Data

U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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   906,751   821,023   765,909   731,268   689,176   677,523   652,709   642,084   625,180   639,817
    Science   501,776   501,535   498,282   479,686   454,997   439,852   414,571   409,763   416,758   452,553
      Computer and information sciences   87,866   99,934   104,436   99,600   95,988   106,430   96,170   102,612   94,722   109,661
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   17,050   23,906   6,575   5,521   6,281   6,868   7,272   6,303   7,211   7,214
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   6,635   7,695   5,175   3,785   3,619   3,947   4,386   3,994   3,139   2,869
        Geological and earth sciences   10,415   16,211   1,400   1,736   2,662   2,921   2,886   2,309   4,072   4,345
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   252,675   245,437   270,361   258,253   241,661   222,994   206,379   199,917   202,597   220,029
        Agricultural sciences   90,118   81,241   67,828   70,763   79,576   59,210   58,176   57,299   59,596   130,410
        Biological and biomedical sciences   100,601   107,346   93,256   91,434   77,458   66,393   64,375   58,090   57,616   69,710
        Health sciences   8,377   7,433   5,483   4,630   2,845   25,462   19,229   20,194   14,045   15,500
        Natural resources and conservation   53,579   49,417   103,794   91,426   81,782   71,929   64,599   64,334   71,340   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4,409
      Mathematics and statistics   4,557   5,040   3,729   3,612   5,346   5,071   5,669   5,388   4,474   4,851
      Physical sciences   94,494   84,748   77,419   78,698   72,360   69,531   69,612   65,579   71,513   67,182
        Astronomy and astrophysics   9,056   6,548   7,833   9,377   10,212   10,015   12,033   9,324   6,198   3,701
        Chemistry   39,913   34,685   30,955   35,360   34,642   35,411   31,819   28,988   33,655   32,678
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   45,500   43,505   38,628   33,961   27,506   24,104   25,760   27,267   31,659   30,803
        Physical sciences nec   25   10   3   0   0   1   0   0   1   0
      Psychology   16,212   15,234   13,192   15,063   16,086   14,473   14,814   16,169   20,964   17,276
      Social sciences   13,338   9,883   6,718   5,604   5,846   6,846   9,255   8,335   10,794   21,340
        Anthropology   1,554   955   709   617   582   1,664   2,016   2,048   1,127   0
        Economics   1,816   1,299   1,488   1,290   1,325   574   1,306   633   552   8,438
        Political science and government   856   813   794   875   712   2,049   2,855   2,694   5,399   6,525
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   623   497   221   216   65   95   85   159   133   1,090
        Social sciences nec   8,489   6,319   3,506   2,606   3,162   2,464   2,993   2,801   3,583   5,287
      Sciences nec   15,584   17,353   15,852   13,335   11,429   7,639   5,400   5,460   4,483   5,000
    Engineering   351,544   272,650   228,786   216,233   203,564   201,028   195,413   192,878   170,506   161,458
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   20,724   17,051   16,647   14,809   10,210   11,047   12,007   11,992   9,490   8,411
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   23,993   19,103   15,966   15,544   13,055   11,831   10,491   10,024   7,731   7,692
      Chemical engineering   25,409   25,698   20,595   18,948   17,451   17,270   10,403   8,495   7,864   8,435
      Civil engineering   41,984   35,959   26,706   23,693   20,674   20,615   22,097   25,156   28,392   30,134
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   65,014   53,289   56,110   56,980   60,400   59,121   58,382   56,318   49,809   50,363
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   41,102   34,031   31,526   31,641   32,041   31,786   34,594   31,480   24,177   21,406
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   35,316   25,514   19,386   17,397   16,575   19,185   18,179   20,859   19,766   19,504
      Engineering nec   98,002   62,005   41,850   37,221   33,158   30,173   29,260   28,554   23,277   15,513
    Non-S&E   53,431   46,838   38,841   35,349   30,615   36,643   42,725   39,443   37,916   25,806
      Business management and business administration   4,738   4,621   3,533   2,368   1,950   1,415   1,672   1,280   1,385   1,611
      Communication and communications technologies   4,804   445   266   226   236   168   74   129   188   4,957
      Education   5,527   6,389   5,928   5,172   6,631   5,841   5,215   4,836   3,788   4,198
      Humanities   5,455   5,829   4,727   3,719   3,699   3,988   4,131   3,460   3,355   3,757
      Law   844   1,327   1,429   1,418   1,166   1,143   1,346   1,301   1,320   1,625
      Social work   8,795   8,660   7,619   7,957   3,813   3,108   6,521   6,499   4,820   3,599
      Visual and performing arts   2,143   1,922   1,299   1,173   798   918   986   786   603   500
      Non-S&E nec   21,125   17,645   14,040   13,316   12,322   20,062   22,780   21,152   22,457   5,559

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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