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Table A-18. Imputed amounts for total and federally financed higher education R&D equipment expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

R&D field Total Federally financed
All R&D expenditures Imputed amount Imputed amount as % of total All R&D expenditures Imputed amount Imputed amount as % of total
All R&D fields 2,186,468 87,125 4.0 1,044,557 81,677 7.8
All science and engineering 2,145,066 96,514 4.5 1,035,957 80,584 7.8
Computer and information sciences 101,891 6,918 6.8 67,920 6,468 9.5
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 106,377 1,312 1.2 68,532 939 1.4
Atmospheric science and meteorology 25,948 207 0.8 23,966 194 0.8
Geological and earth sciences 33,232 393 1.2 18,544 340 1.8
Ocean sciences and marine sciences 37,305 642 1.7 22,055 358 1.6
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec 9,892 70 0.7 3,967 47 1.2
Life sciences 845,729 24,516 2.9 305,209 14,426 4.7
Agricultural sciences 76,857 1,958 2.5 15,882 768 4.8
Biological and biomedical sciences 381,863 10,830 2.8 158,151 7,653 4.8
Health sciences 334,194 11,504 3.4 118,536 5,954 5.0
Natural resources and conservation 10,021 5 0.0 3,474 4 0.1
Life sciences, nec 42,794 219 0.5 9,166 47 0.5
Mathematics and statistics 7,770 2,679 34.5 5,523 2,520 45.6
Physical sciences 399,945 10,738 2.7 282,816 9,410 3.3
Astronomy and astrophysics 38,982 1,955 5.0 26,245 1,903 7.3
Chemistry 121,090 2,130 1.8 70,234 1,773 2.5
Materials science 14,542 370 2.5 9,328 353 3.8
Physics 208,798 4,782 2.3 167,487 4,018 2.4
Physical sciences, nec 16,533 1,501 9.1 9,522 1,363 14.3
Psychology 16,044 274 1.7 6,437 137 2.1
Social sciences 13,465 815 6.1 2,522 480 19.0
Anthropology 1,663 30 1.8 429 2 0.5
Economics 3,064 17 0.6 205 3 1.5
Political science and government 893 118 13.2 156 18 11.5
Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,633 451 27.6 549 390 71.0
Social sciences, nec 6,212 199 3.2 1,183 67 5.7
Sciences, nec 41,106 3,051 7.4 12,165 2,823 23.2
Engineering 612,739 46,211 7.5 284,833 43,381 15.2
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 38,015 4,887 12.9 26,888 4,716 17.5
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 54,219 1,307 2.4 26,793 983 3.7
Chemical engineering 44,098 713 1.6 15,210 640 4.2
Civil engineering 32,292 493 1.5 11,460 369 3.2
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 129,729 23,049 17.8 91,651 22,197 24.2
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 11,676 45 0.4 6,139 2 0.0
Mechanical engineering 78,720 7,839 10.0 43,053 7,227 16.8
Metallurgical and materials engineering 51,045 743 1.5 27,227 678 2.5
Engineering, nec 172,945 7,135 4.1 36,412 6,569 18.0
All non-science and engineering 41,402 2,407 5.8 8,600 1,342 15.6
Business management and business administration 4,257 194 4.6 206 46 22.3
Communication and communications technologies 5,893 29 0.5 1,654 5 0.3
Education 7,624 466 6.1 2,656 193 7.3
Humanities 7,168 208 2.9 92 12 13.0
Law 658 54 8.2 223 3 1.3
Social work 299 146 48.8 107 52 48.6
Visual and performing arts 1,564 33 2.1 153 0 0.0
Non-science and engineering, nec 13,939 1,277 9.2 3,509 1,031 29.4
nec = not elsewhere classified.
NOTES: Imputation rate at total level is lower than imputation rates at detail levels because some institutions could provide totals but not details. Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Percentages calculated on unrounded numbers. This table includes only institutions reporting $1 million or more in total R&D expenditures in FY 2016. Institutions reporting less than $1 million in total R&D expenditures in FY 2016 completed a shorter version of the survey form in FY 2017 that did not include this question.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2017.