Wayne State U.

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures Research space
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2024 102 78.2 459 112 88.1 925
2023 98 79 459 118 82.9 679 118 87.3 911 68 89 602
2022 99 78.7 457 111 84 680 112 87.8 900
2021 103 77.4 447 96 86.4 691 108 88.3 908 68 88.6 583
2020 95 79.3 450 85 88.1 698 104 88.9 916
2019 94 79.4 447 88 87.6 697 99 89.4 914 72 88 589
2018 93 78.7 428 80 88.8 700 99 89.3 911
2017 76 82.5 425 70 90 684 98 89.3 898 70 88.1 575
2016 93 78.8 430 58 91.9 697 99 89.2 896
2015 84 80.7 426 64 91 693 101 89 898 88 84.9 570
2014 73 89.6 688
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

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 181 197 202 163 202 205 205 248 204 224
  Science and engineering 137 154 165 131 157 154 157 184 145 160
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 . . 1 . 3 1 . . 1
      Agricultural sciences 1 . . 1 . 2 1 . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation 1 . . . . 1 . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 34 25 47 34 29 25 42 45 32 48
      Biochemistry and biophysics 10 2 10 4 3 3 9 7 2 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 4 6 2 4 2 2 5 1 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 2 2 . 1 1 . 2 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . 2 1 1 1 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 1 2 . 1 3 . . . 1
      Genetics and genomics 2 1 2 . 1 1 1 . . 3
      Microbiology and immunology 2 4 1 4 1 2 2 . 3 5
      Molecular biology 5 . 1 1 2 1 3 10 5 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 2 3 3 5 3 2 2 4 5 4
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 3 5 3 . 1 2 2 2 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 4 6 12 9 12 5 16 11 8 15
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 1 3 4 2 2 3 5 3 2
    Computer and information sciences 6 8 9 9 17 10 6 6 12 11
      Computer science 6 5 7 9 17 9 6 6 11 11
      Computer and information sciences, other . 3 2 . . 1 . . 1 .
    Engineering 32 39 27 29 38 29 37 28 27 34
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4 7 3 5 10 2 9 6 4 5
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 4 1 4 6 1 2 3 3 4
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 3 2 2 4 6 2 5 4 3
      Electrical and computer engineering 9 6 7 6 7 8 9 6 2 7
      Industrial engineering and operations research 8 7 10 5 7 8 7 3 4 8
      Materials and mining engineering 1 1 2 4 1 1 3 1 2 1
      Mechanical engineering 4 11 2 3 2 3 5 4 8 6
      Engineering, other . . . . 1 . . . . .
    Health sciences 10 16 20 16 14 16 10 16 5 7
      Nursing science . 6 3 7 6 6 . 5 1 4
      Pharmaceutical sciences 4 5 . 3 1 4 5 3 1 .
      Public health 1 2 3 . . . . 1 . .
      Health sciences, other 5 3 14 6 7 6 5 7 3 3
    Mathematics and statistics 2 4 4 5 4 7 4 7 8 4
      Applied mathematics 1 2 3 3 2 5 1 5 4 2
      Mathematics . . 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1
      Statistics . . . 1 . . . . . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 2 . . . 1 1 . 2 .
    Physical sciences 22 33 26 17 20 35 28 29 21 24
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 1 1 1 . . 1 1 . .
      Chemistry 17 23 17 12 11 32 17 16 15 18
      Physics 4 9 8 4 9 3 10 12 6 6
    Psychology 20 16 15 11 19 15 17 31 17 15
      Clinical psychology 5 9 7 5 11 6 7 16 4 8
      Counseling and applied psychology 6 4 4 2 1 4 4 9 4 1
      Research and experimental psychology 6 3 3 3 7 3 3 4 7 5
      Psychology, other 3 . 1 1 . 2 3 2 2 1
    Social sciences 9 13 17 9 16 14 12 22 23 16
      Anthropology . 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 2
      Economics 3 5 5 1 7 2 2 6 7 5
      Political science and government 4 2 5 4 1 5 4 2 3 6
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . 1 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 1 3 4 1 6 3 3 7 7 1
      Social sciences, other 1 1 . 1 1 2 . 3 3 2
  Non-science and engineering 44 43 37 32 45 51 48 64 59 64
    Business 2 3 . . . 3 7 2 2 2
      Business 2 3 . . . 3 7 2 2 2
    Education 14 23 11 18 17 24 16 39 29 29
      Education leadership and administration 1 9 3 . 1 . 3 2 2 1
      Education research 10 11 8 16 15 22 13 36 17 24
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 3 . 2 1 2 . . 8 3
      Education, other 2 . . . . . . 1 2 1
    Humanities and arts 14 6 15 8 21 20 13 17 18 23
      Letters 9 2 7 4 9 12 6 14 6 12
      Foreign languages and literature 1 2 3 1 3 . 3 . 5 3
      History 3 1 4 1 3 3 2 2 5 5
      Philosophy and religious studies . 1 1 1 1 2 1 . 2 1
      Music and performing arts . . . . 1 2 . . . 1
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . . 1 4 1 1 1 . 1
    Other non-science and engineering 14 11 11 6 7 4 12 6 10 10
      Communication 9 6 7 4 5 2 6 5 9 6
      Public administration and social services 3 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 1 3 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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 678 668 716 755 860 1,013 1,193 1,513 1,377 1,175
    Female 787 821 830 853 829 843 828 936 886 860
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 857 939 1,050 1,073 986 1,040 993 1,056 1,004 1,023
    Hispanic or Latino 44 44 43 45 40 35 32 39 34 27
    Not Hispanic or Latino 803 878 979 996 902 978 877 988 875 895
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 2 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 1
      Asian 83 82 98 102 86 112 107 106 91 89
      Black or African American 89 98 91 76 76 72 63 83 79 73
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0
      White 586 640 725 763 701 748 673 766 673 715
      More than one race 42 55 60 49 35 43 30 30 29 17
    Unknown ethnicity and race 10 17 28 32 44 27 84 29 95 101
  Temporary visa holders 608 550 496 535 703 816 1,028 1,393 1,259 1,012
  Science and engineering 1,190 1,243 1,255 1,340 1,448 1,620 1,832 2,222 2,045 1,841
    Science 956 1,004 988 1,015 1,008 1,054 1,056 1,170 1,155 1,164
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 255 338 324 355 326 395 400 385 332 325
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 63 57
      Computer and information sciences 154 114 101 90 99 110 96 117 134 139
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 2 6 4 3 1 2 5 7 8
      Mathematics and statistics 31 36 31 28 31 33 32 32 42 41
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 187 195 196 203 218 182 209 192 202 209
      Psychology 168 183 184 198 180 159 169 177 183 198
      Social sciences 153 133 144 136 150 173 148 196 180 175
    Engineering 234 239 267 325 440 566 776 1,052 890 677
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 29 28 39 55 58 66 79 84 79 80
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 16 16 25 20 23 23 28 29 26 28
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 33 28 32 34 38 37 46 61 51 61
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 50 50 55 63 84 107 164 247 194 144
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 51 53 50 63 105 156 211 286 242 146
      Mechanical engineering 43 52 53 68 110 157 228 308 264 192
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 19 13
      Other engineering 12 12 13 22 22 20 20 22 15 13
  Health 275 246 291 268 241 236 189 227 218 194
    Clinical medicine 102 77 121 114 60 63 55 56 58 51
    Other health 173 169 170 154 181 173 134 171 160 143

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 271 275 293 303 368 365 395 477 438 427
    Female 306 264 271 258 303 292 275 365 377 357
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 496 466 477 504 566 556 539 685 676 653
    Hispanic or Latino 26 21 31 24 24 27 18 23 19 13
    Not Hispanic or Latino 465 434 435 467 507 519 502 652 608 572
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
      Asian 60 51 41 46 48 53 66 55 64 73
      Black or African American 83 65 57 60 64 64 58 121 101 104
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 285 280 311 341 380 387 357 449 420 376
      More than one race 34 38 25 20 14 14 21 27 21 19
    Unknown ethnicity and race 5 11 11 13 35 10 19 10 49 68
  Temporary visa holders 81 73 87 57 105 101 131 157 139 131
  Science and engineering 446 434 474 485 564 556 596 760 746 698
    Science 309 257 291 295 312 306 307 469 480 459
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 89 55 65 54 73 44 45 66 60 64
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 78 55
      Computer and information sciences 68 56 55 65 57 46 28 37 55 60
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1
      Mathematics and statistics 19 14 13 15 12 17 26 36 29 35
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 11 22 17 17 21 22 9 6 3
      Psychology 48 52 67 65 69 93 85 81 87 80
      Social sciences 69 66 66 77 83 83 101 154 165 161
    Engineering 137 177 183 190 252 250 289 291 266 239
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 20 21 25 25 37 38 32 37 18 28
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 12 11 9 9 8 18 16 12 8 10
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 18 13 17 25 31 34 38 35 39 35
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 30 37 27 30 47 37 36 41 42 33
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 27 49 54 51 66 62 85 93 87 57
      Mechanical engineering 11 18 29 39 47 46 65 50 51 51
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 8
      Other engineering 19 28 22 11 16 15 17 12 11 17
  Health 131 105 90 76 107 101 74 82 69 86
    Clinical medicine 95 76 64 48 74 66 64 47 36 52
    Other health 36 29 26 28 33 35 10 35 33 34

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 153 147 161 134 143 120 127 145 147 144
  Science and engineering 140 136 156 128 137 112 118 140 144 137
    Science 109 113 137 112 114 98 111 123 119 113
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 37 37 48 42 44 42 42 60 40 36
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 18 18 18 12 9 10 10 8 12 9
      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 1 2 2 3 1
      Mathematics and statistics 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 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 45 47 62 54 51 32 49 45 51 56
      Psychology 5 8 5 2 4 6 4 3 5 5
      Social sciences 4 2 4 2 6 5 2 0 2 2
    Engineering 31 23 19 16 23 14 7 17 25 24
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 1 2 0 1 2 2 2 6 5
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 5 7 4 8 3 5 4 6 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 7 5 5 6 2 0 3 2 7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 9 4 2 2 4 2 0 2 3 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 5 4 3 4 1 0 0 1 2 2
      Mechanical engineering 3 2 0 0 3 5 0 3 4 6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 13 11 5 6 6 8 9 5 3 7
    Clinical medicine 3 3 3 5 4 7 9 1 0 0
    Other health 10 8 2 1 2 1 0 4 3 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: 2023–14
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 1,465 1,489 1,546 1,608 1,689 1,856 2,021 2,449 2,263 2,035
  Fellowships 89 87 107 107 101 122 119 133 125 85
    Federal 14 17 24 24 25 30 22 29 24 16
    Institutional 72 65 79 80 75 85 90 99 94 67
    Nonfederal 3 5 4 3 1 7 7 5 7 2
  Research assistantships 379 363 361 340 381 282 231 245 289 275
    Federal 139 130 135 109 116 90 95 101 121 121
    Institutional 234 219 214 215 244 186 113 114 141 128
    Nonfederal 6 14 12 16 21 6 23 30 27 26
  Teaching assistantships 321 329 308 323 317 308 324 367 368 343
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 321 329 308 323 317 308 322 367 367 342
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
  Other types of support 676 710 770 838 890 1,144 1,347 1,704 1,481 1,332
    Federal 0 0 2 1 2 0 10 15 2 7
    Institutional 59 40 39 38 42 205 130 198 242 358
    Nonfederal 6 3 1 4 2 40 7 3 1 1
    Personal resources 611 667 728 795 844 899 1,200 1,488 1,236 966

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 94 90 83 83 94 91 76 79 94 102
    Science 84 80 71 69 81 78 68 66 78 86
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 53 52 45 43 43 40 40 30 47 41
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3
      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 1 0 0 0 1 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 1 1 0 3 5 4 6 1 3
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 24 25 25 23 31 32 21 20 25 34
      Psychology 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0
      Social sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 10 10 12 14 13 13 8 13 16 16
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 4 4
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 3 4 5 5 4 3 7 7 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2
      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 25 24 34 31 39 46 46 38 52 83
    Clinical medicine 15 16 22 21 29 36 31 33 40 70
    Other health 10 8 12 10 10 10 15 5 12 13

