Data

Washington 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   378,744   368,396   357,648   335,201   344,997   331,424   331,051   301,640   303,214   288,752
    Science   286,699   276,991   276,600   255,298   262,731   245,652   242,185   234,968   230,573   217,466
      Computer and information sciences   8,664   8,523   8,393   8,251   8,705   9,407   5,770   3,849   3,899   4,660
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   10,521   10,772   8,946   9,440   10,109   8,441   10,529   8,873   9,256   6,658
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   163   1   3   117   461   799   1,155   1,266   966   466
        Geological and earth sciences   1,919   1,676   1,103   2,516   2,467   1,908   2,258   2,492   1,999   3,537
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   46   179   208   291   199   227   591   14
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   8,439   9,095   7,794   6,628   6,973   5,443   6,917   4,888   5,700   2,641
      Life sciences   220,515   211,742   211,107   196,649   193,878   175,704   175,640   175,336   161,992   162,534
        Agricultural sciences   105,370   108,785   110,067   107,295   101,867   92,168   92,170   95,091   83,522   81,999
        Biological and biomedical sciences   43,833   32,110   34,771   35,845   41,122   41,126   44,943   48,372   46,200   59,280
        Health sciences   63,075   64,128   59,282   49,070   47,568   40,812   34,636   30,198   29,279   12,441
        Natural resources and conservation   4,426   3,094   4,189   1,974   1,401   528   2,759   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   3,811   3,625   2,798   2,465   1,920   1,070   1,132   1,675   2,991   8,814
      Mathematics and statistics   383   509   535   447   475   1,611   712   1,150   863   1,982
      Physical sciences   27,495   25,553   26,256   24,243   32,628   31,387   32,219   29,168   33,058   23,338
        Astronomy and astrophysics   439   191   166   209   321   108   138   230   255   535
        Chemistry   11,562   12,821   13,478   8,512   10,768   9,476   7,840   8,422   10,244   8,687
        Materials science   4,719   2,887   1,598   1,111   1,135   676   512   0   0   0
        Physics   10,674   9,653   10,978   12,549   16,288   17,436   20,631   16,446   16,945   13,455
        Physical sciences nec   101   1   36   1,862   4,116   3,691   3,098   4,070   5,614   661
      Psychology   4,278   3,860   5,000   3,875   3,190   3,543   4,060   3,056   1,927   2,745
      Social sciences   11,439   12,699   15,147   12,338   13,079   14,112   11,723   12,961   16,471   12,417
        Anthropology   527   734   449   322   243   525   208   0   0   0
        Economics   5,327   5,272   4,985   4,436   5,912   4,902   4,985   4,682   4,810   3,428
        Political science and government   564   485   730   774   1,148   1,144   1,056   1,084   682   1,231
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   865   536   680   412   336   545   434   742   1,194   1,459
        Social sciences nec   4,156   5,672   8,303   6,394   5,440   6,996   5,040   6,453   9,785   6,299
      Sciences nec   3,404   3,333   1,216   55   667   1,447   1,532   575   3,107   3,132
    Engineering   47,254   45,571   48,031   39,533   39,578   43,674   46,444   40,240   47,246   37,724
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   245   407   207   15   250   155   4   774   1,660   543
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,926   2,412   3,414   4,061   4,408   2,667   3,655   2,698   3,636   837
      Chemical engineering   5,505   4,391   5,720   5,290   4,707   7,727   4,963   3,629   3,409   4,547
      Civil engineering   7,327   9,005   8,508   7,608   6,660   7,609   6,870   5,567   5,658   4,284
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,671   8,748   9,684   7,580   7,151   5,933   7,019   5,680   6,802   9,963
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   172   192   98   64   8   1,499   1,469   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,476   7,857   9,163   7,150   4,849   7,305   9,967   8,775   12,628   4,297
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,278   3,584   4,162   4,580   6,992   5,295   5,287   4,480   3,635   2,443
      Engineering nec   9,654   8,975   7,075   3,185   4,553   5,484   7,210   8,637   9,818   10,810
    Non-S&E   44,791   45,834   33,017   40,370   42,688   42,098   42,422   26,432   25,395   33,562
      Business management and business administration   10,765   8,934   7,632   5,411   5,826   3,757   4,413   1,172   1,916   6,678
      Communication and communications technologies   5,474   6,424   2,043   3,611   3,790   5,487   6,432   4,198   4,173   5,879
      Education   25,115   25,232   17,427   23,605   24,866   21,820   17,372   13,511   17,097   16,824
      Humanities   1,501   1,327   1,009   1,037   1,020   2,296   3,201   588   541   275
      Law   197   98   121   295   479   1,031   554   255   414   0
      Social work   695   175   152   133   267   145   2,373   998   1,125   1,544
      Visual and performing arts   75   90   117   83   121   436   305   23   85   100
      Non-S&E nec   969   3,554   4,516   6,195   6,319   7,126   7,772   5,687   44   2,262

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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