Data

U. Minnesota, Twin Cities

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   1,409,710   1,320,183   1,202,084   1,072,961   1,042,382   1,013,112   954,683   921,681   910,181   880,618
    Science   1,188,705   1,122,528   1,028,655   913,106   878,385   849,236   791,161   757,451   754,656   729,397
      Computer and information sciences   29,109   24,219   28,809   22,629   22,996   22,227   21,810   21,511   16,151   15,498
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   16,405   16,935   13,095   13,634   14,715   14,391   14,248   14,204   13,960   15,007
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   16,405   16,935   13,095   13,634   14,715   14,391   14,248   14,204   13,960   13,027
        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   1,980
      Life sciences   1,008,633   948,410   864,018   760,975   722,074   684,938   635,157   607,864   610,920   581,577
        Agricultural sciences   96,524   88,091   78,028   71,646   74,148   64,132   58,990   56,691   56,794   89,171
        Biological and biomedical sciences   143,433   138,086   126,554   118,493   111,883   101,129   108,847   101,566   98,607   107,393
        Health sciences   701,289   657,293   602,141   514,691   474,705   461,261   410,600   393,519   401,492   379,191
        Natural resources and conservation   60,344   57,494   51,426   51,022   55,059   52,659   50,185   51,535   50,333   0
        Life sciences nec   7,043   7,446   5,869   5,123   6,279   5,757   6,535   4,553   3,694   5,822
      Mathematics and statistics   8,601   8,376   7,615   8,555   8,994   9,822   7,847   7,464   9,804   14,334
      Physical sciences   51,221   47,610   42,715   41,812   43,946   45,573   39,527   38,747   40,569   40,497
        Astronomy and astrophysics   3,352   2,656   2,409   1,989   1,937   1,631   1,853   1,677   2,180   2,117
        Chemistry   23,453   21,704   19,860   20,661   22,061   21,094   18,303   18,708   19,695   19,700
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   24,416   23,250   20,446   19,162   19,948   22,848   19,371   18,362   18,694   18,680
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   34,732   33,730   29,392   29,408   31,954   34,448   37,381   31,837   27,243   25,539
      Social sciences   36,861   39,384   40,045   33,248   31,218   35,278   35,191   35,824   36,009   35,718
        Anthropology   314   601   404   193   191   739   233   308   408   0
        Economics   6,426   7,019   7,083   6,548   6,218   8,320   7,885   6,652   6,949   6,903
        Political science and government   6,939   4,862   3,973   4,154   6,691   8,740   8,701   8,396   7,168   7,779
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   20,495   23,898   26,450   19,908   15,108   14,153   14,031   16,418   17,236   17,859
        Social sciences nec   2,687   3,004   2,135   2,445   3,010   3,326   4,341   4,050   4,248   3,177
      Sciences nec   3,143   3,864   2,966   2,845   2,488   2,559   0   0   0   1,227
    Engineering   160,821   145,670   131,042   121,637   120,929   120,976   124,637   123,835   117,858   114,619
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   14,626   10,609   10,420   10,190   12,046   11,937   10,655   8,492   8,244   8,390
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   44,534   41,585   33,495   29,072   25,028   23,895   26,763   25,698   22,658   22,927
      Chemical engineering   23,528   22,038   21,128   20,684   24,803   25,172   26,316   25,715   24,134   20,795
      Civil engineering   24,503   16,899   14,114   13,225   13,513   15,692   17,316   17,440   17,698   16,394
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   19,348   19,941   19,282   18,813   19,080   20,047   18,345   18,309   16,603   15,981
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   866   919   1,501   1,148   2,281   1,887   2,108   2,190   2,093   0
      Mechanical engineering   28,676   26,896   24,802   23,064   18,088   17,233   15,200   13,776   15,350   18,453
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   4,740   6,783   6,300   5,441   6,090   5,113   7,934   12,215   11,078   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11,679
    Non-S&E   60,184   51,985   42,387   38,218   43,068   42,900   38,885   40,395   37,667   36,602
      Business management and business administration   22,013   19,599   17,900   17,600   16,907   16,395   16,005   16,757   17,145   17,064
      Communication and communications technologies   355   460   400   463   713   550   350   215   350   242
      Education   20,265   16,727   12,714   10,490   15,212   13,445   10,383   12,371   11,060   10,728
      Humanities   3,838   3,936   3,640   3,074   3,385   4,002   2,753   2,935   2,125   1,787
      Law   2,363   3,061   2,190   2,264   1,728   1,594   1,379   1,306   1,442   1,451
      Social work   1,134   1,237   958   1,204   1,436   1,164   3,812   4,041   2,949   1,264
      Visual and performing arts   443   356   502   172   252   335   2,193   1,566   1,054   1,630
      Non-S&E nec   9,773   6,609   4,083   2,951   3,435   5,415   2,010   1,204   1,542   2,436

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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