Data

Western Washington 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   23,275   21,360   18,693   18,033   14,584   11,983   13,075   13,014   10,743   9,921
    Science   17,837   17,006   14,341   14,123   10,512   9,064   9,423   8,036   6,808   6,760
      Computer and information sciences   504   297   317   410   275   93   209   167   114   70
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   5,900   5,734   4,824   3,640   2,946   3,822   3,802   2,931   2,552   2,709
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,272   2,605   2,188   1,433   1,072   2,670   2,633   1,782   1,121   1,390
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   3,628   3,129   2,636   2,207   1,874   1,152   1,071   1,149   1,224   1,255
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   98   0   207   64
      Life sciences   1,308   890   745   1,401   841   937   518   884   819   794
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,064   613   495   1,263   601   718   502   732   664   497
        Health sciences   244   277   250   138   240   0   0   0   87   156
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   219   16   152   68   141
      Mathematics and statistics   618   490   296   383   348   499   669   645   730   700
      Physical sciences   3,251   3,379   2,682   3,798   2,343   1,183   1,322   1,325   815   973
        Astronomy and astrophysics   392   306   288   506   286   244   358   455   230   207
        Chemistry   2,112   2,466   1,902   2,773   1,415   898   964   870   585   766
        Materials science   747   607   492   519   642   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   41   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   823   1,254   1,501   1,491   1,290   1,038   1,306   730   548   456
      Social sciences   1,882   1,538   1,467   910   827   817   1,077   591   510   528
        Anthropology   186   87   49   107   82   0   190   0   0   0
        Economics   323   112   106   2   3   41   0   16   40   85
        Political science and government   253   149   170   94   241   371   364   121   357   282
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   146   326   267   73   116   269   387   208   39   88
        Social sciences nec   974   864   875   634   385   136   136   246   74   73
      Sciences nec   3,551   3,424   2,509   2,090   1,642   675   520   763   720   530
    Engineering   614   621   570   650   413   832   1,489   1,258   1,189   859
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   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   753   716   803   749
      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   2   736   542   386   110
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   614   621   570   650   413   830   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   4,824   3,733   3,782   3,260   3,659   2,087   2,163   3,720   2,746   2,302
      Business management and business administration   256   225   229   262   126   7   75   339   123   44
      Communication and communications technologies   214   60   47   79   65   16   1   253   0   123
      Education   2,512   1,465   1,467   1,618   1,202   319   566   1,107   660   794
      Humanities   1,042   1,368   1,362   925   1,457   850   756   1,020   321   0
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   386   345   345   228   453   700   352   453   375   432
      Non-S&E nec   414   270   332   148   356   195   413   548   1,267   909

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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