Data

U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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   281,730   268,657   245,158   213,824   219,389   223,177   211,140   210,416   214,576   213,902
    Science   177,562   164,810   155,651   141,122   146,194   154,140   139,276   140,312   146,606   155,793
      Computer and information sciences   35,949   30,057   30,721   27,336   31,199   27,702   25,106   21,126   20,596   19,313
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   5,295   4,835   4,378   3,582   4,265   6,569   5,215   3,966   3,849   4,754
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   1,437   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   5,295   4,835   4,378   3,582   2,828   6,564   5,215   3,966   3,849   4,746
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8
      Life sciences   83,385   79,726   77,193   69,519   64,246   67,652   66,052   74,257   83,957   81,165
        Agricultural sciences   19,882   23,426   21,277   17,175   16,454   10,311   11,406   12,018   12,497   24,915
        Biological and biomedical sciences   29,417   26,929   27,376   25,498   25,906   24,678   22,897   20,051   22,306   20,002
        Health sciences   14,700   13,087   10,918   9,953   10,047   19,940   19,867   20,827   18,693   12,031
        Natural resources and conservation   10,693   9,541   8,221   7,248   7,497   8,213   8,017   8,428   11,088   0
        Life sciences nec   8,693   6,743   9,401   9,645   4,342   4,510   3,865   12,933   19,373   24,217
      Mathematics and statistics   3,032   3,383   3,351   3,218   3,361   3,636   2,429   2,392   2,495   2,587
      Physical sciences   30,894   27,580   23,286   22,250   28,757   31,623   24,443   22,383   23,246   31,831
        Astronomy and astrophysics   6,083   5,992   5,117   4,116   4,838   4,768   4,698   3,520   3,583   3,197
        Chemistry   12,333   11,743   9,387   10,139   14,992   19,452   12,489   11,433   12,359   15,408
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   12,478   9,845   8,782   7,995   8,927   7,403   7,256   7,430   7,304   13,226
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   8,659   9,888   8,227   8,004   7,836   9,195   7,357   6,263   6,902   6,682
      Social sciences   9,720   8,461   7,235   5,623   4,819   6,118   5,185   5,234   4,807   5,479
        Anthropology   2,996   410   537   549   610   1,063   919   917   1,100   0
        Economics   1,765   2,376   1,681   1,455   1,129   1,820   2,201   911   989   629
        Political science and government   584   970   621   518   495   837   317   1,194   753   1,222
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,066   1,806   1,461   1,297   1,505   1,263   700   610   1,268   2,991
        Social sciences nec   3,309   2,899   2,935   1,804   1,080   1,135   1,048   1,602   697   637
      Sciences nec   628   880   1,260   1,590   1,711   1,645   3,489   4,691   754   3,982
    Engineering   84,141   82,841   67,776   60,065   58,804   49,745   54,219   53,718   47,257   41,390
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   27
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   7,107   6,661   3,913   4,848   1,111   998   65   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   27,668   25,274   21,842   21,100   21,952   14,492   18,147   17,437   17,241   10,357
      Civil engineering   22,068   22,301   15,006   13,904   14,209   13,705   15,058   15,413   10,679   12,075
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   13,874   17,521   13,103   9,787   10,658   11,198   11,881   11,807   11,787   11,505
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   10,655   9,260   9,172   8,152   8,915   8,456   7,521   7,664   7,193   6,996
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   2,769   1,824   4,740   2,274   1,959   896   1,547   1,397   357   430
    Non-S&E   20,027   21,006   21,731   12,637   14,391   19,292   17,645   16,386   20,713   16,719
      Business management and business administration   2,145   1,649   1,686   1,463   1,550   1,384   2,029   1,112   1,847   1,565
      Communication and communications technologies   1,036   505   221   223   124   657   582   458   682   369
      Education   5,728   5,455   5,421   4,014   4,079   9,103   11,399   12,168   9,318   9,266
      Humanities   1,876   2,625   2,959   1,624   2,507   2,019   2,062   1,611   2,395   3,428
      Law   29   15   18   39   95   91   105   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   542   0   1   0   0   206
      Visual and performing arts   750   507   327   348   117   1,483   481   953   779   138
      Non-S&E nec   8,463   10,250   11,099   4,926   5,377   4,555   986   84   5,692   1,747

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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