U. Utah

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures Research space
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2024 47 90.1 459 62 90.4 631 47 95.1 925
2023 52 89 459 55 92.1 679 47 95 911 39 93.7 602
2022 36 92.4 457 54 92.3 680 47 94.9 900
2021 52 88.7 447 47 93.4 691 47 95 908 35 94.2 583
2020 51 89 450 47 93.5 698 46 95.1 916
2019 49 89.4 447 56 92.2 697 46 95.1 914 32 94.8 589
2018 53 87.9 428 47 93.5 700 44 95.3 911
2017 55 87.4 425 51 92.8 684 61 93.4 898 29 95.2 575
2016 56 87.3 430 55 92.3 697 63 93.1 896
2015 46 89.5 426 52 92.7 693 40 95.7 898 32 94.6 570
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 378 363 448 321 336 361 332 329 317 372
  Science and engineering 322 310 382 259 280 298 280 265 250 304
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . 1 . . . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 64 70 67 48 52 50 62 54 61 51
      Biochemistry and biophysics 15 8 9 6 4 5 9 10 10 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 8 7 9 6 7 3 4 6 12 7
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 6 5 4 4 3 8 4 4 4 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 3 3 . 2 4 3 1 4 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 6 5 3 4 4 3 5 1 4 2
      Genetics and genomics 2 5 4 2 5 2 8 6 4 9
      Microbiology and immunology 6 11 4 4 6 4 7 8 3 5
      Molecular biology 3 6 5 3 4 3 3 4 4 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 5 10 11 8 8 9 10 7 9
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 2 1 . 1 1 1 1 2 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 9 11 6 5 8 5 3 4 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 4 4 2 3 1 4 . 3 .
    Computer and information sciences 26 20 30 14 17 12 15 14 10 13
      Computer science 21 17 22 12 15 9 12 12 9 11
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 3 8 2 2 3 3 2 1 2
    Engineering 102 84 104 82 67 95 74 68 72 86
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 17 13 21 20 10 17 10 15 22 18
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 13 7 14 10 10 8 9 5 15 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 9 10 16 3 3 9 6 10 6 7
      Electrical and computer engineering 24 18 20 17 21 12 20 9 9 22
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 7 5 7 9 8 14 7 15 10 18
      Mechanical engineering 26 21 24 17 13 27 17 11 7 11
      Engineering, other 6 10 2 6 1 8 5 3 3 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 17 17 9 17 17 9 12 6 11
      Geological sciences 4 7 12 6 9 10 2 7 3 6
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 10 5 3 8 7 7 5 3 5
    Health sciences 32 22 28 21 27 18 29 21 26 45
      Nursing science 6 3 7 4 10 . 7 6 3 13
      Pharmaceutical sciences 5 4 1 . 3 3 7 2 3 9
      Public health 4 9 6 6 8 5 6 1 6 12
      Health sciences, other 17 6 14 11 6 10 9 12 14 11
    Mathematics and statistics 10 16 27 17 21 17 16 21 8 14
      Applied mathematics 1 3 4 . 3 4 7 6 3 3
      Mathematics . 2 2 3 6 5 4 8 2 2
      Statistics 1 . 1 3 . . . 2 1 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 8 11 20 11 12 8 5 5 2 8
    Physical sciences 28 40 43 35 36 43 32 27 28 32
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 2 4 3 2 4 2 1 1 .
      Chemistry 22 26 30 19 20 25 22 16 20 22
      Physics 6 12 9 13 14 14 8 10 7 10
    Psychology 21 19 30 12 17 18 21 19 11 21
      Clinical psychology 1 3 3 3 3 5 5 1 1 2
      Counseling and applied psychology 13 11 12 5 5 5 12 9 4 12
      Research and experimental psychology 4 . 8 2 6 5 4 3 3 1
      Psychology, other 3 5 7 2 3 3 . 6 3 6
    Social sciences 31 22 36 20 26 28 22 29 28 31
      Anthropology 2 1 1 . 6 2 . 1 5 5
      Economics 6 6 10 8 9 12 4 7 7 2
      Political science and government 5 3 8 5 3 2 3 3 4 7
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 7 3 5 1 3 1 6 6 4 5
      Social sciences, other 11 9 12 6 5 11 9 11 8 12
  Non-science and engineering 56 53 66 62 56 63 52 64 67 68
    Business 8 10 10 11 8 11 11 8 6 13
      Business 8 10 10 11 8 11 11 8 6 13
    Education 20 16 20 25 14 22 15 20 20 12
      Education leadership and administration 6 6 4 5 6 2 1 8 2 3
      Education research 7 7 12 14 6 10 10 12 9 5
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 3 3 5 2 8 3 . 6 4
      Education, other 1 . 1 1 . 2 1 . 3 .
    Humanities and arts 16 16 22 14 21 15 15 24 18 26
      Letters 5 11 11 4 11 10 9 11 6 17
      Foreign languages and literature . 1 . 1 3 . . 1 . .
      History 2 . 4 5 3 2 3 1 4 6
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 4 4 3 2 1 1 4 6 .
      Music and performing arts 3 . 1 1 2 2 1 6 2 3
      Humanities and arts, other . . 2 . . . 1 1 . .
    Other non-science and engineering 12 11 14 12 13 15 11 12 23 17
      Communication 5 5 9 4 7 7 6 7 17 8
      Public administration and social services 3 4 2 7 3 6 5 4 4 8
      Non-science and engineering, other 4 2 3 1 3 2 . 1 2 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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,815 1,880 1,827 1,984 1,917 1,715 2,107 1,856 1,752 1,815
    Hispanic or Latino 189 208 183 192 176 147 164 136 86 95
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,586 1,602 1,564 1,702 1,658 1,480 1,861 1,648 1,594 1,668
      American Indian or Alaska Native 8 3 5 4 5 4 35 17 10 6
      Asian 128 123 122 135 127 104 162 145 119 95
      Black or African American 28 23 24 20 19 17 80 27 25 30
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 1 5 7 5 7 10 10 6 5
      White 1,340 1,372 1,327 1,450 1,421 1,278 1,558 1,445 1,401 1,496
      More than one race 77 80 81 86 81 70 16 4 33 36
    Unknown ethnicity and race 40 70 80 90 83 88 82 72 72 52
  Temporary visa holders 1,001 1,172 1,050 866 744 722 729 734 782 846
  Science and engineering 2,529 2,734 2,529 2,470 2,307 2,098 2,319 2,297 2,167 2,297
    Science 1,956 2,097 1,853 1,776 1,661 1,478 1,599 1,525 1,466 1,586
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13
      Biological and biomedical sciences 550 525 478 437 400 382 621 484 338 386
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 85
      Computer and information sciences 616 668 603 519 506 355 251 238 239 236
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 74 71 63 73 59 65 78 87 85 112
      Mathematics and statistics 194 185 90 94 90 93 104 107 117 117
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 31 19 31 39 35 35 38 43 24 30
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 118 233 207 214 205 184 188 237 281 258
      Psychology 191 185 181 189 176 175 116 131 59 61
      Social sciences 182 211 200 211 190 189 203 198 183 209
    Engineering 573 637 676 694 646 620 720 772 701 711
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 93 109 103 122 129 117 156 161 143 127
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 41 52 58 61 58 58 66 81 78 76
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 44 70 65 65 64 62 66 66 80 83
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 172 181 186 171 156 161 159 168 141 181
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 155 154 179 199 163 151 190 209 150 129
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 55 58 67 62 56 58 67 72 93 96
      Other engineering 12 13 18 14 20 13 16 15 16 19
    Health 287 318 348 380 354 339 517 293 367 364
      Clinical medicine 89 89 102 127 126 117 255 161 139 97
      Other health 198 229 246 253 228 222 262 132 228 267

