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Table 25. Federal obligations for science and engineering research and development to historically black colleges and universities, ranked by total amount received, by agency: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution All agencies DHS DOC DODa DOE DOT ED HHS NASA NSF SSA USDA
All HBCUs 234,460.4 2,496.1 84.7 15,467.4 12,907.8 225.0 4,508.0 86,673.8 5,190.6 36,279.3 200.4 70,427.3
1 Morehouse School of Medicine 17,947.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17,947.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 17,938.9 0.0 84.7 1,954.9 2,053.9 0.0 250.0 1,447.4 0.0 7,828.5 0.0 4,319.5
3 Florida A&M U. 15,428.2 0.0 0.0 1,395.5 4,464.8 0.0 740.6 3,817.5 0.0 2,095.2 104.4 2,810.1
4 Meharry Medical C. 13,688.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13,688.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 North Carolina Central U. 10,837.6 1,290.6 0.0 0.0 695.0 0.0 250.0 7,344.7 0.0 1,257.3 0.0 0.0
6 Howard U. 10,515.7 0.0 0.0 1,044.4 0.0 0.0 250.0 7,730.5 25.5 1,465.4 0.0 0.0
7 Hampton U. 9,757.3 0.0 0.0 375.6 747.0 101.1 120.0 3,307.4 3,964.8 1,045.4 96.0 0.0
8 Prairie View A&M U. 9,707.1 1,075.5 0.0 250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 111.8 0.0 2,512.5 0.0 5,757.3
9 Jackson State U. 9,434.2 0.0 0.0 2,458.3 486.0 0.0 250.0 4,838.8 0.0 1,401.1 0.0 0.0
10 Tennessee State U. 7,851.9 0.0 0.0 581.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,483.8 0.0 201.3 0.0 5,585.6
11 Tuskegee U. 7,483.2 0.0 0.0 276.0 0.0 123.9 0.0 2,386.1 0.0 944.8 0.0 3,752.3
12 Norfolk State U. 6,221.1 0.0 0.0 1,167.6 4,311.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 742.4 0.0 0.0
13 Xavier U. Louisiana 6,067.5 0.0 0.0 91.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,648.7 0.0 327.7 0.0 0.0
14 Delaware State U. 6,002.5 0.0 0.0 766.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,436.2 0.0 645.3 0.0 2,154.7
15 Alabama A&M U. 5,778.8 0.0 0.0 1,428.0 0.0 0.0 119.0 0.0 0.0 419.9 0.0 3,812.0
16 Morgan State U. 5,611.1 0.0 0.0 350.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,773.6 1,052.0 435.5 0.0 0.0
17 U. Arkansas, Pine Bluff 5,583.6 0.0 0.0 125.0 0.0 0.0 185.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,273.2
18 U. of the Virgin Islands 5,323.3 0.0 0.0 142.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,684.1 0.0 1,496.6
19 Virginia State U. 5,124.0 0.0 0.0 572.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 239.3 0.0 4,312.6
20 Lincoln U., Jefferson City 4,779.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,779.7
21 Southern U. and A&M C., system office 4,338.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 216.4 0.0 0.0 1,900.0 0.0 2,221.6
22 Alcorn State U. 4,073.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,073.4
23 Kentucky State U. 3,684.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,684.7
24 South Carolina State U. 3,629.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,344.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,284.8
25 Fort Valley State U. 3,545.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 177.4 0.0 3,367.7
26 U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 3,321.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 404.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,917.5
27 Langston U. 2,518.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,518.9
28 West Virginia State U. 2,501.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,501.1
29 Fisk U. 2,397.9 130.0 0.0 545.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 216.0 0.0 1,506.4 0.0 0.0
30 Clark Atlanta U. 2,109.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,470.6 0.0 638.8 0.0 0.0
31 Spelman C. 1,965.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 425.0 0.0 1,540.8 0.0 0.0
32 Alabama State U. 1,964.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 250.0 635.1 0.0 1,079.4 0.0 0.0
33 Tougaloo C. 1,607.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,607.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
34 U. of the District of Columbia 1,546.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 643.1 0.0 903.8
35 Central State U. 1,468.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 148.2 2.5 0.0 1,317.6
36 Dillard U. 1,462.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 250.0 1,204.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0
37 Texas Southern U. 1,443.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,443.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
38 Morehouse C. 1,202.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 248.8 290.5 0.0 662.8 0.0 0.0
39 Elizabeth City State U. 1,008.6 0.0 0.0 1,008.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
40 Bowie State U. 935.6 0.0 0.0 85.0 150.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 700.6 0.0 0.0
41 Savannah State U. 928.1 0.0 0.0 597.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 90.6 0.0 240.0 0.0 0.0
42 Winston-Salem State U. 923.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 633.1 0.0 215.1 0.0 75.0
43 Albany State U. 850.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 105.2 0.0 245.6 0.0 499.7
44 Fayetteville State U. 772.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 329.3 0.0 443.6 0.0 0.0
45 Claflin U. 604.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 280.1 0.0 324.5 0.0 0.0
46 Harris-Stowe State U. 469.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 231.1 0.0 0.0 238.1 0.0 0.0
47 Bethune-Cookman U. 330.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 330.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
48 Oakwood U. 307.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 307.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
49 Benedict C. 252.1 0.0 0.0 252.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
50 Mississippi Valley State U. 250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
51 Rust C. 249.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 249.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
52 Johnson C. Smith U. 243.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 243.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
53 Virginia Union U. 213.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 213.1 0.0 0.0
54 Lawson State Community C., Birmingham 155.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 155.4 0.0 0.0
55 LeMoyne-Owen C. 76.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 76.5 0.0 0.0
56 Huston-Tillotson U. 30.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.0 0.0 0.0
DHS = Department of Homeland Security; DOC = Department of Commerce; DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; DOT = Department of Transportation; ED = Department of Education; HBCUs = historically black colleges and universities; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NSF = National Science Foundation; SSA = Social Security Administration; 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.
NOTES: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Institution order is based on total actual dollars received before amounts are rounded. 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 2017.