Data

Colorado School of Mines

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   104,297   98,404   81,443   78,517   70,397   60,372   59,477   60,931   58,349   59,695
    Science   40,115   30,493   25,402   28,069   23,115   22,784   25,351   24,736   17,916   17,894
      Computer and information sciences   3,677   3,443   3,894   3,748   2,782   1,429   900   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   13,053   9,411   5,713   8,916   8,238   8,380   10,340   10,458   10,586   11,081
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   50   110   0   0   123   95   186   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   12,253   8,553   5,052   7,679   7,654   8,003   9,693   10,458   10,586   11,081
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   273   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   477   748   661   1,237   461   282   461   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,960   2,918   3,081   2,073   2,324   2,282   3,033   0   0   0
        Agricultural sciences   0   188   310   382   288   29   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,925   2,627   2,458   1,549   1,948   2,185   2,966   0   0   0
        Health sciences   35   67   257   132   88   68   67   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   31   56   10   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   969   1,012   682   583   404   302   569   355   421   299
      Physical sciences   18,977   12,923   10,812   11,346   8,796   8,980   9,396   12,741   6,643   6,248
        Astronomy and astrophysics   345   116   47   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   5,333   3,703   3,333   2,691   2,839   3,576   3,794   3,949   2,631   2,812
        Materials science   5,646   2,818   1,699   697   206   751   1,901   5,209   0   0
        Physics   6,694   5,455   5,336   5,398   4,841   3,128   3,180   3,583   4,012   3,436
        Physical sciences nec   959   831   397   2,560   910   1,525   521   0   0   0
      Psychology   46   90   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   1,088   696   1,220   1,403   571   1,411   1,113   1,182   266   266
        Anthropology   90   59   244   220   220   165   154   0   0   0
        Economics   993   553   976   1,173   336   1,245   956   1,182   265   260
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   5   84   0   10   15   1   3   0   1   6
      Sciences nec   345   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   61,175   60,371   54,062   46,694   44,195   35,504   32,824   34,840   39,509   40,604
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1,994   1,384   956   369   161   171   68   0   0   2
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   2,332   1,998   1,213   1,627   1,375   414   170   7   61   239
      Chemical engineering   3,795   4,141   4,467   5,512   5,114   4,463   5,104   5,304   10,006   10,694
      Civil engineering   8,848   13,493   11,742   7,318   5,041   5,277   4,591   4,764   4,156   4,805
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   849   491   262   476   664   1,069   949   675   583   616
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,701   2,508   1,688   0   0   0   0   94   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   5,568   3,250   3,389   7,364   6,130   3,834   2,700   4,937   3,115   3,072
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   15,259   13,612   12,605   15,810   17,834   14,181   11,127   9,716   14,491   15,005
      Engineering nec   19,829   19,494   17,740   8,218   7,876   6,095   8,115   9,343   7,097   6,171
    Non-S&E   3,007   7,540   1,979   3,754   3,087   2,084   1,302   1,355   924   1,197
      Business management and business administration   83   45   66   36   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3
      Education   2,225   108   47   59   8   161   658   1,221   871   1,137
      Humanities   6   10   15   8   7   4   65   128   50   57
      Law   0   30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   693   7,347   1,851   3,651   3,072   1,919   579   6   0   0

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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