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Table 40. Total and federally financed higher education R&D expenditures in the agricultural sciences, ranked by FY 2014 total: FYs 2011–14

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution Total Federally financed
2011 2012 2013 2014 2011 2012 2013 2014
All institutions 3,117,446 3,301,537 3,354,055 3,373,268 1,042,286 1,137,251 1,111,845 1,075,127
1 Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center 121,169 176,424 179,022 177,751 42,051 53,139 46,823 41,967
2 U. Florida 145,417 150,308 156,979 161,102 29,661 33,288 32,757 32,504
3 U. California, Davis 123,057 126,845 135,397 133,761 34,454 39,775 38,354 37,354
4 U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 124,267 133,968 136,333 125,465 49,939 55,084 51,637 42,503
5 Purdue U., West Lafayette 118,573 117,210 111,740 115,088 35,131 39,847 37,965 35,983
6 Cornell U. 66,091 61,646 70,265 114,086 18,913 20,339 20,413 34,169
7 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 96,225 101,565 101,212 103,451 33,293 37,606 36,781 36,393
8 Mississippi State U. 96,631 102,846 98,094 99,002 30,334 31,731 27,095 26,863
9 Michigan State U. 97,913 101,445 99,886 95,868 29,459 32,140 31,526 32,557
10 Washington State U. 81,636 83,460 87,911 92,529 i 22,055 26,208 30,394 26,977
11 Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center 97,030 91,689 98,418 87,278 33,013 42,424 45,827 38,205
12 U. Minnesota, Twin Cities 80,221 77,820 79,217 84,973 22,709 22,090 21,604 22,253
13 North Carolina State U. 86,820 92,335 91,364 81,675 14,574 16,698 19,788 19,300
14 North Dakota State U. 65,291 73,458 73,318 80,307 10,012 12,075 10,295 9,493
15 U. Georgia 70,001 72,861 73,020 77,555 23,148 24,691 25,077 24,441
16 U. Missouri, Columbia 24,868 77,355 89,529 77,354 18,714 21,485 19,790 21,754
17 Kansas State U. 63,185 64,400 69,352 74,016 16,388 16,151 15,373 19,508
18 U. Nebraska, Lincoln 52,169 63,889 71,542 73,704 16,661 16,316 12,071 13,701
19 Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge 74,489 72,206 71,502 72,242 10,370 9,269 11,207 8,662
20 Oregon State U. 74,255 77,181 71,106 70,334 33,094 34,020 31,372 29,713
21 U. Arkansas, Fayetteville 62,482 64,737 68,376 69,263 12,628 12,953 13,578 10,632
22 Ohio State U. 64,338 65,276 66,953 65,958 21,641 25,924 25,461 25,456
23 U. California, Berkeley 70,263 63,690 68,073 60,630 27,459 26,158 23,813 21,518
24 U. Arizona 53,515 60,789 53,747 56,211 19,563 18,549 18,261 17,273
25 Auburn U., Auburn 55,774 52,598 55,449 56,182 12,546 13,743 14,504 11,637
26 Iowa State U. 56,703 48,694 54,489 56,106 18,112 16,552 18,405 17,284
27 U. Wisconsin-Madison 45,873 51,507 51,353 55,720 14,989 18,251 17,422 17,483
28 U. Kentucky 58,255 58,601 54,715 52,445 13,862 14,148 13,410 12,106
29 Utah State U. 45,703 40,852 43,803 44,620 20,635 18,530 21,350 21,284
30 U. Maryland, College Park 45,434 47,662 47,449 43,478 19,885 19,693 21,851 20,115
31 U. Tennessee, Knoxville, Institute of Agriculture 40,849 42,957 42,900 42,112 9,640 10,920 9,494 7,729
32 U. Idaho 32,527 34,040 35,662 36,961 11,978 13,513 14,913 13,677
33 Colorado State U., Fort Collins 33,408 35,404 38,320 36,271 14,903 16,379 18,006 16,707
34 Oklahoma State U., Stillwater 31,861 34,075 35,993 35,524 7,391 7,617 7,091 5,698
35 U. Delaware 24,630 29,673 32,403 30,297 8,427 11,172 11,540 11,580
