Data

Louisiana Tech 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   31,247   31,676   26,591   27,417   26,585   26,143   24,655   22,741   23,104   23,827
    Science   9,460   10,590   9,711   9,523   8,912   8,247   7,756   7,527   8,255   9,106
      Computer and information sciences   1,798   2,582   1,938   1,952   2,475   1,856   1,684   1,729   2,329   2,770
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   236   84   77   76   84   87   88
        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   236   84   77   76   84   87   88
      Life sciences   3,924   3,732   3,703   2,242   2,510   2,565   2,303   2,171   2,320   2,159
        Agricultural sciences   998   962   1,089   824   841   917   781   671   755   732
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,038   1,045   1,249   749   753   750   732   682   770   457
        Health sciences   1,888   1,725   1,365   370   449   462   357   432   414   477
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   299   467   436   433   386   381   493
      Mathematics and statistics   826   969   914   999   771   726   636   684   526   823
      Physical sciences   2,131   2,519   2,110   2,342   1,775   1,843   2,058   2,023   1,995   2,560
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,018   1,273   1,094   1,051   711   732   853   637   737   1,405
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   1,113   1,246   1,016   1,055   980   1,034   1,038   1,302   1,171   1,067
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   236   84   77   167   84   87   88
      Psychology   160   184   261   616   571   474   420   359   413   336
      Social sciences   621   604   785   1,136   726   706   579   477   585   370
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   46   9   114   204   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   0   505   508   375   285   386   181
        Social sciences nec   575   595   671   932   221   198   204   192   199   189
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   15,478   15,078   11,673   11,257   11,459   11,513   10,333   9,552   8,384   8,638
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,210   3,052   2,095   1,826   2,832   2,837   2,899   2,268   2,063   2,403
      Chemical engineering   2,397   2,790   2,351   980   1,045   1,126   915   929   767   727
      Civil engineering   2,796   3,028   2,182   1,259   1,290   1,604   1,262   1,249   1,187   1,122
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   816   884   805   894   1,004   1,070   1,213   1,245   905   849
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   757   479   165   120   30   56   74   81   83   0
      Mechanical engineering   4,502   4,845   4,075   1,761   1,839   1,880   1,855   1,931   1,482   1,244
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   811   781   949   914   1,094   886   848
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   3,606   2,638   1,991   1,201   755   1,011   1,445
    Non-S&E   6,309   6,008   5,207   6,637   6,214   6,383   6,566   5,662   6,465   6,083
      Business management and business administration   3,627   3,613   3,434   4,425   4,781   4,980   5,136   4,447   5,164   4,890
      Communication and communications technologies   220   162   245   307   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   1,399   1,401   341   423   380   327   605   342   345   275
      Humanities   376   288   394   592   461   428   275   384   430   362
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   557   475   654   572   471   529   437   369   388   424
      Non-S&E nec   130   69   139   318   121   119   113   120   138   132

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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