 14 10 13 19
      Computer science 17 22 12 15 9 12 12 9 11 14
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 8 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 5
    Engineering 84 104 82 67 95 74 68 72 86 61
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 13 21 20 10 17 10 15 22 18 14
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 7 14 10 10 8 9 5 15 7 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 16 3 3 9 6 10 6 7 7
      Electrical and computer engineering 18 20 17 21 12 20 9 9 22 10
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 5 7 9 8 14 7 15 10 18 14
      Mechanical engineering 21 24 17 13 27 17 11 7 11 6
      Engineering, other 10 2 6 1 8 5 3 3 3 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17 17 9 17 17 9 12 6 11 14
      Geological sciences 7 12 6 9 10 2 7 3 6 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 10 5 3 8 7 7 5 3 5 9
    Health sciences 22 28 21 27 18 29 21 26 45 26
      Nursing science 3 7 4 10 . 7 6 3 13 6
      Pharmaceutical sciences 4 1 . 3 3 7 2 3 9 7
      Public health 9 6 6 8 5 6 1 6 12 6
      Health sciences, other 6 14 11 6 10 9 12 14 11 7
    Mathematics and statistics 16 27 17 21 17 16 21 8 14 8
      Applied mathematics 3 4 . 3 4 7 6 3 3 2
      Mathematics 2 2 3 6 5 4 8 2 2 3
      Statistics . 1 3 . . . 2 1 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 11 20 11 12 8 5 5 2 8 3
    Physical sciences 40 43 35 36 43 32 27 28 32 22
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 4 3 2 4 2 1 1 . 1
      Chemistry 26 30 19 20 25 22 16 20 22 14
      Physics 12 9 13 14 14 8 10 7 10 7
    Psychology 19 30 12 17 18 21 19 11 21 15
      Clinical psychology 3 3 3 3 5 5 1 1 2 2
      Counseling and applied psychology 11 12 5 5 5 12 9 4 12 4
      Research and experimental psychology . 8 2 6 5 4 3 3 1 7
      Psychology, other 5 7 2 3 3 . 6 3 6 2
    Social sciences 22 36 20 26 28 22 29 28 31 22
      Anthropology 1 1 . 6 2 . 1 5 5 5
      Economics 6 10 8 9 12 4 7 7 2 6
      Political science and government 3 8 5 3 2 3 3 4 7 1
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 5 1 3 1 6 6 4 5 4
      Social sciences, other 9 12 6 5 11 9 11 8 12 6
  Non-science and engineering 53 66 62 56 63 52 64 67 68 68
    Business 10 10 11 8 11 11 8 6 13 10
      Business 10 10 11 8 11 11 8 6 13 10
    Education 16 20 25 14 22 15 20 20 12 23
      Education leadership and administration 6 4 5 6 2 1 8 2 3 6
      Education research 7 12 14 6 10 10 12 9 5 15
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 3 5 2 8 3 . 6 4 2
      Education, other . 1 1 . 2 1 . 3 . .
    Humanities and arts 16 22 14 21 15 15 24 18 26 19
      Letters 11 11 4 11 10 9 11 6 17 9
      Foreign languages and literature 1 . 1 3 . . 1 . . 1
      History . 4 5 3 2 3 1 4 6 2
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 4 3 2 1 1 4 6 . 5
      Music and performing arts . 1 1 2 2 1 6 2 3 1
      Humanities and arts, other . 2 . . . 1 1 . . 1
    Other non-science and engineering 11 14 12 13 15 11 12 23 17 16
      Communication 5 9 4 7 7 6 7 17 8 3
      Public administration and social services 4 2 7 3 6 5 4 4 8 6
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 3 1 3 2 . 1 2 1 7

