Table A-18. Imputed amounts for total and federally financed higher education R&D equipment expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2015
(Dollars in thousands)
R&D field |
Total |
Federally financed |
All separately budgeted R&D expenditures |
Imputed amount |
Imputed amount as % of total |
All separately budgeted R&D expenditures |
Imputed amount |
Imputed amount as % of total |
All R&D fields |
2,166,234 |
6,981 |
0.3 |
986,784 |
3,889 |
0.4 |
All science and engineering |
2,115,205 |
83,457 |
3.9 |
978,772 |
33,378 |
3.4 |
Computer sciences |
87,680 |
7,183 |
8.2 |
65,882 |
1,728 |
2.6 |
Environmental sciences |
127,165 |
849 |
0.7 |
83,178 |
326 |
0.4 |
Atmospheric sciences |
19,887 |
120 |
0.6 |
16,102 |
42 |
0.3 |
Earth sciences |
49,738 |
327 |
0.7 |
28,044 |
155 |
0.6 |
Oceanography |
45,968 |
188 |
0.4 |
34,057 |
65 |
0.2 |
Environmental sciences, nec |
11,572 |
214 |
1.8 |
4,975 |
64 |
1.3 |
Life sciences |
817,933 |
16,975 |
2.1 |
298,184 |
9,628 |
3.2 |
Agricultural sciences |
89,959 |
244 |
0.3 |
23,040 |
127 |
0.6 |
Biological sciences |
333,545 |
8,309 |
2.5 |
135,208 |
4,608 |
3.4 |
Medical sciences |
322,544 |
7,764 |
2.4 |
123,896 |
4,708 |
3.8 |
Life sciences, nec |
71,885 |
658 |
0.9 |
16,040 |
185 |
1.2 |
Mathematical sciences |
5,645 |
2,012 |
35.6 |
3,102 |
679 |
21.9 |
Physical sciences |
443,370 |
13,071 |
2.9 |
263,106 |
5,067 |
1.9 |
Astronomy |
100,622 |
3,930 |
3.9 |
24,589 |
2,533 |
10.3 |
Chemistry |
119,895 |
1,387 |
1.2 |
67,119 |
447 |
0.7 |
Physics |
205,887 |
6,124 |
3.0 |
161,071 |
1,829 |
1.1 |
Physical sciences, nec |
16,966 |
1,630 |
9.6 |
10,327 |
258 |
2.5 |
Psychology |
13,695 |
321 |
2.3 |
7,873 |
138 |
1.8 |
Social sciences |
10,188 |
1,098 |
10.8 |
2,596 |
185 |
7.1 |
Economics |
2,196 |
330 |
15.0 |
173 |
10 |
5.8 |
Political science |
769 |
102 |
13.3 |
185 |
14 |
7.6 |
Sociology |
2,746 |
473 |
17.2 |
1,051 |
145 |
13.8 |
Social sciences, nec |
4,477 |
193 |
4.3 |
1,187 |
16 |
1.3 |
Sciences, nec |
45,404 |
2,026 |
4.5 |
8,580 |
669 |
7.8 |
Engineering |
564,125 |
39,922 |
7.1 |
246,271 |
14,958 |
6.1 |
Aeronautical and astronautical engineering |
34,758 |
3,439 |
9.9 |
16,717 |
1,181 |
7.1 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering |
43,972 |
962 |
2.2 |
19,317 |
524 |
2.7 |
Chemical engineering |
46,366 |
364 |
0.8 |
21,232 |
165 |
0.8 |
Civil engineering |
30,644 |
354 |
1.2 |
12,666 |
208 |
1.6 |
Electrical engineering |
119,988 |
18,714 |
15.6 |
74,958 |
6,613 |
8.8 |
Mechanical engineering |
77,140 |
6,774 |
8.8 |
41,264 |
2,946 |
7.1 |
Metallurgical and materials engineering |
115,507 |
503 |
0.4 |
22,955 |
186 |
0.8 |
Engineering, nec |
95,750 |
8,861 |
9.3 |
37,162 |
3,181 |
8.6 |
All non-science and engineering |
51,029 |
2,766 |
5.4 |
8,012 |
127 |
1.6 |
Business and management |
11,363 |
730 |
6.4 |
325 |
3 |
0.9 |
Communications, journalism, and library science |
4,809 |
192 |
4.0 |
861 |
1 |
0.1 |
Education |
5,899 |
764 |
13.0 |
2,001 |
65 |
3.2 |
Humanities |
3,692 |
75 |
2.0 |
269 |
7 |
2.6 |
Law |
321 |
93 |
29.0 |
49 |
0 |
0.0 |
Social work |
284 |
151 |
53.2 |
44 |
12 |
27.3 |
Visual and performing arts |
1,809 |
70 |
3.9 |
267 |
1 |
0.4 |
Non-science and engineering, nec |
22,852 |
691 |
3.0 |
4,196 |
38 |
0.9 |