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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 2018: FYs 2010–18

(Dollars in thousands)

Institution Rank 2010a 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
All institutions - 35,942,326.4 31,759,863.9 31,216,406.9 29,406,889.3 31,157,370.6 30,561,218.1 31,647,429.8 32,439,650.5 35,301,384.6
Johns Hopkins U. 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 1,821,980.8
U. Michigan 2 744,373.9 694,653.7 674,228.1 609,859.1 913,037.8 646,672.7 668,204.0 700,049.6 755,352.3
U. Washington 3 792,826.3 694,703.6 718,605.0 662,920.7 717,737.5 659,586.5 641,790.5 667,400.0 754,867.2
U. California, San Diego 4 671,553.2 583,216.7 621,620.4 565,551.1 621,901.8 584,260.8 596,285.6 639,089.1 683,945.5
U. California, San Francisco 5 573,860.6 560,303.4 571,435.5 573,638.4 582,895.2 571,143.5 603,242.2 628,270.1 671,791.5
Columbia U. in the City of New York 6 552,513.7 490,265.4 510,402.7 477,051.2 489,856.9 515,509.1 554,714.3 574,306.1 646,839.5
Stanford U. 7 558,256.9 502,460.6 504,206.5 495,617.1 531,655.2 540,336.2 552,199.3 581,147.8 620,967.9
U. Pittsburgh 8 548,900.8 494,269.3 518,820.8 465,624.9 508,517.6 494,696.9 532,631.6 544,465.5 600,144.4
U. Pennsylvania 9 663,325.2 551,527.3 533,791.8 540,124.2 596,354.8 547,171.7 556,027.1 552,306.4 584,497.8
Duke U. 10 534,953.3 457,108.7 493,369.8 454,284.4 475,962.4 463,109.2 508,315.4 523,037.3 578,216.7
U. Colorado Boulder 11 492,890.7 443,395.2 443,048.7 448,386.8 453,638.8 460,851.1 495,971.9 481,184.0 563,571.9
U. California, Los Angeles 12 616,781.4 521,260.1 502,660.4 481,160.9 523,217.5 510,425.8 517,168.8 522,728.9 544,388.7
Washington U., Saint Louis 13 485,009.3 408,944.7 419,207.1 372,133.8 423,968.0 422,772.7 439,839.6 476,402.6 523,135.9
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 14 460,030.6 448,831.3 451,434.3 441,716.6 474,386.5 440,480.4 482,957.5 460,651.9 517,178.4
Georgia Institute of Technology 15 265,810.2 332,834.8 416,065.6 385,604.9 349,469.1 366,632.5 167,638.5 473,320.3 501,113.4
Harvard U. 16 585,849.3 502,148.4 512,624.9 458,699.7 499,288.5 463,309.9 474,655.0 490,074.7 500,413.9
Yale U. 17 508,044.8 449,577.3 434,000.7 412,470.3 429,890.0 405,152.9 458,249.3 460,096.6 497,757.1
Pennsylvania State U. 18 493,086.1 524,843.7 465,691.1 392,857.3 423,034.6 404,717.1 401,873.6 450,199.9 485,377.6
U. Wisconsin-Madison 19 532,020.4 479,600.9 472,454.7 440,354.1 447,273.2 447,256.3 462,157.3 485,332.5 481,775.8
Northwestern U., Evanston 20 310,740.0 301,087.9 319,442.1 314,781.9 319,344.3 369,726.7 393,276.6 395,551.2 454,904.9
Vanderbilt U. 21 437,966.4 374,030.1 385,951.0 373,566.4 366,319.5 360,584.6 409,154.7 395,482.9 449,784.8
U. Southern California 22 389,292.6 337,527.0 321,380.8 300,322.6 308,235.2 312,461.8 335,331.7 422,562.1 432,805.6
U. Minnesota 23 489,101.3 539,510.3 430,149.3 410,565.5 421,524.0 407,740.8 393,056.1 384,797.0 431,132.6
Cornell U., Ithaca 24 404,678.8 387,144.6 374,924.2 368,553.3 376,005.9 340,856.4 361,374.3 409,276.6 419,788.2
