Data

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields   591,861   542,045   556,341   541,969   531,636   522,425   521,773   504,282   513,149   496,169
    Science   313,070   284,517   282,461   273,941   274,820   284,530   284,052   269,800   273,916   272,636
      Computer and information sciences   28,642   25,466   30,405   23,536   27,614   33,035   27,386   24,646   21,151   19,897
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   4,652   3,534   3,068   4,185   3,867   4,503   4,385   6,107   7,515   9,070
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   149   185   61   0   0   0   0   52   56   0
        Geological and earth sciences   4,480   3,349   3,007   4,181   3,807   4,503   4,385   6,055   7,459   9,070
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   4   60   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified   23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   223,775   207,204   199,798   198,424   198,326   198,911   221,801   209,678   211,993   206,550
        Agricultural sciences   92,790   80,513   84,380   73,691   69,788   72,715   79,726   104,627   103,451   101,212
        Biological and biomedical sciences   49,745   46,515   40,276   46,123   51,145   50,905   66,005   62,429   68,047   65,767
        Health sciences   48,844   51,942   47,236   49,883   48,797   45,406   45,498   39,101   36,819   35,170
        Natural resources and conservation   27,874   26,106   25,921   26,604   26,896   28,219   28,518   0   0   0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified   4,522   2,128   1,985   2,123   1,700   1,666   2,054   3,521   3,676   4,401
      Mathematics and statistics   12,917   8,107   6,776   5,031   5,765   10,281   2,901   2,734   3,612   3,681
      Physical sciences   23,394   24,374   24,214   26,835   21,049   18,453   15,547   14,025   14,856   19,439
        Astronomy and astrophysics   19   130   39   176   64   212   23   0   0   0
        Chemistry   13,810   14,389   14,242   16,338   12,149   9,149   8,691   8,526   9,316   10,402
        Materials science   1,292   1,184   1,025   1,188   960   1,017   942   0   0   0
        Physics   7,798   7,913   7,831   7,909   6,511   5,637   5,366   4,901   4,839   8,189
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified   475   758   1,077   1,224   1,365   2,438   525   598   701   848
      Psychology   5,111   4,169   4,899   4,286   4,350   4,359   3,535   4,425   4,564   2,624
      Social sciences   14,507   11,574   13,082   11,273   13,299   14,604   7,799   7,001   7,822   9,026
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   29   0   0   0   0
        Economics   6,429   5,176   5,163   1,340   2,070   2,871   1,334   1,932   1,216   1,429
        Political science and government   421   302   96   163   46   405   151   1,132   1,303   1,726
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   2,482   2,391   3,247   4,823   6,179   7,247   2,246   1,361   1,890   1,237
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified   5,175   3,705   4,576   4,947   5,004   4,052   4,068   2,576   3,413   4,634
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified   72   89   219   371   550   384   698   1,184   2,403   2,349
    Engineering   260,158   246,965   263,711   258,213   245,755   226,810   228,281   225,702   228,570   214,485
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   26,384   20,824   18,219   14,890   12,490   9,738   12,215   11,344   9,658   8,478
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   28,433   20,998   22,519   28,445   15,709   20,463   12,374   12,522   9,248   12,109
      Chemical engineering   5,291   4,473   5,494   5,688   6,123   6,195   5,294   3,517   4,278   5,795
      Civil engineering   32,674   29,264   31,117   28,401   29,334   31,472   63,326   59,867   60,940   55,652
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   67,367   56,194   62,349   60,818   51,152   51,376   50,139   49,920   48,466   43,742
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   34,760   30,945   34,468   37,892   46,078   30,624   5,892   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   24,678   24,718   31,040   32,422   36,786   32,164   34,041   30,596   45,423   46,151
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   13,007   17,397   19,216   13,812   16,703   12,588   17,076   13,080   13,500   14,765
      Engineering not elsewhere classified   27,564   42,152   39,289   35,845   31,380   32,190   27,924   44,856   37,057   27,793
    Non-S&E   18,633   10,563   10,169   9,815   11,061   11,085   9,440   8,780   10,663   9,048
      Business management and business administration   4,875   3,748   3,232   2,426   288   902   770   352   446   114
      Communication and communications technologies   307   445   159   258   258   44   1   44   361   27
      Education   2,006   1,992   2,437   3,435   7,470   7,770   5,423   6,145   7,803   5,652
      Humanities   291   534   461   348   368   357   392   352   180   161
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   0   0   279
      Social work   0   72   73   67   0   0   3   88   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   901   413   522   578   930   771   1,206   804   1,067   655
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified   10,253   3,359   3,285   2,703   1,747   1,241   1,631   995   806   2,160

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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