Data

U. Denver

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   55,630   53,484   45,561   38,751   41,349   36,551   27,270   22,289   21,326   16,116
    Science   27,358   26,013   21,062   17,815   18,151   17,632   17,626   13,387   12,571   7,760
      Computer and information sciences   801   511   78   22   99   111   48   145   397   111
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   316   110   96   52   168   186   108   99   40   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   29   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   315   62   96   52   168   186   108   99   40   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1   19   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   9,010   7,747   5,422   5,347   4,889   4,388   3,838   2,836   2,179   936
        Agricultural sciences   2   47   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   8,512   7,068   5,332   5,277   4,591   4,137   3,682   2,711   2,179   936
        Health sciences   469   576   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   27   56   90   70   298   251   156   125   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   173   106   243   80   120   123   206   193   210   317
      Physical sciences   2,256   2,249   4,420   3,977   4,913   4,083   4,589   4,273   3,030   2,589
        Astronomy and astrophysics   21   67   0   100   143   118   13   211   190   137
        Chemistry   1,459   1,240   2,670   2,647   3,314   2,818   2,944   3,278   2,316   1,930
        Materials science   172   79   0   0   0   0   0   0   110   0
        Physics   496   848   1,750   1,230   1,456   1,147   1,632   784   414   522
        Physical sciences nec   108   15   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   7,398   8,183   7,261   6,659   5,870   5,002   5,096   3,077   3,957   3,663
      Social sciences   7,196   7,023   3,542   1,678   2,092   3,739   3,741   2,764   2,758   144
        Anthropology   143   95   65   253   141   55   41   37   54   0
        Economics   204   56   0   0   0   0   30   67   222   0
        Political science and government   569   420   3,230   1,272   1,423   3,205   2,921   1,301   975   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   22   115   57   153   7   27   0   48   21   0
        Social sciences nec   6,258   6,337   190   0   521   452   749   1,311   1,486   144
      Sciences nec   208   84   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   3,329   3,612   3,632   3,558   4,461   4,010   3,992   4,940   4,287   2,854
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   45
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,070   584   1,841   2,155   2,108   1,757   1,576   1,944   1,051   664
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   122   224   194   0   242   205   136   266   400   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   1,061   737   1,008   486   1,152   1,115   1,404   1,997   2,019   1,281
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   510   1,378   0   0   0   0   0   301   301   125
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   157   332   589   917   959   933   876   432   516   324
      Engineering nec   409   357   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   415
    Non-S&E   24,943   23,859   20,867   17,378   18,737   14,909   5,652   3,962   4,468   5,502
      Business management and business administration   12   0   128   95   29   33   20   91   44   0
      Communication and communications technologies   25   32   8   77   110   126   37   2   3   0
      Education   5,900   6,544   6,354   7,217   7,724   5,465   3,223   2,985   3,589   3,432
      Humanities   242   507   190   0   14   7   42   82   59   0
      Law   395   292   233   234   148   176   196   87   107   487
      Social work   16,538   14,695   13,913   9,755   10,613   9,023   2,011   595   618   1,583
      Visual and performing arts   119   774   41   0   99   79   123   0   48   0
      Non-S&E nec   1,712   1,015   0   0   0   0   0   120   0   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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