Washington U., Saint Louis

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 53 88.8 459 45 93.1 631 30 96.9 925
2023 67 85.7 459 48 93.1 679 27 97.2 911 49 92.1 602
2022 67 85.7 457 45 93.6 680 26 97.2 900
2021 68 85.1 447 42 94.1 691 25 97.4 908 43 92.9 583
2020 66 85.7 450 49 93.2 698 28 97.1 916
2019 68 85.1 447 51 92.9 697 28 97.1 914 50 91.8 589
2018 74 83.1 428 53 92.6 700 27 97.2 911
2017 69 84.1 425 84 88 684 28 97 898 51 91.4 575
2016 76 82.7 430 73 89.8 697 28 97 896
2015 67 84.6 426 79 88.8 693 27 97.1 898 50 91.5 570
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: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 342 285 297 250 289 287 256 272 264 287
  Science and engineering 286 242 256 207 241 237 215 226 214 231
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 .
      Agricultural sciences . . . . 1 . . 1 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 1 1 . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 126 87 108 83 98 83 83 100 97 93
      Biochemistry and biophysics 9 7 5 7 10 4 9 11 12 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 12 3 10 4 7 6 3 6 7 6
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 9 11 10 6 1 4 9 6 9 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 7 3 2 5 7 3 6 7 7 13
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 4 3 3 4 5 1 6 2 3
      Genetics and genomics 20 11 12 10 15 17 11 10 4 10
      Microbiology and immunology 30 14 22 21 25 14 22 19 26 27
      Molecular biology 9 11 10 9 7 7 5 13 5 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 18 18 23 14 16 17 14 16 17 15
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 2 5 4 2 4 1 4 4 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 6 3 6 . 4 2 2 2 4 2
    Computer and information sciences 11 12 11 9 8 8 6 6 7 15
      Computer science 8 11 9 9 8 8 6 6 6 15
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 1 2 . . . . . 1 .
    Engineering 63 52 54 51 43 57 52 39 37 46
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 1 . . . 1 . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 20 20 24 20 17 19 31 20 15 16
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 5 11 8 4 10 13 6 5 9 8
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 7 4 2 4 2 1 2 2 5 2
      Electrical and computer engineering 14 5 8 10 6 11 5 3 4 10
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . 1 3 3 . . 1 2
      Materials and mining engineering 3 4 6 6 2 2 3 4 1 3
      Mechanical engineering 7 5 4 5 2 5 4 3 2 3
      Engineering, other 5 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 . 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 5 5 1 4 8 5 3 5 5
      Geological sciences 1 4 5 1 3 8 5 2 5 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 6 1 . . 1 . . 1 . .
    Health sciences 9 7 7 5 4 6 3 6 9 4
      Nursing science 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 4 . 3 1 . 1 . . 3 .
      Health sciences, other 4 7 4 4 4 5 3 6 6 4
    Mathematics and statistics 8 8 12 3 7 6 5 4 9 8
      Applied mathematics 1 2 . . . . . 1 1 2
      Mathematics 2 . 2 1 2 2 1 3 1 4
      Statistics 2 5 2 1 2 1 2 . . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 1 8 1 3 3 2 . 7 1
    Physical sciences 23 33 21 24 32 36 22 30 19 28
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 1 . 4 1 1 . 4 2 3
      Chemistry 11 21 13 13 15 18 10 13 7 16
      Physics 10 11 8 7 16 17 12 13 10 9
    Psychology 13 10 16 15 15 9 11 6 10 12
      Clinical psychology 4 6 4 4 5 5 4 . 5 2
      Counseling and applied psychology . . 1 . . . . . . 1
      Research and experimental psychology 8 4 9 7 9 4 5 5 5 6
      Psychology, other 1 . 2 4 1 . 2 1 . 3
    Social sciences 26 28 22 16 29 23 27 31 20 20
      Anthropology 6 6 2 3 9 4 5 13 5 6
      Economics 9 14 8 8 9 10 12 10 14 8
      Political science and government 6 3 6 2 7 7 5 8 1 6
      Social sciences, other 5 5 6 3 4 2 5 . . .
  Non-science and engineering 56 43 41 43 48 50 41 46 50 56
    Business 14 9 9 10 5 9 9 10 9 8
      Business 14 9 9 10 5 9 9 10 9 8
    Education 1 1 . . . 5 1 1 3 1
      Education research 1 . . . . 2 . . 2 1
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . . . . 1 1 . . .
      Education, other . 1 . . . 2 . 1 1 .
    Humanities and arts 31 23 25 26 34 23 19 28 30 40
      Letters 9 7 11 14 9 7 7 8 8 9
      Foreign languages and literature 12 4 8 3 12 4 7 8 9 15
      History 1 4 . 3 6 5 1 2 4 5
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 4 1 5 1 2 2 5 3 5
      Music and performing arts 1 2 1 1 3 3 . 1 3 2
      Humanities and arts, other 5 2 4 . 3 2 2 4 3 4
    Other non-science and engineering 10 10 7 7 9 13 12 7 8 7
      Public administration and social services 9 9 6 5 9 13 12 7 8 7
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 1 1 2 . . . . . .

