Data

Montana State U., Bozeman

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   257,927   229,682   200,820   193,577   166,285   154,811   125,129   129,622   112,073   108,414
    Science   150,116   138,300   126,763   122,954   108,610   103,838   88,853   92,588   80,029   78,534
      Computer and information sciences   4,195   3,175   3,026   2,625   1,459   1,427   1,102   1,043   724   521
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   6,734   6,124   5,246   5,468   5,603   5,618   5,125   5,757   5,802   10,073
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   5,486   4,322   4,372   4,099   3,893   3,298   2,596   2,065   1,823   792
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,248   1,802   874   1,369   1,710   2,320   2,529   3,678   3,979   9,281
      Life sciences   86,674   81,492   82,986   74,897   71,440   72,765   65,459   65,910   48,622   41,460
        Agricultural sciences   60,758   54,025   51,177   43,975   40,695   40,178   38,172   38,144   26,209   23,462
        Biological and biomedical sciences   15,126   15,576   16,954   18,017   19,994   19,659   16,600   15,363   13,414   12,185
        Health sciences   9,821   11,100   13,878   12,186   10,030   11,971   10,054   11,799   8,811   2,128
        Natural resources and conservation   277   156   118   199   186   302   146   153   188   0
        Life sciences nec   692   635   859   520   535   655   487   451   0   3,685
      Mathematics and statistics   2,874   2,828   2,852   2,527   2,536   1,565   758   562   828   828
      Physical sciences   29,993   27,448   19,778   23,329   17,990   15,021   10,912   12,248   15,519   15,638
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   7,978   7,929   8,821   13,389   8,796   7,838   6,178   5,951   7,861   9,312
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   22,015   19,519   10,957   9,940   9,194   7,183   4,734   6,297   7,658   6,322
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4
      Psychology   992   956   673   415   359   235   223   468   819   685
      Social sciences   1,993   1,903   1,946   2,194   1,126   582   407   597   1,032   2,184
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,071
        Political science and government   469   591   416   530   466   310   127   118   129   147
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   454   417   416   460   644   257   267   422   791   402
        Social sciences nec   1,070   895   1,114   1,204   16   15   13   57   112   564
      Sciences nec   16,661   14,374   10,256   11,499   8,097   6,625   4,867   6,003   6,683   7,145
    Engineering   79,284   67,024   54,188   51,785   38,833   36,521   25,643   25,633   22,150   19,933
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   6,104   8,077   7,225   5,575   5,056   5,321   3,590   3,732   3,897   3,702
      Chemical engineering   2,366   1,985   2,426   2,544   1,169   1,188   839   427   578   557
      Civil engineering   6,349   6,256   6,800   6,942   6,597   7,421   5,567   7,611   7,169   7,314
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,706   5,800   6,567   5,168   2,987   2,546   2,551   3,409   2,657   2,029
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   70   86   18   18   16   338   408   271   161   0
      Mechanical engineering   12,622   9,559   8,063   7,540   5,113   3,030   1,759   1,832   2,054   1,424
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   46,067   35,261   23,089   23,998   17,895   16,673   10,929   8,351   5,634   4,907
    Non-S&E   28,527   24,358   19,869   18,838   18,842   14,452   10,633   11,401   9,894   9,947
      Business management and business administration   2,154   2,007   1,831   1,826   441   410   147   136   194   126
      Communication and communications technologies   144   70   174   143   246   328   221   143   109   136
      Education   7,295   5,062   3,546   3,136   2,645   1,874   1,489   1,883   2,491   3,047
      Humanities   1,878   1,799   1,736   1,686   1,786   513   58   163   397   61
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   12   0   0   0   7   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,335   1,201   1,207   1,199   1,975   219   44   75   34   24
      Non-S&E nec   15,721   14,219   11,375   10,848   11,737   11,108   8,674   9,001   6,662   6,553

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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