Data

U. California, Davis

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   1,005,757   962,399   883,807   817,409   816,693   804,282   788,832   738,347   741,892   721,077
    Science   883,676   822,031   756,542   703,016   706,723   698,907   685,647   640,912   636,882   622,814
      Computer and information sciences   9,848   6,959   5,764   5,934   7,256   7,562   7,888   6,818   9,024   8,007
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   35,096   38,078   32,940   30,603   30,153   29,166   27,316   25,750   26,861   27,637
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   4,805   3,999   3,995   3,131   3,445   2,594   1,631   1,201   1,438
        Geological and earth sciences   27,608   3,690   2,947   1,653   3,248   3,191   2,997   4,131   4,792   4,771
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   6,784   5,376   4,885   4,848   4,860   4,740   4,752   3,939   3,642   3,834
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   704   24,207   21,109   20,107   18,914   17,790   16,973   16,049   17,226   17,594
      Life sciences   767,723   682,290   626,320   590,027   597,962   593,628   588,300   540,861   525,165   512,472
        Agricultural sciences   267,601   170,896   152,571   143,311   150,069   153,739   155,642   141,734   142,581   137,628
        Biological and biomedical sciences   155,001   228,212   211,134   199,310   218,316   224,044   220,855   200,810   187,520   163,319
        Health sciences   344,770   283,182   262,615   247,406   229,577   215,845   211,803   198,317   195,064   211,525
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   351   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   4,435   4,722   4,392   4,698   4,455   4,162   4,436   3,901   4,240   3,296
      Physical sciences   35,826   36,471   35,319   27,906   26,495   26,589   23,212   27,092   32,156   35,150
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   14,176   15,108   15,996   14,017   13,607   13,683   11,110   12,276   13,683   12,733
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   12,489   10,963   11,138   9,032   10,195   10,672   10,035   10,597   10,455   10,250
        Physical sciences nec   9,161   10,400   8,185   4,857   2,693   2,234   2,067   4,219   8,018   12,167
      Psychology   4,890   4,171   3,509   3,177   3,022   2,740   2,256   2,313   2,608   3,190
      Social sciences   11,639   38,849   38,078   30,951   28,486   27,167   24,402   26,537   29,254   26,728
        Anthropology   956   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   1,632   12,117   12,148   8,510   10,182   11,106   10,048   12,447   12,546   11,087
        Political science and government   553   7,926   7,975   7,523   2,972   773   909   970   1,024   1,298
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   396   1,331   1,457   1,341   1,608   2,827   1,723   1,559   1,584   1,214
        Social sciences nec   8,102   17,475   16,498   13,577   13,724   12,461   11,722   11,561   14,100   13,129
      Sciences nec   14,219   10,491   10,220   9,720   8,894   7,893   7,837   7,640   7,574   6,334
    Engineering   104,694   124,470   114,118   102,370   97,951   92,277   89,128   85,557   89,188   83,273
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   20,563   31,521   31,286   27,314   22,983   23,576   22,605   22,813   22,043   19,673
      Chemical engineering   4,749   102   210   257   2,488   3,545   3,087   2,931   8,893   10,070
      Civil engineering   39,769   52,033   47,509   45,387   44,957   39,055   37,121   35,079   32,146   29,966
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   16,318   16,563   15,736   12,249   12,137   13,445   12,018   11,123   14,298   11,674
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   16,764   15,415   12,164   10,640   10,049   8,940   10,269   9,778   11,773   11,801
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,222   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   3,309   8,836   7,213   6,523   5,337   3,716   4,028   3,833   35   89
    Non-S&E   17,387   15,898   13,147   12,023   12,019   13,098   14,057   11,878   15,822   14,990
      Business management and business administration   126   206   255   221   206   211   538   717   318   344
      Communication and communications technologies   411   763   431   283   559   387   239   190   127   89
      Education   9,192   8,871   7,479   6,543   6,678   6,824   8,405   6,361   10,684   8,943
      Humanities   1,433   647   809   929   1,140   1,302   1,134   1,197   1,606   1,472
      Law   685   263   555   869   652   799   736   497   523   574
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   5,036   5,146   3,590   3,147   2,775   3,535   2,985   2,862   2,553   3,553
      Non-S&E nec   504   2   28   31   9   40   20   54   11   15

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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