Data
Hult International Business School
| Field | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All R&D fields | 1,248 | i | 1,159 | i | 1,043 | i | 953 | i | 910 | i | 959 | i | 973 | 1,014 | 1,000 | . | ||||
| Science | 649 | i | 618 | i | 559 | i | 512 | i | 687 | i | 723 | i | 316 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Computer and information sciences | 0 | i | 482 | i | 437 | i | 401 | i | 45 | i | 47 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Geological and earth sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Life sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 461 | i | 484 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Agricultural sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Health sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Natural resources and conservation | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Life sciences nec | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Mathematics and statistics | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 40 | i | 42 | i | 115 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Physical sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Chemistry | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Materials science | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Physics | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Physical sciences nec | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Psychology | 236 | i | 134 | i | 121 | i | 111 | i | 42 | i | 44 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Social sciences | 413 | i | 1 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 99 | i | 106 | i | 201 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Anthropology | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Economics | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 106 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Political science and government | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Social sciences nec | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 95 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Sciences nec | 0 | i | 1 | i | 1 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | ||||
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Chemical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Civil engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Mechanical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Engineering nec | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Non-S&E | 599 | i | 541 | i | 484 | i | 441 | i | 223 | i | 236 | i | 657 | i | 1,014 | i | 1,000 | i | . | |
| Business management and business administration | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 657 | i | 1,014 | i | 1,000 | i | . | |
| Communication and communications technologies | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Education | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Humanities | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Law | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Social work | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Visual and performing arts | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
| Non-S&E nec | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | . | |
i=imputed
NOTES:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

