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Table 33. Higher education R&D expenditures at private institutions, ranked by all R&D expenditures, by source of funds: FY 2015

(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 23,186,166 14,484,796 365,705 4,480,029 1,485,758 1,847,581 522,297
1 Johns Hopkins U.a 2,305,679 1,992,837 6,038 97,914 66,221 136,259 6,410
2 Duke U. 1,036,698 559,217 779 141,999 240,640 73,928 20,135
3 Stanford U. 1,022,551 675,930 34,996 103,448 90,177 105,454 12,546
4 Harvard U. 1,013,753 545,202 3,805 284,058 48,177 111,192 21,319
5 Cornell U. 954,412 446,360 79,146 233,532 40,690 123,102 31,582
6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 930,719 488,421 631 92,551 150,001 98,397 100,718
7 Columbia U. in the City of New York 868,159 592,545 11,144 117,648 39,629 80,911 26,282
8 U. Pennsylvania 864,068 611,620 10,798 81,050 97,755 60,165 2,680
9 Yale U. 803,004 477,143 6,160 210,029 43,666 57,627 8,379
10 Washington U., Saint Louis 694,069 432,228 2,884 122,159 56,524 78,644 1,630
11 U. Southern California 691,031 421,227 11,317 121,457 32,862 44,676 59,492
12 Northwestern U. 656,167 393,186 1,141 169,694 21,615 70,531 0
13 Vanderbilt U. 647,816 401,738 507 182,143 34,673 26,242 2,513
14 New York U. 602,041 344,570 10,294 122,961 22,825 55,929 45,462
15 Emory U. 585,210 348,071 320 166,762 31,863 31,247 6,947
16 Baylor C. of Medicine 520,220 256,895 23,486 157,110 16,083 66,646 0
17 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 508,353 329,641 4,920 87,113 40,181 43,589 2,909
18 U. Chicago 421,061 296,402 2,042 41,629 26,198 54,126 664
19 Case Western Reserve U. 401,527 308,434 5,519 50,950 10,782 22,238 3,604
20 Boston U. 388,336 259,736 316 99,488 9,964 14,793 4,039
21 Scripps Research Institute 384,161 274,097 5,766 62,735 29,798 11,765 0
22 California Institute of Technology 374,424 272,673 3,032 30,045 13,054 36,765 18,855
23 U. Miami 365,574 216,008 9,565 89,768 29,842 19,553 838
24 U. Rochester 346,932 262,681 8,826 38,418 18,056 16,307 2,644
25 Brown U. 342,040 132,142 1,058 187,228 3,197 15,679 2,736
26 Rockefeller U. 323,932 81,949 606 224,343 5,539 10,479 1,016
27 Yeshiva U. 306,174 180,791 8,255 84,418 2,910 15,570 14,230
28 Princeton U. 279,851 158,313 408 85,666 8,641 20,795 6,028
29 Carnegie Mellon U. 242,004 187,259 1,630 15,254 22,833 5,938 9,090
30 George Washington U. 241,117 139,016 1,074 64,282 1,957 33,631 1,157
31 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 216,592 172,995 989 16,204 7,472 NA 18,932
32 Dartmouth C. 209,646 146,233 726 41,017 6,621 10,562 4,487
33 Medical C. Wisconsin 199,283 109,542 554 57,423 10,135 17,659 3,970
34 U. Notre Dame 190,954 83,710 832 71,917 4,796 14,216 15,483
35 Georgetown U. 176,131 88,015 2,315 44,429 7,260 23,185 10,927
36 Wake Forest U. 171,926 148,451 6,071 1,153 9,013 7,151 87
37 Tufts U. 168,314 121,428 1,219 16,861 9,151 16,935 2,720
38 Tulane U. 152,658 84,166 4,063 36,030 5,290 12,029 11,080
39 Rice U. 144,679 74,266 8,291 33,792 10,930 13,692 3,708
40 Drexel U. 128,027 69,462 4,640 40,175 3,078 10,672 0
41 Northeastern U. 122,915 80,576 1,131 26,696 8,507 5,699 306
42 Thomas Jefferson U. 119,631 58,536 966 38,545 9,315 8,145 4,124
43 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 102,841 59,528 7,592 26,143 7,715 1,863 0
44 U. Dayton 98,182 77,973 8,943 4,191 6,271 599 205
45 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 84,653 49,063 219 9,964 3,906 21,501 0
46 Rush U. 79,048 52,193 1,335 9,277 11,856 4,387 0
47 Brandeis U. 74,700 47,841 81 13,007 5,393 7,561 817
48 Syracuse U. 69,896 32,378 5,541 23,879 3,610 4,488 0
49 American U. 58,325 9,449 58 39,325 721 8,437 335
50 Loyola U., Chicago 48,664 28,200 315 11,115 2,893 4,519 1,622
51 Boston C. 47,761 23,352 1,664 12,581 303 9,861 0
52 Howard U. 47,322 38,820 1,318 4,839 1,018 1,287 40
53 Saint Louis U. 44,457 27,580 313 8,207 3,011 5,036 310
54 Eastern Virginia Medical School 42,296 28,637 787 5,573 1,796 5,345 158
55 Van Andel Institute 40,502 8,138 3,039 25,177 4,148 0 0
56 Rochester Institute of Technology 40,442 20,147 5,404 11,479 2,388 1,024 0
57 Brigham Young U., Provo 39,126 24,250 1,561 6,949 4,468 1,826 72
58 Lehigh U. 36,788 22,910 2,351 9,046 1,533 652 296
59 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 36,130 26,327 16 6,626 2,369 406 386
60 Illinois Institute of Technology 34,336 25,826 126 2,152 1,572 1,223 3,437
61 Stevens Institute of Technology 34,082 25,980 770 4,862 1,913 531 26
62 Morehouse School of Medicine 33,367 30,012 114 2,016 302 923 0
63 Mercer U. 32,838 21,563 42 2,767 8,055 134 277
64 Southern Methodist U. 29,282 14,324 1,178 9,777 3,092 763 148
65 Tuskegee U. 25,652 i 14,166 i 2,898 i 5,358 i 429 i 194 i 2,607 i
66 Loma Linda U. 25,519 21,082 781 2,220 768 535 133
67 U. Tulsa 25,066 6,384 423 3,531 14,145 295 288
68 Marquette U. 24,816 9,320 112 9,122 942 3,140 2,180
69 Baylor U. 24,642 3,878 1,638 14,321 1,719 1,866 1,220
70 Catholic U. of America 24,265 19,900 99 3,535 503 228 0
71 Creighton U. 23,825 9,359 3,135 6,681 3,435 504 711
72 Columbia U., Teachers C. 23,269 12,775 109 NA 299 9,197 889
73 Fordham U. 20,939 3,969 306 15,534 0 0 1,130
74 Albany Medical C. 18,043 9,481 97 4,186 3,423 508 348
75 New York Medical C. 17,653 11,326 205 453 3,075 2,291 303
76 Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science 16,604 9,368 0 3,660 2,423 1,073 80
77 Duquesne U. 16,159 5,004 805 8,339 574 1,437 0
78 U. Denver 16,116 12,048 381 1,207 823 1,441 216
79 Hampton U. 14,895 14,735 148 12 0 0 0
80 Nova Southeastern U. 14,775 5,896 1,466 4,757 1,133 508 1,015
81 Villanova U. 14,512 4,572 306 8,249 630 451 304
82 Florida Institute of Technology 14,282 8,315 625 1,509 3,385 386 62
83 Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine and Science 14,128 12,992 0 720 0 416 0
84 Meharry Medical C. 13,998 13,068 0 391 5 534 0
85 Clarkson U. 13,406 5,440 2,291 3,623 1,509 543 0
86 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. 11,942 10,049 263 514 1,030 13 73
87 Bryn Mawr C. 11,692 1,713 0 8,575 2 1,402 0
88 Claremont Graduate U. 10,146 i 8,290 i 157 i 1,066 i 62 i 570 i 1 i
89 Clark Atlanta U. 9,945 7,455 0 2,307 58 125 0
90 Wellesley C. 9,595 2,980 423 0 234 3,728 2,230
91 Xavier U. Louisiana 9,588 7,735 817 792 0 244 0
92 St. Edward's U. 9,515 8,000 120 165 100 100 1,030
93 DePaul U. 9,479 4,622 79 2,041 15 2,722 0
94 Dillard U. 9,387 8,853 37 345 0 91 61
95 New School 8,978 2,300 147 3,390 74 3,067 0
96 Fisk U. 8,758 i 7,901 i 857 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i
97 Midwestern U. 8,560 654 51 7,478 180 197 0
98 Texas Christian U. 8,007 4,732 966 222 2,087 NA 0
99 Azusa Pacific U. 7,521 323 0 7,100 2 4 92
100 Ponce Health Sciences U. 7,520 6,729 97 0 0 0 694
101 U. New England 7,498 4,862 720 1,312 171 409 24
102 Wesleyan U. 7,223 3,612 525 2,601 144 325 16
103 Seton Hall U. 7,058 1,919 2,230 0 989 1,920 0
104 Clark U. 7,050 2,515 23 3,011 365 1,097 39
105 U. Central del Caribe 6,964 6,147 47 766 0 0 4
106 Carleton C. 6,746 3,813 103 1,579 0 893 358
107 Loyola Marymount U. 6,389 819 65 4,713 17 775 0
108 U. Metropolitana 6,361 5,634 0 727 0 0 0
109 Morehouse C. 6,180 5,944 236 0 0 0 0
110 Fairfield U. 5,750 339 0 5,220 0 0 191
111 Williams C. 5,679 1,700 0 1,451 0 0 2,528
112 Chapman U. 5,353 2,790 506 845 89 645 478
113 Smith C. 5,268 3,575 0 833 9 851 0
114 Alfred U. 5,193 1,434 1,882 1,026 851 0 0
115 Western U. of Health Sciences 4,904 1,206 92 116 768 2,625 97
116 Pace U. 4,647 1,681 0 2,585 52 329 0
117 A. T. Still U. 4,571 2,442 161 462 0 1,506 0
118 Milwaukee School of Engineering 4,524 1,335 0 460 2,580 149 0
119 Gallaudet U. 4,477 2,340 0 1,804 0 0 333
120 U. San Diego 4,476 1,836 592 1,540 0 428 80
121 Amherst C. 4,412 1,835 0 2,005 0 170 402
122 New York Institute of Technology 4,169 2,375 364 1,248 0 182 0
123 Bucknell U. 4,140 1,489 270 1,466 434 374 107
124 U. of the Sciences Philadelphia 4,076 1,096 15 1,014 1,302 601 48
125 MGH Institute of Health Professions 3,931 3,766 0 20 0 145 0
126 Franklin and Marshall C. 3,888 1,017 0 1,191 165 969 546
127 Lewis and Clark C. 3,873 872 0 1,579 0 1,422 0
128 Mount Holyoke C. 3,826 2,327 4 1,445 0 50 0
129 Grinnell C. 3,723 546 0 2,719 1 213 244
130 Kettering U. 3,673 1,032 168 1,021 901 524 27
131 Pomona C. 3,538 1,074 0 1,416 0 1,048 0
132 Roseman U. of Health Sciences 3,287 0 0 3,284 2 0 1
133 Harvey Mudd C. 3,272 1,633 0 1,106 9 410 114
134 Mills C. 3,159 938 39 116 0 2,066 0
135 Touro U., Vallejo 3,106 1,332 0 1,535 0 239 0
136 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate S. of Biomedical Sciences 3,089 264 0 2,769 0 56 0
137 U. Richmond 3,069 2,013 0 828 0 228 0
138 Reed C. 3,050 1,638 0 1,233 0 179 0
139 Fuller Theological Seminary 2,998 0 0 4 0 2,992 2
140 Bowdoin C. 2,991 2,156 25 432 2 376 0
141 Calvin C. 2,945 i 1,175 i 18 i 0 i 39 i 1,481 i 232 i
142 Swarthmore C. 2,943 1,379 0 1,300 0 264 0
143 Hope C. 2,932 1,436 0 360 0 1,136 0
144 Barnard C. 2,916 2,384 0 137 126 269 0
145 Vassar C. 2,854 1,133 3 140 8 1,007 563
146 Seattle U. 2,847 927 238 606 3 754 319
147 Bates C. 2,791 2,004 54 522 19 42 150
148 U. of the Pacific 2,734 1,751 364 NA 125 340 154
149 Colgate U. 2,721 1,109 0 1,565 0 47 0
150 Pepperdine U. 2,714 1,058 9 1,154 68 425 0
151 Tougaloo C. 2,689 2,689 0 0 0 0 0
152 Haverford C. 2,633 1,476 17 674 0 466 0
152 Trinity U. 2,633 1,183 8 750 82 518 92
154 Elon U. 2,608 376 0 2,135 0 97 0
155 U. San Francisco 2,599 503 85 1,825 11 175 0
156 Hofstra U. 2,585 2,119 126 191 4 145 0
157 Philadelphia C. of Osteopathic Medicine 2,561 192 13 2,023 0 333 0
158 St. John's U., Manhattan 2,558 992 0 647 580 61 278
159 Toyota Technological Institute, Chicago 2,543 1,392 0 972 179 0 0
160 Albany C. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 2,533 1,065 0 695 634 43 96
161 Lawrence Technological U. 2,528 976 648 22 501 381 0
162 U. del Turabo 2,473 447 0 2,026 0 0 0
163 Erikson Institute 2,397 1,610 312 186 0 289 0
164 Davidson C. 2,377 1,703 0 448 74 152 0
165 Roger Williams U. 2,348 1,696 241 333 2 76 0
166 National U. 2,305 1,848 0 249 0 208 0
167 Hamilton C. 2,291 559 0 669 10 1,032 21
168 Colorado C. 2,247 602 0 1,112 0 533 0
169 Edward Via C. of Osteopathic Medicine 2,237 89 0 2,087 14 47 0
170 Wiley C. 2,176 1,894 270 0 0 12 0
171 Commonwealth Medical C. 2,171 415 1 1,711 16 0 28
172 Franklin W. Olin C. of Engineering 2,136 1,103 6 939 0 88 0
173 Saint Joseph's U. 2,093 526 686 578 1 302 0
174 Pacific U. 2,016 962 150 530 185 189 0
175 Willamette U. 2,007 745 0 795 0 467 0
176 Mercyhurst U. 1,987 616 254 574 70 473 0
177 Norwich U. 1,985 1,121 15 783 1 65 0
178 Oberlin C. 1,932 1,364 0 402 23 143 0
179 Furman U. 1,928 1,136 1 507 0 217 67
180 Connecticut C. 1,900 756 18 1,070 0 56 0
181 U. Detroit Mercy 1,882 890 0 911 53 28 0
182 U. New Haven 1,832 507 759 0 10 556 0
183 Niagara U. 1,828 117 714 627 0 368 2
184 Skidmore C. 1,772 969 0 543 0 260 0
185 Colby C. 1,748 1,038 0 433 0 0 277
186 Rider U. 1,726 292 33 1,375 2 24 0
187 Keck Graduate Institute 1,722 937 0 520 107 26 132
188 Wheeling Jesuit U. 1,721 1,156 29 0 0 536 0
189 Trinity C., Hartford 1,717 889 0 411 46 371 0
190 U. Hartford 1,701 1,089 7 467 0 138 0
191 Palmer C. of Chiropractic, Davenport 1,698 1,558 0 45 0 95 0
192 Lafayette C. 1,693 1,066 10 478 139 0 0
193 Valparaiso U. 1,678 1,267 6 350 0 0 55
194 Santa Clara U. 1,659 1,226 5 NA 115 313 0
195 Siena C. 1,623 1,136 27 348 0 112 0
196 Middlebury C. 1,599 1,535 0 9 3 52 0
197 Union C., Schenectady 1,560 1,080 0 405 10 61 4
198 Occidental C. 1,544 853 113 NA 253 325 0
199 Saint Michael's C. 1,532 1,153 0 379 0 0 0
200 Spelman C. 1,524 1,035 0 416 73 0 0
201 Bradley U. 1,499 319 32 345 800 0 3
202 Dickinson C. 1,492 517 36 382 0 557 0
203 Marshall B. Ketchum U. 1,468 224 0 731 508 0 5
204 U. Tampa 1,449 254 68 176 750 201 0
205 Bastyr U. 1,409 540 0 8 4 857 0
206 Shaw U. 1,404 i 1,078 i 0 i 326 i 0 i 0 i 0 i
207 Benedict C. 1,373 1,373 0 0 0 0 0
208 Saint John's U., Collegeville 1,372 0 0 1,372 0 0 0
209 St. Olaf C. 1,346 668 38 477 0 163 0
210 Providence C. 1,329 1,162 0 126 0 41 0
211 Suffolk U. 1,305 250 0 668 0 387 0
212 Emerson C. 1,291 423 88 83 141 384 172
213 Macalester C. 1,286 708 29 459 0 90 0
214 C. Wooster 1,275 i 373 i 0 i 365 i 0 i 304 i 233 i
215 Salus U. 1,257 1,198 2 44 0 13 0
216 Claflin U. 1,255 1,158 3 0 34 60 0
217 Alaska Pacific U. 1,246 802 58 0 386 0 0
218 Hawaii Pacific U. 1,241 789 35 254 149 14 0
219 Augsburg C. 1,193 669 58 388 5 6 67
220 Salish Kootenai C. 1,186 1,186 0 0 0 0 0
221 C. of Saint Benedict 1,179 53 0 1,126 0 0 0
222 U. del Este 1,174 530 0 644 0 0 0
223 La Sierra U. 1,165 45 0 806 0 314 0
224 Gonzaga U. 1,145 348 68 37 4 688 0
225 Sewanee: U. of the South 1,115 75 13 611 0 416 0
226 Heidelberg U. 1,109 272 522 180 85 50 0
227 Seattle Pacific U. 1,101 915 0 100 31 46 9
228 La Salle U. 1,079 82 0 997 0 0 0
229 New England C. of Optometry 1,077 419 0 253 366 39 0
229 U. Western States 1,077 699 0 378 0 0 0
231 Rhode Island School of Design 1,013 252 43 438 228 52 0
232 Ithaca C. 972 635 20 200 0 117 0
233 Quinnipiac U. 967 i 480 i 50 i 255 i 41 i 125 i 16 i
234 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 946 442 226 174 7 97 0
235 U. of the Incarnate Word 848 403 0 373 0 68 4
236 Wheaton C., Wheaton 783 193 0 360 14 216 0
237 Augustana C., Sioux Falls 782 671 0 14 95 2 0
238 Barry U. 762 386 16 21 314 25 0
239 U. Redlands 555 118 76 280 0 34 47
240 Doane C. 474 390 0 82 0 2 0
241 Marist C. 448 113 51 131 40 6 107
242 Washington and Lee U. 432 317 0 0 1 114 0
i = imputed. NA = not available; data were not provided by institution.
a Johns Hopkins University includes Applied Physics Laboratory, with $1,327,845 thousand in total R&D expenditures in FY 2015.
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 83.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2015.