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Table 29. Higher education R&D expenditures at historically black colleges and universities, ranked by all R&D expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2014

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution All R&D expenditures Environmental sciences Life sciences Math and computer sciences Physical sciences Psychology Social sciences Sciences, nec Engineering All non-S&E fields
All HBCUs 563,361 33,914 293,960 21,913 59,494 3,208 14,507 14,342 64,374 57,649
1 Florida A&M U. 46,367 3,394 18,736 933 1,019 81 783 2,540 2,409 16,472
2 Morehouse School of Medicine 41,858 0 41,858 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Howard U. 40,771 1,080 23,334 806 1,513 921 2,124 0 8,588 2,405
4 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 35,047 528 17,964 2,510 654 28 129 0 12,347 887
5 Alabama A&M U. 32,907 i 1,962 i 17,888 i 1,339 i 2,386 i 641 i 1,141 i 525 i 5,434 i 1,591 i
6 Jackson State U. 26,609 1,962 3,898 1,803 7,282 51 1,098 4,923 3,115 2,477
7 Tuskegee U. 24,945 0 i 14,158 i 407 i 771 i 0 i 497 i 0 i 8,233 i 879 i
8 U. of the Virgin Islands 20,371 4,073 i 7,406 i 959 i 139 i 0 2,155 i 0 0 5,639 i
9 Tennessee State U. 20,068 0 15,119 317 916 126 73 0 2,886 631
10 Meharry Medical C. 18,997 0 18,997 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Delaware State U. 17,679 815 12,314 1,780 2,644 7 76 0 18 25
12 Morgan State U. 15,720 5,787 1,844 938 900 9 988 0 4,871 383
13 Fayetteville State U. 14,732 308 868 718 298 0 143 36 128 12,233
14 South Carolina State U. 13,147 i 853 i 7,469 i 143 i 1,044 i 281 i 455 i 0 i 2,291 i 611 i
15 Prairie View A&M U. 12,292 0 7,385 412 1,656 0 8 0 2,787 44
16 North Carolina Central U. 11,537 290 7,049 193 2,214 0 412 0 0 1,379
17 Hampton U. 11,169 4,244 828 787 4,064 0 401 0 829 16
18 Alcorn State U. 10,060 4 6,223 613 0 0 3,220 0 0 0
19 Xavier U. Louisiana 9,346 0 4,549 345 4,299 23 25 0 94 11
20 Clark Atlanta U. 9,192 0 5,544 431 3,076 0 29 0 92 20
21 Fisk U. 9,073 0 900 57 6,409 0 0 0 0 1,707
22 U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 8,982 3,942 4,766 0 15 0 0 0 259 0
23 Langston U. 8,512 0 8,512 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Virginia State U. 8,374 0 5,010 319 0 345 107 0 2,394 199
25 Morehouse C. 7,349 0 311 114 2,786 477 39 3,246 0 376
26 West Virginia State U. 7,221 140 5,879 104 67 0 348 98 53 532
27 Dillard U. 6,939 0 0 0 6,907 0 0 0 0 32
28 Norfolk State U. 6,936 0 389 1,237 1,154 0 0 0 4,000 156
29 Lincoln U., Jefferson City 6,742 1,676 4,356 0 4 0 193 513 0 0
30 Texas Southern U. 6,038 59 706 1,253 711 0 0 7 119 3,183
31 Kentucky State U. 5,694 31 5,556 48 0 56 0 0 3 0
32 Southern U. and A&M C., Agricultural Research and Extension Center 5,606 206 5,400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Southern U. and A&M C., Baton Rouge 4,812 0 241 262 694 0 0 372 1,584 1,659
34 Fort Valley State U. 4,547 0 4,332 103 112 0 0 0 0 0
35 U. Arkansas, Pine Bluff 4,306 0 3,552 226 208 0 3 317 0 0
36 Elizabeth City State U. 2,988 228 18 1,082 1,106 0 0 0 0 554
37 Benedict C. 2,479 701 156 76 500 0 0 0 1,046 0
38 U. of the District of Columbia 2,361 320 1,370 140 0 0 12 0 519 0
39 Tougaloo C. 2,285 0 1,894 0 0 0 0 0 0 391
40 Alabama State U. 2,236 0 2,236 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Wiley C. 2,220 0 0 36 0 0 18 0 0 2,166
42 Savannah State U. 2,210 1,079 853 132 71 0 14 0 61 0
43 Central State U. 2,025 192 9 97 69 0 0 1,516 142 0
44 Claflin U. 1,818 0 976 53 574 0 6 9 0 200
45 Bowie State U. 1,761 0 604 827 330 0 0 0 0 0
46 Spelman C. 1,595 0 246 247 579 31 10 0 72 410
47 Albany State U. 1,549 40 718 0 791 0 0 0 0 0
48 Grambling State U. 1,469 0 13 0 1,152 0 0 0 0 304
49 Shaw U. 1,455 0 i 1,247 i 0 i 0 i 131 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 77 i
50 Oakwood U. 965 0 279 66 380 0 0 240 0 0
i = imputed.
HBCUs = historically black colleges and universities; nec = not elsewhere classified; S&E = science and engineering.
NOTES: Institutions reporting zero expenditures in ranked total for FY 2014 are not listed in this table. Institutions ranked are geographically separate campuses headed by a campus-level president or chancellor. Some campuses are part of large multi-campus universities; some are part of state university systems. For a complete listing of campuses that belong to a larger university or system and their aggregate R&D expenditures, see table 84.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2014.