Data

Catholic U. America, The

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   47,022   38,191   35,548   25,221   24,484   25,497   24,282   25,139   24,265   22,331
    Science   36,367   26,959   22,631   20,581   20,815   22,296   21,400   22,919   22,285   20,401
      Computer and information sciences   118   0   50   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        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   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,689   637   1,649   2,000   2,368   2,503   2,116   2,640   2,500   1,774
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,689   607   1,157   1,333   1,633   1,614   1,692   2,060   2,229   1,566
        Health sciences   0   30   444   667   735   889   424   580   271   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   48   0   0   0   0   0   0   208
      Mathematics and statistics   202   0   53   0   0   0   0   0   0   10
      Physical sciences   32,191   23,353   19,708   17,669   17,660   19,319   18,592   18,956   18,048   16,957
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   185   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   3   18   101   659   551   662   586   608   557   471
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   27,944   19,597   13,988   12,213   11,192   9,434   8,497   8,683   8,109   7,810
        Physical sciences nec   4,244   3,738   5,434   4,797   5,917   9,223   9,509   9,665   9,382   8,676
      Psychology   1,232   1,064   520   347   294   105   267   1,011   1,377   1,204
      Social sciences   935   1,897   651   502   402   358   425   312   360   456
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   5   248   0   40   49   4   99   148
        Political science and government   285   370   8   14   43   0   5   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   650   1,527   635   240   359   318   371   308   261   308
        Social sciences nec   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Sciences nec   0   8   0   63   91   11   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   3,217   3,076   3,926   3,518   2,587   1,973   1,937   1,441   1,532   1,608
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,334   1,313   1,312   1,034   614   376   357   270   294   314
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   546   371   347   314   351   231   337   365   371   493
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   897   1,049   1,189   1,212   903   795   658   531   486   292
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   440   343   948   958   719   571   585   275   381   509
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   130   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   7,438   8,156   8,991   1,122   1,082   1,228   945   779   448   322
      Business management and business administration   397   0   4,170   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Education   300   0   0   0   0   0   4   55   20   60
      Humanities   3,507   3,174   2,300   223   309   456   407   263   62   14
      Law   260   73   108   161   231   310   129   85   0   0
      Social work   734   142   70   180   129   163   347   325   287   126
      Visual and performing arts   334   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   1,906   4,767   2,343   558   413   299   58   41   78   122

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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