Data

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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   66,353   56,904   48,702   43,092   39,878   33,067   33,368   37,822   36,130   29,929
    Science   24,118   22,013   20,142   18,191   16,793   10,860   10,307   10,142   10,135   9,184
      Computer and information sciences   10,974   10,044   10,707   10,150   7,301   3,578   3,694   4,140   4,924   4,605
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   3,170   3,538   2,188   2,104   1,791   2,049   1,873   1,214   827   562
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   3,170   3,538   2,188   2,104   1,791   2,049   1,873   1,214   827   562
        Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   3,402   3,090   1,880   1,404   1,253   1,684   1,374   1,365   1,082   1,555
      Physical sciences   4,748   3,487   3,852   2,773   4,991   3,096   2,959   2,754   2,092   1,296
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,305   1,523   1,613   1,422   1,722   2,035   2,342   1,989   1,015   687
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   2,443   1,964   2,239   1,351   3,269   1,061   617   765   1,077   609
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   1,824   1,854   1,515   1,760   1,457   453   407   669   1,210   1,166
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   1,824   1,854   1,515   1,760   1,457   453   407   669   1,210   1,166
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   37,920   31,514   27,108   23,758   21,029   20,617   21,355   24,779   23,775   17,360
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1,864   688   484   97   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   3,006   2,084   3,811   3,980   3,058   3,456   2,965   2,649   2,630   4,286
      Chemical engineering   4,180   3,303   2,881   3,044   2,017   1,984   2,290   3,006   3,135   2,723
      Civil engineering   787   576   766   732   494   633   735   537   698   478
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   4,292   3,046   2,496   2,236   2,024   3,182   3,065   2,692   2,402   2,358
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   20,941   18,938   14,243   10,747   11,327   9,252   9,040   12,454   12,122   5,200
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   684   1,294   1,419   2,252   1,599   1,669   1,529   1,369   1,594   1,705
      Engineering nec   2,166   1,585   1,008   670   510   441   1,731   2,072   1,194   610
    Non-S&E   4,315   3,377   1,452   1,143   2,056   1,590   1,706   2,901   2,220   3,385
      Business management and business administration   1,856   2,169   885   369   698   388   615   687   688   627
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   648   0   5   311   1,129   641   686   360   0   0
      Humanities   745   247   148   97   52   244   102   41   76   188
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   1,066   961   414   366   177   317   303   1,813   1,456   2,570

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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