Table 52. Federally financed higher education R&D expenditures in engineering subfields, ranked by all FY 2015 engineering R&D: FYs 2013–15 and by subfield for FY 2015
(Dollars in thousands)
Rank
Institution
2013
2014
2015
All engineering
Aeronautical and astronautical engineering
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering
Chemical engineering
Civil engineering
Electrical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Metallurgical and materials engineering
Engineering, nec
All institutions
6,499,378
6,423,386
6,455,847
516,080
606,394
462,729
570,786
1,772,453
957,792
496,449
1,073,164
1
Johns Hopkins U.a
846,427
903,522
954,967
81,935
34,067
10,914
17,102
445,916
145,819
10,754
208,460
2
Georgia Institute of Technology
362,464
363,149
390,188
41,055
21,021
22,175
14,875
184,242
84,811
16,543
5,466
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
224,582
214,215
217,641
15,643
56,667
14,204
7,129
35,645
24,130
16,651
47,572
4
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center
246,100
223,559
215,629
13,166
4,196
6,141
10,074
76,027
60,118
45,907
0
5
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
169,484
174,530
177,975
8,405
10,398
8,422
9,401
48,837
17,985
8,927
65,600
6
U. Texas, Austin
119,326
121,270
124,036
10,619
4,740
18,558
5,196
33,880
4,598
12,327
34,118
7
U. Washington, Seattle
94,004
97,986
97,657
5,832
21,060
6,872
9,290
24,399
5,199
4,437
20,568
8
Purdue U., West Lafayette
119,990
106,014
95,217
10,962
6,362
6,292
15,754
26,557
11,258
2,760
15,272
9
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
103,806
105,600
94,980
5,888
4,568
3,866
16,018
32,154
12,017
12,917
7,552
10
Stanford U.
99,464
99,915
94,297
12,482
16,144
3,583
7,584
24,447
17,956
3,090
9,011
11
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
88,451
93,842
88,097
4,108
3,366
1,583
19,884
23,029
16,659
5,233
14,235
12
U. Wisconsin-Madison
82,463
96,970
86,245
0
24,829
6,097
6,484
7,852
3,380
6,829
30,774
13
U. Colorado Boulder
72,416
68,179
79,337
34,561
1,799
14,461
11,117
8,755
7,418
0
1,226
14
U. Rochester
83,030
76,444
78,524
0
3,851
629
0
2,419
67,242
0
4,383
15
Utah State U.
65,987
72,740
78,303
69,832
357
0
2,699
2,564
2,447
0
404
16
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
52,885
66,853
75,538
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
75,538
17
U. Dayton
62,946
59,665
70,530
6,857
0
4,127
1,975
5,753
1,760
36,482
13,576
18
U. California, Berkeley
71,703
70,618
70,191
0
0
2,298
2,324
55,973
0
0
9,596
19
U. Maryland, College Park
74,909
68,007
69,378
9,193
3,501
2,952
4,732
16,808
10,245
12,365
9,582
20
Duke U.
62,722
67,173
68,947
0
19,849
0
4,049
27,669
4,898
8,677
3,805
21
North Carolina State U.
59,044
61,176
67,465
2,054
3,581
8,068
4,016
22,286
4,574
9,235
13,651
22
Ohio State U.
69,963
69,839
66,722
4
952
4,373
2,996
17,458
24,160
10,590
6,189
23
Carnegie Mellon U.
72,720
69,149
65,506
2,155
3,868
4,689
4,953
16,546
6,708
6,670
19,917
24
Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center
74,703
72,752
65,348
5,793
7,871
3,533
15,543
7,963
4,768
1,708
18,169
25
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities
53,524
55,884
63,625
6,633
13,870
11,178
6,891
10,283
11,254
0
3,516
26
U. California, San Diego
59,086
65,001
62,771
0
21,356
0
0
29,989
7,924
0
3,502
27
Cornell U.
61,662
59,890
60,549
92
7,534
6,187
3,376
10,919
7,133
5,512
19,796
28
Arizona State U.
46,594
47,620
53,395
0
5,756
2,186
4,424
33,284
0
3,759
3,986
29
New Mexico State U.
61,255
55,834
50,218
6,524
821
890
1,351
2,436
816
0
37,380
30
SUNY, U. Buffalo
57,786
54,660
49,338
70
1,939
20,208
5,500
3,677
6,233
0
11,711
31
Northwestern U.
56,278
57,273
49,278
0
9,112
4,807
3,496
5,225
6,875
13,073
6,690
32
U. California, Santa Barbara
57,603
50,259
48,652
0
15,522
6,889
1
11,444
3,865
10,931
0
33
U. Florida
46,988
47,166
46,690
3,378
7,699
3,123
385
9,664
8,320
5,844
8,277
34
Princeton U.
