Data

U. Rochester

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   492,372   481,227   450,805   409,255   397,211   393,960   370,645   353,003   346,165   346,932
    Science   467,557   455,440   426,085   390,278   379,658   377,403   355,654   341,328   334,131   261,166
      Computer and information sciences   3,465   3,544   3,099   3,608   4,021   3,657   3,557   2,948   3,209   2,934
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   3,575   3,103   2,724   2,536   3,104   2,765   2,702   2,696   2,136   1,941
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   3,575   3,103   2,724   2,536   3,104   2,765   2,702   2,696   2,136   1,941
        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   0
      Life sciences   308,141   304,786   291,673   271,630   259,224   248,086   244,380   232,649   231,254   231,100
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   75,559   71,596   61,720   56,944   54,066   53,241   53,493   48,761   50,169   52,216
        Health sciences   232,582   233,190   229,953   214,686   205,158   194,845   190,887   183,888   181,085   174,735
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4,149
      Mathematics and statistics   196   396   175   214   201   213   348   302   517   376
      Physical sciences   132,926   124,977   112,275   99,556   101,004   111,388   93,061   89,368   82,756   10,618
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   8,284   7,859   6,758   5,705   5,309   5,111   4,195   4,601   4,612   5,407
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   124,642   117,118   105,517   93,851   95,695   106,277   88,866   84,767   78,144   5,211
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   7,332   6,934   6,367   5,135   5,576   5,573   6,526   7,042   8,192   11,993
      Social sciences   1,107   1,167   634   343   279   219   180   201   51   30
        Anthropology   187   189   123   28   21   35   28   39   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   462   684   335   52   171   149   125   68   21   4
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   458   294   176   263   87   35   27   94   30   26
      Sciences nec   10,815   10,533   9,138   7,256   6,249   5,502   4,900   6,122   6,016   2,174
    Engineering   22,234   22,767   22,179   16,780   16,116   14,872   13,418   10,596   10,358   83,755
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   6,311   6,882   5,664   5,734   6,329   6,212   5,448   3,902   4,102   4,373
      Chemical engineering   1,438   1,409   1,647   1,020   1,062   1,008   771   764   1,119   1,301
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,567   6,847   5,945   4,712   4,431   4,631   4,026   3,130   2,437   2,931
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,743   6,732   7,745   4,512   3,367   1,954   1,537   885   1,232   68,439
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   1,175   897   1,178   802   927   1,067   1,636   1,915   1,468   6,711
    Non-S&E   2,581   3,020   2,541   2,197   1,437   1,685   1,573   1,079   1,676   2,011
      Business management and business administration   3   120   166   106   124   159   150   107   89   58
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   2,256   1,702   1,951   1,249   1,150   1,061   1,111   843   1,058   1,880
      Humanities   139   70   34   96   141   91   16   45   44   73
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   151   17   56   455   12   2   0   0   51   0
      Non-S&E nec   32   1,111   334   291   10   372   296   84   434   0

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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