Data

California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo

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   38,133   35,830   33,155   25,953   26,605   25,249   16,352   17,979   18,081   16,312
    Science   25,361   21,372   20,528   17,019   19,033   20,837   12,318   13,108   10,865   9,544
      Computer and information sciences   458   186   359   679   626   850   586   321   314   111
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,146   1,768   2,006   1,106   1,105   1,362   1,410   882   795   915
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   2,146   1,768   2,006   1,106   1,105   1,362   1,410   882   768   915
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   27   0
      Life sciences   12,682   10,928   9,048   6,526   7,929   8,979   6,326   6,773   5,942   5,322
        Agricultural sciences   5,219   4,586   4,120   2,514   3,201   4,252   2,134   2,100   2,495   2,417
        Biological and biomedical sciences   572   423   844   707   1,009   1,227   936   703   1,280   892
        Health sciences   2,785   2,570   2,181   2,546   2,899   2,891   2,741   3,029   2,167   2,013
        Natural resources and conservation   2,372   2,409   1,387   759   820   609   515   941   0   0
        Life sciences nec   1,734   940   516   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   3,304   2,996   2,826   2,668   2,841   1,711   1,361   1,353   1,227   989
      Physical sciences   5,984   5,010   5,294   4,953   5,672   7,589   1,884   2,057   1,647   855
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   550   571   622   460   456   385   348   409   402   330
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   985   1,309   2,142   1,757   2,494   2,783   1,536   1,648   1,245   525
        Physical sciences nec   4,449   3,130   2,530   2,736   2,722   4,421   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   97   21   183   157   185   90   61   51   77   103
      Social sciences   675   463   738   930   675   256   505   1,671   616   899
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   356   360   542   623   379   99   65   97   40   172
        Political science and government   263   11   126   98   53   48   340   1,273   360   552
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   21   1   49   69   33   33   87   67   78   13
        Social sciences nec   35   91   21   140   210   76   13   234   138   162
      Sciences nec   15   0   74   0   0   0   185   0   247   350
    Engineering   7,251   9,181   8,472   5,522   4,646   4,117   3,542   4,196   6,694   6,122
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   410   3,288   3,861   1,314   274   275   621   1,651   3,561   2,654
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,406   1,051   372   128   66   106   91   91   95   95
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   1,716   1,689   1,453   1,033   1,444   1,505   1,179   766   1,658   1,982
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   234   67   169   180   30   21   83   169   260   98
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   65   15   45   41   81   166   204   193   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   333   872   983   865   746   681   936   711   427   392
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   5   7   4   26   0   49   156   173   303   136
      Engineering nec   3,082   2,192   1,585   1,935   2,005   1,314   272   442   390   765
    Non-S&E   5,521   5,277   4,155   3,412   2,926   295   492   675   522   646
      Business management and business administration   3,130   3,090   2,798   2,755   2,003   57   61   178   176   445
      Communication and communications technologies   147   50   32   70   97   105   52   75   51   41
      Education   1,270   1,419   1,012   367   266   37   97   39   33   10
      Humanities   957   699   313   210   555   72   224   304   231   141
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   14   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   10   9
      Non-S&E nec   3   19   0   10   5   24   58   69   21   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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