Table 56. Federally financed higher education R&D expenditures in engineering subfields, ranked by all FY 2016 engineering R&D: FYs 2014–16 and by subfield for FY 2016
(Dollars in thousands)
Rank
Institution
2014
2015
2016
All engineering
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineeringa
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering
Chemical engineering
Civil engineering
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineeringa
Industrial and manufacturing engineeringb
Mechanical engineering
Metallurgical and materials engineering
Engineering, nec
All institutions
6,424,577
6,458,628
6,583,476
623,571
650,752
467,678
591,637
1,742,632
148,464
860,745
442,893
1,055,104
1
Johns Hopkins U.c
903,522
954,967
987,721
91,613
34,524
14,541
13,257
456,794
0
154,500
14,919
207,573
2
Georgia Institute of Technology
363,149
390,188
413,211
133,279
14,502
15,772
12,374
149,779
40,993
32,624
10,066
3,822
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
214,215
217,641
224,821
16,736
67,981
13,184
5,770
28,657
0
21,486
17,222
53,785
4
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center
223,559
215,629
213,997
14,107
5,972
8,938
8,916
51,438
16,762
62,048
37,718
8,098
5
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
174,530
177,975
200,321
10,754
12,649
9,931
9,527
49,227
2,143
20,858
8,509
76,723
6
U. Texas, Austin
121,270
124,036
124,370
9,739
4,737
19,342
6,212
36,021
2,295
5,491
10,776
29,757
7
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
105,600
94,980
103,852
6,667
4,433
4,461
16,433
34,431
0
13,913
11,974
11,540
8
U. Washington, Seattle
97,986
97,657
99,745
7,660
20,061
8,407
9,271
23,318
760
8,199
3,217
18,852
9
Purdue U., West Lafayette
106,014
95,217
97,313
15,408
6,022
6,209
5,315
27,412
2,387
12,413
4,589
17,558
10
U. Dayton
59,665
70,530
94,680
9,439
0
4,833
2,542
5,274
1,435
1,464
46,009
23,684
11
U. Wisconsin-Madison
96,970
86,245
91,722
0
30,057
6,787
7,283
7,635
2,076
3,475
7,077
27,332
12
Stanford U.
99,915
94,297
89,510
12,389
15,007
4,071
7,535
20,158
0
20,876
2,742
6,732
13
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
93,842
88,097
89,040
4,654
5,176
1,893
20,300
21,103
2,085
16,725
7,415
9,689
14
Utah State U.
72,740
78,303
88,123
79,138
340
0
2,680
2,928
0
2,572
0
465
15
U. Colorado Boulder
68,179
79,337
84,300
37,056
4,263
12,302
10,543
9,350
0
8,530
708
1,548
16
U. Maryland, College Park
68,007
69,378
76,063
8,196
4,126
3,765
7,585
19,524
0
10,968
12,102
9,797
17
North Carolina State U.
61,176
67,465
75,449
1,193
4,392
7,673
4,098
26,973
2,089
5,798
10,582
12,651
18
U. California, Berkeley
70,618
70,191
71,029
0
0
3,108
4,125
55,614
0
0
0
8,182
19
Ohio State U.
69,839
66,722
70,847
384
1,012
4,151
2,310
17,414
3,601
26,515
11,511
3,949
20
U. California, San Diego
65,001
62,771
61,840
0
22,681
0
0
27,941
0
7,289
0
3,929
21
Duke U.
67,173
68,947
61,757
0
19,075
0
4,799
19,616
0
4,838
9,675
3,754
22
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities
55,884
63,625
60,872
6,341
12,572
12,520
6,716
9,821
1,167
8,574
3,161
0
23
Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center
72,752
65,348
60,310
4,257
7,881
4,927
13,235
6,034
691
4,974
3,112
15,199
24
Arizona State U.
47,620
53,395
60,179
0
5,578
2,861
7,470
32,119
1,343
5,254
3,358
2,196
25
Carnegie Mellon U.
