Data

Columbia U. in the City of New York

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   1,449,535   1,341,952   1,230,924   1,098,570   1,032,909   1,003,615   947,504   893,062   837,312   868,159
    Science   1,261,871   1,178,983   1,080,453   967,673   909,148   893,100   836,470   780,737   730,114   770,247
      Computer and information sciences   36,053   30,853   31,786   27,763   25,101   24,725   22,654   20,479   20,091   22,684
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   86,355   88,243   79,949   77,515   78,288   75,900   80,240   84,745   84,289   112,052
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   11,241   12,850   10,448   10,482   9,965   10,489   12,240   15,115   16,514   19,257
        Geological and earth sciences   25,648   35,378   31,192   32,077   29,922   27,726   30,180   30,307   30,322   32,789
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   49,466   40,015   37,609   34,956   38,401   37,685   37,820   39,323   37,453   43,810
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   700   0   0   0   0   0   0   16,196
      Life sciences   1,057,492   980,046   893,199   797,089   744,239   727,779   673,535   608,053   570,751   573,063
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   299   2,563   4,933   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   291,269   272,728   249,393   226,903   206,509   196,254   181,521   172,179   169,631   156,798
        Health sciences   759,502   702,609   637,456   563,787   531,123   524,495   485,235   424,385   386,197   305,806
        Natural resources and conservation   4,701   3,842   5,324   4,370   4,151   3,793   3,805   6,361   7,390   0
        Life sciences nec   2,020   867   1,026   2,029   2,456   3,237   2,675   2,565   2,600   110,459
      Mathematics and statistics   4,053   4,294   4,427   2,951   4,118   5,725   5,841   4,600   3,523   3,390
      Physical sciences   59,689   52,418   52,767   46,386   37,384   35,369   32,070   46,452   37,518   46,022
        Astronomy and astrophysics   11,539   11,618   7,985   7,983   6,444   7,288   7,992   9,182   8,480   8,631
        Chemistry   21,248   19,577   17,944   16,528   11,983   11,749   11,038   12,809   11,188   11,298
        Materials science   4,826   2,607   5,800   4,472   6,626   5,230   2,755   1,923   2,139   0
        Physics   22,076   18,616   21,038   17,403   12,331   11,102   10,285   22,538   15,711   26,093
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   2,992   4,443   5,168   4,637   5,234   4,552   3,456   3,645   3,863   4,192
      Social sciences   15,237   18,686   13,157   11,332   14,784   19,050   18,674   12,763   10,079   8,844
        Anthropology   0   35   0   0   0   0   8   41   23   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   785
        Political science and government   926   2,529   2,168   543   1,127   1,047   842   649   825   4,990
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   7,574   8,679   6,536   6,376   9,078   8,588   6,894   5,859   4,338   3,069
        Social sciences nec   6,737   7,443   4,453   4,413   4,579   9,415   10,930   6,214   4,893   0
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   122,102   100,161   87,884   75,457   72,758   72,596   72,301   67,996   63,596   55,763
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2,268   2,176   2,001   2,074   2,088   2,541   3,182   3,287   2,564   3,323
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   36,686   29,963   27,298   24,939   19,807   19,301   18,598   18,479   17,348   16,091
      Chemical engineering   16,816   12,909   11,462   8,027   6,151   5,624   5,342   6,130   8,397   8,659
      Civil engineering   3,622   3,113   2,609   2,059   2,143   2,432   2,462   1,827   2,285   3,743
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,888   8,862   5,078   3,865   4,606   3,882   4,586   5,672   5,566   13,993
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,933   1,516   1,555   543   821   1,072   1,181   1,853   1,403   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,794   3,398   5,159   4,561   5,696   5,708   5,238   3,718   2,858   2,083
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   50,095   38,224   32,722   29,389   31,446   32,036   31,712   27,030   23,175   7,871
    Non-S&E   65,562   62,808   62,587   55,440   51,003   37,919   38,733   44,329   43,602   42,149
      Business management and business administration   2,825   2,238   1,740   2,539   3,460   3,333   2,993   3,787   3,517   3,137
      Communication and communications technologies   1,974   2,191   3,775   2,146   2,107   3,203   3,928   4,224   3,263   5,094
      Education   4,855   8,561   5,120   5,232   5,335   5,209   6,020   5,604   5,482   3,512
      Humanities   10,253   8,459   8,364   6,692   10,222   3,154   2,587   2,764   4,721   12,621
      Law   15,155   11,739   9,979   6,894   5,096   4,862   5,290   6,369   6,202   5,383
      Social work   27,493   26,479   31,040   29,003   19,152   12,191   12,731   13,291   12,199   12,142
      Visual and performing arts   1,982   92   184   120   319   618   160   235   515   259
      Non-S&E nec   1,025   3,049   2,385   2,814   5,312   5,349   5,024   8,055   7,703   1

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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