Data

Wellesley C.

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   6,989   6,320   6,326   6,252   8,088   8,810   11,530   10,326   11,664   9,595
    Science   4,697   4,895   4,119   4,356   4,324   5,076   4,896   5,489   6,896   5,653
      Computer and information sciences   260   208   437   505   431   632   469   668   562   474
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   555   420   169   86   161   154   30   0   0   42
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   17   1   2   2   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   186   240   169   69   160   152   28   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   367   180   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   42
      Life sciences   1,138   1,171   1,033   1,554   1,455   1,515   1,099   862   1,291   1,206
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   987   1,104   1,033   1,554   1,454   1,330   1,099   862   1,274   1,206
        Health sciences   144   41   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   7   26   0   0   0   133   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   52   0   0   17   0
      Mathematics and statistics   203   644   179   263   255   109   79   4   32   60
      Physical sciences   1,004   879   214   327   391   1,426   1,240   926   1,895   516
        Astronomy and astrophysics   45   42   0   0   0   617   726   239   587   286
        Chemistry   564   766   208   277   283   487   438   470   1,114   64
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   279   71   0   23   0   322   76   217   178   166
        Physical sciences nec   116   0   6   27   108   0   0   0   16   0
      Psychology   659   636   954   899   229   0   77   103   19   1
      Social sciences   878   923   1,133   722   1,402   1,240   263   341   226   339
        Anthropology   0   0   0   3   46   11   0   0   0   0
        Economics   229   325   520   344   311   2   52   53   111   104
        Political science and government   37   0   32   61   1   81   55   1   0   98
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   52   0   0   0   235   1,041   156   275   39   66
        Social sciences nec   560   598   581   314   809   105   0   12   76   71
      Sciences nec   0   14   0   0   0   0   1,639   2,585   2,871   3,015
    Engineering   33   50   395   345   633   0   0   0   0   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   33   50   390   345   633   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      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   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   2,259   1,375   1,812   1,551   3,131   3,734   6,634   4,837   4,768   3,942
      Business management and business administration   0   0   0   0   0   0   2,853   2,299   2,083   1,437
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   203   0   1,231   0   0   14   52   21
      Education   1,483   1,125   1,050   1,077   1,530   139   244   0   0   0
      Humanities   209   75   35   87   134   133   17   6   45   9
      Law   0   0   0   0   38   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   162   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   87   0   81   25   86   116   11   115   353   117
      Non-S&E nec   480   175   443   362   112   3,184   3,509   2,403   2,235   2,358

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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