Data

Auburn U., Auburn

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields   349,273   304,439   266,374   255,281   231,619   212,925   190,340   152,381   135,899   142,487
    Science   194,800   170,164   150,674   150,910   140,109   128,417   110,695   103,839   92,721   93,847
      Computer and information sciences   6,337   5,174   5,127   5,006   4,368   2,653   1,799   1,331   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   5,277   4,791   4,008   3,460   2,690   2,171   3,820   2,633   3,461   2,988
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   174   72   0   62   61   78   59   112   117   151
        Geological and earth sciences   3,505   3,170   2,241   2,513   1,823   1,068   1,690   757   858   543
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   240   92   0   0   0   2   190   186   352   240
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,358   1,457   1,767   885   806   1,023   1,881   1,578   2,134   2,054
      Life sciences   147,192   128,578   111,491   110,768   104,935   101,567   85,135   85,307   75,745   77,333
        Agricultural sciences   81,428   83,715   70,134   72,560   54,306   55,526   47,872   58,753   56,845   56,182
        Biological and biomedical sciences   24,327   17,753   14,099   15,224   13,317   11,229   10,317   12,248   6,975   6,732
        Health sciences   27,593   14,411   15,343   10,995   28,160   26,623   20,321   6,358   9,377   12,257
        Natural resources and conservation   2,238   1,910   986   1,143   1,280   3,101   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   11,606   10,789   10,929   10,846   7,872   5,088   6,625   7,948   2,548   2,162
      Mathematics and statistics   4,229   3,875   3,471   3,736   3,706   662   3,094   381   308   645
      Physical sciences   19,616   17,011   15,214   15,247   13,220   11,626   9,622   6,415   4,678   5,770
        Astronomy and astrophysics   909   500   22   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
        Chemistry   8,154   7,242   5,463   7,222   6,440   4,298   4,441   1,645   1,558   2,547
        Materials science   242   213   425   60   15   0   74   0   0   0
        Physics   10,216   8,907   9,147   7,842   6,710   7,303   5,107   4,767   3,120   3,217
        Physical sciences nec   95   149   157   123   55   25   0   3   0   0
      Psychology   3,763   3,848   3,137   2,824   2,457   1,871   1,572   452   390   447
      Social sciences   4,507   3,856   6,228   6,902   5,387   5,940   4,619   4,217   2,838   3,970
        Anthropology   4   134   0   1   6   5   0   2   0   0
        Economics   216   139   160   1,463   40   1,664   164   1,373   181   93
        Political science and government   1,742   1,678   1,640   1,543   1,661   1,115   736   521   0   2
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   658   834   721   545   359   290   46   0   13   4
        Social sciences nec   1,887   1,071   3,707   3,350   3,321   2,866   3,673   2,321   2,644   3,871
      Sciences nec   3,879   3,031   1,998   2,967   3,346   1,927   1,034   3,103   5,301   2,694
    Engineering   108,344   93,219   78,720   70,593   59,742   56,233   56,657   45,572   40,249   46,263
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5,318   5,193   4,196   3,723   3,250   1,574   1,677   727   373   503
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   6,766   2,161   1,019   1,206   1,110   4,186   773   919   1,322   5,010
      Chemical engineering   8,194   10,044   9,320   7,466   6,733   5,858   6,198   4,749   4,749   5,741
      Civil engineering   19,353   17,821   11,869   9,482   8,655   9,515   6,998   3,142   3,973   7,696
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,922   9,727   10,771   9,695   9,157   6,809   5,601   4,262   5,386   5,742
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   12,639   11,603   6,100   4,338   4,593   3,103   2,196   798   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   19,611   18,859   21,501   19,199   12,747   10,884   10,021   6,450   4,239   5,471
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   1,579   1,176   564   522   656   2,156   456   1,207   1,175   809
      Engineering nec   24,962   16,635   13,380   14,962   12,841   12,148   22,737   23,318   19,032   15,291
    Non-S&E   46,129   41,056   36,980   33,778   31,768   28,275   22,988   2,970   2,929   2,377
      Business management and business administration   18,798   17,201   15,167   14,782   15,146   11,569   8,293   1,614   1,830   1,419
      Communication and communications technologies   1,197   1,038   992   1,018   1,024   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   4,525   4,232   3,968   4,190   3,649   2,441   3,173   1,299   1,065   925
      Humanities   7,322   6,964   6,812   7,030   7,303   4,728   5,694   57   34   28
      Law   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   5
      Social work   440   428   423   205   39   29   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1   0   1   0   62   1,354   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   13,846   11,193   9,617   6,552   4,545   8,154   5,828   0   0   0

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

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