69,149
65,506
57,616
2,002
3,296
3,875
4,651
15,594
0
5,923
5,942
16,333
26
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
66,853
75,538
54,850
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
54,850
27
Cornell U.
59,890
60,549
52,214
1,405
5,559
6,851
3,270
10,683
3,190
7,631
8,214
5,411
28
Columbia U. in the City of New York
47,025
41,422
52,135
2,534
14,976
5,738
1,916
5,222
1,118
2,219
0
18,412
29
U. California, Santa Barbara
50,259
48,652
52,124
0
13,709
6,053
0
12,959
0
4,968
14,435
0
30
U. Tennessee, Knoxville
37,964
39,156
52,119
5,739
833
3,288
9,697
12,288
4,553
0
7,470
8,251
31
U. Florida
47,166
46,690
51,459
2,991
9,490
2,934
665
13,606
2,008
7,367
6,858
5,540
32
SUNY, U. Buffalo
54,660
49,338
49,873
81
2,443
15,339
4,955
3,682
1,444
8,948
7
12,974
33
U. California, Santa Cruz
43,337
45,384
49,857
0
0
0
0
1,851
0
0
0
48,006
34
Northwestern U.
57,273
49,278
49,444
0
9,005
3,592
3,613
10,087
2,249
7,501
11,450
1,947
35
New Jersey Institute of Technology
30,327
36,463
47,314
0
2,360
754
27,591
850
0
279
1,450
14,030
36
Vanderbilt U.
47,373
42,288
47,065
0
7,764
4,086
7,899
21,292
0
6,021
0
3
37
Princeton U.
50,626
46,280
42,517
3,747
2,148
4,137
5,436
7,464
2,547
4,351
10,731
1,956
38
U. California, Los Angeles
41,440
45,457
41,637
0
3,756
5,317
1,162
15,275
0
9,782
3,744
2,601
39
Rice U.
31,406
32,366
38,286
0
16,573
2,525
3,376
9,374
0
782
5,642
14
40
U. California, Davis
33,723
33,242
36,680
0
13,118
4,666
6,478
10,258
0
2,158
0
2
41
U. Southern California
45,321
43,266
36,169
673
5,660
1,707
2,236
16,451
1,488
2,677
0
5,277
42
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick
40,049
36,596
36,015
1,111
1,383
2,549
15,179
5,365
0
1,735
5,382
3,311
43
Iowa State U.
36,666
34,986
35,948
1,785
0
5,676
11,655
8,453
1,763
2,440
0
4,176
44
U. Pennsylvania
39,567
39,464
35,847
0
10,916
4,381
0
12,533
0
8,014
0
3
45
Harvard U.
44,016
38,416
34,986
0
6,916
0
4,977
7,456
0
1,283
9,828
4,526
46
U.S. Air Force Academy
27,333
21,957
34,703
4,950
0
0
128
1,020
0
28,605
0
0
47
U. Notre Dame
32,007
34,363
34,682
9,699
0
3,359
5,096
13,959
0
0
2,569
0
48
Boston U.
31,358
31,311
34,196
530
16,485
0
0
8,063
0
5,574
0
3,544
49
U. Arizona
26,009
27,701
31,652
1,119
2,819
1,442
1,115
19,354
813
1,341
1,978
1,671
50
U. Alabama, Birmingham
13,732
32,514
30,928
7,127
2,356
5,041
658
1,319
0
2,884
10,877
666
51
New Mexico State U.
55,834
50,218
30,245
6,542
182
1,053
1,648
2,023
0
554
0
18,243
52
Case Western Reserve U.
32,987
30,806
30,223
0
12,464
6,259
417
3,841
0
4,114
0
3,128
53
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
38,920
38,965
30,073
0
3,703
3,393
1,557
8,122
0
10,423
2,276
599
54
Clemson U.
