Data

U. Arkansas, Fayetteville

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   230,626   221,525   184,080   164,443   165,887   180,225   175,498   157,791   145,020   133,660
    Science   140,120   142,526   123,327   104,454   103,525   114,370   109,897   102,944   100,443   92,210
      Computer and information sciences   11,648   7,865   6,819   5,882   4,591   5,088   868   628   874   2
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,743   2,987   5,333   5,686   3,499   4,449   4,287   3,792   3,178   2,735
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   83   107   0   0   0   0   551   326   533   0
        Geological and earth sciences   197   211   5,333   5,686   3,135   4,449   3,736   2,676   2,645   2,735
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   790   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   2,463   2,669   0   0   364   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   98,122   96,316   92,217   79,509   77,569   89,593   88,589   84,423   82,829   75,201
        Agricultural sciences   72,080   72,798   79,353   67,267   65,950   70,041   68,912   66,852   68,947   68,084
        Biological and biomedical sciences   10,275   8,563   7,885   6,294   6,357   6,498   5,833   5,819   4,724   2,596
        Health sciences   375   174   4,979   3,825   3,213   11,026   13,844   11,752   9,158   9
        Natural resources and conservation   12,366   12,228   0   2,123   2,049   2,003   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   3,026   2,553   0   0   0   25   0   0   0   4,512
      Mathematics and statistics   1,332   896   59   60   97   286   407   400   201   150
      Physical sciences   14,686   19,209   10,739   8,111   9,791   9,454   9,667   8,332   8,479   9,360
        Astronomy and astrophysics   55   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   366
        Chemistry   6,784   5,658   5,361   4,668   5,478   6,084   6,092   5,123   5,066   4,915
        Materials science   0   11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   5,729   10,730   5,378   3,443   4,313   3,370   3,575   3,209   3,413   4,079
        Physical sciences nec   2,118   2,810   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   2,621   2,080   1,294   994   707   782   1,222   1,347   904   860
      Social sciences   7,713   7,479   6,866   4,212   7,186   4,375   4,857   4,022   3,978   3,902
        Anthropology   4,001   3,185   605   152   328   205   859   208   230   0
        Economics   230   460   362   284   3,198   636   520   389   384   252
        Political science and government   1,980   2,815   2,740   797   134   349   164   131   37   43
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,342   760   734   738   802   671   699   688   650   818
        Social sciences nec   160   259   2,425   2,241   2,724   2,514   2,615   2,606   2,677   2,789
      Sciences nec   1,255   5,694   0   0   85   343   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   63,086   49,645   40,691   37,818   37,758   34,590   36,132   32,981   32,205   28,469
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   178   29   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   7,466   8,388   7,970   6,631   8,320   5,800   6,126   4,760   5,930   4,994
      Chemical engineering   6,341   4,781   4,957   5,519   4,314   4,446   3,752   3,046   3,355   2,720
      Civil engineering   9,528   10,100   6,705   5,225   4,737   6,038   5,463   5,385   4,192   4,803
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   24,640   13,619   12,634   10,823   11,510   9,982   12,151   11,146   9,994   9,407
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   4,741   3,911   3,788   4,578   3,315   2,781   2,971   2,464   2,370   0
      Mechanical engineering   5,328   4,066   2,744   3,420   3,489   3,547   3,665   3,397   3,086   2,227
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   4,864   4,751   1,893   1,622   2,073   1,996   2,004   2,783   3,278   4,318
    Non-S&E   27,420   29,354   20,062   22,171   24,604   31,265   29,469   21,866   12,372   12,981
      Business management and business administration   2,195   4,149   5,377   3,078   3,862   5,139   4,740   4,351   4,283   4,807
      Communication and communications technologies   767   87   101   84   152   115   127   156   127   14
      Education   7,209   10,448   9,843   14,952   14,355   15,502   15,877   10,720   5,088   4,063
      Humanities   110   0   582   406   455   2,507   896   754   551   382
      Law   654   584   1,927   1,545   1,415   2,133   903   1,321   677   503
      Social work   1,202   1,575   224   278   206   227   232   340   239   468
      Visual and performing arts   152   10   171   58   77   373   180   149   21   8
      Non-S&E nec   15,131   12,501   1,837   1,770   4,082   5,269   6,514   4,075   1,386   2,736

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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