Utah State U., Logan

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2023 | 139 | 70.2 | 459 | |||||||||
2022 | 137 | 70.5 | 457 | |||||||||
2021 | 152 | 66.5 | 447 | |||||||||
2020 | 157 | 65.6 | 450 | |||||||||
2019 | 159 | 64.9 | 447 | |||||||||
2018 | 162 | 62.7 | 428 | |||||||||
2017 | 165 | 61.7 | 425 | |||||||||
2016 | 141 | 67.7 | 430 | |||||||||
2015 | 157 | 63.7 | 426 | |||||||||
2014 | 147 | 65.7 | 422 |
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

Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 113 | 113 | 93 | 96 | 90 | 87 | 87 | 111 | 95 | 102 |
Science and engineering | 88 | 86 | 73 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 68 | 89 | 77 | 82 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 8 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 9 |
Agricultural sciences | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 19 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 18 |
Biochemistry and biophysics | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | . | 2 | 2 |
Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 3 |
Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
Genetics and genomics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Microbiology and immunology | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
Molecular biology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Pharmacology and toxicology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Computer science | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Engineering | 16 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 27 | 29 | 20 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Engineering, other | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Geological sciences | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | . |
Health sciences | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
Health sciences, other | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Applied mathematics | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | . | 2 |
Mathematics | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Statistics | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . |
Physical sciences | 11 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Chemistry | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Physics | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Psychology | 14 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 12 |
Clinical psychology | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | . | 4 |
Counseling and applied psychology | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Research and experimental psychology | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
Psychology, other | 8 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 4 | . | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
Social sciences | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Economics | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Social sciences, other | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 2 |
Non-science and engineering | 25 | 27 | 20 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 20 |
Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Education | 23 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 17 |
Education leadership and administration | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Education research | 13 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
Teacher education and teaching fields | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Education, other | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Humanities and arts | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Letters | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Other non-science and engineering | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Communication | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Public administration and social services | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 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