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

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

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 888 676 696 859 807 821 905 816 502 472
    Hispanic or Latino 99 79 70 78 66 54 70 52 28 18
    Not Hispanic or Latino 746 571 598 739 707 740 799 721 444 429
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 2 0 3 1 0 5 4 1 2
      Asian 79 54 57 49 60 56 63 65 32 35
      Black or African American 11 16 11 14 15 13 30 10 10 5
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 4 4 1
      White 620 475 505 641 606 645 675 638 388 379
      More than one race 33 21 24 32 25 25 22 0 9 7
    Unknown ethnicity and race 43 26 28 42 34 27 36 43 30 25
  Temporary visa holders 268 151 111 131 150 199 210 186 92 69
  Science and engineering 1,008 703 675 834 815 868 893 891 490 449
    Science 674 477 429 571 570 598 627 662 287 291
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 13
      Biological and biomedical sciences 91 82 72 77 89 103 113 65 30 38
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
      Computer and information sciences 161 144 135 175 185 158 129 152 70 68
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 20 11 20 25 24 29 32 38 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 77 71 9 27 38 37 44 45 31 29
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 25 29 21 25 23 32 39 21 53 47
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 140 6 19 49 25 42 95 92 2 2
      Psychology 92 74 72 103 106 101 29 89 8 8
      Social sciences 68 60 81 90 80 96 146 160 75 33
    Engineering 334 226 246 263 245 270 266 229 203 158
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 28 22 26 20 29 38 43 35 9 11
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 39 12 12 13 10 13 35 30 38 39
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 35 16 21 23 26 36 31 29 25 25
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 93 87 97 98 88 82 71 50 61 20
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 93 66 69 82 77 85 72 68 58 49
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 29 16 15 18 12 14 12 13 10 9
      Other engineering 6 7 6 9 3 2 2 4 2 5
    Health 148 124 132 156 142 152 222 111 104 92
      Clinical medicine 32 35 46 57 40 47 79 51 69 64
      Other health 116 89 86 99 102 105 143 60 35 28

