U. Virginia

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 66 89.8 631
2023 68 90.2 679
2022 63 91 680
2021 56 92.1 691
2020 57 92 698
2019 53 92.6 697
2018 57 92.1 700
2017 60 91.4 684
2016 80 88.8 697
2015 87 87.7 693
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,633 1,579 1,647 1,615 1,498 1,493 1,394 1,296 1,198 1,191
    Hispanic or Latino 144 140 125 111 93 82 86 29 53 41
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,447 1,415 1,497 1,472 1,379 1,379 1,279 1,232 1,110 1,110
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 2
      Asian 171 147 179 168 140 126 110 120 88 97
      Black or African American 112 98 104 109 92 92 76 63 54 55
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 0
      White 1,072 1,091 1,143 1,125 1,072 1,094 1,042 966 931 925
      More than one race 89 75 65 65 73 66 49 81 32 31
    Unknown ethnicity and race 42 24 25 32 26 32 29 35 35 40
  Temporary visa holders 1,007 1,011 961 976 944 1,023 960 860 693 568
  Science and engineering 2,463 2,428 2,433 2,409 2,281 2,347 2,157 2,075 1,799 1,673
    Science 1,696 1,703 1,695 1,679 1,570 1,625 1,448 1,407 1,242 1,138
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 389 333 323 323 263 295 291 275 228 205
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 223 219 208 239 241 241 214 161 107 77
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 45 49 56
      Mathematics and statistics 135 143 153 157 131 177 107 123 99 111
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 106 93 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 63 135 142 137 138 134 98 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 309 302 318 294 280 292 272 335 258 240
      Psychology 127 133 139 160 153 142 124 131 129 91
      Social sciences 344 345 340 369 364 338 334 337 339 335
    Engineering 767 725 738 730 711 722 709 668 557 535
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 131 132 126 122 123 109 89 94 81 89
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 82 84 74 65 62 68 67 53 44 43
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 66 66 66 63 69 79 88 93 61 57
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 190 159 180 185 184 190 202 208 116 105
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 95 91 94 105 89 100 78 108 78 60
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 100 107
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 76 85 89 91 90 78 74 0 68 62
      Other engineering 127 108 109 99 94 98 111 4 9 12
    Health 177 162 175 182 161 169 197 81 92 86
      Clinical medicine 65 54 60 69 62 51 67 47 65 53
      Other health 112 108 115 113 99 118 130 34 27 33

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 361 367 388 535 355 108 137 62 78 79
    Hispanic or Latino 26 31 20 25 21 4 11 2 2 2
    Not Hispanic or Latino 306 320 300 404 262 101 120 60 74 71
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Asian 55 51 46 68 52 9 14 7 11 6
      Black or African American 31 25 15 23 14 9 10 2 3 4
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      White 201 231 227 287 185 78 89 50 59 60
      More than one race 19 12 11 25 9 5 7 1 1 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 29 16 68 106 72 3 6 0 2 6
  Temporary visa holders 51 60 80 44 100 65 60 14 16 12
  Science and engineering 402 412 454 563 431 149 183 70 69 68
    Science 235 228 287 356 279 87 87 33 31 14
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 49 62 60 264 179 41 37 15 17 2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 10 5 22 11 38 24 19 7 6 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 152 116 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 4 2 8 4 2 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 2 4 2 2 6 0 0 5 1 1
      Psychology 14 28 45 58 38 12 15 3 3 0
      Social sciences 7 8 13 13 14 7 13 3 4 9
    Engineering 167 184 167 207 152 62 96 37 38 54
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 12 7 12 8 1 2 1 1 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 10 16 11 12 6 1 5 10 7 7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 34 24 39 49 29 7 10 1 1 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 24 31 30 32 20 13 18 13 10 13
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 59 57 29 45 45 32 40 0 0 13
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 16
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 9 14 11 19 17 1 4 0 7 1
      Other engineering 29 30 40 38 27 7 17 0 0 1
    Health 10 15 14 16 24 24 14 6 25 23
      Clinical medicine 6 9 10 9 11 9 3 6 13 17
      Other health 4 6 4 7 13 15 11 0 12 6

