Data

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

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   1,393,825   1,277,814   1,152,666   1,147,720   1,130,803   952,156   922,178   905,474   892,718   866,678
    Science   828,987   748,040   693,372   722,541   732,385   590,002   581,235   581,480   569,539   537,712
      Computer and information sciences   35,515   28,414   25,705   19,178   18,504   21,800   21,960   19,007   20,849   11,444
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   122,863   125,114   122,622   106,932   107,894   113,459   115,394   115,183   113,893   113,175
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7,752   7,010   6,600   5,452   5,637   4,338   4,330   4,640   5,660   5,704
        Geological and earth sciences   9,739   11,463   14,720   16,284   14,392   14,337   13,195   17,517   17,912   14,467
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   100,430   101,588   95,258   78,485   79,758   85,229   86,202   80,717   77,132   79,993
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   4,942   5,053   6,044   6,711   8,107   9,555   11,667   12,309   13,189   13,011
      Life sciences   526,073   464,675   435,563   487,219   502,372   351,403   342,961   349,570   329,855   320,555
        Agricultural sciences   271,948   234,915   210,583   180,671   186,922   184,299   182,651   190,264   179,063   181,658
        Biological and biomedical sciences   110,666   111,681   99,831   97,519   77,408   72,472   69,786   56,657   51,972   45,752
        Health sciences   113,197   94,371   103,670   188,730   220,948   77,896   78,732   96,928   94,790   92,900
        Natural resources and conservation   26,719   18,959   17,297   14,989   13,586   13,067   7,575   2,375   675   0
        Life sciences nec   3,543   4,749   4,182   5,310   3,508   3,669   4,217   3,346   3,355   245
      Mathematics and statistics   10,799   8,774   6,898   6,729   8,768   8,700   9,201   8,882   10,737   9,079
      Physical sciences   72,524   65,248   56,540   56,029   54,574   55,920   54,890   54,015   56,123   53,824
        Astronomy and astrophysics   4,516   3,433   4,023   11,106   7,336   6,947   6,979   6,491   7,808   1,646
        Chemistry   30,355   27,800   25,693   23,182   24,507   24,066   24,441   26,392   25,688   28,293
        Materials science   11,410   7,769   5,896   4,703   4,142   2,519   2,170   456   176   0
        Physics   23,501   23,388   19,252   16,238   17,848   21,835   19,108   17,691   17,778   18,750
        Physical sciences nec   2,742   2,858   1,676   800   741   553   2,192   2,985   4,673   5,135
      Psychology   10,353   10,488   7,635   6,546   5,248   3,538   3,159   3,510   3,444   3,666
      Social sciences   38,335   32,324   29,994   28,965   29,389   30,686   28,983   26,008   28,431   19,796
        Anthropology   2,778   2,217   2,058   2,029   3,961   2,308   1,102   887   978   0
        Economics   6,769   6,496   7,403   7,647   6,300   7,176   7,583   4,288   8,727   1,899
        Political science and government   6,427   6,419   6,627   5,725   6,638   4,548   4,985   5,680   4,857   4,534
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3,559   1,658   2,030   2,273   2,070   2,741   1,514   2,892   1,921   1,465
        Social sciences nec   18,802   15,534   11,876   11,291   10,420   13,913   13,799   12,261   11,948   11,898
      Sciences nec   12,525   13,003   8,415   10,943   5,636   4,496   4,687   5,305   6,207   6,173
    Engineering   496,787   464,769   402,999   385,656   357,559   321,373   300,956   287,620   290,413   298,538
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   52,905   52,758   32,301   33,837   31,963   18,379   16,987   11,045   9,434   10,639
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   43,620   39,121   27,673   39,008   20,933   21,261   18,813   16,777   14,254   11,160
      Chemical engineering   18,849   17,780   19,620   18,302   20,730   24,299   25,438   29,671   27,087   38,056
      Civil engineering   129,205   113,367   110,000   100,161   98,444   89,564   80,886   80,600   86,281   89,625
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   36,715   36,668   29,267   26,886   29,379   32,688   28,454   27,255   28,969   32,830
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   14,874   15,720   12,286   9,198   8,381   6,859   4,508   3,946   2,912   0
      Mechanical engineering   65,550   47,335   38,297   34,921   42,100   32,308   34,126   32,107   36,165   36,901
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   12,560   11,991   11,116   12,517   14,068   16,983   19,737   18,694   12,534   6,933
      Engineering nec   122,509   130,029   122,439   110,826   91,561   79,032   72,007   67,525   72,777   72,394
    Non-S&E   68,051   65,005   56,295   39,523   40,859   40,781   39,987   36,374   32,766   30,428
      Business management and business administration   15,484   12,832   11,284   9,688   10,234   9,401   8,249   8,741   7,656   7,697
      Communication and communications technologies   1,272   268   540   403   426   270   291   595   673   0
      Education   35,495   33,033   31,580   24,044   26,397   25,640   24,914   20,701   19,304   19,126
      Humanities   2,042   2,322   1,678   1,062   1,543   1,284   1,597   2,038   1,913   2,124
      Law   966   445   379   756   791   565   721   723   662   535
      Social work   5   129   355   431   248   1   142   167   42   0
      Visual and performing arts   518   392   235   114   212   185   83   109   77   0
      Non-S&E nec   12,269   15,584   10,244   3,025   1,008   3,435   3,990   3,300   2,439   946

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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