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Table 34. Higher education R&D expenditures at private institutions, ranked by all R&D expenditures, by source of funds: FY 2013
(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 22,171,013   14,764,869   400,650   3,779,782   1,182,548   1,587,292   455,872  
1 Johns Hopkins U.a 2,168,568   1,898,927   6,727   88,307   47,131   122,375   5,101  
2 Harvard U. 1,012,766   594,392   2,960   263,816   38,268   97,971   15,359  
3 Duke U. 992,821   581,695   1,930   136,952   177,057   64,881   30,306  
4 Stanford U. 945,450   652,472   37,104   91,365   71,277   83,813   9,419  
5 MA Institute of Technology 900,524   490,809   224   84,685   122,050   86,408   116,348  
6 Columbia U. in the City of New York 889,188   635,987   17,482   101,419   42,990   70,715   20,595  
7 Cornell U. 845,184   445,116   69,682   191,099   29,214   81,185   28,888  
8 U. PA 828,422   636,589   16,614   62,474   54,051   57,720   974  
9 Yale U. 788,784   503,227   6,401   190,162   32,318   53,739   2,937  
10 Washington U., St. Louis 684,847   411,299   18,328   118,331   44,275   81,929   10,685  
11 U. Southern CA 645,636   437,813   16,832   81,038   28,611   35,570   45,772  
12 Northwestern U. 639,781   396,138   2,566   162,165   16,301   62,611   NA  
13 Emory U. 575,943   365,121   545   147,599   30,800   31,520   358  
14 Vanderbilt U. 571,603   445,044   202   87,589   13,324   22,676   2,768  
15 Baylor C. of Medicine 508,799   285,230   23,471   135,826   14,380   49,892   0  
16 NY U. 471,909   300,730   6,083   80,891   21,239   42,748   20,218  
17 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 428,654   277,517   3,522   78,121   29,302   39,450   742  
18 Case Western Reserve U. 425,788   349,487   11,126   35,039   9,596   18,918   1,622  
19 U. Chicago 402,621   300,718   1,360   38,351   21,820   39,787   585  
20 Scripps Research Institute 399,899   308,628   8,166   50,832   18,052   14,221   0  
21 U. Rochester 389,355   299,553   11,870   45,478   16,858   9,877   5,719  
22 Boston U. 368,281   267,194   194   76,482   4,633   13,940   5,838  
23 Brown U. 361,010   126,559   1,299   197,459   3,182   25,440   7,071  
24 CA Institute of Technology 347,105   282,823   3,937   31,854   8,067   12,129   8,295  
25 U. Miami 344,757   205,870   10,915   81,490   25,059   21,064   359  
26 Rockefeller U. 298,474   80,384   1,216   197,277   5,264   12,491   1,842  
27 Carnegie Mellon U. 271,277   215,560   1,606   13,140   24,610   4,370   11,991  
28 Yeshiva U. 271,166   193,831   2,651   50,298   3,003   12,522   8,861  
29 Princeton U. 269,908   156,541   561   83,043   10,428   17,550   1,785  
30 George Washington U. 202,428   120,857   1,006   48,435   1,980   29,698   452  
31 Dartmouth C. 201,591   155,209   785   26,684   5,210   10,500   3,203  
32 Medical C. WI 201,237   116,765   646   54,810   7,722   17,753   3,541  
33 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 198,232   158,672   283   13,566   6,665   NA   19,046  
34 Wake Forest U. 182,721   156,506   6,016   3,613   11,759   4,823   4  
35 Georgetown U. 178,995   114,760   1,732   31,621   5,919   18,024   6,939  
36 U. Notre Dame 175,220   79,564   266   66,802   5,287   11,308   11,993  
37 Tulane U. 160,414   97,994   3,255   31,964   6,487   9,833   10,881  
38 Tufts U. 156,525   113,450   2,533   14,056   10,706   13,490   2,290  