47,900
50,626
46,280
4,316
2,873
3,866
6,574
7,211
4,529
15,703
1,208
35
U. California, Los Angeles
42,541
41,440
45,457
0
4,338
7,248
1,256
14,747
8,412
5,569
3,887
36
U. California, Santa Cruz
41,203
43,337
45,384
23,983
0
0
0
1,641
0
0
19,760
37
U. Southern California
48,493
45,321
43,266
319
6,962
3,749
1,603
18,488
3,828
2,233
6,084
38
Vanderbilt U.
47,496
47,373
42,288
0
5,103
4,585
7,506
19,483
5,593
0
18
39
Columbia U. in the City of New York
47,694
47,025
41,422
2,645
13,200
6,534
3,124
11,401
1,609
0
2,909
40
U. Pennsylvania
42,552
39,567
39,464
0
9,024
3,477
0
13,297
6,870
5,680
1,116
41
California Institute of Technology
23,143
25,957
39,206
7,225
432
8,607
4,805
4,927
89
12,982
139
42
U. Tennessee, Knoxville
41,851
37,964
39,156
3,261
589
2,945
6,947
8,641
0
8,290
8,483
43
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
36,806
38,920
38,965
0
3,606
4,101
5,628
11,516
10,854
2,624
636
44
Harvard U.
41,524
44,016
38,416
1,183
i
5,807
1,786
6,361
5,289
1,213
13,312
3,465
i
45
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick
40,326
40,049
36,596
2,593
1,336
3,099
14,403
3,978
1,182
3,905
6,100
46
New Jersey Institute of Technology
31,352
30,327
36,463
0
2,698
1,859
4,555
1,019
231
0
26,101
47
U. Delaware
47,336
43,851
36,382
0
1,581
11,958
4,955
7,540
4,204
6,089
55
48
Iowa State U.
37,001
36,666
34,986
1,501
0
5,649
10,278
5,665
2,802
2,618
6,473
49
U. Notre Dame
30,456
32,007
34,363
9,537
0
3,485
4,615
14,096
0
2,630
0
50
U. Virginia, Charlottesville
41,907
37,036
34,115
0
4,479
927
3,257
6,770
6,620
9,296
2,766
51
U. California, Davis
36,070
33,723
33,242
0
11,304
4,779
5,985
8,626
2,548
0
0
52
U. Alabama, Birmingham
16,828
13,732
32,514
7,474
1,385
3,900
510
1,004
3,453
14,788
0
53
Rice U.
30,319
31,406
32,366
0
11,368
2,737
1,683
10,875
1,286
4,376
41
54
Boston U.
31,794
31,358
31,311
477
16,165
0
0
8,192
3,239
3,238
0
55
Case Western Reserve U.
35,396
32,987
30,806
0
9,224
5,968
662
3,947
3,508
3,333
4,164
56
Florida State U.
32,424
33,994
30,593
181
199
813
2,167
7,127
15,101
5,005
0
57
Oregon State U.
24,586
25,696
29,479
112
1,264
8,352
4,098
2,471
4,562
534
8,086
58
Northeastern U.
31,688
28,613
28,912
0
0
1,790
4,503
12,406
7,777
0
2,436
59
U. Alabama, Huntsville
43,465
36,592
27,822
21,835
0
287
1,517
1,172
2,496
199
316
60
U. Arizona
29,922
26,009
27,701
1,332
2,331
2,290
487
8,958
7,389
2,031
2,883
61
Naval Postgraduate School
20,667
29,950
27,524
7,331
0
0
0
4,834
1,959
596
12,804
62
U. Utah
35,184
29,317
27,376
0
3,929
4,455
5,541
3,969
2,991
5,753
738
63
U. Central Florida
21,104
13,736
26,519
14,459
0
0
2,440
5,123
2,237
1,534
726
64
Clemson U.
24,699
23,948
25,980
0
5,302
0
5,673
5,590
1,367
4,192
3,856
65
U. New Mexico
27,981
25,273
25,776
1,527
1,880
3,628
4,129
10,512
926
0
3,174
66
U. South Florida, Tampa
20,596
22,642
25,625
0
515
596
17,514
1,760
2,681
0
2,559
67
Yale U.
25,456
25,960
25,538
0
4,382
3,017
0
4,606
4,089
0
9,444
68
Colorado School of Mines
22,047
25,577
24,952
0
54
4,135
3,629
529
1,665
9,815
5,125
69
Mississippi State U.
