Data

C. Charleston

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   7,231   6,421   6,361   5,728   7,610   7,375   8,927   10,189   10,607   10,034
    Science   5,624   5,071   5,037   4,075   5,206   5,450   6,740   6,955   7,327   7,121
      Computer and information sciences   421   300   322   162   280   502   603   525   334   283
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,157   2,470   1,156   1,048   1,212   1,365   1,424   1,174   1,259   1,746
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   142   47   200   117   77   100   85   119   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,441   1,933   458   593   465   730   613   659   1,247   1,683
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   451   490   498   338   670   535   726   396   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   123   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   12   63
      Life sciences   1,677   1,536   1,370   1,128   1,366   1,095   1,563   2,225   2,620   1,910
        Agricultural sciences   2   157   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,500   904   1,147   882   1,009   762   1,403   1,929   2,619   1,910
        Health sciences   88   121   76   146   225   177   29   15   1   0
        Natural resources and conservation   81   231   147   100   132   156   131   281   0   0
        Life sciences nec   6   123   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   109   31   61   81   146   63   178   228   270   234
      Physical sciences   768   518   983   700   923   880   1,255   1,043   1,626   1,541
        Astronomy and astrophysics   180   255   188   170   279   353   762   600   202   223
        Chemistry   41   54   57   131   200   245   198   249   1,186   1,008
        Materials science   266   0   515   264   341   194   231   112   0   0
        Physics   94   209   223   135   103   88   64   82   238   310
        Physical sciences nec   187   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   63   129   36   42   65   70   211   354   648   946
      Social sciences   429   87   48   113   162   181   265   228   436   360
        Anthropology   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   1   7   6   17   99   45
        Political science and government   180   25   15   25   69   88   167   54   273   234
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   50   62   14   24   36   63   61   88   37   46
        Social sciences nec   194   0   19   64   56   23   31   69   27   35
      Sciences nec   0   0   1,061   801   1,052   1,294   1,241   1,178   134   101
    Engineering   583   158   72   67   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   29   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   205   158   72   67   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   33   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   68   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   148   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   1,024   1,192   1,252   1,586   2,404   1,925   2,187   3,234   3,280   2,913
      Business management and business administration   259   210   179   212   324   243   230   87   316   374
      Communication and communications technologies   24   52   52   7   28   0   0   0   553   688
      Education   214   131   376   359   640   665   891   1,847   1,528   938
      Humanities   289   359   138   265   398   409   290   428   337   386
      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   65   143   93   136   246   147   130   159   266   127
      Non-S&E nec   173   297   414   607   768   461   646   713   280   400

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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