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 76 71 75 74 85 80 76 70 91 100
  Science and engineering 61 64 62 58 61 56 48 49 55 54
    Science 55 61 54 51 56 51 44 44 52 49
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 38 41 37 35 34 31 30 23 31 24
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      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 0 1 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 14 18 16 16 20 19 13 15 18 17
      Psychology 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 6 3 8 7 5 5 4 5 3 5
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 2 4 5 4 4 3 3 1 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
      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 15 7 13 16 24 24 28 21 36 46
    Clinical medicine 12 6 8 14 21 21 20 19 28 36
    Other health 3 1 5 2 3 3 8 2 8 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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 291,689 250,911 242,247 235,519 243,259 244,217 238,859 227,728 221,537 213,878
    Science 250,264 224,339 217,364 211,019 216,947 220,438 212,996 203,531 197,701 188,987
      Computer and information sciences 3,802 3,578 2,214 2,158 2,133 1,881 1,784 1,735 2,388 3,244
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 593 182 193 288 296 412 339 235 460 587
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 593 182 193 288 296 412 136 235 460 587
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 203 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 197,600 182,874 183,074 175,847 182,757 186,531 179,692 175,917 167,690 157,211
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 31,049 28,196 28,121 26,291 24,007 30,203 27,671 30,522 29,191 28,973
        Health sciences 162,193 151,640 152,350 146,425 154,653 153,084 148,674 139,847 135,288 120,709
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 4,358 3,038 2,580 3,131 4,097 3,244 3,347 5,548 3,211 7,529
      Mathematics and statistics 1,239 717 208 1,093 1,716 1,393 3,801 1,177 1,276 1,017
      Physical sciences 23,326 23,226 20,880 19,885 16,895 20,013 17,898 14,693 15,652 17,181
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 13,684 13,686 13,568 12,458 10,163 12,192 10,072 7,441 8,549 10,429
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,632 4,286 4,872 4,254 3,654 4,317 5,025 4,784 3,952 3,962
        Physical sciences nec 5,010 5,254 2,440 3,173 3,078 3,504 2,801 2,468 3,151 2,790
      Psychology 3,818 3,539 2,572 2,542 1,464 1,584 1,730 3,698 4,281 4,457
      Social sciences 6,435 1,775 1,575 3,585 3,289 3,342 2,431 2,955 2,997 3,486
        Anthropology 221 182 104 115 90 152 140 187 393 0
        Economics 949 240 185 224 238 109 116 67 12 13
        Political science and government 202 72 144 139 166 169 17 12 133 52
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 390 374 406 223 192 102 166 69 72 615
        Social sciences nec 4,673 907 736 2,884 2,603 2,810 1,992 2,620 2,387 2,806
      Sciences nec 13,451 8,448 6,648 5,621 8,397 5,282 5,321 3,121 2,957 1,804
    Engineering 17,171 13,718 13,632 11,675 12,806 14,634 17,235 16,668 16,605 18,843
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3,251 1,922 2,172 1,962 2,687 3,611 4,205 2,754 2,966 5,321
      Chemical engineering 2,463 2,254 2,743 3,250 3,462 3,119 3,618 2,695 2,955 2,243
      Civil engineering 3,969 3,174 4,710 2,720 2,878 2,673 3,562 4,297 3,042 3,450
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,857 2,862 1,254 1,679 1,237 1,979 1,610 1,670 2,296 2,180
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,173 1,309 972 630 697 856 1,493 2,595 2,244 0
      Mechanical engineering 1,223 738 896 1,003 1,414 1,968 2,335 1,918 2,107 4,954
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0
      Engineering nec 2,235 1,459 885 431 431 428 412 699 995 695
    Non-S&E 24,254 12,854 11,251 12,825 13,506 9,145 8,628 7,529 7,231 6,048
      Business management and business administration 297 332 216 187 380 373 714 524 658 537
      Communication and communications technologies 235 54 37 18 52 50 293 117 555 79
      Education 2,542 1,360 2,923 3,590 2,749 1,781 1,530 1,549 1,106 1,502
      Humanities 258 259 379 274 186 264 210 226 238 232
      Law 1,253 27 26 175 33 81 925 893 829 539
      Social work 10,479 7,860 6,286 6,420 7,898 4,721 2,420 1,677 1,158 856
      Visual and performing arts 248 192 174 27 185 145 66 542 179 137
      Non-S&E nec 8,942 2,770 1,210 2,134 2,023 1,730 2,470 2,001 2,508 2,166