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 449 147 131 272 456 467 500 501 481 441
  Science and engineering 445 147 130 256 456 464 499 501 480 440
    Science 288 93 83 194 290 284 319 329 278 231
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 157 65 58 8 121 100 144 133 101 80
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 36 5 3 15 42 37 30 53 32 22
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 8 11
      Mathematics and statistics 4 8 0 13 14 5 5 16 11 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 5 2 7 34 9 15 3 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 68 8 5 16 90 100 111 119 79 78
      Psychology 8 3 6 50 8 14 20 5 23 11
      Social sciences 4 2 4 58 6 10 3 0 4 14
    Engineering 157 54 47 62 166 180 180 172 202 209
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 56 32 33 0 37 43 35 50 49 66
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 16 3 1 0 20 15 10 13 12 12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 10 6 3 0 10 7 16 15 16 14
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 28 3 2 27 37 52 56 64 50 41
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 10 6 3 16 17 14 7 7 11 11
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 18 18
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 20 2 2 5 21 27 27 0 41 40
      Other engineering 17 2 3 14 24 22 29 3 5 7
    Health 4 0 1 16 0 3 1 0 1 1
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Other health 4 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 1

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support 2,640 2,590 2,608 2,591 2,442 2,516 2,354 2,156 1,891 1,759
  Fellowships 1,182 788 109 778 192 235 320 514 447 390
    Federal 182 147 106 104 120 109 112 132 147 110
    Institutional 988 637 3 669 70 125 193 347 268 251
    Nonfederal 12 4 0 5 2 1 15 35 32 29
  Research assistantships 748 1,191 1,884 704 902 999 877 684 566 593
    Federal 264 0 25 167 309 346 388 353 319 323
    Institutional 410 1,191 1,852 499 443 520 360 244 188 198
    Nonfederal 74 0 7 38 150 133 129 87 59 72
  Teaching assistantships 72 0 1 348 448 434 449 474 490 483
    Federal 0 0 0 1 27 0 0 13 11 0
    Institutional 72 0 1 347 415 434 449 460 477 482
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 2 1
  Other types of support 638 611 614 761 900 848 708 484 388 293
    Federal 3 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 4 8
    Institutional 26 6 11 11 224 186 43 39 59 30
    Nonfederal 3 0 0 0 42 17 0 8 8 7
    Personal resources 606 605 603 750 634 633 665 434 317 248

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 305 288 278 311 333 301 266 228 250 232
    Science 260 239 237 266 269 248 216 195 208 205
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 132 122 110 132 153 136 136 129 134 151
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 4 9 8 1 1 5 3 6 4 5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 4
      Mathematics and statistics 8 8 12 12 11 5 2 0 2 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 15 19 12 26 20 16 10 2 2 4
      Natural resources and conservation 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 50 38 44 44 41 38 38 43 28 28
      Psychology 16 17 24 20 22 18 11 9 17 8
      Social sciences 25 22 27 31 21 30 16 1 6 0
    Engineering 45 49 41 45 64 53 50 33 42 27
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 12 10 11 16 17 16 10 19 8
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 6 6 5 5 2 2 4 4 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 10 7 7 9 12 12 11 7 5 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 7 6 3 6 8 5 0 4 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10 9 6 5 11 8 8 3 6 7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 9 9 9 12 9 10 0 8 6
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
    Health 93 114 70 65 82 89 136 78 96 188
      Clinical medicine 85 108 70 64 79 86 132 78 96 188
      Other health 8 6 0 1 3 3 4 0 0 0

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

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

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 207 192 146 177 197 179 175 158 184 191
  Science and engineering 160 130 122 148 161 148 117 120 150 142
    Science 138 113 103 127 136 124 99 107 125 123
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 84 71 72 85 94 85 76 77 92 94
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
      Mathematics and statistics 2 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 6 2 8 9 8 3 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 35 24 15 21 26 19 18 25 18 17
      Psychology 7 2 5 4 4 4 2 2 9 4
      Social sciences 2 2 4 3 2 8 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 22 17 19 21 25 24 18 13 25 19
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 8 9 6 9 6 11 9 8 18 7
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 1 2 3 4 5 2 1 0 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 1 2 2 4 1 0 3 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4 2 3 3 4 4 2 0 3 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 3 2 4 3 6 2 5 0 4 3
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
    Health 47 62 24 29 36 31 58 38 34 49
      Clinical medicine 45 60 24 29 36 31 58 38 34 49
      Other health 2 2 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

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