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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 2016: FYs 2008–16

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution 2008 2009a 2010a 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
All institutions 28,565,335.0 35,847,497.3 35,914,499.1 31,739,743.7 31,193,268.2 29,386,668.5 31,140,197.0 30,545,586.2 31,621,975.4
1 Johns Hopkins U. 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 1,854,227.9
2 U. Michigan 587,193.0 771,468.6 744,373.9 694,653.7 674,228.1 609,859.1 913,037.8 646,672.7 667,704.0
3 U. Washington 615,965.0 746,866.4 792,826.3 694,703.6 718,605.0 662,920.7 717,737.5 659,586.5 641,706.5
4 U. California, San Francisco 524,066.0 551,947.9 573,860.6 560,303.4 571,435.5 573,638.4 582,895.2 571,143.5 603,242.2
5 U. California, San Diego 518,357.0 653,799.4 671,553.2 583,216.7 621,620.4 565,551.1 621,901.8 584,260.8 596,285.6
6 U. Pennsylvania 519,703.0 664,576.7 663,325.2 551,527.3 533,791.8 540,124.2 596,354.8 547,171.7 556,027.1
7 Columbia U. in the City of New York 438,888.0 561,545.3 552,513.7 490,265.4 510,402.7 477,051.2 489,856.9 515,509.1 554,714.3
8 Stanford U. 419,485.0 497,306.1 558,256.9 502,460.6 504,206.5 495,617.1 531,655.2 540,336.2 552,199.3
9 U. Pittsburgh 430,490.0 541,369.7 548,900.8 494,269.3 518,820.8 465,624.9 508,517.6 494,696.9 532,631.6
10 U. California, Los Angeles 513,695.0 613,082.9 616,781.4 521,260.1 502,660.4 481,160.9 523,217.5 510,425.8 517,168.8
11 Duke U. 430,935.0 539,979.8 534,953.3 457,108.7 493,369.8 454,284.4 475,962.4 463,109.2 508,315.4
12 U. Colorado Boulder 358,640.0 463,414.1 492,890.7 443,395.2 443,048.7 448,386.8 453,638.8 460,851.1 495,700.8
13 U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 411,714.0 494,485.3 460,030.6 448,831.3 451,434.3 441,716.6 474,386.5 440,480.4 482,957.5
14 Harvard U. 438,380.0 565,838.3 585,849.3 502,148.4 512,624.9 458,699.7 499,288.5 463,309.9 474,655.0
15 U. Wisconsin-Madison 455,767.0 599,277.6 532,020.4 479,600.9 472,454.7 440,354.1 447,273.2 447,256.3 462,157.3
16 Yale U. 419,807.0 481,232.0 508,044.8 449,577.3 434,000.7 412,470.3 429,890.0 405,152.9 458,249.3
17 Washington U., Saint Louis 425,623.0 492,997.9 485,009.3 408,944.7 419,207.1 372,133.8 423,968.0 422,772.7 439,839.6
18 Vanderbilt U. 341,502.0 417,407.8 437,966.4 374,030.1 385,951.0 373,566.4 366,319.5 360,584.6 409,154.7
19 Pennsylvania State U. 366,047.0 451,058.4 493,086.1 524,843.7 465,691.1 392,857.3 423,034.6 404,717.1 401,852.6
20 Northwestern U., Evanston 261,680.0 346,223.9 310,740.0 301,087.9 319,442.1 314,781.9 319,344.3 369,726.7 393,276.6
21 U. Minnesota 393,509.0 496,935.5 489,101.3 539,510.3 430,149.3 410,565.5 421,524.0 407,740.8 392,781.6
22 Cornell U. 373,858.0 492,720.8 404,678.8 387,144.6 374,924.2 368,553.3 376,005.9 340,856.4 361,374.3
23 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 405,802.0 439,379.6 387,675.0 336,355.1 375,057.1 339,998.9 369,286.8 374,061.9 360,239.6
