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Table 7. Federal obligations for science and engineering research and development to the 100 universities and colleges receiving the largest amounts, ranked by 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 25,063,227.0 25,555,768.0 31,975,514.8 30,806,835.4 28,035,399.1 27,494,975.5 26,105,577.9 27,590,574.6 27,040,620.5
1 Johns Hopkins U. 1,054,913.0 1,034,233.0 1,411,770.4 1,515,848.0 1,374,916.0 1,359,091.4 1,266,769.9 1,402,094.6 1,340,729.6
2 U. Washington 606,495.0 566,723.0 695,048.5 734,703.1 640,134.3 666,065.9 605,210.5 658,813.5 611,946.1
3 U. Michigan 501,508.0 541,245.0 720,549.7 685,773.3 647,527.3 623,342.2 574,995.6 860,758.8 606,141.5
4 U. California, San Diego 432,688.0 475,353.0 579,969.3 613,191.1 546,832.6 584,593.6 510,907.1 580,763.1 536,625.6
5 U. California, San Francisco 433,388.0 498,035.0 527,864.0 531,278.2 525,793.2 546,048.0 524,061.1 546,277.7 528,493.6
6 Stanford U. 423,952.0 396,619.0 467,088.3 516,796.3 471,489.3 475,348.3 461,139.2 478,346.0 504,036.1
7 U. Pennsylvania 498,549.0 486,396.0 630,260.7 609,005.2 515,717.9 497,030.1 498,295.4 542,396.5 494,607.4
8 U. California, Los Angeles 479,996.0 490,105.0 576,215.4 548,805.4 493,091.7 474,971.9 452,505.3 487,210.4 481,831.8
9 Columbia U. in the City of New York 431,473.0 405,359.0 524,240.1 497,581.6 464,101.5 478,986.4 454,301.1 465,499.8 476,125.7
10 U. Pittsburgh 425,938.0 409,649.0 518,812.0 497,059.6 459,692.4 475,736.2 425,886.6 470,596.9 450,010.9
11 Duke U. 470,715.0 412,821.0 512,764.0 496,842.4 436,753.1 431,687.6 424,451.6 440,787.0 428,529.6
12 Harvard U. 429,274.0 411,261.0 514,309.5 527,516.3 458,699.2 465,452.9 425,667.7 460,629.5 425,493.1
13 U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 353,478.0 385,666.0 470,222.2 429,711.8 421,737.5 425,506.5 419,478.5 450,660.5 416,768.2
14 U. Colorado Boulder 330,024.0 318,393.0 397,555.6 427,045.4 389,196.4 394,013.9 389,982.4 385,624.7 416,666.8
15 Washington U., Saint Louis 407,809.0 403,579.0 467,857.9 445,546.0 382,249.8 393,729.2 348,060.8 394,310.2 391,623.6
16 U. Wisconsin-Madison 369,160.0 392,522.0 535,471.0 458,828.2 418,226.8 417,160.8 386,174.5 397,471.4 386,612.7
17 Yale U. 387,298.0 393,404.0 458,076.9 470,464.5 424,182.2 409,639.7 383,426.9 398,769.8 370,816.1
18 Pennsylvania State U. 319,390.0 312,403.0 406,480.2 411,225.8 473,445.8 411,896.5 349,950.7 384,725.5 362,916.7
19 U. Minnesota 367,978.0 351,678.0 458,694.6 417,197.5 489,889.5 388,864.0 373,370.8 378,920.8 359,340.9
20 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 379,362.0 386,668.0 415,896.1 338,341.9 317,966.3 358,084.9 309,965.2 333,968.4 350,511.1
21 Northwestern U., Evanston 254,229.0 241,099.0 330,512.2 281,669.6 285,903.7 302,712.2 296,763.6 296,873.3 337,040.6
22 Vanderbilt U. 329,636.0 319,632.0 389,591.6 399,067.9 352,638.8 359,283.9 347,493.1 336,787.0 329,324.4
23 Emory U. 247,941.0 266,179.0 310,368.4 303,111.3 312,104.2 303,255.5 289,807.3 293,671.6 324,214.1
24 U. California, Davis 242,880.0 257,971.0 326,588.6 312,900.9 284,314.3 282,135.6 294,866.0 307,832.5 315,417.6
25 Cornell U. 326,134.0 338,574.0 445,600.2 359,847.9 325,756.1 332,492.2 321,805.8 329,575.8 296,350.7
26 U. California, Berkeley 212,728.0 245,986.0 282,101.4 304,794.6 273,542.4 274,769.7 260,807.4 279,116.6 294,603.0
27 U. Southern California 259,616.0 260,367.0 344,951.7 378,081.0 308,884.8 306,840.1 276,893.2 285,562.6 289,173.2
28 Georgia Institute of Technology 162,290.0 176,859.0 253,124.7 234,004.2 240,793.1 248,670.7 291,983.9 241,666.5 286,605.2
29 Case Western Reserve U. 278,897.0 268,026.0 294,838.0 287,014.2 276,627.4 272,422.8 276,652.5 257,772.2 273,298.6
30 New York U. 177,406.0 181,472.0 224,650.3 251,065.4 229,011.4 244,131.3 236,238.5 284,207.1 263,765.6
31 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 187,319.0 188,105.0 235,361.5 216,467.9 182,633.3 187,399.1 207,051.3 247,736.9 263,143.0
32 U. Alabama, Birmingham 234,655.0 211,925.0 265,284.8 235,432.5 238,121.3 228,808.2 208,928.4 238,847.1 254,213.1
33 U. Florida 182,944.0 180,128.0 233,070.6 227,332.5 188,534.5 201,759.1 199,019.0 203,232.9 238,975.7
34 U. Rochester 255,201.0 248,850.0 303,690.3 293,785.8 249,920.7 251,590.4 226,575.1 234,385.7 232,202.4
35 Ohio State U. 217,155.0 230,638.0 279,503.8 311,649.5 230,866.1 231,754.1 222,774.0 221,228.7 231,860.5
36 Baylor C. of Medicine 227,876.0 246,293.0 277,624.8 251,277.0 226,431.5 257,567.1 215,354.1 226,548.0 227,525.5
37 U. Chicago 248,571.0 274,756.0 323,754.7 252,754.0 239,681.6 232,254.1 198,845.5 212,001.1 224,187.8
38 U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 210,499.0 211,985.0 212,488.1 230,269.8 326,454.8 210,483.0 241,817.5 280,101.3 216,463.4
39 U. Maryland, College Park 136,724.0 156,064.0 184,328.6 179,124.5 156,861.5 221,386.9 202,657.3 215,837.9 206,310.8
40 U. Texas, Austin 151,509.0 160,328.0 223,321.7 192,868.1 190,250.6 234,211.8 165,124.2 186,308.9 203,401.8
41 Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 200,482.0 246,520.0 316,966.1 291,214.7 279,797.7 249,228.9 212,247.1 236,767.4 201,748.7
42 U. Utah 164,684.0 170,582.0 214,485.8 230,179.7 200,067.4 206,309.6 195,127.7 214,776.6 201,418.0
43 Oregon Health and Science U. 189,330.0 176,730.0 234,114.7 225,263.5 202,914.5 195,498.7 196,011.0 212,631.9 198,946.8
44 Scripps Research Institute 199,031.0 208,495.0 253,757.7 258,987.1 233,404.1 244,149.9 227,586.2 220,461.8 190,378.2
45 Boston U. 208,530.0 227,266.0 269,091.5 226,029.3 227,341.6 216,258.4 191,489.3 205,211.7 188,238.4
46 U. Arizona 211,981.0 217,002.0 270,106.6 230,577.8 238,860.5 265,080.8 215,562.9 206,746.4 168,890.3
47 Michigan State U. 135,080.0 127,448.0 159,424.0 163,362.0 183,153.8 178,396.7 183,621.3 159,251.9 167,846.3
48 U. Iowa 208,394.0 209,434.0 223,304.2 216,018.6 202,518.9 202,656.7 178,859.6 178,885.3 166,584.8
49 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy 13,303.0 47,875.0 109,940.0 78,895.6 29,601.3 31,297.7 162,645.0 151,130.3 162,697.1
50 U. California, Irvine 219,585.0 174,431.0 210,727.9 197,447.3 183,344.6 180,145.5 184,933.4 164,159.1 157,691.2
51 Purdue U., West Lafayette 125,468.0 137,497.0 200,013.0 196,506.0 161,577.6 152,287.0 143,878.1 149,657.6 156,707.3
52 California Institute of Technology 154,971.0 145,966.0 179,052.8 178,660.4 178,301.0 172,405.6 167,030.1 149,454.4 151,454.2
53 U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 191,047.0 162,625.0 193,360.1 187,874.2 172,699.2 167,380.8 144,602.0 154,829.9 144,228.2
54 Yeshiva U. 128,547.0 133,546.0 145,093.9 180,336.6 164,567.3 157,953.8 154,570.3 156,080.8 142,556.5
55 Texas A&M U., College Station 92,450.0 107,959.0 140,560.3 142,520.9 99,947.3 122,620.2 96,285.2 91,610.7 142,555.4
56 Arizona State U. 91,094.0 106,268.0 150,743.7 119,895.2 133,617.4 162,980.7 143,199.5 116,150.8 141,301.9
57 U. Miami 140,830.0 140,461.0 174,234.7 208,165.1 174,480.8 161,717.0 158,251.7 146,254.5 138,620.1
58 U. Virginia 198,445.0 174,679.0 236,710.7 196,634.4 161,253.0 159,469.5 142,958.4 144,618.3 137,231.0
59 U. Kentucky 119,892.0 117,959.0 155,535.6 131,876.2 122,978.8 116,272.0 110,221.4 129,596.3 136,971.2
60 U. Maryland, Baltimore 154,340.0 167,255.0 198,117.6 182,480.8 204,133.7 179,658.0 160,902.6 150,793.2 136,640.1
61 Princeton U. 107,472.0 123,139.0 156,423.2 142,607.1 130,310.4 142,303.3 123,187.3 147,487.0 134,494.9
62 North Carolina State U. 82,639.0 88,140.0 105,630.1 113,333.3 111,820.6 109,172.3 102,750.2 98,098.0 133,486.8
63 Wake Forest U. 113,251.0 112,516.0 162,186.3 128,067.4 123,891.7 121,725.4 119,365.0 117,560.2 131,048.1
64 U. Illinois, Chicago 172,492.0 155,800.0 175,037.6 186,921.1 160,431.7 153,413.0 158,227.7 143,747.8 128,419.1
65 U. Massachusetts, Medical School 121,898.0 124,277.0 155,931.8 173,125.0 160,673.2 145,670.4 139,010.6 132,231.6 126,477.3
66 U. South Florida, Tampa 101,145.0 103,133.0 110,883.3 59,664.9 105,048.0 91,416.5 52,963.1 76,247.7 117,543.0
67 Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis 111,351.0 115,885.0 140,735.3 153,074.5 122,284.2 114,861.8 104,465.0 114,945.2 116,409.6
68 U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 168,188.0 151,824.0 185,222.6 197,772.3 154,100.6 151,889.9 128,550.2 120,543.8 116,087.2
69 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 87,113.0 87,547.0 157,409.6 115,789.0 133,404.0 117,769.9 130,793.0 129,821.5 112,842.9
70 Dartmouth C. 99,116.0 97,316.0 125,121.6 116,691.2 98,036.8 94,755.8 101,874.6 110,153.7 105,581.0
71 U. Connecticut 102,501.0 105,404.0 120,165.4 116,803.8 105,945.6 98,796.7 97,523.2 98,455.4 105,372.0
72 U. New Mexico 107,717.0 95,604.0 140,660.1 123,041.5 104,026.7 97,480.1 91,114.1 92,757.0 104,369.1
73 Carnegie Mellon U. 103,781.0 98,292.0 118,848.4 132,144.7 124,641.4 110,733.1 136,323.3 121,272.6 104,276.9
74 Colorado State U., Fort Collins 97,622.0 94,659.0 112,725.9 108,700.9 104,657.3 100,518.4 107,107.1 92,593.2 104,085.1
