West Virginia 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 94 79.9 459 129 79.9 631 122 87 925
2023 95 79.7 459 123 82.2 679 121 87 911 123 79.9 602
2022 91 80.5 457 118 82.9 680 126 86.2 900
2021 95 79.1 447 97 86.2 691 125 86.5 908 118 80.1 583
2020 93 79.7 450 100 85.9 698 126 86.5 916
2019 96 78.9 447 95 86.6 697 121 87 914 115 80.8 589
2018 95 78.2 428 99 86.1 700 120 87 911
2017 107 75.2 425 99 85.8 684 116 87.3 898 115 80.3 575
2016 88 79.9 430 107 84.9 697 118 87.1 896
2015 96 77.9 426 103 85.4 693 115 87.4 898 112 80.7 570
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 207 218 209 194 203 200 200 179 224 199
  Science and engineering 156 178 162 158 147 153 146 141 176 150
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 6 6 9 8 15 12 10 11 13 13
      Agricultural sciences 4 4 5 2 5 2 3 4 4 4
      Natural resources and conservation 2 2 4 6 10 10 7 7 9 9
    Biological and biomedical sciences 32 34 20 26 22 28 18 27 30 20
      Biochemistry and biophysics 5 6 . 2 1 5 1 1 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 3 4 1 2 2 1 6 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . 1 . . . 1 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 2 3 4 4 1 3 4 6 4
      Genetics and genomics 2 1 1 3 . . 1 1 2 2
      Microbiology and immunology 4 6 4 3 1 2 1 3 3 .
      Molecular biology 1 . . . 1 1 . . 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 5 3 6 6 5 1 4 4 5
      Pharmacology and toxicology 3 3 . . 1 1 2 1 2 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 4 3 4 5 2 4 5 5 6 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 4 1 2 3 7 3 2 2 2
    Computer and information sciences 3 8 5 3 1 7 1 4 1 9
      Computer science 3 8 4 3 1 7 1 3 1 7
      Computer and information sciences, other . . 1 . . . . 1 . 2
    Engineering 34 42 37 40 38 26 38 31 40 37
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4 4 5 1 3 . 1 2 2 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3 4 . . . . 1 . 2 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 10 9 9 8 3 6 11 7 5 12
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 9 4 6 3 5 2 3 6 5
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 5 5 8 6 2 8 5 5 5
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 1 2 4 5 2 . 4 8 1
      Materials and mining engineering 1 3 5 2 4 3 2 3 1 .
      Mechanical engineering 4 3 4 4 9 6 9 5 10 11
      Engineering, other 2 4 3 7 5 2 4 2 1 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 2 1 3 5 6 1 2 8 .
      Geological sciences 1 2 1 2 5 4 . 2 7 .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . 1 . 2 1 . 1 .
    Health sciences 17 12 16 15 9 17 16 13 15 14
      Nursing science 4 4 3 . 2 2 1 2 1 3
      Pharmaceutical sciences 2 2 2 5 2 . 3 1 5 7
      Public health 4 3 6 7 1 10 10 6 6 1
      Health sciences, other 7 3 5 3 4 5 2 4 3 3
    Mathematics and statistics 4 9 10 3 7 3 10 8 6 .
      Applied mathematics . 2 1 1 2 . 3 2 2 .
      Mathematics 1 . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 7 8 2 5 2 6 6 3 .
    Physical sciences 20 27 30 22 11 19 19 15 20 16
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 3 5 3 1 4 3 1 2 1
      Chemistry 8 20 17 14 4 10 11 7 10 7
      Physics 8 4 8 5 6 5 5 7 8 8
    Psychology 20 21 13 21 21 15 16 19 22 29
      Clinical psychology 1 7 3 5 7 5 5 5 6 10
      Counseling and applied psychology 6 3 8 9 4 4 4 4 7 8
      Research and experimental psychology 7 5 . 2 2 5 5 4 4 4
      Psychology, other 6 6 2 5 8 1 2 6 5 7
    Social sciences 19 17 21 17 18 20 17 11 21 12
      Economics 8 9 6 10 7 9 8 6 10 4
      Political science and government 2 1 5 1 3 3 6 2 2 4
      Public policy analysis . . . 1 . . . . 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 2 2 1 . . . . 1 .
      Social sciences, other 6 5 8 4 8 8 3 3 7 4
  Non-science and engineering 51 40 47 36 56 47 54 38 48 49
    Business 3 4 10 1 7 5 12 2 1 1
      Business 3 4 10 1 7 5 12 2 1 1
    Education 16 22 18 11 16 14 22 13 24 19
      Education leadership and administration . 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 5 8
      Education research 9 17 13 9 9 8 14 6 8 8
      Teacher education and teaching fields 4 3 2 1 4 5 6 4 4 3
      Education, other 3 1 2 . 1 . 1 . 7 .
    Humanities and arts 25 11 15 21 25 21 18 20 18 25
      Letters 5 3 2 . 3 3 1 5 1 4
      Foreign languages and literature . . 1 . . . . . . .
      History 5 1 3 4 6 5 3 3 9 14
      Music and performing arts 14 7 9 16 16 12 14 12 7 5
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . . 1 . 1 . . 1 2
    Other non-science and engineering 7 3 4 3 8 7 2 3 5 4
      Communication 3 3 2 1 5 4 2 2 4 3
      Public administration and social services . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 4 . 1 2 3 3 . 1 1 1

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

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   863   901   918   1,035   957   1,010   1,007   908   893   916
    Hispanic or Latino   37   33   34   41   28   32   35   36   30   31
    Not Hispanic or Latino   812   853   874   986   924   975   965   867   855   871
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   0   0   0   0   1   3   1   0   3
      Asian   38   30   27   40   35   37   30   30   34   30
      Black or African American   47   25   36   39   33   27   25   29   38   38
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   1   2   1   1   1   1
      White   699   763   774   875   831   881   874   769   751   770
      More than one race   28   35   37   32   24   27   32   37   31   29
    Unknown ethnicity and race   14   15   10   8   5   3   7   5   8   14
  Temporary visa holders   465   537   515   502   456   512   497   533   571   606
  Science and engineering   1,107   1,192   1,202   1,246   1,168   1,185   1,171   1,229   1,296   1,331
    Science   801   857   866   896   857   829   820   835   874   915
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   65   80   56   57   59   61   65   72   134   144
      Biological and biomedical sciences   195   198   222   224   221   184   184   178   141   142
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   96   59   73   65   64   59   63   61   68   64
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   17   23   20   22   28   30   26   29   33   34
      Mathematics and statistics   15   44   36   41   42   47   62   78   94   112
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   50   53   50   62   62   64   61   56   0   0
      Physical sciences   145   164   169   171   167   156   144   145   144   137
      Psychology   65   62   67   76   76   95   104   96   87   87
      Social sciences   153   174   173   178   138   133   111   120   154   174
    Engineering   306   335   336   350   311   356   351   394   422   416
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   9   16   9   11   16   12   10   13   19   16
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   2   2   1   4   2   1   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   7   16   17   15   19   26   33   31   35   36
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   27   33   34   33   23   28   33   50   42   40
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   7   10   16   24   15   21   14   24   53   62
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   19   13   15   18   16   26   22   25   18   19
      Mechanical engineering   18   25   37   32   24   33   36   43   41   44
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   12   19   14   16   14   10   5   10   9   11
      Other engineering   205   201   193   197   182   199   198   198   205   188
    Health   221   246   231   291   245   337   333   212   168   191
      Clinical medicine   56   56   45   35   37   68   61   78   85   92
      Other health   165   190   186   256   208   269   272   134   83   99

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

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

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   375   297   268   252   264   252   250   230   264   313
    Hispanic or Latino   17   14   13   8   9   9   9   6   7   6
    Not Hispanic or Latino   348   282   253   243   254   237   239   221   253   300
      American Indian or Alaska Native   2   2   2   2   1   2   0   1   0   1
      Asian   17   18   21   18   24   14   8   8   6   18
      Black or African American   33   17   14   13   9   12   13   10   9   14
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   285   238   207   203   211   201   208   196   229   261
      More than one race   10   6   8   7   9   8   10   6   9   6
    Unknown ethnicity and race   10   1   2   1   1   6   2   3   4   7
  Temporary visa holders   45   29   36   36   45   38   37   32   43   93
  Science and engineering   346   271   259   247   266   258   253   229   248   336
    Science   226   185   181   165   164   149   142   131   137   189
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   23   12   15   17   15   15   14   11   27   22
      Biological and biomedical sciences   25   15   21   10   15   11   10   7   5   16
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   35   32   35   42   37   24   14   13   14   16
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   7   5   5   8   7   6   8   6   6   14
      Mathematics and statistics   4   5   5   9   13   12   19   18   21   24
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   13   11   13   15   20   15   13   17   0   0
      Physical sciences   6   3   6   4   4   5   10   5   3   10
      Psychology   8   13   20   18   13   16   12   16   14   27
      Social sciences   105   89   61   42   40   45   42   38   47   60
    Engineering   120   86   78   82   102   109   111   98   111   147
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1   0   2   4   3   3   7   0   2   3
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   8   3   3   5   3   7   4   9   8   5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   6   5   5   2   6   5   8   10   14   20
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   43   37   39   41   45   50   45   45   50   50
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   1   2   2   1   4   3   6   4   1   4
      Mechanical engineering   7   8   2   4   9   7   6   4   6   15
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   0   0   0   1   1   3   1   1   3
      Other engineering   53   31   24   25   31   33   32   25   29   47
    Health   74   55   45   41   43   32   34   33   59   70
      Clinical medicine   36   38   32   29   31   30   34   30   44   54
      Other health   38   17   13   12   12   2   0   3   15   16

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   264   240   265   249   351   316   212   187   351   174
  Science and engineering   256   235   253   233   335   303   204   181   344   167
    Science   185   153   164   156   230   204   126   82   193   87
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   10   10   10   9   11   14   6   5   33   20
      Biological and biomedical sciences   65   48   75   58   57   57   37   18   36   16
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   15   10   8   15   15   11   9   10   14   5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   2   3   2   10   8   2   4   10   4
      Mathematics and statistics   2   1   0   1   3   2   2   3   7   6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   4   10   10   5   24   16   14   11   0   0
      Physical sciences   62   54   41   46   73   56   39   20   55   17
      Psychology   13   12   10   10   16   18   9   4   10   9
      Social sciences   14   6   7   10   21   22   8   7   21   8
    Engineering   71   82   89   77   105   99   78   99   151   80
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2   4   1   4   9   2   1   3   8   4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   1   2   3   5   6   0   1   3   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   1   1   3   2   6   5   3   7   11   5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   1   4   5   5   6   7   3   10   20   17
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   4   3   2   2   5   4   2   6   5   2
      Mechanical engineering   6   12   16   6   7   10   2   4   5   9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   2   3   2   2   4   2   1   4   3   4
      Other engineering   55   54   58   51   62   63   66   64   96   37
    Health   8   5   12   16   16   13   8   6   7   7
      Clinical medicine   2   4   6   4   4   2   6   4   3   3
      Other health   6   1   6   12   12   11   2   2   4   4

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   1,328   1,438   1,433   1,537   1,413   1,522   1,504   1,441   1,464   1,522
  Fellowships   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Federal   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Institutional   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Research assistantships   522   559   518   518   530   520   350   415   403   384
    Federal   217   203   219   208   272   243   167   79   142   59
    Institutional   232   278   216   228   254   271   181   321   236   313
    Nonfederal   73   78   83   82   4   6   2   15   25   12
  Teaching assistantships   207   237   273   259   278   241   157   192   226   228
    Federal   42   36   39   39   65   60   41   25   64   25
    Institutional   150   195   217   210   212   179   112   158   142   183
    Nonfederal   15   6   17   10   1   2   4   9   20   20
  Other types of support   599   642   642   760   605   761   997   834   835   910
    Federal   5   1   7   2   14   13   4   83   145   90
    Institutional   367   428   460   521   399   471   689   534   490   604
    Nonfederal   2   1   1   2   0   0   0   24   36   28
    Personal resources   225   212   174   235   192   277   304   193   164   188

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

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

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering   61   57   40   39   51   52   75   57   53   49
    Science   43   38   31   35   46   45   62   44   39   39
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   5   1   0   0   0   0   6   0   1   3
      Biological and biomedical sciences   22   22   17   17   21   16   19   18   17   19
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   1   1   2   1   1   0   0   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   3   1   1   4   2   1   1   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   2   1   1   0   0   0   1   1   1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   5   3   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   5   0   0   1   2   2   1   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   5   7   6   11   16   22   33   23   15   12
      Psychology   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   1   1   1
      Social sciences   1   1   1   2   2   0   1   0   1   2
    Engineering   18   19   9   4   5   7   13   13   14   10
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2   1   0   1   2   2   0   0   1   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   1   2   0   1   1   3   6   4   3   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   0   1   0   0   0   0   2   4   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2   3   3   2   2   2   0   0   2   6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   2   1   0   0   0   0   2   3   6   0
      Other engineering   11   10   6   0   0   0   2   2   0   1
    Health   1   1   0   1   2   5   4   0   1   2
      Clinical medicine   1   1   0   1   2   4   4   0   0   1
      Other health   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   1

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

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

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   30   32   15   22   31   30   35   0   10   6
  Science and engineering   30   32   15   22   30   29   32   0   10   6
    Science   20   19   9   20   25   23   27   0   10   6
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   5   1   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   9   12   6   9   9   6   6   0   8   4
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   1   1   1   2   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   3   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   2   2   1   8   11   14   19   0   2   2
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   10   13   6   2   5   6   5   0   0   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2   1   0   1   2   2   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   1   2   2   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2   3   3   1   2   2   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0
      Other engineering   6   7   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   0   0   0   0   1   1   3   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   1   1   3   0   0   0
      Other health   0   0   0   0   0   0   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

