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Table 37. Higher education R&D expenditures at private institutions, 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 institutions 24,685,494 14,845,918 334,371 5,247,010 1,642,911 1,993,118 622,166
1 Johns Hopkins U.a 2,431,180 2,104,653 6,107 96,513 75,327 138,981 9,599
2 U. Pennsylvania 1,296,429 655,791 11,671 429,433 116,812 78,762 3,960
3 Harvard U. 1,077,253 558,611 2,591 306,914 50,651 138,525 19,961
4 Stanford U. 1,066,269 694,693 34,556 105,607 99,469 115,086 16,858
5 Duke U. 1,055,778 575,521 131 145,698 232,793 87,886 13,749
6 Cornell U. 974,199 430,987 80,457 252,676 50,096 127,585 32,398
7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 946,159 503,858 1,212 92,076 159,451 94,808 94,754
8 Yale U. 881,765 503,221 1,754 239,945 62,274 70,469 4,102
9 Columbia U. in the City of New York 837,312 600,457 6,555 70,264 53,861 82,667 23,508
10 New York U. 809,739 350,355 11,624 218,838 29,805 73,603 125,514
11 Washington U., Saint Louis 741,115 442,335 3,117 144,947 84,182 63,289 3,245
12 Northwestern U. 713,491 432,413 2,901 190,446 38,306 41,599 7,826
13 U. Southern California 702,866 409,516 7,871 134,338 34,800 46,116 70,225
14 Vanderbilt U. 640,842 405,589 600 166,653 34,392 27,405 6,203
15 Emory U. 614,527 361,288 213 172,088 34,223 43,088 3,627
16 Baylor C. of Medicine 572,527 267,849 27,164 178,301 23,742 74,390 1,081
17 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 540,296 342,104 6,885 89,594 47,474 51,523 2,716
18 U. Chicago 420,997 297,953 271 40,750 27,821 53,706 496
19 Case Western Reserve U. 405,655 321,214 999 46,517 10,968 20,719 5,238
20 Boston U. 395,921 253,475 336 106,145 13,782 16,854 5,329
21 California Institute of Technology 371,060 265,206 1,362 28,916 14,915 36,741 23,920
22 Scripps Research Institute 364,670 242,489 1,273 74,466 21,052 25,390 0
23 U. Miami 358,441 195,328 8,596 92,982 27,063 33,961 511
24 Brown U. 347,016 136,931 292 187,769 3,069 16,044 2,911
25 U. Rochester 346,165 266,322 6,056 33,139 22,538 15,120 2,990
26 Rockefeller U. 335,136 80,667 611 228,276 8,711 16,412 459
27 Carnegie Mellon U. 319,168 190,620 1,707 93,757 20,470 5,339 7,275
28 Princeton U. 305,147 162,003 584 104,092 10,211 22,455 5,802
29 Albert Einstein C. of Medicine 300,909 188,521 4,413 76,620 4,303 15,803 11,249
30 Dartmouth C. 233,636 139,090 891 69,269 7,757 10,553 6,076
31 George Washington U. 231,829 142,889 1,162 59,370 1,994 23,554 2,860
32 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 212,374 166,010 1,275 27,538 3,717 7,465 6,369
33 U. Notre Dame 202,216 87,129 693 76,045 5,832 19,475 13,042
34 Medical C. Wisconsin 199,925 108,529 802 55,848 12,309 19,089 3,348
35 Tufts U. 189,085 126,109 3,660 23,065 8,900 19,444 7,907
36 Georgetown U. 183,788 83,827 2,200 52,837 10,405 22,671 11,848
