Data

Howard 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   101,815   84,756   67,594   52,412   44,933   44,163   45,965   45,768   41,038   47,322
    Science   80,104   66,821   56,215   41,907   35,741   34,826   35,480   36,211   32,808   35,016
      Computer and information sciences   7,934   7,235   1,576   1,747   1,523   1,328   1,034   1,111   2,549   391
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   305   289   225   248   618   1,101   3,394   2,502
        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   45
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   305   289   225   248   618   1,101   3,394   2,457
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   58,981   48,554   44,152   30,787   25,750   24,940   26,083   26,573   21,237   20,950
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   6,731   5,231   9,045   6,350   5,312   5,089   4,231   3,701   1,439   3,656
        Health sciences   48,231   39,400   28,888   21,927   18,156   17,872   19,482   20,483   19,253   14,821
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   62   0
        Life sciences nec   4,019   3,923   6,219   2,510   2,282   1,979   2,370   2,389   483   2,473
      Mathematics and statistics   494   369   215   198   230   222   225   295   487   518
      Physical sciences   8,110   7,016   6,125   5,720   5,308   5,277   4,058   3,808   2,220   9,113
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1,927   1,633   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   5,217   4,629   5,348   5,000   4,546   4,558   3,457   2,969   1,999   8,607
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   966   754   777   720   762   719   601   839   221   506
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   2,376   1,976   2,546   2,214   1,878   1,968   2,434   2,467   1,731   1,117
      Social sciences   2,209   1,671   1,296   952   827   843   1,028   856   1,190   425
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   1,389   1,073   676   457   444   502   593   471   522   416
        Political science and government   254   163   158   109   95   56   6   4   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   566   435   462   386   288   285   429   381   668   9
        Social sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   13,345   11,221   10,431   9,535   8,336   8,401   9,112   8,402   7,604   10,748
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   325   337   360   516   443   203   159   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   1,295   1,146   705   605   466   571   453   354   167   259
      Civil engineering   2,790   2,264   1,560   1,434   1,419   1,400   1,427   1,518   1,265   2,546
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,096   5,030   4,408   4,068   3,298   3,227   4,012   3,934   4,352   5,663
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   1,539   1,204   1,442   1,335   1,179   1,224   1,793   1,517   1,183   1,539
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   210   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   2,625   1,577   1,991   1,756   1,614   1,253   984   876   478   741
    Non-S&E   8,366   6,714   948   970   856   936   1,373   1,155   626   1,558
      Business management and business administration   1,965   1,565   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   5,441   4,420   248   163   143   163   106   120   0   516
      Education   675   516   35   213   181   107   736   727   588   1,042
      Humanities   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   230   0   0   38   0
      Social work   285   213   665   594   532   436   531   308   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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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