Data

Montana State U., Bozeman

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields   229,682   200,820   193,577   166,285   154,811   125,129   129,622   112,073   108,414   113,348
    Science   138,300   126,763   122,954   108,610   103,838   88,853   92,588   80,029   78,534   85,127
      Computer and information sciences   3,175   3,026   2,625   1,459   1,427   1,102   1,043   724   521   805
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   6,124   5,246   5,468   5,603   5,618   5,125   5,757   5,802   10,073   11,591
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   4,322   4,372   4,099   3,893   3,298   2,596   2,065   1,823   792   1,252
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,802   874   1,369   1,710   2,320   2,529   3,678   3,979   9,281   10,339
      Life sciences   81,492   82,986   74,897   71,440   72,765   65,459   65,910   48,622   41,460   39,049
        Agricultural sciences   54,025   51,177   43,975   40,695   40,178   38,172   38,144   26,209   23,462   27,598
        Biological and biomedical sciences   15,576   16,954   18,017   19,994   19,659   16,600   15,363   13,414   12,185   5,588
        Health sciences   11,100   13,878   12,186   10,030   11,971   10,054   11,799   8,811   2,128   2,371
        Natural resources and conservation   156   118   199   186   302   146   153   188   0   0
        Life sciences nec   635   859   520   535   655   487   451   0   3,685   3,492
      Mathematics and statistics   2,828   2,852   2,527   2,536   1,565   758   562   828   828   958
      Physical sciences   27,448   19,778   23,329   17,990   15,021   10,912   12,248   15,519   15,638   17,373
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   7,929   8,821   13,389   8,796   7,838   6,178   5,951   7,861   9,312   10,245
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   19,519   10,957   9,940   9,194   7,183   4,734   6,297   7,658   6,322   7,088
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   40
      Psychology   956   673   415   359   235   223   468   819   685   577
      Social sciences   1,903   1,946   2,194   1,126   582   407   597   1,032   2,184   2,330
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,071   915
        Political science and government   591   416   530   466   310   127   118   129   147   43
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   417   416   460   644   257   267   422   791   402   274
        Social sciences nec   895   1,114   1,204   16   15   13   57   112   564   1,098
      Sciences nec   14,374   10,256   11,499   8,097   6,625   4,867   6,003   6,683   7,145   12,444
    Engineering   67,024   54,188   51,785   38,833   36,521   25,643   25,633   22,150   19,933   19,519
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   8,077   7,225   5,575   5,056   5,321   3,590   3,732   3,897   3,702   3,300
      Chemical engineering   1,985   2,426   2,544   1,169   1,188   839   427   578   557   505
      Civil engineering   6,256   6,800   6,942   6,597   7,421   5,567   7,611   7,169   7,314   7,573
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,800   6,567   5,168   2,987   2,546   2,551   3,409   2,657   2,029   1,954
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   86   18   18   16   338   408   271   161   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   9,559   8,063   7,540   5,113   3,030   1,759   1,832   2,054   1,424   1,511
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   35,261   23,089   23,998   17,895   16,673   10,929   8,351   5,634   4,907   4,676
    Non-S&E   24,358   19,869   18,838   18,842   14,452   10,633   11,401   9,894   9,947   8,702
      Business management and business administration   2,007   1,831   1,826   441   410   147   136   194   126   110
      Communication and communications technologies   70   174   143   246   328   221   143   109   136   145
      Education   5,062   3,546   3,136   2,645   1,874   1,489   1,883   2,491   3,047   3,064
      Humanities   1,799   1,736   1,686   1,786   513   58   163   397   61   39
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   12   0   0   0   7   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,201   1,207   1,199   1,975   219   44   75   34   24   65
      Non-S&E nec   14,219   11,375   10,848   11,737   11,108   8,674   9,001   6,662   6,553   5,279

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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