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Table 13. Higher education R&D expenditures for equipment, by R&D field, source of funds, and institutional control: FY 2015

(Dollars in thousands)

Field All expenditures Federal Nonfederal
Total Public Private Total Public Private Total Public Private
All R&D fields 2,166,234 1,555,088 611,146 986,784 658,304 328,480 1,179,450 896,784 282,666
Science 1,551,080 1,112,784 438,296 732,501 487,954 244,547 818,579 624,830 193,749
Computer sciences 87,680 67,912 19,768 65,882 53,696 12,186 21,798 14,216 7,582
Environmental sciences 127,165 109,412 17,753 83,178 71,581 11,597 43,987 37,831 6,156
Atmospheric sciences 19,887 15,651 4,236 16,102 11,999 4,103 3,785 3,652 133
Earth sciences 49,738 41,163 8,575 28,044 23,253 4,791 21,694 17,910 3,784
Oceanography 45,968 42,976 2,992 34,057 32,040 2,017 11,911 10,936 975
Environmental sciences, nec 11,572 9,622 1,950 4,975 4,289 686 6,597 5,333 1,264
Life sciences 817,933 560,966 256,967 298,184 173,400 124,784 519,749 387,566 132,183
Agricultural sciences 89,959 88,990 969 23,040 22,518 522 66,919 66,472 447
Biological sciences 333,545 198,085 135,460 135,208 70,836 64,372 198,337 127,249 71,088
Medical sciences 322,544 213,500 109,044 123,896 69,047 54,849 198,648 144,453 54,195
Life sciences, nec 71,885 60,391 11,494 16,040 10,999 5,041 55,845 49,392 6,453
Mathematical sciences 5,645 2,778 2,867 3,102 1,806 1,296 2,543 972 1,571
Physical sciences 443,370 326,743 116,627 263,106 175,080 88,026 180,264 151,663 28,601
Astronomy 100,622 90,649 9,973 24,589 16,860 7,729 76,033 73,789 2,244
Chemistry 119,895 89,752 30,143 67,119 45,915 21,204 52,776 43,837 8,939
Physics 205,887 141,494 64,393 161,071 110,337 50,734 44,816 31,157 13,659
Physical sciences, nec 16,966 4,848 12,118 10,327 1,968 8,359 6,639 2,880 3,759
Psychology 13,695 9,675 4,020 7,873 4,890 2,983 5,822 4,785 1,037
Social sciences 10,188 8,461 1,727 2,596 2,170 426 7,592 6,291 1,301
Economics 2,196 1,968 228 173 161 12 2,023 1,807 216
Political science 769 608 161 185 155 30 584 453 131
Sociology 2,746 1,797 949 1,051 733 318 1,695 1,064 631
Social sciences, nec 4,477 4,088 389 1,187 1,121 66 3,290 2,967 323
Sciences, nec 45,404 26,837 18,567 8,580 5,331 3,249 36,824 21,506 15,318
Engineering 564,125 405,282 158,843 246,271 164,105 82,166 317,854 241,177 76,677
Aeronautical and astronautical engineering 34,758 22,278 12,480 16,717 12,379 4,338 18,041 9,899 8,142
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 43,972 25,484 18,488 19,317 8,245 11,072 24,655 17,239 7,416
Chemical engineering 46,366 33,964 12,402 21,232 14,338 6,894 25,134 19,626 5,508
Civil engineering 30,644 25,557 5,087 12,666 9,870 2,796 17,978 15,687 2,291
Electrical engineering 119,988 77,309 42,679 74,958 52,589 22,369 45,030 24,720 20,310
Mechanical engineering 77,140 51,493 25,647 41,264 24,601 16,663 35,876 26,892 8,984
Metallurgical and materials engineering 115,507 96,560 18,947 22,955 12,434 10,521 92,552 84,126 8,426
Engineering, nec 95,750 72,637 23,113 37,162 29,649 7,513 58,588 42,988 15,600
Non-S&E 51,029 37,022 14,007 8,012 6,245 1,767 43,017 30,777 12,240
Business and management 11,363 5,807 5,556 325 269 56 11,038 5,538 5,500
Communications, journalism, and library science 4,809 4,233 576 861 576 285 3,948 3,657 291
Education 5,899 4,712 1,187 2,001 1,367 634 3,898 3,345 553
Humanities 3,692 3,064 628 269 127 142 3,423 2,937 486
Law 321 161 160 49 44 5 272 117 155
Social work 284 244 40 44 14 30 240 230 10
Visual and performing arts 1,809 1,149 660 267 166 101 1,542 983 559
Non-S&E, nec 22,852 17,652 5,200 4,196 3,682 514 18,656 13,970 4,686
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 2015.