Data

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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   121,706   121,809   119,056   122,753   103,739   100,856   104,797   101,127   102,841   105,608
    Science   44,901   51,186   42,770   44,230   39,495   37,031   37,087   32,455   32,582   33,504
      Computer and information sciences   13,075   14,752   13,145   14,686   11,282   9,830   9,062   9,089   10,392   9,103
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,961   2,214   1,868   2,837   1,931   2,601   1,873   2,593   2,205   2,023
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,961   2,214   1,868   2,837   1,931   2,601   1,873   2,593   2,015   2,023
        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   190   0
      Life sciences   8,077   8,885   6,913   6,102   5,384   5,431   5,448   4,093   5,598   5,584
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   8,077   8,885   6,913   6,102   5,384   5,431   5,448   4,093   5,598   5,584
        Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   3,783   3,658   2,944   2,808   2,258   1,641   1,878   1,795   1,754   1,714
      Physical sciences   12,723   15,894   12,251   12,143   15,038   14,662   16,534   11,910   9,688   11,342
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   6,945   7,599   6,355   5,704   6,393   5,560   7,338   6,178   3,689   4,004
        Materials science   156   702   444   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
        Physics   2,955   4,177   2,883   2,554   4,936   4,705   5,158   5,350   5,999   6,699
        Physical sciences nec   2,667   3,416   2,569   3,885   3,709   4,397   4,037   382   0   639
      Psychology   3,870   3,954   4,036   4,479   3,151   2,433   1,895   2,138   2,380   2,699
      Social sciences   1,412   1,829   1,535   1,175   451   433   397   837   565   1,039
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   840   671   624   572   139   109   47   236   377   669
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   572   1,158   911   603   312   324   350   601   188   370
      Sciences nec   0   0   78   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   66,158   63,146   67,810   70,156   59,831   57,190   59,446   61,452   69,540   71,340
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   10,734   8,233   9,421   6,133   5,780   6,401   5,265   6,883   7,253   8,330
      Chemical engineering   11,281   9,971   10,365   10,954   10,295   8,274   11,735   8,387   7,115   8,586
      Civil engineering   2,688   3,369   4,669   6,251   6,768   4,254   4,297   4,930   13,079   13,170
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   14,000   14,865   14,323   15,077   10,945   12,413   12,452   13,800   18,821   17,967
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   394   440   493   498   987   1,353   1,529   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   17,833   17,423   19,888   20,165   16,802   15,992   17,548   18,406   17,292   16,454
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   6,286   5,813   5,697   6,281   4,154   4,888   3,133   4,449   4,799   4,353
      Engineering nec   2,942   3,032   2,954   4,797   4,100   3,615   3,487   4,597   1,181   2,480
    Non-S&E   10,647   7,477   8,476   8,367   4,413   6,635   8,264   7,220   719   764
      Business management and business administration   5,176   2,491   2,302   89   622   959   871   957   576   571
      Communication and communications technologies   15   69   103   384   89   91   1,059   471   0   75
      Education   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Humanities   0   0   0   153   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Law   0   0   0   488   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   16   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   986   947   959   1,353   322   1,055   302   352   143   118
      Non-S&E nec   4,470   3,970   5,112   5,884   3,380   4,530   6,032   5,440   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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