Table 53. Federally financed higher education R&D expenditures in the social sciences, ranked by all FY 2016 social sciences: FYs 2013–16 and by subfield for FY 2016
(Dollars in thousands)
Rank
Institution
2013
2014
2015
2016
All social sciences
Anthropologya
Economics
Political science and governmentb
Sociology, demography, and population studiesb
Social sciences, nec
All institutions
897,604
921,567
919,917
898,576
39,440
112,338
103,681
269,371
373,746
1
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
83,301
76,708
75,359
86,171
520
21,298
12,026
14,773
37,554
2
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill
58,929
66,304
63,068
73,124
55
130
1,826
64,794
6,319
3
U. Maryland, College Park
57,266
69,263
53,892
24,803
75
449
1,265
4,358
18,656
4
U. South Florida, Tampa
2,471
12,264
12,811
20,884
685
0
0
1,426
18,773
5
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center
12,252
15,636
19,743
20,856
5
805
4,568
13,717
1,761
6
U. Wisconsin-Madison
21,015
25,450
20,211
19,403
53
403
95
4,303
14,549
7
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities
17,458
17,405
18,815
19,401
179
1,917
2,804
13,704
797
8
Duke U.
14,009
17,174
17,557
18,946
262
4,107
6,716
6,026
1,835
9
Arizona State U.
16,447
17,629
17,635
17,544
2,835
259
3,181
3,553
7,716
10
U. Pennsylvania
16,188
16,007
17,124
16,373
256
638
38
12,547
2,894
11
U. Southern California
7,146
10,104
12,122
15,888
0
8,473
46
125
7,244
12
Harvard U.
18,549
20,234
16,065
15,823
401
2,649
719
317
11,737
13
U. California, Davis
9,022
9,220
10,797
13,825
0
6,757
309
914
5,845
14
Cornell U.
8,313
9,674
13,987
13,647
144
3,491
119
8,193
1,700
15
Brandeis U.
10,447
12,924
13,345
13,264
0
38
206
13,020
0
16
Mississippi State U.
8,535
6,613
7,578
12,849
0
15
0
115
12,719
17
U. Washington, Seattle
8,135
8,270
9,231
12,027
28
0
5,542
4,886
1,571
18
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick
26,166
21,408
13,737
11,195
0
1,222
223
409
9,341
19
Tufts U.
3,145
8,196
9,829
10,699
0
68
10,631
0
0
20
U. California, Berkeley
12,335
14,528
14,971
9,193
0
5,569
274
1,007
2,343
21
Northwestern U.
7,915
9,490
9,875
8,892
225
782
59
94
7,732
22
U. Oklahoma, Norman and Health Science Center
1,862
1,020
8,904
8,512
601
250
1,741
7
5,913
23
Johns Hopkins U.c
5,486
7,594
9,945
8,242
18
10
0
7,961
253
24
George Washington U.
10,116
7,386
6,084
8,201
1,289
656
503
1,636
4,117
25
U. California, Los Angeles
7,021
5,757
6,715
8,189
0
0
21
871
7,297
26
U. Colorado Boulder
7,912
7,137
6,658
7,920
0
0
0
6,235
1,685
27
Indiana U., Bloomington
5,676
5,434
6,235
7,623
338
507
3,510
1,311
1,957
28
Columbia U., Teachers C.
2,598
3,392
6,775
7,617
0
3,951
0
0
3,666
29
U. Arizona
9,328
7,976
8,063
7,595
937
181
0
2,061
4,416
30
U. Delaware
4,010
6,157
7,054
7,463
0
1,012
9
1,370
5,072
31
Ohio State U.
15,070
13,003
14,929
7,313
385
695
89
2,420
3,724
32
Michigan State U.
15,068
13,545
18,191
7,225
627
248
446
735
5,169
33
U. Maryland, Baltimore County
6,167
7,533
7,477
7,196
0
0
6,903
0
293
34
U. Texas, Austin
9,116
6,359
6,676
7,090
1,038
1
137
5,187
727
35
Stanford U.
8,998
6,540
5,687
6,971
183
1,117
858
41
4,772
36
U. Chicago
4,174
4,795
5,973
6,963
101
658
612
1,696
3,896
37
U. California, San Diego
4,876
6,580
6,076
6,606
0
877
4,867
861
1
38
Princeton U.
