Data

Michigan State 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   931,848   844,076   759,229   710,178   713,197   725,708   715,290   694,917   613,369   558,248
    Science   782,189   701,458   638,716   593,544   591,694   602,380   596,794   591,693   528,021   475,602
      Computer and information sciences   22,279   18,855   15,978   15,996   15,783   19,013   14,890   11,077   14,567   11,478
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   8,393   7,557   6,532   5,695   5,435   5,244   3,779   3,277   2,917   2,685
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   8,133   7,339   6,272   5,480   5,199   5,044   3,556   3,002   2,679   2,451
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   260   218   260   215   236   200   223   275   238   234
      Life sciences   434,697   377,253   347,119   317,235   319,883   353,934   340,065   323,754   292,851   259,653
        Agricultural sciences   162,352   142,085   128,448   112,272   112,270   136,723   136,150   130,732   120,621   104,617
        Biological and biomedical sciences   150,696   126,462   117,176   117,739   117,715   119,653   113,287   113,371   99,995   100,011
        Health sciences   88,995   76,888   71,382   57,339   60,154   65,910   59,646   53,993   50,413   43,475
        Natural resources and conservation   17,314   15,616   13,883   15,243   14,634   15,462   15,668   14,724   14,269   0
        Life sciences nec   15,340   16,202   16,230   14,642   15,110   16,186   15,314   10,934   7,553   11,550
      Mathematics and statistics   15,073   13,271   11,990   11,152   12,494   11,394   12,008   10,342   9,830   9,004
      Physical sciences   222,855   207,802   183,514   167,520   154,318   151,159   169,148   191,923   164,644   132,049
        Astronomy and astrophysics   18   66   69   65   39   7   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   18,117   19,687   15,669   12,568   11,806   10,320   10,641   11,204   9,390   9,126
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   204,720   188,049   167,776   154,887   142,473   140,832   158,507   180,719   155,254   122,923
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   13,605   14,085   13,643   13,042   16,399   17,834   14,454   11,292   9,633   9,947
      Social sciences   47,242   46,373   43,672   45,620   50,407   27,037   25,610   23,813   20,445   39,171
        Anthropology   2,800   1,409   1,418   1,122   984   1,639   1,394   1,438   1,082   0
        Economics   19,743   19,466   16,870   18,907   22,755   810   799   1,026   683   21,923
        Political science and government   3,940   3,687   3,160   2,661   2,799   3,586   3,533   3,022   2,692   2,636
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,692   2,753   3,579   3,383   3,269   2,463   2,859   3,475   2,593   3,470
        Social sciences nec   19,067   19,058   18,645   19,547   20,600   18,539   17,025   14,852   13,395   11,142
      Sciences nec   18,045   16,262   16,268   17,284   16,975   16,765   16,840   16,215   13,134   11,615
    Engineering   98,696   86,949   81,143   79,360   82,690   79,638   77,165   61,918   45,183   44,392
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   22,680   20,130   19,620   20,095   22,392   21,181   18,149   2,227   1,408   1,210
      Chemical engineering   12,187   11,789   11,917   13,601   14,650   14,839   20,788   23,333   12,400   11,264
      Civil engineering   14,883   12,213   10,614   9,254   7,482   6,522   6,920   7,046   6,372   6,798
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   22,802   19,086   17,545   16,405   18,763   18,523   15,146   15,935   13,511   14,148
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   10,518   11,332   11,501   11,976   12,106   11,497   9,314   7,303   6,078   5,991
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   15,626   12,399   9,946   8,029   7,297   7,076   6,848   6,074   5,414   4,981
    Non-S&E   50,963   55,669   39,370   37,274   38,813   43,690   41,331   41,306   40,165   38,254
      Business management and business administration   6,701   6,979   4,683   6,161   5,991   6,739   2,972   4,252   4,117   4,874
      Communication and communications technologies   6,816   5,949   4,196   3,290   3,630   3,206   3,616   3,947   3,304   4,331
      Education   17,754   18,459   15,222   13,528   16,078   16,860   16,266   15,925   17,154   16,517
      Humanities   4,807   6,910   4,138   3,312   2,912   4,300   3,879   3,446   3,216   2,486
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   3,494   3,022   2,024   1,539   1,291   1,433   1,731   1,841   1,479   533
      Visual and performing arts   710   472   380   303   446   390   492   469   235   281
      Non-S&E nec   10,681   13,878   8,727   9,141   8,465   10,762   12,375   11,426   10,660   9,232

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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