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 1,702 1,592 1,601 1,519 1,387 1,535 1,513 1,518 1,571 1,586
    Female 1,350 1,285 1,249 1,142 1,050 1,301 1,077 1,016 1,090 969
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,880 1,827 1,984 1,917 1,715 2,107 1,856 1,752 1,815 1,699
    Hispanic or Latino 208 183 192 176 147 164 136 86 95 58
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,602 1,564 1,702 1,658 1,480 1,861 1,648 1,594 1,668 1,607
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3 5 4 5 4 35 17 10 6 4
      Asian 123 122 135 127 104 162 145 119 95 107
      Black or African American 23 24 20 19 17 80 27 25 30 23
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 5 7 5 7 10 10 6 5 3
      White 1,372 1,327 1,450 1,421 1,278 1,558 1,445 1,401 1,496 1,454
      More than one race 80 81 86 81 70 16 4 33 36 16
    Unknown ethnicity and race 70 80 90 83 88 82 72 72 52 34
  Temporary visa holders 1,172 1,050 866 744 722 729 734 782 846 856
  Science and engineering 2,734 2,529 2,470 2,307 2,098 2,319 2,297 2,167 2,297 2,189
    Science 2,097 1,853 1,776 1,661 1,478 1,599 1,525 1,466 1,586 1,498
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 525 478 437 400 382 621 484 338 386 354
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 68 79
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 85 58
      Computer and information sciences 668 603 519 506 355 251 238 239 236 231
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 11
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 71 63 73 59 65 78 87 85 112 104
      Mathematics and statistics 185 90 94 90 93 104 107 117 117 100
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 19 31 39 35 35 38 43 24 30 15
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 233 207 214 205 184 188 237 281 258 252
      Psychology 185 181 189 176 175 116 131 59 61 62
      Social sciences 211 200 211 190 189 203 198 183 209 232
    Engineering 637 676 694 646 620 720 772 701 711 691
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 109 103 122 129 117 156 161 143 127 109
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 52 58 61 58 58 66 81 78 76 76
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 70 65 65 64 62 66 66 80 83 74
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 181 186 171 156 161 159 168 141 181 212
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 154 179 199 163 151 190 209 150 129 98
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 58 67 62 56 58 67 72 93 96 106
      Other engineering 13 18 14 20 13 16 15 16 19 16
    Health 318 348 380 354 339 517 293 367 364 366
      Clinical medicine 89 102 127 126 117 255 161 139 97 91
      Other health 229 246 253 228 222 262 132 228 267 275

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 488 450 563 553 609 682 614 392 329 361
    Female 339 357 427 404 411 433 388 202 212 161
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 676 696 859 807 821 905 816 502 472 450
    Hispanic or Latino 79 70 78 66 54 70 52 28 18 22
    Not Hispanic or Latino 571 598 739 707 740 799 721 444 429 407
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0 3 1 0 5 4 1 2 2
      Asian 54 57 49 60 56 63 65 32 35 28
      Black or African American 16 11 14 15 13 30 10 10 5 4
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 1 0 0 1 4 4 4 1 3
      White 475 505 641 606 645 675 638 388 379 368
      More than one race 21 24 32 25 25 22 0 9 7 2
    Unknown ethnicity and race 26 28 42 34 27 36 43 30 25 21
  Temporary visa holders 151 111 131 150 199 210 186 92 69 72
  Science and engineering 703 675 834 815 868 893 891 490 449 429
    Science 477 429 571 570 598 627 662 287 291 244
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 13 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 82 72 77 89 103 113 65 30 38 21
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 20
      Computer and information sciences 144 135 175 185 158 129 152 70 68 56
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 20 25 24 29 32 38 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 71 9 27 38 37 44 45 31 29 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 29 21 25 23 32 39 21 53 47 30
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 6 19 49 25 42 95 92 2 2 2
      Psychology 74 72 103 106 101 29 89 8 8 0
      Social sciences 60 81 90 80 96 146 160 75 33 114
    Engineering 226 246 263 245 270 266 229 203 158 185
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 22 26 20 29 38 43 35 9 11 25
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 12 12 13 10 13 35 30 38 39 23
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 16 21 23 26 36 31 29 25 25 34
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 87 97 98 88 82 71 50 61 20 17
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 66 69 82 77 85 72 68 58 49 73
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 16 15 18 12 14 12 13 10 9 7
      Other engineering 7 6 9 3 2 2 4 2 5 6
    Health 124 132 156 142 152 222 111 104 92 93
      Clinical medicine 35 46 57 40 47 79 51 69 64 43
      Other health 89 86 99 102 105 143 60 35 28 50

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 2013
All surveyed fields 438 424 412 371 358 427 378 803 801 885 0 i
  Science and engineering 417 405 386 348 340 358 370 767 759 822 0 i
    Science 311 292 271 235 233 279 272 500 506 541 0 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences 175 175 152 128 130 175 164 127 165 171 0 i
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 53 55 0 i
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 i
      Computer and information sciences 28 22 18 18 18 16 5 102 101 97 0 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 16 17 11 9 11 12 43 48 39 0 i
      Mathematics and statistics 36 30 30 28 30 33 34 18 14 25 0 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 i
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i
      Physical sciences 23 19 27 25 23 25 34 129 93 129 0 i
      Psychology 5 5 6 6 5 6 8 18 22 14 0 i
      Social sciences 28 25 21 19 18 13 12 18 7 9 0 i
    Engineering 106 113 115 113 107 79 98 267 253 281 0 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 25 25 28 28 28 16 17 57 61 90 0 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 12 13 15 14 14 2 21 18 17 17 0 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 10 9 8 8 7 9 10 28 11 10 0 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 36 41 39 38 36 29 26 56 57 56 0 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i
      Mechanical engineering 19 19 20 19 17 19 19 51 41 39 0 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 4 6 5 6 5 4 5 44 53 57 0 i
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 12 0 i
    Health 21 19 26 23 18 69 8 36 42 63 0 i
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 44 8 4 0 0 0 i
      Other health 21 19 26 23 18 25 0 32 42 63 0 i

