Data

Wellesley C.

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   6,320   6,326   6,252   8,088   8,810   11,530   10,326   11,664   9,595   10,127
    Science   4,895   4,119   4,356   4,324   5,076   4,896   5,489   6,896   5,653   6,537
      Computer and information sciences   208   437   505   431   632   469   668   562   474   506
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   420   169   86   161   154   30   0   0   42   28
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   17   1   2   2   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   240   169   69   160   152   28   0   0   0   3
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   180   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   42   25
      Life sciences   1,171   1,033   1,554   1,455   1,515   1,099   862   1,291   1,206   1,607
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,104   1,033   1,554   1,454   1,330   1,099   862   1,274   1,206   1,576
        Health sciences   41   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   26   0   0   0   133   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   52   0   0   17   0   31
      Mathematics and statistics   644   179   263   255   109   79   4   32   60   110
      Physical sciences   879   214   327   391   1,426   1,240   926   1,895   516   885
        Astronomy and astrophysics   42   0   0   0   617   726   239   587   286   322
        Chemistry   766   208   277   283   487   438   470   1,114   64   404
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   71   0   23   0   322   76   217   178   166   159
        Physical sciences nec   0   6   27   108   0   0   0   16   0   0
      Psychology   636   954   899   229   0   77   103   19   1   0
      Social sciences   923   1,133   722   1,402   1,240   263   341   226   339   99
        Anthropology   0   0   3   46   11   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   325   520   344   311   2   52   53   111   104   68
        Political science and government   0   32   61   1   81   55   1   0   98   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   235   1,041   156   275   39   66   31
        Social sciences nec   598   581   314   809   105   0   12   76   71   0
      Sciences nec   14   0   0   0   0   1,639   2,585   2,871   3,015   3,302
    Engineering   50   395   345   633   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   50   390   345   633   0   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   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   1,375   1,812   1,551   3,131   3,734   6,634   4,837   4,768   3,942   3,590
      Business management and business administration   0   0   0   0   0   2,853   2,299   2,083   1,437   994
      Communication and communications technologies   0   203   0   1,231   0   0   14   52   21   0
      Education   1,125   1,050   1,077   1,530   139   244   0   0   0   0
      Humanities   75   35   87   134   133   17   6   45   9   0
      Law   0   0   0   38   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   162   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   81   25   86   116   11   115   353   117   123
      Non-S&E nec   175   443   362   112   3,184   3,509   2,403   2,235   2,358   2,473

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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