Data

U. Southern California

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   1,154,804   1,039,905   955,565   941,198   909,683   891,625   764,322   702,866   691,031   687,222
    Science   997,684   915,034   837,346   821,502   792,962   781,712   656,302   596,146   580,930   580,520
      Computer and information sciences   122,842   112,104   115,694   121,116   124,944   119,500   108,804   87,870   92,058   98,832
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   20,785   22,308   14,323   19,983   16,850   16,323   15,855   19,128   20,051   16,203
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   10,697   9,472   10,291   11,575   12,588   12,550   12,440   12,907   13,762   12,069
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   10,088   12,836   4,032   5,953   4,262   3,773   3,415   6,221   6,289   4,134
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   2,455   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   744,073   680,873   598,925   580,982   568,194   579,028   471,334   422,781   411,987   405,733
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   382,074   398,478   117,462   132,168   140,622   137,003   126,927   119,227   45,111   39,078
        Health sciences   342,531   262,080   468,905   427,949   408,849   428,328   334,385   293,690   350,720   351,234
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   19,468   20,315   12,558   20,865   18,723   13,697   10,022   9,864   16,156   15,421
      Mathematics and statistics   2,031   1,392   1,472   1,617   1,500   1,220   1,218   1,464   1,707   3,891
      Physical sciences   18,195   17,696   21,413   23,644   20,109   17,751   16,075   20,210   16,924   18,985
        Astronomy and astrophysics   6,542   6,221   2   16   14   1,225   1   103   27   728
        Chemistry   11,653   11,475   12,687   14,232   14,258   12,180   12,856   15,831   13,984   15,194
        Materials science   0   0   2,965   1,433   1,427   1,611   0   1,236   0   0
        Physics   0   0   5,759   5,508   4,410   2,735   3,218   3,040   2,913   3,063
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   2,455   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   8,053   5,103   9,837   14,234   9,153   8,241   8,618   10,137   9,935   10,059
      Social sciences   81,705   75,558   75,520   59,926   52,212   39,649   34,390   33,595   27,941   26,657
        Anthropology   678   416   120   282   223   39   16   49   0   0
        Economics   36,478   27,359   476   1,250   1,776   2,280   1,845   12,365   9,255   5,527
        Political science and government   641   492   250   374   341   1,138   201   470   839   1,137
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   659   611   2,326   861   678   234   308   395   1,752   1,702
        Social sciences nec   43,249   46,680   72,348   57,159   49,194   35,958   32,020   20,316   16,095   18,291
      Sciences nec   0   0   162   0   0   0   8   961   327   160
    Engineering   82,633   63,694   78,179   78,005   76,180   72,961   69,226   65,883   69,527   69,986
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5,907   4,996   1,234   1,523   1,899   1,712   1,101   2,274   1,112   1,555
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   12,259   7,801   7,307   8,416   8,926   17,744   13,476   11,623   12,305   13,445
      Chemical engineering   9,113   8,307   2,768   3,205   4,278   2,157   3,857   4,170   9,532   7,792
      Civil engineering   4,712   3,608   13,481   7,048   7,441   4,365   7,889   6,546   3,809   2,731
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   41,441   32,486   40,794   42,612   39,615   33,250   27,115   26,225   28,071   30,183
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,154   2,572   2,528   2,425   2,377   1,846   2,350   2,254   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   5,585   6,665   7,783   6,689   5,691   4,117   4,828   4,508
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   2   0   0   20   1,798   178   2,629   1,991
      Engineering nec   6,047   3,924   4,480   6,111   3,861   5,178   5,949   8,496   7,241   7,781
    Non-S&E   74,487   61,177   40,040   41,691   40,541   36,952   38,794   40,837   40,574   36,716
      Business management and business administration   1,227   1,673   1,665   1,947   2,053   1,098   1,799   2,085   2,753   2,688
      Communication and communications technologies   11,396   9,240   8,701   6,699   5,692   6,009   5,936   7,714   10,265   10,883
      Education   14,155   12,039   9,202   9,021   9,384   5,956   7,841   7,969   6,291   7,009
      Humanities   6,226   5,895   3,022   2,804   2,822   1,693   1,489   1,903   2,475   3,641
      Law   308   607   919   1,129   1,469   2,293   1,385   1,315   2,099   2,109
      Social work   13,695   14,598   9,814   8,761   9,717   12,555   15,397   14,393   12,629   6,865
      Visual and performing arts   3,463   2,324   2,357   4,004   3,613   3,583   4,239   4,828   3,356   3,403
      Non-S&E nec   24,017   14,801   4,360   7,326   5,791   3,765   708   630   706   118

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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