Data

Mississippi 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   342,132   319,684   303,418   275,143   280,485   264,526   244,102   240,972   239,446   226,359
    Science   254,490   221,146   209,436   190,440   195,147   195,491   187,182   183,168   179,011   172,657
      Computer and information sciences   12,969   11,570   7,546   5,546   5,189   6,944   6,328   7,073   10,515   9,534
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   15,736   16,521   16,607   15,520   17,335   10,928   8,947   7,270   2,362   4,250
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   2,601   1,566   1,177   1,332   1,479   1,025   2,242   5,176   563   964
        Geological and earth sciences   4,617   7,435   11,275   10,865   12,770   8,411   6,355   1,739   1,248   2,088
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   8,210   7,352   4,046   3,169   2,970   1,403   253   265   551   1,198
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   308   168   109   154   116   89   97   90   0   0
      Life sciences   172,464   145,647   140,283   127,096   119,753   118,479   112,967   118,441   115,691   115,291
        Agricultural sciences   116,665   108,551   104,790   98,866   89,819   95,384   85,591   89,253   86,334   106,463
        Biological and biomedical sciences   11,065   11,824   11,727   7,744   10,917   6,814   5,958   6,643   6,856   5,947
        Health sciences   18,023   2,029   2,544   1,887   1,738   1,535   1,376   2,341   2,126   1,664
        Natural resources and conservation   25,622   20,906   18,183   15,945   17,170   14,508   19,511   19,749   19,162   0
        Life sciences nec   1,089   2,337   3,039   2,654   109   238   531   455   1,213   1,217
      Mathematics and statistics   1,935   1,979   1,721   1,880   1,959   1,310   1,304   1,122   1,026   1,302
      Physical sciences   13,777   13,806   12,061   10,755   10,381   11,312   10,131   8,992   8,942   7,635
        Astronomy and astrophysics   311   341   384   5   21   2   130   226   0   0
        Chemistry   6,403   5,085   5,159   4,790   6,041   6,348   5,228   5,472   5,046   4,431
        Materials science   2,407   3,621   2,196   2,117   718   252   0   0   0   0
        Physics   4,626   4,696   4,123   3,675   3,475   4,710   4,773   3,286   3,894   3,204
        Physical sciences nec   30   63   199   168   126   0   0   8   2   0
      Psychology   3,514   2,421   2,015   1,836   2,044   1,480   1,498   1,418   1,670   1,235
      Social sciences   30,321   25,913   25,716   25,601   32,157   41,008   41,077   34,608   33,517   25,207
        Anthropology   972   486   701   516   478   154   0   0   0   0
        Economics   495   748   941   373   1,200   1,271   1,294   1,006   979   1,483
        Political science and government   1,243   1,233   1,101   956   1,263   712   705   811   977   655
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   4,426   3,448   3,760   7,394   13,671   11,187   11,369   11,482   1,636   1,549
        Social sciences nec   23,185   19,998   19,213   16,362   15,545   27,684   27,709   21,309   29,925   21,520
      Sciences nec   3,774   3,289   3,487   2,206   6,329   4,030   4,930   4,244   5,288   8,203
    Engineering   68,736   78,080   73,980   67,472   69,220   60,183   48,399   49,856   50,928   44,160
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   14,788   16,991   17,972   13,204   12,558   10,008   5,106   5,280   4,824   4,415
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,998   1,359   1,131   1,484   1,368   1,042   1,725   476   285   686
      Chemical engineering   3,989   6,346   5,536   5,450   6,372   4,314   1,870   2,076   2,181   2,319
      Civil engineering   2,767   3,340   4,298   4,619   5,317   6,165   2,161   1,933   2,715   3,533
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   11,556   10,045   9,044   7,891   8,023   7,006   6,195   6,123   12,683   10,975
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   10,547   6,398   5,951   7,021   6,252   5,085   2,009   2,227   4,400   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,216   7,474   7,547   14,245   17,936   15,909   10,759   13,443   12,190   12,592
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   1,073   1,355   620   1,098   299   1,895   171   89   50   0
      Engineering nec   15,802   24,772   21,881   12,460   11,095   8,759   18,403   18,209   11,600   9,640
    Non-S&E   18,906   20,458   20,002   17,231   16,118   8,852   8,521   7,948   9,507   9,542
      Business management and business administration   7,024   8,461   8,096   7,804   5,929   1,366   1,353   1,329   1,305   1,071
      Communication and communications technologies   724   883   488   465   622   301   249   259   316   294
      Education   3,812   4,109   6,591   4,601   4,733   2,332   2,350   2,112   2,475   2,416
      Humanities   3,266   3,342   1,776   1,729   2,196   2,092   2,308   2,089   2,065   2,153
      Law   679   253   138   93   12   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   549   471   236   29   30   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   961   950   1,051   908   637   497   428   334   342   316
      Non-S&E nec   1,891   1,989   1,626   1,602   1,959   2,264   1,833   1,825   3,004   3,292

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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