Data

U. Arizona

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   955,424   824,340   770,031   760,975   734,270   687,066   622,200   604,464   606,219   588,088
    Science   817,202   709,586   669,218   663,770   639,735   601,938   547,040   529,545   535,963   521,306
      Computer and information sciences   18,319   18,270   16,503   15,084   12,370   13,089   9,674   8,388   7,292   8,587
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   44,173   33,859   32,088   31,148   31,075   28,947   29,723   32,085   33,631   30,922
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   10,888   8,419   7,273   5,223   5,180   6,104   7,129   10,211   3,018   2,773
        Geological and earth sciences   29,232   22,276   21,648   22,911   22,374   19,668   19,643   18,248   19,314   18,593
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   2,755   2,186   2,261   2,390   2,208   2,041   2,198   2,467   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,298   978   906   624   1,313   1,134   753   1,159   11,299   9,556
      Life sciences   522,916   471,046   447,584   437,147   426,393   399,790   348,497   323,076   289,954   277,225
        Agricultural sciences   66,914   55,219   50,582   50,725   51,474   46,176   44,377   40,457   56,581   56,211
        Biological and biomedical sciences   241,895   218,490   221,774   212,741   200,691   174,310   147,594   146,159   85,807   86,357
        Health sciences   199,768   183,399   162,748   160,542   161,471   167,652   146,236   126,669   137,582   124,734
        Natural resources and conservation   14,324   13,933   12,480   13,136   12,754   11,628   10,278   9,779   0   0
        Life sciences nec   15   5   0   3   3   24   12   12   9,984   9,923
      Mathematics and statistics   7,530   4,105   3,347   3,098   2,449   2,233   2,749   2,656   3,169   4,124
      Physical sciences   173,256   142,519   140,655   149,138   139,315   127,847   126,361   125,247   167,875   164,784
        Astronomy and astrophysics   146,818   123,039   113,367   121,908   113,523   104,785   103,085   103,430   131,350   124,647
        Chemistry   13,846   9,869   15,246   14,511   13,060   13,525   13,025   12,206   12,932   15,195
        Materials science   4,100   3,663   2,918   3,434   3,707   3,332   3,127   3,076   0   0
        Physics   8,431   5,890   9,072   9,230   8,970   6,151   7,069   6,482   23,593   24,942
        Physical sciences nec   61   58   52   55   55   54   55   53   0   0
      Psychology   10,219   6,573   4,255   2,900   2,670   2,628   2,561   2,424   4,394   4,602
      Social sciences   27,542   22,491   18,628   17,689   19,450   19,835   20,086   22,458   22,698   22,303
        Anthropology   4,346   3,965   3,482   3,443   3,926   3,715   1,748   2,203   0   0
        Economics   4,008   3,345   2,779   2,257   2,422   2,510   2,148   1,684   6,675   6,646
        Political science and government   1,118   779   601   503   866   1,108   5   2   2,746   2,287
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   5,535   4,859   4,125   3,904   4,722   4,080   5,022   6,060   7,330   6,975
        Social sciences nec   12,535   9,543   7,641   7,582   7,514   8,422   11,163   12,509   5,947   6,395
      Sciences nec   13,247   10,723   6,158   7,566   6,013   7,569   7,389   13,211   6,950   8,759
    Engineering   103,771   84,682   72,158   79,463   75,555   70,100   62,925   62,867   56,911   54,558
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   3,375   2,561   1,623   1,601   1,880   1,562   1,489   1,568   1,743   1,500
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   11,669   8,817   8,351   8,552   6,922   6,627   5,214   5,449   4,506   3,998
      Chemical engineering   6,213   5,579   5,642   5,811   4,347   4,378   3,699   3,453   5,828   5,920
      Civil engineering   5,774   2,386   1,578   2,914   3,558   4,854   4,040   3,873   1,815   2,237
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   48,129   43,553   34,712   39,690   41,402   37,242   35,565   36,388   16,194   16,686
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   6,558   4,463   4,100   4,178   3,572   3,073   2,490   2,068   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   4,071   4,268   3,858   5,097   3,836   3,926   3,278   2,708   14,197   12,286
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   10,373   7,398   8,397   7,902   6,139   5,229   3,972   4,319   4,510   5,755
      Engineering nec   7,609   5,657   3,897   3,718   3,899   3,209   3,178   3,041   8,118   6,176
    Non-S&E   34,451   30,072   28,655   17,742   18,980   15,028   12,235   12,052   13,345   12,224
      Business management and business administration   10,608   9,269   7,943   2,633   4,760   3,153   2,534   2,518   435   386
      Communication and communications technologies   557   190   123   71   265   384   181   250   901   1,343
      Education   7,794   6,009   5,944   2,823   3,691   5,074   5,510   5,213   6,083   5,111
      Humanities   4,539   4,904   4,603   4,499   1,014   4,763   1,561   1,780   3,299   2,449
      Law   3,647   3,505   3,529   890   1,129   61   783   481   1,260   1,828
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   5,012   4,575   5,041   5,690   6,738   788   992   1,082   1,367   1,107
      Non-S&E nec   2,294   1,620   1,472   1,136   1,383   805   674   728   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.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

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