Washington State U.

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 85 81.8 459 117 83.1 679 25 96 602 84 91 914
2022 76 83.7 457 104 85 680 77 91.6 900
2021 70 84.7 447 88 87.5 691 22 96.4 583 78 91.6 908
2020 59 87.2 450 84 88.2 698 76 91.9 916
2019 74 83.8 447 82 88.5 697 20 96.8 589 76 91.9 914
2018 64 85.4 428 83 88.4 700 74 92.1 911
2017 68 84.4 425 79 88.7 684 19 96.9 575 72 92.2 898
2016 68 84.5 430 83 88.3 697 77 91.6 896
2015 71 83.7 426 81 88.6 693 19 96.9 570 77 91.6 898
2014 74 82.8 422 84 88 688 79 91.3 889
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 244 276 245 314 259 298 279 279 263 246
  Science and engineering 212 233 202 261 220 257 235 231 205 201
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 24 40 27 25 36 53 47 39 33 30
      Agricultural sciences 21 36 23 20 32 45 42 35 30 25
      Natural resources and conservation 3 4 4 5 4 8 5 4 3 5
    Biological and biomedical sciences 32 37 29 36 25 42 38 39 35 29
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 2 . 2 2 3 2 2 2 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 5 4 2 1 . 1 1 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 1 . . . . 1 . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 . . . . 2 1 . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 . 2 4 1 3 3 3 . 2
      Genetics and genomics . . . . 1 1 . 1 1 6
      Microbiology and immunology 3 5 5 3 4 4 5 6 6 5
      Molecular biology 7 5 . 6 7 10 6 7 4 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 1 3 7 1 3 6 3 4 2
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 1 . 1 . . . 1 . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 1 2 1 . 1 1 1 2 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 5 17 12 10 8 15 13 13 15 7
    Computer and information sciences 6 4 9 12 14 5 7 8 8 4
      Computer science 6 4 9 12 14 5 7 8 8 4
    Engineering 65 69 54 88 52 53 67 58 50 56
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7 7 8 4 1 1 . 1 . 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 15 11 7 12 6 5 11 14 7 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 6 6 4 6 2 11 7 3 9
      Electrical and computer engineering 8 16 9 22 12 9 11 6 11 8
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 13 10 5 10 7 16 10 8 9 7
      Mechanical engineering 5 15 12 13 11 10 6 12 8 7
      Engineering, other 6 4 7 22 9 9 18 10 12 14
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 4 5 6 4 4 3 1 4 3
      Geological sciences 2 3 1 4 2 2 1 . 3 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 2
    Health sciences 10 8 8 13 11 10 10 13 4 8
      Nursing science 5 1 3 2 5 5 4 9 2 6
      Pharmaceutical sciences 5 5 4 5 4 1 3 3 2 1
      Public health . 2 1 6 2 2 2 . . .
      Health sciences, other . . . . . 2 1 1 . 1
    Mathematics and statistics 9 9 12 11 10 5 3 2 6 5
      Applied mathematics 4 1 4 4 4 3 . 2 2 2
      Mathematics . 2 . 1 1 . 1 . 1 1
      Statistics 1 2 . 1 . . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 4 8 5 5 2 2 . 3 2
    Physical sciences 18 18 13 21 15 17 28 23 19 22
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 1 2 1 1 1 . . 1 1
      Chemistry 11 11 8 12 11 10 19 18 11 12
      Physics 5 6 3 8 3 6 9 5 7 9
    Psychology 11 15 15 17 11 18 12 14 16 12
      Clinical psychology 6 7 5 6 3 7 2 5 5 2
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 3 7 1 3 6 1 6 4 5
      Research and experimental psychology 2 2 2 9 2 5 3 3 7 4
      Psychology, other 1 3 1 1 3 . 6 . . 1
    Social sciences 34 29 30 32 42 50 20 34 30 32
      Anthropology 2 2 5 4 2 4 2 7 4 3
      Economics 11 12 14 10 14 23 3 12 8 15
      Political science and government 3 3 1 2 4 3 2 3 3 2
      Public policy analysis 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 4 1 8 6 4 4 4 4 3
      Social sciences, other 13 8 9 8 15 16 9 8 11 9
  Non-science and engineering 32 43 43 53 39 41 44 48 58 45
    Business 7 10 13 15 10 12 9 16 15 18
      Business 7 10 13 15 10 12 9 16 15 18
    Education 13 19 19 22 19 14 24 21 18 13
      Education leadership and administration . . 1 6 . . 1 5 . 1
      Education research 5 7 8 10 10 6 6 11 15 8
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 7 8 3 8 4 11 5 2 4
      Education, other 1 5 2 3 1 4 6 . 1 .
    Humanities and arts 5 8 5 9 3 8 8 10 19 9
      Letters 2 6 3 4 1 5 4 5 9 3
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . . 1 . .
      History 3 2 2 5 2 3 2 2 5 6
      Philosophy and religious studies . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Humanities and arts, other . . . . . . 2 2 4 .
    Other non-science and engineering 7 6 6 7 7 7 3 1 6 5
      Communication 4 4 3 7 6 7 3 1 4 1
      Public administration and social services . . . . . . . . . 1
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 2 3 . 1 . . . 2 3

