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

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
2023 4 99.4 459 6 99.2 602 22 97.7 914
2022 8 98.5 457 23 97.6 900
2021 6 98.9 447 5 99.3 583 16 98.4 908
2020 6 98.9 450 14 98.6 916
2019 8 98.4 447 5 99.3 589 22 97.7 914
2018 9 98.2 428 20 97.9 911
2017 9 98.1 425 7 99 575 19 98 898
2016 11 97.7 430 16 98.3 896
2015 8 98.4 426 7 99 570 16 98.3 898
2014 12 97.4 422 17 98.2 889
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: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 806 782 765 772 743 730 730 684 732 714
  Science and engineering 701 667 665 657 627 607 618 544 591 590
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 52 55 63 75 68 58 61 44 57 58
      Agricultural sciences 50 49 57 63 56 48 48 33 43 49
      Natural resources and conservation 2 6 6 12 12 10 13 11 14 9
    Biological and biomedical sciences 111 101 103 115 83 110 91 71 85 90
      Biochemistry and biophysics 9 17 17 15 12 19 16 9 16 15
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 33 29 17 22 16 26 17 11 18 17
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 3 1 1 4 2 2 3 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 2 1 5 2 2 1 2 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 9 5 10 12 6 10 7 7 5 7
      Genetics and genomics 8 7 5 13 6 4 3 10 6 7
      Microbiology and immunology 7 3 6 10 5 9 13 4 11 9
      Molecular biology 1 2 2 4 3 3 . 5 1 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 11 3 7 5 5 11 3 3 6 5
      Pharmacology and toxicology 6 8 3 4 3 3 4 2 1 4
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 5 2 3 5 3 2 2 2 7 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 21 21 30 23 15 19 22 14 11 14
    Computer and information sciences 16 20 19 15 10 11 14 16 10 23
      Computer science 10 16 18 15 8 10 13 15 8 22
      Computer and information sciences, other 6 4 1 . 2 1 1 1 2 1
    Engineering 306 287 255 252 265 230 236 203 219 240
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 27 21 9 15 12 11 13 11 19 16
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 21 19 14 21 10 16 16 12 20 14
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 46 51 47 56 67 46 32 37 36 46
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 35 27 38 26 25 19 23 28 22 27
      Electrical and computer engineering 42 47 45 46 58 57 53 50 42 50
      Industrial engineering and operations research 17 13 18 8 4 5 11 8 9 8
      Materials and mining engineering 36 28 23 19 11 16 18 9 19 19
      Mechanical engineering 49 44 32 43 47 36 43 27 28 36