36 New Mexico State U. 30,608 30,788 27,863 28,929 9,216 9,653 6,964 6,745
37 South Dakota State U. 33,579 27,262 28,619 28,546 14,157 13,870 12,868 11,662
38 Montana State U., Bozeman 36,795 32,765 30,083 27,598 20,661 18,135 14,651 12,125
39 U. Maine 17,467 18,794 12,786 27,477 6,568 5,858 3,317 12,407
40 Texas Tech U. 23,418 23,737 25,519 27,246 4,355 4,580 3,221 3,544
41 U. Hawaii, Manoa 19,766 20,775 24,517 26,336 7,311 9,388 13,519 12,977
42 West Virginia U. 27,195 30,225 30,351 26,274 12,087 13,430 12,477 10,476
43 U. Washington, Seattle 10,062 11,487 28,354 25,930 6,439 8,079 18,501 17,244
44 U. Massachusetts, Amherst 28,669 29,881 22,631 24,079 16,120 16,924 12,645 13,461
45 Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick 33,193 37,414 39,767 23,406 9,817 20,677 20,278 7,322
46 U. New Hampshire 11,557 13,530 11,453 18,145 5,631 6,660 5,519 10,775
47 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 14,706 15,740 16,233 17,191 5,693 6,269 7,078 7,835
48 Southern Illinois U., Carbondale 14,092 16,454 17,311 16,623 4,101 4,687 3,607 2,720
49 Florida International U. 10 10,068 13,796 16,215 0 5,071 8,966 11,447
50 U. California, Riverside 13,825 15,231 15,318 16,044 4,095 5,469 4,563 4,466
51 U. Michigan, Ann Arbor 11,625 11,995 13,758 15,454 4,676 5,430 6,080 5,798
52 Texas A&M U.-Kingsville 9,554 10,424 10,919 12,484 2,160 2,518 2,457 2,586
53 U. Nevada, Reno 14,411 13,184 12,804 12,035 5,539 4,942 4,622 5,637
54 Tennessee State U. 6,574 8,110 8,135 11,860 3,991 4,824 3,869 5,706
55 U. Montana, Missoula 10,881 11,608 12,481 11,387 6,658 7,005 7,061 6,014
56 Clemson U. 18,670 11,829 11,546 11,375 3,558 3,203 2,442 2,594
57 Florida A&M U. 8,290 10,437 13,280 9,777 8,008 9,905 9,633 7,761
58 U. Vermont 10,827 10,130 10,572 9,744 6,105 5,717 6,112 5,136
59 Langston U. 5,206 5,326 4,932 8,495 3,778 3,957 4,153 5,799
60 Yale U. 1,779 2,179 3,895 7,873 99 5 2,184 4,128
61 Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville 19,010 16,603 12,134 7,415 654 374 94 0
62 Delaware State U. 9,981 7,507 8,083 7,336 4,247 3,351 3,827 3,670
63 Prairie View A&M U. 9,352 8,203 7,405 7,292 6,457 5,732 4,762 5,079
64 U. Connecticut 6,246 5,379 5,784 6,949 3,144 2,745 2,540 2,738
65 Northern Arizona U. 4,465 4,549 7,432 6,905 2,368 2,135 3,243 3,556
66 U. Alaska, Fairbanks 5,823 7,041 6,966 6,715 4,176 4,340 3,954 2,981
67 Tarleton State U. 6,539 5,478 4,526 6,327 5,945 4,892 3,411 3,560
68 Kentucky State U. 4,405 6,547 5,350 5,556 3,024 4,628 3,691 4,245
69 Southern U. and A&M C., Agricultural Research and Extension Center 5,773 7,816 5,342 5,400 4,049 5,926 3,481 3,363
70 Virginia State U. 5,425 6,554 5,797 5,010 3,719 4,445 4,153 3,519
71 Alcorn State U. 4,398 4,708 4,824 4,796 3,298 3,588 3,522 3,448
72 U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 3,754 4,370 4,528 4,658 3,753 4,173 4,378 4,658
73 California State U., Fresno 5,503 5,074 4,272 4,641 1,427 1,076 662 761
74 U. South Carolina, Columbia 2,364 5,523 4,613 4,612 2,227 2,548 2,838 2,835
75 West Virginia State U. 2,596 3,309 2,942 4,379 1,817 2,429 2,053 3,597
76 Fort Valley State U. 3,207 2,990 3,270 4,332 2,939 2,669 2,911 4,034
77 SUNY, C. of Environmental Science and Forestry 5,272 i 4,798 i 4,645 i 4,176 i 954 i 935 i 1,012 i 608 i
78 U. Wyoming 5,491 5,701 5,692 4,144 4,080 3,730 3,107 2,342
79 Tuskegee U. 3,253 3,270 6,532 4,062 i 3,029 3,087 3,914 3,931 i