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   259,072   246,173   214,081   199,907   188,452   187,512   185,110   185,606   172,477   170,145
    Science   191,308   184,700   162,108   151,096   139,563   136,059   138,562   138,656   131,553   126,520
      Computer and information sciences   1,363   2,155   1,562   2,179   1,894   1,150   1,339   1,948   600   871
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   16,132   5,036   5,177   3,965   9,625   10,049   7,266   7,546   13,090   10,160
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   9,028   3,819   4,292   3,320   8,020   7,881   5,508   6,016   11,516   7,384
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   7,104   1,217   885   645   1,605   2,168   1,758   1,530   1,574   2,776
      Life sciences   148,309   153,092   135,260   124,894   108,264   104,435   103,696   109,929   102,088   96,104
        Agricultural sciences   16,819   16,080   14,556   13,321   13,752   14,302   14,310   16,220   17,020   29,391
        Biological and biomedical sciences   39,021   40,246   31,046   30,824   25,158   18,919   17,860   17,397   13,837   17,226
        Health sciences   80,109   83,852   76,948   69,644   58,047   60,670   62,055   65,835   59,642   26,480
        Natural resources and conservation   9,953   11,010   10,739   8,946   9,686   9,557   9,041   9,860   10,684   0
        Life sciences nec   2,407   1,904   1,971   2,159   1,621   987   430   617   905   23,007
      Mathematics and statistics   488   448   432   579   482   625   5,106   933   1,129   678
      Physical sciences   17,552   16,296   13,067   12,431   12,678   14,339   15,392   12,133   9,475   9,916
        Astronomy and astrophysics   3,958   3,269   2,332   3,035   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   5,732   5,502   5,184   4,509   4,868   5,632   4,761   2,742   2,520   2,496
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   7,862   7,525   5,551   4,887   7,810   8,707   10,631   9,391   6,955   7,417
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3
      Psychology   1,879   1,929   1,638   2,304   1,773   2,041   2,232   2,101   1,113   881
      Social sciences   3,739   4,192   3,216   3,681   3,590   2,356   2,752   3,584   3,546   7,628
        Anthropology   0   0   17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   347   771   846   766   801   908   970   726   1,062   5,649
        Political science and government   588   287   320   591   257   34   122   133   186   374
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   396   486   346   415   508   625   664   881   777   700
        Social sciences nec   2,408   2,648   1,687   1,909   2,024   789   996   1,844   1,521   905
      Sciences nec   1,846   1,552   1,756   1,063   1,257   1,064   779   482   512   282
    Engineering   53,100   50,052   43,972   39,855   40,786   42,516   37,520   36,747   32,948   34,040
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   7,283   2,721   1,155   429   60   148   31   9   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   8,853   8,506   8,566   8,043   5,613   5,080   5,004   3,961   2,966   4,648
      Civil engineering   5,934   6,496   5,181   3,668   4,569   5,216   5,070   4,855   4,437   3,673
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,186   8,838   5,319   3,868   5,879   6,600   7,116   7,199   7,137   7,690
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,874   3,914   2,154   4,437   5,086   2,406   2,062   2,476   2,926   0
      Mechanical engineering   10,264   6,791   13,630   11,661   11,021   15,612   12,981   10,539   11,177   12,011
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   2,298   8,109   2,353   1,930   1,824   1,315   835   1,563   1,580   1,549
      Engineering nec   5,408   4,677   5,614   5,819   6,734   6,139   4,421   6,145   2,725   4,469
    Non-S&E   14,664   11,421   8,001   8,956   8,103   8,937   9,028   10,203   7,976   9,585
      Business management and business administration   3,593   1,564   2,383   2,344   1,884   1,962   2,567   2,064   1,122   858
      Communication and communications technologies   117   298   290   185   84   246   65   336   250   282
      Education   1,941   1,760   2,190   2,178   1,309   1,426   1,415   1,146   706   1,448
      Humanities   591   514   483   308   248   271   600   740   608   1,760
      Law   646   425   171   410   162   295   121   382   332   583
      Social work   245   434   69   9   94   16   26   44   98   90
      Visual and performing arts   65   54   39   51   55   70   74   291   141   143
      Non-S&E nec   7,466   6,372   2,376   3,471   4,267   4,651   4,160   5,200   4,719   4,421

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   259,072   129,896   10,318   82,900   5,993   3,621   26,344
    Science   191,308   95,401   8,541   59,795   4,957   2,557   20,057
      Computer and information sciences   1,363   897   0   466   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   16,132   13,401   0   2,375   8   0   348
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   9,028   6,984   0   1,690   8   0   346
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   7,104   6,417   0   685   0   0   2
      Life sciences   148,309   65,900   7,340   48,670   4,868   2,339   19,192
        Agricultural sciences   16,819   6,557   4,570   4,810   287   0   595
        Biological and biomedical sciences   39,021   21,244   0   14,470   1,013   406   1,888
        Health sciences   80,109   30,848   935   26,690   3,354   1,826   16,456
        Natural resources and conservation   9,953   5,337   1,805   2,331   214   74   192
        Life sciences nec   2,407   1,914   30   369   0   33   61
      Mathematics and statistics   488   204   0   273   0   7   4
      Physical sciences   17,552   11,845   836   4,635   0   45   191
        Astronomy and astrophysics   3,958   3,056   0   902   0   0   0
        Chemistry   5,732   3,338   361   1,883   0   1   149
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   7,862   5,451   475   1,850   0   44   42
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   1,879   534   119   1,070   64   92   0
      Social sciences   3,739   1,699   227   1,434   17   54   308
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   347   95   0   44   17   5   186
        Political science and government   588   418   0   147   0   0   23
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   396   109   17   180   0   49   41
        Social sciences nec   2,408   1,077   210   1,063   0   0   58
      Sciences nec   1,846   921   19   872   0   20   14
    Engineering   53,100   28,943   1,139   17,779   1,006   707   3,526
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   7,283   5,769   0   867   485   162   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   8,853   4,704   385   3,479   97   40   148
      Civil engineering   5,934   2,921   213   2,245   77   165   313
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,186   5,683   215   3,014   165   0   109
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,874   2,611   0   1,186   30   0   47
      Mechanical engineering   10,264   6,571   191   3,217   110   44   131
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   2,298   324   135   1,173   0   296   370
      Engineering nec   5,408   360   0   2,598   42   0   2,408
    Non-S&E   14,664   5,552   638   5,326   30   357   2,761
      Business management and business administration   3,593   537   0   1,211   0   0   1,845
      Communication and communications technologies   117   46   9   59   0   0   3
      Education   1,941   1,247   234   439   0   21   0
      Humanities   591   114   0   374   30   51   22
      Law   646   113   0   180   0   216   137
      Social work   245   42   42   118   0   43   0
      Visual and performing arts   65   0   0   22   0   0   43
      Non-S&E nec   7,466   3,453   353   2,923   0   26   711

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   129,896   114,708   97,327   89,802   79,657   82,353   76,527   72,767   72,751   68,731
  DOD   4,558   4,152   4,464   5,945   4,636   3,894   3,262   2,954   1,460   2,275
  DOE   23,011   13,777   13,893   13,023   15,101   14,859   12,032   11,842   14,034   10,100
  HHS   52,382   55,509   43,922   41,751   32,046   32,112   29,286   27,700   28,035   24,182
  NASA   5,377   5,500   4,085   3,878   4,020   5,245   4,234   4,444   4,319   4,394
  NSF   17,567   14,155   12,121   9,945   10,599   13,422   13,867   12,261   10,691   11,978
  USDA   11,497   11,701   10,093   7,977   7,612   7,212   7,420   7,476   8,024   8,549
  Other   15,504   9,914   8,749   7,283   5,643   5,609   6,426   6,090   6,188   7,253

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   3,504   533   2,971   .
2018   3,557   564   2,993   .

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   974   1,097   839   877   869
    Agricultural sciences   201   236   231   231   251
    Biological and biomedical sciences   147   138   128   150   133
    Computer and information sciences   10   7   13   22   25
    Engineering   161   159   142   111   121
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   31   39   17   43   47
    Health sciences   118   182   87   106   137
    Mathematics and statistics   2   5   4   6   6
    Natural resources and conservation   44   45   50   50   14
    Physical sciences   88   84   79   67   63
    Psychology   86   67   48   53   51
    Social sciences   17   66   24   19   13
    Other   69   68   15   18   8

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   53,255   8,182   0   0   25,248
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   21,255   0   0   0   5,112
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   8,000   4,091   0   0   20,136
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   8,000   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   8,000   0   0   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   8,000   4,091   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   807   3,306   11,520   26,839   10,149
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   271   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   2,010   1,834   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   250   3,327   1,437   6,449
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   1,046   4,791   23,980   3,700
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   807   0   529   778   0
    Psychology   0   0   250   0   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   372   0
    Other   0   0   789   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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