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 445 438 424 412 371 358 427 378 803 801
  Science and engineering 424 417 405 386 348 340 358 370 767 759
    Science 308 311 292 271 235 233 279 272 500 506
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 194 175 175 152 128 130 175 164 127 165
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
      Computer and information sciences 27 28 22 18 18 18 16 5 102 101
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 15 16 16 17 11 9 11 12 43 48
      Mathematics and statistics 37 36 30 30 28 30 33 34 18 14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 23 19 27 25 23 25 34 129 93
      Psychology 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 8 18 22
      Social sciences 21 28 25 21 19 18 13 12 18 7
    Engineering 116 106 113 115 113 107 79 98 267 253
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 21 25 25 28 28 28 16 17 57 61
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 12 13 15 14 14 2 21 18 17
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 10 9 8 8 7 9 10 28 11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 33 36 41 39 38 36 29 26 56 57
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 45 19 19 20 19 17 19 19 51 41
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 4 4 6 5 6 5 4 5 44 53
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13
    Health 21 21 19 26 23 18 69 8 36 42
      Clinical medicine 2 0 0 0 0 0 44 8 4 0
      Other health 19 21 19 26 23 18 25 0 32 42

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support 2,816 3,052 2,877 2,850 2,661 2,437 2,836 2,590 2,534 2,661
  Fellowships 180 177 170 169 149 135 274 132 212 304
    Federal 79 85 79 78 70 60 142 28 90 121
    Institutional 98 88 87 86 74 69 123 99 80 145
    Nonfederal 3 4 4 5 5 6 9 5 42 38
  Research assistantships 824 837 816 751 677 668 680 774 1,069 1,016
    Federal 331 328 324 307 273 271 261 314 700 677
    Institutional 365 423 412 366 333 319 345 373 221 211
    Nonfederal 128 86 80 78 71 78 74 87 148 128
  Teaching assistantships 672 784 726 728 691 672 622 631 573 603
    Federal 6 4 4 5 4 6 2 3 5 0
    Institutional 664 778 720 721 685 664 620 628 568 598
    Nonfederal 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 5
  Other types of support 1,140 1,254 1,165 1,202 1,144 962 1,260 1,053 680 738
    Federal 29 21 17 22 24 21 22 33 8 3
    Institutional 164 181 152 172 160 152 289 152 56 95
    Nonfederal 10 9 6 6 14 12 37 18 19 27
    Personal resources 937 1,043 990 1,002 946 777 912 850 597 613

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

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

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering 250 224 190 194 260 263 203 344 344 346
    Science 224 203 172 167 224 224 187 315 315 318
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 99 106 103 107 137 136 133 162 149 149
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 8 8 8
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 11 12 8 10 11 5 9 9 7
      Mathematics and statistics 18 11 2 0 1 3 0 25 25 25
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 42 34 30
      Natural resources and conservation 10 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 71 53 40 35 61 56 7 59 59 59
      Psychology 8 9 7 6 4 8 5 5 5 4
      Social sciences 9 12 7 11 10 8 7 5 5 12
    Engineering 26 21 18 27 36 39 16 29 29 28
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 6 3 2 3 2 4 3 9 9 4
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 1 3 2 6 3 2 1 1 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 4 2 4 10 13 3 3 3 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 6 5 5 11 10 10 2 4 4 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 8 8 6 7 6 4 3 12 12 15
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 33 34 34 40 93 77 159 170 160 141
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 3 3 146 141 131 116
      Other health 33 34 34 40 90 74 13 29 29 25

