Data

U. Texas, Dallas

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   181,795   146,779   130,914   122,825   132,192   126,661   113,315   113,205   106,205   98,551
    Science   94,112   77,649   69,427   62,313   68,719   64,894   57,587   59,552   56,815   52,886
      Computer and information sciences   10,496   10,213   10,179   8,945   9,992   8,136   7,608   7,580   8,575   7,490
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,440   973   815   598   856   907   938   920   1,541   810
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   235   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,440   973   815   598   856   338   850   658   1,083   738
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   444   0   162   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   125   88   100   223   72
      Life sciences   47,411   39,684   31,502   27,495   35,986   35,971   31,871   30,484   23,869   21,135
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   13,641   15,328   5,932   5,280   6,377   3,900   6,117   4,517   3,967   2,310
        Health sciences   33,752   24,356   25,570   22,215   29,609   31,036   25,181   25,367   19,246   16,858
        Natural resources and conservation   18   0   0   0   0   0   0   59   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   1,035   573   541   656   1,967
      Mathematics and statistics   1,367   1,616   1,429   1,363   1,155   1,063   866   1,393   1,117   1,254
      Physical sciences   26,678   17,707   16,709   16,444   17,759   15,515   12,433   14,048   13,644   13,175
        Astronomy and astrophysics   5,682   4,669   3,762   3,767   3,602   3,513   4,207   3,669   3,708   4,456
        Chemistry   11,548   5,695   6,100   6,253   5,614   4,093   3,306   4,784   3,615   3,049
        Materials science   753   0   0   39   32   1,542   0   0   0   0
        Physics   8,174   5,916   4,911   4,550   5,219   2,216   3,845   2,178   2,586   1,662
        Physical sciences nec   521   1,427   1,936   1,835   3,292   4,151   1,075   3,417   3,735   4,008
      Psychology   4,080   4,915   5,601   4,130   789   751   897   1,196   1,234   1,322
      Social sciences   2,578   2,513   2,262   2,666   2,166   2,480   2,940   3,808   2,882   1,840
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   224   198   412   160   179   386   559   590   228   99
        Political science and government   1,183   1,163   922   1,535   1,078   679   791   935   477   178
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   443   782   529   783   607   1,100   1,165   1,889   1,330   609
        Social sciences nec   728   370   399   188   302   315   425   394   847   954
      Sciences nec   62   28   930   672   16   71   34   123   3,953   5,860
    Engineering   70,912   55,368   51,310   50,646   50,812   48,666   43,363   45,588   42,513   39,488
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2,223   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   17,291   13,817   14,392   14,441   14,739   14,653   10,971   11,633   11,703   4,413
      Chemical engineering   8   0   0   0   0   0   126   0   0   6
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   17,102   14,774   11,903   13,460   12,239   7,989   10,052   8,810   6,974   6,175
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,032   1,049   1,164   986   1,464   215   0   0   329   0
      Mechanical engineering   12,600   10,802   9,581   9,155   7,611   4,835   4,627   5,847   5,056   2,333
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   18,323   7,853   5,999   5,672   4,821   6,066   7,211   8,144   7,956   8,096
      Engineering nec   2,333   7,073   8,271   6,932   9,938   14,908   10,376   11,154   10,495   18,465
    Non-S&E   16,771   13,762   10,177   9,866   12,661   13,101   12,365   8,065   6,877   6,177
      Business management and business administration   13,157   10,684   8,070   7,575   7,877   8,159   8,149   4,383   3,590   4,145
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   644   0   0   0
      Education   1,469   1,722   640   693   750   843   307   1,289   1,353   124
      Humanities   1,823   1,356   1,467   1,598   4,034   4,099   3,264   2,393   1,934   1,908
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   42   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   56   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   224   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0

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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