Data

U. Washington, Seattle

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   1,691,302   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
    Science   1,440,042   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
      Computer and information sciences   35,541   30,158   25,836   26,869   27,986   24,969   23,644   29,077   23,467   18,954
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   163,878   162,612   152,187   128,033   135,307   123,301   122,167   118,763   117,932   111,208
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   54,175   63,322   55,133   53,801   50,737   50,444   55,555   49,400   51,186   45,128
        Geological and earth sciences   17,671   12,991   11,151   9,406   15,129   13,901   11,822   11,995   9,584   7,123
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   91,677   75,026   77,308   57,404   65,008   54,893   51,066   53,340   54,567   55,665
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   355   11,273   8,595   7,422   4,433   4,063   3,724   4,028   2,595   3,292
      Life sciences   1,114,297   1,175,596   1,045,014   1,013,261   963,264   954,062   954,565   891,558   832,215   764,570
        Agricultural sciences   63   150   76   277   281   319   27   87   407   30,856
        Biological and biomedical sciences   381,471   358,634   322,882   286,353   260,831   257,677   288,723   255,654   239,133   185,416
        Health sciences   707,603   772,288   679,546   685,723   660,692   655,372   620,609   583,219   541,890   495,170
        Natural resources and conservation   23,449   26,473   25,597   26,061   25,112   25,301   28,867   35,347   33,734   0
        Life sciences nec   1,711   18,051   16,913   14,847   16,348   15,393   16,339   17,251   17,051   53,128
      Mathematics and statistics   12,015   9,783   7,095   5,778   7,120   6,102   5,678   6,415   6,088   5,802
      Physical sciences   76,002   69,424   62,596   58,664   60,477   58,166   54,074   56,292   54,819   46,940
        Astronomy and astrophysics   10,569   9,265   9,529   11,176   11,172   11,123   10,415   10,321   9,206   8,147
        Chemistry   30,216   29,048   25,922   23,508   24,008   22,113   21,246   22,484   22,724   20,420
        Materials science   2,166   2,113   2,162   1,629   1,968   1,992   1,680   1,335   1,473   0
        Physics   33,051   24,614   21,238   18,479   19,281   19,123   16,964   18,622   18,169   18,373
        Physical sciences nec   0   4,384   3,745   3,872   4,048   3,815   3,769   3,530   3,247   0
      Psychology   13,489   11,239   10,431   11,269   8,802   9,552   10,953   10,299   10,630   9,314
      Social sciences   24,820   23,577   16,490   13,491   15,458   16,437   21,497   21,852   19,336   14,591
        Anthropology   1,149   68   36   99   94   142   79   149   333   0
        Economics   182   92   55   57   0   2   80   33   78   89
        Political science and government   7,013   9,969   7,330   5,528   5,714   6,446   11,208   11,287   9,866   6,706
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   11,206   7,140   5,988   5,398   7,072   7,328   6,792   8,197   6,626   6,099
        Social sciences nec   5,270   6,308   3,081   2,409   2,578   2,519   3,338   2,186   2,433   1,697
      Sciences nec   0   1,135   15   0   0   2   0   68   158   29
    Engineering   188,972   180,277   172,004   157,622   152,919   155,076   149,931   136,318   133,128   129,670
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   9,132   10,606   10,064   11,149   8,328   8,713   10,262   8,980   11,181   7,677
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   33,129   35,227   32,757   30,131   28,542   27,716   27,087   26,482   24,706   24,185
      Chemical engineering   10,965   8,833   9,292   8,748   9,057   8,269   7,872   10,781   10,587   7,857
      Civil engineering   18,283   17,592   21,696   19,810   19,942   25,888   23,469   16,420   14,339   16,168
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   47,715   42,715   41,353   38,990   41,430   37,477   32,522   31,231   32,600   33,554
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,874   2,452   1,957   2,105   1,874   1,904   3,171   1,563   1,083   0
      Mechanical engineering   16,582   20,960   18,658   15,547   14,436   15,127   15,648   13,728   14,029   10,031
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   6,497   7,154   6,645   6,292   5,907   6,037   5,036   4,991   4,474   5,402
      Engineering nec   44,795   34,738   29,582   24,850   23,403   23,945   24,864   22,142   20,129   24,796
    Non-S&E   62,288   70,290   68,040   73,658   85,569   77,934   71,393   77,578   79,906   79,485
      Business management and business administration   347   135   130   100   521   870   739   682   839   1,258
      Communication and communications technologies   1,883   13,754   12,557   11,124   11,359   10,824   11,119   11,272   9,131   12,350
      Education   36,680   33,686   32,072   35,093   37,374   38,163   36,238   37,501   41,034   45,518
      Humanities   2,859   3,400   4,029   3,206   1,818   1,114   1,339   1,731   2,352   2,122
      Law   662   631   689   870   1,312   1,324   3,947   4,625   4,303   3,919
      Social work   14,785   16,267   13,481   14,831   14,934   13,534   10,663   13,889   14,090   13,915
      Visual and performing arts   386   566   1,695   530   391   474   939   659   3,634   207
      Non-S&E nec   4,686   1,851   3,387   7,904   17,860   11,631   6,409   7,219   4,523   196

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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