Data

U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

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   1,398,078   1,251,998   1,135,416   1,105,532   1,080,951   1,006,513   939,706   889,793   861,205   856,806
    Science   1,305,635   1,175,570   1,068,141   1,039,261   1,022,671   950,767   886,397   839,126   815,240   799,659
      Computer and information sciences   12,535   11,763   10,455   9,312   9,734   8,386   9,032   9,268   6,745   6,769
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   13,409   11,232   9,952   10,875   13,185   12,405   13,116   12,513   13,683   11,831
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   3,517   2,904   2,242   2,622   2,907   2,212   2,884   2,187   3,959   3,112
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   9,892   8,328   7,710   8,253   10,278   10,193   10,232   10,326   9,724   8,719
      Life sciences   1,205,739   1,082,521   983,251   954,315   935,756   863,086   789,050   747,123   733,926   722,739
        Agricultural sciences   531   456   501   373   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   364,789   353,030   304,345   294,183   294,582   279,951   255,233   237,446   158,883   160,023
        Health sciences   840,307   728,994   678,383   659,733   641,144   583,096   533,779   509,666   541,662   523,245
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   112   41   22   26   30   39   38   11   33,381   39,471
      Mathematics and statistics   5,160   4,042   2,891   4,169   4,442   3,821   3,320   3,241   2,980   3,698
      Physical sciences   33,092   30,591   27,919   27,652   30,196   30,869   32,546   29,135   27,229   27,198
        Astronomy and astrophysics   4,521   4,175   3,695   3,087   3,202   4,033   4,175   3,557   2,825   2,865
        Chemistry   17,599   15,366   15,518   16,058   17,222   17,627   19,075   14,999   13,317   14,565
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   10,972   11,050   8,706   8,507   9,772   9,209   9,296   10,579   11,087   9,768
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   16,409   16,203   16,966   17,680   14,154   15,475   21,224   22,458   16,920   14,337
      Social sciences   5,653   4,587   4,070   4,990   4,662   4,743   5,129   4,174   3,336   4,587
        Anthropology   117   158   66   113   124   184   165   168   0   0
        Economics   573   480   399   353   430   442   835   180   231   557
        Political science and government   1,305   991   893   1,001   1,014   1,606   1,795   2,065   1,479   1,104
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   744   334   271   147   161   76   107   202   538   491
        Social sciences nec   2,914   2,624   2,441   3,376   2,933   2,435   2,227   1,559   1,088   2,435
      Sciences nec   13,638   14,631   12,637   10,268   10,542   11,982   12,980   11,214   10,421   8,500
    Engineering   82,238   65,936   56,681   53,586   46,075   44,995   43,801   41,382   37,093   36,179
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   26,133   19,319   15,435   14,129   12,918   12,741   13,247   11,074   11,025   10,741
      Chemical engineering   11,107   10,535   10,326   10,975   9,303   7,605   7,626   7,698   7,022   6,577
      Civil engineering   6,891   5,713   4,629   3,983   3,073   2,824   3,009   3,067   3,092   3,875
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   11,750   9,496   9,017   8,768   7,437   7,940   6,073   5,496   5,341   4,699
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,126   2,279   1,986   2,291   1,982   2,649   3,377   3,043   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   19,172   14,365   10,710   9,752   8,385   6,882   6,452   4,444   4,964   4,529
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   4,059   4,229   4,578   3,688   2,977   4,354   4,017   6,560   5,649   5,758
    Non-S&E   10,205   10,492   10,594   12,685   12,205   10,751   9,508   9,285   8,872   20,968
      Business management and business administration   490   452   453   1,291   1,291   1,306   1,303   965   914   1,236
      Communication and communications technologies   51   13   4   16   8   22   6   13   8   3
      Education   5,328   4,545   5,690   6,804   5,678   5,239   4,668   4,419   4,221   6,235
      Humanities   696   288   266   598   1,369   541   331   467   260   918
      Law   144   387   153   630   59   106   138   144   33   69
      Social work   1,108   2,059   1,723   1,433   1,869   1,622   1,382   1,312   1,244   9,651
      Visual and performing arts   22   7   1   90   111   0   9   22   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   2,366   2,741   2,304   1,823   1,820   1,915   1,671   1,943   2,192   2,856

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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