Data

U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

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   1,504,665   1,398,078   1,251,998   1,135,416   1,105,532   1,080,951   1,006,513   939,706   889,793   861,205
    Science   1,408,195   1,305,635   1,175,570   1,068,141   1,039,261   1,022,671   950,767   886,397   839,126   815,240
      Computer and information sciences   11,311   12,535   11,763   10,455   9,312   9,734   8,386   9,032   9,268   6,745
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   16,587   13,409   11,232   9,952   10,875   13,185   12,405   13,116   12,513   13,683
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   3,708   3,517   2,904   2,242   2,622   2,907   2,212   2,884   2,187   3,959
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   12,879   9,892   8,328   7,710   8,253   10,278   10,193   10,232   10,326   9,724
      Life sciences   1,306,337   1,205,739   1,082,521   983,251   954,315   935,756   863,086   789,050   747,123   733,926
        Agricultural sciences   542   531   456   501   373   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   393,303   364,789   353,030   304,345   294,183   294,582   279,951   255,233   237,446   158,883
        Health sciences   912,456   840,307   728,994   678,383   659,733   641,144   583,096   533,779   509,666   541,662
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   36   112   41   22   26   30   39   38   11   33,381
      Mathematics and statistics   5,030   5,160   4,042   2,891   4,169   4,442   3,821   3,320   3,241   2,980
      Physical sciences   35,199   33,092   30,591   27,919   27,652   30,196   30,869   32,546   29,135   27,229
        Astronomy and astrophysics   4,999   4,521   4,175   3,695   3,087   3,202   4,033   4,175   3,557   2,825
        Chemistry   17,019   17,599   15,366   15,518   16,058   17,222   17,627   19,075   14,999   13,317
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   13,181   10,972   11,050   8,706   8,507   9,772   9,209   9,296   10,579   11,087
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   12,606   16,409   16,203   16,966   17,680   14,154   15,475   21,224   22,458   16,920
      Social sciences   4,762   5,653   4,587   4,070   4,990   4,662   4,743   5,129   4,174   3,336
        Anthropology   335   117   158   66   113   124   184   165   168   0
        Economics   439   573   480   399   353   430   442   835   180   231
        Political science and government   804   1,305   991   893   1,001   1,014   1,606   1,795   2,065   1,479
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   890   744   334   271   147   161   76   107   202   538
        Social sciences nec   2,294   2,914   2,624   2,441   3,376   2,933   2,435   2,227   1,559   1,088
      Sciences nec   16,363   13,638   14,631   12,637   10,268   10,542   11,982   12,980   11,214   10,421
    Engineering   83,908   82,238   65,936   56,681   53,586   46,075   44,995   43,801   41,382   37,093
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   27,827   26,133   19,319   15,435   14,129   12,918   12,741   13,247   11,074   11,025
      Chemical engineering   9,333   11,107   10,535   10,326   10,975   9,303   7,605   7,626   7,698   7,022
      Civil engineering   6,795   6,891   5,713   4,629   3,983   3,073   2,824   3,009   3,067   3,092
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   10,883   11,750   9,496   9,017   8,768   7,437   7,940   6,073   5,496   5,341
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,120   3,126   2,279   1,986   2,291   1,982   2,649   3,377   3,043   0
      Mechanical engineering   19,345   19,172   14,365   10,710   9,752   8,385   6,882   6,452   4,444   4,964
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   6,605   4,059   4,229   4,578   3,688   2,977   4,354   4,017   6,560   5,649
    Non-S&E   12,562   10,205   10,492   10,594   12,685   12,205   10,751   9,508   9,285   8,872
      Business management and business administration   778   490   452   453   1,291   1,291   1,306   1,303   965   914
      Communication and communications technologies   206   51   13   4   16   8   22   6   13   8
      Education   4,576   5,328   4,545   5,690   6,804   5,678   5,239   4,668   4,419   4,221
      Humanities   566   696   288   266   598   1,369   541   331   467   260
      Law   170   144   387   153   630   59   106   138   144   33
      Social work   2,129   1,108   2,059   1,723   1,433   1,869   1,622   1,382   1,312   1,244
      Visual and performing arts   0   22   7   1   90   111   0   9   22   0
      Non-S&E nec   4,137   2,366   2,741   2,304   1,823   1,820   1,915   1,671   1,943   2,192

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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