Data

George Mason 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   281,697   252,239   230,068   214,207   218,445   186,267   149,138   112,404   108,899   106,410
    Science   185,070   164,003   145,275   143,379   143,939   127,952   109,631   87,303   81,823   79,664
      Computer and information sciences   33,166   22,076   25,373   24,420   23,969   31,219   18,745   12,248   9,916   12,781
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   19,501   17,068   14,205   12,577   10,679   11,598   11,977   12,256   11,913   9,836
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   9,556   7,549   6,176   5,254   3,931   4,664   5,830   6,788   6,977   4,466
        Geological and earth sciences   9,256   8,533   6,732   6,485   4,485   5,671   5,569   5,115   4,743   5,301
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   379   680   972   513   1,962   893   104   127   161   69
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   310   306   325   325   301   370   474   226   32   0
      Life sciences   42,035   37,589   30,410   47,800   33,163   16,438   17,982   18,574   18,620   18,428
        Agricultural sciences   414   313   352   168   76   69   51   61   12   83
        Biological and biomedical sciences   26,265   23,000   20,571   37,805   25,142   9,520   10,031   12,803   11,866   5,024
        Health sciences   13,547   13,168   8,513   8,558   7,187   6,467   7,286   5,273   6,415   11,097
        Natural resources and conservation   1,200   1,101   973   1,269   724   333   577   429   208   0
        Life sciences nec   609   7   1   0   34   49   37   8   119   2,224
      Mathematics and statistics   3,135   2,657   3,606   2,493   1,941   1,981   1,578   1,892   1,405   1,950
      Physical sciences   7,545   7,098   6,154   4,786   5,586   6,295   4,783   4,100   4,506   3,825
        Astronomy and astrophysics   3,016   3,136   2,702   1,504   3,292   3,764   3,096   2,398   2,016   2,319
        Chemistry   1,707   1,470   1,211   1,062   304   621   85   145   416   109
        Materials science   1,617   1,542   1,416   1,317   904   1,239   966   659   750   0
        Physics   1,123   813   671   646   842   445   487   790   1,277   1,307
        Physical sciences nec   82   137   154   257   244   226   149   108   47   90
      Psychology   4,449   4,323   3,809   3,029   3,196   3,143   3,014   2,947   4,744   7,509
      Social sciences   75,128   73,092   61,667   48,250   65,405   57,278   51,552   35,286   30,719   25,335
        Anthropology   227   221   251   176   77   76   88   98   31   0
        Economics   53,008   51,935   44,433   32,770   52,467   46,791   40,898   25,551   19,952   15,461
        Political science and government   1,322   1,306   1,673   2,288   2,354   1,740   1,809   1,404   2,091   3,011
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3,736   3,495   3,435   3,108   2,018   1,953   2,125   2,337   2,443   1,429
        Social sciences nec   16,835   16,135   11,875   9,908   8,489   6,718   6,632   5,896   6,202   5,434
      Sciences nec   111   100   51   24   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   70,807   61,036   57,196   49,826   52,423   36,101   15,785   11,185   10,826   10,181
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   101   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   8,589   7,510   7,892   6,615   6,016   3,333   2,597   2,331   2,971   3,635
      Chemical engineering   53   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   3   0
      Civil engineering   5,621   5,318   5,780   4,814   5,129   5,410   1,748   1,608   1,114   635
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   28,244   23,457   20,900   18,265   20,341   3,162   2,454   2,525   2,233   1,663
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   24,592   21,568   19,862   17,285   18,591   22,672   5,552   1,403   1,221   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,475   2,135   1,295   1,948   1,705   896   411   166   13   18
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   875   769   955   290   389   0   0   0   92   601
      Engineering nec   358   279   512   609   252   524   3,023   3,152   3,179   3,629
    Non-S&E   25,820   27,200   27,597   21,002   22,083   22,214   23,722   13,916   16,250   16,565
      Business management and business administration   2,736   2,749   2,603   1,079   881   1,469   1,393   1,878   2,134   31
      Communication and communications technologies   2,141   1,854   2,141   2,496   3,225   2,958   2,738   1,375   1,454   1,731
      Education   6,124   4,465   4,654   4,500   4,940   3,987   3,047   3,694   7,518   10,836
      Humanities   3,241   2,674   1,999   1,215   1,084   1,259   1,823   1,655   1,420   1,659
      Law   10,795   14,990   15,208   10,642   10,736   11,611   12,832   3,446   1,742   1,159
      Social work   0   45   69   63   0   4   14   27   107   327
      Visual and performing arts   283   281   225   161   126   184   866   882   984   309
      Non-S&E nec   500   142   698   846   1,091   742   1,009   959   891   513

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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