Data

Tufts 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   278,304   247,276   231,224   224,956   216,241   213,285   213,457   223,409   189,085   168,314
    Science   224,054   202,690   194,240   197,012   182,621   164,929   170,348   196,858   158,880   143,070
      Computer and information sciences   5,221   4,526   2,568   1,045   4,273   3,777   3,392   3,710   3,801   3,141
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,672   2,008   982   377   472   482   1,151   212   107   160
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   148   184   611   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,599   1,963   797   219   299   218   306   50   78   160
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   69   7   142   109   20   29   94   115   29   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   4   38   43   49   5   51   140   47   0   0
      Life sciences   176,347   138,203   134,584   149,664   136,826   114,635   71,546   173,969   119,885   110,856
        Agricultural sciences   5,737   4,674   3,836   1,450   5,500   1,048   3,280   29,339   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   133,917   104,627   102,498   91,403   92,119   80,921   34,372   100,615   74,507   76,067
        Health sciences   18,123   16,148   19,825   48,230   31,949   19,295   22,399   25,840   45,378   34,789
        Natural resources and conservation   12,092   10,100   0   0   39   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   6,478   2,654   8,425   8,581   7,219   13,371   11,495   18,175   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   2,530   4,607   6,353   7,181   3,409   1,811   1,839   1,489   1,975   2,606
      Physical sciences   10,350   10,498   11,206   9,212   15,438   11,377   68,855   7,207   9,492   6,504
        Astronomy and astrophysics   694   663   236   8   281   2,028   716   265   0   0
        Chemistry   6,351   7,629   8,074   7,178   10,325   5,517   42,537   5,626   7,927   4,861
        Materials science   0   859   0   0   2,793   2,835   24,862   0   0   0
        Physics   2,567   669   2,686   1,872   1,621   234   467   1,316   1,565   1,643
        Physical sciences nec   738   678   210   154   418   763   273   0   0   0
      Psychology   6,068   6,701   5,146   5,486   2,420   1,739   1,811   1,575   9,802   8,651
      Social sciences   16,166   17,786   19,308   15,859   12,852   14,063   15,495   8,696   13,818   11,152
        Anthropology   422   586   1,317   2,830   443   1,606   1,588   0   0   0
        Economics   4,491   2,857   2,215   1,385   1,585   459   218   951   794   483
        Political science and government   603   650   339   22   991   0   145   0   12,904   10,653
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   119   0   9   85   2,157   1,419   2,598   1,750   6   16
        Social sciences nec   10,531   13,693   15,428   11,537   7,676   10,579   10,946   5,995   114   0
      Sciences nec   5,700   18,361   14,093   8,188   6,931   17,045   6,259   0   0   0
    Engineering   39,166   34,614   32,535   24,017   26,662   31,630   27,130   20,037   22,131   19,440
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   325   337   183   102   294   225   287   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   20,081   16,668   13,580   11,696   13,766   19,575   13,522   6,718   9,683   7,996
      Chemical engineering   3,099   2,838   2,814   2,918   3,193   3,937   2,794   1,962   1,383   1,297
      Civil engineering   4,287   4,289   5,069   3,456   3,875   3,001   3,409   5,823   3,791   3,144
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   4,506   4,047   4,267   2,901   2,842   2,408   4,218   3,424   4,198   3,196
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   298   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,738   2,802   3,532   1,937   2,382   2,248   2,900   2,062   3,008   3,710
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   80   0   849   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   3,752   3,633   2,241   1,007   310   236   0   48   68   97
    Non-S&E   15,084   9,972   4,449   3,927   6,958   16,726   15,979   6,514   8,074   5,804
      Business management and business administration   29   13   76   31   109   49   192   184   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   50   0   37
      Education   1,747   1,375   1,503   1,304   3,128   2,979   8,349   2,097   2,596   2,276
      Humanities   2,908   2,731   1,188   779   1,135   1,126   1,118   3,293   1,155   676
      Law   2,126   1,908   211   63   0   0   50   50   3,201   1,636
      Social work   0   0   91   67   11   13   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   471   236   292   94   156   72   0   0   140   0
      Non-S&E nec   7,803   3,709   1,088   1,589   2,419   12,487   6,270   840   982   1,179

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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