21,030
20,193
24,033
1,485
205
1,012
1,284
7,394
7,309
0
5,344
70
U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
25,280
23,238
23,776
0
7,719
5,339
1,783
2,917
3,684
0
2,334
71
Florida International U.
11,215
16,056
23,742
0
2,065
84
15,460
2,369
684
0
3,080
72
U. Iowa
25,189
22,928
23,731
0
276
611
10,292
2,686
1,536
0
8,330
73
Michigan State U.
28,819
24,679
23,614
0
244
6,034
2,972
9,308
3,499
0
1,557
74
Drexel U.
29,096
28,761
23,044
0
4,236
2,557
2,212
3,629
4,499
4,462
1,449
75
U. Houston
22,559
25,047
22,784
275
2,556
2,898
5,009
4,727
3,088
2,373
1,858
76
U.S. Air Force Academy
36,561
27,333
21,957
4,156
0
0
168
524
17,109
0
0
77
U. Connecticut
24,567
20,550
21,394
0
41
3,651
5,004
4,490
3,393
920
3,895
78
U. Kentucky
26,502
19,370
21,330
0
767
669
7,196
1,434
1,812
1,628
7,824
79
Washington U., Saint Louis
12,749
16,372
21,218
0
8,562
5,179
2,939
1,978
2,560
0
0
80
U. Massachusetts, Amherst
24,216
25,507
21,158
17
0
5,686
4,972
6,797
3,535
0
151
81
U. California, Irvine
21,053
20,798
20,914
0
4,156
2,613
3,169
5,791
5,051
0
134
82
Auburn U., Auburn
26,383
21,770
19,932
209
0
2,071
1,604
2,396
2,927
205
10,520
83
Mercer U.
17,307
17,870
19,577
7,167
0
0
0
81
8,471
3,858
0
84
Colorado State U., Fort Collins
24,358
20,228
19,135
0
0
1,139
6,562
6,671
4,717
0
46
85
Dartmouth C.
14,632
12,969
18,973
0
6,144
2,884
341
1,961
7,643
0
0
86
CUNY, City C.
18,146
20,990
18,872
0
4,103
2,043
9,786
1,885
948
0
107
87
Stevens Institute of Technology
19,541
18,385
18,436
61
984
973
453
751
679
63
14,472
88
Washington State U.
21,176
19,254
18,367
380
988
1,880
1,800
3,133
2,447
1,733
6,006
89
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
10,407
11,021
18,152
0
1,633
2,095
438
1,853
11,172
0
961
90
U. Nebraska, Lincoln
19,477
16,674
17,327
0
1,059
775
6,574
4,743
2,063
2,113
0
91
U. Hawaii, Manoa
8,403
14,584
17,218
0
1,409
0
1,713
11,782
1,665
0
649
92
U. Texas, Arlington
17,561
13,162
17,109
0
1,133
0
1,257
3,358
1,650
8,637
1,074
93
West Virginia U.
21,103
19,870
16,922
0
0
2,166
1,623
3,775
6,253
523
2,582
94
Brown U.
13,729
17,821
16,304
580
2,990
314
0
3,660
3,736
3,037
1,987
95
U. North Dakota
24,187
20,078
15,585
0
0
424
130
35
404
0
14,592
96
Tufts U.
16,236
15,882
15,335
0
6,552
1,154
2,378
2,608
2,546
0
97
97
Michigan Technological U.
18,612
17,196
15,142
0
679
772
938
6,260
5,129
1,308
56
98
U. South Carolina, Columbia
15,496
15,516
14,827
0
0
4,113
1,539
2,490
6,657
0
28
99
U. Oklahoma, Norman and Health Science Center
13,877
7,741
13,638
0
0
4,457
3,293
3,166
1,530
0
1,192
100
Old Dominion U.
13,214
12,876
12,958
0
0
0
5,186
3,877
3,895
0
0
101
SUNY, Stony Brook U.
13,926
11,910
12,955
0
5,671
0
73
2,480
904
2,877
950
102
Wright State U.
10,689
13,044
12,741
0
3,793
0
0
3,230
1,007
81
4,630
103
Lehigh U.
11,902
11,471
12,378
0
158
2,064
2,430
1,933
2,818
2,260
715
104
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
12,928
25,521
12,327
539
0
9,432
266
200
393
241
1,256
105
U. New Hampshire
22,984
11,805
12,143
0
1,807
557
3,137
4,569
1,817
256
0
106
Montana State U., Bozeman
10,700
11,202
11,757
0
1,869
66
4,140
1,642
644
0
3,396
107
Missouri U. of Science and Technology
19,455
15,908
11,698
0
0
301
786
2,619
3,168
464
4,360
108
Texas Tech U.
