Data

Northeastern 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   346,900   288,558   231,607   211,342   200,068   183,998   166,711   142,349   129,040   122,915
    Science   166,156   138,471   118,553   106,308   99,848   94,649   91,399   81,384   81,331   76,474
      Computer and information sciences   31,203   28,375   27,623   21,505   21,118   19,362   19,212   15,835   14,358   10,062
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   8,264   5,205   5,122   4,044   4,039   4,603   4,296   4,082   3,652   3,203
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,404   840   1,168   1,195   429   398   374   254   321   853
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   5,860   4,365   3,954   2,849   3,610   4,205   3,922   3,828   3,331   2,350
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   55,056   46,459   37,639   32,513   32,626   31,181   31,203   30,366   32,881   34,162
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   12   27
        Biological and biomedical sciences   19,030   20,438   17,086   13,919   14,718   14,380   15,224   15,712   17,856   17,708
        Health sciences   21,941   13,240   11,477   10,371   10,384   10,429   9,442   6,450   7,191   7,508
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   14,085   12,781   9,076   8,223   7,524   6,372   6,537   8,204   7,822   8,919
      Mathematics and statistics   1,221   1,443   1,107   1,210   878   780   927   451   1,077   655
      Physical sciences   36,936   33,512   27,207   24,279   20,709   19,445   17,483   16,426   17,121   17,510
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   14,077   13,625   9,761   8,833   7,636   7,067   6,270   5,716   6,346   8,797
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   13   66   144   144   981   0
        Physics   22,859   19,136   16,743   15,248   12,711   11,698   10,413   9,884   9,237   8,713
        Physical sciences nec   0   751   703   198   349   614   656   682   557   0
      Psychology   14,206   12,014   10,494   9,695   8,863   7,738   7,239   5,733   4,859   4,487
      Social sciences   19,270   11,463   9,361   13,062   11,615   11,540   11,039   8,491   7,383   6,322
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   314   256   848   3,567   716   112   91   58   33   57
        Political science and government   6,704   3,609   1,549   1,347   1,816   1,999   1,705   1,224   499   1,962
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   6,036   4,825   4,151   3,735   4,085   5,519   4,789   1,473   1,031   1,455
        Social sciences nec   6,216   2,773   2,813   4,413   4,998   3,910   4,454   5,736   5,820   2,848
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   73
    Engineering   148,866   119,529   92,855   92,723   89,954   79,836   65,147   53,443   40,243   39,190
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   11,643   9,620   7,939   8,310   7,429   6,216   4,954   2,344   1,000   214
      Chemical engineering   6,686   6,195   4,829   4,279   4,312   4,277   5,650   5,494   3,098   3,031
      Civil engineering   17,118   14,016   12,209   11,238   11,595   10,177   10,496   7,887   5,974   5,738
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   53,754   46,466   33,744   32,958   31,541   27,767   22,947   18,589   16,371   15,208
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   18,430   10,440   9,682   9,796   12,807   12,998   9,850   8,931   4,580   0
      Mechanical engineering   30,488   27,037   18,268   18,259   17,181   14,415   7,836   6,977   6,152   11,810
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   900   0
      Engineering nec   10,747   5,755   6,184   7,883   5,089   3,986   3,414   3,221   2,168   3,189
    Non-S&E   31,878   30,558   20,199   12,311   10,266   9,513   10,165   7,522   7,466   7,251
      Business management and business administration   6,771   9,626   4,599   1,211   1,090   850   706   693   264   177
      Communication and communications technologies   3,682   1,929   1,089   830   776   514   349   65   307   439
      Education   6,786   6,130   3,758   3,343   3,209   2,822   3,784   1,922   2,963   2,677
      Humanities   2,300   1,530   703   276   570   595   865   1,328   2,511   2,473
      Law   4,826   3,717   3,735   2,731   1,883   1,724   2,591   2,377   1,209   972
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,952   794   768   300   199   287   351   131   3   0
      Non-S&E nec   5,561   6,832   5,547   3,620   2,539   2,721   1,519   1,006   209   513

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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