37 Wake Forest U. 170,006 141,052 7,152 1,279 10,949 7,442 2,132
38 Tulane U. 165,438 89,087 4,363 43,009 5,338 13,470 10,171
39 Rice U. 154,543 83,273 7,136 35,699 10,970 14,267 3,198
40 Northeastern U. 129,040 81,124 1,598 30,769 7,469 7,598 482
41 Drexel U. 127,909 67,020 4,325 37,840 4,320 13,319 1,085
42 Thomas Jefferson U. 122,396 58,866 1,998 38,342 10,629 7,850 4,711
43 U. Dayton 116,589 100,955 4,564 3,379 6,328 1,109 254
44 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 101,127 52,163 6,439 31,456 7,358 3,711 0
45 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 88,943 50,478 206 15,765 3,755 18,739 0
46 Syracuse U. 84,651 36,106 5,973 31,082 4,516 6,930 44
47 Brandeis U. 73,435 48,273 26 12,385 4,635 6,181 1,935
48 Rush U. 73,351 50,332 25 8,778 10,906 3,310 0
49 American U. 57,064 9,554 617 37,933 614 7,795 551
50 Boston C. 54,469 27,033 2,083 14,208 379 10,392 374
51 Yeshiva U. 46,130 30,266 1,036 13,983 0 845 0
52 Rochester Institute of Technology 45,518 26,149 3,069 12,177 3,170 936 17
53 Loyola U., Chicago 42,672 25,363 177 9,131 2,495 4,140 1,366
54 Brigham Young U., Provo 42,304 28,453 1,240 6,766 4,518 1,178 149
55 Saint Louis U. 42,151 26,813 465 8,891 1,314 4,242 426
56 Howard U. 41,038 33,441 707 4,517 1,460 913 0
57 Van Andel Institute 40,040 11,970 1,338 22,223 966 1,238 2,305
58 Morehouse School of Medicine 38,774 28,678 419 4,940 0 4,677 60
59 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 37,822 25,976 130 7,691 2,987 625 413
60 Stevens Institute of Technology 35,765 28,999 599 4,066 1,414 643 44
61 Lehigh U. 32,941 21,429 1,525 8,026 1,136 578 247
62 Eastern Virginia Medical School 32,550 21,459 677 6,128 1,339 2,882 65
63 Southern Methodist U. 31,819 15,587 760 10,595 3,684 958 235
64 Mercer U. 31,735 21,120 45 2,531 7,160 90 789
65 Illinois Institute of Technology 29,826 23,821 32 1,664 2,324 1,620 365
66 Marquette U. 28,422 10,298 112 11,752 1,059 1,854 3,347
67 Baylor U. 26,767 4,244 1,309 15,665 1,646 2,269 1,634
68 Fordham U. 25,374 5,979 158 15,694 0 0 3,543
69 Catholic U. of America 25,139 19,928 138 4,148 589 336 0
70 Columbia U., Teachers C. 24,124 11,635 304 NA 925 9,788 1,472
71 Creighton U. 23,510 10,619 2,421 6,548 2,805 593 524
72 Loma Linda U. 22,977 16,118 692 3,808 805 1,404 150
73 U. Tulsa 22,347 6,426 424 3,760 11,401 215 121
74 U. Denver 21,326 11,029 185 5,637 1,547 2,305 623
75 Albany Medical C. 20,166 10,714 0 3,974 4,499 586 393
76 Nova Southeastern U. 19,559 7,381 1,667 5,572 3,390 493 1,056
77 Florida Institute of Technology 18,860 9,500 2,047 4,977 1,550 700 86
78 New School 17,425 2,428 343 3,841 465 7,974 2,374
79 New York Medical C. 17,311 10,772 183 272 3,231 2,181 672
80 Duquesne U. 17,089 5,809 579 8,587 526 1,588 0
81 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. 16,761 14,135 392 883 1,300 51 0
