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Table 31. Federal obligations for science and engineering research and development to systems of universities and colleges, ranked by total amount received, by agency: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank System All agencies DOC DODa DOE ED EPA HHS NASA NSF USDA Otherb
All systems 11,675,801.2 96,618.0 954,885.3 471,098.7 33,811.0 29,700.2 6,739,456.3 519,694.7 2,294,756.2 435,115.8 100,665.0
1 U. California System 2,583,567.6 15,823.5 200,629.8 95,268.2 1,632.2 7,160.3 1,717,277.2 110,674.7 393,385.0 32,602.1 9,114.5
2 U. Texas System 880,858.1 1,032.3 130,420.8 25,620.4 877.6 1,737.7 583,136.8 13,245.0 121,967.0 925.0 1,895.4
3 U. North Carolina System 632,226.5 1,839.1 28,420.1 13,626.4 1,664.4 4,106.2 428,470.0 2,366.1 117,214.9 30,820.9 3,698.5
4 Columbia U. System 528,746.7 3,108.0 23,806.6 11,036.0 244.9 1,493.9 382,066.6 20,034.1 86,655.8 45.0 255.8
5 State U. System of Florida 526,117.6 4,440.6 45,231.3 23,657.9 3,217.0 990.1 254,835.0 24,869.1 134,881.4 25,018.2 8,977.0
6 U. Wisconsin System 445,169.4 1,706.6 16,127.3 48,905.6 2,011.4 2,203.7 266,036.6 9,953.2 80,566.4 15,141.1 2,517.5
7 U. Colorado System 438,548.2 18,949.8 26,827.8 11,411.7 0.0 891.0 240,455.8 74,324.1 64,851.4 143.8 692.7
8 U. System of Ohio 409,264.2 554.6 39,144.9 21,860.1 948.5 175.0 241,817.7 7,514.4 75,455.0 18,316.0 3,478.0
9 U. System of Maryland 406,740.8 23,303.8 41,476.6 12,548.8 482.4 880.1 187,968.7 53,369.9 65,334.5 18,721.3 2,654.8
10 U. Illinois System 393,044.7 430.8 29,987.8 25,904.9 253.3 1,068.8 161,473.6 6,877.3 139,860.3 15,830.3 11,357.7
11 U. Minnesota System 349,514.4 570.8 21,115.5 9,645.3 296.4 140.0 230,353.6 4,276.4 62,564.2 20,033.4 518.8
12 U. System of Georgia 345,833.9 1,011.8 45,589.9 14,383.9 0.0 1,490.2 146,702.6 12,892.7 98,186.6 22,059.5 3,516.6
13 Arizona U. System 337,147.8 826.3 33,827.5 6,865.4 2,999.8 2,131.8 128,397.5 45,063.0 104,822.2 7,947.9 4,266.5
14 U. Alabama System 295,369.6 505.0 20,938.7 2,361.1 0.0 0.0 236,849.4 19,586.7 14,592.6 200.7 335.5
15 SUNY System 294,379.4 455.6 40,069.1 14,110.3 0.0 1,156.0 161,781.4 4,517.4 70,114.1 1,559.9 615.6
16 Utah System of Higher Education 272,186.1 441.7 48,212.2 10,713.3 0.0 358.0 154,810.4 2,657.6 42,646.0 10,964.3 1,382.5
17 Massachusetts Public Higher Education System 251,998.1 622.2 20,360.4 4,271.1 0.0 153.9 173,402.6 4,945.9 37,389.5 9,419.5 1,432.8
18 Texas A&M U. System 204,596.1 1,311.1 9,910.1 13,286.7 12,447.0 571.6 45,315.0 4,584.3 84,989.7 27,432.3 4,748.4
19 Indiana U. System 204,295.8 762.4 4,679.4 6,070.3 0.0 0.0 151,640.1 617.3 39,482.0 223.0 821.3
20 Kansas Board of Regents 158,465.1 59.1 4,903.0 7,223.6 311.9 2,523.5 84,143.6 3,541.8 30,024.0 16,849.8 8,884.7
21 U. Nebraska System 143,840.6 261.8 4,530.4 4,873.2 1,280.4 0.0 89,137.7 1,632.3 27,226.3 14,554.7 343.8
22 U. Hawaii System 142,273.0 813.9 33,183.7 2,341.8 0.0 0.0 45,361.4 22,226.4 33,428.0 3,854.2 1,063.6
23 California State U. System 118,782.3 869.2 9,159.5 1,306.7 235.0 0.0 47,663.6 13,145.6 39,717.1 773.7 5,911.8
24 Colorado State U. System 110,327.5 2,590.5 9,126.6 8,067.5 0.0 370.0 32,311.9 8,650.5 27,797.8 19,403.7 2,009.0
25 U. Tennessee System 105,198.9 0.0 9,518.6 17,592.6 0.0 0.0 41,137.8 1,211.6 21,541.7 12,815.0 1,381.7
26 U. Arkansas System 103,228.5 0.0 2,722.1 3,202.5 154.4 0.0 78,729.5 419.3 7,269.8 10,608.9 122.0
