Data

West Virginia 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   259,072   246,173   214,081   199,907   188,452   187,512   185,110   185,606   172,477   170,145
    Science   191,308   184,700   162,108   151,096   139,563   136,059   138,562   138,656   131,553   126,520
      Computer and information sciences   1,363   2,155   1,562   2,179   1,894   1,150   1,339   1,948   600   871
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   16,132   5,036   5,177   3,965   9,625   10,049   7,266   7,546   13,090   10,160
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   9,028   3,819   4,292   3,320   8,020   7,881   5,508   6,016   11,516   7,384
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   7,104   1,217   885   645   1,605   2,168   1,758   1,530   1,574   2,776
      Life sciences   148,309   153,092   135,260   124,894   108,264   104,435   103,696   109,929   102,088   96,104
        Agricultural sciences   16,819   16,080   14,556   13,321   13,752   14,302   14,310   16,220   17,020   29,391
        Biological and biomedical sciences   39,021   40,246   31,046   30,824   25,158   18,919   17,860   17,397   13,837   17,226
        Health sciences   80,109   83,852   76,948   69,644   58,047   60,670   62,055   65,835   59,642   26,480
        Natural resources and conservation   9,953   11,010   10,739   8,946   9,686   9,557   9,041   9,860   10,684   0
        Life sciences nec   2,407   1,904   1,971   2,159   1,621   987   430   617   905   23,007
      Mathematics and statistics   488   448   432   579   482   625   5,106   933   1,129   678
      Physical sciences   17,552   16,296   13,067   12,431   12,678   14,339   15,392   12,133   9,475   9,916
        Astronomy and astrophysics   3,958   3,269   2,332   3,035   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   5,732   5,502   5,184   4,509   4,868   5,632   4,761   2,742   2,520   2,496
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   7,862   7,525   5,551   4,887   7,810   8,707   10,631   9,391   6,955   7,417
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3
      Psychology   1,879   1,929   1,638   2,304   1,773   2,041   2,232   2,101   1,113   881
      Social sciences   3,739   4,192   3,216   3,681   3,590   2,356   2,752   3,584   3,546   7,628
        Anthropology   0   0   17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   347   771   846   766   801   908   970   726   1,062   5,649
        Political science and government   588   287   320   591   257   34   122   133   186   374
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   396   486   346   415   508   625   664   881   777   700
        Social sciences nec   2,408   2,648   1,687   1,909   2,024   789   996   1,844   1,521   905
      Sciences nec   1,846   1,552   1,756   1,063   1,257   1,064   779   482   512   282
    Engineering   53,100   50,052   43,972   39,855   40,786   42,516   37,520   36,747   32,948   34,040
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   7,283   2,721   1,155   429   60   148   31   9   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   8,853   8,506   8,566   8,043   5,613   5,080   5,004   3,961   2,966   4,648
      Civil engineering   5,934   6,496   5,181   3,668   4,569   5,216   5,070   4,855   4,437   3,673
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,186   8,838   5,319   3,868   5,879   6,600   7,116   7,199   7,137   7,690
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,874   3,914   2,154   4,437   5,086   2,406   2,062   2,476   2,926   0
      Mechanical engineering   10,264   6,791   13,630   11,661   11,021   15,612   12,981   10,539   11,177   12,011
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   2,298   8,109   2,353   1,930   1,824   1,315   835   1,563   1,580   1,549
      Engineering nec   5,408   4,677   5,614   5,819   6,734   6,139   4,421   6,145   2,725   4,469
    Non-S&E   14,664   11,421   8,001   8,956   8,103   8,937   9,028   10,203   7,976   9,585
      Business management and business administration   3,593   1,564   2,383   2,344   1,884   1,962   2,567   2,064   1,122   858
      Communication and communications technologies   117   298   290   185   84   246   65   336   250   282
      Education   1,941   1,760   2,190   2,178   1,309   1,426   1,415   1,146   706   1,448
      Humanities   591   514   483   308   248   271   600   740   608   1,760
      Law   646   425   171   410   162   295   121   382   332   583
      Social work   245   434   69   9   94   16   26   44   98   90
      Visual and performing arts   65   54   39   51   55   70   74   291   141   143
      Non-S&E nec   7,466   6,372   2,376   3,471   4,267   4,651   4,160   5,200   4,719   4,421

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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