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Table 4. Federal obligations for science and engineering to the 100 universities and colleges receiving the largest amounts, ranked by the total amount received in FY 2015: FYs 2007–15

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution 2007 2008 2009a 2010a 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
All institutions 28,292,940.0 28,528,305.0 35,761,000.3 35,739,724.9 31,588,662.5 31,003,480.6 29,352,853.9 31,094,845.0 30,493,591.4
1 Johns Hopkins U. 1,162,196.0 1,115,411.0 1,513,904.1 1,599,409.2 1,672,208.0 1,606,900.5 1,538,502.6 1,676,949.4 1,552,227.4
2 U. Washington 660,316.0 615,965.0 746,866.4 790,901.8 694,703.6 718,605.0 662,920.7 717,737.5 659,586.5
3 U. Michigan 549,399.0 587,193.0 771,468.6 743,530.5 694,653.7 674,228.1 609,859.1 913,037.8 646,672.7
4 U. California, San Diego 476,109.0 518,357.0 653,799.4 671,553.2 583,216.7 621,620.4 565,551.1 621,901.8 584,260.8
5 U. California, San Francisco 470,405.0 524,066.0 551,947.9 573,860.6 560,303.4 571,435.5 573,638.4 582,895.2 571,143.5
6 U. Pennsylvania 536,396.0 519,703.0 664,576.7 663,325.2 551,527.3 533,791.8 540,124.2 596,354.8 547,171.7
7 Stanford U. 458,646.0 419,485.0 497,306.1 558,256.9 502,460.6 504,206.5 495,617.1 531,655.2 540,336.2
8 Columbia U. in the City of New York 547,591.0 438,888.0 561,545.3 552,513.7 490,265.4 510,402.7 477,051.2 489,856.9 515,509.1
9 U. California, Los Angeles 514,317.0 513,695.0 613,082.9 616,781.4 521,260.1 502,660.4 481,160.9 523,217.5 510,425.8
10 U. Pittsburgh 447,443.0 430,490.0 541,369.7 548,900.8 494,269.3 518,820.8 465,624.9 508,517.6 494,696.9
11 Harvard U. 466,397.0 438,380.0 544,385.1 564,593.0 485,550.1 497,138.1 458,699.7 499,288.5 463,309.9
12 Duke U. 495,701.0 430,935.0 539,979.8 534,953.3 457,108.7 493,369.8 454,284.4 475,962.4 463,109.2
13 U. Colorado Boulder 362,936.0 358,640.0 463,414.1 492,890.7 443,395.2 443,048.7 448,386.8 453,638.8 460,851.1
14 U. Wisconsin-Madison 435,874.0 455,767.0 599,277.6 528,988.8 479,600.9 472,454.7 440,354.1 447,273.2 447,256.3
15 U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 382,264.0 411,714.0 494,485.3 460,030.6 448,831.3 451,434.3 441,716.6 474,386.5 440,480.4
16 Washington U., Saint Louis 438,079.0 425,623.0 492,997.9 485,009.3 408,944.7 419,207.1 372,133.8 423,968.0 422,772.7
17 U. Minnesota 412,624.0 393,509.0 496,935.5 485,982.6 539,510.3 430,149.3 410,565.5 421,524.0 407,740.8
18 Yale U. 417,835.0 419,807.0 481,232.0 508,044.8 449,577.3 434,000.7 412,470.3 429,890.0 405,152.9
19 Pennsylvania State U. 349,530.0 366,047.0 451,058.4 491,218.0 524,843.7 465,691.1 392,857.3 423,034.6 404,717.1
20 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 399,416.0 405,802.0 439,379.6 385,828.6 336,355.1 375,057.1 339,998.9 369,286.8 374,061.9
21 Northwestern U., Evanston 271,900.0 261,680.0 346,223.9 310,413.1 301,087.9 319,442.1 314,781.9 319,344.3 369,726.7
22 Vanderbilt U. 351,931.0 341,502.0 417,407.8 437,966.4 374,030.1 385,951.0 373,566.4 366,319.5 360,584.6