Emory U. 25 328,619.4 324,740.0 318,548.6 305,765.4 305,186.8 336,166.6 335,413.1 358,649.1 386,029.0
New York U. 26 284,524.2 264,271.0 267,421.6 255,178.1 366,408.3 280,925.7 310,341.0 350,008.4 377,550.8
U. Texas, Austin 27 206,253.3 226,983.9 303,760.2 178,484.2 196,482.2 212,393.0 296,024.9 312,149.6 360,614.5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 28 387,675.0 336,355.1 375,057.1 339,998.9 369,286.8 374,061.9 360,239.6 338,579.4 354,218.4
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy 29 245,216.6 92,624.7 150,249.7 187,721.3 215,535.0 267,457.1 290,663.9 279,176.7 353,554.8
U. California, Davis 30 368,220.1 327,780.0 312,699.3 333,824.9 343,352.4 357,828.5 320,140.9 334,889.2 353,263.2
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 31 235,514.2 193,220.9 196,922.5 213,885.6 249,337.8 271,946.0 291,535.1 317,034.9 345,548.1
U. Alabama, Birmingham 32 255,443.6 251,875.8 240,434.8 223,512.3 255,018.5 277,225.9 262,891.1 262,602.9 331,895.2
Case Western Reserve U. 33 303,553.8 287,025.2 288,001.3 287,673.8 275,323.1 285,692.3 310,794.2 300,568.4 318,699.2
Michigan State U. 34 199,394.9 210,562.5 197,516.3 206,009.8 242,806.9 293,211.1 304,421.8 300,736.8 311,742.8
Baylor C. of Medicine 35 280,373.4 243,296.4 274,404.1 244,067.7 240,652.0 240,391.8 257,630.1 281,481.0 297,378.8
U. Florida 36 272,424.0 224,620.5 229,985.6 221,513.8 232,661.7 280,251.7 252,660.6 293,028.9 295,828.8
Ohio State U. 37 358,494.7 260,310.9 261,547.6 249,216.4 263,815.8 260,539.7 282,424.9 275,897.3 292,323.0
U. Rochester 38 313,691.7 261,863.9 262,852.5 237,345.7 244,676.7 245,504.1 181,166.7 257,113.7 287,017.8
U. Utah 39 250,999.4 211,674.4 220,261.2 207,313.8 227,759.0 210,793.0 231,589.4 231,648.4 284,963.4
Carnegie Mellon U. 40 139,640.5 137,923.0 133,587.2 151,524.5 136,718.6 123,837.7 125,624.9 272,671.8 267,402.9
Oregon Health and Science U. 41 245,557.8 215,582.1 212,969.1 206,186.7 222,445.3 211,545.3 208,743.9 235,075.0 256,299.4
U. Chicago 42 281,205.5 262,268.2 251,813.7 213,015.2 231,188.8 240,870.3 225,095.6 232,987.5 253,086.1
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 43 344,812.3 315,401.2 276,610.8 230,737.7 256,794.7 227,950.4 248,527.9 218,340.1 250,431.2
U. California, Berkeley 44 332,527.2 296,407.4 292,144.9 283,842.5 298,960.7 319,861.4 278,540.4 267,032.3 249,564.8
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 45 354,860.1 351,180.9 361,820.7 284,676.7 305,112.1 249,908.6 274,972.9 271,021.8 246,392.5
Boston U. 46 239,739.4 237,166.9 227,469.2 203,567.5 217,317.9 203,154.2 237,666.7 222,750.5 245,677.3
U. Maryland, College Park 47 215,955.8 174,171.3 240,585.4 227,283.7 238,836.7 233,791.9 235,036.7 220,808.6 245,149.9
U. Arizona 48 273,194.2 258,540.0 283,473.2 231,903.2 222,788.0 192,159.6 211,508.3 224,132.1 238,551.3
Scripps Research Institute 49 264,550.2 237,256.5 244,149.9 231,333.0 222,694.1 192,185.3 242,154.3 187,730.7 234,875.0
