Lafayette C.
 
                    
      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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 579 | 37.3 | 914 | 299 | 50.9 | 602 | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 556 | 38.9 | 900 | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | 632 | 31.1 | 908 | 299 | 49.3 | 583 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 599 | 35.3 | 916 | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | 592 | 35.9 | 914 | 321 | 46.1 | 589 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 551 | 40.2 | 911 | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 543 | 40.2 | 898 | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | 569 | 37.2 | 896 | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | 544 | 40.1 | 898 | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | 525 | 41.6 | 889 | |||||||||||||
  NOTES:
  
- 1. This table only show data for past 10 years from each survey.
- 2. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 3. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 4. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Selected data for this institution are provided in the profile tables listed below.
| Data Tables | 
|---|
| R&D expenditures | 
| total | 
| by field: 2023–14 | 
| by source of funds and R&D field: 2023 | 
| federally funded, by agency: 2023–14 | 
| head count of R&D personnel: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued] | 
| Research space and costs for repair and renovation of research space | 
| science and engineering research space by field: 2023–14 | 
| new construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction | 
| costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space by field and time of repair and renovation | 