23,948
25,980
29,761
0
4,484
1,555
7,390
6,432
1,363
2,904
4,465
1,168
55
U. Utah
29,317
27,376
29,629
0
5,820
6,360
2,350
6,558
0
3,783
4,746
12
56
Florida State U.
33,994
30,593
29,543
575
528
582
2,591
6,824
0
15,119
3,314
10
57
Oregon State U.
25,696
29,479
29,203
141
1,368
6,034
4,759
2,805
18
5,567
684
7,827
58
U. Delaware
43,851
36,382
28,759
0
1,562
12,446
5,422
5,151
0
4,139
0
39
59
Northeastern U.
28,613
28,912
28,285
0
433
1,720
4,752
13,088
3,030
3,280
0
1,982
60
California Institute of Technology
25,957
39,206
28,148
5,482
301
12,664
2,914
4,023
0
2,672
0
92
61
Mississippi State U.
20,193
24,033
27,832
2,142
0
1,314
618
8,522
2,932
7,090
11
5,203
62
U. New Mexico
25,273
25,776
27,206
2,060
1,417
3,140
4,078
12,190
1,042
770
0
2,509
63
U. Virginia, Charlottesville
37,036
34,115
26,508
0
4,500
970
4,679
6,983
2,281
0
0
7,095
64
U. Kentucky
19,370
21,330
26,462
0
854
2,750
7,454
1,575
170
2,356
842
10,461
65
U. Central Florida
13,736
26,519
25,758
12,609
0
0
2,257
4,975
636
2,168
1,050
2,063
66
Colorado State U., Fort Collins
20,228
19,135
25,584
0
0
1,917
10,526
8,288
0
4,525
0
328
67
Auburn U., Auburn
21,770
19,932
24,592
349
0
2,251
1,751
1,981
465
3,498
88
14,209
68
U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
23,238
23,776
24,414
0
7,808
5,990
1,688
3,225
2,335
3,368
0
0
69
U. Alabama, Huntsville
36,592
27,822
24,249
19,785
0
338
703
1,288
0
1,733
230
172
70
U. California, Irvine
20,798
20,914
23,992
0
4,164
3,931
3,378
6,536
0
5,645
0
338
71
U. Massachusetts, Amherst
25,507
21,158
23,889
0
0
7,219
4,657
8,032
0
3,934
0
47
72
Michigan State U.
24,679
23,614
22,862
0
204
5,765
3,317
8,629
0
3,052
0
1,895
73
U. South Florida, Tampa
22,642
25,625
22,438
0
455
668
16,302
2,159
108
2,725
0
21
74
U. Iowa
22,928
23,731
22,426
0
325
590
10,858
3,187
357
1,594
0
5,515
75
U. Connecticut
20,550
21,394
22,302
0
1,068
3,091
6,075
4,795
0
2,750
3,474
1,049
76
Drexel U.
28,761
23,044
21,125
0
3,654
3,483
2,136
3,446
0
3,322
3,903
1,181
77
U. Akron
15,085
10,307
21,104
0
852
4,595
2,230
956
0
1,556
0
10,915
78
Colorado School of Mines
25,577
24,952
20,479
0
0
3,276
3,432
591
0
2,158
4,968
6,054
79
Washington U., Saint Louis
16,372
21,218
19,836
0
9,549
5,373
2,311
2,434
0
0
0
169
80
Florida International U.
16,056
23,742
19,717
1
1,240
0
11,491
4,108
0
231
585
2,061
81
U. North Dakota
20,078
15,585
19,542
1,103
0
842
168
0
0
285
908
16,236
82
U. Houston
25,047
22,784
19,254
179
2,623
3,745
3,918
4,729
58
1,888
1,060
1,054
83
Mercer U.
17,870
19,577
19,243
6,832
0
0
0
556
0
7,808
4,047
0
84
Dartmouth C.
12,969
18,973
18,954
0
7,176
2,737
553
2,261
0
6,227
0
0
85
Stevens Institute of Technology
18,385
18,436
18,251
55
1,406
531
367
779
0
743
236
14,134
86
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill
3,277
3,321
18,186
0
4,208
0
9,912
0
4,066
0
0
0
87
Washington State U.
19,254
18,367
17,976
3
1,033
1,991
2,290
2,683
0
2,381
2,889
4,706
88
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
11,021
18,152
17,909
0
1,912
1,827
430
1,863
0
10,275
0
1,602
89
SUNY, Polytechnic Institute
18,364
11,464
17,745
0
0
0
0
31
0
39
0
17,675
90
Michigan Technological U.
17,196
15,142
17,197
0
946
649
552
6,573
0
5,763
2,539
175
91
Tufts U.
15,882
15,335
17,154
0
7,987
1,157
2,560
3,138
0
2,244
0
68
92
Naval Postgraduate School
29,950
27,524
17,053
3,775
74
0
233
4,871
0
1,219
83
6,798
93
CUNY, City C.
20,990
18,872
16,919
0
2,825
969
10,718
1,456
0
771
0
180
94
Yale U.
25,960
25,538
16,889
0
4,375
3,142
361
5,363
0
3,647
0
1
95
U. Texas, Arlington
13,162
17,109
16,731
0
949
0
959
2,660
0
1,190
8,631
2,342
96
Brown U.
17,821
16,304
16,516
316
3,438
472
0
4,182
0
4,413
2,277
1,418
97
U. Nebraska, Lincoln
16,674
17,327
16,309
0
1,011
325
5,568
4,940
0
2,297
2,157
11
98
Wright State U.
13,044
12,741
16,172
137
5,110
0
0
4,264
0
1,073
102
5,486
99
U. Hawaii, Manoa
14,584
17,218
15,829
0
1,725
0
1,062
10,118
0
1,759
56
1,109
100
Oklahoma State U., Stillwater
11,104
7,465
15,653
2,170
821
1,678
2,171
632
1,212
245
393
6,331
101
U. South Carolina, Columbia
15,516
14,827
14,932
0
0
4,114
1,532
2,498
0
6,764
0
24
102
West Virginia U.
19,870
16,922
14,826
0
0
1,404
1,948
2,681
1,851
5,596
586
760
103
U. Texas, Dallas
10,487
9,828
14,345
0
4,467
0
0
4,257
0
2,389
2,990
242
104
Missouri U. of Science and Technology
15,908
11,698
14,287
1,711
0
386
2,131
2,745
444
2,529
4,005
336
105
SUNY, Stony Brook U.
11,910
12,955
13,850
0
5,145
0
141
2,496
0
2,058
2,483
1,527
106
Montana State U., Bozeman
11,202
11,757
13,547
0
1,811
208
4,394
1,812
91
876
0
4,355
107
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville
6,635
9,649
13,397
0
1,992
1,668
1,266
5,239
848
1,890
0
494
108
Lehigh U.
11,471
12,378
13,323
0
51
2,202
2,191
2,598
731
3,207
2,343
0
109
U. Oklahoma, Norman and Health Science Center
7,741
13,638
13,101
1,457
193
2,168
3,729
4,354
263
0
0
937
110
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U.
11,315
8,431
12,722
12,198
0
0
0
15
0
282
0
227
111
U. Texas, El Paso
9,676
11,360
12,708
0
0
0
1,692
2,494
1,587
4,041
2,875
19
112
U. Wyoming
3,086
4,053
12,628
0
0
10,131
1,847
256
0
394
0
0
113
U. California, Riverside
8,450
10,243
12,606
0
1,082
3,798
1,278
3,299
0
2,614
281
254
114
Air Force Institute of Technology
7,237
6,658
12,129
1,441
0
0
29
4,268
5,887
0
504
0
115
U. Maryland, Baltimore County
8,718
9,972
11,896
0
0
5,810
0
5,109
0
977
0
0
116
U. Missouri, Columbia
9,811
9,149
11,256
0
2,145
568
3,754
1,711
163
1,793
0
1,122
117
Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge
12,768
9,963
10,738
0
0
2,417
2,017
1,156
23
1,997
118
3,010
118
Texas Tech U.
10,738
11,590
10,478
0
0
2,240
1,943
3,642
230
1,636
0
787
119
Cleveland State U.
7,741
6,929
10,440
0
8,714
404
140
739
0
430
0
13
120
U. Chicago
2,396
5,759
10,001
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10,001
121
U. Cincinnati
11,027
8,568
9,506
1,035
171
1,140
2,273
2,416
0
2,366
105
0
122
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U.
10,557
10,860
9,208
0
430
0
1,133
1,563
566
3,829
0
1,687
123
U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa
8,398
8,829
9,038
1,112
0
674
2,095
1,789
288
1,104
1,976
0
124
U. New Hampshire
11,805
12,143
8,996
0
3,594
500
3,419
295
0
1,188
0
0
125
U. Kansas
10,982
8,826
8,945
640
1,022
2,854
539
2,051
0
85
21
1,733
126
Rochester Institute of Technology
5,751
5,634
8,930
0
309
2,023
27
2,056
254
1,364
0
2,897
127
Kansas State U.
9,563
9,302
8,829
419
0
1,128
1,043
1,138
542
3,056
0
1,503
128
Brigham Young U., Provo
8,700
8,359
8,752
0
0
1,264
761
3,187
0
3,023
0
517
129
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
5,903
7,639
8,413
0
0
2,683
568
409
206
603
1,397
2,547
130
George Washington U.
7,043
6,572
8,354
763
1,285
0
361
1,414
949
2,603
97
882
131
U. Illinois, Chicago
9,791
8,700
8,290
0
3,265
577
1,114
1,490
0
1,844
0
0
132
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
25,521
12,327
8,286
617
0
3,380
617
730
0
1,344
1,598
0
133
Illinois Institute of Technology
10,462
9,987
8,274
982
2,929
273
419
2,021
98
110
535
907
134
George Mason U.
7,279
8,549
8,063
0
2,294
0
740
1,687
1,151
0
92
2,099
135
U.S. Military Academy
5,534
9,697
7,794
0
328
0
1,000
1,525
0
2,141
0
2,800
136
U. Vermont
6,152
6,772
7,592
1,881
385
0
1,101
0
0
0
0
4,225
137
U. Rochester
76,444
78,524
7,551
0
3,624
552
0
1,978
0
1,076
0
321
138
Syracuse U.
5,999
6,234
7,548
285
1,247
231
1,289
2,650
0
1,846
0
0
139
U. Nevada, Las Vegas
6,965
9,461
7,496
0
0
0
1,935
1,068
0
4,493
0
0
140
New York U.
4,188
4,429
7,456
0
0
1,091
1,435
2,155
0
1,165
0
1,610
141
Old Dominion U.
12,876
12,958
7,440
1,935
0
0
1,568
2,917
0
1,020
0
0
142
U. Nevada, Reno
8,418
8,727
7,389
0
0
958
4,352
442
0
862
775
0
143
Wayne State U.
11,019
9,291
7,186
0
1,392
1,116
1,118
1,211
1,325
585
0
439
144
U. Idaho
8,021
7,751
7,064
601
44
386
2,709
503
0
277
411
2,133
145
Oregon Health and Science U.
6,234
7,692
7,055
0
7,055
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
146
U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
5,019
6,678
6,952
0
0
1,917
1,339
1,404
0
62
1,463
767
147
U. Massachusetts, Lowell
4,740
5,706
6,688
0
0
2,319
416
2,084
0
1,811
0
58
148
U.S. Naval Academy
6,513
5,343
6,576
686
0
0
0
2,308
0
1,516
0
2,066
149
Howard U.
7,799
9,155
6,511
0
0
142
889
4,059
0
992
0
429
150
Wichita State U.
