U. Nevada, Reno

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 118 74.7 459 144 77.5 631 144 84.7 925
2023 120 74.3 459 136 80.3 679 141 84.8 911 124 79.7 602
2022 126 72.9 457 124 82.1 680 139 84.8 900
2021 115 74.7 447 120 82.9 691 136 85.3 908 126 78.7 583
2020 141 69.1 450 120 83.1 698 137 85.3 916
2019 142 68.7 447 127 82.1 697 139 85 914 131 78.1 589
2018 129 70.3 428 126 82.3 700 139 85 911
2017 144 66.6 425 150 78.4 684 148 83.8 898 149 74.5 575
2016 132 69.8 430 165 76.7 697 152 83.3 896
2015 143 66.9 426 163 76.8 693 150 83.6 898 145 75 570
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 145 145 125 134 111 108 124 101 119 105
  Science and engineering 120 131 107 116 93 93 100 80 96 82
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 4 7 2 2 3 2 2 4 . .
      Agricultural sciences 1 6 1 . 1 . 1 . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 35 25 32 22 14 13 18 10 19 14
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 1 8 4 4 2 2 1 2 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 . . . 1 1 . . 2 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 . . . . . . 1 . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . 2 1 2 . 5 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 15 13 10 7 2 3 3 6 5 2
      Microbiology and immunology 1 2 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 2
      Molecular biology 5 4 9 5 . 1 3 . 2 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 2 3 3 1 . . . . 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 3 . 2 2 2 2 1 . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . 1 . 1 2 1 . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 . . 1 . . 4 1 2 .
    Computer and information sciences 5 5 2 2 7 5 4 6 . 4
      Computer science 5 3 . 2 7 5 4 3 . 4
      Computer and information sciences, other . 2 2 . . . . 3 . .
    Engineering 25 33 25 25 24 21 20 21 19 20
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 . . . 1 . 2 1 . .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 6 . . 1 . 1 4 1 .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 11 8 9 11 10 8 8 8 12 11
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 9 9 8 4 6 3 1 . 4
      Materials and mining engineering 1 6 3 . 3 3 3 4 2 1
      Mechanical engineering 5 4 3 5 3 4 2 2 3 3
      Engineering, other 1 . 1 1 2 . 1 1 1 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 10 4 10 13 7 12 3 11 3
      Geological sciences 3 4 3 6 5 2 5 . 6 .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 6 1 4 8 5 7 3 5 3
    Health sciences 2 4 1 3 3 . . 2 3 1
      Public health 2 2 1 3 2 . . 1 2 1
      Health sciences, other . 2 . . 1 . . 1 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 3 2 2 1 . . . . . .
      Applied mathematics . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Statistics 2 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 1 1 1 . . . . . .
    Physical sciences 16 12 15 12 6 20 13 12 12 17
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Chemistry 9 8 11 5 6 14 9 7 8 9
      Physics 7 4 3 7 . 6 4 5 4 8
    Psychology 10 23 13 26 14 17 17 14 25 15
      Clinical psychology 4 7 2 8 1 5 5 2 6 2
      Counseling and applied psychology . 2 2 5 1 2 5 4 2 2
      Research and experimental psychology 5 7 8 9 7 8 5 5 12 4
      Psychology, other 1 7 1 4 5 2 2 3 5 7
    Social sciences 12 10 11 13 9 8 14 8 7 8
      Anthropology 4 7 3 . 3 2 1 2 1 .
      Economics 5 1 2 6 2 . 4 2 3 2
      Political science and government 1 . . 4 1 . 4 1 1 5
      Public policy analysis 1 . . . . 2 . . . .
      Social sciences, other 1 2 6 3 3 4 5 3 2 1
  Non-science and engineering 25 14 18 18 18 15 24 21 23 23
    Business 4 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Business 4 . 1 . . . . . . .
    Education 17 8 14 13 13 7 15 12 16 14
      Education leadership and administration 3 . 3 1 3 2 3 4 8 2
      Education research 6 4 7 7 5 2 3 6 4 8
      Teacher education and teaching fields 5 1 3 2 1 2 3 2 1 3
      Education, other 3 3 1 3 4 1 6 . 3 1
    Humanities and arts 4 5 3 2 5 6 9 7 7 7
      Letters 2 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 4
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . . . 1 1
      History 1 2 1 . . . 3 3 1 2
      Humanities and arts, other 1 1 . . . . . . . .
