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Table 17. Higher education R&D expenditures for equipment, by R&D field, source of funds, and institutional control: FY 2012

(Dollars in thousands)

	All expenditures			Federal			Nonfederal
Field	Total	Public	Private	Total	Public	Private	Total	Public	Private
All R&D Fields	2,036,979	1,478,390	558,589	1,139,954	769,334	370,620	897,025	709,056	187,969
Science	1,423,321	1,025,359	397,962	836,326	566,194	270,132	586,995	459,165	127,830
Computer sciences	72,936	57,996	14,940	49,185	40,499	8,686	23,751	17,497	6,254
Environmental sciences	121,152	97,564	23,588	84,801	65,907	18,894	36,351	31,657	4,694
Atmospheric sciences	20,310	18,268	2,042	16,982	15,284	1,698	3,328	2,984	344
Earth sciences	53,083	34,642	18,441	36,257	20,981	15,276	16,826	13,661	3,165
Oceanography	28,598	26,988	1,610	17,166	16,069	1,097	11,432	10,919	513
Environmental sciences, nec	19,161	17,666	1,495	14,396	13,573	823	4,765	4,093	672
Life sciences	811,587	580,995	230,592	413,276	266,586	146,690	398,311	314,409	83,902
Agricultural sciences	85,391	84,548	843	29,093	28,447	646	56,298	56,101	197
Biological sciences	329,782	219,038	110,744	183,394	108,380	75,014	146,388	110,658	35,730
Medical sciences	357,091	252,488	104,603	178,514	115,811	62,703	178,577	136,677	41,900
Life sciences, nec	39,323	24,921	14,402	22,275	13,948	8,327	17,048	10,973	6,075
Mathematical sciences	6,630	4,056	2,574	4,560	2,975	1,585	2,070	1,081	989
Physical sciences	329,649	227,499	102,150	250,281	165,746	84,535	79,368	61,753	17,615
Astronomy	27,863	17,794	10,069	23,232	13,955	9,277	4,631	3,839	792
Chemistry	132,790	92,904	39,886	91,141	60,905	30,236	41,649	31,999	9,650
Physics	154,697	110,260	44,437	125,024	86,394	38,630	29,673	23,866	5,807
Physical sciences, nec	14,299	6,541	7,758	10,884	4,492	6,392	3,415	2,049	1,366
Psychology	20,408	14,219	6,189	14,156	8,933	5,223	6,252	5,286	966
Social sciences	9,791	8,679	1,112	5,028	4,591	437	4,763	4,088	675
Economics	918	722	196	472	390	82	446	332	114
Political sciences	1,024	935	89	472	425	47	552	510	42
Sociology	1,429	1,213	216	596	520	76	833	693	140
Social sciences, nec	6,420	5,809	611	3,488	3,256	232	2,932	2,553	379
Sciences, nec	51,168	34,351	16,817	15,039	10,957	4,082	36,129	23,394	12,735
Engineering	555,684	402,431	153,253	291,645	192,926	98,719	264,039	209,505	54,534
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering	33,188	23,586	9,602	18,691	14,986	3,705	14,497	8,600	5,897
Bioengineering/biomedical engineering	44,995	33,667	11,328	19,587	11,962	7,625	25,408	21,705	3,703
Chemical engineering	53,865	41,457	12,408	24,712	18,362	6,350	29,153	23,095	6,058
Civil engineering	42,070	37,110	4,960	15,669	12,524	3,145	26,401	24,586	1,815
Electrical engineering	136,607	96,773	39,834	87,659	58,980	28,679	48,948	37,793	11,155
Mechanical engineering	86,929	54,461	32,468	48,590	24,714	23,876	38,339	29,747	8,592
Metallurgical/materials engineering	60,212	44,613	15,599	31,339	20,877	10,462	28,873	23,736	5,137
Engineering, nec	97,818	70,764	27,054	45,398	30,521	14,877	52,420	40,243	12,177
Non-S&E	57,974	50,600	7,374	11,983	10,214	1,769	45,991	40,386	5,605
Business and management	5,582	4,577	1,005	988	592	396	4,594	3,985	609
Communications, journalism, and library science	12,786	12,225	561	776	635	141	12,010	11,590	420
Education	7,661	6,211	1,450	3,591	2,935	656	4,070	3,276	794
Humanities	2,354	1,904	450	448	225	223	1,906	1,679	227
Law	81	74	7	10	9	1	71	65	6
Social work	317	248	69	217	183	34	100	65	35
Visual and performing arts	1,436	1,197	239	812	700	112	624	497	127
Non-S&E, nec	27,757	24,164	3,593	5,141	4,935	206	22,616	19,229	3,387

nec = not elsewhere classified; S&E = science and engineering.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2012.

Data from survey cycle FY 2012, as of 30 October 2013.