9,577
8,819
6,646
6,425
14
575
152
5,684
0
39
U. California, Santa Barbara
6,094
6,093
5,987
6,103
1,987
1,177
49
24
2,866
40
Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center
2,249
2,467
3,675
6,042
19
1,484
515
585
3,439
41
North Dakota State U.
6,341
7,409
7,929
5,930
14
0
37
95
5,784
42
Carnegie Mellon U.
4,501
4,279
4,804
5,913
0
84
1,569
0
4,260
43
U. Montana, Missoula
1,095
964
2,970
5,905
4,114
821
144
789
37
44
C. of William and Mary and Virginia Institute of Marine Science
2,054
4,686
5,804
5,671
0
174
12
678
4,807
45
National Defense U.
3,620
6,553
4,772
5,670
0
0
350
120
5,200
46
Portland State U.
6,843
5,158
3,675
5,632
775
195
19
35
4,608
47
U. New Hampshire
2,025
3,995
3,446
5,117
0
2,155
0
1,526
1,436
48
New York U.
3,709
4,191
4,021
5,022
0
454
389
567
3,612
49
Georgetown U.
3,803
4,532
3,829
5,003
0
0
4,531
0
472
50
SUNY, U. Albany
5,140
6,374
3,781
4,996
153
37
126
443
4,237
51
Purdue U., West Lafayette
6,109
5,204
7,375
4,814
428
0
0
4,309
77
52
Washington State U.
6,095
3,733
5,568
4,599
NA
852
343
252
3,152
53
Georgia Institute of Technology
5,822
5,771
5,134
4,575
0
1,678
2,832
65
0
54
U. Florida
5,132
5,452
5,574
4,142
569
736
172
465
2,200
55
Colorado State U., Fort Collins
3,057
2,859
3,590
4,067
243
1,907
24
1,222
671
56
George Mason U.
8,181
7,218
5,458
3,949
0
487
231
206
3,025
57
Iowa State U.
7,345
6,031
4,663
3,917
15
0
0
3,902
0
58
Columbia U. in the City of New York
4,851
4,104
3,507
3,912
20
0
0
1,806
2,086
59
Naval Postgraduate School
4,840
9,742
7,260
3,783
0
1,527
672
516
1,068
60
Northeastern U.
2,860
4,445
4,460
3,745
0
0
352
811
2,582
61
Florida State U.
2,581
4,924
4,242
3,636
0
79
56
439
3,062
62
U. Georgia
3,011
2,666
4,368
3,592
122
297
8
71
3,094
63
U. New Mexico
3,885
3,783
3,540
3,575
1,032
456
15
540
1,532
64
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5,341
5,122
2,669
3,557
0
1,805
178
0
1,574
65
Clemson U.
1,609
1,489
2,659
3,547
0
9
0
19
3,519
66
American U.
2,405
3,292
3,791
3,522
0
348
629
292
2,253
67
U. Baltimore
1,960
2,513
2,284
3,402
0
1,216
27
0
2,159
68
U. Connecticut
3,236
3,377
3,082
3,211
111
1,090
2
1,392
616
69
Vanderbilt U.
4,103
4,134
4,075
3,196
168
209
2,570
249
0
70
U. Massachusetts, Boston
1,532
1,110
1,505
3,008
578
50
144
2,153
83
71
U. Illinois, Chicago
4,059
5,046
5,311
2,988
0
19
0
0
2,969
72
U. Texas, El Paso
223
1,228
3,158
2,970
2,559
0
0
0
411
73
Georgia State U.
2,195
809
1,681
2,913
129
569
513
574
1,128
74
U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
2,946
3,075
2,354
2,905
10
101
1,762
64
968
75
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
6,610
5,896
8,794
2,891
473
144
84
1
2,189
76
Oregon State U.
3,066
2,483
2,256
2,885
0
884
0
1,384
617
77
U. Tennessee, Knoxville
4,639
4,260
4,275
2,820
760
1,166
511
0
383
78
U. Nebraska, Lincoln
6,648
3,247
3,269
2,819
105
562
91
1,708
353
79
U. California, Irvine
3,474
2,944
2,398
2,792
0
201
301
849
1,441
80
Syracuse U.
1,824
2,470
2,642
2,783
49
0
820
1,370
544
81
U. Kansas
2,763
2,277
1,900
2,696
11
264
1,321
435
665
82
Yale U.
7,491
3,135
2,689
2,695
258
1,249
12
785
391
83
U. Central Florida
1,829
1,806
1,942
2,672
29
1,214
4
110
1,315
84
Brown U.
2,814
2,707
3,116
2,666
0
160
0
41
2,465
85
North Carolina State U.
5,543
4,806
5,052
2,565
0
1,085
323
1,157
0
86
Boston C.
82
50
85
2,561
0
65
0
2,496
0
87
Hampton U.
62
401
2,108
2,516
0
0
0
0
2,516
88
SUNY, U. Buffalo
1,613
1,865
1,765
2,273
1,833
6
0
434
0
89
U. Utah
6,720
5,178
3,784
2,211
282
0
0
1,929
0
90
Temple U.
1,617
1,567
1,746
2,165
42
136
0
60
1,927
91
Auburn U., Auburn
2,511
2,534
2,368
2,126
0
144
0
0
1,982
92
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
2,151
881
1,122
2,106
0
574
3
544
985
93
San Diego State U.
1,548
1,577
1,889
1,977
122
28
46
281
1,500
94
U. Texas, San Antonio
521
657
497
1,949
167
215
0
1,326
241
95
U. Cincinnati
2,269
1,410
1,471
1,947
225
0
6
342
1,374
96
U. Iowa
2,132
2,376
2,092
1,940
167
202
346
42
1,183
97
U. Oregon
3,411
1,375
1,805
1,908
136
62
898
88
724
98
Alcorn State U.
2,536
2,355
2,220
1,889
0
1,889
0
0
0
99
Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis
1,564
1,038
1,644
1,818
48
23
1,658
0
89
100
U. Wyoming
1,932
1,314
2,346
1,788
790
670
0
270
58
101
U. Virginia, Charlottesville
1,149
834
828
1,782
46
248
261
0
1,227
102
U. Alabama, Huntsville
1,095
192
570
1,777
0
1,133
644
0
0
103
Case Western Reserve U.
3,539
3,240
1,751
1,695
131
10
0
78
1,476
104
SUNY, Binghamton U.
1,557
1,583
1,828
1,661
69
0
33
0
1,559
105
U. Southern Maine
1,094
2,736
i
2,190
i
1,646
0
17
0
42
1,587
106
U. Houston
766
698
1,692
1,609
0
0
112
1,497
0
107
U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
3,539
2,330
1,538
1,561
0
0
0
1,561
0
108
CUNY, Graduate Center
1,286
1,363
1,059
1,551
237
0
0
561
753
109
Rice U.
862
630
859
1,519
208
151
321
839
0
110
Emory U.
3,286
1,571
1,648
1,502
817
611
60
14
0
111
U. Notre Dame
219
74
708
1,479
93
400
181
785
20
112
U.S. Air Force Academy
652
385
460
1,434
0
84
145
1,205
0
113
Kent State U.
1,148
1,443
1,721
1,380
16
4
0
75
1,285
114
Dillard U.
0
0
7,994
1,376
0
0
0
0
1,376
115
U. South Carolina, Columbia
3,202
3,200
1,271
1,368
0
12
88
1,268
0
116
U. Idaho
1,068
1,060
1,296
1,347
0
42
136
0
1,169
117
U. Alaska, Fairbanks
1,338
1,173
1,615
1,346
528
165
0
39
614
118
U. Massachusetts, Amherst
1,317
1,230
1,324
1,332
258
113
304
424
233
119
U. Hawaii, Manoa
4,718
3,645
1,192
1,329
36
0
24
160
1,109
120
Rochester Institute of Technology
490
437
726
1,313
0
0
0
51
1,262
121
U. Massachusetts, Lowell
946
1,326
1,883
1,312
0
0
0
83
1,229
122
Texas State U.
458
1,922
2,059
1,296
0
0
0
856
440
123
Bowling Green State U.
