Table 37. Federally financed higher education R&D expenditures in the environmental sciences, ranked by all FY 2014 environmental sciences: FYs 2011–14 and by subfield for FY 2014
(Dollars in thousands)
Rank
Institution
2011
2012
2013
2014
All environmental sciences
Atmospheric sciences
Earth sciences
Oceanography
Environmental sciences, nec
All institutions
2,180,394
2,202,216
2,095,372
2,070,541
388,741
739,515
663,792
278,493
1
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
125,429
117,304
105,787
110,763
0
0
110,763
0
2
U. Washington, Seattle
164,401
145,483
100,663
98,395
41,267
5,913
50,743
472
3
U. Colorado Boulder
90,430
93,629
90,634
90,720
29,377
48,709
521
12,113
4
Colorado State U., Fort Collins
103,256
112,779
82,378
88,524
32,505
56,019
0
0
5
U. California, San Diego
88,516
93,784
89,805
87,910
10,069
14,754
63,087
0
6
Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center
82,804
71,476
81,881
81,904
3,634
7,466
65,193
5,611
7
Columbia U. in the City of New York
71,927
85,107
80,138
78,284
17,313
25,869
34,020
1,082
8
U. Hawaii, Manoa
61,896
54,281
66,856
62,140
3,714
16,496
40,482
1,448
9
U. Alaska, Fairbanks
45,977
47,436
47,556
49,523
6,922
20,858
15,501
6,242
10
U. New Hampshire
62,223
57,017
51,927
49,415
22,635
11,369
15,411
0
11
U. Miami
48,838
46,267
41,533
46,922
37,230
168
8,280
1,244
12
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick
15,674
20,397
19,167
40,661
2,682
138
12,941
24,900
13
Oregon State U.
38,368
42,691
39,415
40,016
3,690
5,851
18,036
12,439
14
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
34,146
31,692
35,161
38,927
7,750
14,238
5,999
10,940
15
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center
32,156
32,686
33,124
38,211
16,285
16,151
5,775
0
16
U. Wisconsin-Madison
36,912
37,449
37,285
36,405
27,346
4,870
326
3,863
17
U. Maryland, College Park
21,458
28,799
34,797
34,745
1,337
33,408
0
0
18
Johns Hopkins U.a
41,651
37,423
35,698
31,806
2,685
8,604
4,749
15,768
19
U. Rhode Island
30,308
36,239
32,677
27,643
143
4,714
21,121
1,665
20
Arizona State U.
20,531
23,697
25,211
27,250
0
27,250
0
0
21
Harvard U.
18,078
20,973
22,728
23,315
432
4,514
15
18,354
22
U. Texas, Austin
26,691
25,697
25,405
21,481
0
18,136
2,833
512
23
U. Oklahoma, Norman and Health Science Center
18,263
21,701
22,223
19,779
16,793
2,986
0
0
24
California Institute of Technology
13,810
13,634
15,374
18,722
0
16,240
0
2,482
25
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill
19,234
20,266
20,106
18,499
0
12,910
3,498
2,091
26
Desert Research Institute
27,709
25,519
20,821
18,277
4,840
13,437
0
0
27
U. Wyoming
16,656
26,044
25,755
14,931
4,296
2,214
0
8,421
28
U. Arizona
14,239
13,597
16,261
14,880
2,025
8,372
0
4,483
29
U. California, Los Angeles
11,071
12,590
14,247
14,485
3,622
8,828
0
2,035
30
U. Delaware
15,500
15,062
14,922
14,318
0
1,799
9,592
2,927
31
SUNY, Stony Brook U.
13,611
13,389
12,734
14,063
0
5,002
9,031
30
32
North Carolina State U.
8,557
11,504
13,195
13,645
7,452
0
671
5,522
33
U. Maryland, Center for Environmental Science
18,007
16,081
16,852
13,202
0
822
12,380
0
34
U. California, Santa Cruz
12,083
12,325
13,333
13,197
0
2,968
5,437
4,792
35
U. Maryland, Baltimore County
28,305
13,343
13,134
12,917
0
12,917
0
0
36
U. Southern Mississippi
13,093
8,213
12,712
12,571
0
335
8,175
4,061
37
U. Southern California
14,025
15,251
11,697
12,421
0
9,868
2,553
0
38
Stanford U.