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: 2023–14
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 3,052 2,877 2,850 2,661 2,437 2,836 2,590 2,534 2,661 2,555
  Fellowships 177 170 169 149 135 274 132 212 304 213
    Federal 85 79 78 70 60 142 28 90 121 96
    Institutional 88 87 86 74 69 123 99 80 145 90
    Nonfederal 4 4 5 5 6 9 5 42 38 27
  Research assistantships 837 816 751 677 668 680 774 1,069 1,016 1,071
    Federal 328 324 307 273 271 261 314 700 677 779
    Institutional 423 412 366 333 319 345 373 221 211 153
    Nonfederal 86 80 78 71 78 74 87 148 128 139
  Teaching assistantships 784 726 728 691 672 622 631 573 603 593
    Federal 4 4 5 4 6 2 3 5 0 3
    Institutional 778 720 721 685 664 620 628 568 598 590
    Nonfederal 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 5 0
  Other types of support 1,254 1,165 1,202 1,144 962 1,260 1,053 680 738 678
    Federal 21 17 22 24 21 22 33 8 3 7
    Institutional 181 152 172 160 152 289 152 56 95 53
    Nonfederal 9 6 6 14 12 37 18 19 27 21
    Personal resources 1,043 990 1,002 946 777 912 850 597 613 597

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 246 214 216 290 295 203 344 344 346 326
    Science 224 196 188 252 254 187 315 315 318 296
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 131 133 127 168 165 133 162 149 149 134
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 24 24
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 2 4 1 8 8 8 12
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 11 7 8 10 5 9 9 7 11
      Mathematics and statistics 10 2 0 1 3 0 25 25 25 25
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 26 42 34 30 5
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 49 34 34 57 53 7 59 59 59 77
      Psychology 10 9 9 6 12 5 5 5 4 2
      Social sciences 12 6 11 10 7 7 5 5 12 4
    Engineering 22 18 28 38 41 16 29 29 28 30
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 2 3 2 5 3 9 9 4 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 3 2 5 2 2 1 1 1 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 2 4 10 13 3 3 3 4 7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 5 11 10 10 2 4 4 4 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 9 6 8 9 6 3 12 12 15 16
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
    Health 41 42 42 94 80 159 170 160 141 103
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 4 5 146 141 131 116 74
      Other health 41 42 42 90 75 13 29 29 25 29

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 137 115 121 184 173 67 217 278 282 290
  Science and engineering 116 98 104 138 137 59 158 217 210 219
    Science 98 84 80 109 101 48 138 197 189 196
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 47 43 45 51 47 33 60 106 98 97
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 16 15
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 10
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 11 7 8 9 3 4 4 4 8
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 29 27 5
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 30 23 18 40 35 4 31 31 31 44
      Psychology 3 3 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 1
      Social sciences 8 4 8 8 6 2 2 2 2 2
    Engineering 18 14 24 29 36 11 20 20 21 23
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 2 3 2 4 3 8 8 4 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 2 4 10 13 3 1 1 3 6
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 5 11 10 10 2 2 2 2 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 5 6 5 4 1 8 8 11 15
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 21 17 17 46 36 8 59 61 72 71
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 1 43 45 55 53
      Other health 21 17 17 46 36 7 16 16 17 18

