Data

George Mason 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   252,239   230,068   214,207   218,445   186,267   149,138   112,404   108,899   106,410   98,680
    Science   164,003   145,275   143,379   143,939   127,952   109,631   87,303   81,823   79,664   77,345
      Computer and information sciences   22,076   25,373   24,420   23,969   31,219   18,745   12,248   9,916   12,781   11,988
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   17,068   14,205   12,577   10,679   11,598   11,977   12,256   11,913   9,836   9,770
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7,549   6,176   5,254   3,931   4,664   5,830   6,788   6,977   4,466   3,752
        Geological and earth sciences   8,533   6,732   6,485   4,485   5,671   5,569   5,115   4,743   5,301   5,950
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   680   972   513   1,962   893   104   127   161   69   68
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   306   325   325   301   370   474   226   32   0   0
      Life sciences   37,589   30,410   47,800   33,163   16,438   17,982   18,574   18,620   18,428   15,389
        Agricultural sciences   313   352   168   76   69   51   61   12   83   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   23,000   20,571   37,805   25,142   9,520   10,031   12,803   11,866   5,024   1,631
        Health sciences   13,168   8,513   8,558   7,187   6,467   7,286   5,273   6,415   11,097   11,388
        Natural resources and conservation   1,101   973   1,269   724   333   577   429   208   0   0
        Life sciences nec   7   1   0   34   49   37   8   119   2,224   2,370
      Mathematics and statistics   2,657   3,606   2,493   1,941   1,981   1,578   1,892   1,405   1,950   2,069
      Physical sciences   7,098   6,154   4,786   5,586   6,295   4,783   4,100   4,506   3,825   4,650
        Astronomy and astrophysics   3,136   2,702   1,504   3,292   3,764   3,096   2,398   2,016   2,319   2,815
        Chemistry   1,470   1,211   1,062   304   621   85   145   416   109   280
        Materials science   1,542   1,416   1,317   904   1,239   966   659   750   0   0
        Physics   813   671   646   842   445   487   790   1,277   1,307   1,395
        Physical sciences nec   137   154   257   244   226   149   108   47   90   160
      Psychology   4,323   3,809   3,029   3,196   3,143   3,014   2,947   4,744   7,509   6,806
      Social sciences   73,092   61,667   48,250   65,405   57,278   51,552   35,286   30,719   25,335   26,673
        Anthropology   221   251   176   77   76   88   98   31   0   0
        Economics   51,935   44,433   32,770   52,467   46,791   40,898   25,551   19,952   15,461   16,523
        Political science and government   1,306   1,673   2,288   2,354   1,740   1,809   1,404   2,091   3,011   2,868
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3,495   3,435   3,108   2,018   1,953   2,125   2,337   2,443   1,429   1,684
        Social sciences nec   16,135   11,875   9,908   8,489   6,718   6,632   5,896   6,202   5,434   5,598
      Sciences nec   100   51   24   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   61,036   57,196   49,826   52,423   36,101   15,785   11,185   10,826   10,181   8,148
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   101   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   7,510   7,892   6,615   6,016   3,333   2,597   2,331   2,971   3,635   4,399
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   3   0   0
      Civil engineering   5,318   5,780   4,814   5,129   5,410   1,748   1,608   1,114   635   288
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   23,457   20,900   18,265   20,341   3,162   2,454   2,525   2,233   1,663   1,433
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   21,568   19,862   17,285   18,591   22,672   5,552   1,403   1,221   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,135   1,295   1,948   1,705   896   411   166   13   18   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   769   955   290   389   0   0   0   92   601   528
      Engineering nec   279   512   609   252   524   3,023   3,152   3,179   3,629   1,500
    Non-S&E   27,200   27,597   21,002   22,083   22,214   23,722   13,916   16,250   16,565   13,187
      Business management and business administration   2,749   2,603   1,079   881   1,469   1,393   1,878   2,134   31   59
      Communication and communications technologies   1,854   2,141   2,496   3,225   2,958   2,738   1,375   1,454   1,731   1,234
      Education   4,465   4,654   4,500   4,940   3,987   3,047   3,694   7,518   10,836   9,499
      Humanities   2,674   1,999   1,215   1,084   1,259   1,823   1,655   1,420   1,659   1,432
      Law   14,990   15,208   10,642   10,736   11,611   12,832   3,446   1,742   1,159   655
      Social work   45   69   63   0   4   14   27   107   327   95
      Visual and performing arts   281   225   161   126   184   866   882   984   309   44
      Non-S&E nec   142   698   846   1,091   742   1,009   959   891   513   169

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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