Data

Rowan U.

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   63,984   47,810   29,949   26,458   26,018   22,892   16,247   12,856   10,212   8,044
    Science   30,468   21,533   14,291   14,516   13,485   13,533   10,277   8,648   7,474   5,963
      Computer and information sciences   1,231   606   540   588   482   391   528   435   339   101
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,201   1,549   494   397   409   451   481   172   10   117
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   139   69   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   748   1,549   494   397   409   451   342   103   10   117
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   453   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   20,750   11,750   10,188   10,849   11,115   11,107   7,700   6,569   5,905   4,996
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   4,465   6,937   3,758   3,796   3,264   4,311   3,017   1,960   2,136   1,672
        Health sciences   12,867   4,376   6,119   6,962   7,836   6,652   4,559   4,609   3,587   3,324
        Natural resources and conservation   1,111   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
        Life sciences nec   2,307   437   311   91   15   144   124   0   181   0
      Mathematics and statistics   537   795   397   225   0   37   23   56   0   14
      Physical sciences   4,045   3,480   1,483   1,524   664   1,190   1,056   894   736   508
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   52   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   199
        Chemistry   2,391   2,596   605   676   388   614   560   509   438   226
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   1,167   830   689   752   276   576   496   385   298   83
        Physical sciences nec   487   2   189   96   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   1,094   1,934   1,055   739   504   291   370   450   425   221
      Social sciences   1,610   1,280   0   65   311   66   119   72   59   0
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   182   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   441   344   0   0   0   51   103   72   59   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   441   289   0   7   236   10   16   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   728   465   0   58   75   5   0   0   0   0
      Sciences nec   0   139   134   129   0   0   0   0   0   6
    Engineering   24,283   19,322   15,432   11,570   11,784   8,447   5,541   4,062   2,639   1,958
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   2,156   3,424   2,657   1,704   2,160   1,799   1,212   711   124   0
      Chemical engineering   4,039   4,462   3,895   3,191   2,647   1,597   994   703   356   403
      Civil engineering   3,127   7,822   4,452   3,634   4,058   2,724   2,885   1,928   1,377   856
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   1,060   1,070   666   809   938   417   330   504   462   415
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   710   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   1,078   687   340   339   193   243   120   206   320   187
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   108   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   12,005   1,857   3,422   1,893   1,788   1,667   0   10   0   97
    Non-S&E   9,233   6,955   226   372   749   912   429   146   99   123
      Business management and business administration   2,337   1,806   0   5   16   4   15   10   10   6
      Communication and communications technologies   1,652   256   0   0   0   0   0   14   10   0
      Education   1,934   441   59   227   419   758   374   75   20   97
      Humanities   2,024   26   25   20   114   69   34   20   20   0
      Law   649   442   34   120   122   15   0   0   10   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   551   1,688   0   0   0   34   6   27   29   0
      Non-S&E nec   86   2,296   108   0   78   32   0   0   0   20

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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