Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center

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 10 98 459 22 97.8 925
2023 4 99.4 459 22 97.7 911 6 99.2 602
2022 8 98.5 457 23 97.6 900
2021 6 98.9 447 16 98.4 908 5 99.3 583
2020 6 98.9 450 14 98.6 916
2019 8 98.4 447 22 97.7 914 5 99.3 589
2018 9 98.2 428 20 97.9 911
2017 9 98.1 425 19 98 898 7 99 575
2016 11 97.7 430 16 98.3 896
2015 8 98.4 426 16 98.3 898 7 99 570
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 742 806 782 765 772 743 730 730 684 732
  Science and engineering 641 701 667 665 657 627 607 618 544 591
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 47 52 55 63 75 68 58 61 44 57
      Agricultural sciences 42 50 49 57 63 56 48 48 33 43
      Natural resources and conservation 5 2 6 6 12 12 10 13 11 14
    Biological and biomedical sciences 97 111 101 103 115 83 110 91 71 85
      Biochemistry and biophysics 11 9 17 17 15 12 19 16 9 16
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 26 33 29 17 22 16 26 17 11 18
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 . 3 1 1 4 2 2 3 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 1 2 1 5 2 2 1 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 10 9 5 10 12 6 10 7 7 5
      Genetics and genomics 5 8 7 5 13 6 4 3 10 6
      Microbiology and immunology 5 7 3 6 10 5 9 13 4 11
      Molecular biology 3 1 2 2 4 3 3 . 5 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 9 11 3 7 5 5 11 3 3 6
      Pharmacology and toxicology 5 6 8 3 4 3 3 4 2 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 4 5 2 3 5 3 2 2 2 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 15 21 21 30 23 15 19 22 14 11
    Computer and information sciences 28 16 20 19 15 10 11 14 16 10
      Computer science 19 10 16 18 15 8 10 13 15 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 9 6 4 1 . 2 1 1 1 2
    Engineering 267 306 287 255 252 265 230 236 203 219
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 21 27 21 9 15 12 11 13 11 19
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 18 21 19 14 21 10 16 16 12 20
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 31 46 51 47 56 67 46 32 37 36
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 35 35 27 38 26 25 19 23 28 22
      Electrical and computer engineering 51 42 47 45 46 58 57 53 50 42
      Industrial engineering and operations research 23 17 13 18 8 4 5 11 8 9
      Materials and mining engineering 25 36 28 23 19 11 16 18 9 19
      Mechanical engineering 36 49 44 32 43 47 36 43 27 28
      Engineering, other 27 33 37 29 18 31 24 27 21 24
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 24 41 36 28 30 31 22 22 25 27
      Geological sciences 4 14 15 9 10 12 8 6 13 14
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 20 27 21 19 20 19 14 16 12 13
    Health sciences 13 13 17 17 20 17 11 18 21 13
      Pharmaceutical sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Public health . 4 6 5 7 3 2 6 8 4
      Health sciences, other 12 9 11 12 13 14 9 12 13 9
    Mathematics and statistics 17 30 31 40 28 20 27 29 26 30
      Applied mathematics 2 3 1 . 2 1 6 7 9 7
      Mathematics 1 5 3 1 10 6 6 7 7 7
      Statistics 10 14 14 16 6 6 5 7 2 12
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 8 13 23 10 7 10 8 8 4
    Physical sciences 72 63 53 66 56 54 63 66 64 59
      Astronomy and astrophysics 10 8 5 2 1 3 1 4 4 .
      Chemistry 43 41 35 50 37 33 34 38 33 35
      Physics 19 14 13 14 18 18 28 24 27 24
    Psychology 33 29 25 33 24 25 32 20 24 20
      Clinical psychology 4 6 . 6 4 7 7 4 4 2
      Counseling and applied psychology 17 13 15 20 12 12 17 9 11 8
      Research and experimental psychology 9 7 10 5 4 4 6 4 5 10
      Psychology, other 3 3 . 2 4 2 2 3 4 .
    Social sciences 43 40 42 41 42 54 43 61 50 71
      Anthropology 5 3 4 3 6 6 2 5 5 5
      Economics 12 11 5 7 13 14 13 12 20 15
      Political science and government 5 10 9 3 2 6 3 6 6 11
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . 1 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 6 4 12 6 9 9 12 3 20
      Social sciences, other 15 10 20 16 15 19 16 26 15 19
  Non-science and engineering 101 105 115 100 115 116 123 112 140 141
    Business 17 20 23 12 19 18 11 28 18 16
      Business 17 20 23 12 19 18 11 28 18 16
    Education 45 43 48 44 62 51 66 43 72 80
      Education leadership and administration 6 8 11 11 10 13 19 13 14 21
      Education research 30 25 25 22 33 24 28 21 33 41
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 9 11 11 18 13 19 9 20 16
      Education, other 2 1 1 . 1 1 . . 5 2
    Humanities and arts 18 23 20 22 22 21 25 23 26 20
      Letters 7 10 6 9 13 8 6 7 6 7
      Foreign languages and literature . 3 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 3
      History 8 6 4 6 5 5 8 8 9 7
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 2 5 3 3 2 3 1 3 .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 2 1 3 . 4 6 4 5 3
    Other non-science and engineering 21 19 24 22 12 26 21 18 24 25
      Communication 9 4 8 5 4 10 11 8 8 10
      Public administration and social services . 2 1 1 . 2 . 1 1 .
      Non-science and engineering, other 12 13 15 16 8 14 10 9 15 15

