Data

Rochester Institute of Technology

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   78,488   72,405   62,383   56,043   57,777   58,175   49,413   51,263   45,518   40,442
    Science   37,977   36,994   31,697   27,639   28,662   29,685   25,068   24,046   22,058   20,210
      Computer and information sciences   12,507   12,888   9,956   8,809   8,910   6,328   5,079   4,228   3,431   3,374
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,810   2,212   1,983   2,155
        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   0   1,810   2,212   1,983   2,155
      Life sciences   4,157   2,005   1,657   1,551   1,238   903   871   561   631   348
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   2,981   1,731   1,657   1,551   1,238   903   871   561   631   348
        Health sciences   1,176   274   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   2,843   2,542   2,356   2,178   2,040   1,750   2,115   1,461   1,059   1,201
      Physical sciences   15,964   15,762   14,979   12,388   13,830   18,059   12,578   12,393   11,992   11,153
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,235   774   494   492   522   651   929   950   619   421
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   4,529   4,680   4,681   3,585   3,504   3,369   3,316   2,983   2,586   3,239
        Physical sciences nec   10,200   10,308   9,804   8,311   9,804   14,039   8,333   8,460   8,787   7,493
      Psychology   492   538   159   110   60   22   174   218   108   9
      Social sciences   2,014   3,259   2,590   2,603   2,584   2,623   2,441   2,973   2,854   1,970
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   4   3   8   0   0   0   0   10   0   0
        Political science and government   116   166   318   250   222   144   38   15   2   10
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   67   87   18   1   0   0   9   46   52   0
        Social sciences nec   1,827   3,003   2,246   2,352   2,362   2,479   2,394   2,902   2,800   1,960
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   33,180   28,126   22,869   20,874   20,910   20,264   18,611   21,517   17,894   15,820
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   2,874   2,960   1,677   1,341   1,064   1,313   794   562   463   299
      Chemical engineering   1,413   1,109   1,094   1,129   574   696   956   999   2,071   1,119
      Civil engineering   142   108   10   2   14   22   56   31   43   38
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   7,062   7,463   5,983   4,667   5,196   6,303   5,273   6,452   5,196   3,605
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,408   2,935   2,293   1,786   2,322   2,361   1,734   3,165   510   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,863   2,162   2,655   1,950   1,604   1,242   2,231   2,047   1,731   2,028
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   15,418   11,389   9,157   9,999   10,136   8,327   7,567   8,261   7,880   8,731
    Non-S&E   7,331   7,285   7,817   7,530   8,205   8,226   5,734   5,700   5,566   4,412
      Business management and business administration   238   63   12   26   31   93   31   20   24   42
      Communication and communications technologies   30   8   2   0   8   0   0   0   0   2
      Education   5,154   5,124   5,679   5,413   5,753   5,580   5,255   5,176   5,101   3,955
      Humanities   74   268   211   113   241   212   190   187   153   98
      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   1,468   1,548   1,512   1,358   1,374   1,897   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   367   274   401   620   798   444   258   317   288   315

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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