U. Virginia

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 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
2014 82 88.3 688
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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 1,339 1,337 1,334 1,318 1,354 1,270 1,248 1,085 996 1,067
    Female 1,251 1,271 1,257 1,124 1,162 1,084 908 806 763 779
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,579 1,647 1,615 1,498 1,493 1,394 1,296 1,198 1,191 1,253
    Hispanic or Latino 140 125 111 93 82 86 29 53 41 33
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,415 1,497 1,472 1,379 1,379 1,279 1,232 1,110 1,110 1,173
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 3
      Asian 147 179 168 140 126 110 120 88 97 105
      Black or African American 98 104 109 92 92 76 63 54 55 62
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 1
      White 1,091 1,143 1,125 1,072 1,094 1,042 966 931 925 984
      More than one race 75 65 65 73 66 49 81 32 31 18
    Unknown ethnicity and race 24 25 32 26 32 29 35 35 40 47
  Temporary visa holders 1,011 961 976 944 1,023 960 860 693 568 593
  Science and engineering 2,428 2,433 2,409 2,281 2,347 2,157 2,075 1,799 1,673 1,754
    Science 1,703 1,695 1,679 1,570 1,625 1,448 1,407 1,242 1,138 1,185
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 333 323 323 263 295 291 275 228 205 239
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 219 208 239 241 241 214 161 107 77 66
      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 6 8 45 49 56 55
      Mathematics and statistics 143 153 157 131 177 107 123 99 111 114
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 93 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 135 142 137 138 134 98 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 302 318 294 280 292 272 335 258 240 226
      Psychology 133 139 160 153 142 124 131 129 91 115
      Social sciences 345 340 369 364 338 334 337 339 335 338
    Engineering 725 738 730 711 722 709 668 557 535 569
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 132 126 122 123 109 89 94 81 89 69
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 84 74 65 62 68 67 53 44 43 51
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 66 66 63 69 79 88 93 61 57 50
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 159 180 185 184 190 202 208 116 105 184
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 91 94 105 89 100 78 108 78 60 65
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 100 107 80
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 85 89 91 90 78 74 0 68 62 57
      Other engineering 108 109 99 94 98 111 4 9 12 13
  Health 162 175 182 161 169 197 81 92 86 92
    Clinical medicine 54 60 69 62 51 67 47 65 53 53
    Other health 108 115 113 99 118 130 34 27 33 39

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 276 288 361 277 99 115 53 63 71 68
    Female 151 180 218 178 74 82 23 31 20 29
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 367 388 535 355 108 137 62 78 79 79
    Hispanic or Latino 31 20 25 21 4 11 2 2 2 2
    Not Hispanic or Latino 320 300 404 262 101 120 60 74 71 69
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Asian 51 46 68 52 9 14 7 11 6 12
      Black or African American 25 15 23 14 9 10 2 3 4 3
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 231 227 287 185 78 89 50 59 60 52
      More than one race 12 11 25 9 5 7 1 1 1 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 16 68 106 72 3 6 0 2 6 8
  Temporary visa holders 60 80 44 100 65 60 14 16 12 18
  Science and engineering 412 454 563 431 149 183 70 69 68 81
    Science 228 287 356 279 87 87 33 31 14 12
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 62 60 264 179 41 37 15 17 2 1
      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 2 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 5 22 11 38 24 19 7 6 2 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 116 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 4 2 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 2 2 6 0 0 5 1 1 0
      Psychology 28 45 58 38 12 15 3 3 0 0
      Social sciences 8 13 13 14 7 13 3 4 9 7
    Engineering 184 167 207 152 62 96 37 38 54 69
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 12 7 12 8 1 2 1 1 2 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 16 11 12 6 1 5 10 7 7 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 24 39 49 29 7 10 1 1 1 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 31 30 32 20 13 18 13 10 13 19
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 57 29 45 45 32 40 0 0 13 14
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 16 19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 14 11 19 17 1 4 0 7 1 7
      Other engineering 30 40 38 27 7 17 0 0 1 2
  Health 15 14 16 24 24 14 6 25 23 16
    Clinical medicine 9 10 9 11 9 3 6 13 17 16
    Other health 6 4 7 13 15 11 0 12 6 0

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 147 131 272 456 467 500 501 481 441 540
  Science and engineering 147 130 256 456 464 499 501 480 440 538
    Science 93 83 194 290 284 319 329 278 231 289
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 65 58 8 121 100 144 133 101 80 97
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 5 3 15 42 37 30 53 32 22 32
      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 3 3 3 8 11 9
      Mathematics and statistics 8 0 13 14 5 5 16 11 1 16
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 2 7 34 9 15 3 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 8 5 16 90 100 111 119 79 78 78
      Psychology 3 6 50 8 14 20 5 23 11 25
      Social sciences 2 4 58 6 10 3 0 4 14 9
    Engineering 54 47 62 166 180 180 172 202 209 249
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 32 33 0 37 43 35 50 49 66 49
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 1 0 20 15 10 13 12 12 15
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 3 0 10 7 16 15 16 14 17
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 2 27 37 52 56 64 50 41 97
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 3 16 17 14 7 7 11 11 21
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 18 18 6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 2 5 21 27 27 0 41 40 36
      Other engineering 2 3 14 24 22 29 3 5 7 8
  Health 0 1 16 0 3 1 0 1 1 2
    Clinical medicine 0 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2

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 2,590 2,608 2,591 2,442 2,516 2,354 2,156 1,891 1,759 1,846
  Fellowships 788 109 778 192 235 320 514 447 390 397
    Federal 147 106 104 120 109 112 132 147 110 126
    Institutional 637 3 669 70 125 193 347 268 251 243
    Nonfederal 4 0 5 2 1 15 35 32 29 28
  Research assistantships 1,191 1,884 704 902 999 877 684 566 593 652
    Federal 0 25 167 309 346 388 353 319 323 385
    Institutional 1,191 1,852 499 443 520 360 244 188 198 171
    Nonfederal 0 7 38 150 133 129 87 59 72 96
  Teaching assistantships 0 1 348 448 434 449 474 490 483 503
    Federal 0 0 1 27 0 0 13 11 0 15
    Institutional 0 1 347 415 434 449 460 477 482 488
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 2 1 0
  Other types of support 611 614 761 900 848 708 484 388 293 294
    Federal 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 4 8 14
    Institutional 6 11 11 224 186 43 39 59 30 30
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 42 17 0 8 8 7 22
    Personal resources 605 603 750 634 633 665 434 317 248 228

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 288 278 311 333 301 266 228 250 232 224
    Science 239 237 266 269 248 216 195 208 205 190
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 122 110 132 153 136 136 129 134 151 126
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 9 8 1 1 5 3 6 4 5 3
      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 5 10 4 7
      Mathematics and statistics 8 12 12 11 5 2 0 2 1 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 19 12 26 20 16 10 2 2 4 5
      Natural resources and conservation 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 38 44 44 41 38 38 43 28 28 35
      Psychology 17 24 20 22 18 11 9 17 8 11
      Social sciences 22 27 31 21 30 16 1 6 0 0
    Engineering 49 41 45 64 53 50 33 42 27 34
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 12 10 11 16 17 16 10 19 8 10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 6 5 5 2 2 4 4 0 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 7 7 9 12 12 11 7 5 4 8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 3 6 8 5 0 4 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 9 6 5 11 8 8 3 6 7 9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 9 9 9 12 9 10 0 8 6 5
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  Health 114 70 65 82 89 136 78 96 188 223
    Clinical medicine 108 70 64 79 86 132 78 96 188 223
    Other health 6 0 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 0

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

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

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 192 146 177 197 179 175 158 184 191 167
  Science and engineering 130 122 148 161 148 117 120 150 142 124
    Science 113 103 127 136 124 99 107 125 123 110
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 71 72 85 94 85 76 77 92 94 72
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 1
      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 1 4 2 2
      Mathematics and statistics 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 2 8 9 8 3 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 24 15 21 26 19 18 25 18 17 28
      Psychology 2 5 4 4 4 2 2 9 4 6
      Social sciences 2 4 3 2 8 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 17 19 21 25 24 18 13 25 19 14
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 6 9 6 11 9 8 18 7 8
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 2 3 4 5 2 1 0 3 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 2 2 4 1 0 3 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 3 3 4 4 2 0 3 4 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 4 3 6 2 5 0 4 3 2
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  Health 62 24 29 36 31 58 38 34 49 43
    Clinical medicine 60 24 29 36 31 58 38 34 49 43
    Other health 2 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

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