Table 36. Federally financed higher education R&D expenditures in the environmental sciences, ranked by all FY 2015 environmental sciences: FYs 2012–15 and by subfield for FY 2015
(Dollars in thousands)
Rank
Institution
2012
2013
2014
2015
All environmental sciences
Atmospheric sciences
Earth sciences
Oceanography
Environmental sciences, nec
All institutions
2,203,399
2,094,690
2,050,512
2,067,030
455,561
696,323
648,494
266,652
1
U. Colorado Boulder
93,629
90,634
90,720
123,179
97,551
13,638
678
11,312
2
Colorado State U., Fort Collins
112,779
82,378
88,524
102,038
32,838
66,096
0
3,104
3
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
117,304
105,787
110,763
97,457
0
0
97,457
0
4
U. Washington, Seattle
145,483
100,663
98,395
96,457
41,940
5,805
47,681
1,031
5
U. California, San Diego
93,784
89,805
87,910
90,156
9,711
14,155
66,290
0
6
Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center
71,476
81,881
81,904
82,591
3,565
9,245
62,822
6,959
7
Columbia U. in the City of New York
85,107
80,138
78,284
77,913
13,399
26,576
36,889
1,049
8
U. Hawaii, Manoa
54,281
66,856
62,140
58,643
2,383
15,805
39,118
1,337
9
U. Miami
46,267
41,533
46,922
47,919
35,151
89
11,124
1,555
10
U. Alaska, Fairbanks
47,436
47,556
49,523
46,010
5,789
23,102
13,659
3,460
11
U. New Hampshire
57,017
51,927
49,415
42,520
18,867
10,118
13,535
0
12
Oregon State U.
42,691
39,415
40,016
39,410
2,985
5,682
18,332
12,411
13
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
31,692
35,161
38,927
38,881
8,018
12,724
5,414
12,725
14
U. Maryland, College Park
28,799
34,797
34,745
37,464
1,347
36,117
0
0
15
U. Wisconsin-Madison
37,449
37,285
36,405
36,534
26,306
5,513
556
4,159
16
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center
32,686
33,124
38,211
34,521
14,231
16,235
4,055
0
17
Johns Hopkins U.a
37,423
35,698
31,806
29,004
2,939
8,327
4,506
13,232
18
Arizona State U.
23,697
25,211
27,250
28,288
0
28,288
0
0
19
U. Rhode Island
36,239
32,677
27,643
26,460
303
3,698
19,865
2,594
20
California Institute of Technology
13,634
15,374
18,722
23,607
6,838
16,769
0
0
21
U. Oklahoma, Norman and Health Science Center
21,701
22,223
19,779
23,200
20,423
2,777
0
0
22
Harvard U.
20,973
22,728
23,315
22,822
263
4,934
0
17,625
23
U. Texas, Austin
25,697
25,405
21,481
22,345
0
18,873
2,977
495
24
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick
20,397
19,167
19,218
20,311
2,062
175
14,750
3,324
25
U. Wyoming
26,044
25,755
14,931
18,898
4,359
1,684
0
12,855
26
U. California, Los Angeles
12,590
14,247
14,485
18,212
4,253
11,963
0
1,996
27
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill
20,266
20,106
18,499
17,326
0
12,211
3,249
1,866
28
U. Arizona
13,597
16,261
14,880
16,684
2,101
9,192
0
5,391
29
U. Southern California
15,251
11,697
12,421
15,564
0
11,062
4,502
0
30
North Carolina State U.
11,504
13,195
13,645
15,201
6,046
0
1,906
7,249
31
U. California, Santa Barbara
15,815
8,916
9,675
14,325
0
7,003
7,322
0
32
Georgia Institute of Technology
11,210
11,542
11,543
14,223
5,665
188
0
8,370
33
SUNY, Stony Brook U.
13,389
12,734
14,063
14,008
0
4,840
9,168
0
34
Princeton U.
12,947
11,877
11,592
13,918
6,256
3,823
0
3,839
35
U. Maryland, Baltimore County
13,343
13,134
12,917
13,770
0
13,770
0
0
36
U. Delaware
15,062
14,922
14,318
13,049
0
2,081
7,366
3,602
37
C. of William and Mary and Virginia Institute of Marine Science
12,430
11,981
11,467
12,669
0
42
12,627
0
38
U. California, Santa Cruz
12,325
13,333
13,197
12,352
0
2,129
5,233
4,990
39
San Jose State U.
5,050
6,696
9,196
11,912
305
446
11,138
23
40
Desert Research Institute
25,519
20,821
18,277
11,808
3,808
7,775
0
225
41
Duke U.
12,510
11,334
10,936
11,559
0
1,979
3,749
5,831
42
U. Maine
10,572
10,114
10,517
11,375
0
3,261
8,114
0
43
U. Maryland, Center for Environmental Science
16,081
16,852
13,202
11,275
430
1,438
9,165
242
44
Naval Postgraduate School
18,293
14,282
10,401
11,033
7,483
0
3,472
78
45
Stanford U.
10,745
10,871
11,838
10,310
0
5,560
2,050
2,700
46
U. Southern Mississippi
8,213
12,712
12,571
10,270
0
250
6,411
3,609
47
U. Kansas
13,109
13,863
11,219
10,127
839
9,023
138
127
48
Michigan Technological U.
8,943
9,140
10,660
10,049
2,429
159
1,864
5,597
49
U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
8,091
8,265
8,636
9,338
0
1,601
0
7,737
50
Cornell U.
10,173
8,906
9,101
9,266
0
5,638
13
3,615
51
U. California, Davis
8,220
9,003
8,796
9,183
0
3,909
819
4,455
52
Montana State U., Bozeman
8,090
6,382
10,699
9,091
0
554
0
8,537
53
U. Alabama, Huntsville
7,092
7,925
9,449
8,981
8,831
150
0
0
54
U. South Florida, Tampa
11,835
8,898
7,624
8,752
0
1,712
7,040
0
55
Florida State U.
13,380
11,697
10,370
8,655
3,121
1,427
3,738
369
56
Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge
9,133
7,420
8,985
8,595
0
1,493
5,825
1,277
57
U. Florida
6,605
8,123
9,160
8,461
0
6,342
2,096
23
58
U. Utah
7,496
8,348
8,305
8,112
3,758
4,338
0
16
59
U. Georgia
5,789
5,859
7,726
7,886
0
378
7,508
0
60
George Mason U.
7,028
7,585
8,240
7,745
3,386
4,299
60
0
61
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
10,622
10,117
9,526
7,590
0
7,590
0
0
62
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities
6,467
6,312
6,827
7,580
0
7,286
0
294
63
U. Minnesota, Duluth
4,362
4,711
3,725
7,567
0
4,359
681
2,527
64
U. Nevada, Reno
10,101
7,820
7,595
7,367
480
4,615
627
1,645
65
U. Chicago
5,625
5,922
7,197
7,280
0
7,280
0
0
66
U. North Dakota
8,077
6,834
6,669
6,880
3,742
3,136
0
2
67
Oregon Health and Science U.
8,391
10,070
7,437
6,878
0
0
0
6,878
68
U. California, Berkeley
8,585
7,659
6,645
6,686
0
6,686
0
0
69
U. Connecticut
6,204
6,082
5,754
6,488
0
0
6,488
0
70
Ohio State U.
5,656
6,055
6,479
6,268
0
6,268
0
0
71
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
7,085
7,156
7,160
5,880
2,671
3,209
0
0
72
Texas A&M U.-Corpus Christi
3,906
4,118
4,633
5,760
417
269
4,657
417
73
Northern Arizona U.
3,130
3,007
3,957
5,694
174
3,453
30
2,037
74
U. California, Irvine
6,048
7,491
7,444
5,693
0
0
0
5,693
75
Boston U.
5,166
4,971
5,866
5,663
0
5,037
0
626
76
West Virginia U.
3,326
4,464
4,800
5,499
0
3,552
0
1,947
77
Washington U., Saint Louis
6,920
8,904
8,556
5,484
0
5,484
0
0
78
Morgan State U.
6,330
5,969
5,787
5,119
0
5,119
0
0
79
U. Central Florida
12,678
9,659
4,123
4,952
4,952
0
0
0
80
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
6,645
6,667
4,853
4,853
0
3,671
0
1,182
81
Hampton U.
