Data

U. Maryland, College Park

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   .   .   .   .   .   540,660   548,885   539,388   505,699   485,051
    Science   .   .   .   .   .   397,955   402,050   389,208   379,100   361,063
      Computer and information sciences   .   .   .   .   .   46,197   45,861   44,663   40,010   36,838
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   .   .   .   .   .   47,540   47,774   50,463   40,202   38,810
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   .   .   .   .   .   31,061   31,233   35,769   1,585   1,795
        Geological and earth sciences   .   .   .   .   .   15,980   14,960   12,884   38,617   37,015
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   .   .   .   .   .   499   1,581   1,810   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   .   .   .   .   .   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   .   .   .   .   .   114,805   124,365   127,030   115,904   94,818
        Agricultural sciences   .   .   .   .   .   47,385   55,069   55,209   56,326   43,478
        Biological and biomedical sciences   .   .   .   .   .   41,986   41,999   43,282   36,048   35,839
        Health sciences   .   .   .   .   .   21,691   21,461   22,661   19,049   9,533
        Natural resources and conservation   .   .   .   .   .   3,727   5,836   5,878   0   0
        Life sciences nec   .   .   .   .   .   16   0   0   4,481   5,968
      Mathematics and statistics   .   .   .   .   .   6,788   6,882   5,917   7,008   5,876
      Physical sciences   .   .   .   .   .   104,606   103,561   98,474   91,974   85,573
        Astronomy and astrophysics   .   .   .   .   .   32,187   33,529   31,152   24,521   21,994
        Chemistry   .   .   .   .   .   10,672   9,694   13,864   11,774   9,245
        Materials science   .   .   .   .   .   0   0   28   0   0
        Physics   .   .   .   .   .   58,116   58,803   51,196   55,096   50,345
        Physical sciences nec   .   .   .   .   .   3,631   1,535   2,234   583   3,989
      Psychology   .   .   .   .   .   8,365   10,114   12,852   7,147   5,652
      Social sciences   .   .   .   .   .   67,202   56,370   40,643   76,855   93,496
        Anthropology   .   .   .   .   .   428   438   175   0   0
        Economics   .   .   .   .   .   1,381   1,015   1,206   1,633   3,875
        Political science and government   .   .   .   .   .   5,852   5,040   4,953   7,700   10,173
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   .   .   .   .   .   6,812   7,331   5,668   6,146   4,885
        Social sciences nec   .   .   .   .   .   52,729   42,546   28,641   61,376   74,563
      Sciences nec   .   .   .   .   .   2,452   7,123   9,166   0   0
    Engineering   .   .   .   .   .   131,245   130,932   127,965   124,268   111,172
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   .   .   .   .   .   15,691   15,089   12,465   13,362   13,352
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   .   .   .   .   .   9,941   8,674   8,067   6,664   6,275
      Chemical engineering   .   .   .   .   .   5,484   5,829   4,394   3,805   3,780
      Civil engineering   .   .   .   .   .   24,049   26,960   25,975   25,281   24,281
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   .   .   .   .   .   15,414   18,650   22,125   18,292   17,337
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   .   .   .   .   .   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   .   .   .   .   .   20,320   18,547   17,937   17,534   16,636
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   .   .   .   .   .   15,480   14,669   13,714   13,978   12,262
      Engineering nec   .   .   .   .   .   24,866   22,514   23,288   25,352   17,249
    Non-S&E   .   .   .   .   .   11,460   15,903   22,215   2,331   12,816
      Business management and business administration   .   .   .   .   .   2,815   2,607   1,584   0   1,185
      Communication and communications technologies   .   .   .   .   .   519   884   882   734   972
      Education   .   .   .   .   .   2,516   3,914   5,836   125   4,241
      Humanities   .   .   .   .   .   3,426   2,422   1,981   1,078   1,728
      Law   .   .   .   .   .   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   .   .   .   .   .   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   .   .   .   .   .   237   909   314   394   419
      Non-S&E nec   .   .   .   .   .   1,947   5,167   11,618   0   4,271

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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