Data

U. California, Berkeley

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   1,076,754   981,035   846,872   840,000   802,931   796,505   770,822   774,255   788,505   744,343
    Science   779,881   699,736   595,136   587,010   551,462   547,022   535,267   549,437   563,061   522,534
      Computer and information sciences   15,434   12,736   9,583   12,701   12,125   10,454   10,339   9,899   7,014   5,567
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   11,609   8,644   7,857   9,845   9,429   11,473   9,783   10,487   10,019   9,951
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   10   5   2   34   13   0   19   21   20   28
        Geological and earth sciences   11,599   8,639   7,855   9,811   9,416   11,473   9,764   10,466   9,999   9,923
        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   290,429   275,739   264,394   258,228   239,459   234,055   224,599   212,963   211,287   206,587
        Agricultural sciences   6,615   5,372   5,134   5,506   5,966   5,435   5,953   62,909   62,493   60,630
        Biological and biomedical sciences   140,918   138,783   129,502   130,392   104,849   96,014   85,771   82,402   72,212   73,332
        Health sciences   64,238   60,240   58,481   55,230   61,002   65,785   71,943   67,652   76,582   72,625
        Natural resources and conservation   78,657   71,344   71,277   67,100   67,642   66,821   60,932   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   11,060   9,474   8,067   8,263   8,177   8,376   6,402   7,496   7,763   7,334
      Physical sciences   234,242   196,281   156,896   141,434   130,895   130,883   143,095   158,628   169,149   120,047
        Astronomy and astrophysics   154,863   98,376   71,360   66,219   64,935   67,925   81,798   98,718   114,051   71,942
        Chemistry   55,719   49,390   41,402   36,326   30,743   32,164   31,246   31,346   31,324   27,632
        Materials science   198   104   79   63   1   2   28   0   0   0
        Physics   11,388   37,089   33,755   32,085   29,261   24,630   25,229   25,022   20,320   18,028
        Physical sciences nec   12,074   11,322   10,300   6,741   5,955   6,162   4,794   3,542   3,454   2,445
      Psychology   20,253   16,945   16,892   19,329   17,955   18,004   14,019   13,803   11,277   10,413
      Social sciences   87,836   73,560   56,908   60,568   61,374   58,150   52,879   50,639   52,303   52,023
        Anthropology   411   347   512   453   264   299   201   0   0   0
        Economics   38,399   32,985   29,543   31,706   27,775   26,673   24,234   23,659   27,059   28,052
        Political science and government   18,148   15,580   8,965   9,380   11,013   10,902   8,537   5,302   4,609   4,353
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   7,441   5,935   4,810   3,929   4,400   4,552   4,446   4,800   4,551   5,012
        Social sciences nec   23,437   18,713   13,078   15,100   17,922   15,724   15,461   16,878   16,084   14,606
      Sciences nec   109,018   106,357   74,539   76,642   72,048   75,627   74,151   85,522   94,249   110,612
    Engineering   209,311   206,541   199,711   209,293   200,122   200,668   189,550   185,049   185,078   185,951
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   160   160   217   228   98   203   561   367   340   430
      Chemical engineering   8,524   7,364   7,605   7,665   7,704   7,226   5,641   6,480   6,474   8,391
      Civil engineering   32,095   31,779   37,190   33,921   29,596   30,914   25,262   20,041   14,703   18,202
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   122,840   120,849   112,965   129,736   120,093   123,955   115,519   113,624   115,829   111,865
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   44   27   28   89   1   2   1   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   312   618   443   24   41   144   131   315   304   160
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0
      Engineering nec   45,336   45,744   41,263   37,630   42,589   38,224   42,435   44,222   47,424   46,903
    Non-S&E   87,562   74,758   52,025   43,697   51,347   48,815   46,005   39,769   40,366   35,858
      Business management and business administration   23,571   21,356   17,030   12,957   14,871   13,124   12,922   9,560   8,250   5,175
      Communication and communications technologies   8,606   5,520   5,223   5,834   6,108   5,285   4,826   3,718   2,485   2,170
      Education   22,839   21,245   9,931   7,287   8,166   10,712   9,890   8,546   11,149   11,523
      Humanities   4,962   4,363   3,266   3,425   3,693   3,257   3,341   3,756   3,519   3,031
      Law   26,173   20,943   16,105   13,449   17,750   15,834   14,379   13,614   14,275   13,465
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   581   622   470   745   759   603   647   575   688   494
      Non-S&E nec   830   709   0   0   0   0   0   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

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