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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 2017: FYs 2009–17

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution 2009a 2010a 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
All institutions 35,873,551.6 35,942,326.4 31,759,863.9 31,216,406.9 29,406,889.3 31,157,370.6 30,561,218.1 31,646,628.1 32,430,791.9
1 Johns Hopkins U. 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 1,708,000.4
2 U. Michigan 771,468.6 744,373.9 694,653.7 674,228.1 609,859.1 913,037.8 646,672.7 668,204.0 700,049.6
3 U. Washington 746,866.4 792,826.3 694,703.6 718,605.0 662,920.7 717,737.5 659,586.5 641,790.5 667,400.0
4 U. California, San Diego 653,799.4 671,553.2 583,216.7 621,620.4 565,551.1 621,901.8 584,260.8 596,285.6 639,089.1
5 U. California, San Francisco 551,947.9 573,860.6 560,303.4 571,435.5 573,638.4 582,895.2 571,143.5 603,242.2 628,270.1
6 Stanford U. 497,306.1 558,256.9 502,460.6 504,206.5 495,617.1 531,655.2 540,336.2 552,199.3 581,147.8
7 Columbia U. in the City of New York 561,545.3 552,513.7 490,265.4 510,402.7 477,051.2 489,856.9 515,509.1 554,714.3 574,306.1
8 U. Pennsylvania 664,576.7 663,325.2 551,527.3 533,791.8 540,124.2 596,354.8 547,171.7 556,027.1 552,306.4
9 U. Pittsburgh 541,369.7 548,900.8 494,269.3 518,820.8 465,624.9 508,517.6 494,696.9 532,631.6 544,465.5
10 Duke U. 539,979.8 534,953.3 457,108.7 493,369.8 454,284.4 475,962.4 463,109.2 508,315.4 523,037.3
11 U. California, Los Angeles 613,082.9 616,781.4 521,260.1 502,660.4 481,160.9 523,217.5 510,425.8 517,168.8 522,728.9
12 Harvard U. 565,838.3 585,849.3 502,148.4 512,624.9 458,699.7 499,288.5 463,309.9 474,655.0 490,074.7
13 U. Wisconsin-Madison 599,277.6 532,020.4 479,600.9 472,454.7 440,354.1 447,273.2 447,256.3 462,157.3 485,332.5
14 U. Colorado Boulder 463,414.1 492,890.7 443,395.2 443,048.7 448,386.8 453,638.8 460,851.1 495,971.9 481,184.0
15 Washington U., Saint Louis 492,997.9 485,009.3 408,944.7 419,207.1 372,133.8 423,968.0 422,772.7 439,839.6 476,402.6
16 Georgia Institute of Technology 279,644.8 265,810.2 332,834.8 416,065.6 385,604.9 349,469.1 366,632.5 167,638.5 473,320.3
17 U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 494,485.3 460,030.6 448,831.3 451,434.3 441,716.6 474,386.5 440,480.4 482,957.5 460,651.9
18 Yale U. 481,232.0 508,044.8 449,577.3 434,000.7 412,470.3 429,890.0 405,152.9 458,249.3 460,096.6
19 Pennsylvania State U. 451,058.4 493,086.1 524,843.7 465,691.1 392,857.3 423,034.6 404,717.1 401,873.6 450,199.9
20 U. Southern California 355,696.4 389,292.6 337,527.0 321,380.8 300,322.6 308,235.2 312,461.8 335,331.7 422,562.1
21 Cornell U. 492,720.8 404,678.8 387,144.6 374,924.2 368,553.3 376,005.9 340,856.4 361,374.3 409,276.6
22 Northwestern U., Evanston 346,223.9 310,740.0 301,087.9 319,442.1 314,781.9 319,344.3 369,726.7 393,276.6 395,551.2
23 Vanderbilt U. 417,407.8 437,966.4 374,030.1 385,951.0 373,566.4 366,319.5 360,584.6 409,154.7 395,482.9
