Data

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.

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   598,113   591,861   542,045   556,341   541,969   531,636   522,425   521,773   504,282   513,149
    Science   311,809   313,070   284,517   282,461   273,941   274,820   284,530   284,052   269,800   273,916
      Computer and information sciences   30,263   28,642   25,466   30,405   23,536   27,614   33,035   27,386   24,646   21,151
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   6,047   4,652   3,534   3,068   4,185   3,867   4,503   4,385   6,107   7,515
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   140   149   185   61   0   0   0   0   52   56
        Geological and earth sciences   5,696   4,480   3,349   3,007   4,181   3,807   4,503   4,385   6,055   7,459
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   36   0   0   0   4   60   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   175   23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   221,029   223,775   207,204   199,798   198,424   198,326   198,911   221,801   209,678   211,993
        Agricultural sciences   84,682   92,790   80,513   84,380   73,691   69,788   72,715   79,726   104,627   103,451
        Biological and biomedical sciences   45,172   49,745   46,515   40,276   46,123   51,145   50,905   66,005   62,429   68,047
        Health sciences   51,779   48,844   51,942   47,236   49,883   48,797   45,406   45,498   39,101   36,819
        Natural resources and conservation   28,412   27,874   26,106   25,921   26,604   26,896   28,219   28,518   0   0
        Life sciences nec   10,984   4,522   2,128   1,985   2,123   1,700   1,666   2,054   3,521   3,676
      Mathematics and statistics   12,051   12,917   8,107   6,776   5,031   5,765   10,281   2,901   2,734   3,612
      Physical sciences   22,452   23,394   24,374   24,214   26,835   21,049   18,453   15,547   14,025   14,856
        Astronomy and astrophysics   394   19   130   39   176   64   212   23   0   0
        Chemistry   13,571   13,810   14,389   14,242   16,338   12,149   9,149   8,691   8,526   9,316
        Materials science   1,448   1,292   1,184   1,025   1,188   960   1,017   942   0   0
        Physics   6,660   7,798   7,913   7,831   7,909   6,511   5,637   5,366   4,901   4,839
        Physical sciences nec   379   475   758   1,077   1,224   1,365   2,438   525   598   701
      Psychology   6,359   5,111   4,169   4,899   4,286   4,350   4,359   3,535   4,425   4,564
      Social sciences   13,608   14,507   11,574   13,082   11,273   13,299   14,604   7,799   7,001   7,822
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   29   0   0   0
        Economics   6,332   6,429   5,176   5,163   1,340   2,070   2,871   1,334   1,932   1,216
        Political science and government   507   421   302   96   163   46   405   151   1,132   1,303
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3,054   2,482   2,391   3,247   4,823   6,179   7,247   2,246   1,361   1,890
        Social sciences nec   3,715   5,175   3,705   4,576   4,947   5,004   4,052   4,068   2,576   3,413
      Sciences nec   0   72   89   219   371   550   384   698   1,184   2,403
    Engineering   261,707   260,158   246,965   263,711   258,213   245,755   226,810   228,281   225,702   228,570
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   23,321   26,384   20,824   18,219   14,890   12,490   9,738   12,215   11,344   9,658
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   33,666   28,433   20,998   22,519   28,445   15,709   20,463   12,374   12,522   9,248
      Chemical engineering   6,407   5,291   4,473   5,494   5,688   6,123   6,195   5,294   3,517   4,278
      Civil engineering   36,974   32,674   29,264   31,117   28,401   29,334   31,472   63,326   59,867   60,940
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   61,525   67,367   56,194   62,349   60,818   51,152   51,376   50,139   49,920   48,466
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   35,838   34,760   30,945   34,468   37,892   46,078   30,624   5,892   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   25,011   24,678   24,718   31,040   32,422   36,786   32,164   34,041   30,596   45,423
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   11,824   13,007   17,397   19,216   13,812   16,703   12,588   17,076   13,080   13,500
      Engineering nec   27,141   27,564   42,152   39,289   35,845   31,380   32,190   27,924   44,856   37,057
    Non-S&E   24,597   18,633   10,563   10,169   9,815   11,061   11,085   9,440   8,780   10,663
      Business management and business administration   4,983   4,875   3,748   3,232   2,426   288   902   770   352   446
      Communication and communications technologies   103   307   445   159   258   258   44   1   44   361
      Education   2,639   2,006   1,992   2,437   3,435   7,470   7,770   5,423   6,145   7,803
      Humanities   306   291   534   461   348   368   357   392   352   180
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   0   0
      Social work   0   0   72   73   67   0   0   3   88   0
      Visual and performing arts   743   901   413   522   578   930   771   1,206   804   1,067
      Non-S&E nec   15,823   10,253   3,359   3,285   2,703   1,747   1,241   1,631   995   806

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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