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
2014
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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