Wayne State U.

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2024 102 78.2 459
2023 98 79 459 118 82.9 679 68 89 602 118 87.3 914
2022 99 78.7 457 111 84 680 112 87.8 900
2021 103 77.4 447 96 86.4 691 68 88.6 583 108 88.3 908
2020 95 79.3 450 85 88.1 698 104 88.9 916
2019 94 79.4 447 88 87.6 697 72 88 589 99 89.4 914
2018 93 78.7 428 80 88.8 700 99 89.3 911
2017 76 82.5 425 70 90 684 70 88.1 575 98 89.3 898
2016 93 78.8 430 58 91.9 697 99 89.2 896
2015 84 80.7 426 64 91 693 88 84.9 570 101 89 898
2014 73 89.6 688 96 89.4 889
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 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 0
    Female 787 821 830 853 829 843 828 936 886 860 0
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 857 939 1,050 1,073 986 1,040 993 1,056 1,004 1,023 0
    Hispanic or Latino 44 44 43 45 40 35 32 39 34 27 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino 803 878 979 996 902 978 877 988 875 895 0
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 2 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 0
      Asian 83 82 98 102 86 112 107 106 91 89 0
      Black or African American 89 98 91 76 76 72 63 83 79 73 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
      White 586 640 725 763 701 748 673 766 673 715 0
      More than one race 42 55 60 49 35 43 30 30 29 17 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 10 17 28 32 44 27 84 29 95 101 0
  Temporary visa holders 608 550 496 535 703 816 1,028 1,393 1,259 1,012 0
  Science and engineering 1,190 1,243 1,255 1,340 1,448 1,620 1,832 2,222 2,045 1,841 0
    Science 956 1,004 988 1,015 1,008 1,054 1,056 1,170 1,155 1,164 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 255 338 324 355 326 395 400 385 332 325 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 63 57 0
      Computer and information sciences 154 114 101 90 99 110 96 117 134 139 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 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 0
      Mathematics and statistics 31 36 31 28 31 33 32 32 42 41 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 187 195 196 203 218 182 209 192 202 209 0
      Psychology 168 183 184 198 180 159 169 177 183 198 0
      Social sciences 153 133 144 136 150 173 148 196 180 175 0
    Engineering 234 239 267 325 440 566 776 1,052 890 677 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 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 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 16 16 25 20 23 23 28 29 26 28 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 33 28 32 34 38 37 46 61 51 61 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 50 50 55 63 84 107 164 247 194 144 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 51 53 50 63 105 156 211 286 242 146 0
      Mechanical engineering 43 52 53 68 110 157 228 308 264 192 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 19 13 0
      Other engineering 12 12 13 22 22 20 20 22 15 13 0
  Health 275 246 291 268 241 236 189 227 218 194 0
    Clinical medicine 102 77 121 114 60 63 55 56 58 51 0
    Other health 173 169 170 154 181 173 134 171 160 143 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: 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 0
    Female 306 264 271 258 303 292 275 365 377 357 0
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 496 466 477 504 566 556 539 685 676 653 0
    Hispanic or Latino 26 21 31 24 24 27 18 23 19 13 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino 465 434 435 467 507 519 502 652 608 572 0
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
      Asian 60 51 41 46 48 53 66 55 64 73 0
      Black or African American 83 65 57 60 64 64 58 121 101 104 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 285 280 311 341 380 387 357 449 420 376 0
      More than one race 34 38 25 20 14 14 21 27 21 19 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 5 11 11 13 35 10 19 10 49 68 0
  Temporary visa holders 81 73 87 57 105 101 131 157 139 131 0
  Science and engineering 446 434 474 485 564 556 596 760 746 698 0
    Science 309 257 291 295 312 306 307 469 480 459 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 89 55 65 54 73 44 45 66 60 64 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 78 55 0
      Computer and information sciences 68 56 55 65 57 46 28 37 55 60 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 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 0
      Mathematics and statistics 19 14 13 15 12 17 26 36 29 35 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 11 22 17 17 21 22 9 6 3 0
      Psychology 48 52 67 65 69 93 85 81 87 80 0
      Social sciences 69 66 66 77 83 83 101 154 165 161 0
    Engineering 137 177 183 190 252 250 289 291 266 239 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 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 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 12 11 9 9 8 18 16 12 8 10 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 18 13 17 25 31 34 38 35 39 35 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 30 37 27 30 47 37 36 41 42 33 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 27 49 54 51 66 62 85 93 87 57 0
      Mechanical engineering 11 18 29 39 47 46 65 50 51 51 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 8 0
      Other engineering 19 28 22 11 16 15 17 12 11 17 0
  Health 131 105 90 76 107 101 74 82 69 86 0
    Clinical medicine 95 76 64 48 74 66 64 47 36 52 0
    Other health 36 29 26 28 33 35 10 35 33 34 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: 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 0
  Science and engineering 140 136 156 128 137 112 118 140 144 137 0
    Science 109 113 137 112 114 98 111 123 119 113 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 37 37 48 42 44 42 42 60 40 36 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 18 18 18 12 9 10 10 8 12 9 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 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 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 45 47 62 54 51 32 49 45 51 56 0
      Psychology 5 8 5 2 4 6 4 3 5 5 0
      Social sciences 4 2 4 2 6 5 2 0 2 2 0
    Engineering 31 23 19 16 23 14 7 17 25 24 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 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 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 5 7 4 8 3 5 4 6 2 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 7 5 5 6 2 0 3 2 7 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 9 4 2 2 4 2 0 2 3 2 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 5 4 3 4 1 0 0 1 2 2 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 2 0 0 3 5 0 3 4 6 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 13 11 5 6 6 8 9 5 3 7 0
    Clinical medicine 3 3 3 5 4 7 9 1 0 0 0
    Other health 10 8 2 1 2 1 0 4 3 7 0

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
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 0
    Science 84 80 71 69 81 78 68 66 78 86 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 53 52 45 43 43 40 40 30 47 41 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 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 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 1 1 0 3 5 4 6 1 3 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 24 25 25 23 31 32 21 20 25 34 0
      Psychology 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 0
      Social sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 10 10 12 14 13 13 8 13 16 16 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 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 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 3 4 5 5 4 3 7 7 6 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 25 24 34 31 39 46 46 38 52 83 0
    Clinical medicine 15 16 22 21 29 36 31 33 40 70 0
    Other health 10 8 12 10 10 10 15 5 12 13 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

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 0
  Science and engineering 61 64 62 58 61 56 48 49 55 54 0
    Science 55 61 54 51 56 51 44 44 52 49 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 38 41 37 35 34 31 30 23 31 24 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 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 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 14 18 16 16 20 19 13 15 18 17 0
      Psychology 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 6 3 8 7 5 5 4 5 3 5 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 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 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 2 4 5 4 4 3 3 1 2 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 15 7 13 16 24 24 28 21 36 46 0
    Clinical medicine 12 6 8 14 21 21 20 19 28 36 0
    Other health 3 1 5 2 3 3 8 2 8 10 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

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 250,911 242,247 235,519 243,259 244,217 238,859 227,728 221,537 213,878 218,435
    Science 224,339 217,364 211,019 216,947 220,438 212,996 203,531 197,701 188,987 191,729
      Computer and information sciences 3,578 2,214 2,158 2,133 1,881 1,784 1,735 2,388 3,244 3,822
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 182 193 288 296 412 339 235 460 587 395
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 182 193 288 296 412 136 235 460 587 395
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 203 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 182,874 183,074 175,847 182,757 186,531 179,692 175,917 167,690 157,211 158,857
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 28,196 28,121 26,291 24,007 30,203 27,671 30,522 29,191 28,973 25,866
        Health sciences 151,640 152,350 146,425 154,653 153,084 148,674 139,847 135,288 120,709 124,864
        Natural resources and conservation 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 3,038 2,580 3,131 4,097 3,244 3,347 5,548 3,211 7,529 8,127
      Mathematics and statistics 717 208 1,093 1,716 1,393 3,801 1,177 1,276 1,017 936
      Physical sciences 23,226 20,880 19,885 16,895 20,013 17,898 14,693 15,652 17,181 16,867
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 13,686 13,568 12,458 10,163 12,192 10,072 7,441 8,549 10,429 9,573
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,286 4,872 4,254 3,654 4,317 5,025 4,784 3,952 3,962 4,113
        Physical sciences nec 5,254 2,440 3,173 3,078 3,504 2,801 2,468 3,151 2,790 3,181
      Psychology 3,539 2,572 2,542 1,464 1,584 1,730 3,698 4,281 4,457 4,527
      Social sciences 1,775 1,575 3,585 3,289 3,342 2,431 2,955 2,997 3,486 3,363
        Anthropology 182 104 115 90 152 140 187 393 0 0
        Economics 240 185 224 238 109 116 67 12 13 16
        Political science and government 72 144 139 166 169 17 12 133 52 42
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 374 406 223 192 102 166 69 72 615 389
        Social sciences nec 907 736 2,884 2,603 2,810 1,992 2,620 2,387 2,806 2,916
      Sciences nec 8,448 6,648 5,621 8,397 5,282 5,321 3,121 2,957 1,804 2,962
    Engineering 13,718 13,632 11,675 12,806 14,634 17,235 16,668 16,605 18,843 21,524
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,922 2,172 1,962 2,687 3,611 4,205 2,754 2,966 5,321 5,755
      Chemical engineering 2,254 2,743 3,250 3,462 3,119 3,618 2,695 2,955 2,243 2,283
      Civil engineering 3,174 4,710 2,720 2,878 2,673 3,562 4,297 3,042 3,450 4,131
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,862 1,254 1,679 1,237 1,979 1,610 1,670 2,296 2,180 3,681
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,309 972 630 697 856 1,493 2,595 2,244 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 738 896 1,003 1,414 1,968 2,335 1,918 2,107 4,954 5,086
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,459 885 431 431 428 412 699 995 695 588
    Non-S&E 12,854 11,251 12,825 13,506 9,145 8,628 7,529 7,231 6,048 5,182
      Business management and business administration 332 216 187 380 373 714 524 658 537 220
      Communication and communications technologies 54 37 18 52 50 293 117 555 79 62
      Education 1,360 2,923 3,590 2,749 1,781 1,530 1,549 1,106 1,502 1,076
      Humanities 259 379 274 186 264 210 226 238 232 257
      Law 27 26 175 33 81 925 893 829 539 271
      Social work 7,860 6,286 6,420 7,898 4,721 2,420 1,677 1,158 856 1,360
      Visual and performing arts 192 174 27 185 145 66 542 179 137 229
      Non-S&E nec 2,770 1,210 2,134 2,023 1,730 2,470 2,001 2,508 2,166 1,707

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

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

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2023
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 250,911 128,521 6,525 81,136 5,339 25,618 3,772
    Science 224,339 117,201 4,608 72,581 4,563 21,797 3,589
      Computer and information sciences 3,578 2,776 0 701 0 101 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 182 53 0 118 7 4 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 182 53 0 118 7 4 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 182,874 96,256 4,606 54,793 4,021 20,097 3,101
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 28,196 19,925 0 6,705 620 673 273
        Health sciences 151,640 76,321 4,606 45,089 3,401 19,424 2,799
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 3,038 10 0 2,999 0 0 29
      Mathematics and statistics 717 490 0 220 2 0 5
      Physical sciences 23,226 14,149 1 7,033 531 1,161 351
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 13,686 8,923 0 3,801 518 322 122
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,286 2,895 0 1,344 13 0 34
        Physical sciences nec 5,254 2,331 1 1,888 0 839 195
      Psychology 3,539 2,513 0 696 1 329 0
      Social sciences 1,775 526 1 1,010 1 105 132
        Anthropology 182 47 0 127 0 0 8
        Economics 240 112 0 85 0 43 0
        Political science and government 72 54 0 18 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 374 217 0 95 0 62 0
        Social sciences nec 907 96 1 685 1 0 124
      Sciences nec 8,448 438 0 8,010 0 0 0
    Engineering 13,718 7,106 337 4,562 347 1,304 62
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,922 1,279 0 559 69 8 7
      Chemical engineering 2,254 1,299 0 563 143 247 2
      Civil engineering 3,174 1,338 337 982 123 390 4
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,862 1,377 0 945 0 536 4
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,309 1,037 0 266 0 6 0
      Mechanical engineering 738 235 0 339 12 107 45
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,459 541 0 908 0 10 0
    Non-S&E 12,854 4,214 1,580 3,993 429 2,517 121
      Business management and business administration 332 0 0 330 0 0 2
      Communication and communications technologies 54 0 0 41 0 5 8
      Education 1,360 69 49 780 0 462 0
      Humanities 259 46 0 204 0 7 2
      Law 27 8 0 16 0 0 3
      Social work 7,860 2,919 1,527 2,273 43 1,098 0
      Visual and performing arts 192 0 0 154 0 0 38
      Non-S&E nec 2,770 1,172 4 195 386 945 68

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

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

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 128,521 126,814 117,976 113,137 118,043 111,018 109,421 111,532 109,586 113,618
  DOD 7,942 8,457 4,757 6,346 8,296 7,380 6,300 5,287 6,395 6,750
  DOE 3,296 2,396 2,072 2,034 2,859 3,469 2,875 3,045 2,629 2,466
  HHS 103,377 102,915 95,588 92,303 93,144 86,720 87,219 90,109 86,520 86,984
  NASA 261 291 110 154 216 143 1,194 162 47 53
  NSF 10,093 8,801 10,172 8,358 8,995 9,462 7,122 8,164 7,798 9,358
  USDA 246 370 489 333 394 343 452 83 54 64
  Other 3,306 3,584 4,788 3,609 4,139 3,501 4,259 4,682 6,143 7,943

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

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

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 3,627 644 2,983 .
2018 3,659 664 2,995 .
2017 3,612 644 2,968 .

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 . . . .
    Health sciences 120,000 . . . .

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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