Data

San Francisco State U.

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   34,466   36,617   35,768   33,828   31,888   30,903   29,940   28,273   26,345   29,457
    Science   30,147   31,636   30,496   28,926 i   28,383   26,349   25,117   23,613   25,435   27,606
      Computer and information sciences   2,172   1,878   1,579   1,482 i   840   706   890   893   951   1,126
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   3,055   4,988   3,975   3,759 i   4,297   3,233   4,197   4,766   5,257   6,060
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   399   298   229   209 i   167   83   195   24   29   54
        Geological and earth sciences   606   519   394   366 i   375   390   570   744   757   844
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   1,896   3,849   3,077   2,925 i   3,755   2,755   3,392   3,605   4,051   4,810
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   154   322   275   259 i   0   5   40   393   420   352
      Life sciences   14,372   13,356   13,143   12,603 i   12,886   11,292   11,163   11,708   10,492   10,700
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0 i   0   0   0   0   44   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   12,529   11,857   11,694   11,246 i   12,038   10,879   10,859   10,271   9,720   8,316
        Health sciences   297   267   205   190 i   184   63   83   455   340   1,813
        Natural resources and conservation   1,253   931   1,017   942 i   581   221   0   33   0   0
        Life sciences nec   293   301   227   225 i   83   129   221   949   388   571
      Mathematics and statistics   1,155   1,288   1,326   1,227 i   1,023   1,063   1,104   573   940   2,287
      Physical sciences   2,867   3,626   3,418   3,208 i   3,088   3,734   3,779   2,745   3,590   3,322
        Astronomy and astrophysics   527   663   341   316 i   197   270   485   281   656   610
        Chemistry   1,321   1,708   1,871   1,735 i   1,418   2,106   2,165   1,627   2,067   2,106
        Materials science   0   95   242   240 i   91   1   0   0   0   0
        Physics   980   1,134   927   883 i   1,300   1,169   1,129   837   867   606
        Physical sciences nec   39   26   37   34 i   82   188   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   1,912   1,917   1,617   1,496 i   1,329   2,435   1,915   1,877   2,560   3,017
      Social sciences   3,053   3,159   3,892   3,648 i   3,629   3,085   2,041   1,051   1,645   1,094
        Anthropology   79   121   74   71 i   45   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   429   230   313   297 i   66   114   227   32   200   85
        Political science and government   51   25   190   173 i   16   61   125   18   8   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   371   384   1,030   941 i   84   484   253   319   473   478
        Social sciences nec   2,123   2,399   2,285   2,166 i   3,418   2,426   1,436   682   964   531
      Sciences nec   1,561   1,424   1,546   1,503 i   1,291   801   28   0   0   0
    Engineering   1,967   2,423   2,386   2,251 i   1,284   1,492   1,595   1,536   743   1,104
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0 i   0   0   0   142   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   78   90   260   244 i   95   1   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0 i   0   0   0   188   0   0
      Civil engineering   932   674   626   591 i   381   344   462   163   359   427
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   431   1,233   907   877 i   497   700   447   766   159   162
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0 i   0   0   0   126   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   435   394   402   365 i   311   397   677   136   225   511
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   14   0   0   0 i   0   50   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   77   32   191   174 i   0   0   9   15   0   4
    Non-S&E   2,352   2,558   2,886   2,651 i   2,221   3,062   3,228   3,124   167   747
      Business management and business administration   232   525   1,039   945 i   650   772   1,114   1,499   0   60
      Communication and communications technologies   179   301   347   316 i   131   176   34   85   3   0
      Education   876   415   877   824 i   918   1,814   1,566   623   54   460
      Humanities   57   246   79   72 i   308   71   169   166   57   148
      Law   7   8   84   76 i   0   0   0   28   0   0
      Social work   202   0   0   0 i   1   0   0   28   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   361   236   30   27 i   111   87   159   103   53   79
      Non-S&E nec   438   827   430   391 i   102   142   186   592   0   0

i=imputed

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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