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   1,425   1,270   1,316   1,353   1,276   1,268   1,220   946   1,105   1,055
    Hispanic or Latino   133   110   112   40   41   111   88   70   71   58
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,236   1,114   1,159   1,261   1,172   1,090   1,054   803   963   923
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   6   8   6   9   7   6   8   5   9
      Asian   252   232   232   221   201   206   170   112   123   130
      Black or African American   112   102   99   92   81   74   65   40   51   52
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   14
      White   815   743   791   819   785   770   783   623   751   701
      More than one race   52   31   29   123   96   33   30   18   32   17
    Unknown ethnicity and race   56   46   45   52   63   67   78   73   71   74
  Temporary visa holders   1,942   1,915   1,941   1,941   1,279   1,337   1,215   801   929   889
  Science and engineering   3,121   2,953   3,044   3,061   2,365   2,416   2,262   1,717   1,968   1,892
    Science   2,184   2,090   2,112   2,185   1,568   1,595   1,523   1,084   1,287   1,255
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   846   819   791   699   662   634   614   604   601   594
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   215   188   249   242   176   226   212   15   159   145
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   32   32   35   35   29   30   30   30   30   33
      Mathematics and statistics   409   508   536   747   245   226   172   62   60   42
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   113   36   34   17   11   5   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   224   190   172   178   187   182   215   200   181   178
      Psychology   74   72   71   69   76   84   83   0   86   84
      Social sciences   271   245   224   198   182   208   197   173   170   179
    Engineering   937   863   932   876   797   821   739   633   681   637
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   27   31   33   42   36   34   21   25   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   217   201   226   206   186   174   153   157   138   121
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   35   23   30   36   44   59   45   28   134   141
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   1   0   3   7   7   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   212   198   234   209   170   187   200   171   191   199
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   26   20   21   24   24   34   38   38   36   39
      Mechanical engineering   110   96   112   118   104   113   117   120   164   123
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   7   15   16   14   12   15   16   10   18   14
      Other engineering   302   279   257   220   214   205   149   84   0   0
    Health   246   232   213   233   190   189   173   30   66   52
      Clinical medicine   221   219   203   217   155   165   153   15   46   32
      Other health   25   13   10   16   35   24   20   15   20   20

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   234   249   283   308   353   317   278   299   218   186
    Hispanic or Latino   13   7   16   8   12   24   26   40   22   12
    Not Hispanic or Latino   203   225   244   281   309   272   229   229   174   162
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   0   2   1   1   2   2   2   1   1
      Asian   31   39   48   44   40   33   31   36   23   22
      Black or African American   21   29   26   14   21   18   15   20   9   10
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   146   149   162   206   232   213   176   169   135   125
      More than one race   5   8   6   16   15   6   5   2   6   4
    Unknown ethnicity and race   18   17   23   19   32   21   23   30   22   12
  Temporary visa holders   128   110   155   52   56   50   32   26   25   17
  Science and engineering   334   324   409   322   349   336   282   287   204   170
    Science   166   162   229   142   146   148   138   117   64   52
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   14   20   35   43   53   58   48   42   1   1
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   40   47   57   55   48   58   51   35   60   49
      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   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   99   72   111   26   24   11   15   10   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   7   9   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   0   0   0   0   1   1   1   1   2   1
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   6   14   19   17   20   20   23   29   1   1
    Engineering   168   162   180   180   203   188   144   170   140   118
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   34   26   27   27   29   22   11   26   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   4   3   7   6   3   3   0   3   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   4   3   6   2   16   7   3   5   4   3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   3   1   2   2   4   4   8   8   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   28   38   47   40   35   50   39   32   33   24
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   6   8   10   13   19   12   11   10   5   7
      Mechanical engineering   38   43   41   52   57   52   54   66   98   84
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   3   4   6   4   4   7   4   5   0   0
      Other engineering   48   36   34   34   36   31   14   15   0   0
    Health   28   35   29   38   60   31   28   38   39   33
      Clinical medicine   27   35   29   38   47   11   5   10   39   33
      Other health   1   0   0   0   13   20   23   28   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

