Data

Tulane 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   275,885   258,439   222,605   205,206   204,430   196,933   193,294   180,993   165,438   152,658
    Science   251,325   235,143   200,624   185,206   183,843   174,028   172,378   160,537   146,640   133,096
      Computer and information sciences   2,140   1,712   1,713   1,873   2,257   2,312   2,511   1,933   365   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   8,536   7,662   4,967   4,217   4,825   4,317   3,753   3,409   2,781   591
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   8,536   7,662   4,967   4,217   4,825   4,317   3,753   3,409   2,781   591
        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   219,548   209,699   179,205   164,874   161,642   152,554   151,823   137,828   126,733   117,783
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   57,232   53,913   45,028   36,099   39,053   30,686   33,655   29,322   27,277   26,213
        Health sciences   59,438   54,390   50,018   46,935   41,445   36,399   37,352   33,940   32,737   31,567
        Natural resources and conservation   698   761   188   159   133   384   431   388   552   0
        Life sciences nec   102,180   100,635   83,971   81,681   81,011   85,085   80,385   74,178   66,167   60,003
      Mathematics and statistics   2,121   977   1,083   518   581   814   1,718   1,768   2,077   2,053
      Physical sciences   7,419   5,633   4,579   5,018   5,720   6,448   5,732   6,900   6,205   4,946
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   3,724   2,582   2,304   2,227   2,734   3,121   1,866   2,337   2,871   2,785
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   3,695   3,051   2,275   2,791   2,986   3,327   3,866   4,563   3,334   2,161
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   4,360   2,938   2,081   1,771   1,942   2,342   1,915   1,464   1,278   850
      Social sciences   7,201   6,522   6,996   6,935   6,876   5,241   4,926   7,235   7,201   6,873
        Anthropology   898   609   529   660   606   115   368   1,587   507   0
        Economics   3,510   3,046   3,880   4,443   5,222   3,896   3,678   3,726   3,943   2,785
        Political science and government   481   846   805   344   509   378   108   51   91   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,653   1,495   1,419   1,248   338   454   165   1,426   1,638   2,862
        Social sciences nec   659   526   363   240   201   398   607   445   1,022   1,226
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   9,254   6,779   6,823   6,662   6,881   8,416   7,435   6,801   6,658   7,022
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   3,500   3,285   3,081   3,994   3,827   4,669   4,599   3,774   3,022   1,616
      Chemical engineering   5,754   3,494   3,720   2,657   3,015   3,141   2,836   2,915   3,390   5,077
      Civil engineering   0   0   6   3   0   595   0   97   234   240
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   86
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   16   8   39   11   0   15   12   3
    Non-S&E   15,306   16,517   15,158   13,338   13,706   14,489   13,481   13,655   12,140   12,540
      Business management and business administration   96   1   7   284   0   285   427   26   17   0
      Communication and communications technologies   483   126   142   151   68   119   126   247   75   71
      Education   0   0   0   0   6   6   7   630   538   312
      Humanities   1,136   1,848   1,596   1,323   1,226   2,293   1,081   1,055   746   1,339
      Law   4,895   5,504   5,648   4,835   5,547   4,927   4,822   5,036   5,619   5,503
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,160   698   329   227   483   422   309   857   184   74
      Non-S&E nec   7,536   8,340   7,436   6,518   6,376   6,437   6,709   5,804   4,961   5,241

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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