1,149
1,223
1,168
1,285
0
233
0
1,051
1
124
U. North Carolina, Greensboro
1,160
1,055
1,438
1,272
561
379
0
0
332
125
Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge
2,855
2,659
2,607
1,264
0
196
18
475
575
126
U. North Carolina, Charlotte
1,058
1,493
1,523
1,224
83
36
441
432
232
127
U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa
559
817
901
1,188
115
0
66
116
891
128
U.S. Military Academy
2,692
925
1,168
1,166
0
0
0
0
1,166
129
U. Northern Iowa
887
1,146
859
1,154
0
109
0
0
1,045
130
Boston U.
1,157
801
1,001
1,066
29
523
82
14
418
131
U. California, Santa Cruz
1,140
1,338
1,539
1,037
0
140
38
207
652
132
U. Rhode Island
2,327
3,015
3,116
1,031
0
244
0
6
781
133
Colorado School of Mines
327
224
174
1,016
0
1,016
0
0
0
134
West Virginia U.
664
767
799
1,011
0
43
70
432
466
135
U. Kentucky
1,989
2,110
1,675
972
336
0
0
137
499
136
Drexel U.
3
74
119
962
0
5
121
0
836
137
U. Maine
1,408
1,416
1,014
878
13
43
0
0
822
138
U. Denver
11
58
84
846
0
0
132
10
704
139
U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee
906
1,214
1,378
823
732
51
33
3
4
140
Pepperdine U.
339
466
592
793
0
0
0
0
793
140
Sam Houston State U.
427
655
380
793
0
0
0
0
793
142
U. California, Riverside
760
466
1,927
783
0
25
7
397
354
143
Montana State U., Bozeman
1,258
1,006
901
781
0
0
18
744
19
144
Kansas State U.
2,836
2,657
3,361
771
0
22
0
256
493
145
U. Vermont
191
199
136
758
15
59
0
0
684
146
Tulane U.
700
918
979
756
33
498
0
57
168
147
U. Louisiana, Lafayette
134
508
577
738
0
0
111
0
627
148
CUNY, Baruch C.
66
136
479
735
0
52
56
267
360
149
U. Memphis
1,814
1,867
933
726
0
253
382
0
91
150
U. Missouri, Saint Louis
825
540
691
712
0
155
0
0
557
151
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville
284
412
563
710
60
31
0
509
110
151
Utah State U.
770
528
752
710
0
52
100
553
5
153
CUNY, Lehman C.
613
759
746
704
581
0
0
94
29
154
U. Southern Mississippi
519
301
472
699
0
173
368
0
158
155
San Francisco State U.
1,135
276
767
696
0
0
0
209
487
156
U. New Orleans
1,503
1,102
764
695
0
21
0
212
462
157
U. Nevada, Reno
1,107
792
485
686
105
399
0
0
182
157
U. Texas, Dallas
160
236
450
686
0
0
351
334
1
159
Alabama A&M U.
661
i
660
i
659
i
674
i
0
i
0
i
96
i
240
i
338
i
159
Michigan Technological U.
485
0
859
674
0
0
0
0
674
161
North Carolina Central U.
0
351
434
642
0
0
50
592
0
162
Brigham Young U., Provo
770
717
790
640
0
249
179
31
181
163
California State U., Los Angeles
36
48
14
630
0
0
0
39
591
164
Boise State U.
566
783
526
624
0
6
437
130
51
165
Florida International U.
1,536
3,233
814
617
5
0
0
28
584
166
Howard U.
1,129
1,556
195
591
0
57
0
534
0
167
U. California, Merced
131
326
380
576
0
0
84
0
492
168
U. Nevada, Las Vegas
380
364
430
571
127
0
87
277
80
169
U. Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
0
24
0
566
0
0
0
566
0
170
Morgan State U.
277
977
166
562
0
0
0
0
562
171
Cleveland State U.
533
373
446
556
0
0
0
39
517
172
Miami U.
466
609
885
548
506
0
0
0
42
173
Illinois Institute of Technology
104
414
481
543
0
0
0
249
294
174
South Dakota State U.
1,914
1,296
1,476
536
0
258
0
85
193
174
SUNY, Stony Brook U.
658
454
372
536
59
143
99
63
172
176
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
593
954
1,114
535
0
0
0
0
535
177
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, Newark
686
493
554
521
0
0
0
0
521
178
New School
215
171
107
506
0
5
0
30
471
179
U. North Dakota
33
30
31
505
496
0
0
0
9
180
New Jersey Institute of Technology
187
49
61
501
0
0
0
0
501
181
East Carolina U.
1,659
1,174
111
491
26
158
0
66
241
182
Northwestern State U. Louisiana
590
494
ne
490
0
0
0
0
490
183
Texas Tech U.
1,811
1,679
955
488
0
0
144
54
290
184
California State U., Sacramento
1,108
422
299
473
33
73
0
0
367
185
Dartmouth C.
824
701
625
471
14
0
0
3
454
186
Washington U., Saint Louis
442
328
417
451
264
0
187
0
0
187
U. Alaska, Anchorage
748
489
567
450
0
13
0
40
397
188
Clark U.
565
568
566
432
0
151
0
0
281
189
U. Illinois, Springfield
394
252
248
425
0
0
0
11
414
190
U. Nebraska, Omaha
186
517
211
412
0
0
275
0
137
191
U. Richmond
0
318
375
403
0
358
0
45
0
192
Minnesota State U., Mankato
3
0
0
399
399
0
0
0
0
192
U. Missouri, Columbia
3,421
4,401
5,344
399
26
186
79
62
46
194
Lehigh U.
634
1,022
866
393
0
24
0
13
356
195
California State U., Northridge
61
605
762
374
36
0
0
140
198
196
CUNY, Hunter C.
625
491
294
360
178
74
0
108
0
197
California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo
56
31
530
350
0
12
334
4
0
198
Ball State U.
91
59
143
346
340
0
0
0
6
199
Texas Christian U.
63
179
262
338
0
0
150
0
188
200
Louisiana Tech U.
63
69
165
315
0
0
0
315
0
201
U. North Texas, Denton
708
392
462
314
0
0
186
128
0
202
Hawaii Pacific U.
194
164
94
312
0
0
0
0
312
203
U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
3
2
68
303
0
37
0
266
0
204
U. Texas Rio Grande Valley
na
na
na
302
0
119
0
0
183
205
California State U., San Marcos
10
0
41
298
0
89
0
209
0
206
Southern Methodist U.
215
4
86
276
276
0
0
0
0
207
Fayetteville State U.
137
143
143
271
0
0
0
0
271
208
Wayne State U.
963
855
702
268
75
0
99
17
77
209
U. Michigan, Dearborn
79
0
0
264
0
0
0
6
258
210
California State U., Monterey Bay
0
0
29
262
0
0
0
262
0
211
CUNY, Queens C.
351
372
308
260
185
51
0
0
24
212
San Jose State U.
0
11
12
254
0
0
0
0
254
213
SUNY, C. of Environmental Science and Forestry
263
i
0
i
309
244
0
6
26
11
201
214
U. Missouri, Kansas City
260
93
159
237
0
91
0
0
146
215
Missouri State U.
7
23
110
230
0
0
22
123
85
216
Arkansas State U., Jonesboro
17
0
9
225
0
0
0
0
225
217
Northern Illinois U.
261
439
298
213
130
0
83
0
0
218
U. South Alabama
189
93
213
210
0
0
0
15
195
219
Oklahoma State U., Stillwater
1,479
571
2,371
206
0
0
7
199
0
220
Creighton U.
219
i
217
i
179
i
205
i
5
i
32
i
31
i
62
i
75
i
221
Jackson State U.
645
469
222
190
0
0
86
0
104
222
East Tennessee State U.
13
54
10
187
0
0
0
10
177
222
U. Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus
46
1,048
77
187
50
0
0
95
42
222
U. Louisville
774
352
98
187
0
0
0
0
187
225
Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville
40
6
74
186
0
0
82
0
104
225
U. North Florida
20
5
53
186
0
16
0
0
170
227
Idaho State U.
625
136
417
185
185
0
0
0
0
228
Northern Arizona U.
241
245
196
183
28
1
13
141
0
229
U. Alabama, Birmingham
983
195
186
181
0
0
0
90
91
230
Virginia Commonwealth U.
807
385
161
167
0
57
110
0
0
231
Occidental C.
0
0
0
165
0
0
4
17
144
232
Baylor U.
223
214
123
162
0
0
0
162
0
233
Stephen F. Austin State U.
118
3
211
160
0
0
0
0
160
234
Middlebury C.
205
111
106
159
0
0
16
60
83
234
Western Michigan U. and Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine