Data

U. Arkansas, Fayetteville

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   221,525   184,080   164,443   165,887   180,225   175,498   157,791   145,020   133,660   125,824
    Science   142,526   123,327   104,454   103,525   114,370   109,897   102,944   100,443   92,210   87,736
      Computer and information sciences   7,865   6,819   5,882   4,591   5,088   868   628   874   2   183
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,987   5,333   5,686   3,499   4,449   4,287   3,792   3,178   2,735   2,398
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   107   0   0   0   0   551   326   533   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   211   5,333   5,686   3,135   4,449   3,736   2,676   2,645   2,735   2,084
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   790   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   2,669   0   0   364   0   0   0   0   0   314
      Life sciences   96,316   92,217   79,509   77,569   89,593   88,589   84,423   82,829   75,201   72,204
        Agricultural sciences   72,798   79,353   67,267   65,950   70,041   68,912   66,852   68,947   68,084   69,263
        Biological and biomedical sciences   8,563   7,885   6,294   6,357   6,498   5,833   5,819   4,724   2,596   2,217
        Health sciences   174   4,979   3,825   3,213   11,026   13,844   11,752   9,158   9   0
        Natural resources and conservation   12,228   0   2,123   2,049   2,003   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   2,553   0   0   0   25   0   0   0   4,512   724
      Mathematics and statistics   896   59   60   97   286   407   400   201   150   178
      Physical sciences   19,209   10,739   8,111   9,791   9,454   9,667   8,332   8,479   9,360   8,828
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   366   466
        Chemistry   5,658   5,361   4,668   5,478   6,084   6,092   5,123   5,066   4,915   4,213
        Materials science   11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   10,730   5,378   3,443   4,313   3,370   3,575   3,209   3,413   4,079   4,149
        Physical sciences nec   2,810   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   2,080   1,294   994   707   782   1,222   1,347   904   860   585
      Social sciences   7,479   6,866   4,212   7,186   4,375   4,857   4,022   3,978   3,902   3,316
        Anthropology   3,185   605   152   328   205   859   208   230   0   0
        Economics   460   362   284   3,198   636   520   389   384   252   188
        Political science and government   2,815   2,740   797   134   349   164   131   37   43   29
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   760   734   738   802   671   699   688   650   818   507
        Social sciences nec   259   2,425   2,241   2,724   2,514   2,615   2,606   2,677   2,789   2,592
      Sciences nec   5,694   0   0   85   343   0   0   0   0   44
    Engineering   49,645   40,691   37,818   37,758   34,590   36,132   32,981   32,205   28,469   23,967
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   29   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   8,388   7,970   6,631   8,320   5,800   6,126   4,760   5,930   4,994   3,949
      Chemical engineering   4,781   4,957   5,519   4,314   4,446   3,752   3,046   3,355   2,720   2,160
      Civil engineering   10,100   6,705   5,225   4,737   6,038   5,463   5,385   4,192   4,803   3,097
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   13,619   12,634   10,823   11,510   9,982   12,151   11,146   9,994   9,407   9,339
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,911   3,788   4,578   3,315   2,781   2,971   2,464   2,370   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   4,066   2,744   3,420   3,489   3,547   3,665   3,397   3,086   2,227   1,954
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   4,751   1,893   1,622   2,073   1,996   2,004   2,783   3,278   4,318   3,468
    Non-S&E   29,354   20,062   22,171   24,604   31,265   29,469   21,866   12,372   12,981   14,121
      Business management and business administration   4,149   5,377   3,078   3,862   5,139   4,740   4,351   4,283   4,807   5,357
      Communication and communications technologies   87   101   84   152   115   127   156   127   14   14
      Education   10,448   9,843   14,952   14,355   15,502   15,877   10,720   5,088   4,063   4,315
      Humanities   0   582   406   455   2,507   896   754   551   382   735
      Law   584   1,927   1,545   1,415   2,133   903   1,321   677   503   578
      Social work   1,575   224   278   206   227   232   340   239   468   499
      Visual and performing arts   10   171   58   77   373   180   149   21   8   3
      Non-S&E nec   12,501   1,837   1,770   4,082   5,269   6,514   4,075   1,386   2,736   2,620

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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