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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 2017: FYs 2009–17

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution 2009a 2010a 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
All institutions 32,081,095.6 30,998,802.9 28,201,573.4 27,699,527.0 26,156,379.1 27,651,887.9 27,105,059.0 28,531,424.6 29,796,361.2
1 Johns Hopkins U. 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 1,805,420.1 1,658,298.8
2 U. Michigan 720,549.7 686,616.7 647,527.3 623,342.2 574,995.6 860,758.8 606,141.5 626,142.5 656,721.4
3 U. Washington 695,048.5 736,627.6 640,134.3 666,065.9 605,210.5 658,813.5 611,946.1 590,270.2 612,729.0
4 U. California, San Diego 579,969.3 613,191.1 546,832.6 584,593.6 510,907.1 580,763.1 536,625.6 554,478.3 586,656.5
5 U. California, San Francisco 527,864.0 531,278.2 525,793.2 546,048.0 524,061.1 546,277.7 528,493.6 547,196.6 573,522.0
6 Stanford U. 467,088.3 516,796.3 471,489.3 475,348.3 461,139.2 478,346.0 504,036.1 513,877.0 550,246.9
7 Columbia U. in the City of New York 524,240.1 497,581.6 464,101.5 478,986.4 454,301.1 465,499.8 476,125.7 522,580.5 534,658.8
8 U. Pennsylvania 630,260.7 609,005.2 515,717.9 497,030.1 498,295.4 542,396.5 494,607.4 512,081.9 509,277.3
9 U. Pittsburgh 518,812.0 497,059.6 459,692.4 475,736.2 425,886.6 470,596.9 450,010.9 493,567.9 503,566.3
10 U. California, Los Angeles 576,215.4 548,805.4 493,091.7 474,971.9 452,505.3 487,210.4 481,831.8 490,824.4 492,364.3
11 Duke U. 512,764.0 496,842.4 436,753.1 431,687.6 424,451.6 440,787.0 428,529.6 467,847.7 490,342.6
12 Georgia Institute of Technology 253,124.7 234,879.2 240,793.1 248,670.7 292,358.9 249,047.5 295,180.1 156,853.8 465,721.3
13 U. Wisconsin-Madison 535,471.0 461,859.9 418,226.8 417,160.8 386,174.5 397,471.4 386,612.7 411,832.9 453,755.9
14 Washington U., Saint Louis 467,857.9 445,546.0 382,249.8 393,729.2 348,060.8 394,310.2 391,623.6 408,896.5 447,830.8
15 Harvard U. 535,711.0 548,712.5 475,246.2 480,833.5 425,667.7 460,629.5 425,493.1 448,051.5 447,531.0
16 U. Colorado Boulder 397,555.6 427,045.4 389,196.4 394,013.9 389,982.4 385,624.7 416,666.8 438,819.3 442,173.1
17 Yale U. 458,076.9 470,464.5 424,182.2 409,639.7 383,426.9 398,769.8 370,816.1 425,575.6 431,569.1
18 U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 470,222.2 429,711.8 421,737.5 425,506.5 419,478.5 450,660.5 416,768.2 452,365.6 430,253.5
19 Pennsylvania State U. 406,480.2 413,094.0 473,445.8 411,896.5 349,950.7 384,725.5 362,916.7 362,055.0 428,910.4
20 U. Southern California 344,951.7 378,861.5 308,884.8 306,840.1 276,893.2 285,562.6 289,173.2 325,150.4 405,814.8
21 Cornell U. 445,600.2 359,847.9 325,756.1 332,492.2 321,805.8 329,575.8 296,350.7 303,588.6 369,062.8
22 Vanderbilt U. 389,591.6 399,067.9 352,638.8 359,283.9 347,493.1 336,787.0 329,324.4 379,808.6 368,557.2
23 Northwestern U., Evanston 330,512.2 281,996.5 285,903.7 302,712.2 296,763.6 296,873.3 337,040.6 367,407.5 357,807.9
24 U. Minnesota 458,694.6 420,316.2 489,889.5 388,864.0 373,370.8 378,920.8 359,460.9 349,788.9 355,100.7
25 Emory U. 310,368.4 303,111.3 312,104.2 303,255.5 289,807.3 293,671.6 324,214.1 320,630.9 340,045.6
26 New York U. 230,065.2 257,096.5 236,098.3 252,038.4 240,460.3 287,716.8 263,765.6 272,971.2 328,462.7
27 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 415,896.1 340,188.3 317,966.3 358,084.9 309,965.2 333,968.4 350,511.1 340,593.3 319,450.1
28 U. California, Davis 326,588.6 313,177.7 284,314.3 282,135.6 294,866.0 307,832.5 315,417.6 278,725.5 315,327.5
29 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 235,361.5 216,467.9 182,633.3 187,399.1 207,051.3 239,509.9 262,364.6 277,187.3 303,700.2
30 U. Texas, Austin 223,321.7 192,868.1 190,250.6 234,211.8 165,124.2 186,308.9 203,401.8 279,004.6 299,153.8
31 Case Western Reserve U. 294,838.0 287,014.2 276,627.4 272,422.8 276,652.5 257,772.2 273,298.6 290,269.7 287,372.6
32 Carnegie Mellon U. 118,848.4 132,144.7 124,641.4 110,733.1 136,323.3 121,272.6 104,276.9 110,746.2 263,309.4
33 Ohio State U. 279,503.8 313,574.5 231,474.1 232,397.5 223,378.4 229,590.2 232,525.2 246,197.5 261,784.3
34 U. Florida 233,070.6 228,189.4 188,534.5 201,759.1 199,019.0 203,232.9 238,975.7 227,827.7 254,677.3
35 U. California, Berkeley 282,101.4 306,017.8 273,542.4 274,769.7 260,807.4 279,116.6 294,999.3 261,141.2 254,580.7
36 Baylor C. of Medicine 277,624.8 251,277.0 226,431.5 257,567.1 215,354.1 226,548.0 227,525.5 234,125.9 254,509.1
37 U. Alabama, Birmingham 265,284.8 235,981.1 238,121.3 228,808.2 208,928.4 238,847.1 254,213.1 247,440.3 249,235.3
38 U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 212,488.1 230,269.8 326,454.8 210,483.0 241,817.5 280,101.3 216,463.4 242,707.0 246,468.3
39 U. Rochester 303,690.3 293,785.8 249,920.7 251,590.4 226,575.1 234,385.7 232,202.4 168,544.6 243,073.7
40 Oregon Health and Science U. 234,114.7 225,263.5 202,914.5 195,498.7 196,011.0 212,631.9 198,946.8 187,199.1 219,293.6
41 U. Chicago 323,754.7 252,754.0 239,681.6 232,254.1 198,845.5 212,001.1 224,187.8 209,138.8 214,453.0
42 U. Maryland, College Park 184,328.6 179,887.2 156,861.5 221,386.9 202,657.3 215,837.9 206,310.8 210,643.9 214,138.4
43 U. Utah 214,485.8 230,179.7 200,067.4 206,309.6 195,127.7 214,776.6 201,418.0 211,119.2 211,853.4
44 Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 316,966.1 292,095.2 279,797.7 249,228.9 212,247.1 236,767.4 201,748.7 231,292.5 210,942.8
45 Boston U. 269,091.5 226,029.3 227,341.6 216,258.4 191,489.3 205,211.7 188,238.4 223,232.8 205,854.5
46 U. Arizona 270,250.2 230,577.8 238,860.5 265,080.8 215,562.9 206,746.4 168,890.3 185,962.2 202,668.4
47 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy 109,940.0 78,895.6 87,544.4 140,249.7 162,645.0 151,155.0 162,697.1 177,343.9 200,697.8
48 Michigan State U. 160,399.8 164,337.7 184,286.6 178,396.7 185,583.9 159,251.9 167,846.3 171,263.1 192,228.4
49 Texas A&M U., College Station 164,425.1 166,098.4 119,933.3 142,130.5 115,257.2 111,965.5 168,087.9 172,732.1 187,550.0