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

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

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 143 137 115 121 184 173 67 217 278 282
  Science and engineering 126 116 98 104 138 137 59 158 217 210
    Science 105 98 84 80 109 101 48 138 197 189
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 48 47 43 45 51 47 33 60 106 98
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 10 11 7 8 9 3 4 4 4
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 29 27
      Natural resources and conservation 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 38 30 23 18 40 35 4 31 31 31
      Psychology 4 3 3 2 2 4 3 4 4 3
      Social sciences 3 8 4 8 8 6 2 2 2 2
    Engineering 21 18 14 24 29 36 11 20 20 21
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 6 3 2 3 2 4 3 8 8 4
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 4 2 4 10 13 3 1 1 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 6 5 5 11 10 10 2 2 2 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 6 5 6 5 4 1 8 8 11
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 17 21 17 17 46 36 8 59 61 72
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43 45 55
      Other health 17 21 17 17 46 36 7 16 16 17

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

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

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 789,271 723,713 670,119 624,737 607,061 601,133 552,306 380,295 350,212 518,928
    Science 577,096 512,855 440,735 549,093 i 519,630 i 493,236 i 492,155 i 278,963 284,317 405,043
      Computer and information sciences 5,279 249 3,034 33,446 i 37,159 i 40,967 i 42,025 i 0 28,660 30,756
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,903 11,126 9,233 47,024 i 20,011 i 27,848 i 12,580 i 11,668 13,199 12,633
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 5,755 5,647 984 0 i 7,124 i 7,784 i 7,409 i 500 4,586 4,613
        Geological and earth sciences 8,148 5,479 6,198 41,384 i 12,887 i 20,064 i 5,171 i 11,168 8,613 8,004
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 2,051 5,640 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0 16
      Life sciences 502,926 453,037 379,462 420,965 i 402,001 i 343,744 i 391,825 i 229,488 209,924 326,552
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 183 15
        Biological and biomedical sciences 45,199 28,019 27,988 44,662 i 40,013 i 16,890 i 20,288 i 50,471 65,171 52,034
        Health sciences 439,439 409,503 351,390 369,765 i 361,988 i 321,728 i 345,008 i 168,137 141,740 193,906
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 84 363 i 0 i 0 i 24,152 i 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 18,288 15,515 0 6,175 i 0 i 5,126 i 2,377 i 10,880 2,830 80,597
      Mathematics and statistics 3,792 3,727 6,083 3,708 i 4,065 i 3,722 i 4,496 i 3,176 3,453 5,959
      Physical sciences 25,799 24,991 18,579 30,441 i 30,170 i 54,131 i 24,919 i 25,908 22,257 19,361
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 9,145 0 i 9,853 i 9,855 i 8,984 i 10,116 6,263 0
        Chemistry 18,579 17,148 9,434 19,435 i 18,018 i 40,326 i 15,935 i 15,140 14,447 11,963
        Materials science 0 0 0 2,061 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 192 1,547 0
        Physics 7,220 7,843 0 8,945 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 446 0 7,398
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 i 2,299 i 3,950 i 0 i 14 0 0
      Psychology 4,794 5,663 6,805 7,255 i 11,198 i 18,431 i 5,683 i 4,640 3,954 3,545
      Social sciences 20,603 14,062 16,524 6,254 i 14,837 i 3,776 i 10,627 i 4,083 2,870 6,237
        Anthropology 928 621 44 992 i 1,286 i 1,044 i 1,110 i 559 412 0
        Economics 301 141 198 92 i 164 i 90 i 0 i 0 163 225
        Political science and government 325 336 662 516 i 1,017 i 720 i 213 i 0 221 67
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 18,150 12,021 11,402 4,626 i 7,151 i 1,146 i 9,304 i 3,445 2,074 486
        Social sciences nec 899 943 4,218 28 i 5,219 i 776 i 0 i 79 0 5,459
      Sciences nec 0 0 1,015 0 i 189 i 617 i 0 i 0 0 0
    Engineering 122,011 113,129 111,749 48,225 i 57,608 i 55,478 i 42,053 i 39,993 38,353 104,366
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0 2,218
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5,905 5,103 9,552 6,433 i 10,656 i 10,282 i 5,311 i 7,624 7,243 6,603
      Chemical engineering 6,986 6,491 4,170 7,795 i 9,364 i 3,073 i 2,218 i 8,292 8,262 8,479
      Civil engineering 45,932 43,039 48,174 5,500 i 4,901 i 4,815 i 4,460 i 0 3,224 21,123
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 41,461 38,983 34,210 12,354 i 13,230 i 11,078 i 9,358 i 9,942 6,820 5,808
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 i 0 i 1 i 0 i 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10,211 13,090 2,052 10,970 i 12,796 i 11,561 i 11,162 i 5,669 4,615 4,872
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 5,501 4,744 722 2,688 i 3,945 i 5,637 i 7,571 i 7,684 6,228 7,829
      Engineering nec 6,015 1,679 12,869 2,485 i 2,716 i 9,031 i 1,973 i 782 1,961 47,434
