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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 2014

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution All R&D expenditures Source of funds
Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
All institutions 22,497,176 14,428,705 389,562 4,103,863 1,349,073 1,745,934 480,039
1 Johns Hopkins U.a 2,242,478 1,950,016 7,286 86,879 56,966 134,815 6,516
2 Duke U. 1,036,813 557,969 884 138,665 252,366 67,516 19,413
3 Stanford U. 959,247 637,730 41,688 100,968 80,222 89,168 9,471
4 Harvard U. 933,975 572,918 3,664 189,291 46,840 104,530 16,732
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 908,017 483,891 142 81,528 136,248 108,446 97,762
6 Columbia U. in the City of New York 890,642 608,588 15,951 124,948 35,894 80,211 25,050
7 Cornell U. 883,292 439,770 77,051 194,709 33,619 103,249 34,894
8 U. Pennsylvania 828,350 620,396 16,483 55,275 76,146 58,583 1,467
9 Yale U. 772,840 480,384 6,410 188,411 37,730 54,676 5,229
10 U. Southern California 687,222 431,430 17,848 123,990 22,551 36,434 54,969
11 Vanderbilt U. 683,890 422,448 198 204,033 30,008 23,987 3,216
12 Washington U., Saint Louis 664,752 383,734 16,647 122,857 47,129 83,014 11,371
13 Northwestern U. 645,333 391,946 2,605 165,519 18,651 66,612 NA
14 Emory U. 558,600 330,378 376 158,943 31,103 33,739 4,061
15 New York U. 523,623 330,484 7,985 93,209 21,928 50,941 19,076
16 Baylor C. of Medicine 496,314 264,641 22,725 136,385 15,547 57,016 0
17 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 463,429 300,667 3,544 83,684 37,877 36,609 1,048
18 Case Western Reserve U. 419,011 329,320 11,423 42,445 9,852 22,337 3,634
19 U. Chicago 390,082 281,464 760 36,345 22,179 48,942 392
20 Scripps Research Institute 386,231 292,268 4,905 46,133 25,508 17,417 0
21 Boston U. 367,328 257,017 46 84,070 6,390 15,070 4,735
22 California Institute of Technology 367,182 279,515 2,688 25,483 8,884 34,940 15,672
23 U. Rochester 353,419 266,767 9,679 41,690 15,721 10,429 9,133
24 U. Miami 345,805 203,751 8,493 88,842 25,813 18,328 578
25 Brown U. 341,531 129,248 1,147 188,749 2,217 15,053 5,117
26 Rockefeller U. 316,368 81,820 609 220,542 5,913 6,619 865
27 Yeshiva U. 306,826 186,885 3,348 84,749 2,972 14,923 13,949
28 Princeton U. 293,274 164,277 525 93,461 7,649 25,367 1,995
29 Carnegie Mellon U. 251,222 198,247 2,131 11,382 23,801 6,822 8,839
30 George Washington U. 227,995 141,552 1,346 51,488 2,107 30,300 1,202
31 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 220,016 177,616 298 15,240 8,638 NA 18,224
32 Medical C. Wisconsin 199,713 111,241 160 58,383 8,530 18,632 2,767
33 Dartmouth C. 187,681 145,498 114 24,131 4,986 7,653 5,299
34 U. Notre Dame 182,228 79,690 300 68,381 6,707 11,570 15,580
35 Wake Forest U. 176,380 153,069 6,230 3,447 7,794 5,828 12
36 Georgetown U. 172,726 100,475 2,445 35,101 7,218 20,163 7,324
37 Tufts U. 160,825 116,204 1,295 15,157 8,541 16,619 3,009
38 Tulane U. 157,825 94,486 4,822 33,216 4,875 11,957 8,469
39 Rice U. 138,536 73,965 5,612 33,247 6,390 12,309 7,013
40 Drexel U. 131,170 77,684 4,888 35,512 4,547 8,539 0
41 Thomas Jefferson U. 118,378 54,676 4,612 39,640 6,796 7,882 4,772
42 Northeastern U. 116,245 79,666 1,483 23,670 7,007 4,146 273
43 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 105,608 59,070 5,624 28,587 7,100 2,112 3,115
44 U. Dayton 86,881 66,318 9,964 3,623 6,264 387 325
