Data

Auburn U., Auburn

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields   304,439   266,374   255,281   231,619   212,925   190,340   152,381   135,899   142,487   147,229
    Science   170,164   150,674   150,910   140,109   128,417   110,695   103,839   92,721   93,847   91,873
      Computer and information sciences   5,174   5,127   5,006   4,368   2,653   1,799   1,331   0   0   240
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   4,791   4,008   3,460   2,690   2,171   3,820   2,633   3,461   2,988   2,386
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   72   0   62   61   78   59   112   117   151   44
        Geological and earth sciences   3,170   2,241   2,513   1,823   1,068   1,690   757   858   543   1,095
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   92   0   0   0   2   190   186   352   240   70
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified   1,457   1,767   885   806   1,023   1,881   1,578   2,134   2,054   1,177
      Life sciences   128,578   111,491   110,768   104,935   101,567   85,135   85,307   75,745   77,333   75,569
        Agricultural sciences   83,715   70,134   72,560   54,306   55,526   47,872   58,753   56,845   56,182   55,449
        Biological and biomedical sciences   17,753   14,099   15,224   13,317   11,229   10,317   12,248   6,975   6,732   7,508
        Health sciences   14,411   15,343   10,995   28,160   26,623   20,321   6,358   9,377   12,257   9,995
        Natural resources and conservation   1,910   986   1,143   1,280   3,101   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified   10,789   10,929   10,846   7,872   5,088   6,625   7,948   2,548   2,162   2,617
      Mathematics and statistics   3,875   3,471   3,736   3,706   662   3,094   381   308   645   329
      Physical sciences   17,011   15,214   15,247   13,220   11,626   9,622   6,415   4,678   5,770   5,847
        Astronomy and astrophysics   500   22   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   29
        Chemistry   7,242   5,463   7,222   6,440   4,298   4,441   1,645   1,558   2,547   1,682
        Materials science   213   425   60   15   0   74   0   0   0   0
        Physics   8,907   9,147   7,842   6,710   7,303   5,107   4,767   3,120   3,217   4,135
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified   149   157   123   55   25   0   3   0   0   1
      Psychology   3,848   3,137   2,824   2,457   1,871   1,572   452   390   447   508
      Social sciences   3,856   6,228   6,902   5,387   5,940   4,619   4,217   2,838   3,970   3,482
        Anthropology   134   0   1   6   5   0   2   0   0   0
        Economics   139   160   1,463   40   1,664   164   1,373   181   93   44
        Political science and government   1,678   1,640   1,543   1,661   1,115   736   521   0   2   5
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   834   721   545   359   290   46   0   13   4   4
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified   1,071   3,707   3,350   3,321   2,866   3,673   2,321   2,644   3,871   3,429
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified   3,031   1,998   2,967   3,346   1,927   1,034   3,103   5,301   2,694   3,512
    Engineering   93,219   78,720   70,593   59,742   56,233   56,657   45,572   40,249   46,263   51,672
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5,193   4,196   3,723   3,250   1,574   1,677   727   373   503   636
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   2,161   1,019   1,206   1,110   4,186   773   919   1,322   5,010   1,179
      Chemical engineering   10,044   9,320   7,466   6,733   5,858   6,198   4,749   4,749   5,741   6,735
      Civil engineering   17,821   11,869   9,482   8,655   9,515   6,998   3,142   3,973   7,696   6,981
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,727   10,771   9,695   9,157   6,809   5,601   4,262   5,386   5,742   9,307
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   11,603   6,100   4,338   4,593   3,103   2,196   798   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   18,859   21,501   19,199   12,747   10,884   10,021   6,450   4,239   5,471   6,343
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   1,176   564   522   656   2,156   456   1,207   1,175   809   1,608
      Engineering not elsewhere classified   16,635   13,380   14,962   12,841   12,148   22,737   23,318   19,032   15,291   18,883
    Non-S&E   41,056   36,980   33,778   31,768   28,275   22,988   2,970   2,929   2,377   3,684
      Business management and business administration   17,201   15,167   14,782   15,146   11,569   8,293   1,614   1,830   1,419   2,492
      Communication and communications technologies   1,038   992   1,018   1,024   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   4,232   3,968   4,190   3,649   2,441   3,173   1,299   1,065   925   1,147
      Humanities   6,964   6,812   7,030   7,303   4,728   5,694   57   34   28   45
      Law   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   0
      Social work   428   423   205   39   29   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   1   0   62   1,354   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified   11,193   9,617   6,552   4,545   8,154   5,828   0   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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