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

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   1,393,825   1,277,814   1,152,666   1,147,720   1,130,803   952,156   922,178   905,474   892,718   866,678
    Science   828,987   748,040   693,372   722,541   732,385   590,002   581,235   581,480   569,539   537,712
      Computer and information sciences   35,515   28,414   25,705   19,178   18,504   21,800   21,960   19,007   20,849   11,444
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   122,863   125,114   122,622   106,932   107,894   113,459   115,394   115,183   113,893   113,175
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7,752   7,010   6,600   5,452   5,637   4,338   4,330   4,640   5,660   5,704
        Geological and earth sciences   9,739   11,463   14,720   16,284   14,392   14,337   13,195   17,517   17,912   14,467
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   100,430   101,588   95,258   78,485   79,758   85,229   86,202   80,717   77,132   79,993
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   4,942   5,053   6,044   6,711   8,107   9,555   11,667   12,309   13,189   13,011
      Life sciences   526,073   464,675   435,563   487,219   502,372   351,403   342,961   349,570   329,855   320,555
        Agricultural sciences   271,948   234,915   210,583   180,671   186,922   184,299   182,651   190,264   179,063   181,658
        Biological and biomedical sciences   110,666   111,681   99,831   97,519   77,408   72,472   69,786   56,657   51,972   45,752
        Health sciences   113,197   94,371   103,670   188,730   220,948   77,896   78,732   96,928   94,790   92,900
        Natural resources and conservation   26,719   18,959   17,297   14,989   13,586   13,067   7,575   2,375   675   0
        Life sciences nec   3,543   4,749   4,182   5,310   3,508   3,669   4,217   3,346   3,355   245
      Mathematics and statistics   10,799   8,774   6,898   6,729   8,768   8,700   9,201   8,882   10,737   9,079
      Physical sciences   72,524   65,248   56,540   56,029   54,574   55,920   54,890   54,015   56,123   53,824
        Astronomy and astrophysics   4,516   3,433   4,023   11,106   7,336   6,947   6,979   6,491   7,808   1,646
        Chemistry   30,355   27,800   25,693   23,182   24,507   24,066   24,441   26,392   25,688   28,293
        Materials science   11,410   7,769   5,896   4,703   4,142   2,519   2,170   456   176   0
        Physics   23,501   23,388   19,252   16,238   17,848   21,835   19,108   17,691   17,778   18,750
        Physical sciences nec   2,742   2,858   1,676   800   741   553   2,192   2,985   4,673   5,135
      Psychology   10,353   10,488   7,635   6,546   5,248   3,538   3,159   3,510   3,444   3,666
      Social sciences   38,335   32,324   29,994   28,965   29,389   30,686   28,983   26,008   28,431   19,796
        Anthropology   2,778   2,217   2,058   2,029   3,961   2,308   1,102   887   978   0
        Economics   6,769   6,496   7,403   7,647   6,300   7,176   7,583   4,288   8,727   1,899
        Political science and government   6,427   6,419   6,627   5,725   6,638   4,548   4,985   5,680   4,857   4,534
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3,559   1,658   2,030   2,273   2,070   2,741   1,514   2,892   1,921   1,465
        Social sciences nec   18,802   15,534   11,876   11,291   10,420   13,913   13,799   12,261   11,948   11,898
      Sciences nec   12,525   13,003   8,415   10,943   5,636   4,496   4,687   5,305   6,207   6,173
    Engineering   496,787   464,769   402,999   385,656   357,559   321,373   300,956   287,620   290,413   298,538
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   52,905   52,758   32,301   33,837   31,963   18,379   16,987   11,045   9,434   10,639
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   43,620   39,121   27,673   39,008   20,933   21,261   18,813   16,777   14,254   11,160
      Chemical engineering   18,849   17,780   19,620   18,302   20,730   24,299   25,438   29,671   27,087   38,056
      Civil engineering   129,205   113,367   110,000   100,161   98,444   89,564   80,886   80,600   86,281   89,625
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   36,715   36,668   29,267   26,886   29,379   32,688   28,454   27,255   28,969   32,830
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   14,874   15,720   12,286   9,198   8,381   6,859   4,508   3,946   2,912   0
      Mechanical engineering   65,550   47,335   38,297   34,921   42,100   32,308   34,126   32,107   36,165   36,901
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   12,560   11,991   11,116   12,517   14,068   16,983   19,737   18,694   12,534   6,933
      Engineering nec   122,509   130,029   122,439   110,826   91,561   79,032   72,007   67,525   72,777   72,394
    Non-S&E   68,051   65,005   56,295   39,523   40,859   40,781   39,987   36,374   32,766   30,428
      Business management and business administration   15,484   12,832   11,284   9,688   10,234   9,401   8,249   8,741   7,656   7,697
      Communication and communications technologies   1,272   268   540   403   426   270   291   595   673   0
      Education   35,495   33,033   31,580   24,044   26,397   25,640   24,914   20,701   19,304   19,126
      Humanities   2,042   2,322   1,678   1,062   1,543   1,284   1,597   2,038   1,913   2,124
      Law   966   445   379   756   791   565   721   723   662   535
      Social work   5   129   355   431   248   1   142   167   42   0
      Visual and performing arts   518   392   235   114   212   185   83   109   77   0
      Non-S&E nec   12,269   15,584   10,244   3,025   1,008   3,435   3,990   3,300   2,439   946

