Data

U. Massachusetts, Lowell

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   117,336   111,144   94,708   92,216   83,996   72,266   69,677   68,494   70,384   64,591
    Science   57,048   57,954   50,972   49,499   43,642   37,384   40,313   41,009   41,234   39,055
      Computer and information sciences   8,478   9,858   7,420   7,153   7,481   5,746   6,458   5,581   4,178   4,313
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,436   2,493   2,614   2,177   1,977   1,938   787   469   472   417
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   770   1,140   1,038   938   714   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,436   1,723   1,474   1,139   1,039   1,224   787   469   472   413
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   17,363   17,817   12,821   12,056   8,730   9,600   13,892   14,861   14,770   13,201
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   7,299   8,776   5,652   5,523   5,331   4,533   3,420   1,633   1,896   1,837
        Health sciences   10,015   8,896   6,255   5,198   2,942   3,551   19   240   125   113
        Natural resources and conservation   0   145   264   725   457   233   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   49   0   650   610   0   1,283   10,453   12,988   12,749   11,251
      Mathematics and statistics   1,434   767   754   663   636   972   629   410   311   449
      Physical sciences   19,076   18,186   18,308   19,144   17,976   14,184   13,425   13,841   15,085   15,373
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   3,538   5,369   5,555   4,475   4,105   3,948   2,671   3,341   4,550   4,265
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   15,538   12,817   12,753   14,669   13,871   10,236   10,754   10,500   10,535   11,108
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   1,435   1,726   1,743   1,746   1,719   1,575   1,060   1,307   1,337   1,220
      Social sciences   7,826   6,681   6,915   5,924   4,635   2,809   4,062   4,540   5,069   4,082
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   285   278   246   237   220   212   367   846   606   621
        Political science and government   646   619   404   371   371   320   402   415   285   297
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   305   3,008   3,133   2,510   1,953   949   511   391   312   319
        Social sciences nec   6,590   2,776   3,132   2,806   2,091   1,328   2,782   2,888   3,866   2,845
      Sciences nec   0   426   397   636   488   560   0   0   12   0
    Engineering   51,877   44,358   36,339   35,847   33,128   27,676   20,422   17,428   16,201   13,540
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,712   6,080   4,868   3,078   4,701   4,240   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   15,907   14,402   11,404   12,982   10,292   8,147   6,742   6,515   6,131   5,155
      Civil engineering   3,016   2,601   2,285   2,457   2,318   1,049   1,392   785   1,179   1,328
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   7,516   7,989   7,110   7,443   6,714   7,493   6,864   5,621   4,688   2,940
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   11,665   13,076   10,323   7,714   6,649   6,291   5,226   3,965   3,378   2,232
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   484
      Engineering nec   9,061   210   349   2,173   2,454   456   198   542   825   1,401
    Non-S&E   8,411   8,832   7,397   6,870   7,226   7,206   8,942   10,057   12,949   11,996
      Business management and business administration   2,049   3,282   3,276   2,273   2,397   2,493   642   643   1,019   1,846
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   108   23
      Education   523   2,129   1,921   2,106   2,084   1,634   1,178   1,555   3,034   3,264
      Humanities   2,748   2,000   1,673   1,772   1,739   1,637   1,021   988   1,237   684
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   320   598   471   542   599   536   720   792   540   494
      Non-S&E nec   2,771   823   56   177   407   902   5,381   6,079   7,011   5,685

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

Open printer friendly view

Back to Top of page.