Data

Washington U., Saint Louis

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   1,168,861   1,047,098   989,214   920,215   887,088   816,139   754,462   741,115   694,069   664,752
    Science   1,099,341   988,082   934,082   870,860   843,388   773,029   715,378   702,492   652,867   626,081
      Computer and information sciences   5,859   4,634   4,575   5,467   5,504   4,465   4,633   5,242   4,111   5,060
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   6,986   6,678   6,083   5,509   5,676   5,045   6,642   5,649   6,066   9,374
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   6,986   6,678   6,083   5,509   5,676   5,045   6,642   5,649   6,066   6,492
        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   2,882
      Life sciences   1,043,446   938,655   887,653   824,978   796,337   731,083   672,672   661,793   617,658   585,641
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   424,528   389,199   389,457   359,856   354,062   327,959   297,046   284,931   202,990   183,001
        Health sciences   618,911   549,454   498,196   465,122   442,275   403,124   375,626   376,862   406,830   388,847
        Natural resources and conservation   7   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7,838   13,793
      Mathematics and statistics   1,309   1,584   840   959   639   616   671   519   608   514
      Physical sciences   30,262   25,954   24,320   23,401   24,852   22,345   21,811   18,899   14,249   14,489
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   92   0   0   0
        Chemistry   12,316   12,044   11,696   12,722   14,244   11,486   11,152   8,905   7,875   6,546
        Materials science   8,355   7,406   6,944   5,619   5,132   4,585   4,738   3,896   0   0
        Physics   9,591   6,504   5,680   5,060   5,476   6,274   5,829   6,098   6,374   7,943
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   8,442   7,209   6,121   6,052   6,129   5,578   5,603   5,871   6,148   6,825
      Social sciences   2,859   1,631   1,374   1,191   1,259   1,556   1,056   1,251   1,062   1,009
        Anthropology   501   460   584   653   739   543   693   703   0   0
        Economics   23   10   55   0   77   78   63   85   43   0
        Political science and government   756   831   162   231   207   762   279   306   664   660
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   131   175   225   7   126   164   21   0   0   57
        Social sciences nec   1,448   155   348   300   110   9   0   157   355   292
      Sciences nec   178   1,737   3,116   3,303   2,992   2,341   2,290   3,268   2,965   3,169
    Engineering   33,691   28,151   26,574   23,821   23,090   24,238   24,627   24,130   27,283   20,675
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   13,042   11,340   11,360   8,668   8,537   8,288   10,312   11,081   10,236   10,037
      Chemical engineering   7,269   6,035   5,490   5,890   6,616   8,341   8,522   7,686   7,146   6,254
      Civil engineering   70   164   407   712   1,130   3,071   2,388   2,311   4,407   15
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   7,186   4,836   5,044   4,844   4,256   3,601   3,204   2,851   2,260   2,155
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3,234   2,208
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   5,644   5,415   3,546   2,952   1,873   913   16   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   480   361   727   755   678   24   185   201   0   6
    Non-S&E   35,829   30,865   28,558   25,534   20,610   18,872   14,457   14,493   13,919   17,996
      Business management and business administration   253   231   79   187   229   276   208   101   468   216
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   1   5   4   2   57   80   0   0
      Education   212   212   305   577   450   251   272   271   297   442
      Humanities   444   129   359   836   587   119   141   74   164   6
      Law   78   26   14   0   0   70   95   37   125   29
      Social work   34,695   30,153   27,800   23,729   19,300   17,958   13,652   13,924   12,865   17,271
      Visual and performing arts   70   89   0   160   0   71   0   0   0   32
      Non-S&E nec   77   25   0   40   40   125   32   6   0   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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