45 Rush U. 80,551 53,501 2,987 8,971 10,228 4,864 0
46 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 76,733 41,845 94 8,961 5,065 20,768 0
47 Brandeis U. 74,992 47,532 650 13,000 2,984 10,478 348
48 Syracuse U. 66,321 29,404 4,785 22,919 4,286 4,927 0
49 American U. 63,628 9,427 257 45,953 89 7,723 179
50 Loyola U., Chicago 50,774 31,189 385 10,565 3,128 3,782 1,725
51 Boston C. 49,724 25,115 1,710 12,330 735 9,834 0
52 Saint Louis U. 44,481 30,071 299 5,174 5,830 2,659 448
53 Eastern Virginia Medical School 43,917 28,532 222 5,229 1,886 7,870 178
54 Morehouse School of Medicine 41,858 33,020 321 7,588 511 418 0
55 Howard U. 40,771 32,663 833 4,298 1,087 1,815 75
56 Brigham Young U., Provo 38,051 24,490 1,307 5,793 4,228 2,166 67
57 Lehigh U. 37,066 24,271 2,493 7,936 1,572 609 185
58 Rochester Institute of Technology 35,945 19,465 2,477 10,508 2,311 1,184 0
59 Southern Methodist U. 32,401 20,611 1,673 7,327 1,789 701 300
60 Illinois Institute of Technology 31,356 25,679 241 1,893 1,788 754 1,001
61 Stevens Institute of Technology 30,826 23,656 1,604 3,874 1,101 565 26
62 Mercer U. 30,209 19,666 170 2,893 7,090 142 248
63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 29,929 19,643 115 8,206 925 689 351
64 U. Tulsa 27,077 5,773 505 2,546 17,947 115 191
65 Creighton U. 25,560 11,690 3,108 5,234 3,870 1,029 629
66 Tuskegee U. 24,945 14,145 2,725 5,038 404 182 2,451
67 Marquette U. 23,633 8,191 36 9,456 835 2,246 2,869
68 Loma Linda U. 23,375 19,088 362 1,911 1,323 318 373
69 Catholic U. of America 22,331 17,205 84 4,463 387 192 0
70 Baylor U. 20,729 4,062 1,181 11,494 1,532 1,470 990
71 Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine and Science 20,686 19,412 0 772 98 404 0
72 Columbia U., Teachers C. 20,538 8,909 532 NA 653 9,899 545
73 Meharry Medical C. 18,997 17,754 0 340 54 781 68
74 U. Denver 18,183 14,202 162 1,478 979 1,037 325
75 Fordham U. 17,961 4,258 272 11,940 0 0 1,491
76 New York Medical C. 17,908 11,421 5 101 2,971 2,943 467
77 Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science 17,794 9,754 0 4,314 1,693 2,033 0
78 Albany Medical C. 16,093 9,716 26 3,043 2,256 611 441
79 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. 15,393 13,030 213 981 958 24 187
80 Duquesne U. 15,025 4,670 682 7,974 474 1,225 0
81 Florida Institute of Technology 14,255 8,581 522 3,179 1,918 49 6
82 Clarkson U. 13,750 5,476 1,381 4,701 2,192 0 0
83 Nova Southeastern U. 13,716 5,992 1,520 3,708 984 647 865
84 Villanova U. 13,700 5,008 280 6,923 1,002 162 325
85 Hampton U. 11,169 11,153 0 16 0 0 0
86 Wellesley C. 10,127 3,579 664 0 262 3,820 1,802
87 Claremont Graduate U. 9,867 i 8,278 i 134 i 913 i 53 i 488 i 1 i
88 Xavier U. Louisiana 9,346 7,078 878 749 0 641 0
89 Clark Atlanta U. 9,192 7,241 2 1,732 62 155 0
90 Fairfield U. 9,155 2,051 50 6,100 103 0 851
91 Bryn Mawr C. 9,143 1,353 0 7,182 0 608 0
92 Fisk U. 9,073 8,557 516 0 0 0 0
93 Texas Christian U. 7,872 5,779 723 197 1,173 NA 0
94 U. New England 7,650 4,789 719 1,512 193 437 0
95 Loyola Marymount U. 7,635 1,142 6 5,125 16 1,346 0
96 Morehouse C. 7,349 6,919 376 0 0 0 54
97 Midwestern U. 7,310 517 38 6,392 176 187 0
98 Wesleyan U. 7,262 3,363 280 2,976 169 357 117
99 U. Central del Caribe 7,181 6,407 41 733 0 0 0
100 New School 7,160 1,972 116 2,680 6 1,828 558
101 U. Metropolitana 6,997 6,452 0 545 0 0 0
102 Dillard U. 6,939 6,889 18 32 0 0 0