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

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 704 747 848 875 1,021 986 1,000 1,026 1,025 978
    Female 763 810 813 810 808 786 793 802 865 820
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 906 988 1,060 1,076 1,047 1,020 1,076 1,107 1,168 1,138
    Hispanic or Latino 105 98 106 123 112 103 95 99 92 83
    Not Hispanic or Latino 767 854 918 903 880 855 895 897 979 961
      American Indian or Alaska Native 7 4 3 4 5 4 6 6 7 6
      Asian 44 47 54 51 52 56 53 53 59 61
      Black or African American 7 12 14 13 9 17 21 20 24 25
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 2
      White 653 734 787 786 775 739 769 769 846 835
      More than one race 55 56 59 47 39 38 43 47 41 32
    Unknown ethnicity and race 34 36 36 50 55 62 86 111 97 94
  Temporary visa holders 561 569 601 609 782 752 717 721 722 660
  Science and engineering 1,382 1,455 1,555 1,594 1,655 1,599 1,621 1,666 1,729 1,642
    Science 1,062 1,113 1,149 1,188 1,170 1,135 1,140 1,193 1,262 1,204
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 203 218 227 221 135 148 157 212 222 229
      Biological and biomedical sciences 280 283 297 293 293 262 263 263 277 273
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 25 30
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 55 45
      Computer and information sciences 67 75 92 86 119 113 103 92 74 54
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 27 20
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 17 15 20 17 16 18 26 23 20
      Mathematics and statistics 66 75 63 75 86 90 84 62 70 69
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 51 49 53 54 59 58 58 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 116 110 117 111 129 136 135 134 162 153
      Psychology 75 75 75 107 92 81 84 86 108 95
      Social sciences 190 211 210 221 240 231 238 221 219 216
    Engineering 320 342 406 406 485 464 481 473 467 438
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 39 45 46 53 49 50 53 51 51 58
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 56 57 67 69 86 85 76 62 66 66
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 51 68 82 77 100 101 104 81 76 79
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 69 68 85 82 106 97 102 106 100 91
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 35 39 58 52 56 46 52 65 71 62
      Other engineering 70 65 68 73 88 85 94 108 103 82
    Health 85 102 106 91 174 173 172 162 161 156
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 85 102 106 91 174 173 172 162 161 156

