Data

Colorado State U., Fort Collins

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   466,386   498,073   456,911   447,197   407,302   398,477   374,955   338,404   331,862   317,219
    Science   386,486   430,897   397,706   390,556   341,205   339,643   318,032   287,300   282,993   275,935
      Computer and information sciences   6,359   4,521   4,052   3,621   4,278   4,278   4,349   5,056   4,184   3,565
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   67,284   59,772   53,708   60,073   67,642   85,500   116,804   122,150   38,038   120,232
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   53,989   49,496   43,583   42,825   43,063   45,148   42,836   40,349   38,038   39,077
        Geological and earth sciences   12,280   9,357   9,147   15,441   22,187   36,757   65,645   80,891   0   76,494
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   225   102   32   0   3   3   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   790   817   946   1,807   2,389   3,592   8,323   910   0   4,661
      Life sciences   264,883   313,226   289,050   288,731   231,734   211,774   161,006   131,900   212,291   122,500
        Agricultural sciences   80,130   68,745   55,140   50,785   61,780   50,080   44,779   42,828   32,680   36,811
        Biological and biomedical sciences   88,446   74,873   74,575   67,310   39,769   40,348   36,844   32,767   31,336   34,971
        Health sciences   31,848   29,427   26,764   28,615   24,849   37,787   46,652   54,686   58,517   49,743
        Natural resources and conservation   52,529   136,031   127,234   136,967   101,604   73,680   23,393   540   88,558   0
        Life sciences nec   11,930   4,150   5,337   5,054   3,732   9,879   9,338   1,079   1,200   975
      Mathematics and statistics   3,191   3,310   3,006   2,980   4,190   4,392   4,240   3,195   3,297   3,291
      Physical sciences   19,504   19,169   14,885   12,947   11,356   14,464   13,908   10,825   12,926   13,059
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   177   0   0   0
        Chemistry   13,330   12,002   9,951   8,806   8,042   10,311   9,944   7,768   9,913   9,137
        Materials science   712   1,158   1,050   737   71   1,022   754   0   0   0
        Physics   5,304   5,625   3,551   2,956   2,855   2,837   2,772   3,057   3,013   3,922
        Physical sciences nec   158   384   333   448   388   294   261   0   0   0
      Psychology   3,735   3,362   3,476   3,755   3,255   3,860   4,324   3,378   3,032   3,041
      Social sciences   8,834   13,333   15,024   11,988   14,787   12,649   9,714   7,905   8,914   6,910
        Anthropology   496   4,596   3,361   2,631   2,448   2,743   601   37   518   0
        Economics   2,278   1,701   1,826   1,892   3,801   1,984   2,484   2,824   3,089   2,767
        Political science and government   803   833   3,561   1,087   683   652   642   266   353   285
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   597   808   1,486   1,636   2,758   3,362   3,827   2,510   2,268   1,670
        Social sciences nec   4,660   5,395   4,790   4,742   5,097   3,908   2,160   2,268   2,686   2,188
      Sciences nec   12,696   14,204   14,505   6,461   3,963   2,726   3,687   2,891   311   3,337
    Engineering   60,498   52,539   47,833   41,575   42,839   42,609   38,919   40,921   40,075   32,850
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   93   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   906   650   1,198   859   814   550   134   45   0   0
      Chemical engineering   4,841   3,983   4,028   3,119   2,513   2,747   2,712   2,577   2,186   1,539
      Civil engineering   18,253   17,022   15,066   13,574   15,082   16,251   14,783   16,501   16,213   12,061
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   11,143   11,300   9,042   8,479   8,951   9,512   9,310   10,005   10,300   8,621
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   777   1,292   1,196   962   213   0   62   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   18,365   14,127   14,058   12,428   13,995   12,942   11,273   11,167   10,827   10,386
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   21   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   6,099   4,165   3,245   2,154   1,271   607   645   626   549   243
    Non-S&E   19,402   14,637   11,372   15,066   23,258   16,225   18,004   10,183   8,794   8,434
      Business management and business administration   364   202   289   39   446   315   835   664   1,513   1,034
      Communication and communications technologies   2   286   288   170   816   865   1,273   2,158   1,258   1,344
      Education   7,562   7,243   6,036   732   2,435   2,955   1,872   934   756   978
      Humanities   4,383   3,811   3,308   2,466   587   208   213   95   238   118
      Law   154   365   622   642   118   0   0   0   0   69
      Social work   1,063   523   396   47   176   124   238   37   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   294   340   363   399   46   49   60   66   82   48
      Non-S&E nec   5,580   1,867   70   10,571   18,634   11,709   13,513   6,229   4,947   4,843

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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