Data

Western Kentucky 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   11,213   9,298   7,720   6,944   8,241   9,281   9,617   10,814   8,926   7,854
    Science   8,812   7,843   6,593   5,488   6,333   7,275   7,220   8,462   7,093   6,421
      Computer and information sciences   40   13   7   0   13   18   21   22   20   65
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,367   963   1,142   1,013   842   979   1,175   1,270   1,510   887
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   196   106   48   122   18   130   135   0   87   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,171   857   1,094   866   823   849   966   1,268   1,423   885
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   72   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   25   1   0   2   2   0   2
      Life sciences   3,526   3,615   2,547   2,315   2,888   3,422   3,209   3,223   2,823   1,737
        Agricultural sciences   813   785   462   525   581   548   545   507   594   333
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,445   1,166   815   924   1,307   1,530   1,841   2,084   1,530   1,089
        Health sciences   1,175   1,505   1,005   665   686   1,134   823   623   578   288
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0
        Life sciences nec   93   159   265   201   314   210   0   9   112   27
      Mathematics and statistics   61   52   75   9   27   55   73   129   4   3
      Physical sciences   1,996   1,717   1,714   1,205   1,785   1,845   2,019   2,793   2,218   3,406
        Astronomy and astrophysics   275   163   226   0   0   5   1   1   44   164
        Chemistry   973   824   888   772   1,360   1,287   1,063   1,363   1,113   2,280
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   748   730   600   433   425   553   955   1,211   971   813
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   218   90   149
      Psychology   1,404   1,087   809   757   672   749   561   609   297   161
      Social sciences   418   396   299   189   106   207   162   416   221   162
        Anthropology   16   40   16   10   19   43   53   229   53   0
        Economics   0   0   0   8   3   33   2   4   1   0
        Political science and government   213   224   98   62   79   126   70   81   58   7
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3   67   167   104   0   4   13   79   61   54
        Social sciences nec   186   65   18   5   5   1   24   23   48   101
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   674   615   510   604   689   597   783   600   387   515
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   5   20   0
      Chemical engineering   115   109   143   89   79   2   8   3   13   0
      Civil engineering   23   51   42   65   83   154   146   123   66   448
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   92   89   113   78   99   91   5   61   114   15
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3   0   0   0   0   0   85   138   66   0
      Mechanical engineering   426   332   180   289   354   310   458   198   76   28
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0   0
      Engineering nec   15   34   32   83   74   38   81   63   32   24
    Non-S&E   1,727   840   617   852   1,219   1,409   1,614   1,752   1,446   918
      Business management and business administration   149   130   92   41   256   331   247   212   226   79
      Communication and communications technologies   1   42   37   61   49   95   67   71   26   5
      Education   389   191   280   366   379   447   632   974   871   629
      Humanities   538   151   134   268   399   393   522   298   229   125
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2   0
      Social work   537   241   53   97   89   51   72   67   2   9
      Visual and performing arts   107   75   21   7   31   80   65   83   59   30
      Non-S&E nec   6   10   0   12   16   12   9   45   31   41

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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