Data

U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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   268,657   245,158   213,824   219,389   223,177   211,140   210,416   214,576   213,902   200,199
    Science   164,810   155,651   141,122   146,194   154,140   139,276   140,312   146,606   155,793   138,343
      Computer and information sciences   30,057   30,721   27,336   31,199   27,702   25,106   21,126   20,596   19,313   18,447
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   4,835   4,378   3,582   4,265   6,569   5,215   3,966   3,849   4,754   4,029
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   1,437   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   4,835   4,378   3,582   2,828   6,564   5,215   3,966   3,849   4,746   4,029
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8   0
      Life sciences   79,726   77,193   69,519   64,246   67,652   66,052   74,257   83,957   81,165   69,749
        Agricultural sciences   23,426   21,277   17,175   16,454   10,311   11,406   12,018   12,497   24,915   24,079
        Biological and biomedical sciences   26,929   27,376   25,498   25,906   24,678   22,897   20,051   22,306   20,002   22,885
        Health sciences   13,087   10,918   9,953   10,047   19,940   19,867   20,827   18,693   12,031   13,881
        Natural resources and conservation   9,541   8,221   7,248   7,497   8,213   8,017   8,428   11,088   0   0
        Life sciences nec   6,743   9,401   9,645   4,342   4,510   3,865   12,933   19,373   24,217   8,904
      Mathematics and statistics   3,383   3,351   3,218   3,361   3,636   2,429   2,392   2,495   2,587   2,007
      Physical sciences   27,580   23,286   22,250   28,757   31,623   24,443   22,383   23,246   31,831   31,601
        Astronomy and astrophysics   5,992   5,117   4,116   4,838   4,768   4,698   3,520   3,583   3,197   3,125
        Chemistry   11,743   9,387   10,139   14,992   19,452   12,489   11,433   12,359   15,408   20,128
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   9,845   8,782   7,995   8,927   7,403   7,256   7,430   7,304   13,226   8,348
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   9,888   8,227   8,004   7,836   9,195   7,357   6,263   6,902   6,682   5,209
      Social sciences   8,461   7,235   5,623   4,819   6,118   5,185   5,234   4,807   5,479   4,581
        Anthropology   410   537   549   610   1,063   919   917   1,100   0   0
        Economics   2,376   1,681   1,455   1,129   1,820   2,201   911   989   629   840
        Political science and government   970   621   518   495   837   317   1,194   753   1,222   640
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,806   1,461   1,297   1,505   1,263   700   610   1,268   2,991   2,008
        Social sciences nec   2,899   2,935   1,804   1,080   1,135   1,048   1,602   697   637   1,093
      Sciences nec   880   1,260   1,590   1,711   1,645   3,489   4,691   754   3,982   2,720
    Engineering   82,841   67,776   60,065   58,804   49,745   54,219   53,718   47,257   41,390   44,867
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   27   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   6,661   3,913   4,848   1,111   998   65   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   25,274   21,842   21,100   21,952   14,492   18,147   17,437   17,241   10,357   14,910
      Civil engineering   22,301   15,006   13,904   14,209   13,705   15,058   15,413   10,679   12,075   9,021
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   17,521   13,103   9,787   10,658   11,198   11,881   11,807   11,787   11,505   13,640
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   9,260   9,172   8,152   8,915   8,456   7,521   7,664   7,193   6,996   6,773
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   1,824   4,740   2,274   1,959   896   1,547   1,397   357   430   523
    Non-S&E   21,006   21,731   12,637   14,391   19,292   17,645   16,386   20,713   16,719   16,989
      Business management and business administration   1,649   1,686   1,463   1,550   1,384   2,029   1,112   1,847   1,565   1,047
      Communication and communications technologies   505   221   223   124   657   582   458   682   369   600
      Education   5,455   5,421   4,014   4,079   9,103   11,399   12,168   9,318   9,266   10,496
      Humanities   2,625   2,959   1,624   2,507   2,019   2,062   1,611   2,395   3,428   2,035
      Law   15   18   39   95   91   105   0   0   0   2
      Social work   0   0   0   542   0   1   0   0   206   48
      Visual and performing arts   507   327   348   117   1,483   481   953   779   138   736
      Non-S&E nec   10,250   11,099   4,926   5,377   4,555   986   84   5,692   1,747   2,025

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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