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Table 17. Higher education R&D expenditures for equipment, by R&D field, source of funds, and institutional control: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

Field All expenditures Federal Nonfederal
Total Public Private Total Public Private Total Public Private
All R&D fields 2,186,468 1,552,880 633,588 1,044,557 670,365 374,192 1,141,911 882,515 259,396
Science 1,532,327 1,075,129 457,198 751,124 497,596 253,528 781,203 577,533 203,670
Computer and information sciences 101,891 76,486 25,405 67,920 50,065 17,855 33,971 26,421 7,550
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 106,377 91,195 15,182 68,532 58,810 9,722 37,845 32,385 5,460
Atmospheric science and meteorology 25,948 23,818 2,130 23,966 21,898 2,068 1,982 1,920 62
Geological and earth sciences 33,232 24,506 8,726 18,544 12,781 5,763 14,688 11,725 2,963
Ocean sciences and marine sciences 37,305 34,488 2,817 22,055 21,050 1,005 15,250 13,438 1,812
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec 9,892 8,383 1,509 3,967 3,081 886 5,925 5,302 623
Life sciences 845,729 572,317 273,412 305,209 178,816 126,393 540,520 393,501 147,019
Agricultural sciences 76,857 74,721 2,136 15,882 14,906 976 60,975 59,815 1,160
Biological and biomedical sciences 381,863 213,856 168,007 158,151 81,562 76,589 223,712 132,294 91,418
Health sciences 334,194 248,868 85,326 118,536 75,878 42,658 215,658 172,990 42,668
Natural resources and conservation 10,021 9,283 738 3,474 3,025 449 6,547 6,258 289
Life sciences, nec 42,794 25,589 17,205 9,166 3,445 5,721 33,628 22,144 11,484
Mathematics and statistics 7,770 4,144 3,626 5,523 2,536 2,987 2,247 1,608 639
Physical sciences 399,945 279,417 120,528 282,816 192,477 90,339 117,129 86,940 30,189
Astronomy and astrophysics 38,982 26,790 12,192 26,245 15,451 10,794 12,737 11,339 1,398
Chemistry 121,090 85,149 35,941 70,234 44,831 25,403 50,856 40,318 10,538
Materials science 14,542 9,897 4,645 9,328 6,457 2,871 5,214 3,440 1,774
Physics 208,798 149,188 59,610 167,487 120,717 46,770 41,311 28,471 12,840
Physical sciences, nec 16,533 8,393 8,140 9,522 5,021 4,501 7,011 3,372 3,639
Psychology 16,044 11,577 4,467 6,437 3,988 2,449 9,607 7,589 2,018
Social sciences 13,465 10,440 3,025 2,522 1,915 607 10,943 8,525 2,418
Anthropology 1,663 1,469 194 429 366 63 1,234 1,103 131
Economics 3,064 2,801 263 205 185 20 2,859 2,616 243
Political science and government 893 653 240 156 149 7 737 504 233
Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,633 1,058 575 549 106 443 1,084 952 132
Social sciences, nec 6,212 4,459 1,753 1,183 1,109 74 5,029 3,350 1,679
Sciences, nec 41,106 29,553 11,553 12,165 8,989 3,176 28,941 20,564 8,377
Engineering 612,739 445,447 167,292 284,833 164,873 119,960 327,906 280,574 47,332
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 38,015 27,924 10,091 26,888 18,963 7,925 11,127 8,961 2,166
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 54,219 35,598 18,621 26,793 14,333 12,460 27,426 21,265 6,161
Chemical engineering 44,098 33,596 10,502 15,210 9,379 5,831 28,888 24,217 4,671
Civil engineering 32,292 26,748 5,544 11,460 9,418 2,042 20,832 17,330 3,502
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 129,729 80,825 48,904 91,651 50,500 41,151 38,078 30,325 7,753
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 11,676 7,122 4,554 6,139 3,191 2,948 5,537 3,931 1,606
Mechanical engineering 78,720 53,957 24,763 43,053 25,703 17,350 35,667 28,254 7,413
Metallurgical and materials engineering 51,045 30,198 20,847 27,227 12,481 14,746 23,818 17,717 6,101
Engineering, nec 172,945 149,479 23,466 36,412 20,905 15,507 136,533 128,574 7,959
Non-S&E 41,402 32,304 9,098 8,600 7,896 704 32,802 24,408 8,394
Business management and business administration 4,257 2,262 1,995 206 166 40 4,051 2,096 1,955
Communication and communications technologies 5,893 5,760 133 1,654 1,632 22 4,239 4,128 111
Education 7,624 6,724 900 2,656 2,236 420 4,968 4,488 480
Humanities 7,168 3,889 3,279 92 24 68 7,076 3,865 3,211
Law 658 336 322 223 220 3 435 116 319
Social work 299 293 6 107 106 1 192 187 5
Visual and performing arts 1,564 1,186 378 153 79 74 1,411 1,107 304
Non-S&E, nec 13,939 11,854 2,085 3,509 3,433 76 10,430 8,421 2,009
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 2017.