Data

Tennessee Technological 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   20,797   16,398   15,387   14,085   13,801   12,765   12,079   11,528   11,082   10,097
    Science   9,252   7,812   6,161   6,054   5,840   4,926   5,540   4,622   4,921   4,388
      Computer and information sciences   3,548   3,541   2,581   2,221   2,416   2,096   1,690   762   872   542
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   51   14   24   60   74   56   27   6   1   10
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   51   14   24   60   74   56   27   6   1   10
        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   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   4,713   3,456   2,510   2,306   2,025   1,202   2,154   1,992   1,894   2,434
        Agricultural sciences   866   427   228   427   434   325   1,766   1,635   1,530   2,182
        Biological and biomedical sciences   2,525   1,709   1,325   1,167   972   257   326   350   296   244
        Health sciences   312   304   143   96   0   17   58   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   943   1,007   791   615   607   543   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   67   9   23   1   12   60   4   7   68   8
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   59   0   2   139   46   111   112
      Physical sciences   682   672   879   1,178   1,289   1,491   1,255   1,671   761   401
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   380   201   374   583   653   820   653   1,274   345   139
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   302   471   504   594   635   671   602   397   416   262
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   189   77   80   175   12   62   269   140   1,275   883
      Social sciences   68   52   87   55   24   16   4   4   6   5
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   34   40   0   0   4   0   0   0
        Political science and government   32   13   38   15   24   16   0   4   6   5
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   27   39   12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   9   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Sciences nec   1   0   0   0   0   1   2   1   1   1
    Engineering   9,802   7,436   8,455   7,559   7,267   7,301   5,927   5,154   4,883   5,022
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   505   214   121   174   198   307   400   229   366   324
      Civil engineering   1,698   1,325   1,837   1,950   2,278   1,772   674   363   987   625
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,147   2,403   2,426   2,264   1,746   2,004   2,041   1,863   1,030   1,650
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   365   382   239   347   383   305   391   369   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   4,595   2,989   3,636   2,639   2,491   2,711   2,289   2,156   1,837   2,164
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   492   123   196   185   171   202   132   174   663   259
    Non-S&E   1,743   1,150   771   472   694   538   612   1,752   1,278   687
      Business management and business administration   194   106   55   41   71   40   36   46   24   25
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   409   411   282   185   307   204   294   333   357   168
      Humanities   15   5   1   3   2   5   33   22   43   62
      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   5   3   3   0   13   3   0   2   5   4
      Non-S&E nec   1,120   625   430   243   301   286   249   1,349   849   428

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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