    Non-S&E 90,164 97,729 117,635 27,419 i 29,823 i 52,419 i 18,098 i 61,339 27,542 9,519
      Business management and business administration 2,004 932 3,460 2,296 i 924 i 646 i 828 i 2,354 961 1,315
      Communication and communications technologies 2,486 1,902 1,671 2,628 i 2,771 i 1,872 i 956 i 29,639 310 1,360
      Education 1,790 2,433 1,809 2,609 i 472 i 1,370 i 0 i 345 312 3,000
      Humanities 380 386 1,557 308 i 269 i 863 i 0 i 177 370 2,570
      Law 1,007 883 732 48 i 16 i 18 i 345 i 0 29 1,139
      Social work 0 0 43 2,805 i 1,685 i 8,146 i 1,300 i 3,463 941 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,342 1,096 3,950 1,568 i 1,127 i 0 i 474 i 77 44 135
      Non-S&E nec 81,155 90,097 104,413 15,157 i 22,559 i 39,504 i 14,195 i 25,284 24,575 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: 2024
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 789,271 453,025 4,358 236,568 57,158 33,428 4,734
    Science 577,096 330,125 2,217 159,298 53,182 28,847 3,427
      Computer and information sciences 5,279 0 0 5,279 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,903 8,957 947 3,488 278 182 51
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 5,755 4,564 569 301 200 108 13
        Geological and earth sciences 8,148 4,393 378 3,187 78 74 38
        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 502,926 276,878 1,032 147,206 48,114 26,875 2,821
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 45,199 28,376 0 11,522 2,399 2,524 378
        Health sciences 439,439 233,795 758 133,123 45,520 23,949 2,294
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 18,288 14,707 274 2,561 195 402 149
      Mathematics and statistics 3,792 3,118 0 674 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 25,799 21,493 0 1,703 1,091 1,051 461
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 18,579 16,096 0 662 1,006 462 353
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 7,220 5,397 0 1,041 85 589 108
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 4,794 3,971 0 416 80 327 0
      Social sciences 20,603 15,708 238 532 3,619 412 94
        Anthropology 928 795 0 131 0 2 0
        Economics 301 91 29 12 0 169 0
        Political science and government 325 105 0 125 0 95 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 18,150 14,112 209 95 3,619 28 87
        Social sciences nec 899 605 0 169 0 118 7
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 122,011 99,597 1,101 15,218 3,933 1,416 746
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5,905 4,388 0 1,099 191 93 134
      Chemical engineering 6,986 5,298 11 1,279 274 80 44
      Civil engineering 45,932 44,116 1,081 474 83 42 136
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 41,461 33,123 0 5,629 1,586 811 312
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10,211 8,089 9 1,851 197 30 35
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 5,501 3,680 0 524 1,116 181 0
      Engineering nec 6,015 903 0 4,362 486 179 85
    Non-S&E 90,164 23,303 1,040 62,052 43 3,165 561
      Business management and business administration 2,004 124 1 1,777 0 102 0
      Communication and communications technologies 2,486 2,265 0 195 0 26 0
      Education 1,790 846 58 625 0 175 86
      Humanities 380 105 0 150 0 125 0
      Law 1,007 23 0 984 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,342 975 98 249 0 20 0
      Non-S&E nec 81,155 18,965 883 58,072 43 2,717 475

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

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

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies 453,025 416,079 367,040 340,434 314,023 302,585 307,844 248,908 233,652 274,375
  DOD 25,504 23,494 26,133 27,748 30,944 29,860 26,381 23,931 18,295 17,543
  DOE 58,607 54,890 42,094 40,128 24,872 23,822 24,956 19,139 18,945 18,115
  HHS 306,656 277,075 245,834 223,690 215,237 204,671 200,737 160,479 150,814 178,867
  NASA 4,984 4,649 4,027 3,666 3,718 3,430 4,765 3,086 2,843 3,554
  NSF 51,034 51,343 43,706 38,298 34,587 35,354 40,890 37,170 37,051 36,850
  USDA 1,337 764 760 879 635 499 479 453 606 745
  Other 4,903 3,864 4,486 6,025 4,030 4,949 9,636 4,650 5,098 18,701

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

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

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2024–18 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2024 . . . .
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 7,974 1,228 6,746 .
2018 7,390 1,196 6,194 .

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
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    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
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 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
    Other 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 2025–16
(Dollars in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
  All research space 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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