Data

U. California, San Diego

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   1,705,410   1,533,357   1,425,499   1,403,735   1,353,763   1,265,196   1,133,454   1,087,117   1,101,466   1,067,388
    Science   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   940,517
      Computer and information sciences   37,484   28,879   46,962   30,370   28,302   35,158   28,217   27,630   39,791   34,501
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   245,278   187,175   185,870   201,331   180,626   159,294   186,827   166,470   169,678   181,434
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   2,031   7,727   33,205   27,028   25,462   22,577   21,690   22,947   21,360
        Geological and earth sciences   54,139   46,032   38,898   36,871   31,144   31,658   35,783   33,001   35,276   40,847
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   191,139   139,029   139,245   131,255   122,454   102,174   128,467   111,779   111,455   119,227
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   83   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,043,913   915,619   827,370   828,401   819,167   782,882   667,478   650,484   642,371   601,452
        Agricultural sciences   0   303   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   68,124   59,696   63,846   62,532   64,858   57,996   43,526   37,667   34,578   36,257
        Health sciences   975,237   854,614   762,778   765,869   754,309   724,886   623,952   612,817   607,793   565,191
        Natural resources and conservation   552   674   593   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   332   153   0   0   0   0   0   0   4
      Mathematics and statistics   5,471   6,383   5,639   4,857   5,466   4,478   5,328   5,008   5,211   5,200
      Physical sciences   105,927   97,804   86,893   94,124   85,322   67,509   67,380   68,169   71,434   70,812
        Astronomy and astrophysics   15,418   3,159   1,552   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   39,537   33,116   27,339   27,429   32,067   22,362   28,237   30,337   34,573   35,526
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   33,763   58,691   56,983   66,169   52,798   44,584   38,677   37,207   36,065   34,221
        Physical sciences nec   17,209   2,838   1,019   526   457   563   466   625   796   1,065
      Psychology   13,623   19,075   18,645   20,113   18,932   20,042   17,837   18,909   18,632   19,349
      Social sciences   23,568   31,031   22,940   19,942   20,178   19,932   16,269   16,273   17,581   17,809
        Anthropology   239   2,431   659   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   4,672   4,992   3,624   2,777   3,106   2,923   1,883   2,308   2,088   1,854
        Political science and government   3,767   9,660   9,643   12,843   11,997   12,797   11,173   9,999   11,012   10,552
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   5,359   6,137   4,336   2,329   2,928   2,383   2,039   2,630   3,103   3,746
        Social sciences nec   9,531   7,811   4,678   1,993   2,147   1,829   1,174   1,336   1,378   1,657
      Sciences nec   0   8,417   13,214   13,715   13,273   16,280   11,900   11,840   11,916   9,960
    Engineering   176,720   212,583   177,564   182,495   172,919   150,596   125,033   114,646   117,170   119,690
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   90   898   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   26,273   65,665   59,417   53,586   53,954   44,987   38,630   35,265   33,087   31,792
      Chemical engineering   0   52   70   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   9,627   689   815   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   80,563   101,813   81,213   83,383   80,480   73,634   62,090   57,532   59,730   62,219
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   23,530   19,971   16,253   14,973   15,857   12,588   11,232   12,064   14,397   14,661
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   28,094   3,228   303   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   8,633   21,075   18,595   30,553   22,628   19,387   13,081   9,785   9,956   11,018
    Non-S&E   53,426   26,391   40,402   8,387   9,578   9,025   7,185   7,688   7,682   7,181
      Business management and business administration   7,971   637   576   664   1,231   1,076   828   579   719   1,608
      Communication and communications technologies   1,076   593   406   1,164   1,230   1,072   385   488   338   230
      Education   15,476   6,683   6,065   2,515   2,742   2,353   2,236   2,486   2,811   2,603
      Humanities   3,211   4,290   1,920   2,131   2,437   2,181   2,052   1,729   1,714   1,355
      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   1,813   1,492   1,668   1,428   1,360   1,322   1,235   1,756   1,688   975
      Non-S&E nec   23,879   12,696   29,767   485   578   1,021   449   650   412   410

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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