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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 2018: FYs 2010–18

(Dollars in thousands)

Institution Rank 2010a 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
All institutions - 30,998,802.9 28,201,573.4 27,699,527.0 26,156,379.1 27,651,887.9 27,105,059.0 28,532,226.2 29,805,219.8 32,310,147.5
Johns Hopkins U. 1 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 1,753,499.8
U. Michigan 2 686,616.7 647,527.3 623,342.2 574,995.6 860,758.8 606,141.5 626,142.5 656,721.4 703,766.6
U. Washington 3 736,627.6 640,134.3 666,065.9 605,210.5 658,813.5 611,946.1 590,270.2 612,729.0 665,699.3
U. California, San Diego 4 613,191.1 546,832.6 584,593.6 510,907.1 580,763.1 536,625.6 554,478.3 586,656.5 636,413.4
U. California, San Francisco 5 531,278.2 525,793.2 546,048.0 524,061.1 546,277.7 528,493.6 547,196.6 573,522.0 616,954.0
Columbia U. in the City of New York 6 497,581.6 464,101.5 478,986.4 454,301.1 465,499.8 476,125.7 522,580.5 534,658.8 601,763.8
Stanford U. 7 516,796.3 471,489.3 475,348.3 461,139.2 478,346.0 504,036.1 513,877.0 550,246.9 576,305.1
U. Pittsburgh 8 497,059.6 459,692.4 475,736.2 425,886.6 470,596.9 450,010.9 493,567.9 503,566.3 558,247.7
Duke U. 9 496,842.4 436,753.1 431,687.6 424,451.6 440,787.0 428,529.6 467,847.7 490,342.6 543,712.1
U. Pennsylvania 10 609,005.2 515,717.9 497,030.1 498,295.4 542,396.5 494,607.4 512,081.9 509,277.3 540,929.3
U. Colorado Boulder 11 427,045.4 389,196.4 394,013.9 389,982.4 385,624.7 416,666.8 438,819.3 442,173.1 517,162.4
U. California, Los Angeles 12 548,805.4 493,091.7 474,971.9 452,505.3 487,210.4 481,831.8 490,824.4 492,364.3 509,918.8
Georgia Institute of Technology 13 234,879.2 240,793.1 248,670.7 292,358.9 249,047.5 295,180.1 156,853.8 465,721.3 485,259.0
Washington U., Saint Louis 14 445,546.0 382,249.8 393,729.2 348,060.8 394,310.2 391,623.6 408,896.5 447,830.8 484,553.6
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 15 429,711.8 421,737.5 425,506.5 419,478.5 450,660.5 416,768.2 452,365.6 430,253.5 475,556.8
Yale U. 16 470,464.5 424,182.2 409,639.7 383,426.9 398,769.8 370,816.1 425,575.6 431,569.1 466,892.3
Harvard U. 17 548,712.5 475,246.2 480,833.5 425,667.7 460,629.5 425,493.1 448,051.5 447,531.0 463,810.1
Pennsylvania State U. 18 413,094.0 473,445.8 411,896.5 349,950.7 384,725.5 362,916.7 362,055.0 428,910.4 459,041.9
U. Wisconsin-Madison 19 461,859.9 418,226.8 417,160.8 386,174.5 397,471.4 386,612.7 411,832.9 453,755.9 451,401.6
Northwestern U., Evanston 20 281,996.5 285,903.7 302,712.2 296,763.6 296,873.3 337,040.6 367,407.5 357,807.9 421,514.8
U. Southern California 21 378,861.5 308,884.8 306,840.1 276,893.2 285,562.6 289,173.2 325,150.4 405,814.8 411,099.4
Vanderbilt U. 22 399,067.9 352,638.8 359,283.9 347,493.1 336,787.0 329,324.4 379,808.6 368,557.2 405,411.2
U. Minnesota 23 420,316.2 489,889.5 388,864.0 373,370.8 378,920.8 359,460.9 349,788.9 355,100.7 397,594.9
Cornell U., Ithaca 24 359,847.9 325,756.1 332,492.2 321,805.8 329,575.8 296,350.7 303,588.6 369,062.8 378,104.5
Emory U. 25 303,111.3 312,104.2 303,255.5 289,807.3 293,671.6 324,214.1 320,630.9 340,045.6 366,465.8
New York U. 26 257,096.5 236,098.3 252,038.4 240,460.3 287,716.8 263,765.6 272,971.2 328,462.7 356,173.4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 27 340,188.3 317,966.3 358,084.9 309,965.2 333,968.4 350,511.1 340,593.3 319,450.1 332,248.4
U. California, Davis 28 313,177.7 284,314.3 282,135.6 294,866.0 307,832.5 315,417.6 278,725.5 315,327.5 331,184.5
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 29 216,467.9 182,633.3 187,399.1 207,051.3 239,509.9 262,364.6 277,187.3 303,700.2 331,148.6
U. Alabama, Birmingham 30 235,981.1 238,121.3 228,808.2 208,928.4 238,847.1 254,213.1 247,440.3 249,235.3 306,666.6
Case Western Reserve U. 31 287,014.2 276,627.4 272,422.8 276,652.5 257,772.2 273,298.6 290,269.7 287,372.6 299,101.8
U. Texas, Austin 32 192,868.1 190,250.6 234,211.8 165,124.2 186,308.9 203,401.8 279,004.6 299,153.8 284,126.1
U. Florida 33 228,189.4 188,534.5 201,759.1 199,019.0 203,232.9 238,975.7 227,827.7 254,677.3 275,399.9
Ohio State U. 34 313,574.5 231,474.1 232,397.5 223,378.4 229,590.2 232,525.2 246,197.5 261,784.3 272,198.0
Baylor C. of Medicine 35 251,277.0 226,431.5 257,567.1 215,354.1 226,548.0 227,525.5 234,125.9 254,509.1 266,011.9
U. Rochester 36 293,785.8 249,920.7 251,590.4 226,575.1 234,385.7 232,202.4 168,544.6 243,073.7 265,203.8
U. Utah 37 230,179.7 200,067.4 206,309.6 195,127.7 214,776.6 201,418.0 211,119.2 211,853.4 261,333.5
Carnegie Mellon U. 38 132,144.7 124,641.4 110,733.1 136,323.3 121,272.6 104,276.9 110,746.2 263,309.4 259,936.1
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy 39 78,895.6 87,544.4 140,249.7 162,645.0 151,155.0 162,697.1 177,343.9 200,697.8 259,583.9
Oregon Health and Science U. 40 225,263.5 202,914.5 195,498.7 196,011.0 212,631.9 198,946.8 187,199.1 219,293.6 243,449.8
U. California, Berkeley 41 306,017.8 273,542.4 274,769.7 260,807.4 279,116.6 294,999.3 261,141.2 254,580.7 238,419.8
U. Chicago 42 252,754.0 239,681.6 232,254.1 198,845.5 212,001.1 224,187.8 209,138.8 214,453.0 235,038.7
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 43 230,269.8 326,454.8 210,483.0 241,817.5 280,101.3 216,463.4 242,707.0 246,468.3 232,650.9
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 44 292,095.2 279,797.7 249,228.9 212,247.1 236,767.4 201,748.7 231,292.5 210,942.8 231,992.0
Scripps Research Institute 45 258,987.1 233,404.1 244,149.9 227,586.2 220,461.8 190,378.2 239,449.6 184,841.0 230,636.1
U. Maryland, College Park 46 179,887.2 156,861.5 221,386.9 202,657.3 215,837.9 206,310.8 210,643.9 214,138.4 230,319.6
Boston U. 47 226,029.3 227,341.6 216,258.4 191,489.3 205,211.7 188,238.4 223,232.8 205,854.5 229,864.7
U. California, Irvine 48 197,447.3 183,344.6 180,145.5 184,933.4 164,159.1 157,691.2 167,845.9 165,191.0 221,669.8
Texas A&M U., College Station 49 166,098.4 119,933.3 142,130.5 115,257.2 111,965.5 168,087.9 172,732.1 187,550.0 220,551.3