75 U. Kansas, Lawrence 106,404.0 106,754.0 139,025.2 144,854.6 121,081.1 122,938.7 95,766.7 109,631.5 103,996.1
76 U. Georgia 78,866.0 85,248.0 97,950.0 98,198.4 77,803.6 84,589.7 75,722.9 99,290.4 100,833.0
77 Oregon State U. 75,229.0 86,132.0 97,227.8 108,977.7 96,243.8 89,672.6 84,637.6 93,346.4 99,216.2
78 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 70,712.0 71,949.0 102,181.4 101,691.0 107,762.3 105,363.8 97,837.1 100,943.7 97,728.0
79 Brown U. 92,839.0 90,641.0 118,297.4 111,234.2 100,395.1 95,063.6 89,596.7 96,239.1 97,075.7
80 Virginia Commonwealth U. 76,621.0 85,561.0 100,685.9 100,189.1 90,393.7 87,036.6 87,438.3 99,487.5 96,742.9
81 U. California, Santa Barbara 97,229.0 101,953.0 143,966.3 109,577.6 123,461.1 101,474.6 98,186.1 105,826.7 96,636.6
82 George Washington U. 77,659.0 85,674.0 108,242.7 87,709.6 69,697.4 97,782.7 88,054.1 92,523.9 96,242.9
83 Medical U. South Carolina 89,358.0 94,796.0 126,785.9 106,385.5 100,326.0 90,065.3 79,207.0 89,527.4 93,330.2
84 Temple U., Philadelphia 49,835.0 56,573.0 67,089.2 66,983.6 68,239.8 79,057.7 73,593.6 87,319.1 86,565.3
85 SUNY, Stony Brook U., Stony Brook 88,990.0 91,272.0 109,351.1 103,577.9 91,489.8 88,972.4 85,834.1 90,955.5 83,413.2
86 Medical C. Wisconsin 96,972.0 93,921.0 104,921.1 105,207.3 92,550.8 100,725.7 89,429.0 84,807.2 82,187.9
87 Florida State U. 78,716.0 83,321.0 112,648.7 133,580.6 85,316.5 87,942.4 84,914.6 87,277.8 82,063.6
88 Iowa State U. 70,882.0 84,408.0 92,955.2 91,067.5 102,854.3 75,997.0 77,472.4 77,124.8 81,878.5
89 U. Missouri, Columbia 81,650.0 81,260.0 101,843.6 86,128.7 75,908.3 70,635.9 64,183.7 75,454.9 79,984.3
90 Tufts U. 79,336.0 75,607.0 104,137.0 95,970.8 75,202.1 84,193.1 82,621.8 75,551.4 75,574.2
91 Washington State U. 47,468.0 53,936.0 74,125.1 63,708.6 75,927.1 68,380.9 61,786.5 72,055.6 75,350.5
92 U. Oklahoma 74,763.0 64,701.0 88,898.5 84,562.1 76,677.0 72,550.2 71,833.9 69,849.8 75,286.7
93 U. Texas Medical Branch 100,157.0 112,377.0 119,748.0 102,646.2 84,870.6 90,967.6 81,975.9 78,975.2 75,193.8
94 U. Hawaii, Manoa 93,157.0 97,864.0 110,152.6 108,283.8 93,442.4 87,410.1 76,115.7 79,903.4 74,029.1
95 U. Massachusetts, Amherst 74,667.0 79,144.0 108,946.1 81,538.4 73,194.0 74,215.9 72,567.0 75,548.8 73,993.1
96 U. Texas Health Science Center, Houston 98,144.0 100,537.0 125,690.2 131,890.4 93,329.4 82,598.0 84,446.3 85,232.8 72,509.6
97 Wayne State U. 90,738.0 84,396.0 102,354.2 86,911.6 101,372.7 80,727.9 59,069.1 67,196.4 72,119.2
98 U. California, Santa Cruz 68,968.0 61,539.0 81,365.1 81,598.6 68,480.4 72,758.7 79,912.0 79,360.0 71,811.2
99 U. Cincinnati 117,236.0 111,992.0 130,780.7 117,333.6 101,319.3 84,200.6 69,810.0 68,193.7 70,145.5
100 Indiana U., Bloomington 57,739.0 62,442.0 88,170.4 78,374.0 71,366.3 70,060.9 62,025.4 78,529.9 70,030.6
All other institutions 4,557,524.0 4,860,887.0 6,185,750.4 5,832,711.7 4,951,886.6 4,616,141.1 4,502,244.5 4,737,519.6 4,735,579.8
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.