2,953
3,286
4,244
4,829
3,462
0
662
705
82
U. Maryland, Eastern Shore
1,970
3,802
3,942
4,724
0
0
3,013
1,711
83
U. New Mexico
4,302
5,175
4,982
4,650
1,712
2,938
0
0
84
Portland State U.
3,685
4,714
4,333
4,606
0
1,125
0
3,481
85
South Dakota State U.
3,558
3,331
3,623
4,603
0
4,603
0
0
86
U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
5,679
4,757
4,312
4,553
0
612
3,941
0
87
Washington State U.
3,056
2,796
2,550
4,291
551
1,714
0
2,026
88
SUNY, U. Albany
3,701
3,343
3,606
4,270
1,422
0
0
2,848
89
Boston C.
7,564
7,183
5,279
4,237
3,980
257
0
0
90
Southern Methodist U.
5,175
4,146
9,694
4,046
0
4,046
0
0
91
U. California, Riverside
3,531
4,444
4,961
3,991
0
2,706
0
1,285
92
U. Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
2,144
2,438
2,402
3,713
0
15
224
3,474
93
U. Tennessee, Knoxville
4,603
4,929
4,713
3,703
0
2,142
0
1,561
94
Stevens Institute of Technology
1,157
1,495
835
3,474
2,519
0
348
607
95
Boise State U.
3,998
4,035
4,627
3,424
0
2,289
0
1,135
96
U. Virginia, Charlottesville
3,671
3,569
3,498
3,406
3,406
0
0
0
97
Texas Tech U.
4,154
3,195
3,704
3,400
0
1,701
0
1,699
98
Old Dominion U.
4,312
3,741
4,869
3,355
0
0
3,355
0
99
Vanderbilt U.
1,459
2,069
3,311
3,227
0
3,227
0
0
100
Florida International U.
4,618
4,415
3,100
3,223
1,012
1,749
462
0
101
U. Massachusetts, Boston
1,729
2,057
2,580
3,163
0
0
3,130
33
102
Purdue U., West Lafayette
4,658
3,959
3,984
3,155
2,103
1,052
0
0
103
U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth
4,958
4,090
3,479
3,105
0
0
3,105
0
104
Rice U.
2,639
3,533
2,481
3,095
0
3,095
0
0
105
U. Alaska, Anchorage
2,291
2,580
2,494
3,036
1,075
711
171
1,079
106
Yale U.
3,947
4,093
2,894
3,020
0
3,020
0
0
107
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
3,473
3,647
3,457
2,993
40
2,953
0
0
108
U. Massachusetts, Amherst
3,113
2,886
2,861
2,980
0
2,980
0
0
109
U. Nevada, Las Vegas
7,119
7,951
6,730
2,954
0
1,588
0
1,366
110
Florida A&M U.
3,570
3,722
3,223
2,943
0
62
2,869
12
111
U. Oregon
3,125
3,010
3,853
2,905
0
1,868
373
664
112
U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee
4,691
4,162
4,738
2,875
1,886
586
403
0
113
U. Idaho
4,537
4,592
3,970
2,864
199
2,614
0
51
114
San Francisco State U.
3,786
4,048
3,261
2,712
0
344
2,314
54
115
Mississippi State U.
5,445
3,233
2,354
2,711
738
1,048
925
0
116
Colorado School of Mines
2,290
2,703
2,553
2,702
0
2,702
0
0
117
Brown U.
5,932
8,240
2,789
2,642
357
408
246
1,631
118
U. Texas, El Paso
2,798
3,057
1,887
2,583
712
1,871
0
0
119
Howard U.
2,542
2,580
1,026
2,479
0
44
2,435
0
120
Nova Southeastern U.
3,280
2,544
2,496
2,427
0
0
2,427
0
121
Dartmouth C.
2,191
1,943
2,162
2,420
0
1,631
0
789
122
Auburn U., Auburn
1,420
2,048
2,606
2,371
117
431
352
1,471
123
U. Alabama, Birmingham
774
284
262
2,200
0
500
0
1,700
124
U. New Orleans
2,211
2,071
1,949
2,076
0
367
0
1,709
125
U. Nebraska, Lincoln
3,622
3,339
1,933
1,977
0
1,977
0
0
126
U. South Carolina, Columbia
7,681
5,048
5,039
1,956
0
1,956
0
0
127
Utah State U.
2,090
2,627
2,385
1,882
1,816
66
0
0
128
California State U., Northridge
1,630
1,253
1,571
1,880
0
563
1,313
4
129
U. Mississippi
3,685
1,796
1,439
1,863
0
70
1,793
0
130
Humboldt State U.
606
818
571
1,789
39
69
350
1,331
130
Idaho State U.
1,821
1,420
1,045
1,789
0
1,789
0
0
130
U. Memphis
1,803
1,776
1,529
1,789
0
1,789
0
0
133
SUNY, U. Buffalo
2,144
2,041
1,951
1,775
0
1,775
0
0
134
Indiana U., Bloomington
2,083
2,934
2,663
1,727
0
1,727
0
0
135
Jackson State U.
342
144
1,895
1,710
0
0
0
1,710
136
Florida Institute of Technology
1,329
1,553
1,332
1,621
0
0
1,621
0
137
Northeastern U.
1,750
1,676
1,614
1,618
0
82
1,536
0
138
U. California, Merced
1,107
1,363
1,452
1,549
0
1,549
0
0
139
Alabama A&M U.
1,508
i
1,506
i
1,503
i
1,501
i
0
i
1,501
i
0
i
0
i
140
Lincoln U., Jefferson City
1,306
1,492
1,491
1,417
0
176
0
1,241
141
San Diego State U.
1,986
1,349
1,464
1,393
0
862
531
0
142
U. Guam
1,279
1,081
1,256
1,384
0
0
523
861
143
Oklahoma State U., Stillwater
524
545
702
1,364
0
1,364
0
0
144
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2,140
2,178
1,451
1,361
0
1,361
0
0
145
Ohio U.
650
631
367
1,346
0
935
0
411
146
U. Rochester
630
1,040
1,062
1,319
0
1,319
0
0
147
Missouri U. of Science and Technology
1,738
1,556
1,733
1,271
0
1,271
0
0
148
U. Pennsylvania
1,717
3,283
1,776
1,270
0
1,270
0
0
149
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville
1,762
937
1,178
1,253
0
1,253
0
0
150
Central Washington U.
928
736
677
1,240
0
1,237
0
3
151
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, Newark
1,101
1,637
1,688
1,235
0
1,094
104
37
152
U. Washington, Tacoma
0
0
0
1,213
0
0
1,213
0
153
CUNY, City C.
836
4,116
1,283
1,204
0
1,204
0
0
153
East Carolina U.
1,365
978
851
1,204
0
640
564
0
155
U. Missouri, Columbia
1,405
1,422
986
1,194
0
1,194
0
0
156
California State U., Bakersfield
286
1,241
750
1,189
0
1,189
0
0
157
Iowa State U.
978
1,916
1,868
1,183
0
1,183
0
0
158
New Mexico State U.
804
984
1,976
1,154
0
261
0
893
159
Syracuse U.
781
996
794
1,151
0
1,151
0
0
160
Drexel U.
0
0
0
1,145
0
0
0
1,145
161
Western Washington U.
1,402
1,103
1,043
1,118
0
565
553
0
162
Michigan State U.
10,827
618
717
1,083
0
1,083
0
0
163
Miami U.
818
1,687
1,016
1,072
45
569
0
458
164
U. North Carolina, Wilmington
4,588
2,139
1,257
1,068
77
539
452
0
165
U. Houston
1,928
1,725
1,303
1,056
0
1,056
0
0
166
Pennsylvania State U., Behrend
1,014
1,043
1,286
1,049
19
19
1,011
0
167
U. Alaska, Southeast
400
627
938
1,042
823
105
98
16
168
U. Texas, San Antonio
327
588
560
1,037
0
1,037
0
0
169
Northwestern U.
980
946
1,185
1,014
0
1,014
0
0
170
Kansas State U.
247
265
355
1,010
0
1,010
0
0
171
U. New England
860
703
1,110
1,006
0
455
481
70
172
Lehigh U.
1,532
1,445
1,524
995
0
995
0
0
173
Salish Kootenai C.
200
105
1,164
i
987
860
0
0
127
174
U. Kentucky
1,893
1,421
1,014
980
0
980
0
0
175
C. Charleston
1,822
1,837
1,336
979
0
974
0
5
176
Savannah State U.
1,064
1,406
1,079
977
0
157
820
0
177
U. Iowa
333
701
784
976
0
899
0
77
178
U. San Diego
786
834
1,251
967
0
0
950
17
179
Montana Tech of U. Montana
1,027
1,795
1,286
957
0
957
0
0
180
Emory U.
0
606
645
923
0
0
0
923
181
Coastal Carolina U.
1,236
1,447
1,079
898
0
0
898
0
182
Texas A&M U.-Kingsville
390
540
1,318
875
67
51
0
757
183
U. Louisiana, Lafayette
385
400
492
866
0
171
0
695
184
U. South Alabama
1,362
812
877
813
0
54
759
0
185
Case Western Reserve U.
799
899
737
810
0
810
0
0
186
U. Illinois, Chicago
1,540
1,082
1,432
809
0
523
0
286
187
Plymouth State U.
763
557
748
777
199
558
20
0
188
U. Montana, Missoula
1,735
1,456
1,044
775
0
649
0
126
189
U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa
721
533
663
767
0
700
0
67
190
West Virginia State U.
81
88
91
740
0
0
0
740
191
Texas State U.
1,424
1,627
825
732
0
148
0
584
192
Saint Louis U.
552
614
624
731
731
0
0
0
193
California State U., Monterey Bay
596
2,021
1,089
703
12
334
357
0
194
U. Toledo
2,075
2,289
2,231
678
0
678
0
0
195
California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo
1,399
1,064
789
640
0
0
640
0
196
U. Texas, Arlington
823
740
845
639
0
639
0
0
197
Delaware State U.
1,167
418
516
620
0
91
529
0
198
Chapman U.
696
1,033
1,009
619
56
283
174
106
199
Clark U.
1,298
822
619
615
0
210
307
98
200
Appalachian State U.
523
533
721
606
228
201
0
177
201
Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis
804
555
389
591
0
456
0
135
202
SUNY, Buffalo State
347
297
380
559
0
50
0
509
203
Virginia Commonwealth U.
423
374
413
553
0
0
0
553
204
Rochester Institute of Technology
601
402
366
551
0
0
0
551
205
Western Michigan U. and Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
740
555
437
506
0
506
0
0
206
Loyola U., Chicago
27
0
586
500
0
0
0
500
207
Benedict C.
854
964
701
498
0
498
0
0
207
Northern Illinois U.
831
1,370
448
498
0
449
0
49
207
U. Vermont
815
585
363
498
0
356
126
16
210
U. Texas, Permian Basin
319
233
327
490
0
0
0
490
211
Grand Valley State U.
638
i
796
602
489
0
33
0
456
211
U. Washington, Bothell
0
0
510
489
489
0
0
0
213
Temple U.
392
248
329
479
0
479
0
0
214
Sonoma State U.
ne
880
918
476
0
306
170
0
215
Pomona C.
345
497
644
464
0
456
0
8
216
George Washington U.
494
450
465
462
0
225
0
237
217
Southern U. and A&M C., Baton Rouge
1,008
432
0
456
0
0
0
456
218
CUNY, Brooklyn C.
180
208
124
454
0
454
0
0
219
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
422
567
438
435
435
0
0
0
220
California State U., Long Beach
407
i
388
234
431
0
431
0
0
221
Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville
425
395
400
430
0
430
0
0
222
Roger Williams U.
98
544
286
424
0
0
402
22
223
Alaska Pacific U.
ne
ne
ne
411
0
77
334
0
224
SUNY, C. of Environmental Science and Forestry
666
i
606
i
433
i
405
69
322
14
0
225
U. Hawaii, Hilo
4,225
5,642
193
401
117
272
12
0
226
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U.
408
528
433
395
395
0
0
0
227
U. Cincinnati
477
431
518
377
0
377
0
0
228
U.S. Naval Academy
278
380
442
371
0
0
371
0
228
Wayne State U.
192
143
183
371
0
371
0
0
230
Florida Atlantic U.
389
225
458
370
198
0
8
164
231
Montclair State U.
465
514
474
366
0
366
0
0
232
U. Maryland, Baltimore
1,044
763
830
358
0
0
358
0
233
SUNY, C. Plattsburgh
33
ne
106
356
0
356
0
0
234
Tulane U.
1,454
944
708
355
0
355
0
0
235
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U.