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 109 137 157 193 185 186 179 204 176 176
    Female 116 106 132 159 173 167 170 255 241 190
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 183 197 235 270 275 266 270 390 366 318
    Hispanic or Latino 18 22 24 31 46 40 36 41 30 24
    Not Hispanic or Latino 155 161 196 223 209 209 206 298 299 261
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 5 4 3
      Asian 10 8 14 18 19 12 15 29 19 16
      Black or African American 4 1 3 10 8 9 12 17 14 11
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      White 126 139 165 180 166 175 167 236 253 226
      More than one race 13 12 13 15 16 11 6 11 9 5
    Unknown ethnicity and race 10 14 15 16 20 17 28 51 37 33
  Temporary visa holders 42 46 54 82 83 87 79 69 51 48
  Science and engineering 209 227 276 337 345 336 333 432 388 342
    Science 146 156 188 234 233 224 224 336 292 239
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 57 59 88 103 99 91 89 116 98 76
      Biological and biomedical sciences 18 22 29 24 20 22 21 29 24 21
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 88 48
      Computer and information sciences 13 24 27 36 33 24 13 16 18 18
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 5
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 0 0 2 3 7 2 4 4 9
      Mathematics and statistics 11 7 5 7 12 4 7 9 3 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 10 9 6 8 12 19 21 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 4 5 8 7 1 7 9 7 9
      Psychology 10 15 10 15 11 12 15 13 16 16
      Social sciences 22 16 18 31 36 44 49 37 29 33
    Engineering 63 71 88 103 112 112 109 96 96 103
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 3 3 2 3 5 4 4 4 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 13 17 16 18 18 16 18 10 13
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 34 30 33 44 49 53 43 33 38 32
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 11 17 18 25 27 13 26 28 28 33
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 4 2 7 7 2 8 10 7 7 5
      Other engineering 5 6 10 9 13 15 10 6 9 16
    Health 16 16 13 15 13 17 16 27 29 24
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 16 16 13 15 13 17 16 27 29 24

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 2013
All surveyed fields 208 131 170 329 330 330 293 331 295 292 0
  Science and engineering 200 124 157 310 304 304 267 314 288 276 0
    Science 136 88 105 193 164 178 178 188 168 188 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 50 15 30 47 28 31 32 47 35 41 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 41 36 32 55 41 34 36 36 35 38 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 7 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
      Computer and information sciences 8 5 7 20 29 30 37 32 17 22 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 3 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 8 5 5 10 10 9 13 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 14 19 27 34 45 34 39 51 53 0
      Psychology 15 10 8 15 8 11 8 7 5 6 0
      Social sciences 4 3 3 13 12 17 17 15 13 9 0
    Engineering 64 36 52 117 140 126 89 126 120 88 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 1 4 20 17 18 23 20 22 9 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 10 13 16 18 19 13 13 17 10 14 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 4 6 21 26 33 0 20 24 24 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 11 5 7 23 32 25 24 28 14 8 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 12 3 12 15 17 13 11 11 15 16 0
      Other engineering 19 10 7 20 29 24 18 30 35 17 0
    Health 8 7 13 19 26 26 26 17 7 16 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 8 7 13 19 26 26 26 17 7 16 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
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 1,467 1,557 1,661 1,685 1,829 1,772 1,793 1,828 1,890 1,798
  Fellowships 31 29 21 97 110 58 112 84 79 115
    Federal 23 21 17 17 15 27 40 30 30 39
    Institutional 5 2 1 54 55 27 25 27 20 28
    Nonfederal 3 6 3 26 40 4 47 27 29 48
  Research assistantships 693 700 731 643 672 680 589 681 739 641
    Federal 178 104 146 293 306 300 237 286 258 246
    Institutional 515 595 583 262 296 316 287 328 409 304
    Nonfederal 0 1 2 88 70 64 65 67 72 91
  Teaching assistantships 536 566 575 578 652 562 782 680 666 660
    Federal 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 1
    Institutional 536 565 575 578 650 561 778 673 664 658
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 1
  Other types of support 207 262 334 367 395 472 310 383 406 382
    Federal 7 5 7 19 8 2 15 12 6 6
    Institutional 49 57 60 39 25 14 22 32 24 34
    Nonfederal 13 18 26 2 13 44 24 45 44 47
    Personal resources 138 182 241 307 349 412 249 294 332 295

