Data

Colorado State U., Fort Collins

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   498,073   456,911   447,197   407,302   398,477   374,955   338,404   331,862   317,219   307,978
    Science   430,897   397,706   390,556   341,205   339,643   318,032   287,300   282,993   275,935   264,647
      Computer and information sciences   4,521   4,052   3,621   4,278   4,278   4,349   5,056   4,184   3,565   3,909
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   59,772   53,708   60,073   67,642   85,500   116,804   122,150   38,038   120,232   107,032
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   49,496   43,583   42,825   43,063   45,148   42,836   40,349   38,038   39,077   38,745
        Geological and earth sciences   9,357   9,147   15,441   22,187   36,757   65,645   80,891   0   76,494   68,002
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   102   32   0   3   3   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   817   946   1,807   2,389   3,592   8,323   910   0   4,661   285
      Life sciences   313,226   289,050   288,731   231,734   211,774   161,006   131,900   212,291   122,500   126,224
        Agricultural sciences   68,745   55,140   50,785   61,780   50,080   44,779   42,828   32,680   36,811   36,271
        Biological and biomedical sciences   74,873   74,575   67,310   39,769   40,348   36,844   32,767   31,336   34,971   35,960
        Health sciences   29,427   26,764   28,615   24,849   37,787   46,652   54,686   58,517   49,743   53,263
        Natural resources and conservation   136,031   127,234   136,967   101,604   73,680   23,393   540   88,558   0   0
        Life sciences nec   4,150   5,337   5,054   3,732   9,879   9,338   1,079   1,200   975   730
      Mathematics and statistics   3,310   3,006   2,980   4,190   4,392   4,240   3,195   3,297   3,291   3,632
      Physical sciences   19,169   14,885   12,947   11,356   14,464   13,908   10,825   12,926   13,059   12,956
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   177   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   12,002   9,951   8,806   8,042   10,311   9,944   7,768   9,913   9,137   8,453
        Materials science   1,158   1,050   737   71   1,022   754   0   0   0   0
        Physics   5,625   3,551   2,956   2,855   2,837   2,772   3,057   3,013   3,922   4,503
        Physical sciences nec   384   333   448   388   294   261   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   3,362   3,476   3,755   3,255   3,860   4,324   3,378   3,032   3,041   2,172
      Social sciences   13,333   15,024   11,988   14,787   12,649   9,714   7,905   8,914   6,910   4,647
        Anthropology   4,596   3,361   2,631   2,448   2,743   601   37   518   0   0
        Economics   1,701   1,826   1,892   3,801   1,984   2,484   2,824   3,089   2,767   1,302
        Political science and government   833   3,561   1,087   683   652   642   266   353   285   211
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   808   1,486   1,636   2,758   3,362   3,827   2,510   2,268   1,670   2,089
        Social sciences nec   5,395   4,790   4,742   5,097   3,908   2,160   2,268   2,686   2,188   1,045
      Sciences nec   14,204   14,505   6,461   3,963   2,726   3,687   2,891   311   3,337   4,075
    Engineering   52,539   47,833   41,575   42,839   42,609   38,919   40,921   40,075   32,850   35,925
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   650   1,198   859   814   550   134   45   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   3,983   4,028   3,119   2,513   2,747   2,712   2,577   2,186   1,539   2,408
      Civil engineering   17,022   15,066   13,574   15,082   16,251   14,783   16,501   16,213   12,061   12,432
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   11,300   9,042   8,479   8,951   9,512   9,310   10,005   10,300   8,621   10,591
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,292   1,196   962   213   0   62   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   14,127   14,058   12,428   13,995   12,942   11,273   11,167   10,827   10,386   9,644
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   4,165   3,245   2,154   1,271   607   645   626   549   243   850
    Non-S&E   14,637   11,372   15,066   23,258   16,225   18,004   10,183   8,794   8,434   7,406
      Business management and business administration   202   289   39   446   315   835   664   1,513   1,034   1,225
      Communication and communications technologies   286   288   170   816   865   1,273   2,158   1,258   1,344   706
      Education   7,243   6,036   732   2,435   2,955   1,872   934   756   978   961
      Humanities   3,811   3,308   2,466   587   208   213   95   238   118   116
      Law   365   622   642   118   0   0   0   0   69   11
      Social work   523   396   47   176   124   238   37   0   0   485
      Visual and performing arts   340   363   399   46   49   60   66   82   48   294
      Non-S&E nec   1,867   70   10,571   18,634   11,709   13,513   6,229   4,947   4,843   3,608

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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