Data

Washington U., Saint Louis

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   1,243,115   1,168,861   1,047,098   989,214   920,215   887,088   816,139   754,462   741,115   694,069
    Science   1,165,385   1,099,341   988,082   934,082   870,860   843,388   773,029   715,378   702,492   652,867
      Computer and information sciences   5,731   5,859   4,634   4,575   5,467   5,504   4,465   4,633   5,242   4,111
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   7,461   6,986   6,678   6,083   5,509   5,676   5,045   6,642   5,649   6,066
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   7,461   6,986   6,678   6,083   5,509   5,676   5,045   6,642   5,649   6,066
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,103,045   1,043,446   938,655   887,653   824,978   796,337   731,083   672,672   661,793   617,658
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   453,547   424,528   389,199   389,457   359,856   354,062   327,959   297,046   284,931   202,990
        Health sciences   649,390   618,911   549,454   498,196   465,122   442,275   403,124   375,626   376,862   406,830
        Natural resources and conservation   108   7   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7,838
      Mathematics and statistics   1,434   1,309   1,584   840   959   639   616   671   519   608
      Physical sciences   32,367   30,262   25,954   24,320   23,401   24,852   22,345   21,811   18,899   14,249
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   92   0   0
        Chemistry   11,890   12,316   12,044   11,696   12,722   14,244   11,486   11,152   8,905   7,875
        Materials science   9,347   8,355   7,406   6,944   5,619   5,132   4,585   4,738   3,896   0
        Physics   11,130   9,591   6,504   5,680   5,060   5,476   6,274   5,829   6,098   6,374
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   10,421   8,442   7,209   6,121   6,052   6,129   5,578   5,603   5,871   6,148
      Social sciences   4,926   2,859   1,631   1,374   1,191   1,259   1,556   1,056   1,251   1,062
        Anthropology   1,168   501   460   584   653   739   543   693   703   0
        Economics   123   23   10   55   0   77   78   63   85   43
        Political science and government   772   756   831   162   231   207   762   279   306   664
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   231   131   175   225   7   126   164   21   0   0
        Social sciences nec   2,632   1,448   155   348   300   110   9   0   157   355
      Sciences nec   0   178   1,737   3,116   3,303   2,992   2,341   2,290   3,268   2,965
    Engineering   43,826   33,691   28,151   26,574   23,821   23,090   24,238   24,627   24,130   27,283
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   15,747   13,042   11,340   11,360   8,668   8,537   8,288   10,312   11,081   10,236
      Chemical engineering   15,144   7,269   6,035   5,490   5,890   6,616   8,341   8,522   7,686   7,146
      Civil engineering   23   70   164   407   712   1,130   3,071   2,388   2,311   4,407
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,384   7,186   4,836   5,044   4,844   4,256   3,601   3,204   2,851   2,260
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3,234
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   5,996   5,644   5,415   3,546   2,952   1,873   913   16   0   0
      Engineering nec   532   480   361   727   755   678   24   185   201   0
    Non-S&E   33,904   35,829   30,865   28,558   25,534   20,610   18,872   14,457   14,493   13,919
      Business management and business administration   21   253   231   79   187   229   276   208   101   468
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   1   5   4   2   57   80   0
      Education   382   212   212   305   577   450   251   272   271   297
      Humanities   390   444   129   359   836   587   119   141   74   164
      Law   154   78   26   14   0   0   70   95   37   125
      Social work   32,866   34,695   30,153   27,800   23,729   19,300   17,958   13,652   13,924   12,865
      Visual and performing arts   38   70   89   0   160   0   71   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   53   77   25   0   40   40   125   32   6   0

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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