27 U. Missouri System 99,065.6 124.5 7,375.7 4,731.2 0.0 25.0 47,740.8 1,390.6 21,864.7 15,309.3 503.7
28 Louisiana State U. System 81,725.8 793.1 326.1 3,233.4 0.0 20.0 52,920.4 480.8 17,046.4 5,511.9 1,393.7
29 Montana U. System 78,780.5 51.6 4,896.5 3,583.7 0.0 0.0 30,071.4 5,899.3 24,561.4 7,799.5 1,917.2
30 U. Alaska System 68,910.0 2,927.5 4,182.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11,631.3 16,356.2 28,717.5 2,441.1 2,654.5
31 U. South Carolina System 64,515.8 701.7 2,608.7 3,346.3 0.0 0.0 44,834.9 879.8 11,727.9 410.0 6.5
32 Nevada System of Higher Education 63,156.9 0.0 6,368.8 6,893.9 0.0 0.0 28,701.5 1,574.3 14,235.7 3,986.5 1,396.2
33 North Dakota U. System 62,880.8 0.0 821.8 14,574.7 0.0 0.0 20,906.9 1,723.1 15,198.2 8,619.1 1,037.1
34 CUNY System 60,191.6 8.8 3,579.3 1,297.2 1,058.4 0.0 36,415.3 1,407.9 16,392.7 0.0 32.0
35 U. Puerto Rico System 52,109.1 582.9 1,305.7 0.0 249.7 0.0 33,628.7 285.5 10,783.6 5,273.0 0.0
36 West Virginia Public Colleges and Universities System 48,019.9 139.6 913.9 3,615.1 0.0 0.0 24,338.9 1,249.2 8,812.2 8,060.4 890.6
37 U. Houston System 43,044.3 0.0 2,846.0 2,462.3 120.0 0.0 17,519.4 2,604.4 13,258.4 0.0 4,233.9
38 U. System of New Hampshire 39,199.0 7,183.6 3,125.5 1,673.9 0.0 0.0 1,127.2 6,377.0 13,115.2 3,690.7 2,906.0
39 Tennessee Board of Regents System 32,478.5 0.0 3,999.7 257.9 0.0 0.0 11,767.4 100.0 11,182.8 5,032.2 138.5
40 U. North Texas System 27,338.2 0.0 1,134.2 1,012.7 0.0 0.0 18,921.2 42.9 6,122.1 105.0 0.0
41 Oklahoma State U. System 26,596.5 0.0 328.1 1,004.9 0.0 0.0 6,880.1 0.0 11,761.0 6,257.3 365.2
42 South Dakota U. System 25,849.1 0.0 805.9 679.5 0.0 0.0 7,296.4 3,319.1 3,646.0 9,853.6 248.5
43 U. Maine System 23,697.1 998.0 4,659.4 270.0 0.0 0.0 1,548.5 1,815.4 7,794.6 6,420.6 190.6
44 Texas Tech U. System 22,154.9 89.1 3,311.1 970.3 0.0 0.0 10,247.9 555.5 6,419.2 443.0 118.8
45 U. Louisiana System 13,428.1 232.6 46.1 130.0 0.0 0.0 2,635.6 80.8 9,673.7 293.5 335.9
46 Southern Illinois U. System 9,911.2 0.0 412.0 371.1 0.0 0.0 6,654.9 107.4 2,033.9 302.0 30.0
47 Touro C. and U. System 8,438.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7,997.6 97.8 342.9 0.0 0.0
48 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System 7,145.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 596.0 0.0 0.0 78.3 639.8 5,831.6 0.0
49 Texas State U. System 6,433.0 137.6 1,168.1 1,025.0 201.8 0.0 887.5 0.0 2,940.9 47.0 25.0
50 Claremont Colleges System 5,059.2 6.3 99.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,311.0 0.0 2,583.9 0.0 58.4
51 Ana G. Mendez U. System 4,835.1 0.0 0.0 3,810.5 497.3 0.0 415.0 0.0 112.3 0.0 0.0
52 Southern U. System 3,134.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 216.4 0.0 6.2 0.0 400.0 2,512.1 0.0
53 California Community Colleges 2,966.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 550.0 0.0 409.4 0.0 2,006.8 0.0 0.0
54 Florida C. System 2,101.4 9.3 38.6 0.0 546.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,507.0 0.0 0.0
55 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education 2,088.4 36.5 64.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,558.5 415.3 14.0
56 Arkansas State U. System 1,716.3 0.0 91.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,285.0 237.0 102.6
57 Maricopa Community Colleges 1,572.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,572.4 0.0 0.0
