Data

Rochester Institute of Technology

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   72,405   62,383   56,043   57,777   58,175   49,413   51,263   45,518   40,442   35,945
    Science   36,994   31,697   27,639   28,662   29,685   25,068   24,046   22,058   20,210   19,533
      Computer and information sciences   12,888   9,956   8,809   8,910   6,328   5,079   4,228   3,431   3,374   3,608
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   1,810   2,212   1,983   2,155   1,987
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        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   1,810   2,212   1,983   2,155   1,987
      Life sciences   2,005   1,657   1,551   1,238   903   871   561   631   348   344
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,731   1,657   1,551   1,238   903   871   561   631   348   344
        Health sciences   274   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   2,542   2,356   2,178   2,040   1,750   2,115   1,461   1,059   1,201   1,262
      Physical sciences   15,762   14,979   12,388   13,830   18,059   12,578   12,393   11,992   11,153   10,808
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   77
        Chemistry   774   494   492   522   651   929   950   619   421   555
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   4,680   4,681   3,585   3,504   3,369   3,316   2,983   2,586   3,239   1,500
        Physical sciences nec   10,308   9,804   8,311   9,804   14,039   8,333   8,460   8,787   7,493   8,676
      Psychology   538   159   110   60   22   174   218   108   9   82
      Social sciences   3,259   2,590   2,603   2,584   2,623   2,441   2,973   2,854   1,970   1,442
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   3   8   0   0   0   0   10   0   0   0
        Political science and government   166   318   250   222   144   38   15   2   10   19
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   87   18   1   0   0   9   46   52   0   0
        Social sciences nec   3,003   2,246   2,352   2,362   2,479   2,394   2,902   2,800   1,960   1,423
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   28,126   22,869   20,874   20,910   20,264   18,611   21,517   17,894   15,820   11,938
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   2,960   1,677   1,341   1,064   1,313   794   562   463   299   115
      Chemical engineering   1,109   1,094   1,129   574   696   956   999   2,071   1,119   1,105
      Civil engineering   108   10   2   14   22   56   31   43   38   82
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   7,463   5,983   4,667   5,196   6,303   5,273   6,452   5,196   3,605   2,792
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,935   2,293   1,786   2,322   2,361   1,734   3,165   510   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,162   2,655   1,950   1,604   1,242   2,231   2,047   1,731   2,028   1,600
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   11,389   9,157   9,999   10,136   8,327   7,567   8,261   7,880   8,731   6,244
    Non-S&E   7,285   7,817   7,530   8,205   8,226   5,734   5,700   5,566   4,412   4,474
      Business management and business administration   63   12   26   31   93   31   20   24   42   3
      Communication and communications technologies   8   2   0   8   0   0   0   0   2   0
      Education   5,124   5,679   5,413   5,753   5,580   5,255   5,176   5,101   3,955   4,032
      Humanities   268   211   113   241   212   190   187   153   98   120
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13
      Visual and performing arts   1,548   1,512   1,358   1,374   1,897   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   274   401   620   798   444   258   317   288   315   306

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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