Data

U. Oklahoma

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   474,043   436,964   408,656   380,048   362,209   302,679   283,638   272,239   259,998   242,367
    Science   339,502   315,443   309,840   294,273   300,981   256,806   239,570   225,787   215,304   201,406
      Computer and information sciences   10,171   9,628   6,637   4,661   3,019   1,752   2,845   2,699   2,838   1,547
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   75,016   83,345   89,076   91,101   84,812   71,836   63,159   47,554   44,835   41,808
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   62,100   71,803   78,348   81,571   75,531   64,194   53,476   36,864   35,502   32,193
        Geological and earth sciences   12,815   11,495   10,728   9,530   9,281   7,642   9,683   10,690   9,333   9,615
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   101   47   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   201,157   174,395   176,123   165,745   164,967   148,621   140,602   145,939   140,303   127,529
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   37,503   42,895   50,190   48,670   43,605   37,322   35,948   34,748   38,754   40,209
        Health sciences   163,654   130,968   125,256   116,506   119,319   107,128   98,313   106,024   92,600   79,152
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   532   677   569   2,043   4,171   6,341   5,167   8,949   8,168
      Mathematics and statistics   2,801   2,621   2,495   2,274   2,018   477   377   309   224   440
      Physical sciences   21,856   21,859   18,730   16,497   18,739   15,362   14,899   12,061   11,711   12,856
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   11,969   12,341   10,525   10,051   12,342   11,836   10,818   8,491   7,971   8,304
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   9,887   9,518   8,205   6,446   6,397   3,526   4,081   3,570   3,740   4,552
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   5,758   5,725   3,077   2,599   1,608   1,395   1,351   1,137   1,281   1,733
      Social sciences   22,733   17,870   13,702   11,396   25,818   17,363   16,337   16,088   14,112   15,493
        Anthropology   4,494   4,458   2,608   2,253   3,952   3,365   2,732   1,901   657   0
        Economics   1,956   1,560   1,522   1,353   2,244   555   1,442   942   903   666
        Political science and government   6,256   4,803   2,828   2,654   2,269   2,241   2,687   3,126   3,212   2,758
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,434   1,290   401   134   326   69   0   0   10   525
        Social sciences nec   8,593   5,759   6,343   5,002   17,027   11,133   9,476   10,119   9,330   11,544
      Sciences nec   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   76,633   58,746   44,727   39,785   36,643   26,569   23,293   24,840   24,935   26,162
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   11,812   9,461   6,991   5,873   5,362   3,988   2,152   1,999   1,853   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   6,256   5,412   3,450   2,879   3,079   1,353   1,030   562   209   0
      Chemical engineering   14,252   6,805   5,241   4,148   3,174   1,458   1,538   2,548   3,479   11,835
      Civil engineering   9,056   8,683   6,452   5,747   6,323   4,923   5,627   7,469   6,051   5,813
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   24,876   19,470   15,798   14,186   12,454   8,215   7,387   6,913   6,902   5,304
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,312   2,116   1,357   1,728   1,614   964   824   772   374   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,704
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   7,069   6,799   5,438   5,224   4,637   5,668   4,735   4,577   6,067   1,506
    Non-S&E   57,908   62,775   54,089   45,990   24,585   19,304   20,775   21,612   19,759   14,799
      Business management and business administration   11,483   11,976   12,573   11,021   543   544   355   1,517   315   219
      Communication and communications technologies   2,648   2,157   1,228   1,242   1,636   849   1,156   1,326   1,331   1,243
      Education   13,352   19,608   18,284   17,156   1,469   1,025   991   1,053   340   494
      Humanities   6,724   5,551   2,845   395   131   449   953   1,326   1,873   1,280
      Law   1,941   1,746   289   49   53   53   12   25   24   0
      Social work   2,170   2,016   1,163   1,076   415   96   592   469   186   44
      Visual and performing arts   4,348   4,466   958   702   606   196   161   227   12   97
      Non-S&E nec   15,242   15,255   16,749   14,349   19,732   16,092   16,555   15,669   15,678   11,422

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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