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 291,689 151,878 13,415 92,709 5,468 23,022 5,197
    Science 250,264 134,245 8,532 80,324 4,527 17,858 4,778
      Computer and information sciences 3,802 2,775 11 939 30 47 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 593 130 0 463 0 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 593 130 0 463 0 0 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 197,600 107,974 4,756 62,106 3,543 15,579 3,642
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 31,049 23,795 0 5,757 342 806 349
        Health sciences 162,193 83,287 4,603 53,036 3,201 14,773 3,293
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 4,358 892 153 3,313 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,239 822 0 399 0 0 18
      Physical sciences 23,326 13,858 1 7,365 644 1,256 202
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 13,684 9,964 0 3,103 552 0 65
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,632 3,453 0 1,061 92 0 26
        Physical sciences nec 5,010 441 1 3,201 0 1,256 111
      Psychology 3,818 2,767 0 847 0 202 2
      Social sciences 6,435 2,674 1,758 765 241 774 223
        Anthropology 221 33 0 175 0 7 6
        Economics 949 421 0 295 0 233 0
        Political science and government 202 97 0 57 0 48 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 390 266 0 56 0 68 0
        Social sciences nec 4,673 1,857 1,758 182 241 418 217
      Sciences nec 13,451 3,245 2,006 7,440 69 0 691
    Engineering 17,171 8,701 635 5,244 340 2,079 172
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3,251 2,481 0 499 115 0 156
      Chemical engineering 2,463 1,176 0 815 225 247 0
      Civil engineering 3,969 1,920 132 899 0 1,012 6
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,857 1,420 464 419 0 544 10
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,173 636 0 535 0 2 0
      Mechanical engineering 1,223 569 39 341 0 274 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 2,235 499 0 1,736 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 24,254 8,932 4,248 7,141 601 3,085 247
      Business management and business administration 297 161 0 127 0 0 9
      Communication and communications technologies 235 0 0 69 6 158 2
      Education 2,542 834 202 828 0 678 0
      Humanities 258 21 30 194 0 0 13
      Law 1,253 324 468 43 17 388 13
      Social work 10,479 3,856 1,649 3,573 531 870 0
      Visual and performing arts 248 0 5 229 0 7 7
      Non-S&E nec 8,942 3,736 1,894 2,078 47 984 203

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 151,878 128,521 126,814 117,976 113,137 118,043 111,018 109,421 111,532 109,586
  DOD 7,441 7,942 8,457 4,757 6,346 8,296 7,380 6,300 5,287 6,395
  DOE 5,266 3,296 2,396 2,072 2,034 2,859 3,469 2,875 3,045 2,629
  HHS 117,419 103,377 102,915 95,588 92,303 93,144 86,720 87,219 90,109 86,520
  NASA 431 261 291 110 154 216 143 1,194 162 47
  NSF 10,342 10,093 8,801 10,172 8,358 8,995 9,462 7,122 8,164 7,798
  USDA 225 246 370 489 333 394 343 452 83 54
  Other 10,754 3,306 3,584 4,788 3,609 4,139 3,501 4,259 4,682 6,143

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2024–18 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2024 . . . .
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 3,627 644 2,983 .
2018 3,659 664 2,995 .

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 1,032 934 891 934 701
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 7 8 8
    Biological and biomedical sciences 200 276 260 268 171
    Computer and information sciences 12 10 10 10 10
    Engineering 123 114 116 114 98
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6 10 2 10 10
    Health sciences 317 311 284 311 236
    Mathematics and statistics 9 5 7 5 5
    Natural resources and conservation 0 2 2 2 0
    Physical sciences 114 130 131 130 130
    Psychology 59 51 46 51 15
    Social sciences 59 27 26 27 18
    Other 132 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

New construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction: 2025–16
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
  All research space 120,000 0 0 0 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 120,000 0 0 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 18,125 5,275 3,700 19,062 3,482
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 6,170 0 1,200 2,420 0
    Computer and information sciences 2,935 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 1,430 0 0 625 2,500
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 7,590 2,756 2,500 11,517 632
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 460 0 0 350
    Psychology 0 0 0 1,000 0
    Social sciences 0 2,059 0 3,500 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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