Data

U. Louisiana, Lafayette

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   254,883   225,924   205,201   181,400   164,070   144,187   124,713   100,956   80,099   77,300
    Science   162,125   145,685   132,319   118,454   110,347   103,204   89,624   69,211   51,192   44,359
      Computer and information sciences   29,012   27,922   25,361   16,823   11,111   11,650   15,078   17,710   8,987   8,219
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   5,512   4,887   4,439   6,277   5,426   3,957   3,290   4,333   2,254   2,146
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
        Geological and earth sciences   3,553   2,970   2,697   5,186   4,367   2,215   1,869   2,569   707   344
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   990   892   811   1,091   1,059   260   187   90   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   969   1,025   931   0   0   1,482   1,234   1,674   1,547   1,800
      Life sciences   111,687   98,792   89,731   80,528   87,621   73,146   62,543   40,408   30,582   27,078
        Agricultural sciences   1,621   1,433   1,301   240   262   1,647   34   9   6   49
        Biological and biomedical sciences   86,182   73,783   67,016   60,760   68,528   16,539   62,238   20,954   29,698   25,272
        Health sciences   21,618   21,586   19,606   18,818   18,497   51,140   0   19,103   745   640
        Natural resources and conservation   2,266   1,990   1,808   704   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   6   334   3,820   271   342   133   1,117
      Mathematics and statistics   3,164   3,236   2,939   3,119   2,117   3,226   1,603   1,537   1,582   1,733
      Physical sciences   4,981   4,358   3,957   6,453   3,546   1,369   3,011   3,232   2,861   1,565
        Astronomy and astrophysics   83   75   68   103   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,763   1,461   1,327   1,029   1,256   162   853   630   591   510
        Materials science   20   0   0   1,879   1,007   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   2,192   2,012   1,826   3,442   1,283   460   2,146   2,490   2,190   904
        Physical sciences nec   923   810   736   0   0   747   12   112   80   151
      Psychology   99   95   86   151   327   5,326   117   76   194   243
      Social sciences   5,984   4,916   4,463   3,919   97   406   1,792   1,128   2,668   1,409
        Anthropology   251   226   205   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   2,995   2,316   2,102   325   97   0   0   0   0   409
        Political science and government   2,675   2,319   2,106   3,594   0   0   213   468   472   156
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   21   18   16   0   0   0   7   10   289   7
        Social sciences nec   42   37   34   0   0   406   1,572   650   1,907   837
      Sciences nec   1,686   1,479   1,343   1,184   102   4,124   2,190   787   2,064   1,966
    Engineering   42,556   35,532   32,259   30,295   27,878   28,397   13,188   9,569   7,792   10,891
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   11   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   10,348   8,262   7,505   7,945   8,182   4,974   3,674   3,668   2,300   2,572
      Civil engineering   8,498   6,293   5,716   4,788   3,758   4,395   1,884   2,384   1,220   1,145
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   4,535   4,010   3,643   2,759   3,925   2,806   976   643   414   627
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   17   9   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   13,666   10,991   9,967   9,519   8,238   6,712   5,936   2,406   1,513   4,668
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   4,630   5,205   4,728   3,446   2,277   1,277   481   230   301   0
      Engineering nec   879   771   700   1,808   1,489   8,233   237   238   2,044   1,879
    Non-S&E   50,202   44,707   40,623   32,651   25,845   12,586   21,901   22,176   21,115   22,050
      Business management and business administration   15,590   13,885   12,600   9,662   6,428   1,131   5,287   4,100   3,432   3,348
      Communication and communications technologies   1,552   1,362   1,238   1,180   1,468   1,841   769   713   2,577   2,092
      Education   16,494   14,497   13,193   7,713   8,750   6,350   10,472   11,697   8,328   9,113
      Humanities   11,169   10,219   9,282   8,951   6,185   2,474   2,967   2,639   2,629   3,713
      Law   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   70   269
      Social work   298   261   237   0   1   0   0   0   77   732
      Visual and performing arts   3,006   2,640   2,398   4,370   1,492   790   1,235   954   481   1,029
      Non-S&E nec   2,093   1,843   1,675   773   1,521   0   1,171   2,073   3,521   1,754

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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