Data

William & Mary

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   94,609   81,815   75,953   68,801   66,763   64,835   65,269   64,127   63,027   61,554
    Science   80,374   71,623   64,142   58,063   55,857   55,687   54,378   54,197   54,491   52,642
      Computer and information sciences   5,211   3,779   2,873   2,575   2,917   2,914   2,133   2,021   2,485   1,741
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   47,694   43,485   38,810   34,838   33,084   32,425   33,109   34,067   33,396   30,659
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   667   855   404   303   924   539   363   347   237   90
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   47,027   42,630   38,406   34,535   32,160   31,886   32,746   33,720   33,159   30,312
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   257
      Life sciences   4,485   4,618   3,112   2,669   2,694   2,775   3,463   2,365   2,417   3,257
        Agricultural sciences   637   0   0   827   453   778   491   360   0   790
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,714   2,035   2,449   1,823   2,241   1,997   2,113   1,941   1,672   2,467
        Health sciences   0   0   35   19   0   0   12   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   2,134   2,583   626   0   0   0   847   64   745   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   396   382   395   371   438   601   324   232   339   431
      Physical sciences   7,888   7,096   6,411   5,985   5,781   6,554   5,219   5,565   6,249   6,770
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   874   801   990   494   501   766   699   462   583   235
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   6,897   6,219   5,421   5,491   5,280   5,788   4,520   4,933   5,666   6,535
        Physical sciences nec   117   76   0   0   0   0   0   170   0   0
      Psychology   487   202   351   367   320   191   211   270   260   276
      Social sciences   14,053   11,684   10,114   9,878   10,623   10,227   9,532   8,290   9,345   9,508
        Anthropology   1,439   195   1,037   995   995   936   421   9   20   0
        Economics   18   24   13   6   1   0   23   18   175   26
        Political science and government   11,698   10,367   8,401   7,983   3,780   4,051   2,851   70   831   7,882
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   90   261   394   312   112   0   18   15   1,677   28
        Social sciences nec   808   837   269   582   5,735   5,240   6,219   8,178   6,642   1,572
      Sciences nec   160   377   2,076   1,380   0   0   387   1,387   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   130   0   0   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   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   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   0   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   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   130   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   14,235   10,192   11,811   10,738   10,906   9,148   10,761   9,930   8,536   8,912
      Business management and business administration   1,447   830   1,540   1,587   1,031   607   322   32   309   84
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   10,483   5,354   7,023   6,993   6,609   5,901   7,338   6,542   6,834   6,703
      Humanities   1,265   1,578   1,247   904   1,440   1,545   1,020   1,481   1,129   1,308
      Law   1,003   1,641   1,928   994   725   876   707   279   250   577
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   19   44   40   93   120   41   61   51   14   0
      Non-S&E nec   18   745   33   167   981   178   1,313   1,545   0   240

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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