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 723,713 670,119 624,737 607,061 601,133 552,306 380,295 350,212 518,928 486,140
    Science 512,855 440,735 549,093 i 519,630 i 493,236 i 492,155 i 278,963 284,317 405,043 401,285
      Computer and information sciences 249 3,034 33,446 i 37,159 i 40,967 i 42,025 i 0 28,660 30,756 31,500
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 11,126 9,233 47,024 i 20,011 i 27,848 i 12,580 i 11,668 13,199 12,633 12,302
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 5,647 984 0 i 7,124 i 7,784 i 7,409 i 500 4,586 4,613 4,239
        Geological and earth sciences 5,479 6,198 41,384 i 12,887 i 20,064 i 5,171 i 11,168 8,613 8,004 8,063
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 2,051 5,640 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0 16 0
      Life sciences 453,037 379,462 420,965 i 402,001 i 343,744 i 391,825 i 229,488 209,924 326,552 321,624
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 183 15 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 28,019 27,988 44,662 i 40,013 i 16,890 i 20,288 i 50,471 65,171 52,034 56,591
        Health sciences 409,503 351,390 369,765 i 361,988 i 321,728 i 345,008 i 168,137 141,740 193,906 179,223
        Natural resources and conservation 0 84 363 i 0 i 0 i 24,152 i 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 15,515 0 6,175 i 0 i 5,126 i 2,377 i 10,880 2,830 80,597 85,810
      Mathematics and statistics 3,727 6,083 3,708 i 4,065 i 3,722 i 4,496 i 3,176 3,453 5,959 5,816
      Physical sciences 24,991 18,579 30,441 i 30,170 i 54,131 i 24,919 i 25,908 22,257 19,361 18,783
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 9,145 0 i 9,853 i 9,855 i 8,984 i 10,116 6,263 0 0
        Chemistry 17,148 9,434 19,435 i 18,018 i 40,326 i 15,935 i 15,140 14,447 11,963 11,442
        Materials science 0 0 2,061 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 192 1,547 0 0
        Physics 7,843 0 8,945 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 446 0 7,398 7,341
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 i 2,299 i 3,950 i 0 i 14 0 0 0
      Psychology 5,663 6,805 7,255 i 11,198 i 18,431 i 5,683 i 4,640 3,954 3,545 3,588
      Social sciences 14,062 16,524 6,254 i 14,837 i 3,776 i 10,627 i 4,083 2,870 6,237 7,672
        Anthropology 621 44 992 i 1,286 i 1,044 i 1,110 i 559 412 0 0
        Economics 141 198 92 i 164 i 90 i 0 i 0 163 225 181
        Political science and government 336 662 516 i 1,017 i 720 i 213 i 0 221 67 75
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 12,021 11,402 4,626 i 7,151 i 1,146 i 9,304 i 3,445 2,074 486 478
        Social sciences nec 943 4,218 28 i 5,219 i 776 i 0 i 79 0 5,459 6,938
      Sciences nec 0 1,015 0 i 189 i 617 i 0 i 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 113,129 111,749 48,225 i 57,608 i 55,478 i 42,053 i 39,993 38,353 104,366 74,732
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0 2,218 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5,103 9,552 6,433 i 10,656 i 10,282 i 5,311 i 7,624 7,243 6,603 7,273
      Chemical engineering 6,491 4,170 7,795 i 9,364 i 3,073 i 2,218 i 8,292 8,262 8,479 7,986
      Civil engineering 43,039 48,174 5,500 i 4,901 i 4,815 i 4,460 i 0 3,224 21,123 19,756
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 38,983 34,210 12,354 i 13,230 i 11,078 i 9,358 i 9,942 6,820 5,808 5,801
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 i 0 i 1 i 0 i 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 13,090 2,052 10,970 i 12,796 i 11,561 i 11,162 i 5,669 4,615 4,872 4,549
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 4,744 722 2,688 i 3,945 i 5,637 i 7,571 i 7,684 6,228 7,829 7,778
      Engineering nec 1,679 12,869 2,485 i 2,716 i 9,031 i 1,973 i 782 1,961 47,434 21,589
    Non-S&E 97,729 117,635 27,419 i 29,823 i 52,419 i 18,098 i 61,339 27,542 9,519 10,123
      Business management and business administration 932 3,460 2,296 i 924 i 646 i 828 i 2,354 961 1,315 1,312
      Communication and communications technologies 1,902 1,671 2,628 i 2,771 i 1,872 i 956 i 29,639 310 1,360 1,703
      Education 2,433 1,809 2,609 i 472 i 1,370 i 0 i 345 312 3,000 3,132
      Humanities 386 1,557 308 i 269 i 863 i 0 i 177 370 2,570 2,649
      Law 883 732 48 i 16 i 18 i 345 i 0 29 1,139 1,211
      Social work 0 43 2,805 i 1,685 i 8,146 i 1,300 i 3,463 941 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,096 3,950 1,568 i 1,127 i 0 i 474 i 77 44 135 116
      Non-S&E nec 90,097 104,413 15,157 i 22,559 i 39,504 i 14,195 i 25,284 24,575 0 0

