Data

U. South Carolina, Columbia

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   262,207   229,162   215,374   219,734   205,940   206,355   208,670   209,271   208,736   206,173
    Science   167,334   148,682   132,220   141,243   104,685   114,445   149,234   150,250   148,183   147,232
      Computer and information sciences   4,491   4,628   3,311   4,129   2,436   2,376   2,184   1,227   1,227   898
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   9,266   8,202   9,609   9,378   988   1,781   3,389   5,000   4,289   7,394
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   137   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   120   0   900   127   0   0   3,313   4,995   4,282   7,386
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   9,146   8,065   8,709   9,251   988   1,604   12   5   7   8
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   177   64   0   0   0
      Life sciences   108,934   97,376   84,069   93,409   70,689   77,248   99,356   112,848   111,133   106,051
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   6,408   4,050   4,149   4,612
        Biological and biomedical sciences   23,497   19,230   14,237   21,174   13,120   12,482   12,560   35,866   34,882   35,346
        Health sciences   85,437   78,146   69,832   72,233   52,099   57,608   60,213   65,311   64,487   59,450
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   2   5,470   7,158   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   20,175   7,621   7,615   6,643
      Mathematics and statistics   4,385   4,101   1,558   2,113   2,100   2,131   1,939   2,353   2,236   4,557
      Physical sciences   5,158   4,761   6,928   5,437   7,007   7,025   12,942   14,476   15,023   14,216
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   781   899   2,682   724   1,394   1,723   8,779   10,090   10,748   10,055
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   479   410   0   0   0   0
        Physics   3,323   2,613   3,050   3,777   2,203   2,941   3,132   4,386   4,275   4,161
        Physical sciences nec   1,054   1,249   1,196   936   2,931   1,951   1,031   0   0   0
      Psychology   13,699   9,997   8,759   11,498   8,025   8,643   8,125   7,646   7,634   7,358
      Social sciences   21,393   19,583   17,832   15,131   13,440   15,241   19,922   4,684   4,623   6,512
        Anthropology   3,710   3,474   3,271   4,330   4,061   1,813   2,887   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   391   2,748   15,040   429   449   474
        Political science and government   1,410   1,313   1,483   383   164   760   813   203   209   380
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   11,354   9,745   8,834   7,194   5,741   1,714   536   1,783   1,686   1,807
        Social sciences nec   4,919   5,051   4,244   3,224   3,083   8,206   646   2,269   2,279   3,851
      Sciences nec   8   34   154   148   0   0   1,377   2,016   2,018   246
    Engineering   47,155   35,508   36,222   37,747   31,748   31,294   30,893   33,228   33,559   34,131
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   165   208   0   0   645   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   7,701   7,794   6,080   7,386   6,061   7,240   7,555   6,590   6,799   6,519
      Civil engineering   4,648   4,324   3,121   3,633   2,234   1,853   2,833   2,411   2,416   2,918
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   10,154   5,766   12,670   5,876   5,209   4,630   3,730   7,018   7,124   7,549
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   13,347   11,896   9,653   15,052   18,244   17,498   16,130   10,096   10,083   9,777
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   1,716   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   11,305   4,012   4,533   5,592   0   73   0   7,113   7,137   7,368
    Non-S&E   47,718   44,972   46,932   40,744   69,507   60,616   28,543   25,793   26,994   24,810
      Business management and business administration   8,523   9,103   12,546   9,248   1,795   834   1,654   1,337   1,482   1,282
      Communication and communications technologies   1,891   2,159   109   1,841   26,989   24,685   464   333   330   506
      Education   10,184   7,486   5,276   4,838   17,141   14,473   2,718   17,305   18,310   17,832
      Humanities   6,825   6,800   6,482   807   396   659   1,367   1,985   1,980   1,836
      Law   651   471   584   520   0   0   92   0   0   0
      Social work   2,053   4,606   5,480   6,788   4,574   4,570   10,859   4,586   4,691   3,162
      Visual and performing arts   4,188   2,194   3,264   1,957   0   83   310   36   48   41
      Non-S&E nec   13,403   12,153   13,191   14,745   18,612   15,312   11,079   211   153   151

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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