24 U. Minnesota 496,935.5 489,101.3 539,510.3 430,149.3 410,565.5 421,524.0 407,740.8 393,056.1 384,797.0
25 Emory U. 323,720.8 328,619.4 324,740.0 318,548.6 305,765.4 305,186.8 336,166.6 335,413.1 358,649.1
26 New York U. 243,244.0 284,524.2 264,271.0 267,421.6 255,178.1 366,408.3 280,925.7 310,341.0 350,008.4
27 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 439,379.6 387,675.0 336,355.1 375,057.1 339,998.9 369,286.8 374,061.9 360,239.6 338,579.4
28 U. California, Davis 367,433.4 368,220.1 327,780.0 312,699.3 333,824.9 343,352.4 357,828.5 320,140.9 334,889.2
29 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 246,205.8 235,514.2 193,220.9 196,922.5 213,885.6 249,337.8 271,946.0 291,535.1 317,034.9
30 U. Texas, Austin 241,903.8 206,253.3 226,983.9 303,760.2 178,484.2 196,482.2 212,393.0 296,024.9 312,149.6
31 Michigan State U. 187,026.0 199,394.9 210,562.5 197,516.3 206,009.8 242,806.9 293,211.1 304,421.8 300,736.8
32 Case Western Reserve U. 307,091.0 303,553.8 287,025.2 288,001.3 287,673.8 275,323.1 285,692.3 310,794.2 300,568.4
33 U. Florida 258,890.1 272,424.0 224,620.5 229,985.6 221,513.8 232,661.7 280,251.7 252,660.6 293,028.9
34 Baylor C. of Medicine 290,042.5 280,373.4 243,296.4 274,404.1 244,067.7 240,652.0 240,391.8 257,630.1 281,481.0
35 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy 120,389.1 245,216.6 92,624.7 150,249.7 187,721.3 215,535.0 267,457.1 290,663.9 279,176.7
36 Ohio State U. 307,603.1 358,494.7 260,310.9 261,547.6 249,216.4 263,815.8 260,539.7 282,424.9 275,897.3
37 Carnegie Mellon U. 126,427.7 139,640.5 137,923.0 133,587.2 151,524.5 136,718.6 123,837.7 125,624.9 272,671.8
38 U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 308,576.4 354,860.1 351,180.9 361,820.7 284,676.7 305,112.1 249,908.6 274,972.9 271,021.8
39 U. California, Berkeley 317,505.6 332,527.2 296,407.4 292,144.9 283,842.5 298,960.7 319,861.4 278,540.4 267,032.3
40 U. Alabama, Birmingham 283,777.6 255,443.6 251,875.8 240,434.8 223,512.3 255,018.5 277,225.9 262,891.1 262,602.9
41 U. Rochester 317,282.9 313,691.7 261,863.9 262,852.5 237,345.7 244,676.7 245,504.1 181,166.7 257,113.7
42 Oregon Health and Science U. 247,661.7 245,557.8 215,582.1 212,969.1 206,186.7 222,445.3 211,545.3 208,743.9 235,075.0
43 U. Chicago 340,171.5 281,205.5 262,268.2 251,813.7 213,015.2 231,188.8 240,870.3 225,095.6 232,987.5
44 U. Utah 222,689.9 250,999.4 211,674.4 220,261.2 207,313.8 227,759.0 210,793.0 231,589.4 231,648.4
45 Oregon State U. 110,589.1 127,631.8 110,824.7 101,375.8 105,649.5 114,729.0 125,689.3 116,502.3 228,641.1
46 U. Arizona 296,703.9 273,194.2 258,540.0 283,473.2 231,903.2 222,788.0 192,159.6 211,508.3 224,132.1
47 Boston U. 286,345.5 239,739.4 237,166.9 227,469.2 203,567.5 217,317.9 203,154.2 237,666.7 222,750.5
48 U. Maryland, College Park 203,533.3 215,955.8 174,171.3 240,585.4 227,283.7 238,836.7 233,791.9 235,036.7 220,808.6
49 Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 345,807.8 344,812.3 315,401.2 276,610.8 230,737.7 256,794.7 227,950.4 248,527.9 218,340.1