9,247
10,738
11,590
0
0
3,229
342
5,280
2,179
0
560
109
SUNY, Polytechnic Institute
na
18,364
11,464
0
0
0
0
55
26
11,383
0
110
U. Texas, El Paso
9,566
9,676
11,360
0
0
0
1,554
2,707
4,012
761
2,326
111
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U.
9,612
10,557
10,860
0
643
0
562
1,357
4,770
0
3,528
112
U. Akron
14,800
15,085
10,307
0
495
3,543
1,876
607
1,458
0
2,328
113
U. California, Riverside
12,320
8,450
10,243
0
704
3,306
688
3,160
1,458
768
159
114
Illinois Institute of Technology
12,001
10,462
9,987
1,057
2,406
579
243
3,095
132
437
2,038
115
U. Maryland, Baltimore County
7,282
8,718
9,972
0
0
4,584
0
4,469
919
0
0
116
Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge
12,566
12,768
9,963
0
0
2,146
1,807
1,314
2,087
191
2,418
117
U. Texas, Dallas
9,522
10,487
9,828
0
1,334
6
0
3,276
1,871
2,818
523
118
U.S. Military Academy
6,525
5,534
9,697
0
0
0
0
4,039
2,660
0
2,998
119
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville
9,997
6,635
9,649
0
1,638
1,145
1,288
3,692
659
0
1,227
120
U. Nevada, Las Vegas
3,921
6,965
9,461
0
0
0
2,158
1,078
6,225
0
0
121
Kansas State U.
11,362
9,563
9,302
145
0
1,933
1,651
1,238
2,082
0
2,253
122
Wayne State U.
9,752
11,019
9,291
0
2,628
1,212
1,949
1,057
2,187
0
258
123
Howard U.
7,604
7,799
9,155
0
0
248
1,501
5,495
1,256
0
655
124
U. Missouri, Columbia
13,156
9,811
9,149
0
90
204
1,897
3,775
1,409
0
1,774
125
U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa
11,127
8,398
8,829
661
0
1,056
2,381
1,620
1,729
1,382
0
126
U. Kansas
10,002
10,982
8,826
1,201
1,295
3,689
940
1,450
120
85
46
127
U. Nevada, Reno
9,084
8,418
8,727
102
0
572
4,074
1,295
741
1,062
881
128
U. Illinois, Chicago
9,434
9,791
8,700
0
2,823
480
1,253
1,831
2,313
0
0
129
U. Cincinnati
15,173
11,027
8,568
1,196
505
3,133
440
1,836
1,200
253
5
130
George Mason U.
8,112
7,279
8,549
0
3,223
0
398
1,457
0
551
2,920
131
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U.
8,795
11,315
8,431
7,838
0
0
0
0
170
0
423
132
Brigham Young U., Provo
8,227
8,700
8,359
0
0
900
1,471
2,820
2,495
0
673
133
U. Idaho
9,104
8,021
7,751
880
222
197
3,222
468
167
502
2,093
134
Oregon Health and Science U.
6,931
6,234
7,692
0
7,692
0
0
0
0
0
0
135
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
6,623
5,903
7,639
0
0
1,346
644
374
233
2,081
2,961
136
Oklahoma State U., Stillwater
13,445
11,104
7,465
0
0
1,191
3,427
812
1,521
498
16
137
Ohio U.
7,445
7,803
7,327
4,058
500
311
1,425
378
655
0
0
138
Cleveland State U.
7,805
7,741
6,929
0
5,243
187
385
572
505
0
37
139
U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
4,502
5,019
6,678
0
0
2,033
1,309
1,308
188
1,366
474
140
Air Force Institute of Technology
6,878
7,237
6,658
1,845
0
0
160
3,513
0
584
556
141
George Washington U.
9,345
7,043
6,572
892
402
0
455
1,386
1,800
279
1,358
142
Syracuse U.
6,827
5,999
6,234
0
1,377
523
1,019
2,113
1,202
0
0
143
U. Chicago
1,190
2,396
5,759
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5,759
144
U. Louisville
10,054
9,512
5,738
0
1,010
1,130
715
486
337
480
1,580
145
U. Massachusetts, Lowell
6,728
4,740
5,706
0
0
2,285
550
1,478
1,393
0
0
146
U. Toledo
7,074
7,100
5,645
0
178
1,083
634
0
3,750
0
0
147
Rochester Institute of Technology
6,475
5,751
5,634
0
216
1,075
28
968
1,480
0
1,867
148
Virginia Commonwealth U.
3,848
5,388
5,557
0
756
551
0
1,202
1,806
0
1,242
149
U. Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus
1,412
8,603
5,529
0
4,595
0
278
192
380
0
84
150
U. Maine
9,333
11,536
5,456
0
0
668
309
366
644
3,465
4
151
U.S. Naval Academy
6,076
6,513
5,343
776
0
0
0
906
1,886
0
1,775
152
Portland State U.
4,909
6,659
5,331
0
0
0
3,575
936
572
0
248
153
U. Vermont
5,867
5,218
5,068
1,358
292
0
2,454
0
0
0
964
154
U. North Carolina, Charlotte
5,816
4,759
5,025
0
0
0
707
1,134
1,903
4
1,277
155
Emory U.
5,185
4,647
4,971
0
4,971
0
0
0
0
0
0
156
California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo
4,278
4,729
4,470
2,491
69
0
1,401
2
127
67
313
157
New York U.
0
4,188
4,429
0
0
332
780
1,614
1,044
0
659
158
Wichita State U.
6,189
5,796
4,427
3,137
0
0
0
398
143
0
749
159
U. Texas, San Antonio
6,046
4,630
4,213
0
116
0
642
1,368
2,007
0
80
160
U. North Texas, Denton
5,279
5,068
4,175
0
0
0
0
448
375
2,960
392
161
Clarkson U.
3,582
4,118
4,099
0
0
360
2,034
816
889
0
0
162
U. Wyoming
4,355
3,086
4,053
0
0
1,822
914
190
453
0
674
163
Boise State U.
4,642
4,587
4,051
27
181
0
90
657
3
2,264
829
164
U. California, Merced
4,135
3,980
3,955
0
36
0
2,214
847
676
182
0
165
Morgan State U.
4,470
4,374
3,926
0
0
0
1,119
2,244
0
0
563
166
Alabama A&M U.
3,741
i
3,735
i
3,729
i
0
i
0
i
0
i
731
i
1,623
i
870
i
505
i
0
i
167
U. Alaska, Fairbanks
9,670
5,778
3,689
393
0
0
2,047
1,083
0
0
166
168
SUNY, Binghamton U.
4,066
3,700
3,685
0
841
0
0
1,762
826
0
256
169
U. Mississippi
4,274
3,505
3,511
0
0
1,228
296
9
601
0
1,377
170
U. Georgia
3,766
3,301
3,427
0
467
0
0
0
0
0
2,960
171
Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis
3,727
4,637
3,420
0
1,408
0
0
696
1,111
0
205
172
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2,758
3,277
3,321
0
3,018
0
0
0
0
0
303
173
U. Maryland, Baltimore
3,286
3,216
3,301
0
3,301
0
0
0
0
0
0
174
U. Rhode Island
5,498
3,895
3,215
0
0
468
330
1,139
690
0
588
175
U. Memphis
3,728
3,952
3,163
0
646
0
1,772
701
44
0
0
176
California State U., Sacramento
2,503
2,190
3,126
0
0
0
3,072
54
0
0
0
177
U. Miami
4,425
3,724
3,085
0
479
0
461
1,433
436
0
276
178
San Diego State U.
2,946
2,519
3,050
449
483
0
263
570
1,278
0
7
179
Norfolk State U.
3,527
3,694
3,005
0
0
0
0
477
0
0
2,528
180
U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee
3,897
4,057
2,865
0
0
0
436
227
1,241
752
209
181
Marquette U.
1,466
1,505
2,862
0
749
0
60
431
560
0
1,062
182
U. Texas Pan American
2,425
3,915
2,776
0
0
0
943
156
416
0
1,261
183
Northern Illinois U.
1,507
1,753
2,756
0
0
0
0
2
265
0
2,489
184
Tuskegee U.
6,235
6,926
i
2,607
i
191
i
0
i
147
i
136
i
892
i
464
i
213
i
564
i
185
Tulane U.
2,407
2,530
2,547
0
1,269
1,200
9
69
0
0
0
186
Southern Methodist U.
3,412
2,999
2,411
0
0
0
206
762
751
0
692
187
U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth
1,697
2,945
2,368
0
302
0
360
1,231
475
0
0
188
Florida A&M U.
2,044
2,018
2,362
0
0
491
362
326
302
0
881
189
Jackson State U.
2,567
2,512
2,323
0
0
0
1,527
796
0
0
0
190
Temple U.
2,560
2,365
2,272
0
338
0
1,302
446
186
0
0
191
Idaho State U.
2,974
3,000
2,265
0
0
0
290
0
147
0
1,828
192
Western Michigan U. and Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine