Data

U. Tennessee, The, Knoxville

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   338,847   324,435   316,273   320,407   247,693   259,607   203,800   183,268   173,533   179,041
    Science   188,585   177,532   158,795   163,772   105,198   105,030   85,504   86,950   96,250   105,914
      Computer and information sciences   8,009   10,765   11,725   13,906   14,744   14,367   15,565   17,675   22,210   27,808
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   3,939   2,609   5,062   5,322   5,557   5,752   4,722   5,314   6,011   6,711
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   3,119   2,609   3,355   3,641   4,164   4,240   3,034   2,766   3,116   2,789
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   820   0   1,707   1,681   1,393   1,512   1,688   2,548   2,895   3,922
      Life sciences   110,556   100,488   86,080   84,619   24,065   23,092   16,142   17,529   16,590   18,238
        Agricultural sciences   54,420   48,003   41,632   42,734   45   41   7   380   1,274   1,004
        Biological and biomedical sciences   36,768   33,638   26,252   22,643   17,425   16,939   12,741   13,244   12,315   14,419
        Health sciences   9,423   10,264   10,025   9,977   6,503   6,020   3,307   3,818   1,384   1,647
        Natural resources and conservation   9,914   8,583   8,171   9,265   92   92   87   87   0   0
        Life sciences nec   31   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,617   1,168
      Mathematics and statistics   3,447   3,044   2,938   3,181   3,390   3,372   1,369   928   970   891
      Physical sciences   25,471   23,139   20,809   21,239   25,677   24,307   22,091   17,602   16,497   18,777
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   8,885   8,643   6,532   6,816   7,780   8,481   8,162   8,093   6,942   8,173
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   16,586   14,496   14,277   14,423   17,897   15,826   13,929   9,509   9,555   10,604
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   4,134   4,977   4,744   5,465   4,382   4,243   1,595   1,288   1,320   1,397
      Social sciences   10,761   9,813   10,596   12,171   12,661   12,480   6,924   6,875   7,542   7,702
        Anthropology   1,360   2,019   2,054   2,466   2,213   2,553   1,354   1,250   0   0
        Economics   5,054   4,283   4,877   6,265   6,723   5,972   3,884   4,244   4,902   5,536
        Political science and government   1,333   1,275   1,551   1,502   1,600   1,539   1,028   783   647   431
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,262   910   940   864   864   969   112   95   1,332   974
        Social sciences nec   1,752   1,326   1,174   1,074   1,261   1,447   546   503   661   761
      Sciences nec   22,268   22,697   16,841   17,869   14,722   17,417   17,096   19,739   25,110   24,390
    Engineering   116,222   115,464   128,579   128,542   116,528   128,675   113,852   90,290   70,341   64,557
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   28,899   30,537   22,796   20,649   19,305   15,697   14,312   13,449   9,498   9,201
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,720   3,011   2,064   2,629   2,584   1,316   1,329   1,289   1,449   1,948
      Chemical engineering   7,406   6,717   6,997   6,273   6,116   7,377   5,724   5,672   5,487   5,354
      Civil engineering   12,896   13,606   13,080   12,133   13,773   14,118   12,822   14,150   12,636   10,720
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   19,337   20,024   19,825   21,008   22,394   20,998   17,351   17,712   14,149   12,655
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   5,183   8,586   32,467   34,275   27,748   45,973   39,533   14,318   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   10,699   10,172   12,479   13,830   11,752   11,297   11,467   12,377   13,564   11,915
      Engineering nec   30,082   22,811   18,871   17,745   12,856   11,899   11,314   11,323   13,558   12,764
    Non-S&E   34,040   31,439   28,899   28,093   25,967   25,902   4,444   6,028   6,942   8,570
      Business management and business administration   11,544   9,931   9,470   8,215   7,163   6,965   1,799   2,594   2,188   3,086
      Communication and communications technologies   3,195   2,796   2,466   1,913   1,197   1,347   45   64   274   262
      Education   3,838   3,893   2,905   2,810   2,637   2,608   543   945   1,149   1,026
      Humanities   6,436   6,179   5,922   5,775   6,009   6,684   1,002   1,030   1,231   1,163
      Law   2,317   2,715   2,832   3,026   2,510   2,362   25   32   83   127
      Social work   1,288   1,024   1,736   1,760   1,622   991   428   220   514   408
      Visual and performing arts   2,233   2,042   1,994   2,108   2,280   2,409   69   52   65   66
      Non-S&E nec   3,189   2,859   1,574   2,486   2,549   2,536   533   1,091   1,438   2,432

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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