Data

Naval Postgraduate School

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   77,364   64,055   65,101   62,903   67,323   59,213   60,386   65,529   89,170   99,032
    Science   44,232   37,338   33,986   35,343   38,024   32,876   33,665   35,832   45,935   60,997
      Computer and information sciences   9,987   11,304   6,058   7,345   11,598   7,718   6,531   6,264   4,918   11,634
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   11,189   5,148   6,591   6,566   6,339   7,227   7,020   6,837   11,271   10,692
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   6,620   1,566   2,089   2,087   3,236   3,194   2,230   2,487   7,503   5,607
        Geological and earth sciences   273   195   644   978   138   440   774   875   0   71
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   4,013   2,553   3,346   2,862   2,769   3,413   3,755   3,445   3,690   4,587
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   283   834   512   639   196   180   261   30   78   427
      Life sciences   529   872   1,537   1,655   1,939   1,313   518   250   244   303
        Agricultural sciences   0   86   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   570   1,185   1,800   1,244   330   124   95   182
        Health sciences   233   456   270   200   55   0   0   0   50   0
        Natural resources and conservation   100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   196   330   697   270   84   69   188   126   99   121
      Mathematics and statistics   2,375   2,859   2,435   2,824   2,394   2,735   3,181   3,081   3,111   4,227
      Physical sciences   4,107   4,745   5,927   9,161   8,797   6,105   6,377   8,486   11,234   10,631
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   82   517   275   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   647   379   422   348   104   299   395   367   496   0
        Materials science   88   148   288   172   578   197   0   0   0   0
        Physics   2,649   2,751   4,070   6,244   6,126   4,310   3,524   5,099   10,251   10,156
        Physical sciences nec   723   1,467   1,065   1,880   1,714   1,299   2,458   3,020   487   475
      Psychology   365   257   151   0   0   0   0   138   0   171
      Social sciences   8,103   6,114   6,669   6,040   4,608   4,945   6,144   4,048   7,641   9,759
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   537   637   328   326   0   58   623   1,527   108   15
        Political science and government   5,173   2,742   1,391   3,032   1,847   2,303   1,835   734   5,616   7,779
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,027   383   796   1,116   849   236   460   516   350   297
        Social sciences nec   1,366   2,352   4,154   1,566   1,912   2,348   3,226   1,271   1,567   1,668
      Sciences nec   7,577   6,039   4,618   1,752   2,349   2,833   3,894   6,728   7,516   13,580
    Engineering   27,413   21,556   24,254   22,933   22,498   19,675   18,739   18,726   28,358   30,403
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5,888   5,364   7,713   6,710   6,269   4,179   3,347   3,809   7,351   7,692
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,268   71   100   493   7   0   355   74   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   24   34   0   0   0   0   0   0   35
      Civil engineering   354   391   263   178   12   179   186   233   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,448   4,013   5,791   3,481   3,988   3,417   4,834   4,947   4,901   5,472
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   666   592   1,049   141   19   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   5,614   2,301   2,460   2,334   1,434   2,083   2,177   2,388   2,453   3,142
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   2,518   4,029   84   487   570   106   229   83   596   632
      Engineering nec   5,657   4,771   6,760   9,109   10,199   9,711   7,611   7,192   13,057   13,430
    Non-S&E   5,719   5,161   6,861   4,627   6,801   6,662   7,982   10,971   14,877   7,632
      Business management and business administration   1,263   1,853   2,863   2,955   3,584   4,898   6,249   9,072   11,571   7,011
      Communication and communications technologies   236   63   363   128   0   0   0   0   264   182
      Education   779   732   1,314   914   1,943   999   750   127   314   71
      Humanities   0   0   130   0   0   0   22   29   0   0
      Law   0   0   15   127   0   155   0   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   3,441   2,513   2,176   503   1,274   610   961   1,743   2,728   368

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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