Data

U. Washington, Seattle

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields   1,734,091   1,559,708   1,488,645   1,456,902   1,425,601   1,413,902   1,348,220   1,277,679   1,180,563   1,176,340
    Science   1,483,524   1,319,664   1,257,365   1,218,414   1,192,591   1,192,578   1,134,324   1,064,645   971,408   962,139
      Computer and information sciences   30,158   25,836   26,869   27,986   24,969   23,644   29,077   23,467   18,954   18,988
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   162,612   152,187   128,033   135,307   123,301   122,167   118,763   117,932   111,208   112,403
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   63,322   55,133   53,801   50,737   50,444   55,555   49,400   51,186   45,128   45,404
        Geological and earth sciences   12,991   11,151   9,406   15,129   13,901   11,822   11,995   9,584   7,123   8,468
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   75,026   77,308   57,404   65,008   54,893   51,066   53,340   54,567   55,665   57,291
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   11,273   8,595   7,422   4,433   4,063   3,724   4,028   2,595   3,292   1,240
      Life sciences   1,175,596   1,045,014   1,013,261   963,264   954,062   954,565   891,558   832,215   764,570   757,278
        Agricultural sciences   150   76   277   281   319   27   87   407   30,856   25,930
        Biological and biomedical sciences   358,634   322,882   286,353   260,831   257,677   288,723   255,654   239,133   185,416   184,612
        Health sciences   772,288   679,546   685,723   660,692   655,372   620,609   583,219   541,890   495,170   498,318
        Natural resources and conservation   26,473   25,597   26,061   25,112   25,301   28,867   35,347   33,734   0   0
        Life sciences nec   18,051   16,913   14,847   16,348   15,393   16,339   17,251   17,051   53,128   48,418
      Mathematics and statistics   9,783   7,095   5,778   7,120   6,102   5,678   6,415   6,088   5,802   6,452
      Physical sciences   69,424   62,596   58,664   60,477   58,166   54,074   56,292   54,819   46,940   45,040
        Astronomy and astrophysics   9,265   9,529   11,176   11,172   11,123   10,415   10,321   9,206   8,147   6,749
        Chemistry   29,048   25,922   23,508   24,008   22,113   21,246   22,484   22,724   20,420   19,361
        Materials science   2,113   2,162   1,629   1,968   1,992   1,680   1,335   1,473   0   0
        Physics   24,614   21,238   18,479   19,281   19,123   16,964   18,622   18,169   18,373   18,930
        Physical sciences nec   4,384   3,745   3,872   4,048   3,815   3,769   3,530   3,247   0   0
      Psychology   11,239   10,431   11,269   8,802   9,552   10,953   10,299   10,630   9,314   9,637
      Social sciences   23,577   16,490   13,491   15,458   16,437   21,497   21,852   19,336   14,591   12,341
        Anthropology   68   36   99   94   142   79   149   333   0   0
        Economics   92   55   57   0   2   80   33   78   89   46
        Political science and government   9,969   7,330   5,528   5,714   6,446   11,208   11,287   9,866   6,706   4,317
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   7,140   5,988   5,398   7,072   7,328   6,792   8,197   6,626   6,099   5,123
        Social sciences nec   6,308   3,081   2,409   2,578   2,519   3,338   2,186   2,433   1,697   2,855
      Sciences nec   1,135   15   0   0   2   0   68   158   29   0
    Engineering   180,277   172,004   157,622   152,919   155,076   149,931   136,318   133,128   129,670   128,996
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   10,606   10,064   11,149   8,328   8,713   10,262   8,980   11,181   7,677   7,921
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   35,227   32,757   30,131   28,542   27,716   27,087   26,482   24,706   24,185   23,753
      Chemical engineering   8,833   9,292   8,748   9,057   8,269   7,872   10,781   10,587   7,857   9,002
      Civil engineering   17,592   21,696   19,810   19,942   25,888   23,469   16,420   14,339   16,168   14,848
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   42,715   41,353   38,990   41,430   37,477   32,522   31,231   32,600   33,554   33,281
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,452   1,957   2,105   1,874   1,904   3,171   1,563   1,083   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   20,960   18,658   15,547   14,436   15,127   15,648   13,728   14,029   10,031   8,466
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   7,154   6,645   6,292   5,907   6,037   5,036   4,991   4,474   5,402   6,237
      Engineering nec   34,738   29,582   24,850   23,403   23,945   24,864   22,142   20,129   24,796   25,488
    Non-S&E   70,290   68,040   73,658   85,569   77,934   71,393   77,578   79,906   79,485   85,205
      Business management and business administration   135   130   100   521   870   739   682   839   1,258   1,052
      Communication and communications technologies   13,754   12,557   11,124   11,359   10,824   11,119   11,272   9,131   12,350   13,677
      Education   33,686   32,072   35,093   37,374   38,163   36,238   37,501   41,034   45,518   47,470
      Humanities   3,400   4,029   3,206   1,818   1,114   1,339   1,731   2,352   2,122   2,076
      Law   631   689   870   1,312   1,324   3,947   4,625   4,303   3,919   4,178
      Social work   16,267   13,481   14,831   14,934   13,534   10,663   13,889   14,090   13,915   15,763
      Visual and performing arts   566   1,695   530   391   474   939   659   3,634   207   165
      Non-S&E nec   1,851   3,387   7,904   17,860   11,631   6,409   7,219   4,523   196   824

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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