Data

Drexel U.

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   170,205   169,583   151,903   152,752   143,123   149,481   155,908   138,577   127,909   128,027
    Science   114,641   112,309   103,895   111,437   103,562   109,577   116,482   100,267   88,477   87,979
      Computer and information sciences   7,264   6,621   6,589   5,655   4,105   4,298   6,599   6,125   5,393   5,608
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4,337
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4,337
      Life sciences   95,121   94,232   87,434   96,668   89,027   93,762   96,074   81,990   72,577   70,139
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   42,545   43,441   40,343   39,937   38,200   41,484   42,647   42,521   37,938   42,714
        Health sciences   49,811   48,152   44,108   53,152   47,466   49,628   45,559   35,915   31,456   23,608
        Natural resources and conservation   2,765   2,639   2,983   3,579   3,361   2,650   7,868   3,554   3,183   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3,817
      Mathematics and statistics   862   617   729   620   546   497   704   809   553   502
      Physical sciences   3,114   3,102   2,306   2,074   2,437   2,793   3,806   2,663   2,223   2,327
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,274   1,527   610   735   902   1,130   1,494   935   387   180
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   1,277   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   1,840   1,575   1,696   1,339   258   1,663   2,312   1,728   1,836   2,147
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   4,617   4,336   3,077   2,435   2,852   3,555   4,295   4,002   4,588   4,157
      Social sciences   2,268   1,739   1,870   2,271   2,854   3,028   3,195   3,079   2,529   705
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   0   0   0
        Economics   25   0   5   30   133   118   102   138   18   28
        Political science and government   157   158   137   187   108   180   369   772   157   292
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   96   51   86   282   295   261   152   121   147   2
        Social sciences nec   1,990   1,530   1,642   1,772   2,318   2,469   2,561   2,048   2,207   383
      Sciences nec   1,395   1,662   1,890   1,714   1,741   1,644   1,809   1,599   614   204
    Engineering   43,751   44,002   38,649   32,665   31,230   31,330   31,625   32,240   32,312   34,387
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   10,547   9,799   8,725   6,911   6,042   5,705   5,546   6,232   6,861   7,200
      Chemical engineering   4,781   4,654   5,362   6,848   6,032   5,572   5,001   5,852   4,018   3,547
      Civil engineering   5,789   4,847   3,657   3,585   2,819   3,693   4,871   4,003   3,569   3,920
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   3,604   3,911   3,195   3,056   4,267   3,214   4,173   4,264   4,308   5,579
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7,267   9,301   7,256   3,759   2,879   3,674   3,672   3,645   4,687   5,731
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   8,943   9,123   7,980   6,028   7,112   7,679   6,053   6,131   6,202   6,071
      Engineering nec   2,820   2,367   2,474   2,478   2,079   1,793   2,309   2,113   2,667   2,339
    Non-S&E   11,813   13,272   9,359   8,650   8,331   8,574   7,801   6,070   7,120   5,661
      Business management and business administration   350   131   1   30   76   315   429   87   1,707   240
      Communication and communications technologies   39   52   16   2   12   23   13   12   0   0
      Education   3,988   3,167   2,953   1,106   4,014   4,231   4,162   2,888   2,457   1,880
      Humanities   584   769   717   1,821   208   228   142   164   67   194
      Law   11   21   13   1   17   27   39   6   1   3
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   373   397   257   244   320   1,169   935   748   1,031   362
      Non-S&E nec   6,468   8,735   5,402   5,446   3,684   2,581   2,081   2,165   1,857   2,982

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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