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Table 31. Higher education R&D expenditures at historically black colleges and universities, ranked by all R&D expenditures, by source of funds: FY 2016

(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 HBCUs 567,864 443,830 30,419 74,037 5,126 10,720 3,732
1 Florida A&M U. 45,390 37,363 1,692 5,765 515 55 0
2 Howard U. 41,038 33,441 707 4,517 1,460 913 0
3 Morehouse School of Medicine 38,774 28,678 419 4,940 0 4,677 60
4 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 33,759 21,112 68 12,170 78 91 240
5 Alabama A&M U. 30,289 i 22,478 i 657 i 4,703 i 171 i 0 i 2,280 i
6 Jackson State U. 23,832 20,854 0 2,255 0 676 47
7 Delaware State U. 21,320 15,260 379 5,678 3 0 0
8 U. of the Virgin Islands 21,215 20,951 264 NA 0 0 0
9 Tennessee State U. 19,520 12,291 728 6,086 368 47 0
10 Tuskegee U. 16,535 10,388 2,590 3,553 0 0 4
11 Morehouse C. 15,971 15,957 14 0 0 0 0
12 Morgan State U. 15,727 14,343 808 69 253 128 126
13 Fayetteville State U. 15,725 11,207 591 3,672 157 98 0
14 Meharry Medical C. 14,768 13,528 0 486 15 739 0
15 Hampton U. 14,225 14,201 0 24 0 0 0
16 South Carolina State U. 13,076 i 4,556 i 5,072 i 3,439 i 0 i 0 i 9 i
17 Prairie View A&M U. 12,616 7,952 2,913 1,659 57 35 0
18 North Carolina Central U. 12,463 10,455 236 NA 928 844 0
19 Xavier U. Louisiana 12,084 10,503 643 790 0 148 0
20 Langston U. 11,178 9,178 2,000 NA 0 0 0
21 Fisk U. 10,635 9,544 120 624 0 347 0
22 Dillard U. 9,566 7,605 171 1,095 0 494 201
23 U. Arkansas, Pine Bluff 8,873 4,233 2,120 2,475 0 45 0
24 Clark Atlanta U. 8,513 6,048 51 2,255 52 107 0
25 U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 8,250 7,853 79 NA 0 20 298
26 Alcorn State U. 8,204 6,387 18 1,462 299 38 0
27 Virginia State U. 8,147 5,204 595 2,327 19 0 2
28 Norfolk State U. 7,593 7,230 7 57 0 0 299
29 Kentucky State U. 7,178 5,146 1,878 28 88 27 11
30 Lincoln U., Jefferson City 5,826 4,953 873 NA 0 0 0
31 West Virginia State U. 5,224 4,126 886 179 30 3 0
32 Fort Valley State U. 5,138 4,844 0 294 0 0 0
33 Southern U. and A&M C., Agricultural Research and Extension Center 4,704 2,415 2,227 62 0 0 0
34 Texas Southern U. 4,495 3,269 481 414 111 220 0
35 Southern U. and A&M C., Baton Rouge 4,322 2,778 113 1,319 112 0 0
36 U. of the District of Columbia 3,469 2,451 0 889 0 0 129
37 Tougaloo C. 2,473 2,473 0 0 0 0 0
38 Alabama State U. 2,372 2,372 0 0 0 0 0
39 Wiley C. 2,301 i 2,060 i 231 i 0 i 0 i 10 i 0 i
40 Savannah State U. 2,267 2,251 0 0 0 16 0
41 Johnson C. Smith U. 2,094 1,279 74 0 0 741 0
42 Spelman C. 1,929 1,291 0 476 162 0 0
43 Bowie State U. 1,927 1,927 0 0 0 0 0
44 Elizabeth City State U. 1,889 1,827 41 NA 0 0 21
45 Claflin U. 1,772 1,743 0 0 1 28 0
46 Benedict C. 1,653 1,621 0 0 0 32 0
47 Central State U. 1,643 1,546 97 0 0 0 0
48 Grambling State U. 1,570 974 464 90 0 37 5
49 Albany State U. 1,496 1,137 112 0 247 0 0
50 Winston-Salem State U. 1,356 1,356 0 NA 0 0 0
51 Oakwood U. 966 677 0 185 0 104 0
52 Shaw U. 514 514 0 0 0 0 0
i = imputed. NA = not available; data were not provided by institution.
HBCUs = historically black colleges and universities.
NOTE: 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 6.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2016.