Data

U. Arizona

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   1,012,404   955,424   824,340   770,031   760,975   734,270   687,066   622,200   604,464   606,219
    Science   850,288   817,202   709,586   669,218   663,770   639,735   601,938   547,040   529,545   535,963
      Computer and information sciences   15,770   18,319   18,270   16,503   15,084   12,370   13,089   9,674   8,388   7,292
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   42,795   44,173   33,859   32,088   31,148   31,075   28,947   29,723   32,085   33,631
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   9,322   10,888   8,419   7,273   5,223   5,180   6,104   7,129   10,211   3,018
        Geological and earth sciences   29,651   29,232   22,276   21,648   22,911   22,374   19,668   19,643   18,248   19,314
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   2,504   2,755   2,186   2,261   2,390   2,208   2,041   2,198   2,467   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,318   1,298   978   906   624   1,313   1,134   753   1,159   11,299
      Life sciences   541,325   522,916   471,046   447,584   437,147   426,393   399,790   348,497   323,076   289,954
        Agricultural sciences   81,708   66,914   55,219   50,582   50,725   51,474   46,176   44,377   40,457   56,581
        Biological and biomedical sciences   259,704   241,895   218,490   221,774   212,741   200,691   174,310   147,594   146,159   85,807
        Health sciences   184,791   199,768   183,399   162,748   160,542   161,471   167,652   146,236   126,669   137,582
        Natural resources and conservation   15,111   14,324   13,933   12,480   13,136   12,754   11,628   10,278   9,779   0
        Life sciences nec   11   15   5   0   3   3   24   12   12   9,984
      Mathematics and statistics   8,518   7,530   4,105   3,347   3,098   2,449   2,233   2,749   2,656   3,169
      Physical sciences   175,219   173,256   142,519   140,655   149,138   139,315   127,847   126,361   125,247   167,875
        Astronomy and astrophysics   149,959   146,818   123,039   113,367   121,908   113,523   104,785   103,085   103,430   131,350
        Chemistry   12,891   13,846   9,869   15,246   14,511   13,060   13,525   13,025   12,206   12,932
        Materials science   5,150   4,100   3,663   2,918   3,434   3,707   3,332   3,127   3,076   0
        Physics   7,219   8,431   5,890   9,072   9,230   8,970   6,151   7,069   6,482   23,593
        Physical sciences nec   0   61   58   52   55   55   54   55   53   0
      Psychology   11,604   10,219   6,573   4,255   2,900   2,670   2,628   2,561   2,424   4,394
      Social sciences   40,113   27,542   22,491   18,628   17,689   19,450   19,835   20,086   22,458   22,698
        Anthropology   6,469   4,346   3,965   3,482   3,443   3,926   3,715   1,748   2,203   0
        Economics   5,676   4,008   3,345   2,779   2,257   2,422   2,510   2,148   1,684   6,675
        Political science and government   2,380   1,118   779   601   503   866   1,108   5   2   2,746
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   6,988   5,535   4,859   4,125   3,904   4,722   4,080   5,022   6,060   7,330
        Social sciences nec   18,600   12,535   9,543   7,641   7,582   7,514   8,422   11,163   12,509   5,947
      Sciences nec   14,944   13,247   10,723   6,158   7,566   6,013   7,569   7,389   13,211   6,950
    Engineering   121,989   103,771   84,682   72,158   79,463   75,555   70,100   62,925   62,867   56,911
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   3,372   3,375   2,561   1,623   1,601   1,880   1,562   1,489   1,568   1,743
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   11,675   11,669   8,817   8,351   8,552   6,922   6,627   5,214   5,449   4,506
      Chemical engineering   8,134   6,213   5,579   5,642   5,811   4,347   4,378   3,699   3,453   5,828
      Civil engineering   6,864   5,774   2,386   1,578   2,914   3,558   4,854   4,040   3,873   1,815
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   58,925   48,129   43,553   34,712   39,690   41,402   37,242   35,565   36,388   16,194
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   8,064   6,558   4,463   4,100   4,178   3,572   3,073   2,490   2,068   0
      Mechanical engineering   4,050   4,071   4,268   3,858   5,097   3,836   3,926   3,278   2,708   14,197
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   11,956   10,373   7,398   8,397   7,902   6,139   5,229   3,972   4,319   4,510
      Engineering nec   8,949   7,609   5,657   3,897   3,718   3,899   3,209   3,178   3,041   8,118
    Non-S&E   40,127   34,451   30,072   28,655   17,742   18,980   15,028   12,235   12,052   13,345
      Business management and business administration   12,390   10,608   9,269   7,943   2,633   4,760   3,153   2,534   2,518   435
      Communication and communications technologies   1,251   557   190   123   71   265   384   181   250   901
      Education   6,461   7,794   6,009   5,944   2,823   3,691   5,074   5,510   5,213   6,083
      Humanities   9,425   4,539   4,904   4,603   4,499   1,014   4,763   1,561   1,780   3,299
      Law   3,698   3,647   3,505   3,529   890   1,129   61   783   481   1,260
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   4,487   5,012   4,575   5,041   5,690   6,738   788   992   1,082   1,367
      Non-S&E nec   2,415   2,294   1,620   1,472   1,136   1,383   805   674   728   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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