Which is where one studies physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, amongst many other such studies.

Here's how STEM tends to break down at universities:

S - College of Liberal Arts

T - College of Engineering

E - College of Engineering

M - College of Medicine

Not every university is the same of course, but that's pretty much how STEM gets divided amongst the colleges. Now, if you want to make the claim that conservatives don't support science, I'm not going to disagree with you. It's been wryly noted that reality has a liberal bias.