23 U. California, Davis 269,980.0 291,869.0 367,433.4 367,943.3 327,780.0 312,699.3 333,824.9 343,352.4 357,828.5
24 Georgia Institute of Technology 194,561.0 211,059.0 279,644.8 264,935.3 332,834.8 416,065.6 385,229.9 342,088.1 355,616.3
25 Cornell U. 372,491.0 373,858.0 492,720.8 404,678.8 387,144.6 374,924.2 368,553.3 376,005.9 340,856.4
26 Emory U. 261,996.0 277,246.0 323,720.8 328,619.4 324,740.0 318,548.6 305,765.4 305,186.8 336,166.6
27 U. California, Berkeley 251,482.0 266,642.0 317,505.6 331,304.0 296,407.4 292,144.9 283,842.5 298,960.7 319,861.4
28 U. Southern California 269,286.0 270,662.0 355,696.4 388,512.1 337,527.0 321,380.8 300,322.6 308,235.2 312,461.8
29 Michigan State U. 161,531.0 149,604.0 186,050.2 198,419.1 209,429.7 197,516.3 204,047.2 242,806.9 293,211.1
30 Case Western Reserve U. 289,746.0 279,388.0 307,091.0 303,553.8 287,025.2 288,001.3 287,673.8 275,323.1 285,692.3
31 New York U. 193,916.0 189,525.0 235,086.4 272,310.6 254,866.8 256,733.1 249,004.8 362,898.7 280,925.7
32 U. Florida 207,304.0 202,859.0 258,890.1 271,567.1 224,620.5 229,985.6 221,513.8 232,661.7 280,251.7
33 U. Alabama, Birmingham 251,394.0 225,306.0 283,777.6 254,895.0 251,875.8 240,434.8 223,512.3 255,018.5 277,225.9
34 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 220,711.0 195,887.0 246,205.8 235,514.2 193,220.9 196,922.5 213,885.6 257,757.5 272,724.4
35 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy 13,303.0 47,875.0 120,389.1 245,216.6 34,681.6 41,297.7 187,721.3 215,510.3 267,457.1
36 Ohio State U. 245,606.0 262,411.0 307,603.1 356,569.7 259,702.9 260,904.2 248,612.0 255,454.4 259,874.9
37 U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 270,675.0 247,188.0 308,576.4 354,860.1 351,180.9 361,820.7 284,676.7 305,112.1 249,908.6
38 U. Rochester 267,071.0 260,685.0 317,282.9 313,691.7 261,863.9 262,852.5 237,345.7 244,676.7 245,504.1
39 U. Chicago 268,322.0 291,585.0 340,171.5 281,205.5 262,268.2 251,813.7 213,015.2 231,188.8 240,870.3
40 Baylor C. of Medicine 239,994.0 264,302.0 290,042.5 280,373.4 243,296.4 274,404.1 244,067.7 240,652.0 240,391.8
41 U. Maryland, College Park 154,520.0 174,639.0 203,533.3 215,193.1 174,171.3 240,585.4 227,283.7 238,836.7 233,791.9
42 Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 230,146.0 277,227.0 345,807.8 343,931.8 315,401.2 276,610.8 230,737.7 256,794.7 227,950.4
43 U. Texas, Austin 166,033.0 172,328.0 241,903.8 206,253.3 226,983.9 303,760.2 178,484.2 196,482.2 212,393.0
44 Oregon Health and Science U. 200,064.0 186,343.0 247,661.7 245,557.8 215,582.1 212,969.1 206,186.7 222,445.3 211,545.3
45 U. Utah 177,273.0 181,189.0 222,689.9 250,999.4 211,674.4 220,261.2 207,313.8 227,759.0 210,793.0
46 Boston U. 218,040.0 238,130.0 286,345.5 239,739.4 237,166.9 227,469.2 203,567.5 217,317.9 203,154.2
47 Scripps Research Institute 199,031.0 212,416.0 258,200.1 264,550.2 237,256.5 244,149.9 231,333.0 222,694.1 192,185.3
48 U. Arizona 237,948.0 232,974.0 296,560.3 273,194.2 258,540.0 283,473.2 231,903.2 222,788.0 192,159.6
49 Purdue U., West Lafayette 148,648.0 162,535.0 227,969.0 261,517.0 191,480.1 176,625.7 166,956.2 176,769.7 185,316.2