50 Scripps Research Institute 253,757.7 258,987.1 233,404.1 244,149.9 227,586.2 220,461.8 190,378.2 238,647.9 183,940.9
51 U. Maryland, Baltimore 198,117.6 182,480.8 204,133.7 179,658.0 160,902.6 150,793.2 136,640.1 152,021.2 178,082.7
52 U. Iowa 223,304.2 216,018.6 202,518.9 202,656.7 178,859.6 178,885.3 166,584.8 169,765.3 171,213.0
53 U. Virginia 236,710.7 196,634.4 161,253.0 159,469.5 142,958.4 144,618.3 137,231.0 170,946.7 169,554.6
54 U. California, Irvine 210,727.9 197,447.3 183,344.6 180,145.5 184,933.4 164,159.1 157,691.2 167,845.9 165,191.0
55 Albert Einstein C. of Medicine 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 142,468.8 163,902.9
56 U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 193,360.1 187,874.2 172,699.2 167,380.8 144,602.0 154,829.9 144,228.2 161,792.7 159,181.6
57 Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis 140,735.3 153,074.5 122,284.2 114,861.8 104,465.0 114,945.2 116,409.6 126,840.1 157,236.6
58 California Institute of Technology 179,052.8 178,660.4 178,301.0 172,405.6 167,030.1 149,454.4 151,454.2 154,528.6 156,609.2
59 Purdue U., West Lafayette 200,013.0 198,204.1 161,577.6 152,287.0 143,878.1 149,657.6 156,707.3 153,761.2 151,160.5
60 U. Massachusetts, Medical School 155,931.8 173,125.0 160,673.2 145,670.4 139,010.6 132,231.6 126,477.3 149,018.4 147,492.4
61 U. Miami 174,234.7 208,165.1 174,480.8 161,717.0 158,251.7 146,254.5 138,620.1 146,561.9 146,113.3
62 U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 185,222.6 197,772.3 154,100.6 151,889.9 128,550.2 120,543.8 116,087.2 119,082.5 143,478.2
63 Arizona State U. 150,743.7 119,895.2 133,617.4 162,980.7 143,199.5 116,150.8 141,301.9 131,292.0 142,539.6
64 U. Kentucky 155,535.6 131,876.2 122,978.8 116,272.0 110,221.4 129,596.3 136,971.2 129,102.7 138,343.3
65 U. Illinois, Chicago 175,037.6 186,921.1 160,431.7 153,413.0 158,227.7 143,747.8 128,419.1 133,213.6 137,360.9
66 U. South Florida, Tampa 110,883.3 60,588.9 105,048.0 91,416.5 52,963.1 76,247.7 117,543.0 84,517.2 134,157.1
67 Princeton U. 156,423.2 142,607.1 130,310.4 142,303.3 123,187.3 147,487.0 134,494.9 144,144.8 132,136.5
68 Brown U. 118,297.4 111,234.2 100,395.1 95,063.6 89,596.7 96,239.1 97,075.7 108,874.4 124,446.5
69 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 157,409.6 115,789.0 133,404.0 117,769.9 130,793.0 129,821.5 114,065.7 111,790.7 123,324.8
70 George Washington U. 108,242.7 87,709.6 69,697.4 97,782.7 88,054.1 92,523.9 96,242.9 119,907.0 121,272.0
71 Wake Forest U. 162,186.3 128,067.4 123,891.7 121,725.4 119,365.0 117,560.2 131,048.1 111,755.3 120,940.4
72 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 102,181.4 101,691.0 107,762.3 105,363.8 97,837.1 100,943.7 97,728.0 92,257.5 118,811.3
73 Medical U. South Carolina 126,785.9 106,385.5 100,326.0 90,065.3 79,207.0 89,527.4 93,330.2 106,359.6 117,876.9
74 U. Delaware 109,680.8 83,054.9 85,709.8 69,539.7 72,714.1 84,461.6 68,499.8 95,578.5 116,879.3
