Data

Northeastern U.

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   288,558   231,607   211,342   200,068   183,998   166,711   142,349   129,040   122,915   116,245
    Science   138,471   118,553   106,308   99,848   94,649   91,399   81,384   81,331   76,474   71,338
      Computer and information sciences   28,375   27,623   21,505   21,118   19,362   19,212   15,835   14,358   10,062   8,708
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   5,205   5,122   4,044   4,039   4,603   4,296   4,082   3,652   3,203   2,948
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   840   1,168   1,195   429   398   374   254   321   853   59
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   4,365   3,954   2,849   3,610   4,205   3,922   3,828   3,331   2,350   2,889
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   46,459   37,639   32,513   32,626   31,181   31,203   30,366   32,881   34,162   26,351
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   12   27   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   20,438   17,086   13,919   14,718   14,380   15,224   15,712   17,856   17,708   17,662
        Health sciences   13,240   11,477   10,371   10,384   10,429   9,442   6,450   7,191   7,508   2,179
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   12,781   9,076   8,223   7,524   6,372   6,537   8,204   7,822   8,919   6,510
      Mathematics and statistics   1,443   1,107   1,210   878   780   927   451   1,077   655   1,088
      Physical sciences   33,512   27,207   24,279   20,709   19,445   17,483   16,426   17,121   17,510   19,972
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   13,625   9,761   8,833   7,636   7,067   6,270   5,716   6,346   8,797   10,565
        Materials science   0   0   0   13   66   144   144   981   0   0
        Physics   19,136   16,743   15,248   12,711   11,698   10,413   9,884   9,237   8,713   9,407
        Physical sciences nec   751   703   198   349   614   656   682   557   0   0
      Psychology   12,014   10,494   9,695   8,863   7,738   7,239   5,733   4,859   4,487   5,009
      Social sciences   11,463   9,361   13,062   11,615   11,540   11,039   8,491   7,383   6,322   7,262
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   256   848   3,567   716   112   91   58   33   57   192
        Political science and government   3,609   1,549   1,347   1,816   1,999   1,705   1,224   499   1,962   2,963
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   4,825   4,151   3,735   4,085   5,519   4,789   1,473   1,031   1,455   799
        Social sciences nec   2,773   2,813   4,413   4,998   3,910   4,454   5,736   5,820   2,848   3,308
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   73   0
    Engineering   119,529   92,855   92,723   89,954   79,836   65,147   53,443   40,243   39,190   40,441
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   9,620   7,939   8,310   7,429   6,216   4,954   2,344   1,000   214   148
      Chemical engineering   6,195   4,829   4,279   4,312   4,277   5,650   5,494   3,098   3,031   4,443
      Civil engineering   14,016   12,209   11,238   11,595   10,177   10,496   7,887   5,974   5,738   7,211
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   46,466   33,744   32,958   31,541   27,767   22,947   18,589   16,371   15,208   15,627
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   10,440   9,682   9,796   12,807   12,998   9,850   8,931   4,580   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   27,037   18,268   18,259   17,181   14,415   7,836   6,977   6,152   11,810   12,762
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   900   0   0
      Engineering nec   5,755   6,184   7,883   5,089   3,986   3,414   3,221   2,168   3,189   250
    Non-S&E   30,558   20,199   12,311   10,266   9,513   10,165   7,522   7,466   7,251   4,466
      Business management and business administration   9,626   4,599   1,211   1,090   850   706   693   264   177   402
      Communication and communications technologies   1,929   1,089   830   776   514   349   65   307   439   141
      Education   6,130   3,758   3,343   3,209   2,822   3,784   1,922   2,963   2,677   1,191
      Humanities   1,530   703   276   570   595   865   1,328   2,511   2,473   1,386
      Law   3,717   3,735   2,731   1,883   1,724   2,591   2,377   1,209   972   817
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   60
      Visual and performing arts   794   768   300   199   287   351   131   3   0   14
      Non-S&E nec   6,832   5,547   3,620   2,539   2,721   1,519   1,006   209   513   455

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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