U. Virginia, Charlottesville

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 48 89.8 459 47 92.4 602 48 94.9 914
2022 57 87.8 457 48 94.8 900
2021 56 87.8 447 52 91.3 583 48 94.9 908
2020 62 86.6 450 44 95.4 916
2019 61 86.7 447 54 91.1 589 44 95.3 914
2018 57 87 428 45 95.2 911
2017 56 87.2 425 52 91.2 575 51 94.5 898
2016 64 85.5 430 56 93.9 896
2015 50 88.6 426 52 91.1 570 62 93.3 898
2014 43 90.1 422 61 93.3 889
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: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 380 335 297 305 308 324 326 292 346 393
  Science and engineering 317 273 234 225 220 240 226 203 229 270
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 3 2 3 1 5 3 2 . 3
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 2 2 3 1 5 3 2 . 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 66 55 45 46 52 50 43 45 40 57
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 4 6 5 11 7 6 6 3 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 5 3 5 5 5 2 6 2 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 1 . . 1 1 2 1 3 5
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . 3 4 2 1 5 1 5
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 6 3 4 3 1 6 4 5 6 5
      Genetics and genomics 2 6 3 3 1 . . 2 . 4
      Microbiology and immunology 9 15 6 10 9 11 12 8 9 8
      Molecular biology 5 4 2 2 2 3 2 . . 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 14 10 11 11 8 9 7 6 6 7
      Pharmacology and toxicology 8 . 3 . 4 1 1 1 5 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 5 5 4 6 5 6 4 5 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 2 2 . . . . 1 . .
    Computer and information sciences 21 15 7 10 7 8 4 4 5 7
      Computer science 17 11 4 10 7 8 4 4 5 7
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 4 3 . . . . . . .
    Engineering 103 84 91 60 78 65 64 49 73 89
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6 3 5 . 4 1 1 3 4 3
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 10 16 10 9 13 8 4 8 13 16
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 11 10 9 7 6 9 9 4 8 8
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 17 10 14 4 9 7 4 4 7 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 24 19 18 19 18 15 12 11 18 23
      Industrial engineering and operations research 19 10 12 7 9 7 7 3 4 13
      Materials and mining engineering 12 10 9 6 9 13 13 5 5 8
      Mechanical engineering 3 4 11 7 8 4 10 7 12 6
      Engineering, other 1 2 3 1 2 1 4 4 2 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2
      Geological sciences 1 1 . . . 2 1 1 . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 . 2 1 1 . . 1 1 2
    Health sciences 13 6 7 12 11 9 11 15 14 16
      Nursing science 6 4 3 7 4 6 7 8 8 11
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Public health . . . . . . . 1 . 2
      Health sciences, other 7 2 4 5 7 3 3 6 6 3
    Mathematics and statistics 10 7 9 12 7 15 7 12 9 13
      Applied mathematics . . 1 . . . 1 . 2 1
      Mathematics 1 . 3 . 4 7 1 2 5 9
      Statistics 4 2 1 4 . 3 3 3 2 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 5 5 4 8 3 5 2 7 . 1
    Physical sciences 42 46 37 33 29 30 37 25 31 30
      Astronomy and astrophysics 5 4 6 6 10 3 8 4 4 4
      Chemistry 22 21 20 19 11 12 18 5 14 16
      Physics 15 21 11 8 8 15 11 16 13 10
    Psychology 24 20 14 19 12 17 20 23 21 18
      Clinical psychology 9 7 10 8 10 7 9 11 11 7
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 3 . 3 . . 2 2 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 13 10 2 7 2 10 9 10 8 8
      Psychology, other . . 2 1 . . . . 1 3
    Social sciences 31 36 20 29 22 39 36 26 35 35
      Anthropology 3 3 2 7 3 8 4 3 3 7
      Economics 8 13 9 9 9 17 12 7 13 12
      Political science and government 7 5 3 5 5 9 10 8 11 8
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 5 . 5 4 5 6 5 5 4
      Social sciences, other 7 10 6 3 1 . 4 3 3 4
  Non-science and engineering 63 62 63 80 88 84 100 89 117 123
    Business 1 . 2 3 5 . 1 1 1 3
      Business 1 . 2 3 5 . 1 1 1 3
    Education 23 19 15 20 24 17 29 23 28 31
      Education leadership and administration 1 1 4 1 1 2 . 1 2 2
      Education research 18 14 8 14 17 13 22 13 19 20
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 2 1 2 3 2 5 6 7 9
      Education, other 1 2 2 3 3 . 2 3 . .
    Humanities and arts 39 43 43 49 52 63 68 64 87 84
      Letters 12 13 10 10 13 20 9 12 19 21
      Foreign languages and literature 4 5 6 12 4 12 11 12 21 14
      History 9 10 8 7 13 10 12 13 15 20
      Philosophy and religious studies 8 9 9 13 11 12 20 9 19 14
      Music and performing arts 2 3 7 1 7 3 7 6 3 5
      Humanities and arts, other 4 3 3 6 4 6 9 12 10 10
    Other non-science and engineering . . 3 8 7 4 2 1 1 5
      Communication . . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 3 8 7 4 2 . 1 4

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 714,457 662,658 611,313 652,002 613,938 551,761 469,682 397,458 373,218 358,576
    Science 505,884 526,721 489,432 512,076 464,107 420,902 383,508 319,111 281,227 278,575
      Computer and information sciences 28,652 27,291 24,669 26,286 20,017 15,473 8,054 7,886 6,623 6,461
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 7,041 6,392 5,356 6,040 5,352 4,785 5,916 4,898 5,873 5,560
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 3 125 125 126 175 91 5,873 5,560
        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 7,041 6,392 5,353 5,915 5,227 4,659 5,741 4,807 0 0
      Life sciences 418,932 432,700 402,376 420,679 385,793 352,154 301,356 245,218 227,649 224,411
        Agricultural sciences 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 151,637 249,817 229,238 230,231 212,843 199,462 105,312 94,071 59,596 60,672
        Health sciences 267,291 182,321 172,524 189,679 172,559 152,594 196,044 151,147 160,371 157,094
        Natural resources and conservation 0 562 614 769 391 98 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,682 6,645
      Mathematics and statistics 2,301 2,552 1,710 1,593 1,698 1,582 1,183 1,021 1,538 1,294
      Physical sciences 27,920 27,721 27,304 27,628 26,742 25,154 34,663 31,756 21,665 24,527
        Astronomy and astrophysics 3,805 3,875 3,780 3,424 3,301 2,622 2,715 3,288 3,434 2,877
        Chemistry 13,274 12,214 12,853 11,980 11,511 11,746 11,775 8,714 7,528 10,211
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,270 10,492 0 0
        Physics 10,841 11,632 10,671 12,224 11,930 10,786 10,903 9,262 10,703 11,439
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 7,392 6,549 7,565 10,335 9,245 8,894 13,965 10,719 5,163 6,443
      Social sciences 12,798 17,920 18,063 16,948 13,457 11,388 11,646 9,690 6,810 6,750
        Anthropology 396 409 460 708 200 166 72 345 0 0
        Economics 1,732 1,920 1,421 1,833 1,363 1,585 1,232 952 812 810
        Political science and government 7,010 5,795 6,609 4,619 2,846 2,210 3,020 2,774 4,104 3,947
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,157 3,822 3,844 3,627 3,163 2,407 3,003 1,942 1,434 1,239
        Social sciences nec 2,503 5,974 5,729 6,161 5,885 5,020 4,319 3,677 460 754
      Sciences nec 848 5,596 2,389 2,567 1,803 1,472 6,725 7,923 5,906 3,129
    Engineering 112,702 65,604 62,271 72,602 83,072 70,000 48,285 48,815 58,586 59,157
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 27,189 15,055 14,121 16,398 16,718 16,696 8,633 5,777 7,845 8,420
      Chemical engineering 8,245 6,028 5,853 4,574 4,269 3,333 2,251 2,100 1,777 2,713
      Civil engineering 1,500 0 275 1,549 5,685 5,285 5,480 5,832 4,916 4,358
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 13,485 11,820 13,670 16,824 14,882 10,958 9,340 8,783 9,885 9,664
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 377 0 0 0 0 0 3,414 3,212 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 11,231 11,272 8,080 9,288 9,388 7,075 0 0 13,480 12,832
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 13,897 12,527 9,385 10,680 18,918 13,633 0 0 12,303 12,390
      Engineering nec 36,778 8,902 10,887 13,289 13,212 13,020 19,167 23,111 8,380 8,780
    Non-S&E 95,871 70,333 59,610 67,324 66,759 60,859 37,889 29,532 33,405 20,844
      Business management and business administration 4,216 5,246 6,002 6,512 7,158 6,208 4,472 3,035 4,118 360
      Communication and communications technologies 252 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 118
      Education 52,697 38,779 31,557 35,808 36,458 35,170 19,781 15,821 19,434 14,015
      Humanities 7,927 7,190 5,259 7,195 5,574 4,626 7,454 6,749 5,646 5,033
      Law 1,020 1,228 1,418 1,454 1,263 1,275 514 371 730 488
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 696 491 360 548 352 428 384 468 110 40
      Non-S&E nec 29,063 17,387 15,014 15,807 15,954 13,152 5,272 3,088 3,365 790

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: 2023
(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 714,457 354,748 13,101 214,946 31,588 31,392 68,682
    Science 505,884 245,791 5,276 155,832 26,931 19,655 52,399
      Computer and information sciences 28,652 19,009 940 6,092 1,330 384 897
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 7,041 4,724 35 1,724 0 42 516
        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 7,041 4,724 35 1,724 0 42 516
      Life sciences 418,932 194,206 4,016 135,080 25,278 15,635 44,717
        Agricultural sciences 4 0 0 4 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 151,637 88,123 555 44,356 3,133 4,019 11,451
        Health sciences 267,291 106,083 3,461 90,720 22,145 11,616 33,266
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2,301 1,576 0 300 0 306 119
      Physical sciences 27,920 19,880 81 6,174 323 767 695
        Astronomy and astrophysics 3,805 2,860 36 649 65 130 65
        Chemistry 13,274 8,202 14 3,985 258 599 216
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 10,841 8,818 31 1,540 0 38 414
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 7,392 4,907 0 1,607 0 394 484
      Social sciences 12,798 1,489 204 4,009 0 2,127 4,969
        Anthropology 396 84 0 185 0 58 69
        Economics 1,732 393 50 289 0 561 439
        Political science and government 7,010 92 0 1,975 0 1,155 3,788
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,157 250 6 547 0 108 246
        Social sciences nec 2,503 670 148 1,013 0 245 427
      Sciences nec 848 0 0 846 0 0 2
    Engineering 112,702 65,008 772 39,367 4,466 1,661 1,428
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 27,189 18,132 377 5,542 1,890 739 509
      Chemical engineering 8,245 6,083 31 1,474 381 90 186
      Civil engineering 1,500 0 0 1,360 0 0 140
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 13,485 9,858 181 2,623 590 0 233
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 377 0 0 372 0 0 5
      Mechanical engineering 11,231 7,870 0 2,345 835 33 148
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 13,897 8,736 169 3,853 770 169 200
      Engineering nec 36,778 14,329 14 21,798 0 630 7
    Non-S&E 95,871 43,949 7,053 19,747 191 10,076 14,855
      Business management and business administration 4,216 48 0 39 0 11 4,118
      Communication and communications technologies 252 16 0 91 0 52 93
      Education 52,697 36,587 6,353 3,242 22 4,407 2,086
      Humanities 7,927 2,193 185 2,047 0 1,799 1,703
      Law 1,020 101 0 0 0 919 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 696 25 0 403 0 54 214
      Non-S&E nec 29,063 4,979 515 13,925 169 2,834 6,641

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 354,748 332,993 297,273 300,348 276,335 250,168 228,910 210,980 203,401 205,865
  DOD 34,976 36,141 35,252 41,234 34,119 26,008 25,008 24,592 23,512 25,538
  DOE 13,314 14,154 13,594 13,533 12,829 9,519 8,461 6,984 8,312 10,468
  HHS 233,253 212,368 189,567 188,838 174,207 162,902 147,302 133,736 126,081 124,919
  NASA 4,779 4,419 4,060 4,580 4,056 3,944 3,431 3,056 3,198 3,144
  NSF 41,133 40,851 35,864 31,618 28,989 24,580 22,650 21,278 22,009 23,190
  USDA 1,075 1,190 1,236 1,292 230 47 190 46 272 45
  Other 26,218 23,870 17,700 19,253 21,905 23,168 21,868 21,288 20,017 18,561

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: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 7,574 1,188 6,386 .
2018 7,047 1,134 5,913 .
2017 6,321 1,119 5,202 .

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 . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 210,000 . . . .

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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