    Other non-science and engineering . 1 . 3 . 2 . 2 . 2
      Communication . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Public administration and social services . . . . . . . . . 1
      Non-science and engineering, other . 1 . 2 . 2 . 2 . 1

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   729   799   943   933   908   808   789   606   615   635
    Hispanic or Latino   135   133   147   124   106   89   101   65   68   50
    Not Hispanic or Latino   592   651   772   782   760   684   651   509   507   576
      American Indian or Alaska Native   4   6   8   7   4   5   4   3   4   6
      Asian   69   73   75   68   62   42   48   38   34   37
      Black or African American   14   21   28   22   18   15   13   6   5   8
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   1   1   3   3   3   2
      White   453   505   599   633   626   580   549   435   433   504
      More than one race   52   46   62   52   49   41   34   24   28   19
    Unknown ethnicity and race   2   15   24   27   42   35   37   32   40   9
  Temporary visa holders   437   429   423   368   312   331   325   277   261   278
  Science and engineering   1,054   1,100   1,135   1,118   1,056   992   985   782   776   814
    Science   842   750   773   775   752   704   719   576   572   581
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   9   12   14   16   18   15   7   0   13   18
      Biological and biomedical sciences   247   248   237   228   211   200   189   161   136   127
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   126   19   21   10   9   8   13   12   15   8
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   7
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   72   73   89   96   80   83   77   79   66   78
      Mathematics and statistics   47   43   45   47   50   43   35   23   18   17
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   30   32   39   44   41   36   35   13   0   0
      Physical sciences   118   123   107   110   103   90   101   93   93   104
      Psychology   91   94   94   99   118   111   141   103   104   108
      Social sciences   79   106   127   125   122   118   121   92   96   104
    Engineering   212   350   362   343   304   288   266   206   204   233
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   18   19   11   13   14   16   13   8   7   4
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   11   14   15   19   18   13   10   7   6   8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   77   79   99   93   86   80   67   57   60   75
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   28   144   135   122   114   107   104   72   72   88
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   43   53   56   61   43   39   32   26   33   26
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   33   37   40   35   29   33   40   36   26   32
      Other engineering   2   4   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   112   128   231   183   164   147   129   101   100   99
      Clinical medicine   68   80   182   135   116   101   82   60   49   48
      Other health   44   48   49   48   48   46   47   41   51   51

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   344   273   146   249   286   246   285   249   180   183
    Hispanic or Latino   68   48   17   35   43   21   21   24   14   18
    Not Hispanic or Latino   266   219   124   204   232   216   255   213   161   162
      American Indian or Alaska Native   2   6   1   6   2   1   1   0   0   0
      Asian   34   27   15   31   22   20   26   34   13   15
      Black or African American   19   13   2   11   18   15   15   5   2   3
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   1   0   0
      White   189   162   98   138   164   164   200   165   142   139
      More than one race   22   11   8   18   24   16   12   8   4   5
    Unknown ethnicity and race   10   6   5   10   11   9   9   12   5   3
  Temporary visa holders   24   31   17   19   25   18   22   23   19   20
  Science and engineering   313   225   134   140   156   147   201   198   173   180
    Science   281   185   93   106   119   114   154   142   129   130
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   4   3   3   2   2   4   1   0   6   1
      Biological and biomedical sciences   31   21   15   9   12   11   12   10   11   15
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   58   49   6   7   8   10   13   7   5   4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   34   20   8   13   24   21   30   26   34   21
      Mathematics and statistics   16   7   6   6   4   2   7   2   2   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   17   11   7   6   9   6   12   4   0   0
      Physical sciences   3   2   1   2   0   6   5   0   3   2
      Psychology   79   36   20   27   25   18   27   44   32   43
      Social sciences   35   36   27   34   35   36   47   49   32   38
    Engineering   32   40   41   34   37   33   47   56   44   50
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   1   1   3   2   3   0   1   1   1   3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   1   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   13   10   8   9   1   4   12   20   6   7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   4   17   17   12   13   20   22   22   26   28
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6   4   2   2   5   3   3   5   4   6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   7   7   11   9   13   6   8   8   7   6
      Other engineering   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   55   79   29   128   155   117   106   74   26   23
      Clinical medicine   54   78   27   128   155   117   104   67   26   23
      Other health   1   1   2   0   0   0   2   7   0   0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   336   226   227   173   180   195   224   166   172   198
  Science and engineering   328   216   216   169   177   190   220   160   162   193
    Science   231   125   136   111   120   120   144   109   89   102
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   1   1   4   1   3   5   1   0   5   3
      Biological and biomedical sciences   74   62   65   58   46   36   54   45   21   24
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   35   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   38   22   27   13   16   17   20   18   21   22
      Mathematics and statistics   2   1   0   2   3   3   3   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   14   5   7   5   7   12   12   5   0   0
      Physical sciences   46   22   19   17   31   28   32   23   16   22
      Psychology   11   7   8   6   6   7   5   10   15   20
      Social sciences   5   5   6   9   8   12   17   8   5   6
    Engineering   97   91   80   58   57   70   76   51   73   91
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   9   5   3   1   1   4   4   2   2   3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   10   8   7   4   5   1   1   0   2   4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   25   8   8   7   7   8   6   6   23   31
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   11   41   33   29   26   34   33   18   25   29
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   26   12   10   11   12   13   14   7   9   12
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   15   14   16   6   6   10   18   18   12   12
      Other engineering   1   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   8   10   11   4   3   5   4   6   10   5
      Clinical medicine   7   10   11   4   3   5   4   6   10   5
      Other health   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   1,166   1,228   1,366   1,301   1,220   1,139   1,114   883   876   913
  Fellowships   33   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   4   0
    Federal   6   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   4   0
    Institutional   27   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Research assistantships   468   442   494   436   422   439   453   398   374   420
    Federal   293   222   222   166   176   184   210   164   168   197
    Institutional   135   149   188   209   206   227   212   198   192   204
    Nonfederal   40   71   84   61   40   28   31   36   14   19
  Teaching assistantships   428   418   410   410   365   414   387   326   327   316
    Federal   32   4   5   5   4   9   13   2   0   1
    Institutional   396   414   405   405   361   400   374   324   327   315
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0
  Other types of support   237   368   462   453   433   284   274   159   171   177
    Federal   5   0   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0
    Institutional   34   51   39   29   12   0   1   0   0   0
    Nonfederal   2   0   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0
    Personal resources   196   317   423   421   420   283   272   159   171   177

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 Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering   58   73   100   103   102   86   87   85   89   78
    Science   48   61   89   93   90   80   82   78   76   69
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   3   3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2
      Biological and biomedical sciences   20   30   45   46   50   50   48   45   49   45
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   4   1   2   3   3   2   2   3   3   1
      Mathematics and statistics   0   1   2   2   5   4   4   3   3   3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   10   7   10   8   6   4   6   7   0   0
      Physical sciences   6   12   21   16   12   11   13   17   11   8
      Psychology   2   3   6   12   10   6   4   1   1   7
      Social sciences   2   4   3   6   4   3   4   2   3   3
    Engineering   10   12   11   10   12   6   5   7   13   9
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   3   2   1   2   4   0   1   0   1   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   4   2   3   4   4   5   2   3   7   4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   0   2   0   0   0   1   1   3   0   1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3   5   7   4   3   0   0   0   4   2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   0   1   0   2   1   1   0   1   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   2   1   1   0   1   0   0
      Other health   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   39   45   56   58   55   44   42   40   51   44
  Science and engineering   39   45   56   56   55   43   42   40   51   44
    Science   32   39   52   51   51   39   41   39   44   42
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
      Biological and biomedical sciences   16   22   30   33   35   30   25   22   34   29
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   1   1   2   2   3   2   1   2   1   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   5   2   4   3   2   1   4   5   0   0
      Physical sciences   6   9   12   7   4   4   6   8   3   4
      Psychology   1   2   1   4   5   0   3   0   1   6
      Social sciences   1   2   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
    Engineering   7   6   4   5   4   4   1   1   7   2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   3   2   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   2   0   1   1   2   4   1   1   6   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2   3   2   3   0   0   0   0   1   2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0
      Other health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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   194,131   188,505   181,782   175,386   159,790   152,128   144,426   105,869   95,475   90,138
    Science   139,498   129,129   133,385   130,797   120,388   113,139   107,676   82,174   77,891   69,313
      Computer and information sciences   7,002   4,617   6,103   6,843   7,550   7,812   7,719   4,134   2,859   1,322
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   14,989   19,059   20,831   19,030   15,077   14,563   14,369   11,868   12,115   13,530
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   138   514   458   243   350   428   441   937   998   929
        Geological and earth sciences   12,809   17,197   18,925   17,178   13,839   13,419   12,985   10,313   11,117   9,557
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   6   769   615   794   298   519   697   0   0   933
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   2,036   579   833   815   590   197   246   618   0   2,111
      Life sciences   89,134   77,346   78,928   78,218   71,378   64,307   61,782   54,031   49,879   45,177
        Agricultural sciences   17,090   8,697   8,509   6,648   8,439   8,118   9,281   9,599   8,796   11,575
        Biological and biomedical sciences   35,172   35,893   39,371   43,521   36,791   32,985   31,513   33,058   31,485   16,173
        Health sciences   28,135   20,603   20,416   20,341   19,029   18,515   17,682   5,873   4,687   14,367
        Natural resources and conservation   7,856   10,188   8,968   6,640   6,161   4,098   3,253   5,484   4,911   0
        Life sciences nec   881   1,965   1,664   1,068   958   591   53   17   0   3,062
      Mathematics and statistics   1,690   1,408   1,640   1,777   2,341   2,609   1,451   650   442   620
      Physical sciences   13,950   11,696   10,640   8,025   9,566   10,153   11,017   6,594   6,324   6,347
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   1,147   1,179   44   480   494   293   1   1   0
        Chemistry   7,640   5,421   5,281   3,935   3,903   4,373   4,285   2,049   2,129   1,762
        Materials science   0   434   0   34   107   138   69   0   0   0
        Physics   6,310   3,975   3,720   2,947   4,235   3,942   4,126   4,544   3,711   3,807
        Physical sciences nec   0   719   460   1,065   841   1,206   2,244   0   483   778
      Psychology   6,385   5,242   6,146   6,422   5,430   5,429   4,947   2,952   3,062   1,366
      Social sciences   6,348   6,324   5,985   7,637   7,053   7,113   5,521   956   1,093   740
        Anthropology   1,556   1,359   1,449   1,581   1,671   1,693   1,010   239   145   0
        Economics   2,291   2,445   1,842   3,367   2,478   2,482   1,910   530   573   22
        Political science and government   948   1,074   942   1,165   1,252   1,100   842   24   15   11
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   531   546   922   652   729   715   679   10   1   132
        Social sciences nec   1,022   900   830   872   923   1,123   1,080   153   359   575
      Sciences nec   0   3,437   3,112   2,845   1,993   1,153   870   989   2,117   211
    Engineering   38,129   41,198   32,454   27,769   23,939   23,568   19,373   16,982   12,782   14,072
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   168   2,603   1,540   1,740   388   1,981   1,639   2,431   1,514   106
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,174   2,703   1,963   1,697   1,847   1,529   273   71   10   8
      Chemical engineering   7,218   7,448   3,510   2,533   2,251   2,025   1,763   897   1,305   1,032
      Civil engineering   9,512   8,651   9,968   10,045   9,204   9,364   8,298   8,677   6,842   7,462
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   180   597   488   1,226   1,493   1,772   1,544   914   656   1,515
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,304   10   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7,260   10,168   7,014   2,837   2,127   2,528   1,892   1,393   1,306   1,439
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,052   3,723   2,042   2,323   2,854   2,020   1,707   809   1,108   1,313
      Engineering nec   4,261   5,295   5,925   5,368   3,775   2,349   2,257   1,790   41   1,197
    Non-S&E   16,504   18,178   15,943   16,820   15,463   15,421   17,377   6,713   4,802   6,753
      Business management and business administration   5,412   5,123   5,967   3,570   4,012   4,912   5,586   1,604   1,930   1,088
      Communication and communications technologies   836   284   503   22   39   24   7   248   126   28
      Education   5,063   3,750   1,072   4,442   3,981   3,724   2,990   597   626   1,065
      Humanities   3,058   1,024   1,924   1,795   1,837   1,758   1,379   29   19   748
      Law   0   3,986   1,650   3,808   3,961   3,637   2,880   269   311   272
      Social work   372   260   52   906   1,037   961   598   7   10   41
      Visual and performing arts   1,763   1,773   1,718   337   339   316   224   51   12   20
      Non-S&E nec   0   1,978   3,057   1,940   257   89   3,713   3,908   1,768   3,491

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   194,131   89,152   8,576   81,898   3,097   2,485   8,923
