Data

Rutgers, The State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick

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   831,719   712,231   643,955   688,077   657,249   706,282   681,719   630,212   628,613   644,116
    Science   731,506   624,612   563,991   605,776   528,257   561,997   558,029   536,556   535,692   562,539
      Computer and information sciences   8,406   9,306   6,316   6,402   5,881   8,478   10,380   9,803   8,820   17,097
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   35,546   27,807   24,326   25,634   18,036   19,173   25,429   44,357   41,681   38,473
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   2,820   2,528   3,068   3,007   2,463   493   2,541   2,309   2,980
        Geological and earth sciences   7,022   201   141   394   219   293   0   684   674   579
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   27,289   24,378   21,232   21,523   13,575   15,443   23,533   20,815   18,701   17,190
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,235   408   425   649   1,235   974   1,403   20,317   19,997   17,724
      Life sciences   619,096   521,311   483,265   518,906   447,552   478,476   446,329   364,978   366,179   371,773
        Agricultural sciences   65,222   69,581   64,885   77,405   55,587   47,795   52,210   42,342   31,354   27,338
        Biological and biomedical sciences   246,404   214,943   90,875   113,712   91,356   76,998   90,391   53,168   56,845   61,931
        Health sciences   293,805   228,112   319,883   319,113   294,976   347,582   294,485   154,460   187,731   206,997
        Natural resources and conservation   2,392   56   23   34   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   11,273   8,619   7,599   8,642   5,633   6,101   9,243   115,008   90,249   75,507
      Mathematics and statistics   11,898   10,013   9,673   9,493   9,036   14,362   14,386   16,687   16,646   16,699
      Physical sciences   28,283   32,108   23,111   25,703   29,660   26,313   35,580   44,532   43,460   48,127
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1,908   2,559   1,730   2,229   2,378   2,165   0   943   920   1,019
        Chemistry   6,825   7,903   5,579   6,321   7,258   4,606   9,066   22,187   23,254   28,271
        Materials science   1,398   3,749   2,320   2,211   3,301   3,225   350   0   0   0
        Physics   16,794   15,686   13,193   12,903   11,380   10,341   18,822   17,784   17,290   17,049
        Physical sciences nec   1,358   2,211   289   2,039   5,343   5,976   7,342   3,618   1,996   1,788
      Psychology   15,490   10,418   6,145   8,256   7,700   6,453   5,792   17,418   13,319   17,562
      Social sciences   10,539   11,158   7,351   7,005   7,779   7,649   13,321   32,630   38,668   49,107
        Anthropology   549   546   420   386   431   304   1,276   0   0   0
        Economics   1,810   3,265   2,767   2,066   475   526   99   2,611   2,264   1,871
        Political science and government   1,293   2,050   406   319   995   1,387   2,539   3,030   4,306   10,519
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3,336   2,211   1,591   2,168   2,060   1,302   1,766   5,609   2,921   2,322
        Social sciences nec   3,551   3,086   2,167   2,066   3,818   4,130   7,641   21,380   29,177   34,395
      Sciences nec   2,248   2,491   3,804   4,377   2,613   1,093   6,812   6,151   6,919   3,701
    Engineering   61,910   57,490   51,289   55,880   92,937   104,371   75,760   74,092   71,565   64,537
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,208   3,021   4,089
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,636   4,883   6,195   5,209   5,055   19,134   15,230   21,319   16,399   9,186
      Chemical engineering   6,408   5,911   5,396   4,166   5,587   5,503   6,714   3,342   4,518   5,653
      Civil engineering   3,586   2,670   1,200   2,131   3,945   6,915   2,882   24,611   24,584   22,572
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,505   6,895   6,146   6,067   5,595   5,232   5,717   8,046   6,475   6,921
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   986   312   147   509   997   1,545   630   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,697   7,215   6,606   6,927   6,372   5,235   5,472   2,495   1,764   1,505
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,294   2,508   2,521   3,113   4,526   4,589   4,306   6,258   4,673   5,367
      Engineering nec   29,798   27,096   23,078   27,758   60,860   56,218   34,809   6,813   10,131   9,244
    Non-S&E   38,303   30,129   28,675   26,421   36,055   39,914   47,930   19,564   21,356   17,040
      Business management and business administration   3,973   2,704   2,405   1,837   1,959   2,991   2,651   2,291   748   610
      Communication and communications technologies   1,685   2,209   1,411   1,236   1,082   2,044   845   90   1,020   429
      Education   13,108   11,475   5,909   5,752   11,369   18,059   22,278   4,016   2,930   7,128
      Humanities   4,978   3,245   2,217   4,723   3,011   3,411   2,991   893   5,095   4,615
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   328   43   23
      Social work   4,965   3,237   2,076   3,067   3,934   7,741   8,437   703   8,741   1,110
      Visual and performing arts   142   150   56   1,024   2   17   96   10,370   295   314
      Non-S&E nec   9,452   7,109   14,601   8,782   14,698   5,651   10,632   873   2,484   2,811

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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