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   1,393,825   582,674   285,545   394,343   36,960   54,695   39,608
    Science   828,987   376,218   159,461   226,785   14,030   28,423   24,070
      Computer and information sciences   35,515   23,014   4,472   6,813   430   144   642
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   122,863   95,409   4,512   16,533   1,276   3,998   1,135
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7,752   5,978   261   1,270   0   243   0
        Geological and earth sciences   9,739   5,487   920   1,956   771   91   514
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   100,430   80,766   3,283   12,076   321   3,491   493
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   4,942   3,178   48   1,231   184   173   128
      Life sciences   526,073   185,425   135,623   164,603   10,495   17,822   12,105
        Agricultural sciences   271,948   59,931   100,339   93,777   5,551   6,440   5,910
        Biological and biomedical sciences   110,666   68,372   8,149   23,252   2,537   5,275   3,081
        Health sciences   113,197   37,539   24,785   40,878   2,006   5,132   2,857
        Natural resources and conservation   26,719   17,818   1,858   5,973   307   519   244
        Life sciences nec   3,543   1,765   492   723   94   456   13
      Mathematics and statistics   10,799   6,743   483   3,034   0   324   215
      Physical sciences   72,524   36,114   5,611   19,988   1,571   4,037   5,203
        Astronomy and astrophysics   4,516   1,337   13   1,574   10   4   1,578
        Chemistry   30,355   14,559   909   9,063   800   3,131   1,893
        Materials science   11,410   5,623   1,090   3,516   761   128   292
        Physics   23,501   13,868   2,038   5,395   0   760   1,440
        Physical sciences nec   2,742   727   1,561   440   0   14   0
      Psychology   10,353   5,634   553   3,423   0   30   713
      Social sciences   38,335   18,414   4,841   9,092   149   1,787   4,052
        Anthropology   2,778   599   28   998   0   265   888
        Economics   6,769   3,081   623   1,880   79   356   750
        Political science and government   6,427   1,057   1,070   2,261   1   33   2,005
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3,559   2,222   326   609   0   139   263
        Social sciences nec   18,802   11,455   2,794   3,344   69   994   146
      Sciences nec   12,525   5,465   3,366   3,299   109   281   5
    Engineering   496,787   176,573   119,643   144,955   16,865   24,297   14,454
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   52,905   42,498   59   7,242   1,024   0   2,082
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   43,620   27,082   4,567   9,566   1,436   483   486
      Chemical engineering   18,849   7,575   380   5,914   1,595   1,532   1,853
      Civil engineering   129,205   21,343   60,353   39,870   3,007   1,885   2,747
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   36,715   17,436   2,096   11,344   1,304   2,238   2,297
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   14,874   10,024   77   3,803   204   304   462
      Mechanical engineering   65,550   22,940   19,176   19,077   1,815   641   1,901
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   12,560   8,255   436   2,713   670   230   256
      Engineering nec   122,509   19,420   32,499   45,426   5,810   16,984   2,370
    Non-S&E   68,051   29,883   6,441   22,603   6,065   1,975   1,084
      Business management and business administration   15,484   2,287   119   6,482   5,941   135   520
      Communication and communications technologies   1,272   175   27   1,020   0   32   18
      Education   35,495   19,790   3,513   11,370   78   479   265
      Humanities   2,042   635   185   998   0   11   213
      Law   966   309   50   412   0   190   5
      Social work   5   0   0   2   0   0   3
      Visual and performing arts   518   0   0   468   0   0   50
      Non-S&E nec   12,269   6,687   2,547   1,851   46   1,128   10

