Data

North Carolina 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   717,004   633,251   583,203   547,118   546,290   541,100   509,841   500,445   489,918   468,293
    Science   474,875   419,787   396,588   356,407   353,349   348,534   331,171   330,585   331,335   319,059
      Computer and information sciences   29,902   26,585   20,889   17,016   16,119   14,614   11,537   11,083   12,009   14,218
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   40,505   34,922   30,854   25,579   27,010   21,691   19,819   19,596   24,589   24,908
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   13,285   11,464   7,990   6,504   6,860   6,626   6,476   7,229   7,013   7,118
        Geological and earth sciences   46   140   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   8,657   7,457   6,482   6,271   6,576   2,994   3,446   3,248   5,426   5,330
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   18,517   15,861   16,382   12,804   13,574   12,071   9,897   9,119   12,150   12,460
      Life sciences   318,755   284,651   262,669   237,289   240,399   244,235   231,243   234,319   227,500   208,852
        Agricultural sciences   148,894   141,251   122,332   108,416   108,002   111,537   112,533   113,295   122,545   99,041
        Biological and biomedical sciences   148,621   131,103   123,482   119,614   120,671   120,567   108,990   110,122   99,660   97,777
        Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7
        Natural resources and conservation   6,461   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   14,779   12,297   16,855   9,259   11,726   12,131   9,720   10,902   5,295   12,027
      Mathematics and statistics   21,587   18,035   17,531   20,392   20,164   20,296   21,722   21,909   23,522   21,317
      Physical sciences   33,956   28,745   27,486   28,455   23,464   22,753   21,204   19,270   18,127   20,955
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   15,756   16,370   12,623   16,108   11,821   10,796   7,648   8,261   6,522   8,012
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   14,371   12,147   11,091   12,217   11,615   11,957   10,671   10,517   8,794   10,160
        Physical sciences nec   3,829   228   3,772   130   28   0   2,885   492   2,811   2,783
      Psychology   1,703   1,887   1,739   2,523   2,479   3,071   3,443   3,550   3,457   3,398
      Social sciences   10,116   8,771   9,396   10,768   9,826   8,403   8,361   7,007   7,270   12,745
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   7,470   6,904   6,338   7,437   7,085   6,438   6,362   4,856   5,104   5,310
        Political science and government   948   444   228   355   415   411   529   651   566   894
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,698   1,423   2,830   2,976   2,326   1,554   1,470   1,500   1,600   2,380
        Social sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4,161
      Sciences nec   18,351   16,191   26,024   14,385   13,888   13,471   13,842   13,851   14,861   12,666
    Engineering   218,277   196,594   171,162   172,900   174,740   174,590   166,680   158,389   147,704   143,288
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1,577   3,565   2,454   121   1,632   319   983   1,058   1,456   2,539
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   20,464   18,177   19,872   15,474   14,969   15,608   14,268   12,666   12,055   10,351
      Chemical engineering   49,402   44,413   35,741   34,698   31,878   33,103   30,765   26,200   23,150   24,744
      Civil engineering   19,237   20,197   19,321   18,560   19,313   18,152   13,541   11,867   12,066   11,425
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   46,233   35,280   23,258   38,755   41,712   39,140   37,416   44,272   39,239   34,733
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   7,882   11,223   7,063   9,188   9,520   6,662   6,547   7,728   6,764   0
      Mechanical engineering   17,616   15,037   12,597   13,845   10,736   10,819   8,174   8,693   7,991   7,073
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   28,370   25,577   20,174   22,957   22,414   27,471   30,529   24,413   26,272   27,439
      Engineering nec   27,496   23,125   30,682   19,302   22,566   23,316   24,457   21,492   18,711   24,984
    Non-S&E   23,852   16,870   15,453   17,811   18,201   17,976   11,990   11,471   10,879   5,946
      Business management and business administration   1,855   0   57   198   395   404   390   438   554   537
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   14,288   11,240   8,693   11,833   13,618   13,411   6,591   5,737   5,775   5,368
      Humanities   7,709   5,630   6,703   5,780   4,188   4,161   5,009   5,296   4,550   40
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   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   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1

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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