9,548
10,745
10,871
11,838
0
6,212
2,344
3,282
39
Princeton U.
14,742
12,947
11,877
11,592
5,055
5,137
0
1,400
40
Georgia Institute of Technology
9,874
11,210
11,542
11,543
4,929
168
0
6,446
41
C. of William and Mary and Virginia Institute of Marine Science
11,299
12,430
11,981
11,467
0
273
11,054
140
42
U. Kansas
11,203
13,109
13,863
11,219
928
10,052
239
0
43
Duke U.
10,580
12,510
11,334
10,936
0
1,574
3,945
5,417
44
Montana State U., Bozeman
2,906
8,090
6,382
10,699
0
814
0
9,885
45
Michigan Technological U.
8,187
8,943
9,140
10,660
2,784
99
1,094
6,683
46
U. Maine
12,296
10,572
10,114
10,517
0
2,866
7,637
14
47
Naval Postgraduate School
14,105
18,293
14,282
10,401
5,566
71
4,337
427
48
Florida State U.
13,783
13,380
11,697
10,370
4,123
1,391
4,589
267
49
Southern Methodist U.
6,104
5,175
4,146
9,694
0
9,694
0
0
50
U. California, Santa Barbara
13,320
15,815
8,916
9,675
0
4,032
5,529
114
51
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
11,015
10,622
10,117
9,526
0
9,526
0
0
52
U. Alabama, Huntsville
6,586
7,092
7,925
9,449
9,321
128
0
0
53
San Jose State U.
4,470
5,050
6,696
9,196
417
382
8,375
22
54
U. Florida
4,891
6,605
8,123
9,160
0
6,291
2,813
56
55
Cornell U.
9,610
10,173
8,906
9,101
0
5,419
268
3,414
56
Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge
9,950
9,133
7,420
8,985
0
1,568
6,194
1,223
57
U. California, Davis
8,078
8,220
9,003
8,796
127
3,424
1,287
3,958
58
U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
9,022
8,091
8,265
8,636
0
1,992
0
6,644
59
U. Utah
7,416
7,496
8,348
8,305
3,814
4,491
0
0
60
George Mason U.
6,641
7,028
7,585
8,240
3,136
5,044
60
0
61
U. Georgia
6,399
5,789
5,859
7,726
0
425
7,301
0
62
U. South Florida, Tampa
11,133
11,835
8,898
7,624
0
1,356
6,268
0
63
U. Nevada, Reno
8,671
10,101
7,820
7,595
398
4,817
488
1,892
64
Washington U., Saint Louis
8,144
6,920
8,904
7,506
0
5,046
0
2,460
65
U. California, Irvine
5,682
6,048
7,491
7,444
0
0
0
7,444
66
Oregon Health and Science U.
0
8,391
10,070
7,437
0
0
0
7,437
67
U. Chicago
6,740
5,625
5,922
7,197
0
7,197
0
0
68
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
5,852
7,085
7,156
7,160
3,316
3,844
0
0
69
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities
6,506
6,467
6,312
6,827
0
6,532
0
295
70
U. Nevada, Las Vegas
10,906
7,119
7,951
6,730
0
4,996
0
1,734
71
U. North Dakota
9,885
8,077
6,834
6,669
3,918
2,639
0
112
72
U. California, Berkeley
9,471
8,585
7,659
6,645
0
6,645
0
0
73
Ohio State U.
5,927
5,656
6,055
6,479
0
6,479
0
0
74
Boston U.
5,067
5,166
4,971
5,866
0
4,893
0
973
75
Morgan State U.
612
6,330
5,969
5,787
0
5,787
0
0
76
U. Connecticut
5,757
6,204
6,082
5,754
0
0
5,754
0
77
Boston C.
7,152
7,564
7,183
5,279
4,931
348
0
0
78
U. South Carolina, Columbia
9,116
7,681
5,048
5,039
0
5,039
0
0
79
U. New Mexico
5,581
4,302
5,175
4,982
1,697
3,278
0
7
80
U. California, Riverside
3,223
3,531
4,444
4,961
50
3,050
0
1,861
81
Old Dominion U.