50 Texas A&M U., College Station 210,872.1 214,233.8 161,711.0 175,604.0 142,578.1 143,241.4 201,273.6 206,574.4 201,713.9
51 U. Maryland, Baltimore 204,035.3 214,494.3 215,034.2 186,600.6 166,991.2 155,284.2 141,158.3 170,342.6 191,433.0
52 Scripps Research Institute 258,200.1 264,550.2 237,256.5 244,149.9 231,333.0 222,694.1 192,185.3 241,352.6 186,830.6
53 U. Virginia 254,402.8 215,759.9 176,230.5 173,993.5 152,452.2 161,892.8 154,838.3 182,733.1 184,426.3
54 U. Iowa 238,935.9 237,020.8 218,252.8 216,977.8 190,436.3 193,638.3 182,929.1 190,739.8 182,110.8
55 U. California, Irvine 224,251.9 220,254.7 194,882.2 191,427.3 197,874.6 175,783.0 175,509.4 181,119.1 181,488.1
56 Albert Einstein C. of Medicine 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 147,517.7 174,137.7
57 U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 201,663.3 216,964.4 185,991.7 178,825.5 151,363.0 165,761.3 155,823.6 173,406.3 172,640.6
58 Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis 144,602.7 159,219.4 133,071.6 125,299.9 114,773.6 122,387.1 134,790.0 137,062.8 169,458.3
59 Purdue U., West Lafayette 227,969.0 263,215.1 191,480.1 176,625.7 166,956.2 176,769.7 185,316.2 176,639.1 162,947.0
60 California Institute of Technology 237,463.8 236,169.7 206,825.1 196,965.6 186,915.1 198,113.5 157,037.6 160,359.1 162,495.0
61 U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 196,137.6 201,134.7 159,906.7 162,742.9 132,734.1 125,060.4 125,314.9 129,867.7 155,319.0
62 U. Miami 198,009.6 233,101.5 183,613.0 175,046.6 169,160.0 154,065.2 150,644.3 161,132.9 154,296.3
63 U. Massachusetts, Medical School 159,014.9 183,726.2 164,647.6 149,503.3 142,528.5 138,981.1 143,045.8 154,462.8 151,732.3
64 Arizona State U. 163,994.8 130,676.4 146,157.8 174,022.4 153,975.6 132,402.7 150,945.5 153,087.2 149,717.5
65 U. Illinois, Chicago 186,418.9 219,809.4 177,547.1 166,172.9 170,992.9 155,239.1 142,389.8 145,694.7 146,914.4
66 U. Kentucky 176,334.0 173,518.5 143,312.8 133,852.3 125,605.5 145,781.0 155,455.0 155,115.2 146,076.5
67 U. South Florida, Tampa 114,155.5 67,412.0 111,927.5 98,345.8 57,479.4 81,190.8 122,501.4 88,661.3 139,227.4
68 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 181,211.1 137,951.7 158,032.9 139,453.2 150,271.4 149,739.9 138,573.8 135,038.0 138,891.8
69 Princeton U. 167,236.3 152,541.8 137,760.8 148,789.7 136,881.1 153,236.9 143,334.4 151,793.4 138,432.4
70 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 133,677.8 115,624.3 117,591.6 115,739.6 105,134.1 109,218.0 104,353.1 99,820.9 132,089.6
71 Brown U. 128,524.8 122,823.8 106,759.6 101,850.4 98,647.9 103,138.4 102,840.3 113,555.9 131,608.6
72 Wake Forest U. 170,167.1 133,937.8 131,174.3 129,264.2 123,616.2 121,282.4 135,496.5 116,631.7 128,017.3
73 Medical U. South Carolina 132,850.5 122,755.2 107,800.0 97,827.3 92,103.9 97,049.1 100,536.5 115,126.5 126,494.4
74 George Washington U. 112,643.9 105,565.1 72,087.9 101,325.2 91,284.8 104,842.3 99,725.7 123,963.6 125,263.5
