Data

U. California, San Diego

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   1,881,289   1,705,410   1,533,357   1,425,499   1,403,735   1,353,763   1,265,196   1,133,454   1,087,117   1,101,466
    Science   1,583,853   1,475,264   1,294,383   1,207,533   1,212,853   1,171,266   1,105,575   1,001,236   964,783   976,614
      Computer and information sciences   9,566   37,484   28,879   46,962   30,370   28,302   35,158   28,217   27,630   39,791
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   271,456   245,278   187,175   185,870   201,331   180,626   159,294   186,827   166,470   169,678
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   2,031   7,727   33,205   27,028   25,462   22,577   21,690   22,947
        Geological and earth sciences   52,071   54,139   46,032   38,898   36,871   31,144   31,658   35,783   33,001   35,276
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   219,385   191,139   139,029   139,245   131,255   122,454   102,174   128,467   111,779   111,455
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   83   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,145,657   1,043,913   915,619   827,370   828,401   819,167   782,882   667,478   650,484   642,371
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   303   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   82,729   68,124   59,696   63,846   62,532   64,858   57,996   43,526   37,667   34,578
        Health sciences   1,060,506   975,237   854,614   762,778   765,869   754,309   724,886   623,952   612,817   607,793
        Natural resources and conservation   2,124   552   674   593   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   298   0   332   153   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   6,177   5,471   6,383   5,639   4,857   5,466   4,478   5,328   5,008   5,211
      Physical sciences   103,853   105,927   97,804   86,893   94,124   85,322   67,509   67,380   68,169   71,434
        Astronomy and astrophysics   7,918   15,418   3,159   1,552   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   43,844   39,537   33,116   27,339   27,429   32,067   22,362   28,237   30,337   34,573
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   31,863   33,763   58,691   56,983   66,169   52,798   44,584   38,677   37,207   36,065
        Physical sciences nec   20,228   17,209   2,838   1,019   526   457   563   466   625   796
      Psychology   13,926   13,623   19,075   18,645   20,113   18,932   20,042   17,837   18,909   18,632
      Social sciences   32,513   23,568   31,031   22,940   19,942   20,178   19,932   16,269   16,273   17,581
        Anthropology   835   239   2,431   659   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   4,176   4,672   4,992   3,624   2,777   3,106   2,923   1,883   2,308   2,088
        Political science and government   4,629   3,767   9,660   9,643   12,843   11,997   12,797   11,173   9,999   11,012
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   6,252   5,359   6,137   4,336   2,329   2,928   2,383   2,039   2,630   3,103
        Social sciences nec   16,621   9,531   7,811   4,678   1,993   2,147   1,829   1,174   1,336   1,378
      Sciences nec   705   0   8,417   13,214   13,715   13,273   16,280   11,900   11,840   11,916
    Engineering   250,772   176,720   212,583   177,564   182,495   172,919   150,596   125,033   114,646   117,170
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   90   898   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   28,758   26,273   65,665   59,417   53,586   53,954   44,987   38,630   35,265   33,087
      Chemical engineering   0   0   52   70   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   11,028   9,627   689   815   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   137,430   80,563   101,813   81,213   83,383   80,480   73,634   62,090   57,532   59,730
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   26,877   23,530   19,971   16,253   14,973   15,857   12,588   11,232   12,064   14,397
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   28,969   28,094   3,228   303   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   17,710   8,633   21,075   18,595   30,553   22,628   19,387   13,081   9,785   9,956
    Non-S&E   46,664   53,426   26,391   40,402   8,387   9,578   9,025   7,185   7,688   7,682
      Business management and business administration   3,733   7,971   637   576   664   1,231   1,076   828   579   719
      Communication and communications technologies   819   1,076   593   406   1,164   1,230   1,072   385   488   338
      Education   13,226   15,476   6,683   6,065   2,515   2,742   2,353   2,236   2,486   2,811
      Humanities   3,315   3,211   4,290   1,920   2,131   2,437   2,181   2,052   1,729   1,714
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,299   1,813   1,492   1,668   1,428   1,360   1,322   1,235   1,756   1,688
      Non-S&E nec   24,272   23,879   12,696   29,767   485   578   1,021   449   650   412

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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