Data

U. Minnesota, Twin Cities

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   1,320,183   1,202,084   1,072,961   1,042,382   1,013,112   954,683   921,681   910,181   880,618   876,870
    Science   1,122,528   1,028,655   913,106   878,385   849,236   791,161   757,451   754,656   729,397   744,464
      Computer and information sciences   24,219   28,809   22,629   22,996   22,227   21,810   21,511   16,151   15,498   15,447
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   16,935   13,095   13,634   14,715   14,391   14,248   14,204   13,960   15,007   15,088
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   16,935   13,095   13,634   14,715   14,391   14,248   14,204   13,960   13,027   13,069
        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   1,980   2,019
      Life sciences   948,410   864,018   760,975   722,074   684,938   635,157   607,864   610,920   581,577   595,108
        Agricultural sciences   88,091   78,028   71,646   74,148   64,132   58,990   56,691   56,794   89,171   84,973
        Biological and biomedical sciences   138,086   126,554   118,493   111,883   101,129   108,847   101,566   98,607   107,393   108,277
        Health sciences   657,293   602,141   514,691   474,705   461,261   410,600   393,519   401,492   379,191   397,011
        Natural resources and conservation   57,494   51,426   51,022   55,059   52,659   50,185   51,535   50,333   0   0
        Life sciences nec   7,446   5,869   5,123   6,279   5,757   6,535   4,553   3,694   5,822   4,847
      Mathematics and statistics   8,376   7,615   8,555   8,994   9,822   7,847   7,464   9,804   14,334   12,632
      Physical sciences   47,610   42,715   41,812   43,946   45,573   39,527   38,747   40,569   40,497   46,377
        Astronomy and astrophysics   2,656   2,409   1,989   1,937   1,631   1,853   1,677   2,180   2,117   1,839
        Chemistry   21,704   19,860   20,661   22,061   21,094   18,303   18,708   19,695   19,700   19,539
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   23,250   20,446   19,162   19,948   22,848   19,371   18,362   18,694   18,680   24,999
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   33,730   29,392   29,408   31,954   34,448   37,381   31,837   27,243   25,539   25,781
      Social sciences   39,384   40,045   33,248   31,218   35,278   35,191   35,824   36,009   35,718   33,191
        Anthropology   601   404   193   191   739   233   308   408   0   0
        Economics   7,019   7,083   6,548   6,218   8,320   7,885   6,652   6,949   6,903   7,204
        Political science and government   4,862   3,973   4,154   6,691   8,740   8,701   8,396   7,168   7,779   6,733
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   23,898   26,450   19,908   15,108   14,153   14,031   16,418   17,236   17,859   16,188
        Social sciences nec   3,004   2,135   2,445   3,010   3,326   4,341   4,050   4,248   3,177   3,066
      Sciences nec   3,864   2,966   2,845   2,488   2,559   0   0   0   1,227   840
    Engineering   145,670   131,042   121,637   120,929   120,976   124,637   123,835   117,858   114,619   106,416
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   10,609   10,420   10,190   12,046   11,937   10,655   8,492   8,244   8,390   6,657
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   41,585   33,495   29,072   25,028   23,895   26,763   25,698   22,658   22,927   21,268
      Chemical engineering   22,038   21,128   20,684   24,803   25,172   26,316   25,715   24,134   20,795   16,489
      Civil engineering   16,899   14,114   13,225   13,513   15,692   17,316   17,440   17,698   16,394   16,030
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   19,941   19,282   18,813   19,080   20,047   18,345   18,309   16,603   15,981   15,437
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   919   1,501   1,148   2,281   1,887   2,108   2,190   2,093   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   26,896   24,802   23,064   18,088   17,233   15,200   13,776   15,350   18,453   18,989
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   6,783   6,300   5,441   6,090   5,113   7,934   12,215   11,078   0   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11,679   11,546
    Non-S&E   51,985   42,387   38,218   43,068   42,900   38,885   40,395   37,667   36,602   25,990
      Business management and business administration   19,599   17,900   17,600   16,907   16,395   16,005   16,757   17,145   17,064   8,822
      Communication and communications technologies   460   400   463   713   550   350   215   350   242   336
      Education   16,727   12,714   10,490   15,212   13,445   10,383   12,371   11,060   10,728   9,118
      Humanities   3,936   3,640   3,074   3,385   4,002   2,753   2,935   2,125   1,787   1,453
      Law   3,061   2,190   2,264   1,728   1,594   1,379   1,306   1,442   1,451   1,508
      Social work   1,237   958   1,204   1,436   1,164   3,812   4,041   2,949   1,264   1,331
      Visual and performing arts   356   502   172   252   335   2,193   1,566   1,054   1,630   1,164
      Non-S&E nec   6,609   4,083   2,951   3,435   5,415   2,010   1,204   1,542   2,436   2,258

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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