Data

U. South Carolina, Columbia

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   277,329   262,207   229,162   215,374   219,734   205,940   206,355   208,670   209,271   208,736
    Science   171,394   167,334   148,682   132,220   141,243   104,685   114,445   149,234   150,250   148,183
      Computer and information sciences   6,087   4,491   4,628   3,311   4,129   2,436   2,376   2,184   1,227   1,227
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   8,069   9,266   8,202   9,609   9,378   988   1,781   3,389   5,000   4,289
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   137   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   148   120   0   900   127   0   0   3,313   4,995   4,282
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   7,921   9,146   8,065   8,709   9,251   988   1,604   12   5   7
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   177   64   0   0
      Life sciences   117,807   108,934   97,376   84,069   93,409   70,689   77,248   99,356   112,848   111,133
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6,408   4,050   4,149
        Biological and biomedical sciences   22,370   23,497   19,230   14,237   21,174   13,120   12,482   12,560   35,866   34,882
        Health sciences   95,437   85,437   78,146   69,832   72,233   52,099   57,608   60,213   65,311   64,487
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   2   5,470   7,158   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   20,175   7,621   7,615
      Mathematics and statistics   3,292   4,385   4,101   1,558   2,113   2,100   2,131   1,939   2,353   2,236
      Physical sciences   4,057   5,158   4,761   6,928   5,437   7,007   7,025   12,942   14,476   15,023
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   537   781   899   2,682   724   1,394   1,723   8,779   10,090   10,748
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   479   410   0   0   0
        Physics   3,364   3,323   2,613   3,050   3,777   2,203   2,941   3,132   4,386   4,275
        Physical sciences nec   156   1,054   1,249   1,196   936   2,931   1,951   1,031   0   0
      Psychology   14,171   13,699   9,997   8,759   11,498   8,025   8,643   8,125   7,646   7,634
      Social sciences   17,499   21,393   19,583   17,832   15,131   13,440   15,241   19,922   4,684   4,623
        Anthropology   4,026   3,710   3,474   3,271   4,330   4,061   1,813   2,887   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   391   2,748   15,040   429   449
        Political science and government   1,415   1,410   1,313   1,483   383   164   760   813   203   209
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   6,815   11,354   9,745   8,834   7,194   5,741   1,714   536   1,783   1,686
        Social sciences nec   5,243   4,919   5,051   4,244   3,224   3,083   8,206   646   2,269   2,279
      Sciences nec   412   8   34   154   148   0   0   1,377   2,016   2,018
    Engineering   58,185   47,155   35,508   36,222   37,747   31,748   31,294   30,893   33,228   33,559
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   100   0   0   165   208   0   0   645   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   10,411   7,701   7,794   6,080   7,386   6,061   7,240   7,555   6,590   6,799
      Civil engineering   4,903   4,648   4,324   3,121   3,633   2,234   1,853   2,833   2,411   2,416
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   14,313   10,154   5,766   12,670   5,876   5,209   4,630   3,730   7,018   7,124
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   20,004   13,347   11,896   9,653   15,052   18,244   17,498   16,130   10,096   10,083
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   6   0   1,716   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   8,448   11,305   4,012   4,533   5,592   0   73   0   7,113   7,137
    Non-S&E   47,750   47,718   44,972   46,932   40,744   69,507   60,616   28,543   25,793   26,994
      Business management and business administration   9,782   8,523   9,103   12,546   9,248   1,795   834   1,654   1,337   1,482
      Communication and communications technologies   563   1,891   2,159   109   1,841   26,989   24,685   464   333   330
      Education   12,497   10,184   7,486   5,276   4,838   17,141   14,473   2,718   17,305   18,310
      Humanities   3,649   6,825   6,800   6,482   807   396   659   1,367   1,985   1,980
      Law   662   651   471   584   520   0   0   92   0   0
      Social work   2,547   2,053   4,606   5,480   6,788   4,574   4,570   10,859   4,586   4,691
      Visual and performing arts   1,431   4,188   2,194   3,264   1,957   0   83   310   36   48
      Non-S&E nec   16,619   13,403   12,153   13,191   14,745   18,612   15,312   11,079   211   153

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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