103 Seton Hall U. 6,675 1,801 2,122 0 902 1,850 0
104 DePaul U. 6,415 5,023 75 1,111 6 200 0
105 Clark U. 6,168 2,751 0 2,468 289 582 78
106 A. T. Still U. 5,892 2,938 537 270 0 2,147 0
107 New York Institute of Technology 5,761 3,504 398 1,578 0 281 0
108 Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences 5,710 4,960 316 0 0 0 434
109 Carleton C. 5,657 3,157 42 1,439 0 662 357
110 Gallaudet U. 5,655 3,012 0 2,643 0 0 0
111 Western U. of Health Sciences 5,474 1,545 289 141 587 2,912 0
112 Claremont McKenna C. 5,318 i 930 i 0 i 4,019 i 0 i 369 i 0 i
113 U. San Diego 5,146 2,451 396 1,925 0 338 36
114 Chapman U. 4,794 2,373 438 795 24 632 532
115 Lewis and Clark C. 4,713 1,378 0 1,643 0 1,692 0
116 Alfred U. 4,655 1,351 1,093 1,029 757 80 345
117 Bucknell U. 4,464 1,725 237 1,649 106 689 58
118 Williams C. 4,440 1,029 0 2,654 0 0 757
119 Milwaukee School of Engineering 4,410 1,500 1 409 2,460 40 0
120 Pace U. 4,373 1,212 57 2,721 93 290 0
121 Amherst C. 4,308 1,543 0 2,376 0 178 211
122 Smith C. 4,283 3,042 0 792 8 441 0
123 U. of the Pacific 4,088 2,675 881 NA 122 258 152
124 St. Edward's U. 3,975 2,250 60 390 0 125 1,150
125 Grinnell C. 3,974 414 0 2,914 4 224 418
126 Mount Holyoke C. 3,871 2,435 0 1,419 0 17 0
127 Bastyr U. 3,857 3,147 0 25 0 685 0
128 Pomona C. 3,818 1,789 0 1,108 0 921 0
129 Palmer C. of Chiropractic 3,702 i 1,822 i 0 i 1,875 i 0 i 0 i 5 i
130 Mills C. 3,619 1,672 0 114 0 1,833 0
131 U. Richmond 3,598 2,134 23 1,003 0 438 0
132 Swarthmore C. 3,528 1,292 0 1,514 0 722 0
133 Kettering U. 3,517 1,173 187 918 792 426 21
134 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate S. of Biomedical Sciences 3,356 523 0 2,642 0 191 0
135 Wheeling Jesuit U. 3,253 2,491 100 0 0 662 0
136 Albany C. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 3,200 1,643 0 1,026 346 52 133
137 Harvey Mudd C. 3,127 1,457 0 1,022 1 533 114
138 Bowdoin C. 3,126 2,330 7 611 2 176 0
139 Reed C. 3,124 1,125 0 1,252 0 747 0
140 Fuller Theological Seminary 3,106 0 0 6 0 3,100 0
141 Franklin and Marshall C. 3,105 889 0 1,247 22 890 57
142 Hofstra U. 3,102 2,577 62 197 7 259 0
143 Touro U., Vallejo 3,067 1,374 0 1,574 22 97 0
144 Calvin C. 3,051 1,273 18 0 39 1,488 233
145 Roseman U. of Health Sciences 3,021 131 0 2,843 26 21 0
146 Hope C. 3,016 2,000 0 366 0 650 0
147 Trinity U. 2,992 1,544 0 648 57 447 296
148 U. of the Sciences Philadelphia 2,922 987 92 370 1,085 355 33
149 Santa Clara U. 2,883 2,039 166 NA 132 546 0
150 Hamilton C. 2,846 918 0 974 1 927 26
151 U. Tampa 2,835 278 332 151 714 1,360 0
152 U. San Francisco 2,764 738 40 1,841 40 105 0
153 Barnard C. 2,738 2,373 0 135 58 172 0
154 U. del Turabo 2,694 1,111 0 1,583 0 0 0
155 Seattle U. 2,692 1,348 51 129 0 1,164 0
156 Edward Via C. of Osteopathic Medicine 2,633 250 0 2,254 4 125 0
157 Roger Williams U. 2,558 2,038 43 333 13 131 0
158 Haverford C. 2,546 1,309 15 531 0 691 0
159 St. John's U., Manhattan 2,507 883 0 741 463 75 345
160 Benedict C. 2,479 2,443 0 0 0 36 0
161 Colgate U. 2,444 1,153 50 1,199 2 40 0
162 Pepperdine U. 2,401 1,162 6 819 1 397 16
163 Commonwealth Medical C. 2,384 535 10 1,764 0 0 75
164 Tougaloo C. 2,285 2,285 0 0 0 0 0
165 Wiley C. 2,220 2,134 77 0 0 9 0
166 Philadelphia C. of Osteopathic Medicine 2,209 104 19 1,662 97 327 0
167 Elon U. 2,184 398 40 1,733 0 13 0
168 Occidental C. 2,177 1,365 249 NA 265 298 0
169 National U. 2,154 1,968 0 174 0 12 0
170 Keck Graduate Institute 2,132 1,302 0 365 112 353 0
171 Trinity C., Hartford 2,131 1,313 0 400 0 418 0
172 Pacific U. 2,122 1,137 45 499 158 283 0
173 Saint Joseph's U. 1,988 468 556 683 3 221 57
174 Connecticut C. 1,966 514 18 1,325 0 109 0
175 Niagara U. 1,946 119 611 881 0 335 0
176 Siena C. 1,945 1,620 42 241 0 42 0
177 Union C., Schenectady 1,924 1,385 0 480 1 53 5
178 Lafayette C. 1,915 1,070 24 759 62 0 0
179 Mercyhurst U. 1,914 445 352 573 106 438 0
180 Lawrence Technological U. 1,876 739 612 15 364 146 0
181 Norwich U. 1,857 831 0 949 0 77 0
182 Colorado C. 1,823 570 0 817 0 386 50
183 Oberlin C. 1,819 1,204 0 472 2 141 0
184 Claflin U. 1,818 1,711 6 9 92 0 0
185 Skidmore C. 1,811 1,193 0 419 0 199 0
186 Davidson C. 1,804 1,170 0 508 30 81 15
187 Rider U. 1,793 328 67 1,365 8 25 0
188 Willamette U. 1,698 860 0 727 0 111 0
189 Barry U. 1,677 1,403 13 23 218 20 0
190 Colby C. 1,673 943 0 455 0 0 275
191 Saint John's U., Collegeville 1,623 0 0 1,623 0 0 0
192 Dickinson C. 1,612 568 8 490 0 546 0
193 U. Hartford 1,606 1,080 0 480 5 41 0
194 Furman U. 1,600 891 0 561 0 117 31
195 Spelman C. 1,595 1,185 0 325 85 0 0
196 Bates C. 1,584 1,114 32 391 0 39 8
197 Salish Kootenai C. 1,581 i 1,475 i 21 i 21 i 22 i 21 i 21 i
198 U. New Haven 1,569 i 1,371 i 3 i 104 i 11 i 80 i 0 i
199 Franklin W. Olin C. of Engineering 1,561 1,050 6 327 0 178 0
200 Saint Michael's C. 1,541 1,242 0 299 0 0 0
201 Heidelberg U. 1,539 199 459 139 73 669 0
202 Suffolk U. 1,534 317 0 831 0 386 0
203 Hawaii Pacific U. 1,524 1,116 0 362 21 25 0
204 Bradley U. 1,514 587 23 339 545 0 20
205 Macalester C. 1,455 879 47 446 0 83 0
205 Shaw U. 1,455 1,167 0 288 0 0 0
207 C. of Saint Benedict 1,451 71 0 1,380 0 0 0
208 Middlebury C. 1,450 1,351 0 5 11 83 0
209 Valparaiso U. 1,415 978 120 304 1 12 0
210 U. Western States 1,383 1,053 0 330 0 0 0
211 U. del Este 1,374 656 0 718 0 0 0
212 St. Olaf C. 1,353 760 0 509 0 84 0
213 C. Wooster 1,321 404 0 371 0 309 237
213 Erikson Institute 1,321 1,212 26 0 0 83 0
215 U. Detroit Mercy 1,320 317 23 837 29 114 0
216 Wheaton C., Wheaton 1,302 178 2 648 17 457 0
217 Ithaca C. 1,248 816 0 238 0 194 0
218 New England C. of Optometry 1,234 533 0 521 167 6 7
219 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1,221 730 81 158 19 233 0
220 Vassar C. 1,220 1,220 0 0 0 0 0
221 Sewanee: U. of the South 1,218 117 0 525 0 576 0
222 U. Redlands 1,206 332 393 285 1 143 52
223 Salus U. 1,190 1,044 37 95 14 0 0
224 Seattle Pacific U. 1,125 931 0 109 20 47 18
225 Gonzaga U. 1,107 446 0 55 14 592 0
226 Augustana C., Sioux Falls 1,106 737 0 202 167 0 0
227 La Sierra U. 1,057 0 0 714 0 343 0
228 La Salle U. 1,039 102 0 886 0 51 0
229 Doane C. 1,033 846 0 169 0 18 0
230 Marshall B. Ketchum U. 1,030 48 0 917 55 0 10
231 Thunderbird School of Global Management 1,000 i 495 i 30 i 289 i 37 i 120 i 29 i
232 Oakwood U. 965 636 0 317 0 12 0
233 Des Moines U. 929 224 15 655 9 26 0
234 U. of St. Thomas (MN) 916 352 86 318 38 105 17
235 Logan U. 903 17 0 543 343 0 0
236 Monmouth U. 865 635 56 42 66 66 0
237 Wabash C. 559 125 0 57 0 377 0
238 Sinte Gleska U. 472 467 5 0 0 0 0
239 Saint Francis U. 347 287 0 0 0 60 0
i = imputed. NA = not available; data were not provided by institution.
aJohns Hopkins University includes Applied Physics Laboratory, with $1,254,294 thousand in total R&D expenditures in FY 2014.
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 2014.