Data

U. Texas, The, Austin

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   1,143,917   1,035,838   845,896   779,348   797,199   696,111   679,781   652,187   621,692   604,376
    Science   628,875   578,722   460,322   429,433   466,980   370,141   374,604   359,098   348,295   334,833
      Computer and information sciences   155,613   116,971   100,730   87,595   139,290   66,125   73,386   82,102   78,370   68,999
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   101,475   76,120   55,612   54,009   61,145   51,155   55,302   64,052   70,200   71,843
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   33   45   27   16   38   21   9   25   12   0
        Geological and earth sciences   84,156   58,701   43,557   42,578   47,519   37,311   40,691   50,433   56,819   60,245
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   12,336   12,897   9,266   9,063   11,098   11,681   11,468   12,193   11,948   10,260
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   4,950   4,477   2,762   2,352   2,490   2,142   3,134   1,401   1,421   1,338
      Life sciences   179,715   188,258   156,202   148,471   130,377   117,716   119,249   94,334   78,582   74,068
        Agricultural sciences   188   167   75   69   58   83   117   129   283   287
        Biological and biomedical sciences   85,083   83,405   71,830   72,413   62,802   58,063   66,148   53,273   46,835   45,654
        Health sciences   82,528   94,347   77,108   69,548   62,010   56,232   42,958   29,454   27,592   25,620
        Natural resources and conservation   7,080   5,220   4,167   3,192   2,526   1,467   7,569   7,941   1,542   0
        Life sciences nec   4,836   5,119   3,022   3,249   2,981   1,871   2,457   3,537   2,330   2,507
      Mathematics and statistics   16,287   18,889   18,319   17,349   20,290   17,222   14,581   11,704   9,373   8,508
      Physical sciences   114,231   123,113   93,232   85,250   81,380   81,357   77,735   76,290   83,505   83,873
        Astronomy and astrophysics   20,224   26,910   13,903   12,621   13,187   13,759   11,490   11,080   12,321   12,779
        Chemistry   23,812   24,211   20,895   18,584   16,470   15,321   15,216   15,040   18,227   19,934
        Materials science   40,175   42,219   34,726   30,671   24,874   28,305   24,079   23,441   3,502   0
        Physics   29,600   28,669   23,264   23,011   26,463   23,553   26,391   26,240   49,332   50,124
        Physical sciences nec   420   1,104   444   363   386   419   559   489   123   1,036
      Psychology   18,518   16,683   11,067   10,293   10,435   12,544   11,714   9,784   8,518   9,938
      Social sciences   38,041   32,781   22,612   23,660   20,650   20,467   18,516   18,825   15,135   14,473
        Anthropology   1,533   1,422   1,451   1,266   1,158   628   1,381   1,362   1,358   0
        Economics   988   599   117   90   383   334   452   881   310   373
        Political science and government   1,336   948   577   346   399   803   665   475   482   597
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   29,347   24,222   15,821   16,316   13,156   13,517   10,274   10,832   9,418   8,791
        Social sciences nec   4,837   5,590   4,646   5,642   5,554   5,185   5,744   5,275   3,567   4,712
      Sciences nec   4,995   5,907   2,548   2,806   3,413   3,555   4,121   2,007   4,612   3,131
    Engineering   418,949   360,947   319,719   279,730   259,935   249,788   242,963   239,499   217,413   216,821
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   23,276   18,046   14,072   13,515   12,615   12,550   11,300   10,067   10,907   11,439
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   14,987   10,980   10,324   10,287   12,543   12,519   9,927   9,371   8,456   8,145
      Chemical engineering   54,306   47,864   46,906   41,078   37,569   38,107   43,514   43,517   49,555   51,920
      Civil engineering   49,525   45,300   41,873   37,375   35,537   35,530   37,053   39,355   39,734   32,605
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   115,571   90,376   80,126   67,530   63,425   57,368   51,630   52,013   43,153   42,255
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   38   72   101   141   302   1,645   2,321   3,519   0
      Mechanical engineering   82,381   82,731   70,078   60,298   49,202   44,742   45,173   43,887   10,020   8,652
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   27,655   26,976   24,710   22,629   21,465   23,789   21,525   18,014   16,413   17,613
      Engineering nec   51,248   38,636   31,558   26,917   27,438   24,881   21,196   20,954   35,656   44,192
    Non-S&E   96,093   96,169   65,855   70,185   70,284   76,182   62,214   53,590   55,984   52,722
      Business management and business administration   6,136   7,436   4,525   4,969   4,708   8,264   6,441   6,655   7,763   8,584
      Communication and communications technologies   11,719   13,623   9,556   8,910   10,087   11,285   10,818   7,306   7,218   7,679
      Education   28,730   29,939   20,684   16,080   19,359   19,902   18,223   15,159   12,709   13,530
      Humanities   11,664   7,839   6,256   6,706   9,673   10,049   622   697   592   689
      Law   1,041   2,080   1,570   1,092   691   1,027   113   223   509   564
      Social work   6,600   11,364   12,013   11,835   6,528   5,969   6,081   4,533   5,551   4,834
      Visual and performing arts   920   446   574   168   158   361   364   561   338   360
      Non-S&E nec   29,283   23,442   10,677   20,425   19,080   19,325   19,552   18,456   21,304   16,482

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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