Data

California Institute of Technology

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   445,173   490,672   478,142   438,624   449,651   399,931   391,003   400,312   371,060   374,424
    Science   369,089 i   416,522 i   395,504   370,861 i   367,004   328,586   317,513   318,940   298,318   267,409
      Computer and information sciences   9,683 i   13,730 i   11,363   13,508 i   15,072   14,405   15,086   9,584   1,220   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   39,150 i   47,263 i   57,033   43,295 i   43,338   37,101   32,030   33,138   32,029   29,132
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0 i   0 i   2,689   1,986 i   2,539   4,122   5,694   7,797   7,980   7,119
        Geological and earth sciences   35,965 i   43,235 i   46,166   34,651 i   33,000   26,942   22,911   23,635   22,541   21,095
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0 i   0 i   208   204 i   114   0   0   92   56   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   3,185 i   4,028 i   7,970   6,454 i   7,685   6,037   3,425   1,614   1,452   918
      Life sciences   93,708 i   102,066 i   98,580   100,754 i   89,626   87,505   80,318   77,964   65,679   63,913
        Agricultural sciences   0 i   0 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   93,708 i   102,066 i   98,392   100,578 i   89,580   84,558   76,044   74,998   65,501   63,637
        Health sciences   0 i   0 i   142   128 i   46   2,815   4,274   2,966   178   230
        Natural resources and conservation   0 i   0 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0 i   0 i   46   48 i   0   132   0   0   0   46
      Mathematics and statistics   1,385 i   794 i   1,063   1,039 i   1,387   1,534   1,475   1,641   9,809   10,003
      Physical sciences   217,325 i   235,054 i   227,465   212,265 i   217,581   188,041   188,604   192,478   185,449   164,339
        Astronomy and astrophysics   51,405 i   60,682 i   64,902   49,083 i   49,859   45,835   41,062   35,423   35,373   39,943
        Chemistry   33,203 i   36,142 i   36,223   37,366 i   40,638   42,498   46,180   51,531   49,285   40,577
        Materials science   0 i   0 i   25,614   25,102 i   20,847   15,109   17,713   19,616   15,790   0
        Physics   105,783 i   111,025 i   100,726   100,714 i   106,237   84,599   83,649   85,908   85,001   83,819
        Physical sciences nec   26,934 i   27,205 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   2,127 i   1,117 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   46   46   0
      Social sciences   1,852 i   3,213 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Anthropology   17 i   22 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   308 i   211 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   17 i   21 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   17 i   21 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   1,493 i   2,938 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Sciences nec   3,859 i   13,285 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   4,089   4,086   22
    Engineering   75,727 i   73,871 i   51,975   51,630 i   51,693   46,972   45,494   61,771   57,886   83,424
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   8,092 i   7,631 i   7,418   6,149 i   9,139   9,108   9,619   14,144   13,268   13,528
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   6,750 i   6,287 i   6,392   6,210 i   3,051   892   868   1,869   1,956   658
      Chemical engineering   5,250 i   6,982 i   7,286   7,524 i   7,955   5,548   3,867   9,494   16,256   27,701
      Civil engineering   11,353 i   8,777 i   11,452   11,644 i   12,202   12,598   13,059   7,509   5,540   8,463
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,978 i   6,180 i   7,780   5,501 i   4,877   5,799   4,840   6,858   6,766   6,052
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0 i   0 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   4,845 i   3,291 i   183   220 i   307   368   0   5,168   3,063   174
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   31,000 i   26,713 i   96   44 i   12   0   0   92   2,565   19,757
      Engineering nec   2,459 i   8,010 i   11,368   14,338 i   14,150   12,659   13,241   16,637   8,472   7,091
    Non-S&E   357 i   279 i   30,663   16,133 i   30,954   24,373   27,996   19,601   14,856   23,591
      Business management and business administration   0 i   0 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   224   115   426
      Communication and communications technologies   0 i   0 i   388   179 i   91   44   173   118   28   14
      Education   0 i   0 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Humanities   357 i   279 i   7,342   7,641 i   10,411   10,425   10,002   6,630   6,005   8,154
      Law   0 i   0 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0 i   0 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0 i   0 i   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   0 i   0 i   22,933   8,313 i   20,452   13,904   17,821   12,629   8,708   14,997

i=imputed

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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