39 Rice U. 131,003   80,075   5,005   27,376   6,388   10,643   1,516  
40 Northeastern U. 116,088   85,170   1,375   22,999   4,780   1,764   0  
41 Drexel U. 111,432   76,187   4,453   18,981   3,097   8,714   0  
42 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 92,495   60,870   9,447   14,683   5,609   855   1,031  
43 Thomas Jefferson U. 89,273   56,247   4,912   9,371   8,286   7,384   3,073  
44 U. Dayton 84,252   67,698   6,300   2,779   6,378   486   611  
45 Rush U. 81,770   57,063   25   8,940   11,512   4,230   0  
46 Cold Spring Harbor Lab. 78,236   41,002   0   9,296   5,286   22,652   0  
47 Brandeis U. 76,060   45,337   750   14,055   4,880   10,228   810  
48 Syracuse U. 70,967   27,729   5,301   27,956   5,660   4,321   0  
49 American U. 61,087   10,421   0   42,532   0   6,573   1,561  
50 Loyola U., Chicago 51,676   33,074   491   11,164   3,326   2,401   1,220  
51 Boston C. 50,702   27,975   1,823   10,190   1,502   9,212   0  
52 St. Louis U. 48,231   31,645   351   5,285   9,017   1,874   59  
53 Eastern VA Medical School 44,183   28,728   310   5,040   1,528   8,533   44  
54 Howard U. 42,789   33,966   746   5,580   1,143   1,094   260  
55 IL Institute of Technology 36,722   28,319   385   1,955   1,892   702   3,469  
56 Morehouse School of Medicine 36,638   34,511   157   1,506   226   0   238  
57 Rochester Institute of Technology 36,613   18,379   2,971   10,953   2,595   1,715   0  
58 Brigham Young U., Provo 36,562   23,639   1,122   5,377   4,197   2,133   94  
59 Lehigh U. 33,071   24,831   1,828   4,536   1,159   717   0  
60 Loma Linda U. 31,715   26,253   870   2,377   1,346   790   79  
61 Creighton U. 29,983   13,569   3,097   7,301   4,395   869   752  
62 Stevens Institute of Technology 28,908   24,812   791   2,310   440   543   12  
63 Mercer U. 28,892   19,411   212   2,925   5,939   164   241  
64 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 25,298   17,003   151   6,918   483   677   66  
65 Polytechnic Institute of NY U. 24,851   14,460   2,088   3,853   2,615   1,095   740  
66 Catholic U. of America 23,235   17,310   23   4,747   827   328   0  
67 Southern Methodist U. 22,544   14,274   1,406   5,005   868   730   261  
68 Meharry Medical C. 22,532   21,135   0   252   20   1,079   46  
69 U. Tulsa 21,757   6,279   531   1,440   13,067   353   87  
70 Tuskegee U. 21,150   16,789   2,756   990   504   73   38  
71 Marquette U. 20,856   8,756   83   7,552   702   3,763   0  
72 NY Medical C. 20,243   13,806   62   198   2,731   3,031   415  
73 Teachers C., Columbia U. 19,649   8,494   63   NA   7,373   2,500   1,219  
74 U. Denver 19,262   15,089   283   1,752   800   1,253   85  
75 Fordham U. 18,822   4,874   277   12,892   0   0   779  
76 Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine and Science 18,547   17,144   0   1,106   145   152   0  
77 Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science 17,401   11,202   12   4,270   144   1,773   0  
78 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. 16,484   11,456   1,441   2,607   864   0   116  
79 Fisk U. 16,423   8,439   7,243   410   0   201   130  
80 Duquesne U. 15,661   4,343   677   8,224   328   2,089   0  
81 Albany Medical C. 15,093   10,278   85   2,770   1,011   449   500  
82 Baylor U. 13,616   3,510   183   7,250   1,112   872   689  
83 FL Institute of Technology 13,298   7,543   791   NA   1,436   283   3,245  
84 Nova Southeastern U. 12,712   5,379   1,600   3,252   1,216   643   622  
85 Hampton U. 12,641   12,620   0   21   0   0   0  
86 Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences 12,243   11,251   992   0   0   0   0  
87 Clarkson U. 12,061   5,283   1,416   3,302   2,060   0   0  
88 Claremont Graduate U. 9,705   8,452   106   720   42   385   0  
89 Morehouse C. 9,581   9,226   355   0   0   0   0  
90 Fuller Theological Seminary 9,490   0   0   262   0   9,228   0  
91 Bryn Mawr C. 9,452   2,514   0   6,434   14   490   0  
92 New School 9,219   2,669   104   2,824   83   2,333   1,206  
93 Clark Atlanta U. 9,159   7,576   19   1,539   25   0   0  
94 Wellesley C. 9,113   3,135   677   0   196   3,074   2,031  
95 Xavier U. LA 8,789   5,856   1,549   814   0   570   0  
96 Fairfield U. 8,769   2,232   45   6,081   52   359   0  
97 TX Christian U. 8,574   5,870   1,007   198   1,499   NA   0  
98 Wesleyan U. 8,120   3,930   407   2,923   77   653   130  
99 St. Edward's U. 8,040   5,500   40   750   100   150   1,500  
100 U. Metropolitana 7,835   7,226   0   609   0   0   0  
101 Dillard U. 7,741   7,692   24   25   0   0   0  
102 U. Central del Caribe 7,095   5,946   230   919   0   0   0  
103 Villanova U. 7,049   4,218   435   450   1,731   215   0  
104 U. del Turabo 6,916   747   0   6,169   0   0   0  
105 Gallaudet U. 6,769   4,500   0   2,269   0   0   0  
106 Loyola Marymount U. 6,766   1,357   10   3,876   2   1,521   0  
107 Alfred U. 6,731   1,468   2,405   1,797   971   90   0  
108 U. New England 6,637   4,271   951   606   297   508   4  
109 Seton Hall U. 6,489   1,694   2,101   0   850   1,844   0  
110 Midwestern U. 6,292   369   15   5,588   208   112   0  
111 Amherst C. 6,275   1,985   0   3,167   0   1,118   5  
112 Carleton C. 5,848   3,347   63   1,304   0   883   251  
113 Clark U. 5,693   2,848   0   2,184   153   507   1  
114 DePaul U. 5,524   4,260   182   831   23   218   10  
115 Claremont McKenna C. 5,422 i 1,016 i 0 i 4,035 i 0 i 371 i 0 i
116 Edward Via C. of Osteopathic Medicine 4,992   517   167   4,129   32   147   0  
117 U. of the Pacific 4,563   1,676   1,465   NA   604   783   35  
118 U. San Diego 4,554   2,066   515   1,469   13   409   82  
119 National U. 4,508   1,762   2,512   217   0   17   0  
120 Chapman U. 4,463   2,379   290   492   33   557   712  
121 Milwaukee School of Engineering 4,376   1,245   0   459   2,586   86   0  
122 Bucknell U. 4,297   1,590   190   1,576   79   733   129  
123 Bowdoin C. 4,292   3,244   9   631   5   403   0  
124 Smith C. 4,234   2,853   0   867   31   471   12  
125 Wheeling Jesuit U. 4,186   3,286   145   0   0   755   0  
126 Grinnell C. 4,023   372   24   2,603   9   597   418  
127 NY Institute of Technology 4,007   2,527   334   968   0   178   0  
128 Mills C. 3,869   1,738   0   93   7   2,031   0  
129 Williams C. 3,857   1,498   0   2,076   0   0   283  
130 Palmer C. of Chiropractic 3,774   1,991   0   1,778   0   0   5  
131 U. of the Sciences Philadelphia 3,765   1,357   84   867   1,269   101   87  
132 Western U. of Health Sciences 3,721   1,163   426   74   559   1,499   0  
133 Pomona C. 3,679   2,227   0   988   0   464   0  
134 Lewis and Clark C. 3,628   1,490   0   912   0   1,226   0  
135 Pace U. 3,611   1,054   103   2,214   21   219   0  
136 Harvey Mudd C. 3,595   2,004   0   994   9   434   154  
137 Hope C. 3,559   1,993   0   480   0   1,086   0  
138 Franklin and Marshall C. 3,475   879   19   1,535   130   869   43  
139 Calvin C. 3,466   774   1   1,130   196   1,310   55  
140 Kettering U. 3,449   1,306   167   675   984   310   7  
141 Swarthmore C. 3,415   1,239   0   1,341   0   835   0  
142 U. Richmond 3,351   1,979   0   709   0   663   0  
143 Mt. Holyoke C. 3,118   1,863   0   1,062   0   193   0  
144 Trinity U. 3,094   2,034   0   468   48   340   204  
145 Barry U. 3,041   2,623   154   11   225   28   0  
146 Wiley C. 3,010   2,750   250   0   0   10   0  
147 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr., Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate S. of Biomedical Sciences 2,979   340   0   2,451   0   188   0  
148 Hamilton C. 2,942   1,153   0   1,011   2   770   6  
149 Barnard C. 2,931   2,568   14   120   0   220   9  
150 St. Joseph's U. 2,921   700   847   831   6   453   84  
151 Bradley U. 2,860   899   31   621   1,296   0   13  
152 Haverford C. 2,769   1,547   21   507   0   694   0  
153 Bastyr U. 2,728   2,567   0   43   23   95   0  
154 Colgate U. 2,704   1,320   0   1,277   5   90   12  
155 Benedict C. 2,664   2,625   17   0   0   22   0  
156 U. San Francisco 2,663   858   76   1,418   142   169   0  
157 Claflin U. 2,661   2,643   3   0   15   0   0  
158 Commonwealth Medical C. 2,647   536   4   1,975   1   21   110  
159 Tougaloo C. 2,639   2,639   0   0   0   0   0  
160 Albany C. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 2,637   1,333   0   484   517   104   199  
161 Philadelphia C. of Osteopathic Medicine 2,614   277   23   2,016   97   201   0  
162 Pacific U. 2,535   1,674   36   68   331   419   7  
163 Bates C. 2,514   1,390   1   701   0   422   0  
164 Sinte Gleska U. 2,495   2,076   212   207   0   0   0  
165 Union C., Schenectady 2,402   1,863   20   450   1   68   0  
166 St. John's U., Manhattan 2,401   872   0   808   259   28   434  
167 Pepperdine U. 2,400   914   0   1,243   0   216   27  
168 Reed C. 2,395   897   0   1,225   0   273   0  
169 Hofstra U. 2,394   1,967   0   155   0   272   0  
170 Santa Clara U. 2,376   1,668   103   NA   242   363   0  
171 Keck Graduate Institute 2,357   1,227   0   703   175   252   0  
172 Davidson C. 2,337   1,619   40   439   78   99   62  
173 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 2,238   1,896   31   86   15   210   0  
174 Furman U. 2,199   1,217   4   745   0   204   29  
175 Niagara U. 2,193   32   505   1,095   0   561   0  
176 Roger Williams U. 2,186   1,877   48   232   10   19   0  
177 Middlebury C. 2,179   1,856   0   0   5   318   0  
178 New England C. of Optometry 2,172   1,588   0   433   105   18   28  
179 Touro U., Vallejo 2,155   1,351   0   721   15   68   0  
180 Elon U. 2,043   161   0   1,876   0   6   0  
181 Lawrence Technological U. 2,022   988   386   20   517   111   0  
182 Erikson Institute 2,001   1,187   41   123   0   650   0  
183 Siena C. 1,995   1,615   13   359   0   8   0  
184 Willamette U. 1,960   822   0   897   0   241   0  
185 Lafayette C. 1,947   1,166   27   685   69   0   0  
186 Skidmore C. 1,903   1,448   0   376   0   79   0  
187 CT C. 1,842   833   0   935   0   74   0  
188 Norwich U. 1,825   878   0   912   0   35   0  
189 Colby C. 1,822   1,046   0   483   0   0   293  
190 U. Hartford 1,807   1,175   0   532   12   88   0  
191 Trinity C., Hartford 1,786   1,040   2   376   0   368   0  
192 Sojourner-Douglass C. 1,784   850   934   0   0   0   0  
193 Vassar C. 1,694   1,694   0   0   0   0   0  
194 Oberlin C. 1,670   1,204   0   305   18   143   0  
195 Rider U. 1,648   399   60   1,160   4   25   0  
196 Drew U. 1,642 i 691 i 3 i 548 i 56 i 344 i 0 i
197 Occidental C. 1,634   1,105   186   NA   143   200   0  
198 St. Michael's C. 1,620   1,301   0   286   0   33   0  
199 Salish Kootenai C. 1,612   1,612   0   0   0   0   0  
200 Spelman C. 1,602   1,366   0   191   45   0   0  
201 Dickinson C. 1,570   692   51   566   0   261   0  
202 U. del Este 1,558   972   0   586   0   0   0  
203 Suffolk U. 1,551   360   0   1,155   0   36   0  
204 Wabash C. 1,514   272   0   79   0   1,163   0  
205 Seattle Pacific U. 1,490   1,126   0   232   77   49   6  
206 Macalester C. 1,457   876   92   381   0   108   0  
207 St. John's U., Collegeville 1,444   0   0   1,444   0   0   0  
208 U. of St. Thomas (MN) 1,424   702   142   354   84   139   3  
209 Mercyhurst U. 1,414   674   339   319   69   0   13  
210 U. New Haven 1,400   1,400   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA  
211 Salus U. 1,368   1,032   274   61   1   0   0  
212 C. of St. Benedict 1,347   72   0   1,275   0   0   0  
213 U. Redlands 1,304   676   316   197   1   78   36  
214 Ithaca C. 1,245   825   9   210   0   201   0  
215 St. Olaf C. 1,242   955   19   232   1   35   0  
216 U. Western States 1,238   1,014   0   224   0   0   0  
217 CO C. 1,229   376   3   546   136   113   55  
218 Gonzaga U. 1,212   727   0   90   0   395   0  
219 U. Tampa 1,197   240   551   210   196   0   0  
220 Franklin W. Olin C. of Engineering 1,157   946   4   178   1   28   0  
221 La Salle U. 1,139   114   0   1,022   0   3   0  
222 Heidelberg U. 1,129   349   359   172   104   145   0  
223 Valparaiso U. 1,088   744   66   238   39   1   0  
224 Augustana C., Sioux Falls 1,045   809   0   80   141   0   15  
225 HI Pacific U. 1,043   850   0   185   0   8   0  
226 Quinnipiac U. 1,022 i 568 i 46 i 237 i 39 i 117 i 15 i
227 St. Francis U. 1,012   950   0   0   0   62   0  
228 Cedars-Sinai Medical Ctr. Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences and Translational Medicine 1,000 i 643 i 22 i 193 i 53 i 72 i 17 i
229 Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History 1,000 i 643 i 21 i 193 i 53 i 72 i 18 i
230 Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 1,000 i 643 i 22 i 193 i 53 i 72 i 17 i
231 Providence C. 983   827   0   100   0   56   0  
232 Drake U. 918   573   65   203   7   70   0  
233 Augsburg C. 915   567   0   295   7   2   44  
234 Long Island U. 915   655   0   151   5   104   0  
235 Northwestern Health Sciences U. 880   731   0   149   0   0   0  
236 Washington and Jefferson C. 683   573   0   59   0   51   0  
237 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 642   337   0   85   86   134   0  
238 Columbia C., Chicago 600   600   0   0   0   0   0  
239 IL Wesleyan U. 486   429   0   0   0   57   0  
240 Regis U. 435   92   0   38   238   6   61  
241 Washington and Lee U. 346   229   0   0   8   109   0  
242 Agnes Scott C. 288   207   0   43   0   38   0  
243 Mercy C. 262   187   0   75   0   0   0  

i = imputed. NA = not available; data were not provided by institution.
a Johns Hopkins University includes Applied Physics Laboratory, with $1,157,980 thousand in total R&D expenditures in FY 2013.
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 84.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2013.
Data from survey cycle FY 2013, as of 31 July 2014.