Data

Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center

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   1,277,814   1,152,666   1,147,720   1,130,803   952,156   922,178   905,474   892,718   866,678   854,214
    Science   748,040   693,372   722,541   732,385   590,002   581,235   581,480   569,539   537,712   534,509
      Computer and information sciences   28,414   25,705   19,178   18,504   21,800   21,960   19,007   20,849   11,444   8,686
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   125,114   122,622   106,932   107,894   113,459   115,394   115,183   113,893   113,175   123,796
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7,010   6,600   5,452   5,637   4,338   4,330   4,640   5,660   5,704   5,482
        Geological and earth sciences   11,463   14,720   16,284   14,392   14,337   13,195   17,517   17,912   14,467   12,642
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   101,588   95,258   78,485   79,758   85,229   86,202   80,717   77,132   79,993   94,531
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   5,053   6,044   6,711   8,107   9,555   11,667   12,309   13,189   13,011   11,141
      Life sciences   464,675   435,563   487,219   502,372   351,403   342,961   349,570   329,855   320,555   319,265
        Agricultural sciences   234,915   210,583   180,671   186,922   184,299   182,651   190,264   179,063   181,658   177,751
        Biological and biomedical sciences   111,681   99,831   97,519   77,408   72,472   69,786   56,657   51,972   45,752   38,013
        Health sciences   94,371   103,670   188,730   220,948   77,896   78,732   96,928   94,790   92,900   103,463
        Natural resources and conservation   18,959   17,297   14,989   13,586   13,067   7,575   2,375   675   0   0
        Life sciences nec   4,749   4,182   5,310   3,508   3,669   4,217   3,346   3,355   245   38
      Mathematics and statistics   8,774   6,898   6,729   8,768   8,700   9,201   8,882   10,737   9,079   12,333
      Physical sciences   65,248   56,540   56,029   54,574   55,920   54,890   54,015   56,123   53,824   45,493
        Astronomy and astrophysics   3,433   4,023   11,106   7,336   6,947   6,979   6,491   7,808   1,646   945
        Chemistry   27,800   25,693   23,182   24,507   24,066   24,441   26,392   25,688   28,293   23,348
        Materials science   7,769   5,896   4,703   4,142   2,519   2,170   456   176   0   0
        Physics   23,388   19,252   16,238   17,848   21,835   19,108   17,691   17,778   18,750   17,113
        Physical sciences nec   2,858   1,676   800   741   553   2,192   2,985   4,673   5,135   4,087
      Psychology   10,488   7,635   6,546   5,248   3,538   3,159   3,510   3,444   3,666   3,423
      Social sciences   32,324   29,994   28,965   29,389   30,686   28,983   26,008   28,431   19,796   17,125
        Anthropology   2,217   2,058   2,029   3,961   2,308   1,102   887   978   0   0
        Economics   6,496   7,403   7,647   6,300   7,176   7,583   4,288   8,727   1,899   3,615
        Political science and government   6,419   6,627   5,725   6,638   4,548   4,985   5,680   4,857   4,534   3,191
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,658   2,030   2,273   2,070   2,741   1,514   2,892   1,921   1,465   1,921
        Social sciences nec   15,534   11,876   11,291   10,420   13,913   13,799   12,261   11,948   11,898   8,398
      Sciences nec   13,003   8,415   10,943   5,636   4,496   4,687   5,305   6,207   6,173   4,388
    Engineering   464,769   402,999   385,656   357,559   321,373   300,956   287,620   290,413   298,538   291,643
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   52,758   32,301   33,837   31,963   18,379   16,987   11,045   9,434   10,639   13,154
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   39,121   27,673   39,008   20,933   21,261   18,813   16,777   14,254   11,160   13,118
      Chemical engineering   17,780   19,620   18,302   20,730   24,299   25,438   29,671   27,087   38,056   21,490
      Civil engineering   113,367   110,000   100,161   98,444   89,564   80,886   80,600   86,281   89,625   82,204
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   36,668   29,267   26,886   29,379   32,688   28,454   27,255   28,969   32,830   32,125
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   15,720   12,286   9,198   8,381   6,859   4,508   3,946   2,912   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   47,335   38,297   34,921   42,100   32,308   34,126   32,107   36,165   36,901   38,548
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   11,991   11,116   12,517   14,068   16,983   19,737   18,694   12,534   6,933   4,725
      Engineering nec   130,029   122,439   110,826   91,561   79,032   72,007   67,525   72,777   72,394   86,279
    Non-S&E   65,005   56,295   39,523   40,859   40,781   39,987   36,374   32,766   30,428   28,062
      Business management and business administration   12,832   11,284   9,688   10,234   9,401   8,249   8,741   7,656   7,697   5,835
      Communication and communications technologies   268   540   403   426   270   291   595   673   0   0
      Education   33,033   31,580   24,044   26,397   25,640   24,914   20,701   19,304   19,126   17,317
      Humanities   2,322   1,678   1,062   1,543   1,284   1,597   2,038   1,913   2,124   3,679
      Law   445   379   756   791   565   721   723   662   535   1,227
      Social work   129   355   431   248   1   142   167   42   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   392   235   114   212   185   83   109   77   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   15,584   10,244   3,025   1,008   3,435   3,990   3,300   2,439   946   4

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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