    Science   139,498   69,721   6,345   52,286   2,400   1,335   7,411
      Computer and information sciences   7,002   3,944   132   2,876   0   0   50
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   14,989   8,399   113   5,633   182   327   335
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   138   80   0   58   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   12,809   7,470   13   4,872   169   2   283
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   6   0   0   6   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   2,036   849   100   697   13   325   52
      Life sciences   89,134   43,759   6,019   30,288   1,877   759   6,432
        Agricultural sciences   17,090   5,071   4,028   6,957   27   111   896
        Biological and biomedical sciences   35,172   19,601   277   13,116   836   179   1,163
        Health sciences   28,135   15,822   0   6,866   989   407   4,051
        Natural resources and conservation   7,856   3,084   1,714   2,951   25   62   20
        Life sciences nec   881   181   0   398   0   0   302
      Mathematics and statistics   1,690   293   40   1,298   0   58   1
      Physical sciences   13,950   8,834   41   4,536   341   107   91
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   7,640   4,813   0   2,508   236   24   59
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   6,310   4,021   41   2,028   105   83   32
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   6,385   3,342   0   2,998   0   4   41
      Social sciences   6,348   1,150   0   4,657   0   80   461
        Anthropology   1,556   132   0   990   0   0   434
        Economics   2,291   801   0   1,410   0   80   0
        Political science and government   948   216   0   732   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   531   0   0   520   0   0   11
        Social sciences nec   1,022   1   0   1,005   0   0   16
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   38,129   17,958   2,153   15,170   695   1,087   1,066
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   168   0   0   168   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,174   1,857   0   1,287   219   751   60
      Chemical engineering   7,218   5,012   0   1,987   219   0   0
      Civil engineering   9,512   4,958   1,168   2,614   107   276   389
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   180   0   0   180   0   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,304   194   0   2,110   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7,260   3,223   15   3,918   30   60   14
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,052   1,856   0   513   120   0   563
      Engineering nec   4,261   858   970   2,393   0   0   40
    Non-S&E   16,504   1,473   78   14,442   2   63   446
      Business management and business administration   5,412   473   0   4,813   0   23   103
      Communication and communications technologies   836   0   0   829   0   0   7
      Education   5,063   836   73   3,858   2   40   254
      Humanities   3,058   162   0   2,852   0   0   44
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   372   2   5   327   0   0   38
      Visual and performing arts   1,763   0   0   1,763   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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   89,152   83,603   83,631   77,246   64,793   62,903   62,635   54,782   53,371   51,724
  DOD   8,307   5,071   8,127   7,009   5,334   6,180   3,493   2,083   1,289   1,980
  DOE   11,142   9,314   7,660   5,542   5,361   4,379   6,410   7,358   7,427   6,976
  HHS   30,835   29,312   30,941   29,519   26,180   25,643   25,107   20,390   20,979   20,093
  NASA   1,742   1,870   1,863   1,302   1,478   1,035   830   654   684   802
  NSF   19,956   20,342   16,817   12,778   10,997   9,990   11,312   9,375   8,729   7,239
  USDA   4,351   5,750   6,167   6,119   6,038   5,516   4,855   4,628   4,364   4,259
  Other   12,819   11,944   12,056   14,977   9,405   10,160   10,628   10,294   9,899   10,375

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   2,284   597   1,687   .
2018   2,186   332   1,854   .

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   564   558   494   409   405
    Agricultural sciences   92   102   74   34   37
    Biological and biomedical sciences   150   143   144   117   102
    Computer and information sciences   19   19   15   12   7
    Engineering   115   111   90   93   120
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   35   35   30   25   24
    Health sciences   6   7   8   6   12
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   17   15   18   20   0
    Physical sciences   97   97   92   84   83
    Psychology   18   16   15   10   11
    Social sciences   14   13   9   5   5
    Other   0   0   0   3   4

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   0   0   0   26,415   0
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   26,415   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    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   4,138   1,769   10,296   3,353   5,464
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   2,725   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   325   0   1,281
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   686   0   532   0   3,466
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   453   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   3,000   1,769   0   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   0   8,814   628   717
    Psychology   0   0   626   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