U. Arizona 50 230,577.8 238,860.5 265,080.8 215,562.9 206,746.4 168,890.3 185,962.2 202,668.4 214,444.7
Michigan State U. 51 164,337.7 184,286.6 178,396.7 185,583.9 159,251.9 167,846.3 171,263.1 192,228.4 205,607.0
U. Iowa 52 216,018.6 202,518.9 202,656.7 178,859.6 178,885.3 166,584.8 169,765.3 171,213.0 186,554.0
California Institute of Technology 53 178,660.4 178,301.0 172,405.6 167,030.1 149,454.4 151,454.2 154,528.6 156,609.2 183,288.1
U. Maryland, Baltimore 54 182,480.8 204,133.7 179,658.0 160,902.6 150,793.2 136,640.1 152,021.2 178,082.7 176,835.8
U. Virginia 55 196,634.4 161,253.0 159,469.5 142,958.4 144,618.3 137,231.0 170,946.7 169,554.6 171,657.7
U. Kentucky 56 131,876.2 122,978.8 116,272.0 110,221.4 129,596.3 136,971.2 129,102.7 138,343.3 171,054.1
U. Miami 57 208,165.1 174,480.8 161,717.0 158,251.7 146,254.5 138,620.1 146,561.9 146,113.3 170,947.7
Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis 58 153,074.5 122,284.2 114,861.8 104,465.0 114,945.2 116,409.6 126,840.1 157,236.6 170,874.3
U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 59 187,874.2 172,699.2 167,380.8 144,602.0 154,829.9 144,228.2 161,792.7 159,181.6 164,779.9
Purdue U., West Lafayette 60 198,204.1 161,577.6 152,287.0 143,878.1 149,657.6 156,707.3 153,761.2 151,160.5 159,990.0
Albert Einstein C. of Medicine 61 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 142,468.8 163,902.9 158,969.8
Arizona State U. 62 119,895.2 133,617.4 162,980.7 143,199.5 116,150.8 141,301.9 131,292.0 142,539.6 154,743.9
Princeton U. 63 142,607.1 130,310.4 142,303.3 123,187.3 147,487.0 134,494.9 144,144.8 132,136.5 151,205.1
U. Massachusetts, Medical School 64 173,125.0 160,673.2 145,670.4 139,010.6 132,231.6 126,477.3 149,018.4 147,492.4 150,484.2
North Carolina State U. 65 113,786.0 111,820.6 109,172.3 102,750.2 98,098.0 133,486.8 117,452.5 107,299.5 146,253.9
U. Illinois, Chicago 66 186,921.1 160,431.7 153,413.0 158,227.7 143,747.8 128,419.1 133,213.6 137,360.9 145,677.9
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 67 101,691.0 107,762.3 105,363.8 97,837.1 100,943.7 97,728.0 92,257.5 118,811.3 143,192.2
U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 68 197,772.3 154,100.6 151,889.9 128,550.2 120,543.8 116,087.2 119,082.5 143,478.2 141,561.7
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 69 115,789.0 133,404.0 117,769.9 130,793.0 129,821.5 114,065.7 111,790.7 123,324.8 132,981.4
Florida State U. 70 133,580.6 85,316.5 87,942.4 84,914.6 87,277.8 82,063.6 90,910.6 94,127.2 132,046.7
Brown U. 71 111,234.2 100,395.1 95,063.6 89,596.7 96,239.1 97,075.7 108,874.4 124,446.5 131,955.3
Wake Forest U. 72 128,067.4 123,891.7 121,725.4 119,365.0 117,560.2 131,048.1 111,755.3 120,940.4 130,104.1
U. Georgia 73 98,198.4 77,803.6 84,589.7 76,150.5 99,290.4 100,833.0 90,283.4 100,064.6 127,209.4
U. Oklahoma 74 84,562.1 76,677.0 72,550.2 71,833.9 69,849.8 75,286.7 70,821.9 89,730.2 126,054.7
