Data

C. Charleston

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   8,662   7,231   6,421   6,361   5,728   7,610   7,375   8,927   10,189   10,607
    Science   6,719   5,624   5,071   5,037   4,075   5,206   5,450   6,740   6,955   7,327
      Computer and information sciences   261   421   300   322   162   280   502   603   525   334
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   3,227   2,157   2,470   1,156   1,048   1,212   1,365   1,424   1,174   1,259
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   255   142   47   200   117   77   100   85   119   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,221   1,441   1,933   458   593   465   730   613   659   1,247
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   505   451   490   498   338   670   535   726   396   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   246   123   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   12
      Life sciences   1,222   1,677   1,536   1,370   1,128   1,366   1,095   1,563   2,225   2,620
        Agricultural sciences   46   2   157   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,032   1,500   904   1,147   882   1,009   762   1,403   1,929   2,619
        Health sciences   22   88   121   76   146   225   177   29   15   1
        Natural resources and conservation   83   81   231   147   100   132   156   131   281   0
        Life sciences nec   39   6   123   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   125   109   31   61   81   146   63   178   228   270
      Physical sciences   1,251   768   518   983   700   923   880   1,255   1,043   1,626
        Astronomy and astrophysics   224   180   255   188   170   279   353   762   600   202
        Chemistry   531   41   54   57   131   200   245   198   249   1,186
        Materials science   293   266   0   515   264   341   194   231   112   0
        Physics   77   94   209   223   135   103   88   64   82   238
        Physical sciences nec   126   187   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   265   63   129   36   42   65   70   211   354   648
      Social sciences   368   429   87   48   113   162   181   265   228   436
        Anthropology   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   1   7   6   17   99
        Political science and government   66   180   25   15   25   69   88   167   54   273
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   64   50   62   14   24   36   63   61   88   37
        Social sciences nec   238   194   0   19   64   56   23   31   69   27
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   1,061   801   1,052   1,294   1,241   1,178   134
    Engineering   911   583   158   72   67   0   0   0   0   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   29   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   205   158   72   67   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   0   33   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   0   68   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   168   100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   222   148   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   521   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   1,032   1,024   1,192   1,252   1,586   2,404   1,925   2,187   3,234   3,280
      Business management and business administration   312   259   210   179   212   324   243   230   87   316
      Communication and communications technologies   9   24   52   52   7   28   0   0   0   553
      Education   173   214   131   376   359   640   665   891   1,847   1,528
      Humanities   184   289   359   138   265   398   409   290   428   337
      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   28   65   143   93   136   246   147   130   159   266
      Non-S&E nec   326   173   297   414   607   768   461   646   713   280

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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