Data

Texas Tech 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   256,919   240,107   226,729   197,739   199,643   193,923   185,742   191,482   172,521   163,897
    Science   143,940   132,692   122,232   108,945   104,306   103,260   99,251   98,345   93,591   90,369
      Computer and information sciences   6,153   5,472   5,410   4,274   5,111   4,427   4,135   4,040   3,641   3,750
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   11,505   11,667   11,018   9,282   8,913   8,213   6,583   6,750   13,297   12,870
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   761   614   688   520   465   629   562   583   478   198
        Geological and earth sciences   7,908   7,038   5,768   5,609   5,095   6,143   4,947   4,879   11,300   4,086
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   2,836   4,015   4,562   3,153   3,353   1,441   1,074   1,288   1,519   8,586
      Life sciences   82,461   74,439   65,627   55,930   49,230   52,335   51,017   48,789   41,678   36,133
        Agricultural sciences   49,746   44,566   34,132   30,966   26,571   26,680   27,481   25,109   21,450   27,262
        Biological and biomedical sciences   21,165   16,883   18,732   14,152   12,709   14,796   12,545   12,609   10,796   7,387
        Health sciences   6,265   6,749   7,104   5,392   5,204   6,365   5,879   4,946   3,550   535
        Natural resources and conservation   5,285   6,241   5,659   5,420   4,746   4,494   5,112   6,125   5,882   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   949
      Mathematics and statistics   4,448   4,501   3,793   3,678   3,402   3,590   4,332   4,176   4,283   3,865
      Physical sciences   16,895   15,057   15,739   15,784   15,103   14,408   15,455   14,532   13,978   13,232
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   9,996   8,268   8,441   7,686   7,136   7,368   7,703   6,245   7,047   6,853
        Materials science   578   645   559   545   548   399   656   22   33   0
        Physics   6,321   6,144   6,739   7,553   7,419   6,641   7,096   8,265   6,898   6,379
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   9,025   8,343   8,234   8,762   10,670   9,824   10,206   10,684   8,914   6,246
      Social sciences   13,453   13,213   12,411   11,235   11,877   10,463   7,523   9,374   7,800   14,273
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   7,515   6,536   6,254   6,351   7,141   5,090   2,169   4,411   2,737   4,307
        Political science and government   1,100   1,169   1,131   979   938   1,048   951   842   1,027   780
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,263   1,389   1,462   919   994   1,276   1,264   1,166   988   666
        Social sciences nec   3,575   4,119   3,564   2,986   2,804   3,049   3,139   2,955   3,048   8,520
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   59,044   53,564   46,952   41,962   42,856   44,057   40,249   46,553   39,175   38,185
      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   13,890   14,469   8,432   8,695   8,952   7,174   6,366   6,600   6,781   7,636
      Civil engineering   11,734   9,353   10,384   8,904   9,653   9,103   7,846   9,883   10,955   7,333
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   13,214   11,402   10,791   10,032   10,124   12,927   10,097   15,860   9,851   11,098
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,266   3,189   3,297   2,042   2,090   2,012   1,456   1,276   1,323   0
      Mechanical engineering   10,294   8,879   7,698   6,036   5,229   5,224   7,187   7,534   6,069   8,053
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   7,646   6,272   6,350   6,253   6,808   7,617   7,297   5,400   4,196   4,065
    Non-S&E   53,935   53,851   57,545   46,832   52,481   46,606   46,242   46,584   39,755   35,343
      Business management and business administration   17,476   17,782   16,346   14,010   14,030   13,852   14,398   13,154   11,030   11,444
      Communication and communications technologies   3,871   3,236   3,221   3,300   3,378   3,188   2,900   2,619   2,837   2,483
      Education   18,000   19,222   24,307   17,004   21,878   16,679   17,601   18,809   15,599   13,842
      Humanities   4,749   4,292   4,350   4,161   4,021   4,084   3,751   3,689   3,643   3,498
      Law   1,704   1,943   1,747   1,689   2,458   1,926   1,857   1,892   1,383   1,544
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   3,262   3,300   3,453   3,350   3,419   3,309   2,868   3,151   2,760   2,532
      Non-S&E nec   4,873   4,076   4,121   3,318   3,297   3,568   2,867   3,270   2,503   0

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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