U. Washington

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
2025
2024 10 98.6 631
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
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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   4,208   4,103   4,089   4,028   3,944   3,811   3,782   3,792   4,037   3,780   0
    Hispanic or Latino   476   466   429   402   366   333   320   298   278   253   0
    Not Hispanic or Latino   3,587   3,472   3,509   3,502   3,451   3,370   3,352   3,378   3,573   3,341   0
      American Indian or Alaska Native   22   22   20   26   19   17   14   19   61   49   0
      Asian   901   798   724   707   574   508   472   466   588   515   0
      Black or African American   204   180   187   164   116   103   97   91   136   112   0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   11   9   11   8   5   2   3   6   17   14   0
      White   2,130   2,181   2,295   2,334   2,376   2,405   2,447   2,498   2,752   2,638   0
      More than one race   319   282   272   263   361   335   319   298   19   13   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   145   165   151   124   127   108   110   116   186   186   0
  Temporary visa holders   2,654   2,662   2,514   2,145   1,928   2,147   1,935   1,760   1,785   1,575   0
  Science and engineering   6,053   5,980   5,758   5,340   5,112   5,199   4,930   4,790   5,124   4,741   0
    Science   4,453   4,433   4,271   3,973   3,785   3,806   3,607   3,573   3,856   3,598   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   7   8   5   3   3   4   9   17   181   149   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   978   1,020   980   925   873   815   797   798   784   769   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   99   86   0
      Computer and information sciences   1,532   1,448   1,376   1,224   1,161   1,230   1,062   921   677   648   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   188   183   186   194   168   182   187   199   207   205   0
      Mathematics and statistics   392   410   377   339   323   330   300   311   317   301   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   192   201   159   163   121   69   56   61   78   58   0
      Natural resources and conservation   215   211   226   214   211   202   195   219   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   450   474   444   400   391   394   400   391   394   397   0
      Psychology   163   137   139   121   112   160   160   176   160   163   0
      Social sciences   336   341   379   390   422   420   441   480   909   770   0
    Engineering   1,600   1,547   1,487   1,367   1,327   1,393   1,323   1,217   1,268   1,143   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   119   114   98   91   98   100   112   114   101   98   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   194   182   160   152   160   157   142   143   124   111   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   83   99   87   89   84   79   90   87   106   90   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   208   198   200   212   231   250   243   219   224   221   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   511   434   412   338   286   298   265   236   244   229   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   44   45   46   45   35   50   36   41   47   56   0
      Mechanical engineering   245   267   268   255   235   274   269   243   213   145   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   124   138   142   115   128   118   110   93   94   86   0
      Other engineering   72   70   74   70   70   67   56   41   115   107   0
    Health   809   785   845   833   760   759   787   762   698   614   0
      Clinical medicine   414   399   463   472   426   388   398   365   396   331   0
      Other health   395   386   382   361   334   371   389   397   302   283   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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   1,716   1,607   1,566   1,661   1,629   1,511   1,540   1,405   1,537   1,470   0
    Hispanic or Latino   188   156   134   136   146   109   106   115   122   112   0
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,384   1,310   1,338   1,449   1,415   1,328   1,357   1,227   1,353   1,232   0
      American Indian or Alaska Native   7   5   6   7   7   4   7   5   16   20   0
      Asian   457   444   424   418   357   280   272   253   304   269   0
      Black or African American   99   81   61   72   36   35   34   31   43   48   0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   5   2   1   1   0   1   2   2   12   12   0
      White   719   688   753   846   892   884   932   845   978   882   0
      More than one race   97   90   93   105   123   124   110   91   0   1   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   144   141   94   76   68   74   77   63   62   126   0
  Temporary visa holders   304   264   259   295   381   303   296   277   253   217   0
  Science and engineering   1,837   1,704   1,656   1,751   1,810   1,656   1,659   1,515   1,705   1,594   0
    Science   1,151   1,090   1,047   1,112   1,073   989   1,019   902   879   803   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   3   5   4   5   6   2   6   4   21   15   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   50   54   57   62   45   58   68   56   52   49   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   61   68   0
      Computer and information sciences   824   757   713   749   733   616   607   521   315   248   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   4   3   3   6   5   8   8   8   10   11   0
      Mathematics and statistics   109   93   96   111   103   138   139   132   131   128   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   46   49   48   54   55   47   42   45   5   14   0
      Natural resources and conservation   13   18   15   21   20   20   34   32   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   55   57   55   60   56   44   37   25   45   42   0
      Psychology   22   21   10   9   9   14   11   8   11   18   0
      Social sciences   25   33   46   35   41   42   67   71   228   210   0
    Engineering   686   614   609   639   737   667   640   613   826   791   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   163   137   103   104   110   122   111   116   133   137   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   13   6   6   2   6   7   13   7   40   44   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   8   1   6   12   14   14   15   21   12   11   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   133   134   161   187   192   175   173   150   163   178   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   160   152   148   161   218   180   164   144   149   136   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   37   35   30   35   50   37   39   41   57   58   0
      Mechanical engineering   120   110   117   97   115   105   101   112   93   86   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   52   39   38   40   32   26   24   21   22   23   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   157   118   0
    Health   183   167   169   205   200   158   177   167   85   93   0
      Clinical medicine   75   64   77   98   96   75   82   78   34   51   0
      Other health   108   103   92   107   104   83   95   89   51   42   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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   972   1,495   1,545   1,508   1,448   1,389   1,394   1,373   1,514   1,549   0
  Science and engineering   869   1,347   1,366   1,336   1,293   1,234   1,253   1,231   1,391   1,418   0
    Science   598   981   1,012   972   933   918   916   920   1,088   1,088   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   1   7   3   2   1   0   0   0   53   44   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   148   321   346   343   343   326   335   339   436   468   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2   0
