Data

Carnegie Mellon U.

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   484,757   449,707   402,376   386,996   359,720   331,383   328,100   319,168   242,004   251,222
    Science   311,625   294,584   273,943   270,176   250,860   219,017   214,364   201,687   152,775   160,588
      Computer and information sciences   220,946   211,839   196,380   192,119   171,110   141,298   136,928   123,569   103,328   110,795
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,549   736   364   448   994   1,599   1,228   561   348   425
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   597   265   281   182   6   0   0   0   0   21
        Geological and earth sciences   918   425   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   25   0   83   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   9   46   0   266   988   1,599   1,228   561   348   404
      Life sciences   16,878   15,109   14,273   14,696   15,366   12,376   13,125   11,817   11,212   10,681
        Agricultural sciences   60   211   256   476   774   878   746   477   499   430
        Biological and biomedical sciences   15,116   13,497   12,858   12,566   12,103   9,426   9,979   8,949   8,790   9,040
        Health sciences   1,102   1,006   895   824   1,191   1,082   1,056   760   833   576
        Natural resources and conservation   45   23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   555   372   264   830   1,298   990   1,344   1,631   1,090   635
      Mathematics and statistics   16,604   14,435   12,464   12,000   12,385   9,308   11,321   7,447   5,698   6,269
      Physical sciences   27,237   23,841   21,109   21,580   19,508   20,096   18,921   14,883   14,162   13,000
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1,504   347   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   11,099   10,492   8,696   9,207   8,868   9,028   8,706   5,268   4,054   3,763
        Materials science   1,894   1,204   600   291   85   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   12,681   11,547   11,111   11,458   9,879   9,912   9,369   7,048   6,743   6,799
        Physical sciences nec   59   251   702   624   676   1,156   846   2,567   3,365   2,438
      Psychology   10,187   10,640   10,631   11,507   10,601   9,386   9,362   9,424   7,757   8,607
      Social sciences   12,649   12,720   12,392   12,461   14,307   16,639   13,888   13,675   6,791   6,185
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   1,752   1,221   722   762   659   405   652   723   541   495
        Political science and government   180   173   199   210   449   825   1,006   2,027   2,279   1,632
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   169   685   483   828   731   86   5   0   15
        Social sciences nec   10,717   11,157   10,786   11,006   12,371   14,678   12,144   10,920   3,971   4,043
      Sciences nec   5,575   5,264   6,330   5,365   6,589   8,315   9,591   20,311   3,479   4,626
    Engineering   155,436   138,117   112,597   102,955   95,496   99,201   98,781   102,696   89,054   89,909
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1,641   2,028   1,418   1,549   1,398   3,838   4,429   2,549   2,526   2,025
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   21,985   17,229   12,620   10,273   8,568   6,933   6,872   5,947   5,338   7,595
      Chemical engineering   11,084   11,915   12,744   12,813   11,314   10,638   9,414   8,515   6,254   8,411
      Civil engineering   9,056   8,523   7,985   6,651   5,844   5,448   4,334   7,958   6,637   6,620
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   34,323   29,542   28,010   25,294   25,735   26,268   26,345   26,673   21,013   18,009
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   7,881   4,908   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   41,348   37,838   21,721   21,286   17,247   15,463   13,272   10,704   8,149   7,622
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   10,841   10,963   11,557   10,117   8,957   8,784   9,696   9,843   8,222   6,386
      Engineering nec   17,277   15,171   16,542   14,972   16,433   21,829   24,419   30,507   30,915   33,241
    Non-S&E   17,696   17,006   15,836   13,865   13,364   13,165   14,955   14,785   175   725
      Business management and business administration   9,224   9,058   8,363   8,364   8,571   8,490   10,218   10,005   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   69   157   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   688   221   34   91   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Humanities   5,079   4,683   4,782   4,430   3,916   3,858   3,895   4,286   0   0
      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   2,529   2,771   2,562   876   767   794   842   494   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   107   116   95   104   110   23   0   0   175   725

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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