Data

Purdue U., West Lafayette

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   931,513   844,570   754,627   679,482   687,144   663,927   631,574   622,813   606,302   558,611
    Science   455,929   412,000   378,965   338,061   358,123   327,886   305,859   302,495   294,831   304,486
      Computer and information sciences   36,754   31,316   38,868   22,324   27,886   23,177   23,394   21,494   18,896   19,824
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   9,577   9,201   8,127   7,578   10,166   7,119   6,013   6,031   5,335   4,492
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   9,577   9,201   7,893   6,482   8,750   5,965   5,012   5,080   5,316   3,422
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,052
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   234   1,096   1,416   1,154   1,001   951   19   18
      Life sciences   312,703   282,174   254,784   237,182   243,953   237,317   211,371   213,713   206,928   209,977
        Agricultural sciences   161,976   147,520   135,315   122,841   123,324   138,419   126,486   127,962   130,723   120,012
        Biological and biomedical sciences   31,401   30,264   27,675   25,488   34,790   25,238   20,819   16,548   15,644   32,675
        Health sciences   118,410   103,811   91,794   88,853   85,839   73,660   64,066   69,168   60,340   44,803
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   916   579   0   0   0   0   0   35   221   12,487
      Mathematics and statistics   2,877   3,115   2,727   2,742   2,671   3,185   6,314   5,922   6,210   6,971
      Physical sciences   65,816   60,623   49,938   42,663   42,370   38,081   37,542   34,740   33,624   30,775
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   42,704   36,491   30,984   26,272   22,953   22,763   22,723   21,437   21,592   17,547
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   23,112   24,132   18,954   16,391   19,417   15,318   14,819   13,303   12,032   13,228
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   5,143   5,839   8,597   8,342   7,176   6,192   6,545   6,289   4,876   3,880
      Social sciences   18,661   17,096   14,770   14,611   21,150   10,040   12,255   12,235   14,457   24,246
        Anthropology   719   915   689   1,002   0   0   705   804   814   0
        Economics   13,992   13,799   12,639   11,468   11,010   0   0   0   0   12,016
        Political science and government   1,071   819   570   468   787   1,138   1,397   886   572   582
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   2,879   1,563   872   1,505   9,345   8,871   9,701   10,129   10,815   9,688
        Social sciences nec   0   0   0   168   8   31   452   416   2,256   1,960
      Sciences nec   4,398   2,636   1,154   2,619   2,751   2,775   2,425   2,071   4,505   4,321
    Engineering   393,296   360,289   312,394   285,469   280,592   270,525   229,967   231,103   223,048   194,401
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   46,965   51,009   29,644   24,570   24,463   23,034   27,760   29,507   30,795   17,302
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   26,675   23,171   21,868   18,756   20,748   25,957   15,654   19,202   12,726   13,425
      Chemical engineering   30,700   28,284   24,850   19,532   19,587   16,970   14,480   13,635   13,568   12,208
      Civil engineering   34,530   35,051   32,784   35,323   28,429   26,193   25,887   24,834   28,022   38,449
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   87,258   65,385   61,840   49,674   50,109   49,874   45,342   47,102   43,858   39,452
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   10,142   9,143   8,859   12,793   15,847   15,674   10,614   6,649   4,553   0
      Mechanical engineering   68,690   63,398   59,435   52,859   49,198   45,887   36,421   33,636   36,479   27,608
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   21,574   17,434   16,790   19,817   19,668   17,348   16,778   17,105   9,739   5,660
      Engineering nec   66,762   67,414   56,324   52,145   52,543   49,588   37,031   39,433   43,308   40,297
    Non-S&E   82,288   72,281   63,268   55,952   48,429   65,516   95,748   89,215   88,423   59,724
      Business management and business administration   16,413   14,802   13,921   10,962   10,976   10,010   13,683   11,722   13,729   14,148
      Communication and communications technologies   2,194   2,298   2,862   1,065   1,607   482   588   930   1,417   778
      Education   10,601   10,916   9,832   8,979   10,039   10,834   12,643   8,111   6,511   6,124
      Humanities   3,016   2,996   2,930   1,874   3,433   3,318   3,380   3,035   3,422   3,752
      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   613   261   547   39   250   55   188   336   259   1,076
      Non-S&E nec   49,451   41,008   33,176   33,033   22,124   40,817   65,266   65,081   63,085   33,846

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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