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Table 17. Higher education R&D expenditures for equipment, by R&D field, source of funds, and institutional control: FY 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

Field All expenditures Federal Nonfederal
Total Public Private Total Public Private Total Public Private
All R&D fields 2,145,595 1,519,276 626,319 937,654 615,204 322,450 1,207,941 904,072 303,869
Science 1,509,833 1,062,588 447,245 665,722 440,474 225,248 844,111 622,114 221,997
Computer and information sciences 89,849 66,059 23,790 54,242 41,448 12,794 35,607 24,611 10,996
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 95,496 74,917 20,579 55,245 47,139 8,106 40,251 27,778 12,473
Atmospheric science and meteorology 17,113 15,172 1,941 13,164 11,959 1,205 3,949 3,213 736
Geological and earth sciences 39,840 28,211 11,629 18,394 14,134 4,260 21,446 14,077 7,369
Ocean sciences and marine sciences 33,037 27,982 5,055 21,005 19,406 1,599 12,032 8,576 3,456
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec 5,506 3,552 1,954 2,682 1,640 1,042 2,824 1,912 912
Life sciences 874,888 627,839 247,049 308,541 187,841 120,700 566,347 439,998 126,349
Agricultural sciences 79,387 77,993 1,394 16,182 15,497 685 63,205 62,496 709
Biological and biomedical sciences 394,038 253,123 140,915 162,677 92,166 70,511 231,361 160,957 70,404
Health sciences 357,822 267,455 90,367 118,368 74,826 43,542 239,454 192,629 46,825
Natural resources and conservation 13,783 12,598 1,185 2,571 2,420 151 11,212 10,178 1,034
Life sciences, nec 29,858 16,670 13,188 8,743 2,932 5,811 21,115 13,738 7,377
Mathematics and statistics 9,342 4,469 4,873 4,602 3,320 1,282 4,740 1,149 3,591
Physical sciences 383,982 245,986 137,996 227,016 148,786 78,230 156,966 97,200 59,766
Astronomy and astrophysics 31,098 21,307 9,791 16,042 10,945 5,097 15,056 10,362 4,694
Chemistry 120,695 80,847 39,848 54,685 36,008 18,677 66,010 44,839 21,171
Materials science 17,263 8,957 8,306 9,795 4,337 5,458 7,468 4,620 2,848
Physics 191,497 124,665 66,832 139,781 93,830 45,951 51,716 30,835 20,881
Physical sciences, nec 23,429 10,210 13,219 6,713 3,666 3,047 16,716 6,544 10,172
Psychology 16,325 11,529 4,796 8,261 5,929 2,332 8,064 5,600 2,464
Social sciences 13,059 9,573 3,486 2,143 1,809 334 10,916 7,764 3,152
Anthropology 1,886 1,622 264 628 593 35 1,258 1,029 229
Economics 3,443 3,089 354 182 137 45 3,261 2,952 309
Political science and government 905 580 325 236 230 6 669 350 319
Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,302 967 335 273 154 119 1,029 813 216
Social sciences, nec 5,523 3,315 2,208 824 695 129 4,699 2,620 2,079
Sciences, nec 26,892 22,216 4,676 5,672 4,202 1,470 21,220 18,014 3,206
Engineering 594,041 424,912 169,129 264,582 170,372 94,210 329,459 254,540 74,919
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 31,210 20,280 10,930 16,794 12,056 4,738 14,416 8,224 6,192
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 67,052 41,338 25,714 27,629 11,949 15,680 39,423 29,389 10,034
Chemical engineering 42,024 30,698 11,326 15,903 9,828 6,075 26,121 20,870 5,251
Civil engineering 32,581 27,279 5,302 11,049 9,079 1,970 21,532 18,200 3,332
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 125,712 80,659 45,053 74,211 52,461 21,750 51,501 28,198 23,303
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 23,557 12,663 10,894 15,925 7,592 8,333 7,632 5,071 2,561
Mechanical engineering 85,668 63,181 22,487 42,064 30,737 11,327 43,604 32,444 11,160
Metallurgical and materials engineering 51,129 32,905 18,224 30,369 15,553 14,816 20,760 17,352 3,408
Engineering, nec 135,108 115,909 19,199 30,638 21,117 9,521 104,470 94,792 9,678
Non-S&E 41,721 31,776 9,945 7,350 4,358 2,992 34,371 27,418 6,953
Business management and business administration 5,962 3,041 2,921 426 339 87 5,536 2,702 2,834
Communication and communications technologies 4,020 3,593 427 267 50 217 3,753 3,543 210
Education 6,448 5,751 697 1,323 1,043 280 5,125 4,708 417
Humanities 6,263 3,382 2,881 1,893 57 1,836 4,370 3,325 1,045
Law 326 262 64 33 14 19 293 248 45
Social work 217 126 91 71 31 40 146 95 51
Visual and performing arts 1,195 847 348 181 40 141 1,014 807 207
Non-S&E, nec 17,290 14,774 2,516 3,156 2,784 372 14,134 11,990 2,144
nec = not elsewhere classified; S&E = science and engineering.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2018.