U. Washington

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
2024
2023 9 98.8 679
2022 9 98.8 680
2021 12 98.4 691
2020 7 99.2 698
2019 8 99 697
2018 9 98.9 700
2017 9 98.8 684
2016 7 99.2 697
2015 9 98.9 693
2014 6 99.3 688
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 3,284 3,266 3,014 2,958 3,030 2,967 2,879 2,926 2,771 2,831 0
    Female 3,481 3,337 3,159 2,914 2,928 2,750 2,673 2,896 2,584 2,695 0
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 4,103 4,089 4,028 3,944 3,811 3,782 3,792 4,037 3,780 4,010 0
    Hispanic or Latino 466 429 402 366 333 320 298 278 253 227 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino 3,472 3,509 3,502 3,451 3,370 3,352 3,378 3,573 3,341 3,542 0
      American Indian or Alaska Native 22 20 26 19 17 14 19 61 49 55 0
      Asian 798 724 707 574 508 472 466 588 515 508 0
      Black or African American 180 187 164 116 103 97 91 136 112 110 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 11 8 5 2 3 6 17 14 17 0
      White 2,181 2,295 2,334 2,376 2,405 2,447 2,498 2,752 2,638 2,836 0
      More than one race 282 272 263 361 335 319 298 19 13 16 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 165 151 124 127 108 110 116 186 186 241 0
  Temporary visa holders 2,662 2,514 2,145 1,928 2,147 1,935 1,760 1,785 1,575 1,516 0
  Science and engineering 5,980 5,758 5,340 5,112 5,199 4,930 4,790 5,124 4,741 4,861 0
    Science 4,433 4,271 3,973 3,785 3,806 3,607 3,573 3,856 3,598 3,574 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 8 5 3 3 4 9 17 181 149 185 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1,020 980 925 873 815 797 798 784 769 703 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 86 84 0
      Computer and information sciences 1,448 1,376 1,224 1,161 1,230 1,062 921 677 648 557 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 183 186 194 168 182 187 199 207 205 220 0
      Mathematics and statistics 410 377 339 323 330 300 311 317 301 292 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 201 159 163 121 69 56 61 78 58 51 0
      Natural resources and conservation 211 226 214 211 202 195 219 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 474 444 400 391 394 400 391 394 397 380 0
      Psychology 137 139 121 112 160 160 176 160 163 193 0
      Social sciences 341 379 390 422 420 441 480 909 770 853 0
    Engineering 1,547 1,487 1,367 1,327 1,393 1,323 1,217 1,268 1,143 1,287 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 114 98 91 98 100 112 114 101 98 90 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 182 160 152 160 157 142 143 124 111 121 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 99 87 89 84 79 90 87 106 90 94 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 198 200 212 231 250 243 219 224 221 197 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 434 412 338 286 298 265 236 244 229 220 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 45 46 45 35 50 36 41 47 56 56 0
      Mechanical engineering 267 268 255 235 274 269 243 213 145 163 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 138 142 115 128 118 110 93 94 86 85 0
      Other engineering 70 74 70 70 67 56 41 115 107 261 0
  Health 785 845 833 760 759 787 762 698 614 665 0
    Clinical medicine 399 463 472 426 388 398 365 396 331 325 0
    Other health 386 382 361 334 371 389 397 302 283 340 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

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 1,114 1,035 1,110 1,178 1,123 1,143 1,087 1,163 1,082 1,044 0
    Female 757 790 846 832 691 693 595 627 605 665 0
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,607 1,566 1,661 1,629 1,511 1,540 1,405 1,537 1,470 1,459 0
    Hispanic or Latino 156 134 136 146 109 106 115 122 112 102 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,310 1,338 1,449 1,415 1,328 1,357 1,227 1,353 1,232 1,260 0
      American Indian or Alaska Native 5 6 7 7 4 7 5 16 20 16 0
      Asian 444 424 418 357 280 272 253 304 269 262 0
      Black or African American 81 61 72 36 35 34 31 43 48 51 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 12 12 6 0
      White 688 753 846 892 884 932 845 978 882 917 0
      More than one race 90 93 105 123 124 110 91 0 1 8 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 141 94 76 68 74 77 63 62 126 97 0