82 Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science 16,760 8,478 0 4,999 2,132 1,104 47
83 Tuskegee U. 16,535 10,388 2,590 3,553 0 0 4
84 Morehouse C. 15,971 15,957 14 0 0 0 0
85 Villanova U. 14,903 4,334 308 8,801 709 517 234
86 Meharry Medical C. 14,768 13,528 0 486 15 739 0
87 Hampton U. 14,225 14,201 0 24 0 0 0
88 Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine and Science 13,360 12,089 0 851 0 420 0
89 Clarkson U. 12,983 6,183 1,815 3,140 1,018 827 0
90 Xavier U. Louisiana 12,084 10,503 643 790 0 148 0
91 Wellesley C. 11,664 5,197 308 NA 129 3,982 2,048
92 Bryn Mawr C. 10,867 2,556 0 8,065 0 246 0
93 Claremont Graduate U. 10,688 i 8,399 i 194 i 1,315 i 76 i 703 i 1 i
94 Fisk U. 10,635 9,544 120 624 0 347 0
95 Dillard U. 9,566 7,605 171 1,095 0 494 201
96 DePaul U. 9,558 4,623 15 2,135 7 2,740 38
97 St. Edward's U. 9,325 7,500 120 485 100 100 1,020
98 Azusa Pacific U. 8,898 606 0 8,104 0 30 158
99 Clark Atlanta U. 8,513 6,048 51 2,255 52 107 0
100 Ponce Health Sciences U. 7,992 6,951 254 NA 0 8 779
101 Wesleyan U. 7,740 3,493 496 3,238 22 387 104
102 Midwestern U. 7,732 1,060 26 6,354 16 276 0
103 U. New England 7,566 5,298 266 1,196 234 556 16
104 Loyola Marymount U. 7,504 707 110 5,142 0 1,545 0
105 Seton Hall U. 7,244 1,975 2,263 0 1,001 2,005 0
106 U. Central del Caribe 7,090 6,290 52 748 0 0 0
107 Clark U. 6,970 2,002 479 3,345 349 714 81
108 Gallaudet U. 6,947 2,135 0 1,831 0 338 2,643
109 Western U. of Health Sciences 6,895 2,391 750 143 1,036 2,408 167
110 Texas Christian U. 6,589 3,617 715 200 1,949 NA 108
111 Chapman U. 6,554 3,357 91 1,706 121 818 461
112 Carleton C. 6,385 3,508 143 1,441 0 713 580
113 Fairfield U. 6,174 435 55 5,220 0 0 464
114 Claremont McKenna C. 6,094 644 39 4,599 0 812 0
115 Williams C. 5,747 1,614 0 1,082 0 0 3,051
116 Edward Via C. of Osteopathic Medicine 5,692 88 0 5,326 67 211 0
117 Pace U. 5,359 2,845 0 2,031 20 457 6
118 U. Metropolitana 5,183 4,630 0 553 0 0 0
119 U. San Diego 4,734 2,152 841 1,423 0 216 102
120 Smith C. 4,466 2,634 37 802 35 958 0
121 Bucknell U. 4,377 i 1,619 i 281 i 1,525 i 452 i 389 i 111 i
122 Harvey Mudd C. 4,332 2,320 0 1,625 26 204 157
123 Amherst C. 4,260 1,207 0 2,233 0 154 666
124 Grinnell C. 4,183 340 11 3,147 0 369 316
125 New York Institute of Technology 4,114 1,607 680 1,434 90 303 0
126 Mount Holyoke C. 3,999 2,848 26 973 0 152 0
127 Alfred U. 3,975 1,558 732 797 888 0 0
128 Milwaukee School of Engineering 3,930 1,164 0 0 2,728 38 0
129 U. New Haven 3,822 2,157 1,004 NA 0 661 0
130 Franklin and Marshall C. 3,772 955 210 917 218 518 954
131 Pomona C. 3,691 1,579 1 1,381 0 730 0
132 U. Detroit Mercy 3,654 2,565 0 959 107 23 0
133 Mills C. 3,540 873 9 212 0 2,446 0
134 Barnard C. 3,534 3,082 0 252 3 197 0
135 Touro U., Vallejo 3,466 1,199 37 2,063 0 167 0
136 Kettering U. 3,463 1,279 37 961 764 346 76
137 Roseman U. of Health Sciences 3,433 0 0 3,432 1 0 0
138 U. of the Sciences Philadelphia 3,308 1,153 18 1,090 46 971 30
139 Lewis and Clark C. 3,267 636 0 1,370 0 1,261 0
140 Colgate U. 3,219 1,217 0 1,647 0 355 0
141 Reed C. 3,213 1,690 0 1,428 0 95 0
142 Swarthmore C. 3,211 1,458 7 1,526 7 212 1
143 Bowdoin C. 3,204 2,457 19 482 1 245 0
144 Pepperdine U. 3,178 1,233 17 1,379 138 411 0
145 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate S. of Biomedical Sciences 3,177 643 0 2,534 0 0 0
146 Erikson Institute 3,117 1,719 733 209 0 456 0
147 U. Richmond 3,047 1,924 0 915 0 208 0
148 Valparaiso U. 3,041 1,595 109 333 10 816 178
149 U. of the Pacific 3,013 1,991 166 NA 214 493 149
150 A. T. Still U. 2,873 2,041 50 503 0 279 0
151 Hope C. 2,811 1,251 0 290 0 1,270 0
152 Toyota Technological Institute, Chicago 2,710 1,410 0 1,143 157 0 0
153 Hamilton C. 2,662 442 0 989 1 1,175 55
154 Elon U. 2,606 423 36 2,104 0 43 0
155 MGH Institute of Health Professions 2,548 2,228 0 20 0 300 0
156 U. del Turabo 2,518 437 0 2,081 0 0 0
157 Pacific U. 2,508 1,419 234 308 149 398 0
158 Tougaloo C. 2,473 2,473 0 0 0 0 0
159 Willamette U. 2,459 1,090 0 974 0 395 0
160 Philadelphia C. of Osteopathic Medicine 2,458 150 12 2,122 3 171 0
161 Roger Williams U. 2,441 1,736 188 457 22 38 0
162 Hofstra U. 2,440 2,149 0 167 0 124 0
163 National U. 2,400 2,012 36 352 0 0 0
164 Trinity U. 2,383 973 0 796 81 445 88
165 Hawaii Pacific U. 2,371 2,071 0 189 90 21 0
166 U. San Francisco 2,365 280 67 1,772 15 231 0
167 St. John's U., Manhattan 2,307 940 0 985 281 50 51
168 Wiley C. 2,301 i 2,060 i 231 i 0 i 0 i 10 i 0 i
169 Commonwealth Medical C. 2,208 396 0 1,766 0 1 45
170 Haverford C. 2,173 972 0 914 0 287 0
171 Saint Joseph's U. 2,171 476 619 740 13 320 3
172 Union C., Schenectady 2,150 1,680 0 410 2 58 0
173 Bradley U. 2,122 969 26 330 778 0 19
174 Babson C. 2,108 0 0 895 127 581 505
175 Johnson C. Smith U. 2,094 1,279 74 0 0 741 0
176 Santa Clara U. 2,056 1,634 4 NA 131 287 0
177 Seattle U. 2,050 820 278 475 9 167 301
178 Occidental C. 2,008 1,260 144 NA 239 365 0
179 Connecticut C. 1,972 817 0 1,056 0 99 0
180 Spelman C. 1,929 1,291 0 476 162 0 0
181 Lawrence Technological U. 1,907 658 240 59 569 381 0
182 Colby C. 1,903 1,137 2 489 0 0 275
183 Furman U. 1,869 1,068 16 546 0 181 58
184 Middlebury C. 1,822 1,736 0 9 1 76 0
185 Keck Graduate Institute 1,814 i 949 i 0 i 573 i 118 i 29 i 145 i
186 Calvin C. 1,809 795 1 0 40 861 112
187 U. Hartford 1,803 1,172 3 491 4 133 0
188 Albany C. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 1,789 380 22 423 854 95 15
189 Bates C. 1,781 1,156 40 383 43 122 37
190 Colorado C. 1,775 358 0 1,009 0 408 0
191 Claflin U. 1,772 1,743 0 0 1 28 0
192 Franklin W. Olin C. of Engineering 1,762 782 16 903 0 61 0
193 Siena C. 1,721 1,313 28 279 0 101 0
194 Benedict C. 1,653 1,621 0 0 0 32 0
195 Mercyhurst U. 1,647 612 355 460 95 125 0
196 Salus U. 1,641 1,571 22 48 0 0 0
197 Fuller Theological Seminary 1,634 0 0 9 0 1,624 1
198 Saint Michael's C. 1,624 1,399 0 225 0 0 0
199 Rider U. 1,617 179 32 1,391 4 11 0
200 St. Olaf C. 1,605 849 10 634 0 112 0
201 Trinity C., Hartford 1,598 893 0 370 1 334 0
202 Macalester C. 1,562 771 155 566 0 70 0
203 Drake U. 1,558 1,116 57 161 191 33 0
204 Lafayette C. 1,553 997 6 501 49 0 0
205 Davidson C. 1,521 813 0 427 107 164 10
206 Palmer C. of Chiropractic, Davenport 1,510 1,485 0 25 0 0 0
207 Niagara U. 1,505 172 406 675 0 251 1
208 Vassar C. 1,495 1,495 0 0 0 NA NA
209 Marshall B. Ketchum U. 1,491 375 0 739 377 0 0
210 Saint John's U., Collegeville 1,459 0 0 1,459 0 0 0
211 Long Island U. 1,420 852 65 84 91 165 163
212 Des Moines U. 1,401 386 3 827 9 176 0
213 Suffolk U. 1,375 i 253 i 0 i 710 i 0 i 412 i 0 i
214 Alaska Pacific U. 1,358 671 128 0 559 0 0
215 Dickinson C. 1,332 397 80 334 0 511 10
216 Skidmore C. 1,327 747 0 452 0 128 0
217 C. of Saint Benedict 1,305 38 0 1,267 0 0 0
217 Oberlin C. 1,305 962 0 298 0 45 0
219 Western New England U. 1,291 581 0 326 334 48 2
220 Heidelberg U. 1,286 294 620 96 103 173 0
221 U. of St. Thomas (MN) 1,266 195 265 428 104 225 49
222 La Sierra U. 1,255 127 0 891 0 237 0
223 Norwich U. 1,249 461 60 678 13 37 0
224 U. del Este 1,207 564 0 643 0 0 0
225 Providence C. 1,196 981 0 189 0 26 0
226 Augsburg C. 1,189 671 0 424 0 0 94
227 Salish Kootenai C. 1,142 1,142 0 0 0 0 0
228 La Salle U. 1,141 i 89 i 0 i 1,052 i 0 i 0 i 0 i
229 Emerson C. 1,114 366 19 121 76 528 4
230 Rhode Island School of Design 1,071 i 274 i 45 i 459 i 239 i 54 i 0 i
231 Seattle Pacific U. 1,016 850 0 98 34 22 12
232 Allegheny C. 1,014 355 27 308 0 324 0
233 Biola U. 1,000 i 564 i 15 i 249 i 66 i 81 i 25 i
233 Hult International Business School 1,000 i 503 i 22 i 305 i 34 i 97 i 39 i
235 New England C. of Optometry 980 618 0 86 264 12 0
236 Oakwood U. 966 677 0 185 0 104 0
237 Gonzaga U. 959 414 18 24 18 485 0
238 Monmouth U. 900 173 123 68 21 515 0
239 Bastyr U. 832 0 0 29 22 781 0
240 Wheeling Jesuit U. 776 276 14 0 0 486 0
241 U. Tampa 760 184 102 182 30 262 0
242 St. Bonaventure U. 731 159 4 20 23 14 511
243 Sewanee: U. of the South 701 61 18 384 0 234 4
244 U. Western States 644 341 0 277 26 0 0
245 Earlham C. 554 165 0 143 4 30 212
246 Shaw U. 514 514 0 0 0 0 0
247 Kansas City U. of Medicine and Biosciences 454 198 0 176 0 80 0
i = imputed. NA = not available; data were not provided by institution.
a Johns Hopkins University includes the Applied Physics Laboratory, with $1,403,733 thousand in total R&D expenditures in FY 2016.
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 6.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2016.