      Engineering, other 33 37 29 18 31 24 27 21 24 24
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 41 36 28 30 31 22 22 25 27 30
      Geological sciences 14 15 9 10 12 8 6 13 14 7
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 27 21 19 20 19 14 16 12 13 23
    Health sciences 13 17 17 20 17 11 18 21 13 11
      Public health 4 6 5 7 3 2 6 8 4 1
      Health sciences, other 9 11 12 13 14 9 12 13 9 10
    Mathematics and statistics 30 31 40 28 20 27 29 26 30 21
      Applied mathematics 3 1 . 2 1 6 7 9 7 6
      Mathematics 5 3 1 10 6 6 7 7 7 5
      Statistics 14 14 16 6 6 5 7 2 12 5
      Mathematics and statistics, other 8 13 23 10 7 10 8 8 4 5
    Physical sciences 63 53 66 56 54 63 66 64 59 59
      Astronomy and astrophysics 8 5 2 1 3 1 4 4 . .
      Chemistry 41 35 50 37 33 34 38 33 35 40
      Physics 14 13 14 18 18 28 24 27 24 19
    Psychology 29 25 33 24 25 32 20 24 20 20
      Clinical psychology 6 . 6 4 7 7 4 4 2 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 13 15 20 12 12 17 9 11 8 11
      Research and experimental psychology 7 10 5 4 4 6 4 5 10 5
      Psychology, other 3 . 2 4 2 2 3 4 . .
    Social sciences 40 42 41 42 54 43 61 50 71 38
      Anthropology 3 4 3 6 6 2 5 5 5 3
      Economics 11 5 7 13 14 13 12 20 15 9
      Political science and government 10 9 3 2 6 3 6 6 11 10
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . 1 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 4 12 6 9 9 12 3 20 4
      Social sciences, other 10 20 16 15 19 16 26 15 19 12
  Non-science and engineering 105 115 100 115 116 123 112 140 141 124
    Business 20 23 12 19 18 11 28 18 16 15
      Business 20 23 12 19 18 11 28 18 16 15
    Education 43 48 44 62 51 66 43 72 80 59
      Education leadership and administration 8 11 11 10 13 19 13 14 21 15
      Education research 25 25 22 33 24 28 21 33 41 31
      Teacher education and teaching fields 9 11 11 18 13 19 9 20 16 12
      Education, other 1 1 . 1 1 . . 5 2 1
    Humanities and arts 23 20 22 22 21 25 23 26 20 32
      Letters 10 6 9 13 8 6 7 6 7 13
      Foreign languages and literature 3 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4
      History 6 4 6 5 5 8 8 9 7 6
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 5 3 3 2 3 1 3 . 3
      Humanities and arts, other 2 1 3 . 4 6 4 5 3 6
    Other non-science and engineering 19 24 22 12 26 21 18 24 25 18
      Communication 4 8 5 4 10 11 8 8 10 2
      Public administration and social services 2 1 1 . 2 . 1 1 . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 13 15 16 8 14 10 9 15 15 16

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 1,277,814 1,152,666 1,147,720 1,130,803 952,156 922,178 905,474 892,718 866,678 854,214
    Science 748,040 693,372 722,541 732,385 590,002 581,235 581,480 569,539 537,712 534,509
      Computer and information sciences 28,414 25,705 19,178 18,504 21,800 21,960 19,007 20,849 11,444 8,686
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 125,114 122,622 106,932 107,894 113,459 115,394 115,183 113,893 113,175 123,796
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 7,010 6,600 5,452 5,637 4,338 4,330 4,640 5,660 5,704 5,482
        Geological and earth sciences 11,463 14,720 16,284 14,392 14,337 13,195 17,517 17,912 14,467 12,642
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 101,588 95,258 78,485 79,758 85,229 86,202 80,717 77,132 79,993 94,531
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 5,053 6,044 6,711 8,107 9,555 11,667 12,309 13,189 13,011 11,141
      Life sciences 464,675 435,563 487,219 502,372 351,403 342,961 349,570 329,855 320,555 319,265
        Agricultural sciences 234,915 210,583 180,671 186,922 184,299 182,651 190,264 179,063 181,658 177,751
        Biological and biomedical sciences 111,681 99,831 97,519 77,408 72,472 69,786 56,657 51,972 45,752 38,013
        Health sciences 94,371 103,670 188,730 220,948 77,896 78,732 96,928 94,790 92,900 103,463
        Natural resources and conservation 18,959 17,297 14,989 13,586 13,067 7,575 2,375 675 0 0
        Life sciences nec 4,749 4,182 5,310 3,508 3,669 4,217 3,346 3,355 245 38
      Mathematics and statistics 8,774 6,898 6,729 8,768 8,700 9,201 8,882 10,737 9,079 12,333
      Physical sciences 65,248 56,540 56,029 54,574 55,920 54,890 54,015 56,123 53,824 45,493
        Astronomy and astrophysics 3,433 4,023 11,106 7,336 6,947 6,979 6,491 7,808 1,646 945
        Chemistry 27,800 25,693 23,182 24,507 24,066 24,441 26,392 25,688 28,293 23,348
        Materials science 7,769 5,896 4,703 4,142 2,519 2,170 456 176 0 0
        Physics 23,388 19,252 16,238 17,848 21,835 19,108 17,691 17,778 18,750 17,113
        Physical sciences nec 2,858 1,676 800 741 553 2,192 2,985 4,673 5,135 4,087
      Psychology 10,488 7,635 6,546 5,248 3,538 3,159 3,510 3,444 3,666 3,423
      Social sciences 32,324 29,994 28,965 29,389 30,686 28,983 26,008 28,431 19,796 17,125
        Anthropology 2,217 2,058 2,029 3,961 2,308 1,102 887 978 0 0
        Economics 6,496 7,403 7,647 6,300 7,176 7,583 4,288 8,727 1,899 3,615
        Political science and government 6,419 6,627 5,725 6,638 4,548 4,985 5,680 4,857 4,534 3,191
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,658 2,030 2,273 2,070 2,741 1,514 2,892 1,921 1,465 1,921
        Social sciences nec 15,534 11,876 11,291 10,420 13,913 13,799 12,261 11,948 11,898 8,398
      Sciences nec 13,003 8,415 10,943 5,636 4,496 4,687 5,305 6,207 6,173 4,388
    Engineering 464,769 402,999 385,656 357,559 321,373 300,956 287,620 290,413 298,538 291,643
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 52,758 32,301 33,837 31,963 18,379 16,987 11,045 9,434 10,639 13,154
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 39,121 27,673 39,008 20,933 21,261 18,813 16,777 14,254 11,160 13,118
      Chemical engineering 17,780 19,620 18,302 20,730 24,299 25,438 29,671 27,087 38,056 21,490
      Civil engineering 113,367 110,000 100,161 98,444 89,564 80,886 80,600 86,281 89,625 82,204
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 36,668 29,267 26,886 29,379 32,688 28,454 27,255 28,969 32,830 32,125
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 15,720 12,286 9,198 8,381 6,859 4,508 3,946 2,912 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 47,335 38,297 34,921 42,100 32,308 34,126 32,107 36,165 36,901 38,548
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 11,991 11,116 12,517 14,068 16,983 19,737 18,694 12,534 6,933 4,725
      Engineering nec 130,029 122,439 110,826 91,561 79,032 72,007 67,525 72,777 72,394 86,279
    Non-S&E 65,005 56,295 39,523 40,859 40,781 39,987 36,374 32,766 30,428 28,062
      Business management and business administration 12,832 11,284 9,688 10,234 9,401 8,249 8,741 7,656 7,697 5,835
      Communication and communications technologies 268 540 403 426 270 291 595 673 0 0
      Education 33,033 31,580 24,044 26,397 25,640 24,914 20,701 19,304 19,126 17,317
      Humanities 2,322 1,678 1,062 1,543 1,284 1,597 2,038 1,913 2,124 3,679
      Law 445 379 756 791 565 721 723 662 535 1,227
      Social work 129 355 431 248 1 142 167 42 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 392 235 114 212 185 83 109 77 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 15,584 10,244 3,025 1,008 3,435 3,990 3,300 2,439 946 4

