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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 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank System All agencies DOC DODa DOE ED EPA HHS NASA NSF USDA Otherb
All systems 12,340,113.1 123,965.8 1,307,975.4 382,983.6 13,062.5 10,466.0 7,097,709.7 501,669.1 2,295,823.6 492,420.4 114,037.1
1 U. California System 2,660,921.8 14,240.1 219,472.4 85,528.4 1,419.5 3,957.6 1,823,319.2 90,953.6 361,738.3 48,669.8 11,622.9
2 U. Texas System 942,281.5 1,747.2 119,052.3 18,698.6 581.5 326.5 647,670.0 14,504.0 136,017.7 1,638.6 2,045.2
3 U. System of Georgia 660,900.8 1,293.1 361,815.6 7,734.0 181.2 88.9 151,880.1 10,661.1 101,107.3 21,632.3 4,507.2
4 State U. System of Florida 615,950.5 5,250.8 60,907.7 21,698.6 940.6 0.0 334,863.8 19,966.0 123,996.1 35,806.4 12,520.7
5 U. North Carolina System 605,828.7 1,742.0 26,266.6 16,952.4 829.4 399.2 424,934.6 2,496.5 102,444.5 25,410.7 4,352.6
6 Columbia U. System 539,519.2 2,375.5 31,378.7 6,895.7 235.9 568.6 406,631.0 16,726.6 74,683.5 0.0 23.7
7 U. Wisconsin System 487,661.8 1,016.6 20,074.7 60,363.8 630.7 1,090.4 279,266.9 11,143.6 96,199.4 16,905.3 970.3
8 U. Colorado System 442,173.1 24,758.7 24,744.4 10,160.5 201.4 0.0 242,989.9 63,291.0 74,123.3 890.6 1,013.2
9 U. System of Maryland 434,451.1 27,825.2 43,029.8 8,943.7 680.4 284.4 216,449.1 52,156.3 64,865.0 15,805.2 4,412.0
10 U. System of Ohio 431,613.3 2,063.0 49,953.1 16,659.6 1,142.0 0.0 252,687.5 8,476.5 79,293.6 18,595.8 2,742.1
11 U. Illinois System 392,380.8 514.9 36,618.2 20,155.7 0.0 991.5 161,416.4 8,051.1 138,830.7 16,863.3 8,939.0
12 Arizona U. System 367,242.4 1,151.6 27,601.1 5,306.8 0.0 750.0 146,267.6 57,054.7 113,354.6 11,770.4 3,985.5
13 U. Minnesota System 355,100.7 382.1 14,306.0 12,469.3 298.9 0.0 229,807.5 5,789.3 71,267.2 20,125.8 654.7
14 U. Alabama System 307,045.1 1,013.2 17,883.6 2,859.1 0.0 0.0 239,272.9 23,291.4 21,506.0 25.0 1,193.9
15 SUNY System 301,383.7 247.4 48,906.2 10,179.7 0.0 0.0 166,946.3 3,708.6 70,632.8 398.0 364.6
16 Utah System of Higher Education 292,840.3 575.8 61,203.5 5,784.0 0.0 242.0 165,802.3 4,277.4 40,919.2 12,858.0 1,178.1
17 Massachusetts Public Higher Education System 264,963.3 511.7 16,072.8 8,066.2 0.0 0.0 187,855.5 3,240.4 43,316.6 5,637.7 262.3
18 Indiana U. System 226,809.2 718.8 2,737.0 3,559.0 0.0 0.0 167,836.9 937.2 34,800.2 15,853.4 366.7
19 Texas A&M U. System 217,323.3 3,231.3 9,820.8 9,255.9 103.1 1,684.9 50,987.6 7,206.4 89,127.0 35,612.9 10,293.3
20 Kansas Board of Regents 185,553.1 0.0 12,518.6 4,813.5 132.7 81.8 89,231.3 1,488.9 35,075.6 26,143.1 16,067.5
21 U. Nebraska System 147,090.6 836.9 2,740.9 4,755.1 1,367.2 0.0 92,188.9 982.3 28,388.1 15,276.4 554.7
22 U. Hawaii System 131,826.2 6,133.9 24,677.9 1,973.3 0.0 0.0 40,584.5 21,352.5 31,655.2 4,867.4 581.5
23 U. Missouri System 112,750.9 210.6 12,017.1 2,375.2 197.4 0.0 48,417.6 683.6 32,856.0 15,072.0 921.3
24 Colorado State U. System 103,561.9 5,435.1 5,922.9 3,486.6 0.0 0.0 33,097.0 6,980.7 22,941.1 20,980.1 4,718.3
25 California State U. System 100,422.5 286.9 7,921.4 1,642.7 0.0 0.0 45,673.3 15,745.3 24,259.3 3,434.2 1,459.4
26 U. Tennessee System 94,909.8 0.0 6,877.3 12,234.9 0.0 0.0 38,751.5 3,570.6 19,891.3 11,138.6 2,445.6
27 Louisiana State U. System 86,430.6 1,693.8 1,076.8 3,869.1 0.0 0.0 56,186.2 344.9 14,327.7 7,677.0 1,255.0
28 U. Alaska System 79,949.7 2,634.7 1,867.0 425.0 0.0 0.0 12,653.5 18,079.7 36,858.0 2,523.7 4,908.0
29 Montana U. System 72,050.0 209.4 4,386.6 2,395.3 0.0 0.0 29,023.6 3,499.6 21,899.7 8,542.3 2,093.6
30 U. Arkansas System 66,054.5 0.0 2,715.6 450.0 185.4 0.0 38,643.2 586.1 10,885.5 12,588.7 0.0
31 U. South Carolina System 64,962.3 814.0 1,098.4 2,988.2 0.0 0.0 37,200.6 2,536.5 19,537.9 469.9 316.8
32 CUNY System 64,759.1 2,370.8 2,476.3 2,835.7 497.3 0.0 35,561.6 1,484.2 17,934.6 388.9 1,209.7
33 Nevada System of Higher Education 57,360.2 126.6 6,251.5 730.0 0.0 0.0 28,164.3 2,280.1 14,091.2 4,989.6 726.7
34 U. Puerto Rico System 49,713.9 878.2 1,579.8 0.0 249.6 0.0 34,695.3 0.0 6,677.0 5,633.9 0.0
35 U. Houston System 47,190.4 1,777.6 990.2 1,087.0 120.0 0.0 20,669.8 2,187.5 16,289.9 0.0 4,068.4
36 U. System of New Hampshire 44,438.5 7,250.6 2,893.1 232.0 0.0 0.0 4,543.1 7,790.8 17,162.6 4,466.2 100.0
37 West Virginia Public Colleges and Universities System 44,279.7 96.8 680.5 1,804.6 0.0 0.0 25,826.8 575.7 8,117.2 7,015.3 162.9
