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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 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

System Rank All agencies DOC DODa DOE ED EPA HHS NASA NSF USDA Otherb
All systems - 13,340,040.7 117,227.8 1,431,415.8 607,386.3 94,797.1 5,017.1 7,645,042.8 463,044.1 2,367,584.2 507,111.2 101,414.2
U. California System 1 2,843,528.0 19,961.3 200,539.2 121,666.9 10,816.5 786.2 1,936,343.3 72,110.0 427,165.8 44,075.7 10,063.0
U. Texas System 2 967,541.6 1,125.1 134,322.7 36,967.4 6,515.7 1,960.6 669,909.5 11,121.3 101,324.7 3,285.3 1,009.2
U. System of Georgia 3 710,678.8 2,433.1 360,377.2 28,030.7 1,389.2 0.0 167,014.0 12,755.5 98,735.0 33,303.2 6,640.8
U. North Carolina System 4 699,859.6 1,956.6 27,665.4 31,892.5 7,803.3 0.0 469,810.4 3,562.7 114,700.8 39,143.7 3,324.1
State U. System of Florida 5 613,111.7 6,969.1 65,350.1 31,863.4 18,168.0 0.0 276,151.5 14,575.4 159,442.8 31,885.9 8,705.4
Columbia U. System 6 610,718.3 2,297.9 25,468.6 16,847.8 2,897.4 961.7 469,438.8 20,025.1 72,781.0 0.0 0.0
U. Colorado System 7 517,162.4 25,281.6 29,701.0 13,926.1 1,305.2 0.0 275,539.1 72,716.5 94,584.2 2,108.1 2,000.7
U. Wisconsin System 8 485,339.8 1,714.6 27,834.6 47,854.3 1,493.7 0.0 293,765.6 11,469.3 79,978.7 17,336.9 3,892.1
U. System of Ohio 9 461,500.5 1,379.1 54,796.8 20,115.3 5,941.7 0.0 268,184.2 8,797.5 73,224.6 25,264.1 3,797.2
U. System of Maryland 10 445,035.9 21,644.5 43,574.2 11,633.3 1,897.4 0.0 224,291.3 53,318.8 69,048.1 18,145.7 1,482.7
U. Minnesota System 11 397,594.9 594.1 19,429.1 15,300.3 5,098.7 0.0 260,566.9 4,013.8 66,591.2 25,319.1 681.8
U. Illinois System 12 395,657.1 495.2 37,946.6 44,648.4 2,454.2 65.1 177,548.8 4,806.9 103,105.3 18,019.4 6,567.1
Arizona U. System 13 393,775.9 1,279.9 38,611.5 11,926.3 3,951.2 500.0 182,859.0 46,398.1 89,809.2 13,724.7 4,715.8
U. Alabama System 14 364,615.6 326.8 20,577.6 4,892.8 736.7 0.0 289,086.2 22,536.7 24,198.1 824.1 1,436.6
Utah System of Higher Education 15 354,209.6 0.0 84,921.1 20,627.0 932.8 0.0 189,248.7 4,603.3 45,594.1 6,611.0 1,671.7
SUNY System 16 290,920.8 33.5 23,065.5 12,917.5 1,261.8 0.0 168,796.9 3,685.4 79,404.5 1,590.6 165.0
Massachusetts Public Higher Education System 17 277,619.6 637.7 16,550.3 12,320.9 574.3 0.0 192,263.3 4,438.3 44,551.7 5,708.8 574.3
Texas A&M U. System 18 265,636.7 837.3 31,025.3 24,091.4 2,791.8 743.5 59,073.0 6,204.7 100,467.5 31,625.0 8,777.3
Indiana U. System 19 240,817.2 558.8 3,757.5 5,141.5 861.9 0.0 178,486.8 427.7 40,034.1 11,186.6 362.4
Kansas Board of Regents 20 198,636.4 0.0 13,753.5 10,215.7 7,568.9 0.0 103,955.9 3,378.9 31,365.9 16,534.5 11,863.0
U. Nebraska System 21 173,189.0 206.9 27,161.7 6,915.1 3,009.0 0.0 102,980.0 232.4 26,833.0 5,476.7 374.2
U. Hawaii System 22 143,490.4 272.6 31,437.0 2,841.9 0.0 0.0 48,603.6 19,693.0 33,445.3 5,563.5 1,633.4
Colorado State U. System 23 132,634.0 5,812.8 33,353.0 9,598.0 0.0 0.0 31,018.2 6,876.1 23,898.3 18,052.5 4,025.2
California State U. System 24 119,427.9 308.3 8,596.6 1,612.7 853.5 0.0 52,415.0 10,968.4 42,775.0 863.7 1,034.8
U. Missouri System 25 115,988.8 0.0 17,284.4 5,910.0 2,810.8 0.0 52,368.6 832.6 24,614.3 11,641.6 526.4
U. Tennessee System 26 107,315.5 0.0 9,911.1 16,234.7 803.8 0.0 40,683.5 3,777.2 17,978.4 16,370.3 1,556.4
Louisiana State U. System 27 91,309.1 1,506.7 732.0 5,553.3 0.0 0.0 64,213.1 936.2 11,939.4 5,866.5 562.0
Montana U. System 28 88,472.8 228.4 5,436.5 2,137.9 0.0 0.0 39,687.2 3,502.9 17,211.4 17,044.8 3,223.8
CUNY System 29 78,212.0 2,423.9 3,944.3 1,946.0 454.2 0.0 37,128.7 2,397.3 29,907.6 0.0 10.0
U. Alaska System 30 77,928.1 2,999.5 5,682.6 681.3 0.0 0.0 11,581.7 14,536.1 33,440.9 4,139.5 4,866.4
U. Arkansas System 31 76,547.7 0.0 1,919.5 3,912.9 0.0 0.0 39,723.6 168.9 14,638.0 16,125.9 58.9
U. South Carolina System 32 68,327.6 899.6 1,235.2 2,753.4 1,053.0 0.0 43,757.7 1,861.3 16,401.9 35.0 330.6
Nevada System of Higher Education 33 63,934.6 218.2 4,943.2 2,244.8 0.0 0.0 33,496.6 1,037.1 19,084.0 1,842.7 1,067.8
West Virginia Public Colleges and Universities System 34 51,766.4 150.1 588.0 1,827.9 0.0 0.0 31,409.0 951.4 8,439.6 7,883.7 516.8
U. Puerto Rico System 35 51,749.9 1,006.7 1,024.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 32,260.8 256.1 10,462.4 6,739.7 0.0
U. Houston System 36 49,980.5 9.0 928.6 4,091.4 1,004.3 0.0 23,252.1 1,965.0 18,583.4 146.8 0.0
North Dakota U. System 37 47,889.1 235.2 412.5 4,920.3 0.0 0.0 19,474.4 264.7 11,451.6 9,430.7 1,699.6
U. System of New Hampshire 38 39,733.3 7,498.6 3,101.8 1,838.5 0.0 0.0 4,025.5 6,154.2 15,778.4 373.4 962.9
U. Maine System 39 34,486.0 2,823.6 4,485.2 992.0 0.0 0.0 2,082.9 353.9 12,892.1 10,687.9 168.5
South Dakota U. System 40 33,474.3 0.0 479.4 4,235.1 0.0 0.0 9,269.7 1,050.4 9,443.5 8,745.3 250.9
U. North Texas System 41 33,413.9 0.0 1,645.5 837.2 0.0 0.0 27,440.4 0.0 3,427.2 63.7 0.0
Texas Tech U. System 42 29,274.1 399.3 2,715.9 1,913.8 0.0 0.0 13,234.4 741.8 8,568.2 1,461.4 239.2
Oklahoma State U. System 43 26,974.1 0.0 1,320.8 1,459.6 0.0 0.0 7,941.6 2,998.1 6,200.2 6,612.9 440.9
Southern Illinois U. System 44 10,175.8 117.5 112.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 7,640.6 10.3 1,653.8 570.4 70.5
Texas State U. System 45 9,957.8 0.0 1,963.8 0.0 348.2 0.0 1,767.2 150.0 5,047.3 681.3 0.0
Touro C. and U. System 46 9,726.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9,523.6 0.0 202.4 0.0 0.0
U. Louisiana System 47 8,131.0 299.7 477.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,920.8 104.9 4,328.3 0.0 0.0
California Community Colleges 48 7,816.9 0.0 0.0 49.0 0.0 0.0 404.8 0.0 7,328.1 35.0 0.0
Claremont Colleges System 49 3,912.5 10.5 195.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 793.0 0.0 2,913.0 0.0 0.0
Southern U. System 50 3,041.7 0.0 79.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 414.4 2,548.3 0.0
Illinois Community C. System 51 2,193.2 0.0 275.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,918.2 0.0 0.0
Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education 52 2,118.5 265.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 857.3 194.8 736.4 0.0 64.6
Arkansas State U. System 53 1,958.9 0.0 85.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 442.0 1,431.5 0.0
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education 54 1,730.1 8.8 619.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,101.4 0.0 0.0
Florida C. System 55 1,670.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,670.2 0.0 0.0
Maricopa Community Colleges 56 1,556.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,556.9 0.0 0.0
Washington State Community and Technical Colleges 57 1,536.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,536.2 0.0 0.0
Regional U. System of Oklahoma 58 1,049.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 274.9 0.0 0.0 774.6 0.0
South Carolina Technical C. System 59 1,002.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,002.0 0.0 0.0
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System 60 823.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 83.1 530.3 209.6 0.0
Concordia U. System 61 479.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 479.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vermont State Colleges System 62 308.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 308.0 0.0 0.0
North Carolina Community C. System 63 246.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 246.7 0.0 0.0
Colorado Community C. System 64 229.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 229.5 0.0 0.0
Inter American U. Puerto Rico System 65 219.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 219.0 0.0 0.0
Tennessee Board of Regents System 66 201.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 201.7 0.0 0.0
Louisiana Community and Technical C. System 67 165.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 165.0 0.0 0.0
Alabama Community C. System 68 115.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 115.8 0.0 0.0
Ana G. Mendez U. System 69 107.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 107.0 0.0 0.0
Dallas County Community C. District 70 45.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 45.0 0.0 0.0
Technical C. System of Georgia 71 43.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 43.8 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. As of FY 2018, several additions were made to systems of universities and colleges: added West Hills College Coalinga to California Community Colleges; added West Virginia University at Parkersburg to the Community and Technical College Systems of West Virginia; added Allen County Community College, Barton County Community College, and Cowley Community College to the Kansas Board of Regents; added Finger Lakes Community College to the SUNY System; and added Savannah Technical College to the Technical College System of Georgia. Only those agencies that had obligations in the variables represented by this table appear in the table.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions, FY 2018.