Data

Washington 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   403,369   378,744   368,396   357,648   335,201   344,997   331,424   331,051   301,640   303,214
    Science   310,063   286,699   276,991   276,600   255,298   262,731   245,652   242,185   234,968   230,573
      Computer and information sciences   9,776   8,664   8,523   8,393   8,251   8,705   9,407   5,770   3,849   3,899
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   10,860   10,521   10,772   8,946   9,440   10,109   8,441   10,529   8,873   9,256
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   613   163   1   3   117   461   799   1,155   1,266   966
        Geological and earth sciences   2,720   1,919   1,676   1,103   2,516   2,467   1,908   2,258   2,492   1,999
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   46   179   208   291   199   227   591
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   7,527   8,439   9,095   7,794   6,628   6,973   5,443   6,917   4,888   5,700
      Life sciences   234,489   220,515   211,742   211,107   196,649   193,878   175,704   175,640   175,336   161,992
        Agricultural sciences   121,350   105,370   108,785   110,067   107,295   101,867   92,168   92,170   95,091   83,522
        Biological and biomedical sciences   43,397   43,833   32,110   34,771   35,845   41,122   41,126   44,943   48,372   46,200
        Health sciences   63,158   63,075   64,128   59,282   49,070   47,568   40,812   34,636   30,198   29,279
        Natural resources and conservation   4,304   4,426   3,094   4,189   1,974   1,401   528   2,759   0   0
        Life sciences nec   2,280   3,811   3,625   2,798   2,465   1,920   1,070   1,132   1,675   2,991
      Mathematics and statistics   1,097   383   509   535   447   475   1,611   712   1,150   863
      Physical sciences   28,106   27,495   25,553   26,256   24,243   32,628   31,387   32,219   29,168   33,058
        Astronomy and astrophysics   582   439   191   166   209   321   108   138   230   255
        Chemistry   11,214   11,562   12,821   13,478   8,512   10,768   9,476   7,840   8,422   10,244
        Materials science   4,219   4,719   2,887   1,598   1,111   1,135   676   512   0   0
        Physics   11,458   10,674   9,653   10,978   12,549   16,288   17,436   20,631   16,446   16,945
        Physical sciences nec   633   101   1   36   1,862   4,116   3,691   3,098   4,070   5,614
      Psychology   6,081   4,278   3,860   5,000   3,875   3,190   3,543   4,060   3,056   1,927
      Social sciences   15,498   11,439   12,699   15,147   12,338   13,079   14,112   11,723   12,961   16,471
        Anthropology   617   527   734   449   322   243   525   208   0   0
        Economics   6,073   5,327   5,272   4,985   4,436   5,912   4,902   4,985   4,682   4,810
        Political science and government   615   564   485   730   774   1,148   1,144   1,056   1,084   682
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   704   865   536   680   412   336   545   434   742   1,194
        Social sciences nec   7,489   4,156   5,672   8,303   6,394   5,440   6,996   5,040   6,453   9,785
      Sciences nec   4,156   3,404   3,333   1,216   55   667   1,447   1,532   575   3,107
    Engineering   50,128   47,254   45,571   48,031   39,533   39,578   43,674   46,444   40,240   47,246
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   173   245   407   207   15   250   155   4   774   1,660
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,059   4,926   2,412   3,414   4,061   4,408   2,667   3,655   2,698   3,636
      Chemical engineering   7,146   5,505   4,391   5,720   5,290   4,707   7,727   4,963   3,629   3,409
      Civil engineering   9,534   7,327   9,005   8,508   7,608   6,660   7,609   6,870   5,567   5,658
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   7,487   9,671   8,748   9,684   7,580   7,151   5,933   7,019   5,680   6,802
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   146   172   192   98   64   8   1,499   1,469   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,202   6,476   7,857   9,163   7,150   4,849   7,305   9,967   8,775   12,628
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   6,058   3,278   3,584   4,162   4,580   6,992   5,295   5,287   4,480   3,635
      Engineering nec   9,323   9,654   8,975   7,075   3,185   4,553   5,484   7,210   8,637   9,818
    Non-S&E   43,178   44,791   45,834   33,017   40,370   42,688   42,098   42,422   26,432   25,395
      Business management and business administration   12,761   10,765   8,934   7,632   5,411   5,826   3,757   4,413   1,172   1,916
      Communication and communications technologies   5,790   5,474   6,424   2,043   3,611   3,790   5,487   6,432   4,198   4,173
      Education   19,838   25,115   25,232   17,427   23,605   24,866   21,820   17,372   13,511   17,097
      Humanities   1,574   1,501   1,327   1,009   1,037   1,020   2,296   3,201   588   541
      Law   61   197   98   121   295   479   1,031   554   255   414
      Social work   1,317   695   175   152   133   267   145   2,373   998   1,125
      Visual and performing arts   118   75   90   117   83   121   436   305   23   85
      Non-S&E nec   1,719   969   3,554   4,516   6,195   6,319   7,126   7,772   5,687   44

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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