3,813
4,312
3,741
4,869
0
0
4,869
0
82
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
6,778
6,645
6,667
4,853
0
4,604
0
249
83
West Virginia U.
3,864
3,326
4,464
4,800
0
3,548
0
1,252
84
U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee
4,808
4,691
4,162
4,738
1,594
307
1,499
1,338
85
U. Tennessee, Knoxville
4,881
4,603
4,929
4,713
0
1,985
0
2,728
86
Texas A&M U.-Corpus Christi
4,593
3,906
4,118
4,633
225
895
2,994
519
87
Boise State U.
4,049
3,998
4,035
4,627
39
4,189
0
399
88
Portland State U.
3,209
3,685
4,714
4,333
0
698
0
3,635
89
Hampton U.
3,079
2,953
3,286
4,244
3,118
0
438
688
90
U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
6,108
5,679
4,757
4,207
0
124
4,083
0
91
U. Central Florida
6,358
12,678
9,659
4,123
3,962
0
0
161
92
Purdue U., West Lafayette
4,930
4,658
3,959
3,984
2,656
1,328
0
0
93
U. Idaho
4,109
4,537
4,592
3,970
228
3,160
0
582
94
Northern Arizona U.
3,334
3,130
3,007
3,957
123
3,665
26
143
95
U. Maryland, Eastern Shore
2,495
1,970
3,802
3,942
0
0
2,437
1,505
96
U. Oregon
3,833
3,125
3,010
3,853
0
2,177
966
710
97
U. Minnesota, Duluth
4,608
4,362
4,711
3,725
0
394
659
2,672
98
Texas Tech U.
4,702
4,154
3,195
3,704
0
2,114
0
1,590
99
South Dakota State U.
2,999
3,558
3,331
3,623
0
3,623
0
0
100
SUNY, U. Albany
3,322
3,701
3,343
3,606
1,243
0
0
2,363
101
U. of the Virgin Islands
0
0
0
3,557
i
0
2,785
i
478
i
294
i
102
U. Virginia, Charlottesville
3,583
3,671
3,569
3,498
3,498
0
0
0
103
U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth
6,725
4,958
4,090
3,479
0
0
3,479
0
104
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
4,379
3,473
3,647
3,457
43
3,414
0
0
105
Vanderbilt U.
689
1,459
2,069
3,311
0
3,311
0
0
106
San Francisco State U.
3,244
3,786
4,048
3,261
0
311
2,949
1
107
Florida A&M U.
2,994
3,570
3,722
3,223
0
248
2,913
62
108
Florida International U.
4,487
4,618
4,415
3,100
226
2,768
106
0
109
Yale U.
3,599
3,947
4,093
2,894
0
2,894
0
0
110
U. Massachusetts, Amherst
2,278
3,113
2,886
2,861
0
2,861
0
0
111
Brown U.
4,477
5,932
8,240
2,789
259
886
655
989
112
Indiana U., Bloomington
1,097
2,083
2,934
2,663
0
2,663
0
0
113
Auburn U., Auburn
1,544
1,420
2,048
2,606
151
406
240
1,809
114
U. Massachusetts, Boston
2,007
1,729
2,057
2,580
0
0
2,552
28
115
Colorado School of Mines
2,498
2,290
2,703
2,553
0
2,553
0
0
116
Washington State U.
1,984
3,056
2,796
2,550
218
1,752
0
580
117
Nova Southeastern U.
3,844
3,280
2,544
2,496
0
0
2,496
0
118
U. Alaska, Anchorage
1,957
2,291
2,580
2,494
565
103
64
1,762
119
Rice U.
3,012
2,639
3,533
2,481
0
2,481
0
0
120
U. Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
1,854
2,144
2,438
2,402
0
0
119
2,283
121
Utah State U.
1,658
2,090
2,627
2,385
2,260
125
0
0
122
Mississippi State U.
4,663
5,445
3,233
2,354
506
975
873
0
123
U. Toledo
2,151
2,075
2,289
2,231
0
2,194
37
0
124
Dartmouth C.