24 Emory U. 277,246.0 323,720.8 328,619.4 324,740.0 318,548.6 305,765.4 305,186.8 336,166.6 335,413.1
25 U. Southern California 270,662.0 355,696.4 389,292.6 337,527.0 321,380.8 300,322.6 308,235.2 312,461.8 335,331.7
26 U. California, Davis 291,869.0 367,433.4 368,220.1 327,780.0 312,699.3 333,824.9 343,352.4 357,828.5 320,140.9
27 Case Western Reserve U. 279,388.0 307,091.0 303,553.8 287,025.2 288,001.3 287,673.8 275,323.1 285,692.3 310,794.2
28 New York U. 193,133.0 243,244.0 284,524.2 264,271.0 267,421.6 255,178.1 366,408.3 280,925.7 310,341.0
29 Michigan State U. 150,096.0 187,026.0 199,394.9 210,562.5 197,516.3 206,009.8 242,806.9 293,211.1 304,421.8
30 U. Texas, Austin 172,328.0 241,903.8 206,253.3 226,983.9 303,760.2 178,484.2 196,482.2 212,393.0 296,024.9
31 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 195,887.0 246,205.8 235,514.2 193,220.9 196,922.5 213,885.6 249,337.8 271,946.0 291,535.1
32 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy 47,898.0 120,389.1 245,216.6 92,624.7 150,249.7 187,721.3 215,535.0 267,457.1 290,663.9
33 Ohio State U. 262,411.0 307,603.1 358,494.7 260,310.9 261,547.6 249,216.4 263,815.8 260,539.7 282,424.9
34 U. California, Berkeley 266,642.0 317,505.6 332,527.2 296,407.4 292,144.9 283,842.5 298,960.7 319,861.4 278,495.8
35 U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 247,188.0 308,576.4 354,860.1 351,180.9 361,820.7 284,676.7 305,112.1 249,908.6 274,972.9
36 U. Alabama, Birmingham 225,306.0 283,777.6 255,443.6 251,875.8 240,434.8 223,512.3 255,018.5 277,225.9 262,891.1
37 Baylor C. of Medicine 264,302.0 290,042.5 280,373.4 243,296.4 274,404.1 244,067.7 240,652.0 240,391.8 257,630.1
38 U. Florida 202,859.0 258,890.1 272,424.0 224,620.5 229,985.6 221,513.8 232,661.7 280,251.7 252,514.1
39 Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 277,227.0 345,807.8 344,812.3 315,401.2 276,610.8 230,737.7 256,794.7 227,950.4 248,527.9
40 Scripps Research Institute 212,416.0 258,200.1 264,550.2 237,256.5 244,149.9 231,333.0 222,694.1 192,185.3 241,352.6
41 Boston U. 238,130.0 286,345.5 239,739.4 237,166.9 227,469.2 203,567.5 217,317.9 203,154.2 237,666.7
42 U. Maryland, College Park 174,639.0 203,533.3 215,955.8 174,171.3 240,585.4 227,283.7 238,836.7 233,791.9 234,508.0
43 U. Utah 181,189.0 222,689.9 250,999.4 211,674.4 220,261.2 207,313.8 227,759.0 210,793.0 231,226.6
44 U. Chicago 291,585.0 340,171.5 281,205.5 262,268.2 251,813.7 213,015.2 231,188.8 240,870.3 225,095.6
45 U. Arizona 232,974.0 296,703.9 273,194.2 258,540.0 283,473.2 231,903.2 222,788.0 192,159.6 211,508.3
46 Oregon Health and Science U. 186,343.0 247,661.7 245,557.8 215,582.1 212,969.1 206,186.7 222,445.3 211,545.3 208,743.9
47 U. Iowa 225,288.0 238,935.9 237,020.8 218,252.8 216,977.8 190,436.3 193,638.3 182,929.1 190,739.8
48 Texas A&M U., College Station 143,415.0 185,826.7 190,615.1 140,823.9 155,335.0 122,957.8 122,110.8 179,784.9 186,538.5
49 U. Virginia 190,002.0 254,402.8 215,759.9 176,230.5 173,993.5 152,452.2 161,892.8 154,838.3 182,733.1
