Data

U. Texas, El Paso

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   157,574   145,724   130,501   109,410   108,628   106,809   91,032   94,565   91,330   89,418
    Science   85,345   77,750   66,194   60,293   62,265   65,619   53,564   56,249   55,653   52,990
      Computer and information sciences   9,353   8,443   7,833   6,234   7,597   5,851   5,522   5,832   5,271   6,097
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   5,889   4,729   4,565   3,757   3,426   3,168   2,566   2,948   3,120   5,357
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   34   0   0   2,284
        Geological and earth sciences   5,871   4,719   4,550   3,747   3,392   3,168   2,488   2,927   3,090   2,893
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   30   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   18   10   15   10   34   0   44   21   0   180
      Life sciences   41,893   35,325   30,381   23,452   28,552   30,643   27,452   27,585   27,388   25,094
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   29,055   24,121   21,382   16,281   16,280   20,446   17,475   17,871   18,679   18,480
        Health sciences   12,381   10,288   7,386   5,638   6,503   7,504   6,979   6,303   5,887   2,246
        Natural resources and conservation   0   62   65   116   921   1,457   2,016   2,510   2,549   0
        Life sciences nec   457   854   1,548   1,417   4,848   1,236   982   901   273   4,368
      Mathematics and statistics   2,946   2,552   2,413   2,412   2,927   1,466   668   727   1,141   866
      Physical sciences   9,915   12,207   10,021   9,092   6,775   7,587   7,841   7,737   8,117   6,990
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   6,413   8,656   6,399   6,291   4,620   6,519   6,456   5,735   6,071   3,112
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   3,502   3,551   3,622   2,801   2,155   1,068   1,385   2,002   2,046   1,900
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,978
      Psychology   6,556   6,453   4,911   4,407   5,285   10,393   3,962   3,245   3,055   4,280
      Social sciences   4,755   4,319   3,365   4,964   4,161   3,951   3,903   5,083   5,666   4,141
        Anthropology   129   247   145   13   82   513   2,974   3,753   4,123   0
        Economics   679   527   269   1,942   1,092   1,201   85   60   120   150
        Political science and government   1,670   1,766   1,265   1,204   1,184   757   78   113   122   102
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   518   1,471   1,539   1,658   1,658   1,339   301   423   410   1,598
        Social sciences nec   1,759   308   147   147   145   141   465   734   891   2,291
      Sciences nec   4,038   3,722   2,705   5,975   3,542   2,560   1,650   3,092   1,895   165
    Engineering   48,749   45,627   40,798   26,599   25,172   26,586   27,260   27,643   25,328   24,525
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   289   184   42   24   15   1   328   1   24   25
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   614   1,031   1,266   682   1,016   977   0   0   6   0
      Chemical engineering   0   200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   6,289   5,675   5,850   3,901   4,397   4,721   4,905   4,939   5,259   4,494
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,794   7,608   4,940   4,411   4,729   7,331   5,121   4,498   4,032   4,616
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,728   2,466   2,184   1,559   1,645   1,776   1,462   2,960   1,696   0
      Mechanical engineering   26,064   22,981   23,507   13,352   10,955   8,595   9,209   9,023   8,913   8,949
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,247   3,125   833   934   1,175   1,139   5,942   5,993   5,175   1,463
      Engineering nec   2,724   2,357   2,176   1,736   1,240   2,046   293   229   223   4,978
    Non-S&E   23,480   22,347   23,509   22,518   21,191   14,604   10,208   10,673   10,349   11,903
      Business management and business administration   7,667   5,534   5,487   4,515   6,679   4,309   2,489   3,171   2,470   2,206
      Communication and communications technologies   1,792   1,711   1,736   1,568   1,167   104   159   252   285   452
      Education   4,315   5,959   5,461   5,323   2,554   2,151   1,348   1,455   1,236   1,064
      Humanities   3,706   3,213   3,313   3,658   3,280   1,102   607   785   852   2,013
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   210   270   209   0   156
      Social work   1,773   1,073   1,323   1,212   1,636   947   477   223   230   300
      Visual and performing arts   1,412   1,652   1,548   1,874   2,001   230   314   355   196   198
      Non-S&E nec   2,815   3,205   4,641   4,368   3,874   5,551   4,544   4,223   5,080   5,514

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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