Data

Naval Postgraduate School

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   73,230   77,364   64,055   65,101   62,903   67,323   59,213   60,386   65,529   89,170
    Science   30,767   44,232   37,338   33,986   35,343   38,024   32,876   33,665   35,832   45,935
      Computer and information sciences   10,103   9,987   11,304   6,058   7,345   11,598   7,718   6,531   6,264   4,918
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   9,612   11,189   5,148   6,591   6,566   6,339   7,227   7,020   6,837   11,271
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   4,830   6,620   1,566   2,089   2,087   3,236   3,194   2,230   2,487   7,503
        Geological and earth sciences   117   273   195   644   978   138   440   774   875   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   4,094   4,013   2,553   3,346   2,862   2,769   3,413   3,755   3,445   3,690
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   571   283   834   512   639   196   180   261   30   78
      Life sciences   422   529   872   1,537   1,655   1,939   1,313   518   250   244
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   86   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   570   1,185   1,800   1,244   330   124   95
        Health sciences   30   233   456   270   200   55   0   0   0   50
        Natural resources and conservation   292   100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   100   196   330   697   270   84   69   188   126   99
      Mathematics and statistics   2,727   2,375   2,859   2,435   2,824   2,394   2,735   3,181   3,081   3,111
      Physical sciences   2,967   4,107   4,745   5,927   9,161   8,797   6,105   6,377   8,486   11,234
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   82   517   275   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   711   647   379   422   348   104   299   395   367   496
        Materials science   0   88   148   288   172   578   197   0   0   0
        Physics   2,256   2,649   2,751   4,070   6,244   6,126   4,310   3,524   5,099   10,251
        Physical sciences nec   0   723   1,467   1,065   1,880   1,714   1,299   2,458   3,020   487
      Psychology   167   365   257   151   0   0   0   0   138   0
      Social sciences   3,047   8,103   6,114   6,669   6,040   4,608   4,945   6,144   4,048   7,641
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   311   537   637   328   326   0   58   623   1,527   108
        Political science and government   1,361   5,173   2,742   1,391   3,032   1,847   2,303   1,835   734   5,616
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   1,027   383   796   1,116   849   236   460   516   350
        Social sciences nec   1,375   1,366   2,352   4,154   1,566   1,912   2,348   3,226   1,271   1,567
      Sciences nec   1,722   7,577   6,039   4,618   1,752   2,349   2,833   3,894   6,728   7,516
    Engineering   37,396   27,413   21,556   24,254   22,933   22,498   19,675   18,739   18,726   28,358
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   7,526   5,888   5,364   7,713   6,710   6,269   4,179   3,347   3,809   7,351
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   1,268   71   100   493   7   0   355   74   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   24   34   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   692   354   391   263   178   12   179   186   233   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,251   5,448   4,013   5,791   3,481   3,988   3,417   4,834   4,947   4,901
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   769   666   592   1,049   141   19   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   15,478   5,614   2,301   2,460   2,334   1,434   2,083   2,177   2,388   2,453
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   183   2,518   4,029   84   487   570   106   229   83   596
      Engineering nec   7,497   5,657   4,771   6,760   9,109   10,199   9,711   7,611   7,192   13,057
    Non-S&E   5,067   5,719   5,161   6,861   4,627   6,801   6,662   7,982   10,971   14,877
      Business management and business administration   1,250   1,263   1,853   2,863   2,955   3,584   4,898   6,249   9,072   11,571
      Communication and communications technologies   395   236   63   363   128   0   0   0   0   264
      Education   961   779   732   1,314   914   1,943   999   750   127   314
      Humanities   46   0   0   130   0   0   0   22   29   0
      Law   0   0   0   15   127   0   155   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   2,415   3,441   2,513   2,176   503   1,274   610   961   1,743   2,728

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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