      Computer and information sciences   135   201   192   192   179   154   143   140   143   115   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   73   100   82   89   83   97   102   112   99   115   0
      Mathematics and statistics   31   47   46   38   30   37   36   31   43   37   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   3   7   8   4   10   9   6   5   10   4   0
      Natural resources and conservation   45   50   57   52   55   50   41   53   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   140   206   215   191   173   185   182   163   151   156   0
      Psychology   13   27   30   27   28   29   28   33   38   46   0
      Social sciences   9   15   33   34   31   31   43   44   75   59   0
    Engineering   271   366   354   364   360   316   337   311   303   330   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   26   25   23   23   27   25   26   32   33   26   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   42   72   71   70   70   57   54   54   60   66   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   17   27   25   23   24   20   32   30   29   27   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   35   51   47   64   52   52   55   46   33   52   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   61   60   60   71   77   59   70   56   64   82   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   11   13   13   13   12   12   7   11   13   5   0
      Mechanical engineering   43   53   54   50   54   42   46   45   42   39   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   19   31   30   16   13   22   25   21   20   21   0
      Other engineering   17   34   31   34   31   27   22   16   9   12   0
    Health   103   148   179   172   155   155   141   142   123   131   0
      Clinical medicine   38   71   91   93   82   73   69   68   68   90   0
      Other health   65   77   88   79   73   82   72   74   55   41   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: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   6,862   6,765   6,603   6,173   5,872   5,958   5,717   5,552   5,822   5,355
  Fellowships   595   536   726   690   758   705   696   701   803   745
    Federal   130   310   454   467   491   461   466   500   552   547
    Institutional   461   210   207   162   218   196   182   158   183   138
    Nonfederal   4   16   65   61   49   48   48   43   68   60
  Research assistantships   2,291   2,308   2,184   2,012   1,807   1,809   1,800   1,682   1,687   1,582
    Federal   832   1,030   1,088   1,040   956   925   928   869   934   962
    Institutional   1,169   942   610   545   465   520   518   489   493   409
    Nonfederal   290   336   486   427   386   364   354   324   260   211
  Teaching assistantships   1,192   1,248   1,128   1,149   1,084   1,070   1,051   1,043   1,120   1,040
    Federal   0   152   2   1   0   3   0   2   0   4
    Institutional   1,192   1,064   1,125   1,143   1,084   1,067   1,043   1,034   1,116   1,033
    Nonfederal   0   32   1   5   0   0   8   7   4   3
  Other types of support   2,784   2,673   2,565   2,322   2,223   2,374   2,170   2,126   2,212   1,988
    Federal   10   3   1   0   1   0   0   2   28   36
    Institutional   368   46   42   37   50   43   55   54   643   568
    Nonfederal   2   0   2   0   1   0   1   1   38   87
    Personal resources   2,404   2,624   2,520   2,285   2,171   2,331   2,114   2,069   1,503   1,297

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering   492   498   557   666   688   632   651   664   773   724   0
    Science   434   423   470   556   570   533   533   536   640   583   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   6   8   0   0   0   34   36   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   193   196   230   246   232   282   306   320   386   339   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   43   32   24   33   41   37   39   44   38   36   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   27   29   49   50   69   81   64   62   65   66   0
      Mathematics and statistics   13   17   16   18   17   11   10   8   7   7   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   9   13   5   0   0   1   8   4   0
      Natural resources and conservation   34   26   47   63   66   21   15   13   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   107   107   81   108   110   93   91   77   94   92   0
      Psychology   8   6   9   10   16   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   9   10   5   9   6   8   8   11   8   3   0
    Engineering   58   75   87   110   118   99   118   128   133   141   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   1   0   2   4   8   12   10   10   10   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   26   31   30   31   37   6   19   41   48   54   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   5   7   7   14   13   15   16   20   22   22   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   5   7   10   17   0   20   21   12   9   9   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   13   19   15   19   18   16   19   13   15   13   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   9   10   13   11   15   13   14   14   11   14   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   10   16   13   21   17   18   16   16   0
      Other engineering   0   0   2   0   18   0   0   0   2   3   0
    Health   207   204   187   270   303   372   383   359   491   481   0
      Clinical medicine   33   35   150   218   253   331   332   328   426   424   0
      Other health   174   169   37   52   50   41   51   31   65   57   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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   436   415   451   577   608   527   636   594   763   737   0
  Science and engineering   303   289   329   399   425   370   427   403   498   477   0
    Science   264   238   278   338   352   309   352   325   411   396   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   22   18   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   100   101   120   147   144   144   202   202   253   235   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   27   15   12   19   23   17   16   10   5   7   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   18   16   39   33   45   55   49   48   55   54   0
      Mathematics and statistics   4   5   5   5   3   5   5   4   3   4   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   8   4   0
      Natural resources and conservation   28   18   30   43   48   14   9   4   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   77   75   63   81   79   74   71   57   65   74   0
      Psychology   7   5   6   7   8   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   3   3   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   39   51   51   61   73   61   75   78   87   81   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   1   3   4   7   5   7   7   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   22   21   19   16   21   3   10   25   32   29   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   4   5   4   10   9   9   7   7   12   12   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   3   4   5   6   0   15   16   8   7   9   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   8   12   9   13   16   5   10   8   10   8   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2   9   7   8   10   8   11   10   8   7   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   5   7   7   17   14   15   9   8   0
      Other engineering   0   0   2   0   7   0   0   0   2   1   0
    Health   133   126   122   178   183   157   209   191   265   260   0
      Clinical medicine   23   24   104   150   154   133   178   177   227   226   0
      Other health   110   102   18   28   29   24   31   14   38   34   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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