Data

Oregon 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   371,904   337,985   297,934   276,955   268,385   263,830   272,433   267,068   254,275   245,317
    Science   281,987   260,093   233,454   218,487   211,526   208,348   217,413   209,709   208,551   199,764
      Computer and information sciences   5,198   5,346   5,820   7,241   8,213   8,869   9,666   8,111   7,109   7,865
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   57,402   57,207   46,982   43,111   39,215   40,030   48,616   45,970   45,735   43,631
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   1,934   1,964   1,730   1,741   1,848   2,332   2,110   2,468   2,006   3,247
        Geological and earth sciences   14,652   14,826   9,042   6,465   5,693   6,736   7,964   6,736   6,885   6,371
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   29,830   26,728   24,101   19,404   22,241   20,141   22,186   23,255   21,337   21,084
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   10,986   13,689   12,109   15,501   9,433   10,821   16,356   13,511   15,507   12,929
      Life sciences   198,141   175,883   162,192   151,779   143,505   136,589   135,466   131,061   128,013   122,704
        Agricultural sciences   105,121   90,915   85,445   76,656   75,087   75,734   79,855   76,617   78,062   75,390
        Biological and biomedical sciences   42,795   43,176   43,217   44,339   38,938   34,305   34,352   36,697   38,419   43,780
        Health sciences   10,001   10,346   7,475   8,767   7,447   8,154   6,803   6,084   4,348   1,996
        Natural resources and conservation   39,962   31,156   25,869   21,557   21,791   17,872   13,700   11,083   6,376   0
        Life sciences nec   262   290   186   460   242   524   756   580   808   1,538
      Mathematics and statistics   1,333   1,358   1,601   1,247   1,595   2,074   2,003   1,186   1,317   1,419
      Physical sciences   7,329   7,604   6,297   4,727   4,814   6,247   4,801   4,131   5,280   2,968
        Astronomy and astrophysics   61   163   85   16   69   4   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,286   1,965   2,537   2,652   2,788   3,811   2,916   2,550   3,623   2,243
        Materials science   613   546   729   405   551   1,044   748   753   86   0
        Physics   4,369   4,917   2,856   1,564   1,310   1,204   906   573   1,011   599
        Physical sciences nec   0   13   90   90   96   184   231   255   560   126
      Psychology   1,941   1,398   1,024   1,035   1,115   1,318   1,442   1,253   1,035   49
      Social sciences   6,755   7,579   6,357   5,713   6,696   5,550   5,795   5,701   5,064   5,019
        Anthropology   109   0   0   21   3   3   124   15   0   0
        Economics   1,475   2,084   2,198   1,924   1,741   2,034   2,176   2,497   2,313   2,235
        Political science and government   21   0   0   0   22   23   0   0   0   6
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,448   1,550   1,050   833   829   1,035   1,330   1,232   1,779   2,174
        Social sciences nec   3,702   3,945   3,109   2,935   4,101   2,455   2,165   1,957   972   604
      Sciences nec   3,888   3,718   3,181   3,634   6,373   7,671   9,624   12,296   14,998   16,109
    Engineering   79,966   71,532   58,552   52,731   50,900   49,587   49,271   51,184   43,990   43,110
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   24   0   0   0   0   74   82   127   248   124
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   2,483   2,758   2,150   1,734   2,773   3,792   3,684   3,520   2,880   2,938
      Chemical engineering   4,411   3,477   2,306   2,535   1,832   3,800   5,305   7,918   8,537   10,759
      Civil engineering   18,449   16,996   16,363   11,938   11,468   10,230   8,280   9,130   7,986   6,106
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   19,140   19,058   14,790   14,914   13,571   10,882   8,554   5,377   3,910   4,011
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   8,335   6,277   4,711   3,834   3,645   3,179   1,311   483   89   0
      Mechanical engineering   9,237   7,066   6,876   7,331   7,683   8,029   9,500   10,662   8,277   6,081
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   334   959   607   572   519   911   1,381   2,230   2,157   1,699
      Engineering nec   17,553   14,941   10,749   9,873   9,409   8,690   11,174   11,737   9,906   11,392
    Non-S&E   9,951   6,360   5,928   5,737   5,959   5,895   5,749   6,175   1,734   2,443
      Business management and business administration   0   0   0   0   0   6   0   6   30   12
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   0   0
      Education   4,046   0   93   98   0   35   11   22   28   7
      Humanities   0   0   0   18   94   75   70   37   111   17
      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   5,905   6,360   5,835   5,621   5,865   5,779   5,668   6,099   1,565   2,407

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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