Data

U. Southern California

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   1,264,197   1,154,804   1,039,905   955,565   941,198   909,683   891,625   764,322   702,866   691,031
    Science   1,105,798   997,684   915,034   837,346   821,502   792,962   781,712   656,302   596,146   580,930
      Computer and information sciences   125,806   122,842   112,104   115,694   121,116   124,944   119,500   108,804   87,870   92,058
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   20,003   20,785   22,308   14,323   19,983   16,850   16,323   15,855   19,128   20,051
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   8,483   10,697   9,472   10,291   11,575   12,588   12,550   12,440   12,907   13,762
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   11,520   10,088   12,836   4,032   5,953   4,262   3,773   3,415   6,221   6,289
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   2,455   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   843,447   744,073   680,873   598,925   580,982   568,194   579,028   471,334   422,781   411,987
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   464,609   382,074   398,478   117,462   132,168   140,622   137,003   126,927   119,227   45,111
        Health sciences   356,769   342,531   262,080   468,905   427,949   408,849   428,328   334,385   293,690   350,720
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   22,069   19,468   20,315   12,558   20,865   18,723   13,697   10,022   9,864   16,156
      Mathematics and statistics   1,932   2,031   1,392   1,472   1,617   1,500   1,220   1,218   1,464   1,707
      Physical sciences   21,423   18,195   17,696   21,413   23,644   20,109   17,751   16,075   20,210   16,924
        Astronomy and astrophysics   8,490   6,542   6,221   2   16   14   1,225   1   103   27
        Chemistry   12,933   11,653   11,475   12,687   14,232   14,258   12,180   12,856   15,831   13,984
        Materials science   0   0   0   2,965   1,433   1,427   1,611   0   1,236   0
        Physics   0   0   0   5,759   5,508   4,410   2,735   3,218   3,040   2,913
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   2,455   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   8,860   8,053   5,103   9,837   14,234   9,153   8,241   8,618   10,137   9,935
      Social sciences   84,327   81,705   75,558   75,520   59,926   52,212   39,649   34,390   33,595   27,941
        Anthropology   1,618   678   416   120   282   223   39   16   49   0
        Economics   39,291   36,478   27,359   476   1,250   1,776   2,280   1,845   12,365   9,255
        Political science and government   303   641   492   250   374   341   1,138   201   470   839
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,558   659   611   2,326   861   678   234   308   395   1,752
        Social sciences nec   41,557   43,249   46,680   72,348   57,159   49,194   35,958   32,020   20,316   16,095
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   162   0   0   0   8   961   327
    Engineering   90,850   82,633   63,694   78,179   78,005   76,180   72,961   69,226   65,883   69,527
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5,827   5,907   4,996   1,234   1,523   1,899   1,712   1,101   2,274   1,112
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   15,393   12,259   7,801   7,307   8,416   8,926   17,744   13,476   11,623   12,305
      Chemical engineering   8,724   9,113   8,307   2,768   3,205   4,278   2,157   3,857   4,170   9,532
      Civil engineering   7,828   4,712   3,608   13,481   7,048   7,441   4,365   7,889   6,546   3,809
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   44,361   41,441   32,486   40,794   42,612   39,615   33,250   27,115   26,225   28,071
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,814   3,154   2,572   2,528   2,425   2,377   1,846   2,350   2,254   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   5,585   6,665   7,783   6,689   5,691   4,117   4,828
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   2   0   0   20   1,798   178   2,629
      Engineering nec   5,903   6,047   3,924   4,480   6,111   3,861   5,178   5,949   8,496   7,241
    Non-S&E   67,549   74,487   61,177   40,040   41,691   40,541   36,952   38,794   40,837   40,574
      Business management and business administration   1,429   1,227   1,673   1,665   1,947   2,053   1,098   1,799   2,085   2,753
      Communication and communications technologies   8,742   11,396   9,240   8,701   6,699   5,692   6,009   5,936   7,714   10,265
      Education   15,419   14,155   12,039   9,202   9,021   9,384   5,956   7,841   7,969   6,291
      Humanities   3,950   6,226   5,895   3,022   2,804   2,822   1,693   1,489   1,903   2,475
      Law   247   308   607   919   1,129   1,469   2,293   1,385   1,315   2,099
      Social work   14,639   13,695   14,598   9,814   8,761   9,717   12,555   15,397   14,393   12,629
      Visual and performing arts   2,817   3,463   2,324   2,357   4,004   3,613   3,583   4,239   4,828   3,356
      Non-S&E nec   20,306   24,017   14,801   4,360   7,326   5,791   3,765   708   630   706

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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