Texas A&M U., College Station 50 214,233.8 161,711.0 175,604.0 142,578.1 143,241.4 201,273.6 206,574.4 201,713.9 234,029.7
U. California, Irvine 51 220,254.7 194,882.2 191,427.3 197,874.6 175,783.0 175,509.4 181,119.1 181,488.1 228,917.8
U. Iowa 52 237,020.8 218,252.8 216,977.8 190,436.3 193,638.3 182,929.1 190,739.8 182,110.8 210,694.3
California Institute of Technology 53 236,169.7 206,825.1 196,965.6 186,915.1 198,113.5 157,037.6 160,359.1 162,495.0 197,325.6
Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis 54 159,219.4 133,071.6 125,299.9 114,773.6 122,387.1 134,790.0 137,062.8 169,458.3 196,721.8
U. Virginia 55 215,759.9 176,230.5 173,993.5 152,452.2 161,892.8 154,838.3 182,733.1 184,426.3 192,289.5
U. Maryland, Baltimore 56 214,494.3 215,034.2 186,600.6 166,991.2 155,284.2 141,158.3 170,342.6 191,433.0 187,363.0
Oregon State U. 57 127,631.8 110,824.7 101,375.8 105,649.5 114,729.0 125,689.3 116,502.3 228,641.1 183,785.3
U. Kentucky 58 173,518.5 143,312.8 133,852.3 125,605.5 145,781.0 155,455.0 155,115.2 146,076.5 180,726.0
U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 59 216,964.4 185,991.7 178,825.5 151,363.0 165,761.3 155,823.6 173,406.3 172,640.6 177,896.9
U. Miami 60 233,101.5 183,613.0 175,046.6 169,160.0 154,065.2 150,644.3 161,132.9 154,296.3 177,273.4
Purdue U., West Lafayette 61 263,215.1 191,480.1 176,625.7 166,956.2 176,769.7 185,316.2 176,639.1 162,947.0 171,410.6
North Carolina State U. 62 147,051.3 151,914.7 140,047.9 141,260.1 126,975.8 174,527.6 155,559.9 121,848.9 166,120.1
Albert Einstein C. of Medicine 63 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 147,517.7 174,137.7 165,322.8
Princeton U. 64 152,541.8 137,760.8 148,789.7 136,881.1 153,236.9 143,334.4 151,793.4 138,432.4 163,582.1
Arizona State U. 65 130,676.4 146,157.8 174,022.4 153,975.6 132,402.7 150,945.5 153,087.2 149,717.5 162,075.0
U. Illinois, Chicago 66 219,809.4 177,547.1 166,172.9 170,992.9 155,239.1 142,389.8 145,694.7 146,914.4 161,943.3
U. Massachusetts, Medical School 67 183,726.2 164,647.6 149,503.3 142,528.5 138,981.1 143,045.8 154,462.8 151,732.3 161,127.6
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 68 115,624.3 117,591.6 115,739.6 105,134.1 109,218.0 104,353.1 99,820.9 132,089.6 158,092.9
U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 69 201,134.7 159,906.7 162,742.9 132,734.1 125,060.4 125,314.9 129,867.7 155,319.0 151,197.9
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 70 137,951.7 158,032.9 139,453.2 150,271.4 149,739.9 138,573.8 135,038.0 138,891.8 140,457.1
Brown U. 71 122,823.8 106,759.6 101,850.4 98,647.9 103,138.4 102,840.3 113,555.9 131,608.6 139,029.0
Medical U. South Carolina 72 122,755.2 107,800.0 97,827.3 92,103.9 97,049.1 100,536.5 115,126.5 126,494.4 137,868.5
Florida State U. 73 143,509.8 88,208.0 92,333.6 95,804.8 93,110.1 86,941.7 109,393.2 97,913.2 136,486.4
U. Georgia 74 118,716.3 97,073.7 102,838.6 94,318.5 116,338.6 122,569.1 110,717.5 105,326.0 135,476.9
George Washington U. 75 105,565.1 72,087.9 101,325.2 91,284.8 104,842.3 99,725.7 123,963.6 125,263.5 134,722.2
