Data

Northwestern 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   1,257,859   1,114,269   1,000,695   913,178   874,671   857,069   805,672   751,809   713,491   656,167
    Science   1,093,327   981,193   880,452   807,366   770,529   747,194   694,796   639,540   600,524   549,644
      Computer and information sciences   14,917   13,831   10,117   8,957   8,441   3,035   2,512   2,530   2,197   40
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,433   1,795   1,443   1,342   1,351   1,547   1,627   1,821   1,655   1,924
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,433   1,795   1,443   1,342   1,351   1,547   1,627   1,821   1,655   1,924
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   902,321   816,739   721,230   659,195   619,270   604,875   555,160   515,893   481,869   451,943
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   221,411   205,479   189,086   166,594   153,629   141,523   128,409   130,422   122,935   100,231
        Health sciences   670,382   596,679   514,642   474,272   451,059   446,421   406,467   370,779   346,275   327,972
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   2,242   2,868   1,823   1,234   0
        Life sciences nec   10,528   14,581   17,502   18,329   14,582   14,689   17,416   12,869   11,425   23,740
      Mathematics and statistics   3,104   2,311   2,215   1,490   2,275   2,461   2,869   2,461   2,293   2,228
      Physical sciences   110,150   97,816   90,194   83,618   78,168   82,072   82,409   71,743   67,071   43,551
        Astronomy and astrophysics   8,304   7,498   6,681   6,676   6,604   5,274   4,566   3,438   2,564   0
        Chemistry   58,024   42,247   40,697   36,484   35,130   40,651   39,150   38,954   39,855   34,334
        Materials science   19,099   19,933   18,052   16,535   16,418   13,853   18,211   15,094   12,620   0
        Physics   21,229   22,886   19,886   19,296   15,418   17,918   18,337   12,441   10,125   7,521
        Physical sciences nec   3,494   5,252   4,878   4,627   4,598   4,376   2,145   1,816   1,907   1,696
      Psychology   4,493   3,316   4,231   3,352   3,706   4,157   3,923   4,177   4,667   3,602
      Social sciences   24,276   23,363   24,515   21,988   18,762   16,211   15,007   16,447   16,924   19,787
        Anthropology   2,139   1,577   951   553   1,106   963   822   842   820   0
        Economics   8,749   8,318   8,819   6,455   3,721   1,556   1,819   1,548   2,015   1,797
        Political science and government   835   834   641   584   758   801   918   847   502   14,427
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   395   493   275   249   443   523   607   688   551   1,842
        Social sciences nec   12,158   12,141   13,829   14,147   12,734   12,368   10,841   12,522   13,036   1,721
      Sciences nec   31,633   22,022   26,507   27,424   38,556   32,836   31,289   24,468   23,848   26,569
    Engineering   120,781   93,785   88,008   80,735   77,150   80,413   81,662   84,520   84,243   77,676
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   22,788   20,128   17,376   14,826   14,678   11,844   15,052   14,133   12,628   12,994
      Chemical engineering   19,986   12,688   13,889   15,296   14,434   15,264   10,304   9,541   7,077   8,924
      Civil engineering   9,461   7,457   6,071   4,883   5,619   4,211   5,536   5,034   5,247   4,459
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   10,280   8,452   8,475   8,204   7,501   12,630   12,339   11,654   12,742   7,213
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,200   3,127   4,615   3,995   3,948   3,530   3,380   3,347   2,983   0
      Mechanical engineering   13,930   8,038   7,448   6,274   6,525   6,845   7,181   9,458   10,923   9,463
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   23,207   18,076   16,229   16,709   15,415   16,820   17,293   21,207   17,752   18,397
      Engineering nec   17,929   15,819   13,905   10,548   9,030   9,269   10,577   10,146   14,891   16,226
    Non-S&E   43,751   39,291   32,235   25,077   26,992   29,462   29,214   27,749   28,724   28,847
      Business management and business administration   16,102   15,511   15,461   10,181   11,847   11,085   8,845   5,791   6,115   8,415
      Communication and communications technologies   4,174   3,353   3,090   3,019   3,298   3,575   4,673   5,574   7,195   6,677
      Education   14,675   12,464   8,171   7,353   6,237   8,202   9,087   10,078   9,650   7,363
      Humanities   4,344   4,761   3,470   2,970   3,986   4,475   4,172   3,673   3,166   1,776
      Law   2,507   1,509   1,216   1,108   993   1,260   1,300   1,317   1,492   1,486
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,876   1,693   827   446   631   865   1,135   1,098   1,104   969
      Non-S&E nec   73   0   0   0   0   0   2   218   2   2,161

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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