75 U. New Mexico 140,660.1 123,041.5 104,026.7 97,480.1 91,114.1 92,757.0 104,369.1 100,082.0 111,442.3
76 U. Connecticut 120,165.4 117,226.9 105,945.6 98,796.7 97,523.2 98,455.4 105,372.0 106,800.0 110,037.2
77 Dartmouth C. 125,121.6 116,691.2 98,036.8 94,755.8 101,874.6 110,153.7 105,581.0 116,331.2 109,803.3
78 North Carolina State U. 105,630.1 113,786.0 111,820.6 109,172.3 102,750.2 98,098.0 133,486.8 117,452.5 107,299.5
79 Colorado State U., Fort Collins 112,765.6 108,700.9 104,657.3 100,518.4 107,107.1 92,593.2 104,085.1 111,982.3 103,171.5
80 U. Kansas, Lawrence 139,025.2 144,854.6 121,081.1 122,938.7 95,766.7 109,631.5 103,996.1 103,891.9 101,423.4
81 SUNY, Stony Brook U., Stony Brook 109,351.1 103,577.9 91,489.8 88,972.4 85,834.1 90,955.5 83,413.2 93,112.3 100,464.2
82 U. Georgia 97,950.0 98,198.4 77,803.6 84,589.7 76,150.5 99,290.4 100,833.0 90,283.4 100,064.6
83 U. California, Santa Barbara 143,966.3 109,577.6 123,461.1 101,474.6 98,186.1 105,826.7 96,636.6 95,566.6 99,768.5
84 Oregon State U. 97,227.8 108,977.7 96,243.8 89,672.6 84,637.6 93,346.4 99,216.2 96,720.9 98,853.5
85 Temple U. 67,089.2 66,983.6 68,239.8 79,057.7 73,593.6 87,319.1 87,197.6 99,396.3 98,673.3
86 Tufts U. 104,137.0 95,970.8 75,202.1 84,193.1 82,621.8 75,551.4 75,574.2 86,563.7 97,276.8
87 Florida State U. 112,648.7 133,580.6 85,316.5 87,942.4 84,914.6 87,277.8 82,063.6 90,910.6 94,127.2
88 U. Oklahoma 88,898.5 84,562.1 76,677.0 72,550.2 71,833.9 69,849.8 75,286.7 70,821.9 89,730.2
89 U. Texas Health Science Center, Houston 125,690.2 131,890.4 93,329.4 82,598.0 84,446.3 85,232.8 72,509.6 84,281.3 86,926.2
90 Louisiana State U. 121,818.4 116,971.0 106,957.8 118,592.0 91,008.9 81,059.9 76,768.3 81,725.8 86,430.6
91 U. Missouri, Columbia 101,843.6 86,128.7 75,908.3 70,635.9 64,183.7 75,454.9 79,984.3 71,824.3 84,774.4
92 Iowa State U. 92,955.2 91,767.0 102,854.3 75,997.0 77,472.4 77,124.8 81,878.5 77,180.7 84,688.8
93 U. Massachusetts, Amherst 108,946.1 81,538.4 73,194.0 74,215.9 72,567.0 75,548.8 73,993.1 70,819.1 81,847.1
94 Virginia Commonwealth U. 100,685.9 100,189.1 90,393.7 87,036.6 87,438.3 99,487.5 96,742.9 80,255.2 80,685.1
95 Utah State U. 64,500.8 89,033.1 70,329.2 67,313.5 64,479.9 66,554.2 53,232.2 60,793.3 80,531.3
96 Washington State U. 74,125.1 63,708.6 75,927.1 68,380.9 61,786.5 72,055.6 75,350.5 80,558.9 80,510.9
97 U. Texas Medical Branch 119,748.0 102,646.2 84,870.6 90,967.6 81,975.9 78,975.2 75,193.8 76,734.6 80,316.2
98 Northeastern U. 47,743.6 54,963.4 59,549.6 50,175.8 49,207.0 53,055.8 65,237.9 74,545.7 78,956.9
99 Medical C. Wisconsin 104,921.1 105,207.3 92,550.8 100,725.7 89,429.0 84,807.2 82,187.9 89,838.7 74,246.1
100 U. Alaska, Fairbanks, Fairbanks Campus 78,185.8 62,354.8 68,940.6 49,061.6 53,797.8 60,919.5 62,369.2 62,470.5 73,755.5
All other institutions 6,475,478.4 6,194,073.2 5,223,818.6 4,866,728.8 4,696,777.0 4,950,641.4 4,938,237.9 5,085,884.7 4,926,007.5
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.