Western Kentucky U.
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 | |||||
| 2023 | 341 | 50.4 | 679 | 370 | 60 | 914 | 295 | 51.6 | 602 | |||||||
| 2022 | 322 | 53.2 | 680 | 377 | 58.6 | 900 | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 326 | 53.4 | 691 | 376 | 59.1 | 908 | 294 | 50.2 | 583 | |||||||
| 2020 | 294 | 58.4 | 698 | 363 | 60.8 | 916 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 305 | 56.8 | 697 | 346 | 62.6 | 914 | 297 | 50.2 | 589 | |||||||
| 2018 | 309 | 56.4 | 700 | 338 | 63.3 | 911 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 286 | 58.7 | 684 | 323 | 64.5 | 898 | 286 | 50.8 | 575 | |||||||
| 2016 | 272 | 61.4 | 697 | 335 | 63 | 896 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 266 | 62.1 | 693 | 346 | 61.9 | 898 | 284 | 50.8 | 570 | |||||||
| 2014 | 260 | 62.7 | 688 | 336 | 62.6 | 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
