U. Virginia, Charlottesville

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 48 89.8 459 46 95.2 925
2023 47 90.1 459 48 94.9 911 47 92.4 602
2022 57 87.8 457 48 94.8 900
2021 56 87.8 447 48 94.9 908 52 91.3 583
2020 62 86.6 450 44 95.4 916
2019 61 86.7 447 44 95.3 914 54 91.1 589
2018 57 87 428 45 95.2 911
2017 56 87.2 425 51 94.5 898 52 91.2 575
2016 64 85.5 430 56 93.9 896
2015 50 88.6 426 62 93.3 898 52 91.1 570
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 375 380 335 297 305 308 324 326 292 346
  Science and engineering 313 317 273 234 225 220 240 226 203 229
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 1 3 2 3 1 5 3 2 .
      Agricultural sciences . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 2 1 2 2 3 1 5 3 2 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 51 66 55 45 46 52 50 43 45 40
      Biochemistry and biophysics 5 7 4 6 5 11 7 6 6 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 10 5 5 3 5 5 5 2 6 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 1 1 . . 1 1 2 1 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . . . 3 4 2 1 5 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 4 6 3 4 3 1 6 4 5 6
      Genetics and genomics 3 2 6 3 3 1 . . 2 .
      Microbiology and immunology 5 9 15 6 10 9 11 12 8 9
      Molecular biology 4 5 4 2 2 2 3 2 . .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 7 14 10 11 11 8 9 7 6 6
      Pharmacology and toxicology 5 8 . 3 . 4 1 1 1 5
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 6 5 5 4 6 5 6 4 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 3 2 2 . . . . 1 .
    Computer and information sciences 18 21 15 7 10 7 8 4 4 5
      Computer science 17 17 11 4 10 7 8 4 4 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 4 4 3 . . . . . .
    Engineering 110 103 84 91 60 78 65 64 49 73
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 6 3 5 . 4 1 1 3 4
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 17 10 16 10 9 13 8 4 8 13
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 17 11 10 9 7 6 9 9 4 8
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 6 17 10 14 4 9 7 4 4 7
      Electrical and computer engineering 33 24 19 18 19 18 15 12 11 18
      Industrial engineering and operations research 7 19 10 12 7 9 7 7 3 4
      Materials and mining engineering 19 12 10 9 6 9 13 13 5 5
      Mechanical engineering 4 3 4 11 7 8 4 10 7 12
      Engineering, other 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 4 4 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 6 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1
      Geological sciences 2 1 1 . . . 2 1 1 .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 5 . 2 1 1 . . 1 1
    Health sciences 12 13 6 7 12 11 9 11 15 14
      Nursing science 7 6 4 3 7 4 6 7 8 8
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Public health . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Health sciences, other 5 7 2 4 5 7 3 3 6 6
    Mathematics and statistics 14 10 7 9 12 7 15 7 12 9
      Applied mathematics . . . 1 . . . 1 . 2
      Mathematics 3 1 . 3 . 4 7 1 2 5
      Statistics 4 4 2 1 4 . 3 3 3 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 7 5 5 4 8 3 5 2 7 .
    Physical sciences 47 42 46 37 33 29 30 37 25 31
      Astronomy and astrophysics 9 5 4 6 6 10 3 8 4 4
      Chemistry 22 22 21 20 19 11 12 18 5 14
      Physics 16 15 21 11 8 8 15 11 16 13
    Psychology 24 24 20 14 19 12 17 20 23 21
      Clinical psychology 10 9 7 10 8 10 7 9 11 11
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 2 3 . 3 . . 2 2 1
      Research and experimental psychology 13 13 10 2 7 2 10 9 10 8
      Psychology, other . . . 2 1 . . . . 1
    Social sciences 31 31 36 20 29 22 39 36 26 35
      Anthropology 1 3 3 2 7 3 8 4 3 3
      Economics 12 8 13 9 9 9 17 12 7 13
      Political science and government 4 7 5 3 5 5 9 10 8 11
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 7 6 5 . 5 4 5 6 5 5
      Social sciences, other 7 7 10 6 3 1 . 4 3 3
  Non-science and engineering 62 63 62 63 80 88 84 100 89 117
    Business 1 1 . 2 3 5 . 1 1 1
      Business 1 1 . 2 3 5 . 1 1 1
    Education 13 23 19 15 20 24 17 29 23 28
      Education leadership and administration 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 . 1 2
      Education research 6 18 14 8 14 17 13 22 13 19
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 3 2 1 2 3 2 5 6 7
      Education, other . 1 2 2 3 3 . 2 3 .
    Humanities and arts 47 39 43 43 49 52 63 68 64 87
      Letters 13 12 13 10 10 13 20 9 12 19
      Foreign languages and literature 6 4 5 6 12 4 12 11 12 21
      History 12 9 10 8 7 13 10 12 13 15
      Philosophy and religious studies 10 8 9 9 13 11 12 20 9 19
      Music and performing arts 5 2 3 7 1 7 3 7 6 3
      Humanities and arts, other 1 4 3 3 6 4 6 9 12 10
    Other non-science and engineering 1 . . 3 8 7 4 2 1 1
      Communication . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 . . 3 8 7 4 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

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   813,772   714,457   662,658   611,313   652,002   613,938   551,761   469,682   397,458   373,218
    Science   577,534   505,884   526,721   489,432   512,076   464,107   420,902   383,508   319,111   281,227
      Computer and information sciences   20,769   28,652   27,291   24,669   26,286   20,017   15,473   8,054   7,886   6,623
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   7,424   7,041   6,392   5,356   6,040   5,352   4,785   5,916   4,898   5,873
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   3   125   125   126   175   91   5,873
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   7,424   7,041   6,392   5,353   5,915   5,227   4,659   5,741   4,807   0
      Life sciences   485,900   418,932   432,700   402,376   420,679   385,793   352,154   301,356   245,218   227,649
        Agricultural sciences   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   182,005   151,637   249,817   229,238   230,231   212,843   199,462   105,312   94,071   59,596
        Health sciences   303,895   267,291   182,321   172,524   189,679   172,559   152,594   196,044   151,147   160,371
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   562   614   769   391   98   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7,682
      Mathematics and statistics   2,444   2,301   2,552   1,710   1,593   1,698   1,582   1,183   1,021   1,538
      Physical sciences   35,616   27,920   27,721   27,304   27,628   26,742   25,154   34,663   31,756   21,665
        Astronomy and astrophysics   5,001   3,805   3,875   3,780   3,424   3,301   2,622   2,715   3,288   3,434
        Chemistry   18,831   13,274   12,214   12,853   11,980   11,511   11,746   11,775   8,714   7,528
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9,270   10,492   0
        Physics   11,784   10,841   11,632   10,671   12,224   11,930   10,786   10,903   9,262   10,703
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   9,296   7,392   6,549   7,565   10,335   9,245   8,894   13,965   10,719   5,163
      Social sciences   15,425   12,798   17,920   18,063   16,948   13,457   11,388   11,646   9,690   6,810
        Anthropology   256   396   409   460   708   200   166   72   345   0
        Economics   1,915   1,732   1,920   1,421   1,833   1,363   1,585   1,232   952   812
        Political science and government   7,217   7,010   5,795   6,609   4,619   2,846   2,210   3,020   2,774   4,104
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,984   1,157   3,822   3,844   3,627   3,163   2,407   3,003   1,942   1,434
        Social sciences nec   4,053   2,503   5,974   5,729   6,161   5,885   5,020   4,319   3,677   460
      Sciences nec   660   848   5,596   2,389   2,567   1,803   1,472   6,725   7,923   5,906
    Engineering   122,919   112,702   65,604   62,271   72,602   83,072   70,000   48,285   48,815   58,586
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   29,757   27,189   15,055   14,121   16,398   16,718   16,696   8,633   5,777   7,845
      Chemical engineering   10,398   8,245   6,028   5,853   4,574   4,269   3,333   2,251   2,100   1,777
      Civil engineering   4,271   1,500   0   275   1,549   5,685   5,285   5,480   5,832   4,916
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   14,733   13,485   11,820   13,670   16,824   14,882   10,958   9,340   8,783   9,885
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,932   377   0   0   0   0   0   3,414   3,212   0
      Mechanical engineering   13,030   11,231   11,272   8,080   9,288   9,388   7,075   0   0   13,480
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   15,779   13,897   12,527   9,385   10,680   18,918   13,633   0   0   12,303
      Engineering nec   31,019   36,778   8,902   10,887   13,289   13,212   13,020   19,167   23,111   8,380
    Non-S&E   113,319   95,871   70,333   59,610   67,324   66,759   60,859   37,889   29,532   33,405
      Business management and business administration   6,752   4,216   5,246   6,002   6,512   7,158   6,208   4,472   3,035   4,118
      Communication and communications technologies   589   252   12   0   0   0   0   12   0   2
      Education   56,825   52,697   38,779   31,557   35,808   36,458   35,170   19,781   15,821   19,434
      Humanities   8,766   7,927   7,190   5,259   7,195   5,574   4,626   7,454   6,749   5,646
      Law   1,096   1,020   1,228   1,418   1,454   1,263   1,275   514   371   730
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   762   696   491   360   548   352   428   384   468   110
      Non-S&E nec   38,529   29,063   17,387   15,014   15,807   15,954   13,152   5,272   3,088   3,365

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   813,772   394,731   24,266   258,706   34,227   33,507   68,335
    Science   577,534   272,295   11,104   193,114   29,382   22,539   49,100
      Computer and information sciences   20,769   12,327   1,296   5,658   1,104   83   301
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   7,424   5,119   5   2,031   0   154   115
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   7,424   5,119   5   2,031   0   154   115
      Life sciences   485,900   220,162   9,606   162,880   28,113   18,925   46,214
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   182,005   99,140   6,629   56,278   2,745   6,156   11,057
        Health sciences   303,895   121,022   2,977   106,602   25,368   12,769   35,157
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   2,444   1,834   0   532   0   78   0
      Physical sciences   35,616   25,490   114   8,843   165   706   298
        Astronomy and astrophysics   5,001   3,651   0   1,048   0   223   79
        Chemistry   18,831   11,842   114   6,259   88   390   138
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   11,784   9,997   0   1,536   77   93   81
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   9,296   6,414   0   1,945   0   831   106
      Social sciences   15,425   949   83   11,225   0   1,762   1,406
        Anthropology   256   145   0   95   0   6   10
        Economics   1,915   186   0   1,153   0   232   344
        Political science and government   7,217   10   0   5,611   0   814   782
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,984   190   42   1,271   0   228   253
        Social sciences nec   4,053   418   41   3,095   0   482   17
      Sciences nec   660   0   0   0   0   0   660
    Engineering   122,919   75,189   1,562   37,901   4,751   1,684   1,832
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   29,757   20,898   185   5,522   1,863   856   433
      Chemical engineering   10,398   6,695   209   2,834   324   50   286
      Civil engineering   4,271   23   0   3,685   0   0   563
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   14,733   11,761   278   2,159   393   0   142
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,932   2,028   62   1,039   428   316   59
      Mechanical engineering   13,030   9,196   430   2,518   803   68   15
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   15,779   10,935   316   3,189   940   126   273
      Engineering nec   31,019   13,653   82   16,955   0   268   61
    Non-S&E   113,319   47,247   11,600   27,691   94   9,284   17,403
      Business management and business administration   6,752   83   0   434   0   0   6,235
      Communication and communications technologies   589   214   0   333   0   42   0
      Education   56,825   36,234   10,866   2,833   49   5,201   1,642
      Humanities   8,766   2,154   213   4,397   0   1,544   458
      Law   1,096   199   0   0   0   887   10
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   762   0   0   708   0   23   31
      Non-S&E nec   38,529   8,363   521   18,986   45   1,587   9,027

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   394,731   354,748   332,993   297,273   300,348   276,335   250,168   228,910   210,980   203,401
  DOD   32,458   34,976   36,141   35,252   41,234   34,119   26,008   25,008   24,592   23,512
  DOE   15,888   13,314   14,154   13,594   13,533   12,829   9,519   8,461   6,984   8,312
  HHS   265,575   233,253   212,368   189,567   188,838   174,207   162,902   147,302   133,736   126,081
  NASA   6,068   4,779   4,419   4,060   4,580   4,056   3,944   3,431   3,056   3,198
  NSF   45,446   41,133   40,851   35,864   31,618   28,989   24,580   22,650   21,278   22,009
  USDA   1,089   1,075   1,190   1,236   1,292   230   47   190   46   272
  Other   28,207   26,218   23,870   17,700   19,253   21,905   23,168   21,868   21,288   20,017

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   7,574   1,188   6,386   .
2018   7,047   1,134   5,913   .

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   1,405   1,262   1,134   1,137   1,146
    Agricultural sciences   86   87   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   269   247   358   355   337
    Computer and information sciences   15   24   22   20   23
    Engineering   211   212   232   238   225
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   50   0
    Health sciences   470   456   290   261   276
    Mathematics and statistics   17   7   7   5   5
    Natural resources and conservation   76   52   52   0   57
    Physical sciences   175   122   107   156   164
    Psychology   37   39   46   46   53
    Social sciences   47   15   19   6   6
    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

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   210,000   0   0   0   0
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   210,000   0   0   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   0   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Psychology   0   0   0   0   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   0   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

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 2025–16
(Dollars in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
  All research space   0   62,500   30,391   137,950   26,233
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   25,716   68,950   2,938
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   16,000   10,100
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   0   4,425   8,000   10,195
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   250   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   62,500   0   0   3,000
    Psychology   0   0   0   45,000   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   0   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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