Data

U. California, Santa Barbara

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   303,446   305,483   278,897   248,961   254,434   243,778   235,164   238,246   230,139   222,870
    Science   177,708   179,551   169,114   146,497   153,842   162,702   145,814   152,173   124,881   123,981
      Computer and information sciences   14,939   23,101   13,354   11,503   9,231   10,965   11,397   12,511   11,732   9,989
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   55,480   38,926   43,416   37,222   40,396   35,554   33,665   30,714   32,012   32,016
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   101   0
        Geological and earth sciences   15,591   2,319   11,828   14,629   15,783   14,509   12,072   10,970   10,907   13,317
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   39,766   36,396   31,404   22,411   24,517   20,982   21,593   19,741   21,004   18,251
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   123   211   184   182   96   63   0   3   0   448
      Life sciences   7,128   13,211   19,387   29,848   30,838   34,842   37,682   35,439   29,415   24,093
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   7,128   13,211   16,733   22,132   24,077   27,718   28,520   24,818   22,727   24,093
        Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   2,654   7,716   6,761   7,124   9,162   10,621   6,688   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   1,807   1,759   1,335   1,416   1,416   1,711   1,234   1,801   1,241   1,337
      Physical sciences   56,392   68,503   72,934   54,435   58,534   65,929   49,160   58,251   34,037   37,981
        Astronomy and astrophysics   2,323   2,454   3,921   4,379   6,419   6,291   2,495   2,864   3,168   2,301
        Chemistry   7,751   10,043   8,424   8,346   9,166   17,290   11,676   10,179   7,511   9,269
        Materials science   4,775   13,679   19,301   14,586   18,605   24,396   17,272   24,784   0   0
        Physics   31,172   32,081   32,704   26,695   23,427   16,998   17,663   20,023   22,124   25,565
        Physical sciences nec   10,371   10,246   8,584   429   917   954   54   401   1,234   846
      Psychology   4,953   4,387   3,276   3,457   4,929   5,299   5,517   6,415   5,348   5,345
      Social sciences   10,589   11,052   10,473   8,231   7,631   7,450   5,912   6,228   11,096   12,539
        Anthropology   16   23   0   3   18   225   674   1,213   2,052   0
        Economics   448   589   477   487   646   780   566   876   2,023   2,150
        Political science and government   17   14   49   372   109   604   397   272   216   41
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   115   206   107   108   374   965   1,024   778   210   195
        Social sciences nec   9,993   10,220   9,840   7,261   6,484   4,876   3,251   3,089   6,595   10,153
      Sciences nec   26,420   18,612   4,939   385   867   952   1,247   814   0   681
    Engineering   108,076   111,017   97,329   86,303   87,681   67,395   77,535   73,594   95,026   89,556
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   20,451   19,371   19,061   13,983   15,226   11,063   11,384   11,026   17,185   18,051
      Chemical engineering   8,229   8,094   6,006   7,199   9,585   7,663   8,645   9,615   10,896   11,473
      Civil engineering   1,923   2,346   1,727   1,672   2,527   0   2,532   2,210   0   1
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   46,002   55,175   53,487   44,065   41,250   32,838   36,381   35,142   27,898   27,266
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   6,889   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7,551   7,850   6,963   8,076   7,700   7,599   7,237   10,122   7,427   6,740
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   23,514   17,588   9,613   10,842   10,902   7,689   3,879   5,441   31,620   25,968
      Engineering nec   406   593   472   466   491   543   588   38   0   57
    Non-S&E   17,662   14,915   12,454   16,161   12,911   13,681   11,815   12,479   10,232   9,333
      Business management and business administration   10,382   8,201   7,794   11,467   8,112   8,214   5,838   5,785   4,864   4,419
      Communication and communications technologies   92   154   291   370   348   495   982   1,306   368   447
      Education   5,178   4,575   2,519   2,718   2,853   3,118   3,472   4,145   2,973   2,375
      Humanities   1,631   1,716   1,747   1,513   1,391   1,686   1,207   1,085   1,060   1,430
      Law   0   1   0   0   0   33   14   1   4   5
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   291   212   103   91   105   114   173   157   188   591
      Non-S&E nec   88   56   0   2   102   21   129   0   775   66

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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