Data

Boise State U.

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   57,749   52,989   47,617   46,065   43,307   39,824   41,382   34,992   32,085   31,341
    Science   34,806   32,963   29,938   28,249   24,963   23,840   26,052   22,562   20,990   21,685
      Computer and information sciences   3,272   3,449   3,448   1,686   1,761   1,454   1,565   1,911   2,341   2,634
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   4,871   4,255   2,927   3,129   3,660   3,536   5,633   4,814   7,204   5,353
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   30   71   106   68   110   212   118   86   81   1
        Geological and earth sciences   4,088   3,391   2,114   2,938   3,409   2,780   3,168   2,916   5,522   3,788
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   51   87   123   7   36   14   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   753   793   656   36   18   537   2,311   1,798   1,601   1,564
      Life sciences   12,670   12,924   12,000   12,908   10,616   9,858   8,838   9,022   7,764   10,473
        Agricultural sciences   1,271   1,039   769   603   299   516   168   376   65   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   7,300   8,101   8,027   9,570   8,089   7,701   7,428   7,170   5,916   5,661
        Health sciences   1,853   2,373   2,279   1,723   1,343   955   881   1,192   1,557   1,107
        Natural resources and conservation   2,171   1,370   884   1,005   885   686   361   284   0   0
        Life sciences nec   75   41   41   7   0   0   0   0   226   3,705
      Mathematics and statistics   837   646   1,550   1,475   1,137   582   1,534   1,528   432   368
      Physical sciences   8,624   7,828   6,848   5,881   3,788   3,358   3,737   1,117   927   1,203
        Astronomy and astrophysics   236   142   339   197   147   432   767   158   37   2
        Chemistry   4,097   2,575   1,379   745   857   1,182   900   299   359   444
        Materials science   3,629   4,597   4,788   4,808   2,582   1,488   1,851   441   0   0
        Physics   662   514   342   131   202   256   219   219   364   660
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   167   97
      Psychology   311   324   101   127   171   293   136   112   154   15
      Social sciences   2,749   2,564   2,458   2,554   3,200   4,232   4,145   3,741   1,533   1,317
        Anthropology   237   111   137   36   102   66   49   5   0   0
        Economics   87   86   179   186   190   185   378   285   193   111
        Political science and government   414   416   558   421   786   973   349   287   773   569
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   208   156   81   45   5   0   23   137   140   67
        Social sciences nec   1,803   1,795   1,503   1,866   2,117   3,008   3,346   3,027   427   570
      Sciences nec   1,472   973   606   489   630   527   464   317   635   322
    Engineering   19,438   17,088   14,758   14,918   13,956   11,688   11,907   9,717   9,394   8,270
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   35   30   38   90   128   20   48   80   20   54
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   5,709   6,741   5,682   4,057   2,855   678   442   384   272   707
      Chemical engineering   497   967   959   529   97   267   185   144   346   276
      Civil engineering   1,002   750   584   903   864   875   825   527   244   221
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   3,386   2,375   2,369   3,033   3,047   2,556   2,457   1,497   1,006   1,192
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   960   257   155   354   728   540   593   620   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,037   1,235   588   183   139   126   18   59   96   64
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,142   3,686   2,780   3,493   3,741   4,492   6,407   5,376   6,484   4,464
      Engineering nec   2,670   1,047   1,603   2,276   2,357   2,134   932   1,030   926   1,292
    Non-S&E   3,505   2,938   2,921   2,898   4,388   4,296   3,423   2,713   1,701   1,386
      Business management and business administration   799   987   526   689   1,018   518   634   131   127   71
      Communication and communications technologies   56   39   85   51   122   69   3   50   20   1
      Education   758   1,025   1,533   1,502   2,313   2,534   1,984   1,616   987   836
      Humanities   492   314   304   239   318   348   373   654   404   259
      Law   200   0   0   0   0   0   43   4   0   0
      Social work   309   99   79   62   36   50   109   22   31   6
      Visual and performing arts   240   205   282   272   380   640   138   136   121   190
      Non-S&E nec   651   269   112   83   201   137   139   100   11   23

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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