Data

Washington 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   368,396   357,648   335,201   344,997   331,424   331,051   301,640   303,214   288,752   305,510
    Science   276,991   276,600   255,298   262,731   245,652   242,185   234,968   230,573   217,466   220,854
      Computer and information sciences   8,523   8,393   8,251   8,705   9,407   5,770   3,849   3,899   4,660   762
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   10,772   8,946   9,440   10,109   8,441   10,529   8,873   9,256   6,658   6,653
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   1   3   117   461   799   1,155   1,266   966   466   144
        Geological and earth sciences   1,676   1,103   2,516   2,467   1,908   2,258   2,492   1,999   3,537   3,226
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   46   179   208   291   199   227   591   14   5
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified   9,095   7,794   6,628   6,973   5,443   6,917   4,888   5,700   2,641   3,278
      Life sciences   211,742   211,107   196,649   193,878   175,704   175,640   175,336   161,992   162,534   159,314
        Agricultural sciences   108,785   110,067   107,295   101,867   92,168   92,170   95,091   83,522   81,999   83,150
        Biological and biomedical sciences   32,110   34,771   35,845   41,122   41,126   44,943   48,372   46,200   59,280   50,748
        Health sciences   64,128   59,282   49,070   47,568   40,812   34,636   30,198   29,279   12,441   12,246
        Natural resources and conservation   3,094   4,189   1,974   1,401   528   2,759   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified   3,625   2,798   2,465   1,920   1,070   1,132   1,675   2,991   8,814   13,170
      Mathematics and statistics   509   535   447   475   1,611   712   1,150   863   1,982   1,630
      Physical sciences   25,553   26,256   24,243   32,628   31,387   32,219   29,168   33,058   23,338   22,144
        Astronomy and astrophysics   191   166   209   321   108   138   230   255   535   29
        Chemistry   12,821   13,478   8,512   10,768   9,476   7,840   8,422   10,244   8,687   7,400
        Materials science   2,887   1,598   1,111   1,135   676   512   0   0   0   0
        Physics   9,653   10,978   12,549   16,288   17,436   20,631   16,446   16,945   13,455   12,105
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified   1   36   1,862   4,116   3,691   3,098   4,070   5,614   661   2,610
      Psychology   3,860   5,000   3,875   3,190   3,543   4,060   3,056   1,927   2,745   2,179
      Social sciences   12,699   15,147   12,338   13,079   14,112   11,723   12,961   16,471   12,417   23,060
        Anthropology   734   449   322   243   525   208   0   0   0   0
        Economics   5,272   4,985   4,436   5,912   4,902   4,985   4,682   4,810   3,428   3,917
        Political science and government   485   730   774   1,148   1,144   1,056   1,084   682   1,231   1,139
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   536   680   412   336   545   434   742   1,194   1,459   1,395
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified   5,672   8,303   6,394   5,440   6,996   5,040   6,453   9,785   6,299   16,609
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified   3,333   1,216   55   667   1,447   1,532   575   3,107   3,132   5,112
    Engineering   45,571   48,031   39,533   39,578   43,674   46,444   40,240   47,246   37,724   40,683
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   407   207   15   250   155   4   774   1,660   543   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   2,412   3,414   4,061   4,408   2,667   3,655   2,698   3,636   837   669
      Chemical engineering   4,391   5,720   5,290   4,707   7,727   4,963   3,629   3,409   4,547   4,237
      Civil engineering   9,005   8,508   7,608   6,660   7,609   6,870   5,567   5,658   4,284   6,604
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   8,748   9,684   7,580   7,151   5,933   7,019   5,680   6,802   9,963   10,810
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   192   98   64   8   1,499   1,469   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7,857   9,163   7,150   4,849   7,305   9,967   8,775   12,628   4,297   4,558
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,584   4,162   4,580   6,992   5,295   5,287   4,480   3,635   2,443   2,919
      Engineering not elsewhere classified   8,975   7,075   3,185   4,553   5,484   7,210   8,637   9,818   10,810   10,886
    Non-S&E   45,834   33,017   40,370   42,688   42,098   42,422   26,432   25,395   33,562   43,973
      Business management and business administration   8,934   7,632   5,411   5,826   3,757   4,413   1,172   1,916   6,678   4,985
      Communication and communications technologies   6,424   2,043   3,611   3,790   5,487   6,432   4,198   4,173   5,879   3,461
      Education   25,232   17,427   23,605   24,866   21,820   17,372   13,511   17,097   16,824   15,709
      Humanities   1,327   1,009   1,037   1,020   2,296   3,201   588   541   275   476
      Law   98   121   295   479   1,031   554   255   414   0   0
      Social work   175   152   133   267   145   2,373   998   1,125   1,544   2,028
      Visual and performing arts   90   117   83   121   436   305   23   85   100   377
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified   3,554   4,516   6,195   6,319   7,126   7,772   5,687   44   2,262   16,937

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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