Data

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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   56,904   48,702   43,092   39,878   33,067   33,368   37,822   36,130   29,929   25,298
    Science   22,013   20,142   18,191   16,793   10,860   10,307   10,142   10,135   9,184   8,739
      Computer and information sciences   10,044   10,707   10,150   7,301   3,578   3,694   4,140   4,924   4,605   3,664
      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, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   3,538   2,188   2,104   1,791   2,049   1,873   1,214   827   562   1,295
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   3,538   2,188   2,104   1,791   2,049   1,873   1,214   827   562   1,295
        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, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   3,090   1,880   1,404   1,253   1,684   1,374   1,365   1,082   1,555   1,092
      Physical sciences   3,487   3,852   2,773   4,991   3,096   2,959   2,754   2,092   1,296   1,860
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,523   1,613   1,422   1,722   2,035   2,342   1,989   1,015   687   1,363
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   1,964   2,239   1,351   3,269   1,061   617   765   1,077   609   497
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   1,854   1,515   1,760   1,457   453   407   669   1,210   1,166   828
        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, not elsewhere classified   1,854   1,515   1,760   1,457   453   407   669   1,210   1,166   828
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   31,514   27,108   23,758   21,029   20,617   21,355   24,779   23,775   17,360   15,041
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   688   484   97   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   2,084   3,811   3,980   3,058   3,456   2,965   2,649   2,630   4,286   2,260
      Chemical engineering   3,303   2,881   3,044   2,017   1,984   2,290   3,006   3,135   2,723   1,999
      Civil engineering   576   766   732   494   633   735   537   698   478   779
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   3,046   2,496   2,236   2,024   3,182   3,065   2,692   2,402   2,358   1,934
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   18,938   14,243   10,747   11,327   9,252   9,040   12,454   12,122   5,200   5,969
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   1,294   1,419   2,252   1,599   1,669   1,529   1,369   1,594   1,705   1,082
      Engineering not elsewhere classified   1,585   1,008   670   510   441   1,731   2,072   1,194   610   1,018
    Non-S&E   3,377   1,452   1,143   2,056   1,590   1,706   2,901   2,220   3,385   1,518
      Business management and business administration   2,169   885   369   698   388   615   687   688   627   530
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   0   5   311   1,129   641   686   360   0   0   0
      Humanities   247   148   97   52   244   102   41   76   188   78
      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   80
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified   961   414   366   177   317   303   1,813   1,456   2,570   830

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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