Data

U. Texas, Arlington

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   153,780   147,265   133,770   126,477   133,793   123,858   105,688   97,197   87,386   77,798
    Science   58,924   59,987   52,269   47,839   47,622   46,284   38,744   40,807   40,466   37,301
      Computer and information sciences   11,188   9,165   8,415   6,865   7,572   7,191   5,719   4,506   4,471   4,310
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   918   1,228   668   867   877   1,289   1,275   1,385   1,323   1,661
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   918   1,228   668   867   877   1,289   1,275   1,385   1,323   1,661
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   21,975   23,340   20,310   19,246   18,430   18,118   12,100   18,039   18,761   16,079
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   9,428   10,440   9,659   8,816   8,478   7,903   6,319   5,881   2,478   2,195
        Health sciences   12,219   12,347   10,059   9,984   9,511   9,698   5,317   3,035   3,218   1,144
        Natural resources and conservation   328   553   592   446   441   517   464   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9,123   13,065   12,740
      Mathematics and statistics   3,704   3,317   2,443   2,350   2,053   2,276   1,992   1,835   2,053   1,716
      Physical sciences   18,863   20,371   18,905   16,864   17,257   15,590   16,067   13,273   12,629   11,596
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   5,944   6,773   5,006   5,631   5,740   5,243   4,776   4,307   4,849   2,054
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   11,890   12,488   12,897   10,373   10,782   9,378   10,412   8,966   7,780   9,487
        Physical sciences nec   1,029   1,110   1,002   860   735   969   879   0   0   55
      Psychology   2,143   2,416   1,404   1,568   1,329   1,660   1,459   1,644   1,121   1,205
      Social sciences   133   150   124   79   104   160   132   125   108   734
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   62   62   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0
        Political science and government   37   42   58   24   4   38   58   24   13   5
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   56   77   15   11   9   42   36   0   0   59
        Social sciences nec   40   31   51   44   91   80   38   39   27   670
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   72,342   64,548   61,467   58,154   59,395   54,450   48,513   41,258   41,889   37,401
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   6,640   6,018   5,890   4,249   4,444   4,390   2,978   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   6,683   5,150   4,880   4,520   5,453   5,864   4,800   3,668   2,973   2,959
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,097   0
      Civil engineering   16,485   15,294   13,842   12,925   11,785   8,543   6,981   5,500   5,922   5,798
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,150   6,992   6,928   5,936   6,625   6,978   6,955   5,113   4,692   6,471
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   13,946   13,192   12,597   12,949   12,438   11,161   12,033   10,167   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,640   6,018   5,889   4,249   4,451   4,390   3,053   6,731   6,149   5,351
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,614   9,198   9,492
      Engineering nec   12,798   11,884   11,441   13,326   14,199   13,124   11,713   8,465   11,858   7,330
    Non-S&E   22,514   22,730   20,034   20,484   26,776   23,124   18,431   15,132   5,031   3,096
      Business management and business administration   3,809   4,337   3,301   3,531   4,463   2,264   1,454   785   885   537
      Communication and communications technologies   160   109   55   22   87   137   208   158   0   10
      Education   2,341   1,927   1,571   1,171   1,278   1,193   1,308   1,082   2,296   1,612
      Humanities   1,000   809   494   725   1,303   1,318   1,120   1,131   999   86
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   6,415   6,195   6,023   6,150   9,201   9,536   5,944   847   798   217
      Visual and performing arts   192   222   272   272   431   377   214   0   0   617
      Non-S&E nec   8,597   9,131   8,318   8,613   10,013   8,299   8,183   11,129   53   17

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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