Utah State U.

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 80 91.5 925
2023 221 67.9 679 80 91.4 911 95 84.5 602
2022 211 69.4 680 83 91 900
2021 215 69.3 691 84 90.9 908 84 85.9 583
2020 223 68.5 698 83 91.1 916
2019 206 70.8 697 87 90.7 914 84 86 589
2018 206 71 700 104 88.8 911
2017 202 70.9 684 115 87.4 898 93 84.1 575
2016 202 71.4 697 113 87.6 896
2015 212 69.8 693 109 88.1 898 95 83.6 570
2014 213 69.4 688
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 311 314 280 248 295 290 286 324 307 307
    Female 289 300 247 225 260 257 281 295 256 248
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 500 517 461 437 494 481 486 502 458 439
    Hispanic or Latino 29 41 35 28 35 24 28 21 19 20
    Not Hispanic or Latino 459 465 418 404 430 437 452 464 410 388
      American Indian or Alaska Native 5 3 3 5 2 3 2 2 2 3
      Asian 24 26 20 14 16 10 14 10 11 9
      Black or African American 4 3 5 4 3 2 5 6 5 4
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0
      White 420 418 375 370 395 408 413 432 390 369
      More than one race 5 14 14 10 13 12 18 12 2 3
    Unknown ethnicity and race 12 11 8 5 29 20 6 17 29 31
  Temporary visa holders 100 97 66 36 61 66 81 117 105 116
  Science and engineering 481 493 411 373 403 417 503 552 478 463
    Science 321 350 271 269 265 275 356 413 336 325
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 18 18 0 19 16 19 41 75 54 61
      Biological and biomedical sciences 56 56 53 48 49 47 36 38 47 36
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 55 55 40 22 34 31 33 45 24 30
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 30 33
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 25 14 10 14 12 8 6 13 15
      Mathematics and statistics 17 24 19 14 14 22 24 17 23 17
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 14 17 0 20 12 18 37 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 21 15 21 25 23 13 10 17 21 13
      Psychology 46 65 61 65 36 36 40 47 39 37
      Social sciences 78 75 63 46 67 77 127 135 85 83
    Engineering 160 143 140 104 138 142 147 139 142 138
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 25 20 16 13 22 17 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 19 16 12 5 2 8 10 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 54 39 41 40 46 47 44 48 59 52
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 34 36 34 20 36 30 34 33 47 39
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 13 19 28 18 21 31 50 51 30 38
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 14 12 8 7 10 9 9 7 6 9
  Health 119 121 116 100 152 130 64 67 85 92
    Clinical medicine 57 54 45 40 28 17 0 0 0 0
    Other health 62 67 71 60 124 113 64 67 85 92

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 465 421 357 366 400 406 416 400 473 460
    Female 436 450 451 486 463 369 456 356 421 388
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 736 736 708 759 755 669 741 614 708 671
    Hispanic or Latino 45 44 42 45 34 17 21 18 22 25
    Not Hispanic or Latino 676 680 655 694 708 626 692 560 646 612
      American Indian or Alaska Native 5 7 8 3 5 3 9 3 5 7
      Asian 22 25 26 30 34 31 38 27 14 24
      Black or African American 6 8 4 4 1 4 8 5 5 7
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      White 630 629 605 639 648 575 612 515 616 569
      More than one race 13 11 11 18 20 13 25 9 5 4
    Unknown ethnicity and race 15 12 11 20 13 26 28 36 40 34
  Temporary visa holders 165 135 100 93 108 106 131 142 186 177
  Science and engineering 838 810 742 790 823 761 859 755 893 844
    Science 656 665 612 656 692 632 716 617 716 671
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 71 70 0 57 44 38 98 181 176 154
      Biological and biomedical sciences 159 160 148 154 160 134 70 72 72 73
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 56 67 74 36 50 73 41 48 60 54
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 22 24
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 33 30 40 33 29 31 13 26 18 13
      Mathematics and statistics 27 20 28 33 34 34 24 31 27 30
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 58 58 0 42 46 48 102 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 28 35 32 30 40 44 62 47 43 50
      Psychology 169 194 262 232 233 167 186 159 187 165
      Social sciences 50 31 28 39 56 63 120 36 111 108
    Engineering 182 145 130 134 131 129 143 138 177 173
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 20 17 14 19 16 12 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 22 12 9 12 18 17 22 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 50 43 39 42 46 38 42 41 50 47
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 41 42 37 32 30 41 39 38 51 57
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 42 25 25 21 17 15 34 41 53 39
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 7 5 5 6 3 5 6 18 23 30
  Health 63 61 66 62 40 14 13 1 1 4
    Clinical medicine 54 51 52 29 16 5 0 0 0 0
    Other health 9 10 14 33 24 9 13 1 1 4

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 0 68 53 32 44 21 39 54 42 69
  Science and engineering 0 68 52 32 42 20 38 52 39 69
    Science 0 34 34 29 26 9 16 35 20 44
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 20 8 18
      Biological and biomedical sciences 0 14 12 17 11 2 3 3 2 7
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 5 4 1 4 2 0 0 4 3
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 2 2 3 1 1 2 3 1 3
      Psychology 0 4 9 3 1 1 0 0 1 4
      Social sciences 0 2 5 3 6 3 7 5 2 5
    Engineering 0 34 18 3 16 11 22 17 19 25
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 7 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 6 3 0 0 1 0 5 2 7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 8 6 1 2 4 9 6 11 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 6 2 1 5 1 6 6 5 8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 6 3 1 6 3 5 0 1 6
  Health 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 3 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 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 600 614 527 473 555 547 567 619 563 555
  Fellowships 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 229 206 180 176 187 81 197 198 181 269
    Federal 0 66 44 31 43 19 39 52 42 69
    Institutional 228 112 118 130 129 53 105 129 94 175
    Nonfederal 1 28 18 15 15 9 53 17 45 25
  Teaching assistantships 89 131 100 100 89 39 109 100 101 107
    Federal 0 1 9 1 1 2 0 2 0 0
    Institutional 88 126 90 95 88 35 90 97 101 107
    Nonfederal 1 4 1 4 0 2 19 1 0 0
  Other types of support 282 277 247 197 279 427 261 321 281 179
    Federal 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 0 2 0 0 0 194 0 321 281 179
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Personal resources 282 274 247 197 279 233 261 0 0 0

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 59 75 72 62 46 44 64 47 42 47
    Science 54 66 64 52 38 35 47 31 29 32
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 5 6 6 10 7 6 10 17 13 13
      Biological and biomedical sciences 30 37 35 13 8 12 10 7 9 4
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 4
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 2 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 1 2 3 9 6 4 10 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 6 6 4 6 9 8 9 4 4 8
      Psychology 6 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 6 8 6 4 2 3 0 0 2
    Engineering 5 9 8 10 8 9 17 16 13 15
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 1 2 3 2 6 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 5 2 3 2 3 4 3 4 6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 1 1 2 1 3 3 6 4 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 4 2 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
  Health 1 3 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 37 36 32 20 12 11 9 13 11 6
  Science and engineering 37 36 31 18 12 11 9 13 11 6
    Science 37 31 28 15 10 10 7 8 9 5
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 4 1 0 5 0 0 1 5 2 3
      Biological and biomedical sciences 17 17 19 6 4 4 3 2 5 1
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 5 6 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 1
      Psychology 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 5 3 3 2 1 2 5 2 1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
  Health 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 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

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 451,379 401,437 344,851 325,223 304,256 283,917 219,397 187,314 180,590 175,353
    Science 88,508 88,174 80,482 74,807 74,278 78,131 75,587 72,966 79,740 81,061
      Computer and information sciences 3,947 4,436 3,545 3,039 2,538 2,040 1,861 1,999 4,959 2,203
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,124 2,460 2,173 2,146 511 1,150 1,836 1,431 2,216 2,039
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 1,117 1,148 1,462 1,133 408 1,150 1,730 1,431 1,880 1,973
        Geological and earth sciences 897 1,312 711 1,013 103 0 106 0 336 66
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 65,311 66,338 60,940 56,043 56,017 61,698 59,473 57,750 61,078 59,367
        Agricultural sciences 34,124 35,549 33,056 31,043 34,268 38,695 35,263 32,820 36,405 48,169
        Biological and biomedical sciences 9,023 9,477 8,134 7,716 4,657 5,064 4,616 4,886 6,003 10,453
        Health sciences 1,151 1,306 1,797 1,966 2,526 1,737 1,173 413 743 745
        Natural resources and conservation 21,013 20,006 17,953 15,318 14,566 16,202 18,421 19,631 17,927 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,270 1,009 943 720 846 736 791 538 577 544
      Physical sciences 4,997 6,477 5,408 5,111 6,606 6,756 5,962 4,873 3,965 4,366
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 3,466 3,714 3,098 2,926 3,101 3,158 3,075 1,630 2,434 2,241
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 1,490 2,720 2,275 2,172 2,462 2,318 1,919 2,192 756 777
        Physical sciences nec 41 43 35 13 1,043 1,280 968 1,051 775 1,348
      Psychology 8,496 5,720 5,562 5,331 4,698 3,787 3,464 5,138 5,606 10,369
      Social sciences 2,363 1,734 1,911 2,417 2,601 1,591 1,695 909 1,339 1,685
        Anthropology 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 1,302 1,166 1,175 1,226 867 6 18 52 107 233
        Political science and government 97 49 70 24 53 116 254 23 139 130
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 885 422 539 1,167 1,679 1,469 1,423 834 1,088 1,255
        Social sciences nec 79 97 13 0 2 0 0 0 5 67
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 461 373 505 328 0 488
    Engineering 356,169 308,386 259,482 247,332 226,616 202,345 140,407 111,780 99,090 92,787
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 306,934 271,805 229,932 224,361 204,547 179,979 118,479 94,033 79,138 71,821
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,300 2,021 1,993 1,286 1,087 1,100 1,516 1,233 1,255 1,871
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 15,737 13,791 11,555 10,955 11,050 11,307 10,093 7,819 9,822 10,334
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 26,866 16,790 11,984 6,459 4,692 4,927 5,551 4,257 4,827 4,692
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,025 2,927 2,953 3,369 3,853 3,555 3,560 3,605 3,369 3,488
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,222 1,052 1,065 772 1,387 1,477 1,208 833 679 581
    Non-S&E 6,702 4,877 4,887 3,084 3,362 3,441 3,403 2,568 1,760 1,505
      Business management and business administration 68 6 31 1 655 849 875 1,157 840 77
      Communication and communications technologies 102 27 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 2,988 2,474 2,186 1,310 1,130 1,057 1,112 85 130 1,422
      Humanities 695 611 278 455 132 242 229 303 10 6
      Law 0 0 0 0 59 9 1 0 14 0
      Social work 152 23 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 79 13 281 2 9 29 38 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 2,618 1,723 1,978 1,316 1,377 1,255 1,148 1,023 766 0

