U. Akron, The
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 | 247 | 64.1 | 679 | 300 | 67.6 | 914 | 172 | 71.8 | 602 | |||||||
| 2022 | 244 | 64.6 | 680 | 292 | 68 | 900 | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 216 | 69.2 | 691 | 293 | 68.1 | 908 | 171 | 71.1 | 583 | |||||||
| 2020 | 191 | 73 | 698 | 263 | 71.6 | 916 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 178 | 74.8 | 697 | 240 | 74.1 | 914 | 165 | 72.4 | 589 | |||||||
| 2018 | 155 | 78.2 | 700 | 232 | 74.9 | 911 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 131 | 81.2 | 684 | 210 | 76.9 | 898 | 165 | 71.7 | 575 | |||||||
| 2016 | 122 | 82.8 | 697 | 186 | 79.5 | 896 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 117 | 83.4 | 693 | 177 | 80.6 | 898 | 164 | 71.6 | 570 | |||||||
| 2014 | 109 | 84.4 | 688 | 162 | 82 | 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 | 
|---|
| Graduate students in science, engineering, and health: 2023–14 | 
| by characteristic | 
| full-time students | 
| part-time students | 
| full-time students with financial support | 
| from federal sources, by field | 
| by type and source of support | 
| Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health: 2023–14 | 
| by characteristic | 
| federally supported | 
| 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 | 