80 Lincoln U., Jefferson City 4,628 5,344 4,108 3,896 3,411 4,113 2,862 2,799
81 Brigham Young U., Provo 2,976 2,763 3,602 3,704 1,359 1,247 2,103 2,204
82 Humboldt State U. 1,556 5,197 4,162 3,571 967 1,738 1,414 1,399
83 U. Arkansas, Pine Bluff 8,179 7,591 7,397 3,445 4,015 3,698 3,673 1,598
84 U. of the Virgin Islands 0 0 i 0 i 3,312 i 0 0 i 0 2,924 i
85 U. Guam 2,020 2,396 2,359 3,171 2,020 2,396 2,359 3,171
86 California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo 3,629 4,147 3,004 2,714 717 1,155 536 502
87 Missouri State U. 807 719 1,787 2,276 535 521 1,606 2,071
88 Stephen F. Austin State U. 1,769 1,718 1,614 2,239 306 579 747 1,025
89 Alabama A&M U. 9,567 i 9,898 i 4,277 i 2,198 i 3,248 i 3,220 i 2,200 i 1,026 i
90 Tennessee Technological U. 1,022 1,033 1,339 2,182 357 659 732 516
91 U. California, Office of the President 1,823 2,045 1,762 2,120 258 210 147 136
92 U. Kansas 2,530 3,373 3,124 2,106 888 1,962 1,903 1,671
93 West Texas A&M U. 2,160 1,983 1,799 1,897 242 283 87 357
94 U. California, Santa Cruz 2,542 2,046 1,966 1,839 574 216 199 247
95 California State Polytechnic U., Pomona 791 1,132 2,188 i 1,734 117 376 445 374
96 U. Southern Mississippi 0 0 2,057 1,543 0 0 1,272 744
97 U. North Carolina, Wilmington 1,597 1,817 2,000 1,270 983 1,302 1,135 380
98 U. Alaska, Anchorage 280 277 591 1,228 28 156 430 708
99 U. of the District of Columbia 1,063 1,925 1,537 1,146 733 624 743 625
100 U. Tennessee, Knoxville 1,501 1,665 1,027 1,004 529 643 470 256
101 Texas State U. 56 710 195 985 0 512 126 903
102 California State U., Chico 879 777 883 891 120 70 112 43
103 U. Toledo 3,191 1,526 894 889 1,853 1,309 690 635
104 California State U., San Bernardino 0 109 0 875 0 109 0 730
105 Arkansas State U., Jonesboro 1,908 1,666 859 788 1,120 1,216 500 292
106 U. Rhode Island 8,171 3,349 1,437 778 2,934 1,525 929 553
107 SUNY, C. Brockport 562 1,023 500 771 151 589 406 409
108 Louisiana Tech U. 767 659 754 727 279 233 241 213
109 C. of William and Mary and Virginia Institute of Marine Science 690 914 516 694 412 644 308 158
110 California State U., Monterey Bay 1,117 770 559 619 1,108 758 368 406
111 Angelo State U. 629 625 ne 616 0 19 ne 56
112 Ball State U. 771 805 747 575 37 26 15 14
113 Temple U. 686 950 619 547 13 34 133 80
114 Salish Kootenai C. 127 512 550 506 i 127 512 550 503 i
115 Wheeling Jesuit U. 1,009 931 761 501 848 859 660 365
116 Carnegie Mellon U. 1,813 1,900 709 430 1,657 1,723 670 425
117 St. Edward's U. 0 100 400 416 0 100 400 400
118 Eastern Washington U. 0 0 418 411 0 0 418 411
119 Florida Atlantic U. 5,280 2,633 1,640 406 2,620 2,112 1,155 343
120 U. Northern Iowa 358 370 459 392 35 129 213 105
121 Sul Ross State U. 1,494 834 306 384 1,301 624 177 250
122 Morgan State U. 623 563 211 383 444 351 183 211
123 Florida State U. 273 353 284 363 102 139 186 232
124 Western Kentucky U. 253 361 350 348 222 225 207 225
125 U. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 408 i 390 309 319 i 148 i 120 85 82 i
126 Eastern Kentucky U. 2,185 1,834 1,043 304 2,115 1,393 813 140
127 U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez 581 1,373 1,529 290 210 76 57 200
128 U. Texas, Austin 311 250 223 280 6 0 0 0
129 Albany State U. 307 585 185 278 0 418 77 0
130 Central Michigan U. 0 0 73 265 0 0 60 254
131 Western Illinois U. 574 291 490 252 220 106 143 85
132 McNeese State U. 76 137 169 216 0 28 53 139