George Washington U. 75 87,709.6 69,697.4 97,782.7 88,054.1 92,523.9 96,242.9 119,907.0 121,272.0 125,850.2
U. Kansas, Lawrence 76 144,854.6 121,081.1 122,938.7 95,766.7 109,631.5 103,996.1 103,891.9 101,423.4 125,114.4
U. Connecticut 77 117,226.9 105,945.6 98,796.7 97,523.2 98,455.4 105,372.0 106,800.0 110,037.2 120,491.7
Medical U. South Carolina 78 106,385.5 100,326.0 90,065.3 79,207.0 89,527.4 93,330.2 106,359.6 117,876.9 120,207.3
Colorado State U., Fort Collins 79 108,700.9 104,657.3 100,518.4 107,107.1 92,593.2 104,085.1 111,982.3 103,171.5 120,147.5
U. California, Santa Barbara 80 109,577.6 123,461.1 101,474.6 98,186.1 105,826.7 96,636.6 95,566.6 99,768.5 105,292.6
U. Delaware 81 83,054.9 85,709.8 69,539.7 72,714.1 84,461.6 68,499.8 95,578.5 116,879.3 104,107.1
Dartmouth C. 82 116,691.2 98,036.8 94,755.8 101,874.6 110,153.7 105,581.0 116,331.2 109,803.3 103,967.2
U. New Mexico 83 123,041.5 104,026.7 97,480.1 91,114.1 92,757.0 104,369.1 100,082.0 111,442.3 102,284.3
SUNY, Stony Brook U., Stony Brook 84 103,577.9 91,489.8 88,972.4 85,834.1 90,955.5 83,413.2 93,112.3 100,464.2 101,129.9
Washington State U. 85 63,708.6 75,927.1 68,380.9 61,786.5 72,055.6 75,350.5 80,558.9 80,510.9 100,261.5
Medical C. Wisconsin 86 105,207.3 92,550.8 100,725.7 89,429.0 84,807.2 82,187.9 89,838.7 74,246.1 98,784.0
Temple U. 87 66,983.6 68,239.8 79,057.7 73,593.6 87,319.1 87,197.6 99,396.3 98,673.3 97,896.9
Northeastern U. 88 54,963.4 59,549.6 50,175.8 49,207.0 53,055.8 65,237.9 74,545.7 78,956.9 97,576.7
Tufts U. 89 95,970.8 75,202.1 84,193.1 82,621.8 75,551.4 75,574.2 86,563.7 97,276.8 94,633.4
Utah State U. 90 89,033.1 70,329.2 67,313.5 64,479.9 66,554.2 53,232.2 60,793.3 80,531.3 91,820.2
Louisiana State U. 91 116,971.0 106,957.8 118,592.0 91,008.9 81,059.9 76,768.3 81,725.8 86,430.6 91,309.1
Oregon State U. 92 108,977.7 96,243.8 89,672.6 84,637.6 93,346.4 99,216.2 96,720.9 98,853.5 90,283.9
U. Texas Health Science Center, Houston 93 131,890.4 93,329.4 82,598.0 84,446.3 85,232.8 72,509.6 84,281.3 86,926.2 88,943.8
U. Texas Medical Branch 94 102,646.2 84,870.6 90,967.6 81,975.9 78,975.2 75,193.8 76,734.6 80,316.2 88,157.8
Virginia Commonwealth U. 95 100,189.1 90,393.7 87,036.6 87,438.3 99,487.5 96,742.9 80,255.2 80,685.1 86,762.2
U. Missouri, Columbia 96 86,128.7 75,908.3 70,635.9 64,183.7 75,454.9 79,984.3 71,824.3 84,774.4 85,529.2
U. Cincinnati 97 117,333.6 101,319.3 84,200.6 69,810.0 68,193.7 70,145.5 73,053.5 66,877.6 84,870.7
U. Massachusetts, Amherst 98 81,538.4 73,194.0 74,215.9 72,567.0 75,548.8 73,993.1 70,819.1 81,847.1 84,527.9
U. Nebraska, Medical Center 99 74,648.1 60,106.4 61,419.6 57,774.4 56,741.4 57,870.8 71,831.2 73,498.7 82,664.2
Iowa State U. 100 91,767.0 102,854.3 75,997.0 77,472.4 77,124.8 81,878.5 77,180.7 84,688.8 82,606.8
All other institutions - 6,125,035.2 5,236,381.5 4,861,586.6 4,675,953.4 4,962,873.5 4,990,133.8 5,087,987.6 5,001,502.4 5,480,466.5
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 Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions.