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Table 35. Higher education R&D expenditures at private institutions, ranked by all R&D expenditures, by source of funds: FY 2012
(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution All R&D
expenditures
  Federal
government
  State and local
government
  Institution
funds
  Business   Nonprofit
organizations
  All other
sources
 
  All institutions 21,593,996   15,018,107   402,248   3,195,788   1,173,077   1,603,910   200,866  
1 Johns Hopkins U.a 2,106,185   1,857,580   5,109   80,988   47,102   114,054   1,352  
2 Duke U. 1,009,911   587,268   5,539   123,198   226,200   66,437   1,269  
3 Stanford U. 903,238   636,348   36,465   80,878   62,918   79,074   7,555  
4 Columbia U. in the City of New York 889,487   645,573   12,580   102,628   37,341   71,117   20,248  
5 U. PA 847,077   669,970   20,185   52,324   42,744   61,501   353  
6 MA Institute of Technology 824,130   496,132   163   80,832   119,068   88,595   39,340  
7 Cornell U. 802,387   472,673   63,881   145,932   31,365   85,314   3,222  
8 Harvard U. 799,432   589,860   1,632   69,386   34,901   91,040   12,613  
9 Washington U., St. Louis 706,410   441,406   17,520   109,867   45,567   91,355   695  
10 Yale U. 656,555   518,184   5,229   55,554   22,204   50,547   4,837  
11 Northwestern U. 631,078   393,074   8,875   156,803   15,023   57,303   NA  
12 U. Southern CA 623,544   443,842   18,576   100,648   28,353   32,125   0  
13 Vanderbilt U. 560,466   448,948   189   73,871   12,920   21,967   2,571  
14 Emory U. 552,707   361,165   673   117,832   29,360   40,917   2,760  
15 Baylor C. of Medicine 474,700   268,753   23,278   122,687   14,678   45,304   0  
16 NY U. 458,645   316,208   6,127   74,245   15,579   33,377   13,109  
17 Case Western Reserve U. 431,090   359,000   14,555   32,968   6,647   16,623   1,297  
18 U. Chicago 419,631   336,125   2,676   34,147   16,703   27,216   2,764  
19 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 400,680   271,722   6,971   46,246   21,736   53,324   681  
20 Scripps Research Institute 398,673   309,471   9,288   44,490   22,691   12,733   NA  
21 U. Rochester 389,612   308,115   8,070   44,622   14,630   9,272   4,903  
22 U. Miami 365,301   224,172   10,290   85,092   22,976   22,771   0  
23 CA Institute of Technology 365,243   326,701   909   9,559   9,372   12,968   5,734  
24 Brown U. 365,120   131,994   1,942   191,228   4,074   35,148   734  
25 Boston U. 332,951   277,436   295   26,015   6,683   21,588   934  
26 Rockefeller U. 292,896   84,616   1,708   184,653   3,524   18,395   0  
27 Yeshiva U. 289,027   201,397   3,226   66,390   5,625   12,389   0  
28 Princeton U. 275,666   161,591   742   83,301   12,093   12,599   5,340  
29 Carnegie Mellon U. 255,933   209,522   1,248   15,047   20,909   5,577   3,630  
30 Dartmouth C. 245,386   126,676   9,700   78,518   12,259   17,804   429  
31 Medical C. WI 209,040   125,325   382   54,597   8,678   20,058   0  
32 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 204,352   161,115   551   14,557   4,376   NA   23,753  
33 Wake Forest U. 204,328   172,779   6,274   7,472   12,163   5,640   0  
34 George Washington U. 196,448   112,110   1,832   46,845   1,923   33,524   214  
35 Georgetown U. 180,308   115,197   1,885   38,487   5,252   19,364   123  
36 Tulane U. 164,373   101,360   4,375   32,946   4,308   7,193   14,191  
37 Tufts U. 160,922   121,512   705   13,799   11,575   11,108   2,223  
38 U. Notre Dame 157,691   83,295   851   53,656   6,434   13,455   0  
39 Rice U. 117,223   76,964   3,961   21,617   4,848   9,833   0  
40 Drexel U. 116,768   87,860   3,962   15,744   2,531   6,671   0  
41 Northeastern U. 107,862   77,667   1,179   21,820   4,971   2,225   0  
42 Thomas Jefferson U. 100,506   68,976   5,892   9,870   8,988   6,768   12  
43 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 92,720   62,341   7,801   14,422   5,193   2,963   0  
44 Syracuse U. 85,649   33,156   9,166   31,151   5,902   6,274   0  
45 Cold Spring Harbor Lab. 84,072   43,874   0   8,341   5,251   26,606   0  
46 U. Dayton 81,030   65,169   6,718   2,316   5,498   420   909  
47 Rush U. 80,300   57,512   0   7,944   9,631   5,213   0  
48 Brandeis U. 74,660   44,532   622   11,919   5,807   10,200   1,580  
49 Boston C. 51,442   30,855   1,602   9,691   1,684   7,610   0  
50 St. Louis U. 49,086   35,873   294   4,654   6,538   1,699   28  
51 Loyola U., Chicago 45,903   28,530   546   9,744   2,914   2,925   1,244  
52 Howard U. 45,486   37,690   878   4,513   875   1,530   0  
53 American U. 43,526   7,515   0   28,496   50   7,465   0  
54 Eastern VA Medical School 37,745   24,694   283   2,211   2,151   8,406   0  
55 Morehouse School of Medicine 37,586   31,786   1,200   4,200   200   200   0  
56 Rochester Institute of Technology 36,935   19,394   1,285   11,402   2,815   2,039   0  
57 Brigham Young U., Provo 33,843   22,069   1,058   5,579   3,592   1,357   188  
58 Creighton U. 32,594   14,270   3,154   7,821   4,811   2,538   0  
59 IL Institute of Technology 32,576   27,767   239   2,156   1,988   225   201  
60 Lehigh U. 31,992   23,312   2,211   4,418   1,249   708   94  
61 Stevens Institute of Technology 31,929   27,420   709   2,403   668   690   39  
62 Loma Linda U. 31,772   24,884   1,124   3,818   1,452   434   60  
63 Mercer U. 31,376   19,963   264   3,229   7,675   113   132  
64 Meharry Medical C. 25,559   23,467   0   1,154   0   938   0  
65 Catholic U. America 24,971   17,608   17   4,651   2,183   512   0  
66 Southern Methodist U. 24,397   16,640   506   4,763   1,340   382   766  
67 NY Medical C. 23,277   16,471   38   313   3,108   2,599   748  
68 Polytechnic Institute of NY U. 21,413   12,687   2,194   2,051   3,127   996   358  
69 Teachers C., Columbia U. 20,805   10,173   25   NA   5,620   3,620   1,367  
70 Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine and Science 20,580   19,733   0   847   0   0   0  
71 U. Tulsa 20,270   6,782   510   1,523   11,125   330   0  
72 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 20,232   12,968   76   5,413   865   860   50  
73 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. 19,376   14,048   1,344   2,372   1,424   0   188  
74 Fordham U. 19,311   4,187   395   13,748   0   0   981  
75 Marquette U. 18,606   9,968   43   4,068   729   3,798   0  
76 Albany Medical C. 17,735   11,845   386   3,160   1,529   815   0  
77 FL Institute of Technology 17,100   7,500   150   NA   979   574   7,897  
78 Tuskegee U. 15,991   12,633   1,599   320   0   0   1,439  
79 Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science 15,587   10,084   17   3,766   396   1,266   58  
80 Duquesne U. 15,547   5,723   781   7,356   323   1,364   0  
81 Hampton U. 15,356   15,356   0   NA   0   0   0  
82 U. Denver 15,237   11,779   268   1,212   883   971   124  
83 Clarkson U. 14,809   7,061   959   3,395   3,394   0   0  
84 Nova Southeastern U. 12,908   6,653   1,442   2,786   980   903   144  
85 Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences 11,586   10,486   1,100   NA   0   0   0  
86 Xavier U. LA 10,606   7,177   574   1,132   0   1,723   0  
87 Clark Atlanta U. 10,406   8,447   0   1,918   40   1   0  
88 Claremont Graduate U. 10,350   8,875   100   900   50   425   0  
89 Villanova U. 10,192 i 6,671 i 660 i 1,239 i 813 i 667 i 142 i
90 Baylor U. 10,161   3,513   278   4,978   612   732   48  
91 Fairfield U. 9,868 i 2,760 i 64 i 6,093 i 141 i 0 i 810 i
92 Bryn Mawr C. 9,837   1,848   5   7,673   11   295   5  
93 U. Metropolitana 9,472   7,988   0   1,484   0   0   0  
94 Morehouse C. 9,113   9,063   50   0   0   0   0  
95 Wesleyan U. 8,945   4,726   315   3,089   51   764   0  
96 Wellesley C. 8,439   2,902   607   0   239   2,419   2,272  
97 TX Christian U. 7,775   4,998   1,028   128   1,621   NA   0  
98 New School 7,568   2,385   132   1,908   154   2,989   0  
99 Dillard U. 7,448   7,325   115   0   8   0   0  
100 U. Central del Caribe 7,313   6,304   276   733   0   0   0  
101 Clark U. 7,260   3,141   0   3,060   280   779   0  
102 Wheeling Jesuit U. 7,225   6,304   275   0   0   646   0  
103 U. del Turabo 6,953   1,034   0   5,919   0   0   0  
104 Gallaudet U. 6,765   4,335   0   2,430   0   0   0  
105 Seton Hall U. 6,398   1,667   2,093   0   814   1,824   0  
106 St. Edward's U. 5,906   5,500   15   276   100   15   0  
107 Loyola Marymount U. 5,746   1,222   65   3,723   1   735   0  
108 DePaul U. 5,706   4,827   33   633   65   146   2  
109 Alfred U. 5,451   1,648   1,642   1,267   894   0   0  
110 Claremont McKenna C. 5,303 i 1,075 i 0 i 3,872 i 0 i 356 i 0 i
111 U. of the Pacific 5,291   2,090   1,991   NA   471   735   4  
112 Claflin U. 5,255   5,090   3   98   64   0   0  
113 U. New England 5,224   3,359   5   815   554   475   16  
114 Midwestern U. 5,200   427   0   4,501   213   59   0  
115 Carleton C. 4,957   2,212   0   1,409   0   1,336   0  
116 Bowdoin C. 4,732   3,317   19   799   5   592   0  
117 Milwaukee School of Engineering 4,635   1,207   18   426   2,672   312   0  
118 Amherst C. 4,612 i 1,978 i 4 i 1,303 i 21 i 907 i 399 i
119 Williams C. 4,518   2,029   10   2,479   0   0   0  
120 Palmer C. of Chiropractic 4,507   2,906   0   1,593   0   0   8  
121 National U. 4,482   1,194   3,026   218   0   44   0  
122 U. San Francisco 4,301   1,867   106   1,898   126   304   0  
123 U. Richmond 4,282   2,376   15   738   49   1,104   0  
124 U. San Diego 4,275   1,903   289   1,406   2   646   29  
125 Smith C. 4,246   2,690   0   752   7   797   0  
126 Pace U. 4,214   1,476   102   2,372   26   238   0  
127 Kettering U. 4,059   2,165   131   616   542   520   85  
128 Fisk U. 4,058   4,058   0   0   0   0   0  
129 Bucknell U. 4,009   1,540   179   1,379   190   487   234  
130 Barnard C. 3,684   3,194   11   140   0   339   0  
131 Azusa Pacific U. 3,673 i 949 i 195 i 2,004 i 62 i 463 i 0 i
132 Long Island U. 3,648 i 2,628 i 167 i 315 i 403 i 135 i 0 i
133 U. of the Sciences in Philadelphia 3,610   1,287   22   832   1,270   199   0  
134 Harvey Mudd C. 3,512   2,038   0   1,198   55   221   0  
135 Hope C. 3,376   1,912   0   313   0   1,151   0  
136 Santa Clara U. 3,329   2,074   71   NA   90   1,094   0  
137 Mt. Holyoke C. 3,323   1,827   0   704   0   792   0  
138 Chapman U. 3,314   1,733   508   315   77   675   6  
139 Swarthmore C. 3,281   1,135   0   1,209   0   937   0  
140 Colgate U. 3,268   1,497   0   1,316   27   428   0  
141 Pomona C. 3,259   1,599   0   921   0   739   0  
142 Calvin C. 3,252   664   0   1,939   147   472   30  
143 Hofstra U. 3,237   2,660   0   209   0   368   0  
144 Hamilton C. 3,069   1,400   30   67   3   1,565   4  
145 Middlebury C. 3,031   2,513   0   0   2   516   0  
146 NY Institute of Technology 3,013   1,339   561   954   27   132   0  
147 Western U. of Health Sciences 3,005   1,300   701   34   369   601   0  
148 Franklin and Marshall C. 2,997   1,116   112   956   101   712   0  
149 St. Joseph's U. 2,955   835   646   785   10   679   0  
150 Bastyr U. 2,844   2,764   0   35   34   0   11  
151 Wiley C. 2,831   2,511   310   0   0   10   0  
152 Commonwealth Medical C. 2,777   869   0   1,829   0   79   0  
153 Benedict C. 2,754   2,713   0   0   0   41   0  
154 Mills C. 2,747   1,058   0   92   0   1,597   0  
155 Grinnell C. 2,735   648   0   1,710   2   375   0  
156 U. New Haven 2,723   2,471   2   133   14   103   0  
157 Willamette U. 2,652   1,327   0   953   0   372   0  
158 Albany C. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 2,639   1,182   161   451   591   254   0  
159 Tougaloo C. 2,613   2,613   0   0   0   0   0  
160 Roger Williams U. 2,596   2,166   53   330   8   39   0  
161 Haverford C. 2,588   1,478   19   775   0   316   0  
162 Edward Via C. of Osteopathic Medicine 2,576   502   21   1,743   0   310   0  
163 Pepperdine U. 2,571   808   13   1,174   18   553   5  
164 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr., Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 2,562   179   0   2,156   0   227   0  
165 Erikson Institute 2,511   1,648   400   186   0   277   0  
166 Niagara U. 2,475   275   523   1,042   0   635   0  
167 Bradley U. 2,392   889   25   556   922   0   0  
168 Lewis and Clark C. 2,246   718   0   927   0   601   0  
169 New England C. of Optometry 2,237   1,685   0   423   120   9   0  
170 Touro U., Vallejo 2,237   1,390   0   812   21   14   0  
171 Shaw U. 2,188 i 2,177 i 2 i 2 i 2 i 3 i 2 i
172 Dickinson C. 2,167   1,029   42   531   0   565   0  
173 St. John's U., Manhattan 2,161   1,185   0   675   224   77   0  
174 Spelman C. 2,148   1,874   0   190   84   0   0  
175 Valparaiso U. 2,111   1,299   101   609   1   101   0  
176 Pacific U. 2,110   1,767   93   60   165   25   0  
177 Trinity C., Hartford 2,102   1,432   2   300   0   368   0  
178 Bates C. 2,070   1,555   4   356   0   155   0  
179 Furman U. 2,049   1,164   13   513   2   335   22  
180 U. Hartford 2,007   1,505   42   346   4   110   0  
181 Colby C. 1,996   1,197   0   525   0   0   274  
182 A. T. Still U. 1,953 i 239 i 0 i 1,483 i 24 i 207 i 0 i
183 Keck Graduate Institute 1,920   1,671   0   65   162   22   0  
184 Philadelphia C. of Osteopathic Medicine 1,898   694   30   938   97   139   0  
185 Rider U. 1,890   490   44   1,336   4   16   0  
186 Skidmore C. 1,885   1,334   0   433   3   115   0  
187 Wabash C. 1,877   347   0   139   0   1,391   0  
188 Lafayette C. 1,864   1,205   25   545   89   0   0  
189 Oberlin C. 1,856   1,330   0   388   22   116   0  
190 Northwestern Health Sciences U. 1,851   1,547   0   304   0   0   0  
191 Reed C. 1,837   678   0   1,036   0   123   0  
192 Franklin W. Olin C. of Engineering 1,777   1,090   4   546   105   32   0  
193 Gonzaga U. 1,765   1,115   0   88   17   545   0  
194 CT C. 1,740   1,130   0   580   0   30   0  
195 Macalester C. 1,721   1,106   6   330   0   279   0  
196 Siena C. 1,662   1,618   0   22   0   22   0  
197 Elon U. 1,658   112   0   1,527   3   16   0  
198 Suffolk U. 1,637   249   0   1,054   0   334   0  
199 Trinity U. 1,611   1,222   0   29   73   249   38  
200 Drew U. 1,597   703   3   515   53   323   0  
201 Occidental C. 1,592   1,079   171   NA   168   174   0  
202 St. Francis U. 1,586   1,559   0   0   0   27   0  
203 Mercyhurst U. 1,539   729   433   360   17   0   0  
204 St. Olaf C. 1,518   1,220   32   236   8   22   0  
205 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1,516   1,103   122   107   18   166   0  
206 Union C., Schenectady 1,516   867   1   461   2   185   0  
207 Norwich U. 1,498   733   0   715   11   39   0  
208 Lawrence Technological U. 1,483   1,108   113   56   144   62   0  
209 Seattle Pacific U. 1,481   1,071   0   241   111   52   6  
210 U. del Este 1,480   1,163   0   317   0   0   0  
211 Barry U. 1,449   1,381   0   10   8   50   0  
212 Salish Kootenai C. 1,415   1,415   0   0   0   0   0  
213 Davidson C. 1,400   651   85   463   55   114   32  
214 HI Pacific U. 1,390   1,145   5   240   0   0   0  
215 U. Redlands 1,381   1,008   130   202   0   29   12  
216 Salus U. 1,337   1,086   240   0   4   7   0  
217 Columbia C., Chicago 1,318   1,318   0   0   0   0   0  
218 Vassar C. 1,258   1,258   0   0   0   0   0  
219 CO C. 1,248   389   0   707   7   145   0  
220 Augustana C., Sioux Falls 1,160   1,007   0   86   65   2   0  
221 La Salle U. 1,156   114   0   1,032   0   10   0  
222 Augsburg C. 1,144   766   0   378   0   0   0  
223 Ithaca C. 1,132   774   0   204   0   154   0  
224 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 1,081   712   0   95   42   232   0  
225 U. of St. Thomas (MN) 1,030   767   85   76   64   37   1  
226 Scripps C. 1,016 i 499 i 0 i 391 i 41 i 85 i 0 i
227 IL Wesleyan U. 1,012 i 155 i 9 i 389 i 363 i 6 i 90 i
228 Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary 1,000 i 601 i 40 i 209 i 34 i 103 i 13 i
229 Quinnipiac U. 1,000 i 601 i 40 i 209 i 34 i 103 i 13 i
230 Roosevelt U. 1,000 i 674 i 21 i 166 i 55 i 77 i 7 i
231 St. Bonaventure U. 986   220   72   43   9   0   642  
232 Stetson U. 982   884   0   84   0   14   0  
233 U. Detroit Mercy 970   508   0   398   30   34   0  
234 C. Wooster 966   183   22   388   0   251   122  
235 Arcadia U. 956   620   126   NA   11   199   0  
236 Sewanee: U. of the South 927   427   0   282   0   218   0  
237 Monmouth U. 904   714   21   0   148   21   0  
238 Touro C. 889   53   0   829   0   7   0  
239 Whitman C. 849   398   0   188   0   263   0  
240 Wheaton C., Wheaton 844   114   0   565   0   165   0  
241 U. Portland 755   312   148   77   23   195   0  
242 Alliant International U. 732   17   492   223   0   0   0  
243 Oakwood U. 724   724   0   0   0   0   0  
244 Doane C. 678   546   0   132   0   0   0  
245 Seattle U. 642   530   0   81   0   31   0  
246 Philadelphia U. 572   497   75   0   0   0   0  
247 Hampshire C. 507   499   0   0   0   8   0  
248 Western New England U. 483   325   84   46   21   7   0  
249 Barnes-Jewish C. Goldfarb School of Nursing 324   166   0   157   0   0   1  

i = imputed. NA = not available; data were not provided by institution.
a Johns Hopkins University includes Applied Physics Laboratory, with $1,121,483 thousand in total R&D expenditures in FY 2012.
NOTES: Tied institutions are ranked alphabetically. Institutions ranked are geographically separate campuses headed by a campus-level president or chancellor. Some campuses are part of large multi-campus universities; some are part of state university systems. For a complete listing of campuses that belong to a larger university or system and their aggregate R&D expenditures, see table A-3.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2012.
Data from survey cycle FY 2012, as of 30 October 2013.