  Temporary visa holders 264 259 295 381 303 296 277 253 217 250 0
  Science and engineering 1,704 1,656 1,751 1,810 1,656 1,659 1,515 1,705 1,594 1,573 0
    Science 1,090 1,047 1,112 1,073 989 1,019 902 879 803 855 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 5 4 5 6 2 6 4 21 15 25 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 54 57 62 45 58 68 56 52 49 58 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 68 80 0
      Computer and information sciences 757 713 749 733 616 607 521 315 248 250 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 3 6 5 8 8 8 10 11 15 0
      Mathematics and statistics 93 96 111 103 138 139 132 131 128 138 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 49 48 54 55 47 42 45 5 14 13 0
      Natural resources and conservation 18 15 21 20 20 34 32 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 57 55 60 56 44 37 25 45 42 37 0
      Psychology 21 10 9 9 14 11 8 11 18 19 0
      Social sciences 33 46 35 41 42 67 71 228 210 220 0
    Engineering 614 609 639 737 667 640 613 826 791 718 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 137 103 104 110 122 111 116 133 137 130 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 6 6 2 6 7 13 7 40 44 60 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 6 12 14 14 15 21 12 11 3 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 134 161 187 192 175 173 150 163 178 159 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 152 148 161 218 180 164 144 149 136 122 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 35 30 35 50 37 39 41 57 58 37 0
      Mechanical engineering 110 117 97 115 105 101 112 93 86 79 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 39 38 40 32 26 24 21 22 23 10 0
      Other engineering 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 157 118 118 0
  Health 167 169 205 200 158 177 167 85 93 136 0
    Clinical medicine 64 77 98 96 75 82 78 34 51 35 0
    Other health 103 92 107 104 83 95 89 51 42 101 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 1,495 1,545 1,508 1,448 1,389 1,394 1,373 1,514 1,549 1,594 0
  Science and engineering 1,347 1,366 1,336 1,293 1,234 1,253 1,231 1,391 1,418 1,444 0
    Science 981 1,012 972 933 918 916 920 1,088 1,088 1,107 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 53 44 68 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 321 346 343 343 326 335 339 436 468 426 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 201 192 192 179 154 143 140 143 115 124 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 100 82 89 83 97 102 112 99 115 123 0
      Mathematics and statistics 47 46 38 30 37 36 31 43 37 39 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 8 4 10 9 6 5 10 4 1 0
      Natural resources and conservation 50 57 52 55 50 41 53 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 206 215 191 173 185 182 163 151 156 176 0
      Psychology 27 30 27 28 29 28 33 38 46 48 0
      Social sciences 15 33 34 31 31 43 44 75 59 59 0
    Engineering 366 354 364 360 316 337 311 303 330 337 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 25 23 23 27 25 26 32 33 26 23 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 72 71 70 70 57 54 54 60 66 63 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 27 25 23 24 20 32 30 29 27 28 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 51 47 64 52 52 55 46 33 52 47 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 60 60 71 77 59 70 56 64 82 68 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 13 13 13 12 12 7 11 13 5 7 0
      Mechanical engineering 53 54 50 54 42 46 45 42 39 55 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 31 30 16 13 22 25 21 20 21 28 0
      Other engineering 34 31 34 31 27 22 16 9 12 18 0
  Health 148 179 172 155 155 141 142 123 131 150 0
    Clinical medicine 71 91 93 82 73 69 68 68 90 97 0
    Other health 77 88 79 73 82 72 74 55 41 53 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, 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 6,765 6,603 6,173 5,872 5,958 5,717 5,552 5,822 5,355 5,526
  Fellowships 536 726 690 758 705 696 701 803 745 773
    Federal 310 454 467 491 461 466 500 552 547 561
    Institutional 210 207 162 218 196 182 158 183 138 157
    Nonfederal 16 65 61 49 48 48 43 68 60 55
  Research assistantships 2,308 2,184 2,012 1,807 1,809 1,800 1,682 1,687 1,582 1,685
    Federal 1,030 1,088 1,040 956 925 928 869 934 962 993
    Institutional 942 610 545 465 520 518 489 493 409 452
    Nonfederal 336 486 427 386 364 354 324 260 211 240
  Teaching assistantships 1,248 1,128 1,149 1,084 1,070 1,051 1,043 1,120 1,040 1,030
    Federal 152 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 4 2
    Institutional 1,064 1,125 1,143 1,084 1,067 1,043 1,034 1,116 1,033 1,024
    Nonfederal 32 1 5 0 0 8 7 4 3 4
  Other types of support 2,673 2,565 2,322 2,223 2,374 2,170 2,126 2,212 1,988 2,038
    Federal 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 28 36 38
    Institutional 46 42 37 50 43 55 54 643 568 664
    Nonfederal 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 38 87 50
    Personal resources 2,624 2,520 2,285 2,171 2,331 2,114 2,069 1,503 1,297 1,286

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 498 557 666 688 632 651 664 773 724 719 0
    Science 423 470 556 570 533 533 536 640 583 575 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 6 8 0 0 0 34 36 30 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 196 230 246 232 282 306 320 386 339 360 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 32 24 33 41 37 39 44 38 36 21 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 29 49 50 69 81 64 62 65 66 52 0
      Mathematics and statistics 17 16 18 17 11 10 8 7 7 7 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 9 13 5 0 0 1 8 4 6 0
      Natural resources and conservation 26 47 63 66 21 15 13 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 107 81 108 110 93 91 77 94 92 98 0
      Psychology 6 9 10 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 10 5 9 6 8 8 11 8 3 0 0
    Engineering 75 87 110 118 99 118 128 133 141 144 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 0 2 4 8 12 10 10 10 6 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 31 30 31 37 6 19 41 48 54 49 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 7 14 13 15 16 20 22 22 20 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 10 17 0 20 21 12 9 9 8 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 19 15 19 18 16 19 13 15 13 17 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10 13 11 15 13 14 14 11 14 16 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 10 16 13 21 17 18 16 16 25 0
      Other engineering 0 2 0 18 0 0 0 2 3 3 0
  Health 204 187 270 303 372 383 359 491 481 465 0
    Clinical medicine 35 150 218 253 331 332 328 426 424 419 0
    Other health 169 37 52 50 41 51 31 65 57 46 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 415 451 577 608 527 636 594 763 737 751 0
  Science and engineering 289 329 399 425 370 427 403 498 477 506 0
    Science 238 278 338 352 309 352 325 411 396 411 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 18 22 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 101 120 147 144 144 202 202 253 235 254 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 15 12 19 23 17 16 10 5 7 10 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 39 33 45 55 49 48 55 54 42 0
      Mathematics and statistics 5 5 5 3 5 5 4 3 4 2 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 4 0
      Natural resources and conservation 18 30 43 48 14 9 4 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 75 63 81 79 74 71 57 65 74 77 0
      Psychology 5 6 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 51 51 61 73 61 75 78 87 81 95 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 1 3 4 7 5 7 7 4 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 21 19 16 21 3 10 25 32 29 34 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5 4 10 9 9 7 7 12 12 14 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 5 6 0 15 16 8 7 9 8 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 12 9 13 16 5 10 8 10 8 12 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 9 7 8 10 8 11 10 8 7 7 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 5 7 7 17 14 15 9 8 15 0
      Other engineering 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
  Health 126 122 178 183 157 209 191 265 260 245 0
    Clinical medicine 24 104 150 154 133 178 177 227 226 216 0
    Other health 102 18 28 29 24 31 14 38 34 29 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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