Data

U. Texas, San Antonio

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   171,528   158,453   147,629   145,362   138,586   84,326   72,682   70,163   59,831   54,949
    Science   96,383   90,137   87,580   76,533   68,684   55,791   48,411   46,426   34,986   38,629
      Computer and information sciences   23,992   22,722   21,484   19,203   12,064   12,132   10,239   8,273   6,351   4,258
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   6,720   4,765   4,787   3,429   2,354   1,178   1,087   1,018   893   1,519
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   3,403   2,632   2,576   2,203   1,873   1,178   1,087   1,018   893   1,519
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   129   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   3,317   2,133   2,082   1,226   481   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   31,720   31,428   27,073   26,419   25,911   22,455   16,720   17,353   13,205   18,852
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   26,905   26,481   22,618   23,479   23,733   20,972   15,062   16,323   13,098   18,686
        Health sciences   2,379   2,193   2,527   1,961   2,014   1,483   1,658   1,030   107   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   2,436   2,754   1,928   979   164   0   0   0   0   166
      Mathematics and statistics   1,850   1,782   2,075   1,554   1,529   586   272   371   331   390
      Physical sciences   15,528   12,226   12,128   11,547   11,234   10,617   11,561   12,884   6,935   6,646
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   10,624   7,586   8,005   7,037   6,980   6,843   8,475   10,155   4,366   3,401
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   4,904   4,640   4,123   4,510   4,254   3,774   3,086   2,729   2,569   3,245
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   2,746   3,133   3,738   2,835   4,716   1,262   1,015   1,006   528   911
      Social sciences   11,423   12,152   10,456   9,393   9,447   6,674   5,686   5,521   5,313   3,664
        Anthropology   1,471   1,651   1,190   797   916   800   766   667   659   0
        Economics   1,423   894   941   901   925   801   790   1,201   627   436
        Political science and government   786   906   822   813   760   71   52   47   34   43
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3,982   3,866   2,101   2,895   3,242   2,507   2,658   2,356   2,640   1,961
        Social sciences nec   3,761   4,835   5,402   3,987   3,604   2,495   1,420   1,250   1,353   1,224
      Sciences nec   2,404   1,929   5,839   2,153   1,429   887   1,831   0   1,430   2,389
    Engineering   30,334   25,584   24,403   21,499   22,922   19,928   17,781   17,717   14,397   11,383
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,716   4,037   4,096   3,532   3,887   2,689   1,944   1,440   896   781
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   7,787   6,896   7,198   6,580   4,856   4,138   3,825   2,951   2,122   3,564
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   3,316   3,896   4,575   3,550   3,701   2,467   2,094   4,119   3,777   2,449
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,072   1,353   821   496   584   428   345   234   13   0
      Mechanical engineering   4,265   3,918   3,312   3,124   3,591   2,494   2,228   4,111   3,516   3,613
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   8,178   5,484   4,401   4,217   6,303   7,712   7,345   4,862   4,073   976
    Non-S&E   44,811   42,732   35,646   47,330   46,980   8,607   6,490   6,020   10,448   4,937
      Business management and business administration   8,883   7,685   7,400   7,414   7,081   2,581   2,185   2,345   2,250   2,260
      Communication and communications technologies   1,396   1,226   1,140   1,086   964   55   0   0   0   0
      Education   7,908   9,169   7,511   5,615   6,649   5,032   2,761   2,516   3,274   1,549
      Humanities   5,051   4,052   3,467   3,465   3,166   377   634   773   770   1,073
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   4,020   3,947   1,805   1,331   588   99   0   0   0   55
      Visual and performing arts   926   865   724   786   640   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   16,627   15,788   13,599   27,633   27,892   463   910   386   4,154   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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