Data

Georgia Institute of Technology

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   1,528,637   1,405,080   1,231,485   1,114,481   1,048,988   960,167   891,728   804,301   790,706   765,370
    Science   362,174   316,113   272,385   247,090   322,632   266,381   245,359   206,941   221,899   223,787
      Computer and information sciences   235,289   198,783   161,111   146,318   185,400   164,657   141,966   115,716   114,787   106,675
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   13,283   13,138   14,771   13,998   12,904   12,260   12,380   11,942   11,384   19,068
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   388   458   338   344   432   365   446   394   2,928   8,725
        Geological and earth sciences   12,075   12,226   13,788   13,347   12,419   11,550   11,426   0   0   206
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   820   454   645   307   53   345   508   378   257   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11,170   8,199   10,137
      Life sciences   43,749   42,645   37,289   32,997   43,699   33,854   35,690   22,394   23,915   19,879
        Agricultural sciences   4,525   4,395   4,307   4,051   3,820   3,831   4,177   3,787   3,781   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   28,193   26,908   25,448   21,357   18,410   24,989   26,327   18,607   16,862   14,652
        Health sciences   11,023   10,247   6,060   6,213   20,316   4,846   4,671   0   3,201   5,217
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   8   1,095   1,474   1,376   1,153   188   515   0   71   10
      Mathematics and statistics   9,655   9,953   8,634   8,614   8,826   8,058   7,543   7,108   7,185   6,678
      Physical sciences   46,625   39,186   33,858   33,914   34,215   38,229   37,983   37,000   40,248   47,279
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   487   0   0   0
        Chemistry   27,361   24,325   22,397   22,555   22,323   25,802   26,409   24,609   25,127   28,610
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2,141   0
        Physics   19,264   14,861   11,461   11,359   11,892   12,427   11,087   11,390   12,980   18,669
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,001   0   0
      Psychology   5,013   4,464   4,126   3,782   3,943   3,550   4,033   7,910   5,868   7,431
      Social sciences   8,560   7,944   12,596   7,467   33,645   5,773   5,764   4,871   9,388   9,132
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   67   221   5,043   703   905   832   321   296   4,691   4,647
        Political science and government   0   0   82   346   0   0   0   3,043   4,255   4,044
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3,476   2,481   2,174   1,768   1,628   1,658   1,981   69   118   123
        Social sciences nec   5,017   5,242   5,297   4,650   31,112   3,283   3,462   1,463   324   318
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9,124   7,645
    Engineering   1,134,820   1,061,402   935,632   839,071   695,176   664,695   613,650   578,662   558,219   533,329
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   286,860   293,933   281,775   253,035   180,295   163,533   112,634   133,777   152,182   57,043
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   60,089   52,485   49,446   53,590   18,681   41,287   37,465   34,493   25,844   31,544
      Chemical engineering   37,778   39,321   28,746   26,064   20,486   23,824   23,539   23,274   26,803   32,687
      Civil engineering   27,550   26,804   23,950   23,686   38,363   24,645   21,737   29,404   27,001   30,329
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   545,809   478,588   378,019   311,881   259,745   250,427   285,853   229,148   188,040   216,149
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   63,952   62,576   68,872   81,585   99,952   77,530   55,812   46,524   43,953   0
      Mechanical engineering   66,756   69,148   65,814   56,376   49,705   47,275   47,092   45,307   53,778   102,488
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   21,470   20,933   21,127   16,362   14,517   24,726   17,780   20,832   19,146   25,634
      Engineering nec   24,556   17,614   17,883   16,492   13,432   11,448   11,738   15,903   21,472   37,455
    Non-S&E   31,643   27,565   23,468   28,320   31,180   29,091   32,719   18,698   10,588   8,254
      Business management and business administration   245   1,273   1,362   1,226   3,564   1,983   1,248   976   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   5,195   4,985   1,009   824   1,291   1,455   1,114   6,099   0   0
      Education   15,503   15,197   13,268   10,757   3,690   6,125   6,695   6,086   1,904   2,346
      Humanities   617   471   769   573   601   135   57   13   1,156   1,784
      Law   3   14   0   0   0   58   42   49   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,007   1,089   1,289   1,205   6,239   829   929   408   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   9,073   4,536   5,771   13,735   15,795   18,506   22,634   5,067   7,528   4,124

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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