Data

San Diego State 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   181,600   158,013   129,762   107,681   97,710   92,964   88,177   89,187   90,722   93,572
    Science   118,869   106,557   87,896   75,567   70,931   66,536   61,324   61,927   67,519   69,738
      Computer and information sciences   2,985   2,902   2,592   1,439   1,519   1,563   1,634   1,714   1,940   2,836
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,835   2,911   2,900   2,158   2,234   2,582   2,978   3,091   3,362   1,983
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,559   1,445   1,422   968   1,322   1,668   1,527   1,581   1,516   1,398
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   1,023   1,015   857   773   517   429   718   630   1,285   585
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   253   451   621   417   395   485   733   880   561   0
      Life sciences   49,862   46,665   38,307   31,479   27,880   28,629   28,003   29,409   32,682   34,173
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   19,719   18,866   15,005   15,520   14,602   12,720   14,575   14,921   16,882   18,044
        Health sciences   28,873   27,205   22,338   15,949   12,357   15,226   12,874   13,651   15,222   13,687
        Natural resources and conservation   1,270   594   964   10   921   683   554   837   578   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2,442
      Mathematics and statistics   5,144   4,198   3,993   3,883   3,899   4,061   3,790   3,450   3,385   3,433
      Physical sciences   13,662   10,039   7,587   6,681   6,402   6,333   5,873   5,488   7,315   8,216
        Astronomy and astrophysics   818   980   835   701   766   708   948   911   878   765
        Chemistry   10,439   7,037   5,332   4,386   4,075   4,203   3,581   2,782   2,206   1,689
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   2,405   2,022   1,420   1,594   1,561   1,422   1,344   1,795   4,231   5,762
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   26,029   23,094   19,549   18,729   20,222   14,071   12,943   12,865   12,499   12,298
      Social sciences   8,190   7,749   5,653   4,876   5,106   5,054   4,811   4,920   5,046   5,068
        Anthropology   1,161   870   622   720   548   520   614   510   396   0
        Economics   1,347   1,146   962   869   970   901   524   394   578   651
        Political science and government   847   456   727   727   1,031   881   983   794   640   762
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   779   1,186   740   625   605   895   895   1,144   934   1,335
        Social sciences nec   4,056   4,091   2,602   1,935   1,952   1,857   1,795   2,078   2,498   2,320
      Sciences nec   10,162   8,999   7,315   6,322   3,669   4,243   1,292   990   1,290   1,731
    Engineering   17,100   16,138   14,193   10,715   7,934   8,197   8,534   8,935   6,985   6,393
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2,276   1,698   2,055   847   630   640   772   725   592   812
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   137   47   98   113   277   331   711   887   511   484
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   4,717   4,589   3,674   2,814   2,471   2,428   1,824   2,700   1,846   903
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   4,667   3,992   3,540   3,031   1,842   2,169   2,544   2,077   1,405   1,736
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   4,742   5,518   3,918   2,777   2,249   2,157   2,269   2,230   2,301   2,099
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   561   294   908   1,133   465   472   414   316   330   359
    Non-S&E   45,631   35,318   27,673   21,399   18,845   18,231   18,319   18,325   16,218   17,441
      Business management and business administration   9,615   8,089   6,602   5,823   3,968   3,914   4,158   4,313   3,734   4,192
      Communication and communications technologies   1,689   1,730   1,453   1,250   904   822   1,018   1,271   946   1,772
      Education   8,150   8,097   6,734   4,502   3,532   3,671   3,579   3,705   2,976   3,444
      Humanities   6,874   5,693   6,244   5,069   5,813   5,208   4,987   4,336   4,491   4,477
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   6,255   4,790   2,769   1,578   1,230   1,279   1,232   1,416   1,354   1,229
      Visual and performing arts   2,164   2,509   1,704   1,314   1,586   1,571   1,271   1,306   1,157   1,070
      Non-S&E nec   10,884   4,410   2,167   1,863   1,812   1,766   2,074   1,978   1,560   1,257

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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