Data

Clemson 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   338,533   286,503   263,158   237,485   228,597   218,760   213,458   193,268   183,965   171,215
    Science   136,058   116,977   105,288   93,458   97,371   88,488   86,855   78,843   68,472   62,492
      Computer and information sciences   10,812   9,428   8,664   7,040   4,852   5,193   5,904   5,936   4,277   5,608
      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   95,583   81,964   72,699   66,524   71,776   62,391   57,408   53,479   46,900   39,591
        Agricultural sciences   33,260   29,632   25,912   21,938   23,699   24,150   23,558   21,253   17,647   12,506
        Biological and biomedical sciences   34,257   31,352   26,009   24,231   28,361   25,381   24,282   22,194   19,953   19,017
        Health sciences   5,455   4,455   7,953   7,534   7,465   5,822   2,625   2,307   1,935   951
        Natural resources and conservation   0   21   21   7   3   33   5   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   22,611   16,504   12,804   12,814   12,248   7,005   6,938   7,725   7,365   7,117
      Mathematics and statistics   2,612   2,131   1,919   1,870   2,607   3,052   4,655   3,174   2,217   2,558
      Physical sciences   12,415   12,096   11,923   10,139   10,823   11,401   12,320   9,963   9,288   9,028
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   5,124   5,323   4,367   3,121   4,327   5,030   4,957   3,950   3,598   3,673
        Materials science   409   402   342   107   195   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   6,528   6,050   6,199   5,915   5,747   5,861   5,148   5,009   4,703   4,415
        Physical sciences nec   354   321   1,015   996   554   510   2,215   1,004   987   940
      Psychology   6,560   3,826   3,225   1,587   633   460   857   707   610   750
      Social sciences   8,076   7,532   6,858   6,298   6,680   5,991   5,711   5,584   5,180   4,957
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   483   333   127   97   55   47   14   54   28   875
        Political science and government   387   222   86   43   173   98   182   278   273   510
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,875   1,961   1,610   1,055   451   341   162   72   83   145
        Social sciences nec   5,331   5,016   5,035   5,103   6,001   5,505   5,353   5,180   4,796   3,427
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   119,002   103,188   98,733   90,038   76,971   76,739   73,506   65,885   64,870   58,366
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   16,729   14,120   14,082   20,574   12,996   11,723   9,734   7,712   7,506   10,661
      Chemical engineering   4,226   4,482   5,187   5,711   5,904   5,035   5,289   3,442   2,978   0
      Civil engineering   17,991   14,650   14,619   14,579   14,483   16,480   15,613   14,904   13,608   10,699
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   15,845   13,148   15,046   10,732   9,687   9,839   9,635   8,923   10,165   9,585
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   6,831   5,156   3,836   1,960   2,637   3,791   3,675   3,239   2,620   0
      Mechanical engineering   34,384   32,064   27,730   20,325   14,581   14,944   14,261   13,893   14,054   5,425
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   13,547   12,960   11,060   10,330   11,759   13,021   10,086   9,232   10,008   9,391
      Engineering nec   9,449   6,608   7,173   5,827   4,924   1,906   5,213   4,540   3,931   12,605
    Non-S&E   83,473   66,338   59,137   53,989   54,255   53,533   53,097   48,540   50,623   50,357
      Business management and business administration   3,148   3,126   2,867   1,708   1,272   1,198   1,071   863   839   521
      Communication and communications technologies   468   290   163   139   52   48   46   51   85   199
      Education   9,296   7,090   5,119   3,649   4,071   3,980   4,005   3,117   3,678   4,197
      Humanities   349   378   464   346   205   215   210   124   222   159
      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   35   11   9   16   15   30   3   0   23   4
      Non-S&E nec   70,177   55,443   50,515   48,131   48,640   48,062   47,762   44,385   45,776   45,277

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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