Data

U. California, Santa Barbara

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   305,483   278,897   248,961   254,434   243,778   235,164   238,246   230,139   222,870   231,322
    Science   179,551   169,114   146,497   153,842   162,702   145,814   152,173   124,881   123,981   135,399
      Computer and information sciences   23,101   13,354   11,503   9,231   10,965   11,397   12,511   11,732   9,989   12,482
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   38,926   43,416   37,222   40,396   35,554   33,665   30,714   32,012   32,016   25,826
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   101   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,319   11,828   14,629   15,783   14,509   12,072   10,970   10,907   13,317   9,382
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   36,396   31,404   22,411   24,517   20,982   21,593   19,741   21,004   18,251   15,458
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   211   184   182   96   63   0   3   0   448   986
      Life sciences   13,211   19,387   29,848   30,838   34,842   37,682   35,439   29,415   24,093   28,090
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   13,211   16,733   22,132   24,077   27,718   28,520   24,818   22,727   24,093   28,090
        Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   2,654   7,716   6,761   7,124   9,162   10,621   6,688   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   1,759   1,335   1,416   1,416   1,711   1,234   1,801   1,241   1,337   1,449
      Physical sciences   68,503   72,934   54,435   58,534   65,929   49,160   58,251   34,037   37,981   42,284
        Astronomy and astrophysics   2,454   3,921   4,379   6,419   6,291   2,495   2,864   3,168   2,301   6,996
        Chemistry   10,043   8,424   8,346   9,166   17,290   11,676   10,179   7,511   9,269   10,271
        Materials science   13,679   19,301   14,586   18,605   24,396   17,272   24,784   0   0   0
        Physics   32,081   32,704   26,695   23,427   16,998   17,663   20,023   22,124   25,565   23,505
        Physical sciences nec   10,246   8,584   429   917   954   54   401   1,234   846   1,512
      Psychology   4,387   3,276   3,457   4,929   5,299   5,517   6,415   5,348   5,345   6,672
      Social sciences   11,052   10,473   8,231   7,631   7,450   5,912   6,228   11,096   12,539   14,066
        Anthropology   23   0   3   18   225   674   1,213   2,052   0   0
        Economics   589   477   487   646   780   566   876   2,023   2,150   890
        Political science and government   14   49   372   109   604   397   272   216   41   54
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   206   107   108   374   965   1,024   778   210   195   401
        Social sciences nec   10,220   9,840   7,261   6,484   4,876   3,251   3,089   6,595   10,153   12,721
      Sciences nec   18,612   4,939   385   867   952   1,247   814   0   681   4,530
    Engineering   111,017   97,329   86,303   87,681   67,395   77,535   73,594   95,026   89,556   90,215
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   19,371   19,061   13,983   15,226   11,063   11,384   11,026   17,185   18,051   17,863
      Chemical engineering   8,094   6,006   7,199   9,585   7,663   8,645   9,615   10,896   11,473   9,820
      Civil engineering   2,346   1,727   1,672   2,527   0   2,532   2,210   0   1   1,547
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   55,175   53,487   44,065   41,250   32,838   36,381   35,142   27,898   27,266   26,830
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   6,889   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7,850   6,963   8,076   7,700   7,599   7,237   10,122   7,427   6,740   8,972
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   17,588   9,613   10,842   10,902   7,689   3,879   5,441   31,620   25,968   25,176
      Engineering nec   593   472   466   491   543   588   38   0   57   7
    Non-S&E   14,915   12,454   16,161   12,911   13,681   11,815   12,479   10,232   9,333   5,708
      Business management and business administration   8,201   7,794   11,467   8,112   8,214   5,838   5,785   4,864   4,419   314
      Communication and communications technologies   154   291   370   348   495   982   1,306   368   447   636
      Education   4,575   2,519   2,718   2,853   3,118   3,472   4,145   2,973   2,375   2,007
      Humanities   1,716   1,747   1,513   1,391   1,686   1,207   1,085   1,060   1,430   2,235
      Law   1   0   0   0   33   14   1   4   5   1
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   212   103   91   105   114   173   157   188   591   515
      Non-S&E nec   56   0   2   102   21   129   0   775   66   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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