Wright State U., Dayton

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2023 | 295 | 36.4 | 459 | |||||||||
2022 | 227 | 50.9 | 457 | |||||||||
2021 | 226 | 50.1 | 447 | |||||||||
2020 | 246 | 46 | 450 | |||||||||
2019 | 238 | 47.4 | 447 | |||||||||
2018 | 231 | 46.7 | 428 | |||||||||
2017 | 214 | 50.3 | 425 | |||||||||
2016 | 211 | 51.5 | 430 | |||||||||
2015 | 245 | 43.2 | 426 | |||||||||
2014 | 222 | 48 | 422 |
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

Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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All fields | 24 | 43 | 40 | 33 | 37 | 39 | 49 | 50 | 32 | 42 |
Science and engineering | 24 | 43 | 40 | 33 | 37 | 38 | 49 | 50 | 32 | 41 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Microbiology and immunology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Molecular biology | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
Pharmacology and toxicology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
Computer science | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
Computer and information sciences, other | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . |
Engineering | 12 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 18 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
Electrical and computer engineering | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Materials and mining engineering | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | 2 |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 |
Engineering, other | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
Geological sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Applied mathematics | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Chemistry | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Physics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
Counseling and applied psychology | . | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Research and experimental psychology | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Psychology, other | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 |
Non-science and engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | 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