Washington U., Saint Louis

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 67 85.7 459
2022 67 85.7 457 45 93.6 680 26 97.2 890
2021 68 85.1 447 42 94.1 691 43 92.9 583 25 97.4 907
2020 66 85.7 450 49 93.2 697 28 97.1 915
2019 68 85.1 447 51 92.9 696 50 91.8 589 28 97.1 913
2018 74 83.1 428 53 92.6 698 27 97.2 910
2017 69 84.1 425 84 88 684 51 91.4 575 28 97 897
2016 76 82.7 430 73 89.8 697 28 97 895
2015 67 84.6 426 79 88.8 693 50 91.5 570 27 97.1 897
2014 70 83.8 422 85 87.9 688 29 96.9 887
2013 89 84.3 555 46 92.4 588 28 97 884
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 285 297 250 289 287 256 272 264 287 258
  Science and engineering 242 256 207 241 237 215 226 214 231 207
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . 1 1 1 1 1 . 1
      Agricultural sciences . . . 1 . . 1 1 . 1
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . 1 1 . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 87 108 83 98 83 83 100 97 93 92
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 5 7 10 4 9 11 12 7 13
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 10 4 7 6 3 6 7 6 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 11 10 6 1 4 9 6 9 2 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 3 2 5 7 3 6 7 7 13 11
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 4 3 3 4 5 1 6 2 3 3
      Genetics and genomics 11 12 10 15 17 11 10 4 10 13
      Microbiology and immunology 14 22 21 25 14 22 19 26 27 15
      Molecular biology 11 10 9 7 7 5 13 5 5 10
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 18 23 14 16 17 14 16 17 15 13
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 5 4 2 4 1 4 4 3 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 6 . 4 2 2 2 4 2 3
    Computer and information sciences 12 11 9 8 8 6 6 7 15 4
      Computer science 11 9 9 8 8 6 6 6 15 4
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 2 . . . . . 1 . .
    Engineering 52 54 51 43 57 52 39 37 46 41
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 . . . 1 . . . . 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 20 24 20 17 19 31 20 15 16 18
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 11 8 4 10 13 6 5 9 8 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 4 2 4 2 1 2 2 5 2 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 8 10 6 11 5 3 4 10 8
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . 1 3 3 . . 1 2 .
      Materials and mining engineering 4 6 6 2 2 3 4 1 3 .
      Mechanical engineering 5 4 5 2 5 4 3 2 3 2
      Engineering, other 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 . 2 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 5 1 4 8 5 3 5 5 7
      Geological sciences 4 5 1 3 8 5 2 5 5 7
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 . . 1 . . 1 . . .
    Health sciences 7 7 5 4 6 3 6 9 4 4
      Public health . 3 1 . 1 . . 3 . .
      Health sciences, other 7 4 4 4 5 3 6 6 4 4
    Mathematics and statistics 8 12 3 7 6 5 4 9 8 1
      Applied mathematics 2 . . . . . 1 1 2 .
      Mathematics . 2 1 2 2 1 3 1 4 1
      Statistics 5 2 1 2 1 2 . . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 8 1 3 3 2 . 7 1 .
    Physical sciences 33 21 24 32 36 22 30 19 28 22
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 . 4 1 1 . 4 2 3 3
      Chemistry 21 13 13 15 18 10 13 7 16 14
      Physics 11 8 7 16 17 12 13 10 9 5
    Psychology 10 16 15 15 9 11 6 10 12 9
      Clinical psychology 6 4 4 5 5 4 . 5 2 3
      Counseling and applied psychology . 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 4 9 7 9 4 5 5 5 6 6
      Psychology, other . 2 4 1 . 2 1 . 3 .
    Social sciences 28 22 16 29 23 27 31 20 20 26
      Anthropology 6 2 3 9 4 5 13 5 6 6
      Economics 14 8 8 9 10 12 10 14 8 12
      Political science and government 3 6 2 7 7 5 8 1 6 8
      Social sciences, other 5 6 3 4 2 5 . . . .
  Non-science and engineering 43 41 43 48 50 41 46 50 56 51
    Business 9 9 10 5 9 9 10 9 8 8
      Business 9 9 10 5 9 9 10 9 8 8
    Education 1 . . . 5 1 1 3 1 1
      Education research . . . . 2 . . 2 1 1
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . . . 1 1 . . . .
      Education, other 1 . . . 2 . 1 1 . .
    Humanities and arts 23 25 26 34 23 19 28 30 40 32
      Letters 7 11 14 9 7 7 8 8 9 9
      Foreign languages and literature 4 8 3 12 4 7 8 9 15 11
      History 4 . 3 6 5 1 2 4 5 4
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 1 5 1 2 2 5 3 5 2
      Music and performing arts 2 1 1 3 3 . 1 3 2 .
      Humanities and arts, other 2 4 . 3 2 2 4 3 4 6
    Other non-science and engineering 10 7 7 9 13 12 7 8 7 10
      Public administration and social services 9 6 5 9 13 12 7 8 7 10
      Non-science and engineering, other 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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All full-time students 3,257 3,294 2,555 2,605 2,435 1,747 2,034 1,944 1,726 1,674
    Male 1,794 1,848 1,445 1,477 1,418 1,085 1,281 1,235 1,092 1,023
    Female 1,463 1,446 1,110 1,128 1,017 662 753 709 634 651
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,316 1,353 1,276 1,268 1,220 946 1,105 1,055 1,000 981
    Hispanic or Latino 112 40 41 111 88 70 71 58 48 56
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,159 1,261 1,172 1,090 1,054 803 963 923 883 863
      American Indian or Alaska Native 8 6 9 7 6 8 5 9 7 4
      Asian 232 221 201 206 170 112 123 130 129 128
      Black or African American 99 92 81 74 65 40 51 52 41 40
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14 4 3
      White 791 819 785 770 783 623 751 701 696 683
      More than one race 29 123 96 33 30 18 32 17 6 5
    Unknown ethnicity and race 45 52 63 67 78 73 71 74 69 62
  Temporary visa holders 1,941 1,941 1,279 1,337 1,215 801 929 889 726 693
  Science and engineering 3,044 3,061 2,365 2,416 2,262 1,717 1,968 1,892 1,694 1,644
    Science 2,112 2,185 1,568 1,595 1,523 1,084 1,287 1,255 1,232 1,226
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 791 699 662 634 614 604 601 594 602 593
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 249 242 176 226 212 15 159 145 120 116
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 35 35 29 30 30 30 30 33 27 35
      Mathematics and statistics 536 747 245 226 172 62 60 42 41 38
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 34 17 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 172 178 187 182 215 200 181 178 182 178
      Psychology 71 69 76 84 83 0 86 84 80 86
      Social sciences 224 198 182 208 197 173 170 179 180 180
    Engineering 932 876 797 821 739 633 681 637 462 418
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 33 42 36 34 21 25 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 226 206 186 174 153 157 138 121 128 123
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 30 36 44 59 45 28 134 141 89 89
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 234 209 170 187 200 171 191 199 141 126
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 21 24 24 34 38 38 36 39 12 17
      Mechanical engineering 112 118 104 113 117 120 164 123 81 60
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 16 14 12 15 16 10 18 14 11 3
      Other engineering 257 220 214 205 149 84 0 0 0 0
    Health 213 233 190 189 173 30 66 52 32 30
      Clinical medicine 203 217 155 165 153 15 46 32 32 30
      Other health 10 16 35 24 20 15 20 20 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

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All part-time students 438 360 409 367 310 325 243 203 192 156
    Male 298 247 278 240 208 213 193 150 141 125
    Female 140 113 131 127 102 112 50 53 51 31
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 283 308 353 317 278 299 218 186 181 154
    Hispanic or Latino 16 8 12 24 26 40 22 12 13 7
    Not Hispanic or Latino 244 281 309 272 229 229 174 162 156 133
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2
      Asian 48 44 40 33 31 36 23 22 21 18
      Black or African American 26 14 21 18 15 20 9 10 12 4
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      White 162 206 232 213 176 169 135 125 120 106
      More than one race 6 16 15 6 5 2 6 4 2 2
    Unknown ethnicity and race 23 19 32 21 23 30 22 12 12 14
  Temporary visa holders 155 52 56 50 32 26 25 17 11 2
  Science and engineering 409 322 349 336 282 287 204 170 146 122
    Science 229 142 146 148 138 117 64 52 40 40
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 35 43 53 58 48 42 1 1 1 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 57 55 48 58 51 35 60 49 38 40
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 111 26 24 11 15 10 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 19 17 20 20 23 29 1 1 1 0
    Engineering 180 180 203 188 144 170 140 118 106 82
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 27 27 29 22 11 26 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 6 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 2 16 7 3 5 4 3 3 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 2 4 4 8 8 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 47 40 35 50 39 32 33 24 17 5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 10 13 19 12 11 10 5 7 5 1
      Mechanical engineering 41 52 57 52 54 66 98 84 81 75
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 4 4 7 4 5 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 34 34 36 31 14 15 0 0 0 0
    Health 29 38 60 31 28 38 39 33 46 34
      Clinical medicine 29 38 47 11 5 10 39 33 46 34
      Other health 0 0 13 20 23 28 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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All surveyed fields 405 358 375 410 425 409 662 643 633 587 0
  Science and engineering 389 342 361 394 409 399 639 619 612 568 0
    Science 379 332 326 355 375 362 462 457 454 432 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 304 255 263 286 278 306 325 298 290 295 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 1 7 17 0 35 43 44 35 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 9 12 7 8 7 5 9 20 12 15 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 6 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 11 21 18 20 12 0 19 17 22 22 0
      Physical sciences 47 38 34 31 57 48 70 66 69 53 0
      Social sciences 6 3 2 3 4 3 3 9 11 12 0
    Engineering 10 10 35 39 34 37 177 162 158 136 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 6 5 24 18 16 21 78 69 80 74 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 47 39 27 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 0 7 12 12 8 31 26 22 20 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 0 1 2 2 3 4 3 2 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 1 4 5 3 3 21 16 13 13 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Other engineering 0 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 16 16 14 16 16 10 23 24 21 19 0
      Clinical medicine 16 16 1 1 2 0 17 17 21 19 0
      Other health 0 0 13 15 14 10 6 7 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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2022–13
Type and primary source of support 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All types and sources of support 3,257 3,294 2,555 2,605 2,435 1,747 2,034 1,944 1,726 1,674
  Fellowships 886 802 801 805 823 811 607 578 580 562
    Federal 165 165 159 172 186 177 215 204 228 226
    Institutional 695 595 600 610 608 617 368 346 327 298
    Nonfederal 26 42 42 23 29 17 24 28 25 38
  Research assistantships 925 893 871 766 731 541 651 653 661 622
    Federal 235 181 209 215 237 230 434 432 398 354
    Institutional 640 667 614 517 462 294 163 157 199 218
    Nonfederal 50 45 48 34 32 17 54 64 64 50
  Teaching assistantships 0 2 0 0 3 0 229 238 225 238
    Federal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 0 2 0 0 1 0 229 238 224 238
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Other types of support 1,446 1,597 883 1,034 878 395 547 475 260 252
    Federal 5 12 7 23 1 2 13 7 7 7
    Institutional 316 340 184 302 215 117 20 8 5 7
    Nonfederal 15 10 3 8 7 1 9 7 9 6
    Personal resources 1,110 1,235 689 701 655 275 505 453 239 232

