Data

U. Massachusetts, Lowell

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   120,672   117,336   111,144   94,708   92,216   83,996   72,266   69,677   68,494   70,384
    Science   59,476   57,048   57,954   50,972   49,499   43,642   37,384   40,313   41,009   41,234
      Computer and information sciences   8,014   8,478   9,858   7,420   7,153   7,481   5,746   6,458   5,581   4,178
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   996   1,436   2,493   2,614   2,177   1,977   1,938   787   469   472
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   4   0   770   1,140   1,038   938   714   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   992   1,436   1,723   1,474   1,139   1,039   1,224   787   469   472
        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   22,364   17,363   17,817   12,821   12,056   8,730   9,600   13,892   14,861   14,770
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   8,471   7,299   8,776   5,652   5,523   5,331   4,533   3,420   1,633   1,896
        Health sciences   10,359   10,015   8,896   6,255   5,198   2,942   3,551   19   240   125
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   145   264   725   457   233   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   3,534   49   0   650   610   0   1,283   10,453   12,988   12,749
      Mathematics and statistics   211   1,434   767   754   663   636   972   629   410   311
      Physical sciences   19,341   19,076   18,186   18,308   19,144   17,976   14,184   13,425   13,841   15,085
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   4,632   3,538   5,369   5,555   4,475   4,105   3,948   2,671   3,341   4,550
        Materials science   243   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   14,466   15,538   12,817   12,753   14,669   13,871   10,236   10,754   10,500   10,535
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   1,740   1,435   1,726   1,743   1,746   1,719   1,575   1,060   1,307   1,337
      Social sciences   6,071   7,826   6,681   6,915   5,924   4,635   2,809   4,062   4,540   5,069
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   914   285   278   246   237   220   212   367   846   606
        Political science and government   123   646   619   404   371   371   320   402   415   285
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   265   305   3,008   3,133   2,510   1,953   949   511   391   312
        Social sciences nec   4,769   6,590   2,776   3,132   2,806   2,091   1,328   2,782   2,888   3,866
      Sciences nec   739   0   426   397   636   488   560   0   0   12
    Engineering   57,744   51,877   44,358   36,339   35,847   33,128   27,676   20,422   17,428   16,201
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   532   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   3,943   4,712   6,080   4,868   3,078   4,701   4,240   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   16,801   15,907   14,402   11,404   12,982   10,292   8,147   6,742   6,515   6,131
      Civil engineering   3,944   3,016   2,601   2,285   2,457   2,318   1,049   1,392   785   1,179
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   8,798   7,516   7,989   7,110   7,443   6,714   7,493   6,864   5,621   4,688
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   12,138   11,665   13,076   10,323   7,714   6,649   6,291   5,226   3,965   3,378
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   11,588   9,061   210   349   2,173   2,454   456   198   542   825
    Non-S&E   3,452   8,411   8,832   7,397   6,870   7,226   7,206   8,942   10,057   12,949
      Business management and business administration   250   2,049   3,282   3,276   2,273   2,397   2,493   642   643   1,019
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   108
      Education   1,479   523   2,129   1,921   2,106   2,084   1,634   1,178   1,555   3,034
      Humanities   912   2,748   2,000   1,673   1,772   1,739   1,637   1,021   988   1,237
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   320   598   471   542   599   536   720   792   540
      Non-S&E nec   811   2,771   823   56   177   407   902   5,381   6,079   7,011

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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