58 Inter American U. Puerto Rico System 918.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 718.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 199.7 0.0 0.0
59 Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education 863.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 300.0 72.4 421.1 0.0 69.8
60 Regional U. System of Oklahoma 790.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 53.4 64.5 0.0 672.6 0.0 0.0
61 Washington State Community and Technical Colleges 681.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 681.3 0.0 0.0
62 Virginia Community C. System 534.8 0.0 336.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 198.1 0.0 0.0
63 Illinois Community C. System 480.3 0.0 120.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 360.3 0.0 0.0
64 Mississippi Community C. Board 229.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 229.7 0.0 0.0
65 North Carolina Community C. System 225.9 105.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 120.4 0.0 0.0
66 Colorado Community C. System 202.2 199.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0
67 Alabama Community C. System 178.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 178.9 0.0 0.0
68 Nebraska Community C. System 178.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 178.7 0.0 0.0
69 Kentucky Community and Technical C. System 89.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 89.9 0.0 0.0
70 South Carolina Technical C. System 86.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 86.4 0.0 0.0
71 Technical C. System of Georgia 39.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.8 0.0 0.0
72 Louisiana Community and Technical C. System 37.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.0 0.0 0.0
DOC = Department of Commerce; DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; ED = Department of Education; EPA = Environmental Protection Agency; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NSF = National Science Foundation; USDA = Department of Agriculture.
a DOD states that more than 90% of its development obligations reported for universities and colleges are performed at university-administered laboratories that are separate from academic departments. Furthermore, DOD states that much of its development obligations are for major systems development, that such obligations differ from its obligations for advanced technology development, and that DOD total development obligations are therefore not comparable with development obligations at other federal agencies. Refer to table 14 for DOD obligations to individual institutions, by R&D breakdown.
b Includes obligations from the following agencies: the Agency for International Development, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Transportation, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Office of Justice Programs, and the Social Security Administration.
NOTES: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Institution order is based on total actual dollars received before amounts are rounded. The table includes obligations to every individual institution included within each system. Only those agencies that had obligations in the variables represented by this table appear in the table.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions, FY 2016.