RAND at a Glance
People
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1,875Staff
Our people bring a diverse range of professional, educational, and cultural backgrounds to their project teams.
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53Countries
With locations in North America, Europe, and Australia, RAND attracts top talent from more than four dozen nations.
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75Languages
Many of our staff are multilingual. Languages spoken include Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish.
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56%Hold Doctorates
Well over half our research staff of ~1,100 hold one or more doctorates—and another 36 percent hold one or more master's degrees—in a vast array of disciplines.
Degrees
| Degree | Percentage of Total |
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| Doctorates* | 56% |
| Master's | 36% |
| Bachelor's | 8% |
* Doctorates include MDs and JDs
Doctorates by Discipline
| Discipline | Percentage of Total |
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| Arts & letters | 3% |
| Behavioral sciences | 8% |
| Business & law | 5% |
| Computer sciences | 4% |
| Economics | 12% |
| Engineering | 8% |
| International relations | 8% |
| Life sciences | 9% |
| Math, operations research, statistics | 6% |
| Physical sciences | 5% |
| Policy analysis | 10% |
| Political sciences | 8% |
| Social sciences | 13% |
| Other | 1% |
Locations
The RAND Corporation is a global organization with offices throughout the world.
Ideas
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375Clients and Grantors
Last year, we performed work for more than 375 clients and grantors, including government agencies, international organizations, and foundations.
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600New Projects
Through more than 1,750 projects (including more than 600 new ones in 2015), RAND provides research services, systematic analysis, and innovative thinking to a global clientele.
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950Publications
Last year, we added more than 550 RAND publications and more than 400 journal articles to our growing online library—15,500 and counting—of reports, podcasts, videos, tools, and commentary, most of which can be downloaded at www.rand.org.
- 7.4MWeb Downloads
- 122KTwitter Followers
Pardee RAND Graduate School
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2:1Faculty-Student Ratio
Faculty are drawn from among RAND's staff of 1,000+ research professionals.
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46Years
Founded in 1970 as one of eight graduate programs created to train future leaders in public policy, the graduate school is the only one based at a public policy research organization.
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350+Graduates
The graduate school has granted more Ph.D.’s in policy analysis than any university in the world. Alumni can be found making a difference for employers in government, academia, private industry, and other nonprofit organizations.
Expenses
| Expense Type | Percentage of Total |
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| Research and analysis | 76% |
| Staff development, information technology, and other administration | 15% |
| Facilities | 8% |
| Fundraising expenses | 1% |
Revenue*
$293.3M
| Source | Amount |
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| Other federal agencies | $14.6M |
| State and local government agencies | $6.7M |
| Non-U.S. government agencies and international NGOs | $18.2M |
| Universities | $1.5M |
| Other nonprofit organizations | $7.4M |
| Foundations | $14.1M |
| State, local, and other government agencies | $16M |
| Foundations | $12.7M |
| Philanthropic contributions | $8.6M |
| Private sector | $4.1M |
| Other | $1.3M |
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and related agencies | $69.1M |
| U.S. Army | $42.4M |
| U.S. Air Force | $44.7M |
| Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense and other national security agencies | $60.6M |
*FY2015, net of subcontracts and RAND-initiated research.
Funding
- Government Agencies
- Private Sector
- Foundations
- Philanthropic Contributions
- Endowment Operations
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People & Ideas Program
Supports innovative research on issues crucial to the policy debate but that reach beyond the boundaries of traditional client funding.
Mission and Values
Mission: To help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis
Core Values: Quality and objectivity