Data

U. Massachusetts, Boston

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   74,625   70,978   65,215   63,723   64,219   62,018   61,473   70,019   64,223   62,374
    Science   43,925   42,493   36,535   35,855   35,621   37,743   32,645   36,380   34,422   29,872
      Computer and information sciences   1,688   1,944   1,996   2,709   1,242   1,949   1,926   2,308   2,536   2,733
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   3,341   4,352   3,666   2,960   3,848   5,249   6,451   6,587   6,696   4,463
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   13   98   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,117   2,184   1,818   1,166   1,370   1,431   2,104   2,064   2,601   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   1,224   2,150   1,833   1,781   2,364   3,808   4,319   4,523   4,095   4,201
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   18   15   0   16   10   28   0   0   262
      Life sciences   12,856   12,213   8,974   8,612   8,950   9,692   8,722   11,478   10,872   9,362
        Agricultural sciences   178   200   84   6   40   0   0   0   0   124
        Biological and biomedical sciences   5,425   6,104   5,026   4,438   4,610   5,118   3,996   3,242   3,226   3,305
        Health sciences   3,987   3,457   3,063   3,061   3,320   3,766   4,395   8,060   7,447   1,358
        Natural resources and conservation   3,266   2,452   801   1,107   980   808   262   3   112   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   69   173   87   4,575
      Mathematics and statistics   719   820   541   486   449   298   83   188   112   27
      Physical sciences   3,595   3,981   3,076   4,174   3,584   3,363   2,273   1,763   1,726   2,147
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,588   2,153   1,923   2,695   2,370   1,983   1,252   858   924   1,267
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   2,007   1,828   1,153   1,479   1,214   1,380   1,021   905   802   880
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   6,228   6,030   5,519   4,292   4,361   4,622   2,932   3,356   3,929   3,255
      Social sciences   14,947   12,589   12,312   12,178   12,734   12,035   9,475   10,262   8,089   7,323
        Anthropology   929   658   702   648   822   713   812   1,316   760   0
        Economics   150   59   110   106   223   291   179   210   130   232
        Political science and government   2,895   2,546   3,039   3,199   3,128   4,335   3,736   4,222   2,541   3,387
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   6,311   5,590   5,119   4,846   5,557   4,380   3,265   3,015   3,649   2,784
        Social sciences nec   4,662   3,736   3,342   3,379   3,004   2,316   1,483   1,499   1,009   920
      Sciences nec   551   564   451   444   453   535   783   438   462   562
    Engineering   1,773   1,298   1,218   1,266   1,206   1,255   1,220   1,549   798   433
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   220   74   24   63   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   25   22   0   0   0   0   0   53   146   38
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   1,194   884   865   907   937   1,027   1,220   1,496   652   395
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   325   318   319   296   269   228   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   28,927   27,187   27,462   26,602   27,392   23,020   27,608   32,090   29,003   32,069
      Business management and business administration   804   662   541   670   990   1,390   2,489   2,706   1,651   1,637
      Communication and communications technologies   142   44   42   10   6   8   5   11   6   0
      Education   25,769   24,972   25,315   24,425   24,700   20,078   24,423   26,550   24,176   27,602
      Humanities   1,496   872   842   1,005   1,179   831   187   342   306   387
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   152   224   233   168   176   461   192   145   369   570
      Visual and performing arts   525   412   462   256   227   60   27   36   17   51
      Non-S&E nec   39   1   27   68   114   192   285   2,300   2,478   1,822

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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