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 1,277,814 546,481 251,300 353,916 37,390 53,710 35,017
    Science 748,040 353,048 129,795 204,734 13,523 24,527 22,413
      Computer and information sciences 28,414 17,436 3,867 5,647 456 736 272
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 125,114 99,602 4,751 15,137 1,757 2,456 1,411
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 7,010 5,372 327 1,139 22 51 99
        Geological and earth sciences 11,463 6,156 514 3,183 982 139 489
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 101,588 84,815 3,861 9,624 622 1,986 680
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 5,053 3,259 49 1,191 131 280 143
      Life sciences 464,675 172,838 108,777 146,145 9,545 15,169 12,201
        Agricultural sciences 234,915 55,376 81,856 81,642 4,918 5,432 5,691
        Biological and biomedical sciences 111,681 70,479 6,844 25,098 1,668 4,363 3,229
        Health sciences 94,371 33,989 18,338 33,260 1,748 3,908 3,128
        Natural resources and conservation 18,959 11,172 1,514 4,828 360 932 153
        Life sciences nec 4,749 1,822 225 1,317 851 534 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8,774 5,979 271 2,168 0 272 84
      Physical sciences 65,248 31,816 4,961 18,778 1,574 3,587 4,532
        Astronomy and astrophysics 3,433 1,151 0 887 0 75 1,320
        Chemistry 27,800 11,935 1,249 9,697 416 2,557 1,946
        Materials science 7,769 4,438 252 1,262 1,158 246 413
        Physics 23,388 13,326 1,953 6,619 0 671 819
        Physical sciences nec 2,858 966 1,507 313 0 38 34
      Psychology 10,488 6,087 679 3,149 0 217 356
      Social sciences 32,324 13,562 4,868 8,250 77 2,048 3,519
        Anthropology 2,217 662 51 715 0 252 537
        Economics 6,496 2,504 930 1,810 0 411 841
        Political science and government 6,419 1,206 1,018 2,183 4 15 1,993
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,658 699 120 649 0 168 22
        Social sciences nec 15,534 8,491 2,749 2,893 73 1,202 126
      Sciences nec 13,003 5,728 1,621 5,460 114 42 38
    Engineering 464,769 170,864 107,485 129,149 18,477 27,100 11,694
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 52,758 41,394 21 8,422 1,110 0 1,811
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 39,121 25,716 3,298 7,237 1,865 583 422
      Chemical engineering 17,780 4,730 1,184 7,238 1,774 1,554 1,300
      Civil engineering 113,367 24,767 50,351 32,338 2,360 879 2,672
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 36,668 17,267 2,515 11,513 1,711 2,184 1,478
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 15,720 9,309 0 3,517 272 2,251 371
      Mechanical engineering 47,335 15,097 14,481 13,739 1,709 760 1,549
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 11,991 8,144 545 2,282 352 158 510
      Engineering nec 130,029 24,440 35,090 42,863 7,324 18,731 1,581
    Non-S&E 65,005 22,569 14,020 20,033 5,390 2,083 910
      Business management and business administration 12,832 827 377 5,609 5,314 243 462
      Communication and communications technologies 268 0 0 182 0 82 4
      Education 33,033 18,190 3,748 10,534 42 424 95
      Humanities 2,322 573 335 1,044 0 93 277
      Law 445 9 161 135 0 137 3
      Social work 129 0 83 36 0 0 10
      Visual and performing arts 392 0 44 310 0 0 38
      Non-S&E nec 15,584 2,970 9,272 2,183 34 1,104 21

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 546,481 505,355 528,057 517,489 359,609 333,768 307,656 293,551 304,437 311,920
  DOD 88,719 52,870 59,476 40,392 27,953 25,235 18,924 17,103 26,708 24,983
  DOE 47,421 50,115 37,592 33,824 33,433 29,192 26,788 28,326 26,653 26,555
  HHS 123,004 133,931 205,735 230,038 82,965 71,076 63,921 59,456 65,224 72,572
  NASA 10,485 10,168 9,126 9,219 6,772 7,461 10,188 9,081 8,095 7,745
  NSF 142,660 137,220 111,581 108,498 114,590 114,662 105,939 100,344 98,772 101,256
  USDA 52,842 46,205 39,429 39,135 37,402 31,674 31,432 28,784 30,677 29,444
  Other 81,350 74,846 65,118 56,383 56,494 54,468 50,464 50,457 48,308 49,365

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 13,778 2,524 11,254 .
2018 13,189 2,463 10,726 .
2017 13,016 2,572 10,444 .

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
    Engineering 8,700 37,200 93,280 0 101,827
    Health sciences 15,000 20,244 0 0 12,178
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 23,079

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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