38 Oklahoma State U. System 35,212.7 0.0 4,069.7 419.0 0.0 0.0 8,088.0 1,796.6 13,574.3 7,005.7 259.3
39 U. North Texas System 33,032.2 0.0 2,040.5 630.0 0.0 0.0 23,329.0 60.0 6,272.1 600.7 100.0
40 North Dakota U. System 32,869.9 0.0 1,032.6 1,499.6 0.0 0.0 16,324.8 603.7 5,602.5 7,693.4 113.4
41 South Dakota U. System 30,462.6 0.0 801.3 436.0 0.0 0.0 7,764.6 2,389.9 11,054.4 8,016.4 0.0
42 Texas Tech U. System 24,339.9 215.1 2,629.4 630.0 0.0 0.0 11,368.8 905.0 7,612.9 743.3 235.3
43 U. Maine System 21,609.6 2,171.0 485.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 400.9 1,299.6 10,919.6 6,333.1 0.0
44 Southern Illinois U. System 12,362.4 122.7 4,529.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,824.5 0.0 1,739.7 98.1 48.3
45 Touro C. and U. System 8,405.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8,405.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
46 Texas State U. System 7,179.4 0.0 722.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,435.6 112.5 4,526.9 382.0 0.0
47 U. Louisiana System 6,413.4 0.0 110.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,682.5 156.0 3,285.0 65.0 115.0
48 Claremont Colleges System 4,984.0 0.0 117.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,789.0 49.0 3,028.5 0.0 0.0
49 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System 4,540.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 556.7 0.0 0.0 121.3 773.6 3,089.0 0.0
50 Southern U. System 4,338.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 216.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,900.0 2,221.6 0.0
51 California Community Colleges 1,982.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 550.0 0.0 402.9 0.0 1,029.9 0.0 0.0
52 Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education 1,896.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 876.1 74.7 614.3 261.4 70.0
53 Florida C. System 1,793.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 499.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,294.1 0.0 0.0
54 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education 1,299.5 36.5 104.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 353.5 0.0 804.6 0.0 0.0
55 Ana G. Mendez U. System 1,244.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 745.8 0.0 392.1 0.0 107.0 0.0 0.0
56 Kentucky Community and Technical C. System 799.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 799.9 0.0 0.0
57 Maricopa Community Colleges 794.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 794.6 0.0 0.0
58 Washington State Community and Technical Colleges 685.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 685.2 0.0 0.0
59 Regional U. System of Oklahoma 680.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 274.9 0.0 405.1 0.0 0.0
60 Arkansas State U. System 617.1 0.0 86.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 308.4 163.8 58.1
61 Virginia Community C. System 614.1 0.0 314.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 300.0 0.0 0.0
62 Inter American U. Puerto Rico System 449.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 199.7 0.0 0.0
63 Nebraska Community C. System 438.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 438.2 0.0 0.0
64 Illinois Community C. System 435.0 0.0 395.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 0.0
65 Mississippi Community C. Board 342.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 92.0 0.0 0.0
66 North Carolina Community C. System 316.1 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 310.6 0.0 0.0
67 Alabama Community C. System 155.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 155.4 0.0 0.0
68 South Carolina Technical C. System 44.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.5 0.0 0.0
69 Tennessee Board of Regents System 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 0.0
70 Colorado Community C. System 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 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 Housing and Urban Development, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Justice, the Department of Transportation, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 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. As of FY 2017, six universities formerly under the Tennessee Board of Regents were given independent governing boards, and one college joined the University of Arkansas System. See the FY 2017 Technical Notes for full details.
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.