Table 1. Federal R&D in Pennsylvania by Agency and Performer
Fiscal Year 1995
(in millions of dollars obligations) 
DOD HHS DOE NSF NASA USDA Other Facils.** TOTAL

Performers *:
Federal Labs 126 0 65 0 2 29 5 228
Industry 828 11 358 1 35 0 19 1,252
Universities/Colleges 112 453 27 94 16 10 6 718
FFRDCs 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
Other 57 105 7 16 2 0 8 195
Facilities * 0 0 6 15 2 13 0 35
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
Agency Total 1,146 569 462 126 55 52 39 2,450
(U.S. Total) 34,322 11,668 6,866 2,434 9,567 1,518 3,088 69,462
PA Share of U.S. 3.3% 4.9% 6.7% 5.2% 0.6% 3.4% 1.3% 3.5%

Source: National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development Fiscal Years 1995, 1996, and 1997, 1997. Agency totals are for conduct of R&D and R&D facilities support.  
Pennsylvania and U.S. total figures are based on obligations of the 10 largest federal R&D funding agencies,(above six plus Interior, EPA, DOT, and Commerce) which account for over 98 percent of all federally funded R&D.  
* - R&D facilities listed separately. Performer totals are for conduct of R&D only. 
 


 
Table 2. Federal R&D Support for Pennsylvania Universities & Colleges 
by Agency and Recipient 
Fiscal Year 1995 
(in millions of dollars obligations) 
 
TOTAL
HHS
DOD
NSF
DOE
USDA
Other

Pennsylvania Univs. & Colleges 756 456 120 103 22 20 36
Univ. of Pennsylvania (12) 203 162 9 22 7 1 2
Univ. of Pittsburgh (17) 171 140 11 10 2 0 9
Penn State (22) 153 47 57 20 4 9 16
Carnegie Mellon U. (45) 81 9 35 25 6 0 6
Thomas Jefferson U. (76) 48 47 0 0 0 0 0
Temple U. (114) 26 23 0 2 0 0 0
Allegheny U Health Scis. (118) 24 23 1 0 0 0
All Other 50 5 7 23 3 10 3
(U.S. Total) 12,404 6,524 1,615 1,949 617 508 1,192
Pennsylvania Share of U.S. 6.1% 7.0% 7.4% 5.3% 3.5% 3.9% 3.0%

Source: National Science Foundation, Federal Support to Universities and Colleges, and Nonprofit Insitutions Fiscal Year 1995, 1997. Figures may differ from other charts because of differing survey methods. Above totals include obligations for conduct of R&D and R&D facilities support. 
Figures in parentheses indicate ranking among all university and college recipients of federal R&D. 
 


 
Table 3. Total R&D Expenditures in Pennsylvania Universities by Source of Funds 
Fiscal Year 1995 (expenditures in millions of dollars) 
TOTAL Federal State/ Local Industry Institut. Funds All Other Federal / Total R&D

Pennsylvania Univs. 1,140  754  35  120  164  66  66.2%
Penn State (10) 331  187  10  50  83  56.7%
U of Penn. (17) 272  201  12  24  30  73.8%
U of Pittsburgh (36) 186  144  17  13  77.5%
Carnegie Mellon (58) 126  85  18  10  67.5%
Thom. Jefferson (108) 66  49  75.1%
Temple U. (114) 55  28  19  51.7%
All Other 104  59  19  16  57.1%
(U.S. Total) 21,606  13,042  1,611  1,463  3,920  1,570  60.4%
PA % of U.S. 5.3% 5.8% 2.2% 8.2% 4.2% 4.2% - - 

Source: National Science Foundation, Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Fiscal Year 1995, 1997. Figures may differ from other charts because of differing survey methods. Above totals are expressed in EXPENDITURES rather than obligations, and may therefore differ from other charts. This survey covers doctorate-granting institutions only. 
Figures in parentheses reflect rankings among all doctorate-granting institutions in TOTAL R&D PERFORMED. 
 


 
Table 4. Degrees Awarded in Pennsylvania During 1995 
(% of National Total) 
Discipline Bachelors Masters Doctoral

All Fields 63,072  (5.4%) 19,659  (4.9%) 2,402  (5.4%)
S&E Total 27,290  (5.7%) 6,618  (5.2%) 1,422  (5.1%)
Life Sciences 8,836  (6.1%) 2,093  (5.5%) 296  (3.9%)
Social Sciences 5,427  (4.8%) 1,130  (4.9%) 216  (5.7%)
Psychology 3,755  (5.2%) 537  (4.1%) 166  (4.4%)
Engineering 3,715  (5.9%) 1,391  (4.9%) 407  (6.7%)
Math / Computer Sciences 2,225  (5.8%) 736  (5.1%) 113  (5.5%)
S&E Technologies 1,540  (5.7%) 451  (9.5%) (0.6%)
Physical Sciences 988  (6.6%) 185  (4.4%) 214  (5.5%)
Interdisciplinary Sciences 415  (11.8%) 36  (6.0%) (0.0%)
Geosciences 389  (8.7%) 59  (4.0%) (1.4%)
Population 12,072,000  (4.6%)

Source: National Center for Education Statistics, United States Census Bureau, August 1997.


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