50 U. Iowa 223,184.0 225,288.0 238,935.9 237,020.8 218,252.8 216,977.8 190,436.3 193,638.3 182,929.1
51 U. California, Irvine 227,497.0 183,327.0 224,251.9 220,254.7 194,882.2 191,427.3 197,874.6 175,783.0 175,509.4
52 Texas A&M U., College Station 120,081.0 143,415.0 185,826.7 188,841.6 140,823.9 155,335.0 122,957.8 121,894.4 175,210.2
53 North Carolina State U. 110,222.0 115,651.0 135,815.6 146,598.6 151,914.7 140,047.9 141,260.1 126,975.8 174,527.6
54 California Institute of Technology 166,729.0 187,618.0 237,463.8 236,169.7 206,825.1 196,965.6 186,915.1 198,113.5 157,037.6
55 U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 198,303.0 170,058.0 201,663.3 216,964.4 185,991.7 178,825.5 151,363.0 165,761.3 155,823.6
56 U. Kentucky 141,802.0 141,622.0 176,334.0 173,518.5 143,312.8 133,852.3 125,605.5 145,781.0 155,455.0
57 Colorado State U., Fort Collins 110,364.0 111,240.0 132,660.1 132,587.5 122,699.1 119,609.7 124,785.8 126,798.8 155,377.1
58 U. Virginia 213,596.0 190,002.0 254,402.8 215,759.9 176,230.5 173,993.5 152,452.2 161,892.8 154,838.3
59 Arizona State U. 112,835.0 122,887.0 163,994.8 130,676.4 146,157.8 174,022.4 153,975.6 132,402.7 150,945.5
60 U. Miami 146,867.0 151,430.0 198,009.6 233,101.5 183,613.0 175,046.6 169,160.0 154,065.2 150,644.3
61 Yeshiva U. 136,160.0 141,447.0 153,302.4 200,420.2 171,671.8 165,410.7 162,472.2 165,775.0 149,146.9
62 Princeton U. 115,525.0 131,198.0 167,236.3 152,541.8 137,760.8 148,789.7 136,881.1 153,236.9 143,334.4
63 U. Massachusetts, Medical School 127,217.0 127,875.0 159,014.9 183,726.2 164,647.6 149,503.3 142,528.5 138,981.1 143,045.8
64 U. Illinois, Chicago 188,891.0 167,448.0 186,418.9 219,809.4 177,547.1 166,172.9 170,992.9 155,239.1 142,389.8
65 U. Maryland, Baltimore 210,472.0 175,085.0 204,035.3 214,494.3 215,034.2 186,600.6 166,991.2 155,284.2 141,158.3
66 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 102,497.0 103,884.0 181,211.1 137,951.7 158,032.9 139,453.2 150,271.4 149,739.9 137,351.1
67 Wake Forest U. 117,468.0 125,109.0 170,167.1 133,937.8 131,174.3 129,264.2 123,616.2 121,282.4 135,496.5
68 Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis 116,727.0 123,335.0 144,602.7 159,219.4 133,071.6 125,299.9 114,773.6 122,387.1 134,790.0
69 Oregon State U. 90,313.0 101,746.0 110,589.1 127,631.8 110,824.7 101,375.8 105,649.5 114,729.0 125,689.3
70 U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 171,339.0 155,309.0 196,137.6 201,134.7 159,906.7 162,742.9 132,734.1 125,060.4 125,314.9
71 Carnegie Mellon U. 122,307.0 104,934.0 126,427.7 139,640.5 137,923.0 133,587.2 151,524.5 136,718.6 123,837.7
72 U. Georgia 100,075.0 103,853.0 116,361.4 118,716.3 97,073.7 102,838.6 93,795.2 116,338.6 122,569.1
73 U. South Florida, Tampa 108,523.0 108,079.0 114,155.5 66,488.1 111,927.5 98,345.8 57,479.4 81,190.8 122,501.4
74 U. Connecticut 113,880.0 115,298.0 130,127.7 137,918.3 114,858.1 107,137.5 105,461.3 109,322.4 119,283.3
75 Iowa State U. 90,413.0 103,360.0 115,964.8 123,117.8 129,289.2 97,290.3 100,576.9 107,295.9 114,258.3
76 Dartmouth C. 103,949.0 102,587.0 132,983.7 133,737.8 104,974.5 98,830.8 106,692.9 114,760.3 113,477.0