1,366
2,191
1,943
2,162
0
1,428
0
734
125
Carleton C.
889
1,288
2,105
2,146
0
2,146
0
0
126
New Mexico State U.
979
804
984
1,976
29
847
0
1,100
127
SUNY, U. Buffalo
2,373
2,144
2,041
1,951
0
1,951
0
0
128
U. New Orleans
2,346
2,211
2,071
1,949
0
427
0
1,522
129
U. Nebraska, Lincoln
3,610
3,622
3,339
1,933
0
1,933
0
0
130
Jackson State U.
181
342
144
1,895
0
0
0
1,895
131
U. Texas, El Paso
2,254
2,798
3,057
1,887
328
1,559
0
0
132
Iowa State U.
3,217
978
1,916
1,868
0
1,868
0
0
133
U. Pennsylvania
1,400
1,717
3,283
1,776
0
1,776
0
0
134
Missouri U. of Science and Technology
1,753
1,738
1,556
1,733
0
1,733
0
0
135
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, Newark
1,097
1,101
1,637
1,688
0
1,577
111
0
136
Northeastern U.
748
1,750
1,676
1,614
0
59
1,555
0
137
California State U., Northridge
1,354
1,630
1,253
1,571
0
630
941
0
138
U. Memphis
1,928
1,803
1,776
1,529
0
1,529
0
0
139
Lehigh U.
929
1,532
1,445
1,524
0
1,524
0
0
140
Lincoln U., Jefferson City
1,138
1,306
1,492
1,491
0
424
0
1,067
141
Alabama A&M U.
0
i
0
i
1,511
i
1,490
i
425
i
790
i
0
i
275
i
142
San Diego State U.
1,928
1,986
1,349
1,464
0
945
519
0
143
U. California, Merced
1,053
1,107
1,363
1,452
0
1,452
0
0
144
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1,843
2,140
2,178
1,451
0
1,451
0
0
145
U. Mississippi and U. Mississippi, Jackson, Medical Center
5,725
3,685
1,796
1,439
0
4
1,435
0
146
U. Illinois, Chicago
1,337
1,540
1,082
1,432
0
1,148
0
284
147
C. Charleston
2,237
1,822
1,837
1,336
0
1,295
0
41
148
Florida Institute of Technology
870
1,329
1,553
1,332
0
0
1,332
0
149
Texas A&M U.-Kingsville
335
390
540
1,318
0
118
18
1,182
150
U. Houston
2,081
1,928
1,725
1,303
0
1,303
0
0
151
Montana Tech of U. Montana
1,409
1,027
1,795
1,286
0
1,286
0
0
151
Pennsylvania State U., Erie
780
1,014
1,043
1,286
18
17
1,251
0
153
CUNY, City C.
1,859
836
4,116
1,283
642
641
0
0
154
U. North Carolina, Wilmington
5,291
4,588
2,139
1,257
218
549
329
161
155
U. Guam
1,365
1,279
1,081
1,256
0
0
283
973
156
U. San Diego
264
786
834
1,251
0
0
1,251
0
157
Northwestern U.
854
980
946
1,185
0
1,185
0
0
158
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville
2,070
1,762
937
1,178
0
1,173
0
5
159
U. New England
1,351
860
703
1,110
0
642
280
188
160
California State U., Monterey Bay
1,091
596
2,021
1,089
0
514
575
0
161
Coastal Carolina U.
1,184
1,236
1,447
1,079
0
0
1,079
0
161
Savannah State U.
1,317
1,064
1,406
1,079
0
246
833
0
163
U. Rochester
627
630
1,040
1,062
0
1,062
0
0
164
U. Wisconsin-Stevens Point
1,972
i
1,603
1,081
1,047
i
0
i
182
i
165
i
700
i
165
Idaho State U.
1,601
1,821
1,420
1,045
0
1,045
0
0
166
U. Montana, Missoula
1,271
1,735
1,456
1,044
0
866
0
178
167
Western Washington U.
1,487
1,402
1,103
1,043
0
491
552
0
168
Howard U.
2,601
2,542
2,580
1,026
0
21
1,005
0
169
Miami U.
