Data
Auburn University, Auburn
| Field | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All R&D fields | 190,340 | 152,381 | 135,899 | 142,487 | 147,229 | 133,013 | 163,335 | 145,115 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Science | 110,695 | 103,839 | 92,721 | 93,847 | 91,873 | 84,852 | 111,764 | 99,162 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 1,799 | 1,331 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 10 | 47 | 94 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3,820 | 2,633 | 3,461 | 2,988 | 2,386 | 2,092 | 2,011 | 2,039 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Atmospheric science and meteorology | 59 | 112 | 117 | 151 | 44 | 84 | 307 | 439 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Geological and earth sciences | 1,690 | 757 | 858 | 543 | 1,095 | 970 | 971 | 1,018 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 190 | 186 | 352 | 240 | 70 | 104 | 174 | 29 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec | 1,881 | 1,578 | 2,134 | 2,054 | 1,177 | 934 | 559 | 553 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Life sciences | 85,135 | 85,307 | 75,745 | 77,333 | 75,569 | 68,894 | 90,565 | 81,100 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Agricultural sciences | 47,872 | 58,753 | 56,845 | 56,182 | 55,449 | 52,598 | 55,774 | 59,366 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 10,317 | 12,248 | 6,975 | 6,732 | 7,508 | 5,109 | 6,352 | 4,630 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Health sciences | 20,321 | 6,358 | 9,377 | 12,257 | 9,995 | 8,766 | 24,668 | 13,756 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Life sciences, nec | 6,625 | 7,948 | 2,548 | 2,162 | 2,617 | 2,421 | 3,771 | 3,348 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Mathematics and statistics | 3,094 | 381 | 308 | 645 | 329 | 532 | 452 | 422 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences | 9,622 | 6,415 | 4,678 | 5,770 | 5,847 | 5,363 | 5,578 | 4,912 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 37 | 207 | 182 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Chemistry | 4,441 | 1,645 | 1,558 | 2,547 | 1,682 | 1,556 | 1,319 | 1,834 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Materials science | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Physics | 5,107 | 4,767 | 3,120 | 3,217 | 4,135 | 3,761 | 3,631 | 2,691 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences, nec | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 421 | 205 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Psychology | 1,572 | 452 | 390 | 447 | 508 | 600 | 536 | 521 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Social sciences | 4,619 | 4,217 | 2,838 | 3,970 | 3,482 | 3,278 | 3,519 | 3,956 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Anthropology | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Economics | 164 | 1,373 | 181 | 93 | 44 | 109 | 62 | 361 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Political science and government | 736 | 521 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 46 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 8 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Social sciences, nec | 3,673 | 2,321 | 2,644 | 3,871 | 3,429 | 3,163 | 3,400 | 3,587 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Sciences, nec | 1,034 | 3,103 | 5,301 | 2,694 | 3,512 | 4,083 | 9,056 | 6,118 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Engineering | 56,657 | 45,572 | 40,249 | 46,263 | 51,672 | 45,370 | 50,021 | 44,712 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1,677 | 727 | 373 | 503 | 636 | 1,171 | 1,579 | 1,401 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 773 | 919 | 1,322 | 5,010 | 1,179 | 7,314 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Chemical engineering | 6,198 | 4,749 | 4,749 | 5,741 | 6,735 | 5,246 | 7,123 | 5,342 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Civil engineering | 6,998 | 3,142 | 3,973 | 7,696 | 6,981 | 5,981 | 8,968 | 10,499 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 5,601 | 4,262 | 5,386 | 5,742 | 9,307 | 7,624 | 7,775 | 3,954 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 2,196 | 798 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Mechanical engineering | 10,021 | 6,450 | 4,239 | 5,471 | 6,343 | 4,774 | 6,575 | 4,491 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Metallurgical and materials engineering | 456 | 1,207 | 1,175 | 809 | 1,608 | 1,445 | 1,672 | 1,741 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Engineering, nec | 22,737 | 23,318 | 19,032 | 15,291 | 18,883 | 11,815 | 16,329 | 17,284 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E | 22,988 | 2,970 | 2,929 | 2,377 | 3,684 | 2,791 | 1,550 | 1,241 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Business management and business administration | 8,293 | 1,614 | 1,830 | 1,419 | 2,492 | 1,483 | 966 | 362 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Education | 3,173 | 1,299 | 1,065 | 925 | 1,147 | 1,305 | 584 | 374 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Humanities | 5,694 | 57 | 34 | 28 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 5 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E, nec | 5,828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
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.