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

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

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   582,674   546,481   505,355   528,057   517,489   359,609   333,768   307,656   293,551   304,437
  DOD   99,845   88,719   52,870   59,476   40,392   27,953   25,235   18,924   17,103   26,708
  DOE   50,575   47,421   50,115   37,592   33,824   33,433   29,192   26,788   28,326   26,653
  HHS   128,235   123,004   133,931   205,735   230,038   82,965   71,076   63,921   59,456   65,224
  NASA   9,960   10,485   10,168   9,126   9,219   6,772   7,461   10,188   9,081   8,095
  NSF   144,701   142,660   137,220   111,581   108,498   114,590   114,662   105,939   100,344   98,772
  USDA   67,905   52,842   46,205   39,429   39,135   37,402   31,674   31,432   28,784   30,677
  Other   81,453   81,350   74,846   65,118   56,383   56,494   54,468   50,464   50,457   48,308

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   13,778   2,524   11,254   .
2018   13,189   2,463   10,726   .

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   3,293   3,320   3,101   3,041   2,926
    Agricultural sciences   790   858   647   602   557
    Biological and biomedical sciences   620   672   643   654   652
    Computer and information sciences   5   6   21   25   22
    Engineering   983   960   892   879   847
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   119   127   44   50   60
    Health sciences   163   100   306   290   249
    Mathematics and statistics   30   30   30   30   30
    Natural resources and conservation   35   32   31   32   30
    Physical sciences   295   330   324   331   328
    Psychology   85   74   63   58   42
    Social sciences   85   88   73   56   57
    Other   84   44   28   34   53

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   31,700   107,444   101,280   30,064   278,458
    Agricultural sciences   8,000   50,000   8,000   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   30,064   141,374
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   8,700   37,200   93,280   0   101,827
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   15,000   20,244   0   0   12,178
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   23,079
    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   125,000   38,295   48,274   22,721   48,517
    Agricultural sciences   0   10,000   4,667   10,583   1,161
    Biological and biomedical sciences   2,000   335   2,922   0   3,779
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   33,155
    Engineering   0   8,251   32,203   3,475   3,570
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   259   384   364   0
    Health sciences   123,000   14,000   0   1,768   2,139
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   288   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   5,162   7,375   5,250   4,450
    Psychology   0   0   470   1,279   263
    Social sciences   0   0   253   0   0
    Other   0   0   0   0   0

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

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

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