i=imputed

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 723,713 416,079 4,670 214,320 48,761 35,413 4,470
    Science 512,855 310,999 2,224 131,496 43,266 24,361 509
      Computer and information sciences 249 0 0 249 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 11,126 9,127 457 592 756 186 8
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 5,647 4,461 329 229 537 91 0
        Geological and earth sciences 5,479 4,666 128 363 219 95 8
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 453,037 260,698 1,617 126,713 41,248 22,260 501
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 28,019 24,267 6 1,973 364 1,409 0
        Health sciences 409,503 223,879 1,055 124,540 39,670 19,875 484
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 15,515 12,552 556 200 1,214 976 17
      Mathematics and statistics 3,727 3,127 0 497 0 103 0
      Physical sciences 24,991 20,854 0 2,590 721 826 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 17,148 14,811 0 1,220 579 538 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 7,843 6,043 0 1,370 142 288 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 5,663 4,213 0 253 506 691 0
      Social sciences 14,062 12,980 150 602 35 295 0
        Anthropology 621 543 0 61 0 17 0
        Economics 141 75 5 25 32 4 0
        Political science and government 336 141 0 68 0 127 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 12,021 11,629 145 207 3 37 0
        Social sciences nec 943 592 0 241 0 110 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 113,129 93,722 1,543 5,399 3,703 8,625 137
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5,103 4,284 0 551 201 67 0
      Chemical engineering 6,491 4,440 43 1,805 180 23 0
      Civil engineering 43,039 39,128 1,143 2,449 140 179 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 38,983 32,979 22 141 1,611 4,109 121
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 13,090 8,945 166 124 742 3,097 16
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 4,744 3,299 0 56 466 923 0
      Engineering nec 1,679 647 169 273 363 227 0
    Non-S&E 97,729 11,358 903 77,425 1,792 2,427 3,824
      Business management and business administration 932 166 2 652 0 112 0
      Communication and communications technologies 1,902 1,736 0 130 0 36 0
      Education 2,433 1,377 266 485 1 304 0
      Humanities 386 41 0 100 187 58 0
      Law 883 15 0 868 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,096 977 0 119 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 90,097 7,046 635 75,071 1,604 1,917 3,824

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 416,079 367,040 340,434 314,023 302,585 307,844 248,908 233,652 274,375 288,514
  DOD 23,494 26,133 27,748 30,944 29,860 26,381 23,931 18,295 17,543 16,292
  DOE 54,890 42,094 40,128 24,872 23,822 24,956 19,139 18,945 18,115 19,533
  HHS 277,075 245,834 223,690 215,237 204,671 200,737 160,479 150,814 178,867 192,461
  NASA 4,649 4,027 3,666 3,718 3,430 4,765 3,086 2,843 3,554 3,679
  NSF 51,343 43,706 38,298 34,587 35,354 40,890 37,170 37,051 36,850 36,641
  USDA 764 760 879 635 499 479 453 606 745 370
  Other 3,864 4,486 6,025 4,030 4,949 9,636 4,650 5,098 18,701 19,538

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 7,974 1,228 6,746 .
2018 7,390 1,196 6,194 .
2017 5,491 1,014 4,477 .

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 2,007 2,025 2,041 2,094 1,985
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 493 519 511 573 552
    Computer and information sciences 92 90 91 95 95
    Engineering 257 234 256 254 250
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 62 79 89 87 86
    Health sciences 743 737 726 736 674
    Mathematics and statistics 37 37 37 37 37
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 201 210 210 210 188
    Psychology 61 60 60 56 60
    Social sciences 59 58 59 45 41
    Other 2 2 2 2 2

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 243,022 126,607 22,400 4,280 143,412
    Biological and biomedical sciences 58,022 0 0 0 80,850
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 4,197
    Engineering 0 0 22,400 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 6,250 0 0 2,861
    Health sciences 185,000 101,607 0 4,280 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 1,091
    Physical sciences 0 18,750 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 2,610
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 51,803

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 36,574 64,517 58,380 69,409 75,365
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 15,991 8,146 25,652 3,706 719
    Computer and information sciences 0 452 0 0 2,283
    Engineering 3,940 20,070 10,876 4,269 3,178
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 561 857 564 0 310
    Health sciences 3,408 23,746 9,725 44,003 54,306
    Mathematics and statistics 0 450 275 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 6,900 9,793 11,289 11,757 12,154
    Psychology 0 0 0 2,675 2,415
    Social sciences 5,775 1,003 0 3,000 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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