Data

U. Colorado Boulder

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   651,924   611,380   547,724   525,674   513,822   514,573   499,389   453,123   420,775   379,475
    Science   441,380   383,283   341,441   336,126   333,682   316,918   297,508   301,704   294,172   269,043
      Computer and information sciences   21,212   19,612   16,468   15,627   14,909   12,028   9,179   8,701   7,865   8,191
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   140,081   129,830   118,876   119,824   121,624   136,586   128,164   138,163   128,421   96,539
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   26,474   29,149   30,868   32,942   39,723   79,410   103,851   112,639   101,233   31,858
        Geological and earth sciences   19,149   17,039   12,891   13,006   11,395   10,856   9,751   12,433   14,405   49,737
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   2,931   3,165   2,609   2,017   1,591   992   1,078   812   678   521
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   91,527   80,477   72,508   71,859   68,915   45,328   13,484   12,279   12,105   14,423
      Life sciences   61,853   56,184   53,211   52,074   51,990   41,637   37,296   29,536   26,760   28,450
        Agricultural sciences   1,466   1,690   2,077   1,448   342   4   1,227   12   10   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   53,109   46,086   42,368   41,081   41,686   30,851   25,393   20,691   19,044   19,503
        Health sciences   4,666   5,076   4,708   5,377   5,714   6,593   5,777   1,886   1,737   441
        Natural resources and conservation   1,804   1,596   1,446   1,137   497   210   8   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   808   1,736   2,612   3,031   3,751   3,979   4,891   6,947   5,969   8,506
      Mathematics and statistics   4,116   3,616   2,857   2,659   2,711   2,409   2,434   2,237   2,056   1,989
      Physical sciences   179,084   143,342   120,677   115,340   107,416   84,938   74,376   72,578   82,039   94,410
        Astronomy and astrophysics   75,402   43,602   34,368   28,747   24,957   18,234   15,543   11,847   13,600   31,836
        Chemistry   13,610   12,345   9,383   9,041   9,650   8,937   12,078   16,961   22,995   21,466
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   82,413   79,823   70,498   69,967   66,848   54,531   43,282   41,089   43,349   38,424
        Physical sciences nec   7,659   7,572   6,428   7,585   5,961   3,236   3,473   2,681   2,095   2,684
      Psychology   16,643   13,945   13,610   11,982   13,092   8,990   11,027   13,698   14,034   15,675
      Social sciences   16,815   15,231   14,018   16,443   18,635   17,707   16,568   12,904   13,567   15,292
        Anthropology   986   371   70   69   79   35   0   0   0   0
        Economics   425   436   215   557   799   301   85   3   21   225
        Political science and government   350   674   355   627   191   175   104   321   571   831
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   10,932   9,757   10,593   10,314   14,254   12,971   13,647   10,237   10,537   12,305
        Social sciences nec   4,122   3,993   2,785   4,876   3,312   4,225   2,732   2,343   2,438   1,931
      Sciences nec   1,576   1,523   1,724   2,177   3,305   12,623   18,464   23,887   19,430   8,497
    Engineering   175,118   191,531   177,604   160,423   152,391   171,965   176,988   132,146   109,482   93,839
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   90,146   115,323   107,850   97,881   89,596   110,957   117,928   75,237   49,499   36,827
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   13,254   11,317   9,300   10,069   10,615   9,031   7,420   5,685   4,270   3,124
      Chemical engineering   11,811   12,273   12,578   10,701   9,858   10,524   11,998   14,307   17,613   14,614
      Civil engineering   18,504   16,411   14,432   12,731   14,035   18,345   14,041   13,418   14,572   16,145
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   15,903   13,387   12,395   12,491   12,803   10,804   11,832   11,680   12,091   11,471
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   16,876   15,740   14,703   11,878   10,195   8,551   10,252   9,232   9,034   9,870
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   2,156   1,366   1,427   1,190   950   979   1,417   720   242   0
      Engineering nec   6,468   5,714   4,919   3,482   4,339   2,774   2,100   1,867   2,161   1,788
    Non-S&E   35,426   36,566   28,679   29,125   27,749   25,690   24,893   19,273   17,121   16,593
      Business management and business administration   1,850   3,471   1,704   2,008   2,100   1,769   1,879   2,404   2,295   2,111
      Communication and communications technologies   835   93   296   210   299   60   144   85   125   138
      Education   29,644   27,118   24,388   24,361   23,049   21,671   19,215   14,367   11,710   12,208
      Humanities   1,319   2,243   889   903   575   474   564   611   452   269
      Law   334   3,326   1,189   1,397   1,664   1,668   3,044   1,497   2,261   1,524
      Social work   105   57   0   1   1   0   0   168   201   327
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   7   30   24   136   77   16
      Non-S&E nec   1,339   258   213   245   54   18   23   5   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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