133 Western U. of Health Sciences 866 341 192 213 866 259 98 92
134 California State U., Sacramento 0 171 221 209 0 171 220 206
135 California State U., San Marcos 204 i 204 i 204 204 i 204 i 204 i 204 204
136 U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth 946 1,170 809 202 918 777 214 74
136 U. Pennsylvania 81 68 209 202 10 28 170 0
138 Texas A&M U.-Commerce 149 162 501 197 0 0 253 0
139 Illinois State U. 795 263 185 158 365 170 122 50
139 U. Wisconsin-La Crosse 0 i 0 0 158 0 i 0 0 0
141 Kent State U. 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 139
142 Georgia State U. 0 0 0 125 i 0 0 0 65
143 Southern U. and A&M C., Baton Rouge 45 i 46 18 124 45 i 46 0 102
144 Towson U. 0 73 171 121 0 0 91 106
145 George Washington U. 92 26 69 111 76 18 45 96
146 U. Arkansas, Little Rock 252 643 58 105 113 465 53 105
147 Texas A&M U.-Corpus Christi 72 32 107 104 0 0 71 64
148 Murray State U. 57 62 39 94 19 0 0 0
149 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 0 0 0 88 0 0 0 0
150 U. Tennessee, Chattanooga 68 75 90 85 0 0 0 0
151 Western Carolina U. 69 11 82 82 66 10 72 72
152 Appalachian State U. 149 125 28 73 131 105 28 26
153 Connecticut C. 3 3 2 72 0 0 1 7
154 U. Michigan, Dearborn 64 66 67 66 0 0 0 0
155 U. Louisville 0 6 167 60 0 0 98 31
156 U. Wisconsin-Platteville 346 i ne ne 59 i 0 i ne ne 38 i
157 U. Louisiana, Lafayette 39 0 297 55 1 0 30 0
158 Baylor U. 0 117 128 53 0 108 83 32
158 C. Wooster 0 0 ne 53 0 0 ne 51
160 Sam Houston State U. 58 695 512 40 40 615 258 8
161 Texas A&M International U. 0 0 25 39 0 0 0 37
162 U. Illinois, Springfield 0 2 56 38 0 1 48 31
163 Ohio U. 3 11 23 33 i 3 8 14 16
163 U. New England 72 161 73 33 0 99 68 14
165 U. Houston 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 24
166 U. Metropolitana 0 27 52 22 0 22 50 22
167 Wichita State U. 16 17 15 17 0 0 0 0
168 U. Dayton 1 56 45 16 0 0 0 0
169 California State U., Stanislaus 89 i 92 66 14 89 i 92 66 14
170 Morehead State U. 262 163 161 13 215 134 140 0
170 U. Hawaii, Hilo 310 541 432 13 283 490 415 2
172 U. Central Florida 78 0 0 12 54 0 0 0
172 U. Louisiana, Monroe 0 8 0 12 0 6 0 0
174 East Tennessee State U. 0 0 10 11 0 0 10 11
175 Georgia Southern U. 18 0 0 10 18 0 0 8
176 U. Hartford 0 6 19 9 0 0 0 0
177 Boise State U. 37 91 110 8 32 80 96 5
177 U. Nebraska, Omaha 3 4 8 8 0 0 0 0
179 Miami U. 1 0 0 i 6 0 0 0 6
180 Northwestern State U. Louisiana 154 123 7 4 0 0 0 0
181 Keene State C. 0 3 i 2 3 0 0 i 0 0
181 Sewanee: U. of the South 7 33 ne 3 4 3 ne 3
181 U. Southern Maine 421 0 3 3 i 120 0 0 0 i
184 Central Connecticut State U. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
184 Central Washington U. 82 52 131 2 56 38 68 2
184 U. North Florida 35 56 32 2 0 0 0 0
184 U. Northern Colorado 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
188 Smith C. 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
All other surveyed institutions 19,422 17,102 6,903 0 9,427 4,708 4,173 0
i = imputed. ne = not eligible; institution did not meet the criteria for inclusion.
aJohns Hopkins University includes Applied Physics Laboratory, with $0 thousand in both total and federally financed R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences in FY 2014.
NOTES: Institutions reporting zero expenditures in ranked total for FY 2014 are not listed in this table. Tied institutions are ranked alphabetically. 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.