Data

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.

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   656,916   598,113   591,861   542,045   556,341   541,969   531,636   522,425   521,773   504,282
    Science   349,640   311,809   313,070   284,517   282,461   273,941   274,820   284,530   284,052   269,800
      Computer and information sciences   41,836   30,263   28,642   25,466   30,405   23,536   27,614   33,035   27,386   24,646
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   6,616   6,047   4,652   3,534   3,068   4,185   3,867   4,503   4,385   6,107
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   286   140   149   185   61   0   0   0   0   52
        Geological and earth sciences   6,093   5,696   4,480   3,349   3,007   4,181   3,807   4,503   4,385   6,055
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   221   36   0   0   0   4   60   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   16   175   23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   243,388   221,029   223,775   207,204   199,798   198,424   198,326   198,911   221,801   209,678
        Agricultural sciences   85,178   84,682   92,790   80,513   84,380   73,691   69,788   72,715   79,726   104,627
        Biological and biomedical sciences   60,817   45,172   49,745   46,515   40,276   46,123   51,145   50,905   66,005   62,429
        Health sciences   61,232   51,779   48,844   51,942   47,236   49,883   48,797   45,406   45,498   39,101
        Natural resources and conservation   32,553   28,412   27,874   26,106   25,921   26,604   26,896   28,219   28,518   0
        Life sciences nec   3,608   10,984   4,522   2,128   1,985   2,123   1,700   1,666   2,054   3,521
      Mathematics and statistics   9,686   12,051   12,917   8,107   6,776   5,031   5,765   10,281   2,901   2,734
      Physical sciences   27,023   22,452   23,394   24,374   24,214   26,835   21,049   18,453   15,547   14,025
        Astronomy and astrophysics   498   394   19   130   39   176   64   212   23   0
        Chemistry   15,224   13,571   13,810   14,389   14,242   16,338   12,149   9,149   8,691   8,526
        Materials science   2,793   1,448   1,292   1,184   1,025   1,188   960   1,017   942   0
        Physics   8,009   6,660   7,798   7,913   7,831   7,909   6,511   5,637   5,366   4,901
        Physical sciences nec   499   379   475   758   1,077   1,224   1,365   2,438   525   598
      Psychology   8,294   6,359   5,111   4,169   4,899   4,286   4,350   4,359   3,535   4,425
      Social sciences   12,797   13,608   14,507   11,574   13,082   11,273   13,299   14,604   7,799   7,001
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   29   0   0
        Economics   6,821   6,332   6,429   5,176   5,163   1,340   2,070   2,871   1,334   1,932
        Political science and government   392   507   421   302   96   163   46   405   151   1,132
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   2,477   3,054   2,482   2,391   3,247   4,823   6,179   7,247   2,246   1,361
        Social sciences nec   3,107   3,715   5,175   3,705   4,576   4,947   5,004   4,052   4,068   2,576
      Sciences nec   0   0   72   89   219   371   550   384   698   1,184
    Engineering   277,605   261,707   260,158   246,965   263,711   258,213   245,755   226,810   228,281   225,702
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   27,985   23,321   26,384   20,824   18,219   14,890   12,490   9,738   12,215   11,344
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   23,282   33,666   28,433   20,998   22,519   28,445   15,709   20,463   12,374   12,522
      Chemical engineering   7,384   6,407   5,291   4,473   5,494   5,688   6,123   6,195   5,294   3,517
      Civil engineering   47,669   36,974   32,674   29,264   31,117   28,401   29,334   31,472   63,326   59,867
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   65,991   61,525   67,367   56,194   62,349   60,818   51,152   51,376   50,139   49,920
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   40,828   35,838   34,760   30,945   34,468   37,892   46,078   30,624   5,892   0
      Mechanical engineering   24,356   25,011   24,678   24,718   31,040   32,422   36,786   32,164   34,041   30,596
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   15,619   11,824   13,007   17,397   19,216   13,812   16,703   12,588   17,076   13,080
      Engineering nec   24,491   27,141   27,564   42,152   39,289   35,845   31,380   32,190   27,924   44,856
    Non-S&E   29,671   24,597   18,633   10,563   10,169   9,815   11,061   11,085   9,440   8,780
      Business management and business administration   4,416   4,983   4,875   3,748   3,232   2,426   288   902   770   352
      Communication and communications technologies   3   103   307   445   159   258   258   44   1   44
      Education   2,968   2,639   2,006   1,992   2,437   3,435   7,470   7,770   5,423   6,145
      Humanities   358   306   291   534   461   348   368   357   392   352
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   0
      Social work   0   0   0   72   73   67   0   0   3   88
      Visual and performing arts   489   743   901   413   522   578   930   771   1,206   804
      Non-S&E nec   21,437   15,823   10,253   3,359   3,285   2,703   1,747   1,241   1,631   995

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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