Data

Boston C.

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   81,425   68,958   65,156   63,063   61,956   57,030   58,088   54,469   47,761   49,724
    Science   53,228   46,125   45,676   43,168   44,768   42,801   43,825   40,724   26,123   28,326
      Computer and information sciences   1,408   1,399   663   599   559   521   387   343   142   46
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   9,394   9,912   7,414   5,836   5,130   5,533   6,058   6,106   6,161   6,817
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7,055   7,610   6,176   4,786   4,498   4,682   5,226   5,041   5,614   6,219
        Geological and earth sciences   2,339   2,302   1,238   1,050   632   851   832   1,065   547   598
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   11,638   8,226   9,313   9,824   13,514   12,494   13,811   10,996   7,091   8,321
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   8,994   6,239   7,705   8,248   12,312   11,319   12,967   9,969   6,659   7,751
        Health sciences   2,644   1,987   1,608   1,576   1,202   1,175   844   1,027   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   432   570
      Mathematics and statistics   1,377   951   1,079   1,289   1,015   1,113   1,230   1,084   929   886
      Physical sciences   13,121   12,202   11,863   9,306   9,572   8,313   8,233   7,978   8,297   9,547
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   9,250   8,931   8,543   7,492   7,188   6,530   6,137   5,864   5,384   6,484
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   3,871   3,271   3,320   1,814   2,384   1,783   2,096   2,114   2,913   2,768
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   295
      Psychology   4,748   4,174   4,588   4,452   3,837   3,549   3,156   3,300   2,873   2,286
      Social sciences   11,542   9,261   10,756   11,862   11,141   11,278   10,950   10,917   630   423
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   502   430   525   821   702   572   616   545   397   215
        Political science and government   145   152   164   172   150   49   68   171   52   29
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   4,853   3,791   4,355   4,538   3,989   4,814   4,604   4,910   160   179
        Social sciences nec   6,042   4,888   5,712   6,331   6,300   5,843   5,662   5,291   21   0
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   592   438   50   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   592   438   50   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   27,605   22,395   19,430   19,895   17,188   14,229   14,263   13,745   21,638   21,398
      Business management and business administration   258   124   89   36   74   51   26   137   4,198   4,043
      Communication and communications technologies   81   30   10   58   61   39   28   27   12   21
      Education   17,200   13,237   11,664   11,563   11,045   10,307   11,512   10,383   14,731   14,122
      Humanities   712   974   564   806   399   460   559   513   525   450
      Law   192   162   586   543   551   73   96   89   13   0
      Social work   8,160   6,335   5,977   6,369   4,419   2,366   1,104   1,681   1,220   1,826
      Visual and performing arts   70   64   66   50   85   81   55   74   47   13
      Non-S&E nec   932   1,469   474   470   554   852   883   841   892   923

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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