50 U. Rochester 260,685.0 317,282.9 313,691.7 261,863.9 262,852.5 237,345.7 244,676.7 245,504.1 181,166.7
51 U. California, Irvine 183,327.0 224,251.9 220,254.7 194,882.2 191,427.3 197,874.6 175,783.0 175,509.4 181,119.1
52 Purdue U., West Lafayette 162,535.0 227,969.0 263,215.1 191,480.1 176,625.7 166,956.2 176,769.7 185,316.2 176,446.0
53 U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 170,058.0 201,663.3 216,964.4 185,991.7 178,825.5 151,363.0 165,761.3 155,823.6 173,406.3
54 U. Maryland, Baltimore 175,085.0 204,035.3 214,494.3 215,034.2 186,600.6 166,991.2 155,284.2 141,158.3 170,342.6
55 Georgia Institute of Technology 211,059.0 279,644.8 265,810.2 332,834.8 416,065.6 385,604.9 349,469.1 366,632.5 167,638.5
56 U. Miami 151,430.0 198,009.6 233,101.5 183,613.0 175,046.6 169,160.0 154,065.2 150,644.3 160,989.9
57 California Institute of Technology 187,618.0 237,463.8 236,169.7 206,825.1 196,965.6 186,915.1 198,113.5 157,037.6 160,359.1
58 North Carolina State U. 115,651.0 135,815.6 147,051.3 151,914.7 140,047.9 141,260.1 126,975.8 174,527.6 155,286.9
59 U. Kentucky 141,622.0 176,334.0 173,518.5 143,312.8 133,852.3 125,605.5 145,781.0 155,455.0 155,115.2
60 U. Massachusetts, Medical School 127,875.0 159,014.9 183,726.2 164,647.6 149,503.3 142,528.5 138,981.1 143,045.8 154,462.8
61 Arizona State U. 122,887.0 163,994.8 130,676.4 146,157.8 174,022.4 153,975.6 132,402.7 150,945.5 153,087.2
62 Princeton U. 131,198.0 167,236.3 152,541.8 137,760.8 148,789.7 136,881.1 153,236.9 143,334.4 151,793.4
63 Albert Einstein C. of Medicine 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 147,517.7
64 U. Illinois, Chicago 167,448.0 186,418.9 219,809.4 177,547.1 166,172.9 170,992.9 155,239.1 142,389.8 145,694.7
65 Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis 123,335.0 144,602.7 159,219.4 133,071.6 125,299.9 114,773.6 122,387.1 134,790.0 137,255.9
66 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 103,884.0 181,211.1 137,951.7 158,032.9 139,453.2 150,271.4 149,739.9 138,573.8 135,038.0
67 Colorado State U., Fort Collins 111,240.0 132,699.8 132,587.5 122,699.1 119,609.7 124,785.8 126,798.8 155,377.1 133,438.7
68 U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 155,309.0 196,137.6 201,134.7 159,906.7 162,742.9 132,734.1 125,060.4 125,314.9 129,867.7
69 Carnegie Mellon U. 104,934.0 126,427.7 139,640.5 137,923.0 133,587.2 151,524.5 136,718.6 123,837.7 125,624.9
70 George Washington U. 89,162.0 112,643.9 105,565.1 72,087.9 101,325.2 91,284.8 104,842.3 99,725.7 123,963.6
71 Dartmouth C. 102,587.0 132,983.7 133,737.8 104,974.5 98,830.8 106,692.9 114,760.3 113,477.0 122,397.9
72 Wake Forest U. 125,109.0 170,167.1 133,937.8 131,174.3 129,264.2 123,616.2 121,282.4 135,496.5 116,631.7
73 Oregon State U. 101,746.0 110,589.1 127,631.8 110,824.7 101,375.8 105,649.5 114,729.0 125,689.3 116,448.5
74 U. Connecticut 115,298.0 130,127.7 138,341.4 114,858.1 107,137.5 105,461.3 109,322.4 119,283.3 115,888.3
75 Medical U. South Carolina 100,576.0 132,850.5 122,755.2 107,800.0 97,827.3 92,103.9 97,049.1 100,536.5 115,126.5
76 Brown U. 99,734.0 128,524.8 122,823.8 106,759.6 101,850.4 98,647.9 103,138.4 102,840.3 113,555.9
77 U. Georgia 103,853.0 116,361.4 118,716.3 97,073.7 102,838.6 94,318.5 116,338.6 122,569.1 110,652.4
78 Florida State U. 89,165.0 117,014.4 143,509.8 88,208.0 92,333.6 95,804.8 93,110.1 86,941.7 109,393.2
79 U. Kansas, Lawrence 114,293.0 149,093.9 178,733.1 128,309.3 135,265.1 102,349.4 115,068.5 106,747.9 109,181.5
80 U. New Mexico 108,952.0 147,754.3 149,011.4 113,885.6 106,448.9 96,634.1 103,533.4 111,649.1 108,549.4
81 Temple U. 60,026.0 74,673.6 85,955.5 72,754.5 84,667.2 77,571.2 91,506.0 97,516.6 105,987.2
82 SUNY, Stony Brook U., Stony Brook 98,948.0 119,030.5 128,467.0 99,167.2 95,718.7 91,507.5 95,329.1 91,148.9 103,848.0
83 U. Delaware 89,738.0 116,584.5 104,778.2 112,591.8 78,326.1 80,445.0 91,990.8 76,032.8 102,968.1
84 Iowa State U. 103,360.0 115,964.8 123,817.3 129,289.2 97,290.3 100,576.9 107,295.9 114,258.3 102,780.7
85 U. Hawaii, system office 47,625.0 67,442.9 93,460.7 63,687.4 74,540.7 72,786.3 75,671.4 53,119.6 101,386.7
86 Medical C. Wisconsin 95,625.0 107,317.7 108,784.9 94,958.5 103,764.0 91,773.1 87,094.6 86,481.3 100,765.8
87 U. California, Santa Barbara 106,643.0 147,519.8 117,215.3 128,185.9 107,062.3 110,682.1 116,039.1 102,246.6 100,127.8
88 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 97,478.0 133,677.8 115,624.3 117,591.6 115,739.6 105,134.1 109,218.0 104,353.1 99,820.9
89 Washington State U. 68,192.0 96,125.9 82,322.7 95,457.7 80,746.1 75,720.8 84,986.6 98,631.5 98,895.5
90 Tufts U. 81,256.0 108,701.9 118,965.5 80,184.5 90,372.7 91,590.4 84,206.4 81,962.7 96,338.2
91 Louisiana State U. 117,552.0 143,433.9 137,688.0 132,204.4 131,837.0 116,420.0 96,439.2 93,999.0 96,066.6
92 U. Cincinnati 121,574.0 136,985.1 142,243.7 111,273.4 93,638.7 75,444.4 78,333.4 79,606.3 90,325.5
93 U. Missouri, Columbia 101,041.0 130,494.2 110,739.6 101,243.4 85,912.4 79,637.7 92,412.6 95,059.8 89,179.6
94 U. South Florida, Tampa 108,079.0 114,155.5 67,412.0 111,927.5 98,345.8 57,479.4 81,190.8 122,501.4 88,661.3
95 U. Texas Health Science Center, Houston 114,385.0 136,587.6 134,380.4 98,349.0 86,477.1 89,376.2 92,139.7 74,311.9 88,601.9
96 Virginia Commonwealth U. 92,965.0 119,225.3 107,965.4 99,564.1 99,146.2 96,944.0 114,061.1 101,540.3 88,246.9
97 Georgetown U. 95,230.0 93,844.0 124,359.6 95,203.2 98,022.3 84,017.2 70,280.6 72,498.1 88,018.5
98 Indiana U., Bloomington 68,536.0 99,112.0 98,990.9 81,688.3 75,082.7 68,164.0 83,810.4 84,252.3 87,513.4
99 Wayne State U. 85,834.0 106,294.1 90,353.8 104,587.8 89,654.9 61,546.2 72,429.0 78,388.0 84,596.0
100 U. Texas Medical Branch 118,637.0 123,111.8 105,654.1 86,618.0 95,354.5 86,088.3 81,410.9 82,935.3 80,416.0
All other institutions 6,168,016.0 8,012,686.9 7,881,027.7 6,384,520.0 5,899,077.4 5,722,355.1 5,949,531.8 5,905,654.4 5,851,292.6
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.