5,796
4,427
6,452
4,777
29
0
0
341
572
96
0
637
151
U. Toledo
7,100
5,645
6,169
0
250
1,750
586
142
0
3,441
0
0
152
Virginia Commonwealth U.
5,388
5,557
5,901
0
1,435
256
0
1,384
0
0
0
2,826
153
U. Louisville
9,512
5,738
5,763
0
1,495
1,048
338
1,532
0
356
178
816
154
U. Alaska, Fairbanks
5,778
3,689
5,559
648
0
0
3,539
898
0
163
0
311
155
U. Texas, San Antonio
4,630
4,213
5,500
0
470
0
416
2,460
0
2,100
0
54
156
Ohio U.
7,803
7,327
5,381
2,548
0
994
1,533
283
0
0
23
0
157
California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo
4,729
4,470
5,368
3,453
18
0
1,270
5
0
288
127
207
158
Tuskegee U.
6,926
i
6,138
i
5,197
123
0
167
0
422
0
216
4,269
0
159
U. Maine
11,536
5,456
4,784
0
0
1,108
288
431
62
247
2,442
206
160
U. North Carolina, Charlotte
4,759
5,025
4,767
0
19
0
657
1,004
0
1,879
223
985
161
Clarkson U.
4,118
4,099
4,679
0
0
419
2,556
1,012
0
692
0
0
162
SUNY, Binghamton U.
3,700
3,685
4,315
0
474
0
0
2,384
421
1,036
0
0
163
U. Georgia
3,301
3,427
4,297
25
2,217
345
181
15
0
10
0
1,504
164
U. California, Merced
3,980
3,955
4,132
0
3
0
1,810
901
0
595
823
0
165
South Dakota State U.
3,613
1,952
3,869
0
0
0
528
497
0
115
0
2,729
166
Boise State U.
4,587
4,051
3,827
16
134
41
116
404
0
40
2,759
317
167
Alabama A&M U.
3,735
i
3,729
i
3,813
i
0
i
0
i
0
i
747
i
1,660
i
0
i
890
i
516
i
0
i
168
Jackson State U.
2,512
2,323
3,779
0
0
0
1,589
2,190
0
0
0
0
169
Portland State U.
6,659
5,331
3,693
0
0
0
2,042
1,132
0
369
0
150
170
Idaho State U.
3,000
2,265
3,616
0
0
0
15
31
0
146
0
3,424
171
Florida Atlantic U.
2,434
1,876
3,605
0
0
0
188
0
0
0
0
3,417
172
Emory U.
4,647
4,971
3,556
0
3,556
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
173
U. Rhode Island
3,895
3,215
3,494
0
0
369
421
1,196
0
546
4
958
174
U. Texas Rio Grande Valley
na
na
3,461
0
0
0
8
337
342
1,714
0
1,060
175
San Diego State U.
2,519
3,050
3,459
335
511
0
875
593
0
1,145
0
0
176
Morgan State U.
4,374
3,926
3,363
0
0
0
935
1,669
294
0
0
465
177
U. Mississippi
3,505
3,511
3,217
0
0
1,117
172
70
0
339
0
1,519
178
Tulane U.
2,530
2,547
3,174
0
2,168
1,003
3
0
0
0
0
0
179
Temple U.
2,365
2,272
3,104
0
636
0
725
993
0
750
0
0
180
U. North Texas, Denton
5,068
4,175
3,024
0
0
0
0
734
0
492
1,798
0
181
Marquette U.
1,505
2,862
3,014
0
533
0
179
492
0
572
0
1,238
182
U. Memphis
3,952
3,163
3,013
0
642
0
1,567
711
0
93
0
0
183
Indiana U., Bloomington
0
0
2,983
0
0
0
0
0
2,983
0
0
0
184
U. Miami
3,724
2,783
2,912
0
583
0
476
1,242
0
337
0
274
185
Western Michigan U. and Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine