Data

Michigan Technological 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   106,919   103,819   91,084   81,715   77,927   80,443   78,678   71,629   72,536   69,607
    Science   48,515   46,348   39,580   31,774   29,468   29,418   29,449   29,054   27,464   27,708
      Computer and information sciences   10,034   8,624   7,889   4,582   2,994   2,158   2,415   2,313   2,065   1,492
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   17,614   16,557   19,663   16,272   13,896   14,388   13,885   13,880   13,325   15,554
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   3,790   4,329   3,177   1,476   1,604   1,569   1,854   1,557   1,634   2,927
        Geological and earth sciences   132   134   72   40   100   89   177   468   235   332
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   11,381   9,053   7,687   6,404   4,153   3,840   2,691   2,265   2,717   2,882
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   2,311   3,041   8,727   8,352   8,039   8,890   9,163   9,590   8,739   9,413
      Life sciences   10,643   11,201   2,804   2,621   3,804   4,323   3,788   3,947   3,405   2,617
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,898   1,836   1,963   1,772   2,392   2,654   2,487   2,912   2,425   1,693
        Health sciences   1,237   1,370   823   849   1,390   1,460   1,113   719   828   0
        Natural resources and conservation   7,508   7,803   0   0   0   209   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   192   0   0   22   0   188   316   152   924
      Mathematics and statistics   1,858   2,076   1,720   1,942   2,260   2,085   2,122   2,234   2,114   1,956
      Physical sciences   4,894   4,747   4,600   4,085   4,094   3,722   3,486   3,285   3,843   3,103
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,388   2,225   2,382   1,867   1,925   1,507   1,556   1,446   1,978   1,089
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   2,506   2,441   2,218   2,218   2,169   2,215   1,930   1,839   1,865   2,014
        Physical sciences nec   0   81   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   624   826   697   546   551   455   962   826   792   831
      Social sciences   1,339   1,343   1,438   1,279   1,260   1,386   1,863   1,803   1,796   1,959
        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   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   1,339   1,343   1,438   1,279   1,260   1,386   1,863   1,803   1,796   1,959
      Sciences nec   1,509   974   769   447   609   901   928   766   124   196
    Engineering   55,630   54,177   48,400   46,733   45,263   47,435   45,745   39,627   41,399   38,427
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,577   3,692   3,049   2,774   2,350   2,645   2,256   1,821   2,109   1,792
      Chemical engineering   7,701   5,117   4,055   2,313   2,325   2,473   2,241   1,912   1,755   2,121
      Civil engineering   6,366   5,331   3,893   3,488   3,777   3,973   3,742   3,285   3,750   3,742
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   4,528   7,297   7,611   8,628   8,273   8,788   8,192   7,951   9,176   9,027
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   23,380   23,542   24,096   22,845   20,255   20,015   19,359   15,278   14,152   12,962
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   5,517   3,576   3,261   3,993   3,936   3,868   4,152   3,846   6,152   4,454
      Engineering nec   3,561   5,622   2,435   2,692   4,347   5,673   5,803   5,534   4,305   4,329
    Non-S&E   2,774   3,294   3,104   3,208   3,196   3,590   3,484   2,948   3,673   3,472
      Business management and business administration   1,650   1,906   1,755   1,494   1,557   1,560   1,411   1,353   1,630   1,623
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
      Education   223   125   267   370   266   238   255   189   201   153
      Humanities   676   848   854   1,061   1,078   1,061   1,070   982   985   934
      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   225   415   228   283   295   321   271   295   352   250
      Non-S&E nec   0   0   0   0   0   410   477   129   505   510

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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