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Table 28. Higher education R&D expenditures at historically black colleges and universities, ranked by all R&D expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2015

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution All R&D expenditures Environmental sciences Life sciences Math and computer sciences Physical sciences Psychology Social sciences Sciences, nec Engineering All non-S&E fields
All HBCUs 548,364 31,839 289,294 19,108 62,713 3,037 19,215 12,795 59,411 50,952
1 Howard U. 47,322 2,502 20,950 909 9,113 1,117 425 0 10,748 1,558
2 Florida A&M U. 46,522 3,288 20,497 701 834 175 266 3,056 2,859 14,846
3 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 35,172 392 17,509 2,706 503 29 278 466 12,631 658
4 Morehouse School of Medicine 33,367 0 33,367 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Alabama A&M U. 29,202 1,813 i 15,979 i 1,262 i 2,234 i 617 i 993 i 0 i 4,957 i 1,347 i
6 Tuskegee U. 25,652 i 0 i 16,742 i 973 i 1,723 i 380 i 732 i 0 i 3,891 i 1,211 i
7 Jackson State U. 23,908 1,732 2,861 2,015 7,213 0 752 4,591 2,999 1,745
8 U. of the Virgin Islands 20,630 0 19,415 0 41 0 0 0 0 1,174
9 Tennessee State U. 19,955 0 14,963 484 874 122 96 0 2,669 747
10 Delaware State U. 15,980 725 10,849 1,381 3,009 0 0 0 0 16
11 Hampton U. 14,895 4,977 1,323 720 4,769 0 2,108 0 870 128
12 Meharry Medical C. 13,998 0 13,998 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Fayetteville State U. 13,746 300 862 325 298 0 143 36 128 11,654
14 Morgan State U. 13,577 5,119 1,902 739 1,184 0 193 0 4,269 171
15 Prairie View A&M U. 13,123 0 8,074 404 1,929 25 3 0 2,497 191
16 South Carolina State U. 12,607 504 i 4,754 i 66 i 589 i 115 i 385 i 0 i 2,589 i 3,605 i
17 North Carolina Central U. 12,448 226 6,308 0 3,932 5 500 0 0 1,477
18 Clark Atlanta U. 9,945 0 6,718 222 2,938 0 0 0 51 16
19 U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 9,700 4,724 4,594 0 0 0 0 0 313 69
20 Xavier U. Louisiana 9,588 0 4,371 359 4,442 16 31 0 369 0
21 Alcorn State U. 9,396 6 6,005 311 0 0 3,074 0 0 0
22 Dillard U. 9,387 74 133 0 748 0 8,430 0 0 2
23 Fisk U. 8,758 i 0 i 830 i 53 i 5,918 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 1,957 i
24 U. Arkansas, Pine Bluff 8,425 0 7,126 341 336 0 3 619 0 0
25 Langston U. 8,126 0 7,963 0 163 0 0 0 0 0
26 Virginia State U. 7,808 48 5,152 200 58 203 24 0 1,972 151
27 West Virginia State U. 7,365 830 5,552 145 745 0 0 0 92 1
28 Lincoln U., Jefferson City 6,296 1,450 4,161 98 9 0 163 415 0 0
29 Morehouse C. 6,180 0 455 135 2,632 0 38 2,576 0 344
30 Kentucky State U. 6,017 0 5,950 36 0 11 0 0 20 0
31 Norfolk State U. 5,348 0 155 836 1,000 0 0 0 3,131 226
32 Texas Southern U. 5,005 130 1,596 746 512 0 0 0 105 1,916
33 Southern U. and A&M C., Baton Rouge 4,766 831 359 235 640 0 0 281 1,708 712
34 Southern U. and A&M C., Agricultural Research and Extension Center 4,761 206 4,555 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Fort Valley State U. 4,320 0 4,149 57 114 0 0 0 0 0
36 Tougaloo C. 2,689 0 1,868 0 0 0 0 0 0 821
37 Alabama State U. 2,303 0 2,303 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Elizabeth City State U. 2,277 205 12 873 746 0 1 0 0 440
39 Wiley C. 2,176 0 22 74 0 0 7 0 0 2,073
40 U. of the District of Columbia 2,043 53 1,967 23 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Grambling State U. 1,863 0 0 0 1,098 0 0 0 0 765
42 Savannah State U. 1,801 977 654 29 62 0 14 12 53 0
43 Spelman C. 1,524 0 284 219 294 166 0 0 72 489
44 Central State U. 1,508 176 69 12 39 0 421 700 91 0
45 Bowie State U. 1,497 0 149 1,153 195 0 0 0 0 0
46 Shaw U. 1,404 i 0 i 594 i 91 i 268 i 53 i 130 i 0 i 0 i 268 i
47 Benedict C. 1,373 498 126 136 286 0 0 0 327 0
48 Albany State U. 1,356 53 582 0 595 3 0 0 0 123
49 Claflin U. 1,255 0 487 39 630 0 5 43 0 51
i = imputed.
HBCUs = historically black colleges and universities; nec = not elsewhere classified; S&E = science and engineering.
NOTES: Institutions reporting zero expenditures in ranked total for FY 2015 are not listed in this table. 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 83.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2015.