Data

U. California, Berkeley

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   1,126,782   1,076,754   981,035   846,872   840,000   802,931   796,505   770,822   774,255   788,505
    Science   818,658   779,881   699,736   595,136   587,010   551,462   547,022   535,267   549,437   563,061
      Computer and information sciences   15,865   15,434   12,736   9,583   12,701   12,125   10,454   10,339   9,899   7,014
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   10,869   11,609   8,644   7,857   9,845   9,429   11,473   9,783   10,487   10,019
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   32   10   5   2   34   13   0   19   21   20
        Geological and earth sciences   10,837   11,599   8,639   7,855   9,811   9,416   11,473   9,764   10,466   9,999
        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   309,357   290,429   275,739   264,394   258,228   239,459   234,055   224,599   212,963   211,287
        Agricultural sciences   7,265   6,615   5,372   5,134   5,506   5,966   5,435   5,953   62,909   62,493
        Biological and biomedical sciences   145,857   140,918   138,783   129,502   130,392   104,849   96,014   85,771   82,402   72,212
        Health sciences   73,655   64,238   60,240   58,481   55,230   61,002   65,785   71,943   67,652   76,582
        Natural resources and conservation   82,580   78,657   71,344   71,277   67,100   67,642   66,821   60,932   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   10,358   11,060   9,474   8,067   8,263   8,177   8,376   6,402   7,496   7,763
      Physical sciences   242,156   234,242   196,281   156,896   141,434   130,895   130,883   143,095   158,628   169,149
        Astronomy and astrophysics   163,465   154,863   98,376   71,360   66,219   64,935   67,925   81,798   98,718   114,051
        Chemistry   53,218   55,719   49,390   41,402   36,326   30,743   32,164   31,246   31,346   31,324
        Materials science   0   198   104   79   63   1   2   28   0   0
        Physics   12,917   11,388   37,089   33,755   32,085   29,261   24,630   25,229   25,022   20,320
        Physical sciences nec   12,556   12,074   11,322   10,300   6,741   5,955   6,162   4,794   3,542   3,454
      Psychology   21,145   20,253   16,945   16,892   19,329   17,955   18,004   14,019   13,803   11,277
      Social sciences   100,851   87,836   73,560   56,908   60,568   61,374   58,150   52,879   50,639   52,303
        Anthropology   181   411   347   512   453   264   299   201   0   0
        Economics   42,756   38,399   32,985   29,543   31,706   27,775   26,673   24,234   23,659   27,059
        Political science and government   23,259   18,148   15,580   8,965   9,380   11,013   10,902   8,537   5,302   4,609
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   11,397   7,441   5,935   4,810   3,929   4,400   4,552   4,446   4,800   4,551
        Social sciences nec   23,258   23,437   18,713   13,078   15,100   17,922   15,724   15,461   16,878   16,084
      Sciences nec   108,057   109,018   106,357   74,539   76,642   72,048   75,627   74,151   85,522   94,249
    Engineering   216,013   209,311   206,541   199,711   209,293   200,122   200,668   189,550   185,049   185,078
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   317   160   160   217   228   98   203   561   367   340
      Chemical engineering   8,722   8,524   7,364   7,605   7,665   7,704   7,226   5,641   6,480   6,474
      Civil engineering   33,706   32,095   31,779   37,190   33,921   29,596   30,914   25,262   20,041   14,703
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   122,486   122,840   120,849   112,965   129,736   120,093   123,955   115,519   113,624   115,829
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   148   44   27   28   89   1   2   1   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   166   312   618   443   24   41   144   131   315   304
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   9,645   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4
      Engineering nec   40,823   45,336   45,744   41,263   37,630   42,589   38,224   42,435   44,222   47,424
    Non-S&E   92,111   87,562   74,758   52,025   43,697   51,347   48,815   46,005   39,769   40,366
      Business management and business administration   25,342   23,571   21,356   17,030   12,957   14,871   13,124   12,922   9,560   8,250
      Communication and communications technologies   7,726   8,606   5,520   5,223   5,834   6,108   5,285   4,826   3,718   2,485
      Education   17,216   22,839   21,245   9,931   7,287   8,166   10,712   9,890   8,546   11,149
      Humanities   7,418   4,962   4,363   3,266   3,425   3,693   3,257   3,341   3,756   3,519
      Law   32,230   26,173   20,943   16,105   13,449   17,750   15,834   14,379   13,614   14,275
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   918   581   622   470   745   759   603   647   575   688
      Non-S&E nec   1,261   830   709   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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