Data

Catholic U. America, The

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   57,705   50,433   38,191   35,548   25,221   24,484   25,497   24,282   25,139   24,265
    Science   44,030   39,247   26,959   22,631   20,581   20,815   22,296   21,400   22,919   22,285
      Computer and information sciences   295   118   0   50   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   2,112   1,875   637   1,649   2,000   2,368   2,503   2,116   2,640   2,500
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,740   1,689   607   1,157   1,333   1,633   1,614   1,692   2,060   2,229
        Health sciences   372   186   30   444   667   735   889   424   580   271
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   48   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   266   221   0   53   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   38,974   34,776   23,353   19,708   17,669   17,660   19,319   18,592   18,956   18,048
        Astronomy and astrophysics   33,287   0   0   185   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   19   3   18   101   659   551   662   586   608   557
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   200   30,529   19,597   13,988   12,213   11,192   9,434   8,497   8,683   8,109
        Physical sciences nec   5,468   4,244   3,738   5,434   4,797   5,917   9,223   9,509   9,665   9,382
      Psychology   1,498   1,286   1,064   520   347   294   105   267   1,011   1,377
      Social sciences   885   971   1,897   651   502   402   358   425   312   360
        Anthropology   28   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   5   248   0   40   49   4   99
        Political science and government   239   321   370   8   14   43   0   5   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   618   650   1,527   635   240   359   318   371   308   261
        Social sciences nec   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Sciences nec   0   0   8   0   63   91   11   0   0   0
    Engineering   4,134   3,217   3,076   3,926   3,518   2,587   1,973   1,937   1,441   1,532
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,711   1,334   1,313   1,312   1,034   614   376   357   270   294
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   751   546   371   347   314   351   231   337   365   371
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   881   897   1,049   1,189   1,212   903   795   658   531   486
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   660   440   343   948   958   719   571   585   275   381
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   131   0   0   130   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   9,541   7,969   8,156   8,991   1,122   1,082   1,228   945   779   448
      Business management and business administration   1,106   397   0   4,170   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
      Education   0   330   0   0   0   0   0   4   55   20
      Humanities   3,716   3,791   3,174   2,300   223   309   456   407   263   62
      Law   513   477   73   108   161   231   310   129   85   0
      Social work   1,241   734   142   70   180   129   163   347   325   287
      Visual and performing arts   847   334   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   0
      Non-S&E nec   2,118   1,906   4,767   2,343   558   413   299   58   41   78

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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