Data

Pennsylvania State U., The, University Park and Hershey Medical Center

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   1,206,793   1,019,940   970,544   991,923   949,679   908,708   854,815   825,561   791,031   800,773
    Science   708,955   596,695   557,340   602,727   573,640   560,659   514,342   521,751   477,692   482,872
      Computer and information sciences   108,873   79,162   73,737   89,490   69,638   55,939   36,680   47,112   55,400   52,372
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   33,406   35,715   31,930   41,590   46,390   50,302   44,378   42,273   54,902   59,370
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   13,193   17,891   16,523   19,239   20,694   19,050   17,726   17,694   21,533   23,707
        Geological and earth sciences   16,417   14,664   13,007   18,116   21,998   23,989   19,169   21,068   27,304   28,253
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   3,796   3,160   2,400   4,235   3,698   3,824   2,755   2,023   6,065   7,410
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   3,439   4,728   1,488   0   0
      Life sciences   346,482   319,598   291,733   291,299   266,143   280,091   260,627   261,912   241,215   250,304
        Agricultural sciences   76,450   85,040   79,424   100,221   95,580   100,909   86,583   87,140   86,469   87,278
        Biological and biomedical sciences   110,439   105,362   112,135   98,382   84,873   90,168   80,560   80,497   52,860   58,382
        Health sciences   144,332   118,266   91,303   90,967   84,968   88,833   92,705   90,904   101,886   104,644
        Natural resources and conservation   15,261   10,930   8,871   1,729   722   181   779   3,371   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   24,625   17,140   14,090   17,706   25,057   19,251   16,451   34,141   12,424   10,880
      Physical sciences   111,514   73,580   89,035   94,201   99,485   93,913   87,175   72,314   51,598   51,811
        Astronomy and astrophysics   12,462   14,227   13,659   15,788   20,021   16,678   16,124   11,043   10,696   10,150
        Chemistry   18,226   15,578   16,923   17,696   18,532   18,013   17,085   18,248   18,141   17,339
        Materials science   52,509   22,202   38,139   34,436   34,258   33,043   31,675   22,906   0   0
        Physics   28,317   21,573   20,314   26,281   26,674   26,179   22,291   20,117   22,761   24,322
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   41,284   30,225   29,685   40,599   38,984   30,520   27,175   22,464   24,406   23,476
      Social sciences   42,771   41,275   27,130   27,842   27,943   30,643   41,313   41,232   37,747   34,659
        Anthropology   980   559   424   2,331   3,617   2,621   3,521   61   0   0
        Economics   5,506   6,662   4,478   1,611   1,511   3,524   4,652   2,727   3,008   2,863
        Political science and government   2,171   1,822   1,269   930   1,005   1,470   3,219   6,094   4,683   4,424
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   34,114   32,232   20,959   22,970   21,810   23,028   27,591   30,130   30,056   27,372
        Social sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   2,330   2,220   0   0
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   543   303   0   0
    Engineering   453,476   385,594   378,667   367,730   350,391   325,002   312,341   288,234   296,692   302,833
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   26,041   34,060   32,084   32,250   28,351   21,446   17,991   17,610   16,509   16,853
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   20,050   33,997   30,144   19,563   19,077   11,220   14,980   8,067   5,925   4,665
      Chemical engineering   17,388   13,450   12,167   18,370   22,879   22,319   14,778   17,012   12,445   12,033
      Civil engineering   18,300   12,444   10,826   12,155   15,740   11,578   19,160   21,981   21,558   23,399
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   151,174   123,291   108,919   101,850   100,673   96,377   85,424   61,089   88,443   84,761
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   12,076   6,773   3,459   23,296   30,168   24,149   24,213   18,398   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   150,058   107,002   131,856   109,852   90,336   92,912   63,667   76,086   73,514   78,650
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   58,389   54,577   49,212   50,394   43,167   45,001   51,565   58,483   78,298   82,472
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   20,563   9,508   0   0
    Non-S&E   44,362   37,651   34,537   21,466   25,648   23,047   28,132   15,576   16,647   15,068
      Business management and business administration   7,865   8,148   8,760   3,480   6,638   5,999   9,542   5,844   6,454   5,615
      Communication and communications technologies   1,933   2,159   1,561   504   510   795   1,049   390   427   342
      Education   25,309   18,556   16,457   10,890   11,333   10,078   10,144   5,208   3,996   4,444
      Humanities   5,123   5,587   5,333   5,592   5,946   5,492   3,091   3,873   5,298   4,110
      Law   2,113   1,703   359   279   541   502   1,547   84   211   291
      Social work   959   611   1,012   0   0   0   567   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,060   887   1,055   721   680   181   643   177   261   266
      Non-S&E nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,549   0   0   0

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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