Data

Boston 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   784,355   773,200   725,402   652,096   583,267   534,205   484,205   421,360   395,921   388,336
    Science   620,747   614,608   599,162   545,734   468,433   430,659   352,851   334,479   319,117   320,256
      Computer and information sciences   25,666   22,142   17,480   14,542   14,251   11,919   5,055   3,046   3,913   4,522
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   9,396   10,080   9,399   7,876   8,573   8,701   7,105   6,807   7,222   7,419
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   9,386   10,070   9,390   7,876   8,571   8,701   7,105   6,807   7,222   6,529
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   10   10   9   0   2   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   890
      Life sciences   474,359   486,968   485,379   445,535   373,079   338,089   272,397   265,371   260,922   251,829
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   227,552   211,743   189,654   168,310   163,939   150,669   112,076   99,214   64,422   65,116
        Health sciences   246,732   275,110   295,414   276,870   208,709   187,252   158,951   165,583   194,391   179,531
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,128   500   0   0
        Life sciences nec   75   115   311   355   431   168   242   74   2,109   7,182
      Mathematics and statistics   6,099   5,008   4,935   5,039   5,199   5,236   4,842   3,709   4,003   4,042
      Physical sciences   47,955   42,374   38,445   35,094   30,909   30,805   29,879   27,450   25,220   33,547
        Astronomy and astrophysics   2,952   3,238   3,237   2,256   2,677   2,335   2,403   2,152   2,471   2,453
        Chemistry   23,717   21,277   17,896   17,695   14,230   13,712   13,092   11,420   9,864   9,173
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   21,286   17,859   17,312   15,143   14,002   14,758   14,384   13,878   12,885   20,456
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,465
      Psychology   31,819   26,387   24,237   22,092   20,413   21,872   21,097   18,863   12,230   13,607
      Social sciences   16,190   14,027   12,084   9,041   7,931   7,962   7,983   5,022   4,013   3,661
        Anthropology   969   777   540   516   539   710   603   167   171   0
        Economics   2,733   3,270   3,772   3,551   1,824   1,736   2,566   1,248   1,326   1,225
        Political science and government   619   301   451   416   306   422   482   605   473   308
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   2,141   1,546   784   489   529   571   453   361   244   545
        Social sciences nec   9,728   8,133   6,537   4,069   4,733   4,523   3,879   2,641   1,799   1,583
      Sciences nec   9,263   7,622   7,203   6,515   8,078   6,075   4,493   4,211   1,594   1,629
    Engineering   114,080   111,856   91,643   79,757   85,651   78,154   83,013   64,275   60,000   52,011
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2,042   2,425   1,867   1,582   1,746   1,385   1,132   883   698   642
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   45,847   47,983   39,008   33,185   35,868   28,847   31,349   26,971   28,170   26,622
      Chemical engineering   58   8   35   232   188   38   140   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   205   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   22,098   20,187   18,718   18,580   22,851   22,146   28,794   19,628   14,017   12,550
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   8,112   8,685   6,406   5,260   2,635   1,478   1,706   602   278   0
      Mechanical engineering   17,526   14,764   12,965   10,930   10,916   11,721   10,545   9,546   9,612   5,595
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   2,078   1,371   988   1,220   1,020   796   987   241   65   5,948
      Engineering nec   16,319   16,433   11,656   8,768   10,427   11,743   8,155   6,404   7,160   654
    Non-S&E   49,528   46,736   34,597   26,605   29,183   25,392   48,341   22,606   16,804   16,069
      Business management and business administration   9,654   7,238   6,289   6,056   7,766   5,800   4,590   3,655   3,442   3,583
      Communication and communications technologies   885   743   749   559   628   1,017   379   754   130   83
      Education   17,319   15,922   10,744   8,378   9,023   8,399   8,988   6,100   3,898   3,276
      Humanities   9,816   12,128   7,971   3,697   2,736   2,443   2,279   1,602   2,651   3,033
      Law   4,814   4,380   3,908   4,204   3,992   3,711   27,480   6,627   3,054   3,084
      Social work   5,661   5,062   4,246   3,456   4,354   3,330   4,001   3,337   3,173   2,238
      Visual and performing arts   675   421   315   80   123   144   7   1   2   1
      Non-S&E nec   704   842   375   175   561   548   617   530   454   771

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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