Data

U. Arkansas, Little Rock

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   10,461   8,685   7,530   7,397   9,711   9,975   8,167   6,833   7,604   7,003
    Science   7,361   5,162   5,163   6,087   7,256   7,018   5,158   4,198   4,613   4,211
      Computer and information sciences   2,549   2,804   3,204   3,312   3,246   3,486   2,534   1,537   1,301   1,470
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   599   0   1   0   0   0   2   40   185   210
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   1   0   0   0   2   40   185   210
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   599   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   3,654   1,821   1,519   1,997   2,878   2,483   1,647   2,295   2,023   1,318
        Agricultural sciences   4   6   17   17   0   0   1   17   34   8
        Biological and biomedical sciences   3,511   1,771   1,502   1,957   2,833   2,380   1,542   1,761   1,180   822
        Health sciences   0   21   0   21   35   80   93   276   8   348
        Natural resources and conservation   139   23   0   2   10   23   11   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   241   801   140
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   1   0   0   7   0   12   10   51
      Physical sciences   93   452   292   685   1,105   926   905   246   1,002   1,094
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   43   4   2
        Chemistry   83   383   279   685   1,088   896   901   82   490   317
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   17   30   4   105   0   0
        Physics   0   69   13   0   0   0   0   0   39   36
        Physical sciences nec   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   16   469   739
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   466   85   146   93   27   116   70   68   92   68
        Anthropology   0   19   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   3   8   0   0   0
        Political science and government   6   0   0   0   0   3   0   34   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   58   56   34   0   0   22   0   34   28   4
        Social sciences nec   402   10   112   93   27   88   58   0   64   64
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   2,281   2,063   1,571   809   1,627   2,116   1,921   1,852   2,358   2,065
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1,723   1,917   1,439   703   1,347   1,838   1,560   1,154   1,065   1,214
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   9   139   76   0   1   2   0   482   61   24
      Chemical engineering   95   1   8   0   33   68   147   99   196   132
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   45   21
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   11   0   0   1   0   0   0   51   350   0
      Mechanical engineering   364   0   0   105   187   125   173   1   67   263
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   6   47   0   0   0   0   0   0   59
      Engineering nec   79   0   0   0   59   83   41   65   574   351
    Non-S&E   819   1,460   796   501   828   841   1,088   783   633   727
      Business management and business administration   4   31   0   0   0   11   0   98   26   28
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0
      Education   543   681   506   445   712   721   1,064   684   599   80
      Humanities   110   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   20
      Law   162   566   204   56   76   74   0   0   0   599
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   0   178   86   0   40   35   24   0   0   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

Open printer friendly view

Back to Top of page.