Data

Carnegie Mellon 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   505,262   484,757   449,707   402,376   386,996   359,720   331,383   328,100   319,168   242,004
    Science   324,056   311,625   294,584   273,943   270,176   250,860   219,017   214,364   201,687   152,775
      Computer and information sciences   226,521   220,946   211,839   196,380   192,119   171,110   141,298   136,928   123,569   103,328
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,279   1,549   736   364   448   994   1,599   1,228   561   348
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   646   597   265   281   182   6   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,545   918   425   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   25   0   83   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   88   9   46   0   266   988   1,599   1,228   561   348
      Life sciences   16,609   16,878   15,109   14,273   14,696   15,366   12,376   13,125   11,817   11,212
        Agricultural sciences   0   60   211   256   476   774   878   746   477   499
        Biological and biomedical sciences   14,936   15,116   13,497   12,858   12,566   12,103   9,426   9,979   8,949   8,790
        Health sciences   1,020   1,102   1,006   895   824   1,191   1,082   1,056   760   833
        Natural resources and conservation   0   45   23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   653   555   372   264   830   1,298   990   1,344   1,631   1,090
      Mathematics and statistics   15,304   16,604   14,435   12,464   12,000   12,385   9,308   11,321   7,447   5,698
      Physical sciences   29,444   27,237   23,841   21,109   21,580   19,508   20,096   18,921   14,883   14,162
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1,716   1,504   347   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   11,975   11,099   10,492   8,696   9,207   8,868   9,028   8,706   5,268   4,054
        Materials science   1,041   1,894   1,204   600   291   85   0   0   0   0
        Physics   14,583   12,681   11,547   11,111   11,458   9,879   9,912   9,369   7,048   6,743
        Physical sciences nec   129   59   251   702   624   676   1,156   846   2,567   3,365
      Psychology   10,771   10,187   10,640   10,631   11,507   10,601   9,386   9,362   9,424   7,757
      Social sciences   12,619   12,649   12,720   12,392   12,461   14,307   16,639   13,888   13,675   6,791
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   1,259   1,752   1,221   722   762   659   405   652   723   541
        Political science and government   119   180   173   199   210   449   825   1,006   2,027   2,279
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   169   685   483   828   731   86   5   0
        Social sciences nec   11,241   10,717   11,157   10,786   11,006   12,371   14,678   12,144   10,920   3,971
      Sciences nec   10,509   5,575   5,264   6,330   5,365   6,589   8,315   9,591   20,311   3,479
    Engineering   160,149   155,436   138,117   112,597   102,955   95,496   99,201   98,781   102,696   89,054
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1,910   1,641   2,028   1,418   1,549   1,398   3,838   4,429   2,549   2,526
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   24,067   21,985   17,229   12,620   10,273   8,568   6,933   6,872   5,947   5,338
      Chemical engineering   11,897   11,084   11,915   12,744   12,813   11,314   10,638   9,414   8,515   6,254
      Civil engineering   7,918   9,056   8,523   7,985   6,651   5,844   5,448   4,334   7,958   6,637
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   37,507   34,323   29,542   28,010   25,294   25,735   26,268   26,345   26,673   21,013
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   8,924   7,881   4,908   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   40,951   41,348   37,838   21,721   21,286   17,247   15,463   13,272   10,704   8,149
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   10,288   10,841   10,963   11,557   10,117   8,957   8,784   9,696   9,843   8,222
      Engineering nec   16,687   17,277   15,171   16,542   14,972   16,433   21,829   24,419   30,507   30,915
    Non-S&E   21,057   17,696   17,006   15,836   13,865   13,364   13,165   14,955   14,785   175
      Business management and business administration   11,128   9,224   9,058   8,363   8,364   8,571   8,490   10,218   10,005   0
      Communication and communications technologies   92   69   157   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   1,318   688   221   34   91   0   0   0   0   0
      Humanities   5,778   5,079   4,683   4,782   4,430   3,916   3,858   3,895   4,286   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   2,611   2,529   2,771   2,562   876   767   794   842   494   0
      Non-S&E nec   130   107   116   95   104   110   23   0   0   175

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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