Data

Massachusetts 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   1,065,554   1,000,081   989,166   949,076   987,968   1,009,466   964,336   952,017   946,159   930,719
    Science   586,864   545,659   542,345   513,770   506,417   489,164   461,581   446,511   452,188   442,515
      Computer and information sciences   121,430   119,666   124,985   116,877   111,779   96,682   85,483   78,623   74,755   76,428
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   39,286   28,790   29,992   30,961   32,718   34,015   41,824   47,798   54,193   59,351
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   18,856   11,107   9,549   7,956   8,892   8,787   9,057   9,890   10,720   10,441
        Geological and earth sciences   9,500   9,244   10,258   11,360   11,897   13,777   16,981   16,331   13,897   18,371
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   5,569   4,540   7,724   9,521   8,738   8,299   9,148   9,012   9,891   8,260
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   5,361   3,899   2,461   2,124   3,191   3,152   6,638   12,565   19,685   22,279
      Life sciences   132,170   127,959   128,090   118,283   126,648   143,017   138,075   129,735   124,982   129,161
        Agricultural sciences   1,736   801   0   79   861   2,114   1,622   581   0   3
        Biological and biomedical sciences   46,214   49,814   56,438   60,795   67,446   82,262   75,156   68,109   73,941   80,160
        Health sciences   39,934   34,612   27,534   21,012   20,529   19,499   22,812   24,566   18,016   21,364
        Natural resources and conservation   744   836   811   378   509   891   1,748   237   0   0
        Life sciences nec   43,542   41,896   43,307   36,019   37,303   38,251   36,737   36,242   33,025   27,634
      Mathematics and statistics   11,667   10,270   9,676   9,015   10,434   11,774   9,888   7,671   9,399   9,130
      Physical sciences   198,965   180,988   174,813   170,494   153,044   136,601   124,145   127,856   137,188   119,516
        Astronomy and astrophysics   36,690   36,661   37,890   33,094   35,202   31,811   28,851   34,543   44,677   34,508
        Chemistry   40,393   35,918   35,819   37,408   32,375   31,179   31,921   26,165   26,701   24,143
        Materials science   7,456   6,050   6,436   6,657   6,864   6,273   3,613   988   215   0
        Physics   74,421   70,662   68,994   57,207   48,695   43,880   44,041   55,226   56,874   51,854
        Physical sciences nec   40,005   31,697   25,674   36,128   29,908   23,458   15,719   10,934   8,721   9,011
      Psychology   999   525   803   478   484   517   1,985   1,909   2,612   1,307
      Social sciences   58,688   55,636   54,104   47,850   51,477   46,532   38,166   32,081   26,903   24,159
        Anthropology   12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   39,656   38,544   36,854   32,590   30,800   25,360   22,365   18,878   18,191   14,939
        Political science and government   4,966   4,032   3,387   2,958   3,185   3,558   3,472   3,514   2,253   2,466
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   10   64   25   38   421   41   36   0   0
        Social sciences nec   14,054   13,050   13,799   12,277   17,454   17,193   12,288   9,653   6,459   6,754
      Sciences nec   23,659   21,825   19,882   19,812   19,833   20,026   22,015   20,838   22,156   23,463
    Engineering   413,889   404,440   397,946   382,569   419,636   450,915   431,927   432,453   427,923   416,402
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   37,539   36,381   36,986   32,321   29,160   27,688   37,168   39,102   27,231   25,605
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   102,433   108,026   105,214   100,911   104,805   118,310   114,600   100,444   96,990   75,316
      Chemical engineering   64,362   58,369   49,094   45,797   47,150   46,670   37,212   37,056   29,379   33,225
      Civil engineering   15,883   14,034   16,428   16,423   14,924   18,280   20,039   20,087   24,955   27,703
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   37,663   42,244   51,752   42,546   55,447   52,774   40,413   41,913   44,965   55,603
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,228   1,521   603   79   117   214   108   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   53,949   52,284   49,402   46,417   53,616   55,277   56,652   57,311   54,433   60,088
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   39,969   29,447   29,280   30,592   42,431   41,282   29,502   27,932   31,696   30,188
      Engineering nec   60,863   62,134   59,187   67,483   71,986   90,420   96,233   108,608   118,274   108,674
    Non-S&E   64,801   49,982   48,875   52,737   61,915   69,387   70,828   73,053   66,048   71,802
      Business management and business administration   10,577   8,591   5,184   2,324   7   45,246   42,052   50,028   40,840   36,130
      Communication and communications technologies   464   0   151   129   41   44   26   71   35   0
      Education   37,980   27,583   29,247   35,776   46,996   10,504   14,247   15,173   12,263   9,469
      Humanities   1,493   1,233   2,100   3,823   5,859   450   525   457   595   1,601
      Law   0   0   1   175   482   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   65   165   260   182   174   320   243   72   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   13   150   310   613   659   211   23   17   33   681
      Non-S&E nec   14,209   12,260   11,622   9,715   7,697   12,612   13,712   7,235   12,282   23,921

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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