Data

Western Washington U.

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   15,874   15,081   13,450   12,823   11,983   13,075   13,014   10,743   9,921   8,567
    Science   11,832   11,209   10,458   9,326   9,064   9,423   8,036   6,808   6,760   6,185
      Computer and information sciences   482   316   383   318   93   209   167   114   70   23
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   3,008   3,298   3,379   3,897   3,822   3,802   2,931   2,552   2,709   2,661
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,804   1,921   1,277   2,473   2,670   2,633   1,782   1,121   1,390   1,449
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   1,204   1,377   2,102   1,424   1,152   1,071   1,149   1,224   1,255   1,159
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   98   0   207   64   53
      Life sciences   864   600   719   958   937   518   884   819   794   497
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   724   455   548   721   718   502   732   664   497   428
        Health sciences   140   145   171   0   0   0   0   87   156   62
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   237   219   16   152   68   141   7
      Mathematics and statistics   536   332   375   347   499   669   645   730   700   510
      Physical sciences   3,100   2,569   2,191   1,323   1,183   1,322   1,325   815   973   1,039
        Astronomy and astrophysics   492   286   513   286   244   358   455   230   207   226
        Chemistry   2,360   1,790   1,218   1,037   898   964   870   585   766   813
        Materials science   248   493   460   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   41   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   904   1,493   1,497   1,213   1,038   1,306   730   548   456   494
      Social sciences   1,173   1,204   818   690   817   1,077   591   510   528   791
        Anthropology   289   33   122   0   0   190   0   0   0   0
        Economics   59   109   9   3   41   0   16   40   85   116
        Political science and government   148   170   95   486   371   364   121   357   282   384
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   249   269   69   115   269   387   208   39   88   110
        Social sciences nec   428   623   523   86   136   136   246   74   73   181
      Sciences nec   1,765   1,397   1,096   580   675   520   763   720   530   170
    Engineering   884   560   587   989   832   1,489   1,258   1,189   859   583
      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   753   716   803   749   401
      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   2   736   542   386   110   182
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   884   560   587   989   830   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   3,158   3,312   2,405   2,508   2,087   2,163   3,720   2,746   2,302   1,799
      Business management and business administration   69   60   262   122   7   75   339   123   44   48
      Communication and communications technologies   92   40   75   3   16   1   253   0   123   0
      Education   1,689   1,551   1,034   422   319   566   1,107   660   794   679
      Humanities   933   1,310   735   1,221   850   756   1,020   321   0   132
      Law   0   0   0   64   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   292   340   233   586   700   352   453   375   432   313
      Non-S&E nec   83   11   66   90   195   413   548   1,267   909   627

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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