Data

Wayne 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   291,689   250,911   242,247   235,519   243,259   244,217   238,859   227,728   221,537   213,878
    Science   250,264   224,339   217,364   211,019   216,947   220,438   212,996   203,531   197,701   188,987
      Computer and information sciences   3,802   3,578   2,214   2,158   2,133   1,881   1,784   1,735   2,388   3,244
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   593   182   193   288   296   412   339   235   460   587
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   593   182   193   288   296   412   136   235   460   587
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   203   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   197,600   182,874   183,074   175,847   182,757   186,531   179,692   175,917   167,690   157,211
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   31,049   28,196   28,121   26,291   24,007   30,203   27,671   30,522   29,191   28,973
        Health sciences   162,193   151,640   152,350   146,425   154,653   153,084   148,674   139,847   135,288   120,709
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   4,358   3,038   2,580   3,131   4,097   3,244   3,347   5,548   3,211   7,529
      Mathematics and statistics   1,239   717   208   1,093   1,716   1,393   3,801   1,177   1,276   1,017
      Physical sciences   23,326   23,226   20,880   19,885   16,895   20,013   17,898   14,693   15,652   17,181
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   13,684   13,686   13,568   12,458   10,163   12,192   10,072   7,441   8,549   10,429
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   4,632   4,286   4,872   4,254   3,654   4,317   5,025   4,784   3,952   3,962
        Physical sciences nec   5,010   5,254   2,440   3,173   3,078   3,504   2,801   2,468   3,151   2,790
      Psychology   3,818   3,539   2,572   2,542   1,464   1,584   1,730   3,698   4,281   4,457
      Social sciences   6,435   1,775   1,575   3,585   3,289   3,342   2,431   2,955   2,997   3,486
        Anthropology   221   182   104   115   90   152   140   187   393   0
        Economics   949   240   185   224   238   109   116   67   12   13
        Political science and government   202   72   144   139   166   169   17   12   133   52
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   390   374   406   223   192   102   166   69   72   615
        Social sciences nec   4,673   907   736   2,884   2,603   2,810   1,992   2,620   2,387   2,806
      Sciences nec   13,451   8,448   6,648   5,621   8,397   5,282   5,321   3,121   2,957   1,804
    Engineering   17,171   13,718   13,632   11,675   12,806   14,634   17,235   16,668   16,605   18,843
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   3,251   1,922   2,172   1,962   2,687   3,611   4,205   2,754   2,966   5,321
      Chemical engineering   2,463   2,254   2,743   3,250   3,462   3,119   3,618   2,695   2,955   2,243
      Civil engineering   3,969   3,174   4,710   2,720   2,878   2,673   3,562   4,297   3,042   3,450
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,857   2,862   1,254   1,679   1,237   1,979   1,610   1,670   2,296   2,180
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,173   1,309   972   630   697   856   1,493   2,595   2,244   0
      Mechanical engineering   1,223   738   896   1,003   1,414   1,968   2,335   1,918   2,107   4,954
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   40   0   0
      Engineering nec   2,235   1,459   885   431   431   428   412   699   995   695
    Non-S&E   24,254   12,854   11,251   12,825   13,506   9,145   8,628   7,529   7,231   6,048
      Business management and business administration   297   332   216   187   380   373   714   524   658   537
      Communication and communications technologies   235   54   37   18   52   50   293   117   555   79
      Education   2,542   1,360   2,923   3,590   2,749   1,781   1,530   1,549   1,106   1,502
      Humanities   258   259   379   274   186   264   210   226   238   232
      Law   1,253   27   26   175   33   81   925   893   829   539
      Social work   10,479   7,860   6,286   6,420   7,898   4,721   2,420   1,677   1,158   856
      Visual and performing arts   248   192   174   27   185   145   66   542   179   137
      Non-S&E nec   8,942   2,770   1,210   2,134   2,023   1,730   2,470   2,001   2,508   2,166

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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