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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  Science and engineering 430 347 419 409 345 331 335 330 332 311
    Science 381 296 370 356 310 293 293 288 290 266
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
      Biological and biomedical sciences 262 197 280 263 235 229 208 214 219 207
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 2 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 9 11 9 6 6 7 10 7 3 10
      Mathematics and statistics 16 8 8 6 4 5 6 4 5 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 0 0
      Physical sciences 31 39 39 36 32 23 24 16 15 18
      Psychology 32 8 7 6 9 9 6 8 13 11
      Social sciences 31 31 25 35 23 19 27 27 32 16
    Engineering 49 51 49 53 35 38 42 42 42 45
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 18 20 16 17 11 12 24 27 24 26
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 15 17 9 12 8 9 6 4 6 8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 6 5 12 12 8 7 5 3 4 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
      Mechanical engineering 10 9 12 12 8 10 7 7 7 6
      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 1 1 1
    Health 464 476 362 361 320 280 294 285 293 39
      Clinical medicine 457 475 358 354 310 274 292 283 293 36
      Other health 7 1 4 7 10 6 2 2 0 3

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: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 577 414 466 460 416 406 403 382 390 194
  Science and engineering 272 165 232 226 216 206 206 201 209 169
    Science 239 141 196 193 193 181 177 173 178 145
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 185 108 165 161 159 156 140 138 155 122
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5 4 1 4 2 3 8 5 1 5
      Mathematics and statistics 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0
      Psychology 22 5 4 3 7 8 5 6 5 4
      Physical sciences 23 19 24 22 24 14 17 13 13 14
      Social sciences 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 4 3 0
    Engineering 33 24 36 33 23 25 29 28 31 24
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 14 9 11 10 7 8 19 18 20 15
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 6 8 9 7 8 5 4 4 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 4 7 7 5 4 3 1 2 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Mechanical engineering 7 5 10 7 4 5 2 5 5 4
      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 305 249 234 234 200 200 197 181 181 25
      Clinical medicine 298 247 230 232 196 195 196 179 181 23
      Other health 7 2 4 2 4 5 1 2 0 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: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields 1,047,098 989,214 920,215 887,088 816,139 754,462 741,115 694,069 664,752 684,847
    Science 988,082 934,082 870,860 843,388 773,029 715,378 702,492 652,867 626,081 646,144
      Computer and information sciences 4,634 4,575 5,467 5,504 4,465 4,633 5,242 4,111 5,060 4,659
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6,678 6,083 5,509 5,676 5,045 6,642 5,649 6,066 9,374 12,693
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 6,678 6,083 5,509 5,676 5,045 6,642 5,649 6,066 6,492 9,871
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,882 2,822
      Life sciences 938,655 887,653 824,978 796,337 731,083 672,672 661,793 617,658 585,641 601,162
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 389,199 389,457 359,856 354,062 327,959 297,046 284,931 202,990 183,001 199,433
        Health sciences 549,454 498,196 465,122 442,275 403,124 375,626 376,862 406,830 388,847 392,786
        Natural resources and conservation 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,838 13,793 8,943
      Mathematics and statistics 1,584 840 959 639 616 671 519 608 514 542
      Physical sciences 25,954 24,320 23,401 24,852 22,345 21,811 18,899 14,249 14,489 16,520
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 92 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 12,044 11,696 12,722 14,244 11,486 11,152 8,905 7,875 6,546 6,649
        Materials science 7,406 6,944 5,619 5,132 4,585 4,738 3,896 0 0 0
        Physics 6,504 5,680 5,060 5,476 6,274 5,829 6,098 6,374 7,943 9,871
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 7,209 6,121 6,052 6,129 5,578 5,603 5,871 6,148 6,825 6,701
      Social sciences 1,631 1,374 1,191 1,259 1,556 1,056 1,251 1,062 1,009 1,240
        Anthropology 460 584 653 739 543 693 703 0 0 0
        Economics 10 55 0 77 78 63 85 43 0 0
        Political science and government 831 162 231 207 762 279 306 664 660 719
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 175 225 7 126 164 21 0 0 57 143
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 155 348 300 110 9 0 157 355 292 378
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,737 3,116 3,303 2,992 2,341 2,290 3,268 2,965 3,169 2,627
    Engineering 28,151 26,574 23,821 23,090 24,238 24,627 24,130 27,283 20,675 19,340
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,340 11,360 8,668 8,537 8,288 10,312 11,081 10,236 10,037 11,340
      Chemical engineering 6,035 5,490 5,890 6,616 8,341 8,522 7,686 7,146 6,254 4,556
      Civil engineering 164 407 712 1,130 3,071 2,388 2,311 4,407 15 12
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 4,836 5,044 4,844 4,256 3,601 3,204 2,851 2,260 2,155 1,933
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,234 2,208 1,220
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 5,415 3,546 2,952 1,873 913 16 0 0 0 0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 361 727 755 678 24 185 201 0 6 279
    Non-S&E 30,865 28,558 25,534 20,610 18,872 14,457 14,493 13,919 17,996 19,363
      Business management and business administration 231 79 187 229 276 208 101 468 216 440
      Communication and communications technologies 0 1 5 4 2 57 80 0 0 0
      Education 212 305 577 450 251 272 271 297 442 392
      Humanities 129 359 836 587 119 141 74 164 6 3
      Law 26 14 0 0 70 95 37 125 29 25
      Social work 30,153 27,800 23,729 19,300 17,958 13,652 13,924 12,865 17,271 18,493
      Visual and performing arts 89 0 160 0 71 0 0 0 32 0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 25 0 40 40 125 32 6 0 0 10