Wake Forest U. 76 133,937.8 131,174.3 129,264.2 123,616.2 121,282.4 135,496.5 116,631.7 128,017.3 134,651.7
U. Kansas, Lawrence 77 178,733.1 128,309.3 135,265.1 102,349.4 115,068.5 106,747.9 109,181.5 105,827.9 134,628.5
Colorado State U., Fort Collins 78 132,587.5 122,699.1 119,609.7 124,785.8 126,798.8 155,377.1 135,929.7 112,934.3 134,501.3
U. Oklahoma 79 89,914.2 80,060.6 75,789.3 76,328.8 75,846.3 85,208.6 74,149.2 95,059.9 132,712.7
U. Connecticut 80 138,341.4 114,858.1 107,137.5 105,461.3 109,322.4 119,283.3 115,888.3 118,048.1 128,945.5
U. New Mexico 81 149,011.4 113,885.6 106,448.9 96,634.1 103,533.4 111,649.1 108,797.7 122,852.7 114,558.8
Dartmouth C. 82 133,737.8 104,974.5 98,830.8 106,692.9 114,760.3 113,477.0 122,397.9 115,475.5 112,818.3
U. Delaware 83 104,778.2 112,591.8 78,326.1 80,445.0 91,990.8 76,032.8 102,968.1 119,726.4 112,109.5
U. California, Santa Barbara 84 117,215.3 128,185.9 107,062.3 110,682.1 116,039.1 102,246.6 100,306.3 103,094.9 108,407.3
Washington State U. 85 82,322.7 95,457.7 80,746.1 75,720.8 84,986.6 98,631.5 99,111.7 84,128.7 108,057.4
SUNY, Stony Brook U., Stony Brook 86 128,467.0 99,167.2 95,718.7 91,507.5 95,329.1 91,148.9 103,848.0 104,369.4 105,651.2
Medical C. Wisconsin 87 108,784.9 94,958.5 103,764.0 91,773.1 87,094.6 86,481.3 100,765.8 78,681.4 104,596.8
Temple U. 88 85,955.5 72,754.5 84,667.2 77,571.2 91,506.0 97,516.6 105,987.2 101,897.5 104,496.5
Northeastern U. 89 67,227.1 62,295.0 52,760.2 51,968.1 54,705.8 66,963.9 76,701.7 84,005.5 101,255.3
Virginia Commonwealth U. 90 107,965.4 99,564.1 99,146.2 96,944.0 114,061.1 101,540.3 88,246.9 92,154.9 100,045.0
Tufts U. 91 118,965.5 80,184.5 90,372.7 91,590.4 84,206.4 81,962.7 96,338.2 101,602.4 97,995.6
Louisiana State U. 92 137,688.0 132,204.4 131,837.0 116,420.0 96,439.2 93,999.0 96,066.6 100,766.1 97,611.2
Iowa State U. 93 123,817.3 129,289.2 97,290.3 100,576.9 107,295.9 114,258.3 102,780.7 94,651.5 96,549.8
U. Texas Health Science Center, Houston 94 134,380.4 98,349.0 86,477.1 89,376.2 92,139.7 74,311.9 88,601.9 93,734.3 95,874.1
U. Missouri, Columbia 95 110,739.6 101,243.4 85,912.4 79,637.7 92,412.6 95,059.8 89,179.6 89,889.9 94,497.9
Utah State U. 96 97,509.1 91,469.7 81,722.1 81,125.9 86,870.5 62,750.3 68,167.4 82,259.8 93,659.1
U. Texas Medical Branch 97 105,654.1 86,618.0 95,354.5 86,088.3 81,410.9 82,935.3 80,416.0 85,410.0 93,497.0
U. Cincinnati 98 142,243.7 111,273.4 93,638.7 75,444.4 78,333.4 79,606.3 90,325.5 78,155.9 92,274.8
U. Massachusetts, Amherst 99 93,420.0 86,344.2 85,256.0 80,945.7 83,742.5 91,837.2 79,903.5 84,860.5 89,762.2
U. Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 100 103,233.8 86,698.4 79,650.7 78,126.7 75,247.8 67,574.7 61,935.7 68,985.9 87,620.7
All other institutions - 7,908,509.2 6,433,979.4 5,962,415.2 5,698,453.5 5,952,543.9 5,936,222.4 5,939,325.9 5,687,795.0 6,212,880.0
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 Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions.