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Table 14. Higher education R&D expenditures for equipment, by R&D field, source of funds, and institutional control: FY 2014

(Dollars in thousands)

Field
All expenditures
Federal
Nonfederal
Total
Public
Private
Total
Public
Private
Total
Public
Private
All R&D fields 2,033,239 1,467,539 565,700 906,429 591,776 314,653 1,126,810 875,763 251,047
Science 1,336,303 926,985 409,318 658,061 420,392 237,669 678,242 506,593 171,649
Computer sciences 70,250 51,853 18,397 48,351 37,230 11,121 21,899 14,623 7,276
Environmental sciences 115,843 91,458 24,385 75,516 56,564 18,952 40,327 34,894 5,433
Atmospheric sciences 22,384 17,662 4,722 17,812 13,460 4,352 4,572 4,202 370
Earth sciences 51,920 37,208 14,712 31,259 19,832 11,427 20,661 17,376 3,285
Oceanography 31,810 29,504 2,306 21,068 19,543 1,525 10,742 9,961 781
Environmental sciences, nec 9,729 7,084 2,645 5,377 3,729 1,648 4,352 3,355 997
Life sciences 735,110 498,174 236,936 275,332 154,101 121,231 459,778 344,073 115,705
Agricultural sciences 83,965 82,342 1,623 20,116 19,321 795 63,849 63,021 828
Biological sciences 309,590 186,608 122,982 133,043 64,327 68,716 176,547 122,281 54,266
Medical sciences 296,559 195,676 100,883 109,566 65,003 44,563 186,993 130,673 56,320
Life sciences, nec 44,996 33,548 11,448 12,607 5,450 7,157 32,389 28,098 4,291
Mathematical sciences 6,148 3,240 2,908 3,076 1,812 1,264 3,072 1,428 1,644
Physical sciences 343,505 232,917 110,588 232,224 154,618 77,606 111,281 78,299 32,982
Astronomy 25,967 16,710 9,257 15,388 10,595 4,793 10,579 6,115 4,464
Chemistry 118,564 91,164 27,400 60,784 45,098 15,686 57,780 46,066 11,714
Physics 184,575 120,660 63,915 147,372 96,508 50,864 37,203 24,152 13,051
Physical sciences, nec 14,399 4,383 10,016 8,680 2,417 6,263 5,719 1,966 3,753
Psychology 15,646 9,640 6,006 7,323 4,110 3,213 8,323 5,530 2,793
Social sciences 10,974 8,808 2,166 3,300 2,570 730 7,674 6,238 1,436
Economics 1,635 1,141 494 472 138 334 1,163 1,003 160
Political sciences 331 267 64 126 117 9 205 150 55
Sociology 2,274 1,132 1,142 589 412 177 1,685 720 965
Social sciences, nec 6,734 6,268 466 2,113 1,903 210 4,621 4,365 256
Sciences, nec 38,827 30,895 7,932 12,939 9,387 3,552 25,888 21,508 4,380
Engineering 654,119 505,764 148,355 238,992 162,943 76,049 415,127 342,821 72,306
Aeronautical and astronautical engineering 28,922 16,223 12,699 11,679 6,390 5,289 17,243 9,833 7,410
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 37,236 25,462 11,774 18,679 10,329 8,350 18,557 15,133 3,424
Chemical engineering 47,288 34,325 12,963 19,620 15,208 4,412 27,668 19,117 8,551
Civil engineering 32,720 25,170 7,550 11,875 8,238 3,637 20,845 16,932 3,913
Electrical engineering 113,191 73,519 39,672 69,773 50,327 19,446 43,418 23,192 20,226
Mechanical engineering 74,939 50,654 24,285 38,646 23,785 14,861 36,293 26,869 9,424
Metallurgical and materials engineering 242,033 224,024 18,009 33,323 23,072 10,251 208,710 200,952 7,758
Engineering, nec 77,790 56,387 21,403 35,397 25,594 9,803 42,393 30,793 11,600
Non-S&E 42,817 34,790 8,027 9,376 8,441 935 33,441 26,349 7,092
Business and management 4,089 3,302 787 398 357 41 3,691 2,945 746
Communications, journalism, and library science 1,265 1,031 234 255 239 16 1,010 792 218
Education 7,095 5,626 1,469 4,522 3,918 604 2,573 1,708 865
Humanities 2,728 2,388 340 170 141 29 2,558 2,247 311
Law 353 261 92 74 11 63 279 250 29
Social work 203 203 0 95 95 0 108 108 0
Visual and performing arts 1,476 1,236 240 294 237 57 1,182 999 183
Non-S&E, nec 25,608 20,743 4,865 3,568 3,443 125 22,040 17,300 4,740
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 2014.