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: 2022
(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 1,047,098 681,353 638 154,896 121,140 86,700 2,371
    Science 988,082 638,093 638 148,753 119,375 79,025 2,198
      Computer and information sciences 4,634 4,059 0 251 74 99 151
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6,678 5,869 0 458 0 325 26
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 6,678 5,869 0 458 0 325 26
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 938,655 597,001 638 143,010 119,110 76,875 2,021
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 389,199 260,132 395 66,516 25,682 35,461 1,013
        Health sciences 549,454 336,869 243 76,492 93,428 41,414 1,008
        Natural resources and conservation 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,584 1,484 0 95 0 5 0
      Physical sciences 25,954 21,448 0 3,363 187 956 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 12,044 8,850 0 2,479 127 588 0
        Materials science 7,406 6,479 0 651 60 216 0
        Physics 6,504 6,119 0 233 0 152 0
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 7,209 6,177 0 614 4 414 0
      Social sciences 1,631 955 0 328 0 348 0
        Anthropology 460 367 0 82 0 11 0
        Economics 10 0 0 10 0 0 0
        Political science and government 831 496 0 121 0 214 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 175 0 0 59 0 116 0
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 155 92 0 56 0 7 0
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,737 1,100 0 634 0 3 0
    Engineering 28,151 24,042 0 1,969 47 1,970 123
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,340 9,584 0 629 0 1,127 0
      Chemical engineering 6,035 4,772 0 952 47 205 59
      Civil engineering 164 163 0 1 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 4,836 4,122 0 277 0 437 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 5,415 5,040 0 110 0 201 64
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 361 361 0 0 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 30,865 19,218 0 4,174 1,718 5,705 50
      Business management and business administration 231 0 0 90 0 128 13
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 212 0 0 77 0 135 0
      Humanities 129 0 0 95 0 32 2
      Law 26 16 0 10 0 0 0
      Social work 30,153 19,180 0 3,849 1,718 5,371 35
      Visual and performing arts 89 0 0 50 0 39 0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 25 22 0 3 0 0 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: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Federal Agencies 681,353 606,127 559,882 543,508 506,006 474,446 442,335 432,228 419,122 411,299
  DOD 24,820 21,588 15,787 14,733 14,766 11,146 10,334 8,185 8,470 7,377
  DOE 7,135 6,708 6,569 9,068 10,498 11,115 11,158 11,820 10,304 9,347
  HHS 617,453 547,520 506,937 488,527 450,670 421,091 391,529 385,426 371,906 367,355
  NASA 9,549 8,814 7,150 7,088 7,348 8,790 7,646 7,987 8,373 7,938
  NSF 20,371 19,938 21,551 20,740 19,054 18,673 18,016 15,281 17,380 17,807
  USDA 524 481 122 92 381 256 308 282 85 31
  Other 1,501 1,078 1,766 3,260 3,289 3,375 3,344 3,247 2,604 1,444

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: 2022–16 [temporarily discontinued]
Year All personnel Principal investigators Other personnel Postdocs
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 8,405 1,521 6,884 .
2018 8,223 1,432 6,791 .
2017 7,998 1,400 6,598 .
2016 7,810 1,368 6,442 .

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: 2021–12
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field 2021 2019 2017 2015 2013
  All research space 1,475 1,215 1,146 1,162 1,266
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 548 416 367 327 359
    Computer and information sciences 4 4 0 0 0
    Engineering 118 71 34 81 82
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 21 19 24 18 21
    Health sciences 659 601 623 633 683
    Mathematics and statistics 1 1 0 1 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 .
    Physical sciences 95 82 66 58 74
    Psychology 11 11 14 13 19
    Social sciences 17 10 18 20 23
    Other 0 0 0 12 4

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: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space 142,712 284,498 44,987 48,353 1,451
    Biological and biomedical sciences 71,356 142,249 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 44,987 48,353 0
    Health sciences 71,356 142,249 0 0 1,451

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space 62,421 41,249 48,553 83,593 21,383
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 27,012 23,513 26,224 8,475 7,473
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 7,500 2,396 3,951 8,275 6,533
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 500 0 900 388
    Health sciences 12,090 13,749 12,512 24,351 4,490
    Mathematics and statistics 3,500 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 11,169 1,090 5,505 40,730 2,500
    Psychology 700 0 0 862 0
    Social sciences 450 0 361 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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