586
818
1,687
1,016
7
542
0
467
170
U. Kentucky
3,151
1,893
1,421
1,014
0
1,014
0
0
171
Chapman U.
0
696
1,033
1,009
340
221
158
290
172
U. Missouri, Columbia
1,477
1,405
1,422
986
0
986
0
0
173
U. Alaska, Southeast
316
400
627
938
548
268
93
29
174
Sonoma State U.
216
ne
880
918
0
258
660
0
175
James Madison U.
1,680
3,164
1,328
907
0
180
0
727
176
U. South Alabama
1,675
1,362
812
877
0
0
877
0
177
California State U., Dominguez Hills
14
83
889
861
i
0
i
861
i
0
i
0
i
178
East Carolina U.
1,296
1,365
978
851
0
258
593
0
179
U. Texas, Arlington
695
823
740
845
0
845
0
0
180
Stevens Institute of Technology
753
1,157
1,495
835
0
1
268
566
181
U. Maryland Baltimore
1,159
1,044
763
830
0
0
830
0
182
Texas State U.
1,851
1,424
1,627
825
0
720
0
105
183
Bowling Green State U.
570
1,101
2,001
799
0
544
0
255
184
Syracuse U.
1,076
781
996
794
0
794
0
0
185
California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo
1,115
1,399
1,064
789
0
0
789
0
186
U. Iowa
402
333
701
784
0
685
0
99
187
California State U., Bakersfield
0
286
1,241
750
0
750
0
0
188
Plymouth State U.
813
i
763
557
748
285
441
22
0
189
Case Western Reserve U.
786
799
899
737
0
737
0
0
190
Appalachian State U.
676
523
533
721
326
258
0
137
191
South Carolina State U.
1,160
i
1,239
1,222
i
719
i
0
i
719
i
0
i
0
i
192
Michigan State U.
9,929
10,827
618
717
0
717
0
0
193
Tulane U.
2,087
1,454
944
708
0
708
0
0
194
Oklahoma State U., Stillwater
448
524
545
702
0
633
53
16
195
Benedict C.
931
854
964
701
0
701
0
0
196
Central Washington U.
1,304
928
736
677
0
677
0
0
197
Salisbury U.
414
0
0
672
0
672
0
0
198
U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa
967
721
533
663
0
663
0
0
199
Emory U.
382
0
606
645
0
0
0
645
200
Pomona C.
387
345
497
644
0
644
0
0
201
Saint Louis U.
459
552
614
624
624
0
0
0
202
Clark U.
1,303
1,298
822
619
0
322
180
117
203
Monmouth U.
375
324
ne
618
0
0
618
0
204
Grand Valley State U.
479
i
638
i
796
602
40
49
0
513
205
Loyola U., Chicago
4
27
0
586
0
0
0
586
206
Humboldt State U.
640
606
818
571
6
131
252
182
207
U. Texas, San Antonio
520
327
588
560
0
547
0
13
208
CUNY, Queens C.
445
379
755
550
0
550
0
0
209
New Jersey Institute of Technology
0
0
58
544
0
0
0
544
210
U. Cincinnati
387
477
431
518
0
518
0
0
211
Delaware State U.
1,138
1,167
418
516
0
42
474
0
212
U. Washington, Bothell
0
0
0
510
510
0
0
0
213
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U.
150
273
614
495
495
0
0
0
214
U. Louisiana, Lafayette
261
385
400
492
0
238
0
254
215
Bowdoin C.
422
588
787
487
0
355
132
0
216
Montclair State U.
569
465
514
474
0
474
0
0
217
U. North Carolina, Charlotte
723
414
401
468
0
468
0
0
218
George Washington U.
466
494
450
465
0
83
0
382
218
Kent State U.
486
526
536
465
220
105
61
79
220
Baylor U.
270
321
460
459
0
446
1
12
221
Florida Atlantic U.
129
389
225
458
196
0
20
242
222
Northern Illinois U.
586
831
1,370
448
0
437
0
11
223
U. North Carolina, Asheville
1,096
460
581
443
19
37
0
387
224
U.S. Naval Academy
280
278
380
442
0
0
442
0
225
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
522
422
567
438
438
0
0
0
226
Western Michigan U. and Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine