Data

U.S. Air Force Academy
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 32,086 | 42,197 | 43,941 | 35,925 | 48,287 | 55,358 | 38,326 | 44,663 | 57,164 | 56,044 | ||||||||||
Science | 2,954 | 3,496 | 6,451 | 4,822 | 6,804 | 13,644 | 10,889 | 10,051 | i | 11,473 | 17,875 | |||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 150 | 490 | 640 | 1,044 | 703 | 4,585 | 3,401 | 836 | i | 2,007 | 5,756 | |||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,399 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 738 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 918 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 743 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Life sciences | 369 | 0 | 140 | 341 | 338 | 485 | 526 | 1,026 | i | 27 | 641 | |||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 317 | 0 | 140 | 341 | 338 | 485 | 526 | 1,026 | i | 27 | 641 | |||||||||
Health sciences | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 535 | 657 | 572 | 549 | 738 | i | 40 | 13 | |||||||||
Physical sciences | 2,398 | 2,714 | 2,933 | 1,521 | 3,433 | 5,231 | 4,044 | 4,004 | i | 3,356 | 5,462 | |||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Chemistry | 552 | 0 | 330 | 627 | 703 | 1,169 | 801 | 446 | i | 536 | 313 | |||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,846 | 2,714 | 2,603 | 844 | 2,730 | 4,062 | 3,243 | 3,558 | i | 2,820 | 5,149 | |||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,053 | 1 | i | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Social sciences | 3 | 292 | 2,464 | 1,381 | 1,673 | 2,771 | 1,316 | 1,047 | i | 732 | 778 | |||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 3 | 0 | 24 | 268 | 365 | 428 | 574 | 849 | i | 163 | 87 | |||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 203 | 2,133 | 484 | 470 | 597 | 580 | 124 | i | 556 | 691 | |||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 24 | 307 | 629 | 838 | 1,746 | 162 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | i | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 5,311 | 5,219 | |||||||||
Engineering | 29,132 | 29,812 | 28,489 | 28,645 | 33,831 | 37,015 | 24,268 | 31,488 | i | 37,998 | 25,637 | |||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2,823 | 4,358 | 2,830 | 2,775 | 3,178 | 6,072 | 5,214 | 2,894 | i | 5,424 | 2,956 | |||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 50 | 359 | 590 | 473 | 501 | 385 | i | 165 | 222 | |||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 923 | 325 | 140 | 748 | 699 | 1,424 | 1,006 | 580 | i | 949 | 2,339 | |||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 482 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 24,904 | 25,073 | 25,090 | 24,556 | 29,364 | 29,046 | 17,547 | 27,604 | i | 30,660 | 19,511 | |||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 56 | 379 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | i | 800 | 609 | |||||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 8,889 | 9,001 | 2,458 | 7,652 | 4,699 | 3,169 | 3,124 | i | 7,693 | 12,532 | |||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 802 | 833 | 717 | 694 | 707 | 913 | 130 | i | 24 | 18 | |||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Education | 0 | 7,841 | 7,814 | 29 | 34 | 34 | 446 | 2,890 | i | 2,600 | 7,291 | |||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 108 | 691 | 1,016 | 631 | 821 | 104 | i | 289 | 0 | |||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 230 | 230 | 222 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 246 | 246 | 806 | 5,678 | 3,097 | 767 | 0 | i | 4,780 | 5,223 |
i=imputed
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