77 U. New Mexico 116,241.0 108,952.0 147,754.3 149,011.4 113,885.6 106,448.9 96,634.1 103,533.4 111,649.1
78 U. Kansas, Lawrence 115,619.0 114,293.0 149,093.9 178,733.1 128,309.3 135,265.1 102,349.4 115,068.5 106,747.9
79 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 105,234.0 97,478.0 133,677.8 115,624.3 117,591.6 115,739.6 105,134.1 109,218.0 104,353.1
80 Brown U. 99,990.0 99,734.0 128,524.8 122,823.8 106,759.6 101,850.4 98,647.9 103,138.4 102,840.3
81 U. California, Santa Barbara 102,170.0 106,643.0 147,519.8 117,215.3 128,185.9 107,062.3 110,682.1 116,039.1 102,246.6
82 Virginia Commonwealth U. 81,414.0 92,965.0 119,225.3 107,965.4 99,564.1 99,146.2 96,944.0 114,061.1 101,540.3
83 Medical U. South Carolina 97,224.0 100,576.0 132,850.5 122,755.2 107,800.0 97,827.3 92,103.9 97,049.1 100,536.5
84 George Washington U. 79,731.0 89,162.0 112,643.9 105,565.1 72,087.9 101,325.2 91,284.8 104,842.3 99,725.7
85 Washington State U. 61,768.0 68,192.0 96,125.9 82,322.7 95,457.7 80,746.1 75,720.8 84,986.6 98,631.5
86 Temple U., Philadelphia 53,070.0 60,026.0 74,673.6 85,955.5 72,754.5 84,667.2 77,571.2 91,506.0 96,884.3
87 U. Missouri, Columbia 105,047.0 101,041.0 130,494.2 110,739.6 101,243.4 85,912.4 79,637.7 92,412.6 95,059.8
88 U. Massachusetts, Amherst 86,789.0 89,943.0 130,090.9 93,420.0 86,344.2 85,256.0 80,945.7 83,742.5 91,837.2
89 SUNY, Stony Brook U., Stony Brook 103,076.0 98,948.0 119,030.5 128,467.0 99,167.2 95,718.7 91,507.5 95,329.1 91,148.9
90 Florida State U. 81,484.0 89,165.0 117,014.4 143,509.8 88,208.0 92,333.6 95,804.8 93,110.1 86,941.7
91 Medical C. Wisconsin 99,111.0 95,625.0 107,317.7 108,784.9 94,958.5 103,764.0 91,773.1 87,094.6 86,481.3
92 U. Oklahoma 79,203.0 69,398.0 95,221.7 89,914.2 80,060.6 75,789.3 76,328.8 75,846.3 85,208.6
93 Indiana U., Bloomington 69,213.0 68,536.0 99,112.0 98,990.9 81,688.3 75,082.7 68,164.0 83,810.4 84,252.3
94 U. Texas Medical Branch 103,395.0 118,637.0 123,111.8 105,654.1 86,618.0 95,354.5 86,088.3 81,410.9 82,935.3
95 Tufts U. 86,282.0 81,256.0 108,701.9 118,965.5 80,184.5 90,372.7 91,590.4 84,206.4 81,962.7
96 Louisiana State U. 99,096.0 100,995.0 127,216.6 119,990.3 113,953.6 92,921.1 99,780.7 82,477.0 81,692.7
97 U. Hawaii, Manoa 118,241.0 114,184.0 123,372.5 131,046.1 111,262.0 96,423.2 89,833.4 90,020.1 81,365.9
98 U. Cincinnati 126,095.0 121,574.0 136,985.1 142,243.7 111,273.4 93,638.7 75,444.4 78,333.4 79,606.3
99 Wayne State U. 94,543.0 85,834.0 106,294.1 90,353.8 104,587.8 89,654.9 61,546.2 72,429.0 78,388.0
100 U. California, Santa Cruz 72,844.0 65,726.0 85,423.2 91,647.5 72,502.3 76,756.9 85,721.9 81,497.2 76,204.7
All other institutions 5,680,447.0 6,017,946.0 7,800,225.4 7,635,987.5 6,185,366.5 5,721,706.4 5,546,141.0 5,762,416.6 5,675,497.3
a Includes American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 obligations.
NOTES: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Institution order is based on total actual dollars received before amounts are rounded.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions.