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Washington U., Saint Louis

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Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2021–12
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
  All R&D fields 989,214        920,215        887,088        816,139        754,462        741,115        694,069        664,752        684,847        706,410       
    Science 934,082        870,860        843,388        773,029        715,378        702,492        652,867        626,081        646,144        668,913       
      Computer and information sciences 4,575        5,467        5,504        4,465        4,633        5,242        4,111        5,060        4,659        4,980       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6,083        5,509        5,676        5,045        6,642        5,649        6,066        9,374        12,693        9,250       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 6,083        5,509        5,676        5,045        6,642        5,649        6,066        6,492        9,871        6,265       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        2,882        2,822        2,985       
      Life sciences 887,653        824,978        796,337        731,083        672,672        661,793        617,658        585,641        601,162        625,450       
        Agricultural sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 389,457        359,856        354,062        327,959        297,046        284,931        202,990        183,001        199,433        217,796       
        Health sciences 498,196        465,122        442,275        403,124        375,626        376,862        406,830        388,847        392,786        401,980       
        Natural resources and conservation 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        7,838        13,793        8,943        5,674       
      Mathematics and statistics 840        959        639        616        671        519        608        514        542        468       
      Physical sciences 24,320        23,401        24,852        22,345        21,811        18,899        14,249        14,489        16,520        17,875       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0        0        0        0        92        0        0        0        0        0       
        Chemistry 11,696        12,722        14,244        11,486        11,152        8,905        7,875        6,546        6,649        7,215       
        Materials science 6,944        5,619        5,132        4,585        4,738        3,896        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 5,680        5,060        5,476        6,274        5,829        6,098        6,374        7,943        9,871        10,660       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Psychology 6,121        6,052        6,129        5,578        5,603        5,871        6,148        6,825        6,701        7,169       
      Social sciences 1,374        1,191        1,259        1,556        1,056        1,251        1,062        1,009        1,240        1,272       
        Anthropology 584        653        739        543        693        703        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 55        0        77        78        63        85        43        0        0        0       
        Political science and government 162        231        207        762        279        306        664        660        719        865       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 225        7        126        164        21        0        0        57        143        22       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 348        300        110        9        0        157        355        292        378        385       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 3,116        3,303        2,992        2,341        2,290        3,268        2,965        3,169        2,627        2,449       
    Engineering 26,574        23,821        23,090        24,238        24,627        24,130        27,283        20,675        19,340        20,122       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,360        8,668        8,537        8,288        10,312        11,081        10,236        10,037        11,340        13,356       
      Chemical engineering 5,490        5,890        6,616        8,341        8,522        7,686        7,146        6,254        4,556        3,457       
      Civil engineering 407        712        1,130        3,071        2,388        2,311        4,407        15        12        10       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 5,044        4,844        4,256        3,601        3,204        2,851        2,260        2,155        1,933        1,716       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        3,234        2,208        1,220        1,286       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,546        2,952        1,873        913        16        0        0        0        0        0       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 727        755        678        24        185        201        0        6        279        297       
    Non-S&E 28,558        25,534        20,610        18,872        14,457        14,493        13,919        17,996        19,363        17,375       
      Business management and business administration 79        187        229        276        208        101        468        216        440        454       
      Communication and communications technologies 1        5        4        2        57        80        0        0        0        0       
      Education 305        577        450        251        272        271        297        442        392        364       
      Humanities 359        836        587        119        141        74        164        6        3        76       
      Law 14        0        0        70        95        37        125        29        25        29       
      Social work 27,800        23,729        19,300        17,958        13,652        13,924        12,865        17,271        18,493        16,371       
      Visual and performing arts 0        160        0        71        0        0        0        32        0        0       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 0        40        40        125        32        6        0        0        10        81       

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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