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 451,379 364,880 30,532 30,056 5,821 1,017 19,073
    Science 88,508 41,843 19,153 18,566 826 947 7,173
      Computer and information sciences 3,947 2,320 293 1,118 0 0 216
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,124 799 583 638 17 0 87
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 1,117 291 544 241 2 0 39
        Geological and earth sciences 897 508 39 287 15 0 48
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 110 0 0 110 0 0 0
      Life sciences 65,311 29,960 16,441 10,932 660 731 6,587
        Agricultural sciences 34,124 14,730 11,527 4,194 322 316 3,035
        Biological and biomedical sciences 9,023 3,482 1,454 1,566 109 197 2,215
        Health sciences 1,151 670 136 333 0 0 12
        Natural resources and conservation 21,013 11,078 3,324 4,839 229 218 1,325
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,270 448 179 568 0 61 14
      Physical sciences 4,997 3,725 91 1,000 138 0 43
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 3,466 2,627 63 599 138 0 39
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 1,490 1,086 28 374 0 0 2
        Physical sciences nec 41 12 0 27 0 0 2
      Psychology 8,496 3,833 566 3,758 11 155 173
      Social sciences 2,363 758 1,000 552 0 0 53
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 1,302 326 733 205 0 0 38
        Political science and government 97 0 22 75 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 885 432 245 193 0 0 15
        Social sciences nec 79 0 0 79 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 356,169 320,010 9,939 9,386 4,976 70 11,788
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 306,934 300,851 0 3,677 2,406 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,300 1,143 200 512 375 70 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 15,737 3,926 6,949 2,147 2,150 0 565
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 26,866 11,439 2,284 2,081 45 0 11,017
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,025 2,052 219 718 0 0 36
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 85 0 0 85 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,222 599 287 166 0 0 170
    Non-S&E 6,702 3,027 1,440 2,104 19 0 112
      Business management and business administration 68 0 0 68 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 102 0 0 102 0 0 0
      Education 2,988 1,331 837 761 0 0 59
      Humanities 695 506 52 118 0 0 19
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 152 0 0 147 0 0 5
      Visual and performing arts 79 0 1 77 0 0 1
      Non-S&E nec 2,618 1,190 550 831 19 0 28

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 364,880 322,336 280,866 264,575 242,156 220,504 159,447 138,518 125,661 120,369
  DOD 205,544 170,044 131,862 129,190 153,330 144,630 91,207 71,401 60,221 51,494
  DOE 4,978 4,134 4,455 4,773 3,749 3,559 3,545 3,664 4,097 3,873
  HHS 12,289 10,845 11,276 9,357 9,460 7,018 5,535 7,384 6,033 8,102
  NASA 48,472 37,647 40,850 40,570 30,067 18,277 12,598 13,817 13,675 14,066
  NSF 17,737 16,532 15,007 9,915 7,940 9,060 10,087 12,756 12,174 14,100
  USDA 12,294 11,413 10,736 9,611 11,169 13,648 12,395 12,600 13,979 11,816
  Other 63,566 71,721 66,680 61,159 26,441 24,312 24,080 16,896 15,482 16,918

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 3,459 404 3,055 .
2018 3,392 440 2,952 .

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 760 802 769 703 662
    Agricultural sciences 310 330 290 279 273
    Biological and biomedical sciences 35 63 63 80 37
    Computer and information sciences 2 2 2 3 3
    Engineering 324 327 337 264 247
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2 3 3 12 12
    Health sciences 3 9 8 7 1
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 1
    Natural resources and conservation 51 55 52 49 50
    Physical sciences 29 9 9 2 18
    Psychology 3 3 3 5 15
    Social sciences 1 2 2 2 4
    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 18,895 0 96,777 55,225 67,899
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 20,486 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 2,406 0 10,742
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 18,895 0 73,885 55,225 52,917
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 4,240
    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 3,812 2,695 26,000 314
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 314
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 1,597 1,500 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 1,889 1,195 26,000 0
    Physical sciences 0 326 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

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