75 U. New Mexico 147,754.3 149,011.4 113,885.6 106,448.9 96,634.1 103,533.4 111,649.1 108,797.7 122,852.7
76 North Carolina State U. 135,815.6 147,051.3 151,914.7 140,047.9 141,260.1 126,975.8 174,527.6 155,559.9 121,848.9
77 U. Delaware 116,584.5 104,778.2 112,591.8 78,326.1 80,445.0 91,990.8 76,032.8 102,968.1 119,726.4
78 U. Connecticut 130,127.7 138,341.4 114,858.1 107,137.5 105,461.3 109,322.4 119,283.3 115,888.3 118,048.1
79 Dartmouth C. 132,983.7 133,737.8 104,974.5 98,830.8 106,692.9 114,760.3 113,477.0 122,397.9 115,475.5
80 Colorado State U., Fort Collins 132,699.8 132,587.5 122,699.1 119,609.7 124,785.8 126,798.8 155,377.1 135,929.7 112,934.3
81 U. Kansas, Lawrence 149,093.9 178,733.1 128,309.3 135,265.1 102,349.4 115,068.5 106,747.9 109,181.5 105,827.9
82 U. Georgia 116,361.4 118,716.3 97,073.7 102,838.6 94,318.5 116,338.6 122,569.1 110,717.5 105,326.0
83 SUNY, Stony Brook U., Stony Brook 119,030.5 128,467.0 99,167.2 95,718.7 91,507.5 95,329.1 91,148.9 103,848.0 104,369.4
84 U. California, Santa Barbara 147,519.8 117,215.3 128,185.9 107,062.3 110,682.1 116,039.1 102,246.6 100,306.3 103,094.9
85 Temple U. 74,673.6 85,955.5 72,754.5 84,667.2 77,571.2 91,506.0 97,516.6 105,987.2 101,897.5
86 Tufts U. 108,701.9 118,965.5 80,184.5 90,372.7 91,590.4 84,206.4 81,962.7 96,338.2 101,602.4
87 Louisiana State U. 143,433.9 137,688.0 132,204.4 131,837.0 116,420.0 96,439.2 93,999.0 96,066.6 100,766.1
88 Florida State U. 117,014.4 143,509.8 88,208.0 92,333.6 95,804.8 93,110.1 86,941.7 109,393.2 97,913.2
89 U. Oklahoma 95,221.7 89,914.2 80,060.6 75,789.3 76,328.8 75,846.3 85,208.6 74,149.2 95,059.9
90 Iowa State U. 115,964.8 123,817.3 129,289.2 97,290.3 100,576.9 107,295.9 114,258.3 102,780.7 94,651.5
91 U. Texas Health Science Center, Houston 136,587.6 134,380.4 98,349.0 86,477.1 89,376.2 92,139.7 74,311.9 88,601.9 93,734.3
92 Virginia Commonwealth U. 119,225.3 107,965.4 99,564.1 99,146.2 96,944.0 114,061.1 101,540.3 88,246.9 92,154.9
93 U. Missouri, Columbia 130,494.2 110,739.6 101,243.4 85,912.4 79,637.7 92,412.6 95,059.8 89,179.6 89,889.9
94 U. Texas Medical Branch 123,111.8 105,654.1 86,618.0 95,354.5 86,088.3 81,410.9 82,935.3 80,416.0 85,410.0
95 U. Massachusetts, Amherst 130,090.9 93,420.0 86,344.2 85,256.0 80,945.7 83,742.5 91,837.2 79,903.5 84,860.5
96 Washington State U. 96,125.9 82,322.7 95,457.7 80,746.1 75,720.8 84,986.6 98,631.5 99,111.7 84,128.7
97 Northeastern U. 52,862.0 67,227.1 62,295.0 52,760.2 51,968.1 54,705.8 66,963.9 76,701.7 84,005.5
98 Utah State U. 71,454.7 97,509.1 91,469.7 81,722.1 81,125.9 86,870.5 62,750.3 68,167.4 82,259.8
99 U. Alaska, Fairbanks, Fairbanks Campus 251,102.7 116,342.7 78,929.3 59,707.7 64,341.2 75,252.5 69,426.4 69,773.2 81,959.7
100 Medical C. Wisconsin 107,317.7 108,784.9 94,958.5 103,764.0 91,773.1 87,094.6 86,481.3 100,765.8 78,681.4
All other institutions 7,916,641.8 7,970,232.1 6,441,094.4 5,977,651.0 5,730,204.1 5,949,681.8 5,891,475.5 5,933,152.6 5,605,791.2
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.