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   464   559   405   358   375   410   425   409   662   643
  Science and engineering   437   540   389   342   361   394   409   399   639   619
    Science   383   392   379   332   326   355   375   362   462   457
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   307   294   304   255   263   286   278   306   325   298
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   3   26   1   1   1   7   17   0   35   43
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   10   6   9   12   7   8   7   5   9   20
      Mathematics and statistics   1   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   5   5   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   41   52   47   38   34   31   57   48   70   66
      Psychology   11   5   11   21   18   20   12   0   19   17
      Social sciences   5   3   6   3   2   3   4   3   3   9
    Engineering   54   148   10   10   35   39   34   37   177   162
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   34   56   6   5   24   18   16   21   78   69
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   44   47
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   6   26   1   0   7   12   12   8   31   26
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   1   5   1   1   0   1   2   2   3   4
      Mechanical engineering   3   19   2   1   4   5   3   3   21   16
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   10   42   0   3   0   3   1   3   0   0
    Health   27   19   16   16   14   16   16   10   23   24
      Clinical medicine   27   19   16   16   1   1   2   0   17   17
      Other health   0   0   0   0   13   15   14   10   6   7

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   3,367   3,185   3,257   3,294   2,555   2,605   2,435   1,747   2,034   1,944
  Fellowships   737   991   886   802   801   805   823   811   607   578
    Federal   140   130   165   165   159   172   186   177   215   204
    Institutional   594   820   695   595   600   610   608   617   368   346
    Nonfederal   3   41   26   42   42   23   29   17   24   28
  Research assistantships   1,064   978   925   893   871   766   731   541   651   653
    Federal   314   427   235   181   209   215   237   230   434   432
    Institutional   690   492   640   667   614   517   462   294   163   157
    Nonfederal   60   59   50   45   48   34   32   17   54   64
  Teaching assistantships   0   1   0   2   0   0   3   0   229   238
    Federal   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
    Institutional   0   1   0   2   0   0   1   0   229   238
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
  Other types of support   1,566   1,215   1,446   1,597   883   1,034   878   395   547   475
    Federal   10   2   5   12   7   23   1   2   13   7
    Institutional   399   300   316   340   184   302   215   117   20   8
    Nonfederal   2   12   15   10   3   8   7   1   9   7
    Personal resources   1,155   901   1,110   1,235   689   701   655   275   505   453

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   530   474   433   323   387   375   345   331   335   330
    Science   455   413   384   278   343   331   310   293   293   288
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
      Biological and biomedical sciences   339   292   264   192   266   250   235   229   208   214
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   1   1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   6   6   9   10   7   6   6   7   10   7
      Mathematics and statistics   10   14   16   8   8   6   4   5   6   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   0   0   2   2   0   0   1   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   54   37   31   34   35   33   32   23   24   16
      Psychology   15   37   32   7   5   4   9   9   6   8
      Social sciences   27   26   32   25   20   29   23   19   27   27
    Engineering   75   61   49   45   44   44   35   38   42   42
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   24   22   18   19   14   14   11   12   24   27
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   26   21   15   14   9   10   8   9   6   4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   7   7   6   5   10   10   8   7   5   3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   17   11   10   7   11   10   8   10   7   7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
    Health   492   468   509   473   364   357   320   280   294   285
      Clinical medicine   483   462   501   471   359   351   310   274   292   283
      Other health   9   6   8   2   5   6   10   6   2   2

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   683   616   577   414   466   460   416   406   403   382
  Science and engineering   352   304   272   165   232   226   216   206   206   201
    Science   304   260   239   141   196   193   193   181   177   173
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   244   202   185   108   165   161   159   156   140   138
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   1   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   4   3   5   4   1   4   2   3   8   5
      Mathematics and statistics   2   1   4   2   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   42   28   23   19   24   22   24   14   17   13
      Psychology   9   25   22   5   4   3   7   8   5   6
      Social sciences   1   1   0   1   1   1   0   0   4   4
    Engineering   48   44   33   24   36   33   23   25   29   28
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   18   20   14   9   11   10   7   8   19   18
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   14   12   8   6   8   9   7   8   5   4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   6   4   4   4   7   7   5   4   3   1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   10   8   7   5   10   7   4   5   2   5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   331   312   305   249   234   234   200   200   197   181
      Clinical medicine   324   308   298   247   230   232   196   195   196   179
      Other health   7   4   7   2   4   2   4   5   1   2

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   1,243,115   1,168,861   1,047,098   989,214   920,215   887,088   816,139   754,462   741,115   694,069
    Science   1,165,385   1,099,341   988,082   934,082   870,860   843,388   773,029   715,378   702,492   652,867
      Computer and information sciences   5,731   5,859   4,634   4,575   5,467   5,504   4,465   4,633   5,242   4,111
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   7,461   6,986   6,678   6,083   5,509   5,676   5,045   6,642   5,649   6,066
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   7,461   6,986   6,678   6,083   5,509   5,676   5,045   6,642   5,649   6,066
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,103,045   1,043,446   938,655   887,653   824,978   796,337   731,083   672,672   661,793   617,658
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   453,547   424,528   389,199   389,457   359,856   354,062   327,959   297,046   284,931   202,990
        Health sciences   649,390   618,911   549,454   498,196   465,122   442,275   403,124   375,626   376,862   406,830
        Natural resources and conservation   108   7   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7,838
      Mathematics and statistics   1,434   1,309   1,584   840   959   639   616   671   519   608
      Physical sciences   32,367   30,262   25,954   24,320   23,401   24,852   22,345   21,811   18,899   14,249
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   92   0   0
        Chemistry   11,890   12,316   12,044   11,696   12,722   14,244   11,486   11,152   8,905   7,875
        Materials science   9,347   8,355   7,406   6,944   5,619   5,132   4,585   4,738   3,896   0
        Physics   11,130   9,591   6,504   5,680   5,060   5,476   6,274   5,829   6,098   6,374
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   10,421   8,442   7,209   6,121   6,052   6,129   5,578   5,603   5,871   6,148
      Social sciences   4,926   2,859   1,631   1,374   1,191   1,259   1,556   1,056   1,251   1,062
        Anthropology   1,168   501   460   584   653   739   543   693   703   0
        Economics   123   23   10   55   0   77   78   63   85   43
        Political science and government   772   756   831   162   231   207   762   279   306   664
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   231   131   175   225   7   126   164   21   0   0
        Social sciences nec   2,632   1,448   155   348   300   110   9   0   157   355
      Sciences nec   0   178   1,737   3,116   3,303   2,992   2,341   2,290   3,268   2,965
    Engineering   43,826   33,691   28,151   26,574   23,821   23,090   24,238   24,627   24,130   27,283
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   15,747   13,042   11,340   11,360   8,668   8,537   8,288   10,312   11,081   10,236
      Chemical engineering   15,144   7,269   6,035   5,490   5,890   6,616   8,341   8,522   7,686   7,146
      Civil engineering   23   70   164   407   712   1,130   3,071   2,388   2,311   4,407
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,384   7,186   4,836   5,044   4,844   4,256   3,601   3,204   2,851   2,260
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3,234
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   5,996   5,644   5,415   3,546   2,952   1,873   913   16   0   0
      Engineering nec   532   480   361   727   755   678   24   185   201   0
    Non-S&E   33,904   35,829   30,865   28,558   25,534   20,610   18,872   14,457   14,493   13,919
      Business management and business administration   21   253   231   79   187   229   276   208   101   468
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   1   5   4   2   57   80   0
      Education   382   212   212   305   577   450   251   272   271   297
      Humanities   390   444   129   359   836   587   119   141   74   164
      Law   154   78   26   14   0   0   70   95   37   125
      Social work   32,866   34,695   30,153   27,800   23,729   19,300   17,958   13,652   13,924   12,865
      Visual and performing arts   38   70   89   0   160   0   71   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   53   77   25   0   40   40   125   32   6   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   1,243,115   821,852   401   199,087   121,727   98,504   1,544
    Science   1,165,385   765,177   298   189,816   120,948   87,848   1,298
      Computer and information sciences   5,731   4,935   0   496   112   188   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   7,461   6,762   0   298   0   401   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   7,461   6,762   0   298   0   401   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,103,045   712,390   298   183,776   120,585   84,711   1,285
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   453,547   310,639   228   79,689   18,759   43,945   287
        Health sciences   649,390   401,692   70   104,057   101,826   40,747   998
        Natural resources and conservation   108   59   0   30   0   19   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   1,434   1,369   0   64   0   1   0
      Physical sciences   32,367   27,996   0   3,132   251   988   0
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   11,890   9,238   0   2,221   90   341   0
        Materials science   9,347   8,475   0   586   161   125   0
        Physics   11,130   10,283   0   325   0   522   0
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   10,421   9,167   0   736   0   518   0
      Social sciences   4,926   2,558   0   1,314   0   1,041   13
        Anthropology   1,168   304   0   169   0   695   0
        Economics   123   52   0   58   0   0   13
        Political science and government   772   523   0   87   0   162   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   231   81   0   54   0   96   0
        Social sciences nec   2,632   1,598   0   946   0   88   0
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   43,826   33,435   0   3,640   238   6,496   17
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   15,747   13,614   0   917   30   1,186   0
      Chemical engineering   15,144   9,750   0   1,891   126   3,360   17
      Civil engineering   23   23   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,384   4,962   0   400   82   940   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   5,996   4,586   0   400   0   1,010   0
      Engineering nec   532   500   0   32   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   33,904   23,240   103   5,631   541   4,160   229
      Business management and business administration   21   0   0   7   0   14   0
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   382   130   0   88   0   164   0
      Humanities   390   0   0   217   0   89   84
      Law   154   0   0   42   0   112   0
      Social work   32,866   23,110   103   5,241   541   3,726   145
      Visual and performing arts   38   0   0   17   0   21   0
      Non-S&E nec   53   0   0   19   0   34   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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies   821,852   758,464   681,353   606,127   559,882   543,508   506,006   474,446   442,335   432,228
  DOD   24,734   25,612   24,820   21,588   15,787   14,733   14,766   11,146   10,334   8,185
  DOE   11,303   8,503   7,135   6,708   6,569   9,068   10,498   11,115   11,158   11,820
  HHS   743,957   689,724   617,453   547,520   506,937   488,527   450,670   421,091   391,529   385,426
  NASA   13,106   10,851   9,549   8,814   7,150   7,088   7,348   8,790   7,646   7,987
  NSF   25,025   21,715   20,371   19,938   21,551   20,740   19,054   18,673   18,016   15,281
  USDA   388   431   524   481   122   92   381   256   308   282
  Other   3,339   1,628   1,501   1,078   1,766   3,260   3,289   3,375   3,344   3,247

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   8,405   1,521   6,884   .
2018   8,223   1,432   6,791   .

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   1,382   1,475   1,215   1,146   1,162
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   545   548   416   367   327
    Computer and information sciences   13   4   4   0   0
    Engineering   84   118   71   34   81
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   33   21   19   24   18
    Health sciences   562   659   601   623   633
    Mathematics and statistics   2   1   1   0   1
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   128   95   82   66   58
    Psychology   8   11   11   14   13
    Social sciences   6   17   10   18   20
    Other   0   0   0   0   12

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   0   0   284,498   44,987   48,353
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   142,249   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   44,987   48,353
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   0   142,249   0   0
    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   82,756   36,777   41,249   48,553   83,593
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   34,891   11,121   23,513   26,224   8,475
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   8,000   6,999   2,396   3,951   8,275
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   500   0   900
    Health sciences   35,766   14,693   13,749   12,512   24,351
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   3,824   2,965   1,090   5,505   40,730
    Psychology   275   0   0   0   862
    Social sciences   0   1,000   0   361   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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