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 217 235 274 305 290 143 165 130 145 148
    Science 173 191 230 237 239 118 126 104 120 111
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 80 85 104 115 89 37 37 34 40 35
      Biological and biomedical sciences 80 88 88 82 98 52 65 38 41 37
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 2 4 6 6 0 0 4 7 6
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 2 4 3 1 3 2 4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 8 13 20 26 38 24 22 23 21 17
      Psychology 0 0 4 4 2 0 1 2 1 1
      Social sciences 3 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
    Engineering 44 44 44 68 51 25 39 26 25 37
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 10 8 14 14 10 5 10 6 7 9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 9 6 8 7 5 8 3 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 0 4 10 6 0 2 0 1 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 18 21 8 16 20 8 11 12 8 12
      Other engineering 10 6 12 18 8 6 8 5 9 9
    Health 20 23 21 37 61 38 36 35 30 21
      Clinical medicine 9 12 10 17 15 8 3 10 9 7
      Other health 11 11 11 20 46 30 33 25 21 14

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 67 65 0 0 0 0 0 107 108 94
  Science and engineering 60 54 0 0 0 0 0 81 85 77
    Science 46 43 0 0 0 0 0 64 71 60
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 30 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 29 25
      Biological and biomedical sciences 16 19 0 0 0 0 0 18 19 15
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 4
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 15 12
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    Engineering 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 17 14 17
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 10
      Other engineering 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3
    Health 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 26 23 17
      Clinical medicine 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 7
      Other health 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 16 14 10

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 378,744 368,396 357,648 335,201 344,997 331,424 331,051 301,640 303,214 288,752
    Science 286,699 276,991 276,600 255,298 262,731 245,652 242,185 234,968 230,573 217,466
      Computer and information sciences 8,664 8,523 8,393 8,251 8,705 9,407 5,770 3,849 3,899 4,660
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 10,521 10,772 8,946 9,440 10,109 8,441 10,529 8,873 9,256 6,658
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 163 1 3 117 461 799 1,155 1,266 966 466
        Geological and earth sciences 1,919 1,676 1,103 2,516 2,467 1,908 2,258 2,492 1,999 3,537
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 46 179 208 291 199 227 591 14
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 8,439 9,095 7,794 6,628 6,973 5,443 6,917 4,888 5,700 2,641
      Life sciences 220,515 211,742 211,107 196,649 193,878 175,704 175,640 175,336 161,992 162,534
        Agricultural sciences 105,370 108,785 110,067 107,295 101,867 92,168 92,170 95,091 83,522 81,999
        Biological and biomedical sciences 43,833 32,110 34,771 35,845 41,122 41,126 44,943 48,372 46,200 59,280
        Health sciences 63,075 64,128 59,282 49,070 47,568 40,812 34,636 30,198 29,279 12,441
        Natural resources and conservation 4,426 3,094 4,189 1,974 1,401 528 2,759 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 3,811 3,625 2,798 2,465 1,920 1,070 1,132 1,675 2,991 8,814
      Mathematics and statistics 383 509 535 447 475 1,611 712 1,150 863 1,982
      Physical sciences 27,495 25,553 26,256 24,243 32,628 31,387 32,219 29,168 33,058 23,338
        Astronomy and astrophysics 439 191 166 209 321 108 138 230 255 535
        Chemistry 11,562 12,821 13,478 8,512 10,768 9,476 7,840 8,422 10,244 8,687
        Materials science 4,719 2,887 1,598 1,111 1,135 676 512 0 0 0
        Physics 10,674 9,653 10,978 12,549 16,288 17,436 20,631 16,446 16,945 13,455
        Physical sciences nec 101 1 36 1,862 4,116 3,691 3,098 4,070 5,614 661
      Psychology 4,278 3,860 5,000 3,875 3,190 3,543 4,060 3,056 1,927 2,745
      Social sciences 11,439 12,699 15,147 12,338 13,079 14,112 11,723 12,961 16,471 12,417
        Anthropology 527 734 449 322 243 525 208 0 0 0
        Economics 5,327 5,272 4,985 4,436 5,912 4,902 4,985 4,682 4,810 3,428
        Political science and government 564 485 730 774 1,148 1,144 1,056 1,084 682 1,231
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 865 536 680 412 336 545 434 742 1,194 1,459
        Social sciences nec 4,156 5,672 8,303 6,394 5,440 6,996 5,040 6,453 9,785 6,299
      Sciences nec 3,404 3,333 1,216 55 667 1,447 1,532 575 3,107 3,132
    Engineering 47,254 45,571 48,031 39,533 39,578 43,674 46,444 40,240 47,246 37,724
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 245 407 207 15 250 155 4 774 1,660 543
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4,926 2,412 3,414 4,061 4,408 2,667 3,655 2,698 3,636 837
      Chemical engineering 5,505 4,391 5,720 5,290 4,707 7,727 4,963 3,629 3,409 4,547
      Civil engineering 7,327 9,005 8,508 7,608 6,660 7,609 6,870 5,567 5,658 4,284
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 9,671 8,748 9,684 7,580 7,151 5,933 7,019 5,680 6,802 9,963
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 172 192 98 64 8 1,499 1,469 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 6,476 7,857 9,163 7,150 4,849 7,305 9,967 8,775 12,628 4,297
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,278 3,584 4,162 4,580 6,992 5,295 5,287 4,480 3,635 2,443
      Engineering nec 9,654 8,975 7,075 3,185 4,553 5,484 7,210 8,637 9,818 10,810
    Non-S&E 44,791 45,834 33,017 40,370 42,688 42,098 42,422 26,432 25,395 33,562
      Business management and business administration 10,765 8,934 7,632 5,411 5,826 3,757 4,413 1,172 1,916 6,678
      Communication and communications technologies 5,474 6,424 2,043 3,611 3,790 5,487 6,432 4,198 4,173 5,879
      Education 25,115 25,232 17,427 23,605 24,866 21,820 17,372 13,511 17,097 16,824
      Humanities 1,501 1,327 1,009 1,037 1,020 2,296 3,201 588 541 275
      Law 197 98 121 295 479 1,031 554 255 414 0
      Social work 695 175 152 133 267 145 2,373 998 1,125 1,544
      Visual and performing arts 75 90 117 83 121 436 305 23 85 100
      Non-S&E nec 969 3,554 4,516 6,195 6,319 7,126 7,772 5,687 44 2,262

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 378,744 207,086 61,333 84,199 12,077 12,411 1,638
    Science 286,699 158,053 47,327 60,070 10,549 9,565 1,135
      Computer and information sciences 8,664 7,409 86 706 354 23 86
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 10,521 6,514 2,184 1,573 123 127 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 163 0 117 46 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,919 770 626 480 17 26 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 8,439 5,744 1,441 1,047 106 101 0
      Life sciences 220,515 120,447 35,149 46,994 9,379 7,604 942
        Agricultural sciences 105,370 43,232 22,814 28,655 7,633 2,712 324
        Biological and biomedical sciences 43,833 26,810 5,241 8,512 959 2,130 181
        Health sciences 63,075 45,863 5,511 8,048 783 2,433 437
        Natural resources and conservation 4,426 1,527 1,583 1,306 0 10 0
        Life sciences nec 3,811 3,015 0 473 4 319 0
      Mathematics and statistics 383 164 66 118 8 27 0
      Physical sciences 27,495 13,980 5,491 6,740 484 800 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 439 317 0 45 0 77 0
        Chemistry 11,562 4,277 3,513 3,005 120 647 0
        Materials science 4,719 1,914 906 1,502 349 48 0
        Physics 10,674 7,374 1,072 2,185 15 28 0
        Physical sciences nec 101 98 0 3 0 0 0
      Psychology 4,278 2,496 260 1,218 54 250 0
      Social sciences 11,439 4,771 3,981 2,286 55 291 55
        Anthropology 527 316 13 135 16 47 0
        Economics 5,327 1,972 2,331 940 1 64 19
        Political science and government 564 79 195 234 0 56 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 865 273 368 178 0 46 0
        Social sciences nec 4,156 2,131 1,074 799 38 78 36
      Sciences nec 3,404 2,272 110 435 92 443 52
    Engineering 47,254 22,414 8,923 13,644 1,439 344 490
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 245 0 157 88 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4,926 1,672 2,206 956 41 48 3
      Chemical engineering 5,505 3,627 0 1,493 341 0 44
      Civil engineering 7,327 4,504 972 1,750 33 63 5
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 9,671 3,796 674 4,391 400 26 384
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 172 135 0 26 0 11 0
      Mechanical engineering 6,476 2,695 1,525 1,711 452 93 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,278 1,954 321 789 160 0 54
      Engineering nec 9,654 4,031 3,068 2,440 12 103 0
    Non-S&E 44,791 26,619 5,083 10,485 89 2,502 13
      Business management and business administration 10,765 4,045 2,726 3,827 68 86 13
      Communication and communications technologies 5,474 1,515 1,060 1,470 9 1,420 0
      Education 25,115 19,407 696 4,505 5 502 0
      Humanities 1,501 616 328 315 0 242 0
      Law 197 0 196 1 0 0 0
      Social work 695 569 0 65 0 61 0
      Visual and performing arts 75 2 26 47 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 969 465 51 255 7 191 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

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 207,086 187,580 179,536 154,623 158,982 151,133 152,843 136,646 134,889 126,955
  DOD 7,770 8,251 8,013 8,962 8,900 8,428 6,108 7,539 8,753 8,671
  DOE 21,866 22,296 24,402 19,553 21,283 17,836 17,812 17,207 18,549 11,427
  HHS 65,634 62,684 62,084 49,065 48,792 41,569 34,379 26,129 25,870 20,754
  NASA 1,021 1,454 1,403 1,104 622 1,157 805 596 264 280
  NSF 17,645 16,555 18,295 17,807 18,546 20,236 18,539 17,893 17,351 17,376
  USDA 61,410 52,115 44,992 36,033 36,317 38,154 50,929 42,813 35,338 34,009
  Other 31,740 24,225 20,347 22,099 24,522 23,753 24,271 24,469 28,764 34,438

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 5,283 1,036 4,247 .
2018 5,472 1,041 4,431 .
2017 5,912 1,042 4,870 .

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 2,446 2,563 2,487 2,429 2,385
    Agricultural sciences 968 1,230 985 879 887
    Biological and biomedical sciences 417 397 420 339 317
    Computer and information sciences 25 34 38 76 62
    Engineering 325 327 324 300 286
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 33 37 39 34 35
    Health sciences 352 260 403 461 474
    Mathematics and statistics 13 11 11 10 11
    Natural resources and conservation 31 23 26 23 23
    Physical sciences 203 150 157 227 213
    Psychology 42 41 31 30 30
    Social sciences 34 36 36 33 31
    Other 4 17 17 17 17

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 79,365 20,136 796 120,027 2,988
    Agricultural sciences 22,465 0 796 58,879 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 33,800 0
    Engineering 56,900 0 0 0 2,988
    Health sciences 0 1,764 0 23,560 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 500 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 3,340 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 15,032 0 500 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 2,788 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 29,892 13,185 7,139 3,355 10,146
    Agricultural sciences 2,397 5,168 1,798 1,704 257
    Biological and biomedical sciences 17,694 3,637 910 517 0
    Computer and information sciences 327 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 5,644 4,000 1,058 0 720
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 753
    Health sciences 1,501 0 3,372 1,135 257
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 2,328 380 0 0 7,664
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 494
    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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