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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 2017

(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 542,823 417,056 27,929 76,579 6,521 11,158 3,580
1 Howard U. 45,768 34,762 1,155 6,940 2,052 859 0
2 Florida A&M U. 37,578 30,383 1,267 4,957 724 247 0
3 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 37,379 24,496 159 12,145 254 154 171
4 Morehouse School of Medicine 36,925 28,792 1,245 3,833 0 3,055 0
5 Alabama A&M U. 31,685 i 23,290 i 706 i 5,055 i 184 i 0 i 2,450 i
6 Jackson State U. 22,790 20,136 0 2,004 0 581 69
7 Delaware State U. 20,793 14,693 470 5,605 25 0 0
8 Tennessee State U. 18,108 10,557 762 6,445 300 44 0
9 Meharry Medical C. 16,782 15,613 0 612 13 544 0
10 Tuskegee U. 16,535 10,388 2,590 3,553 0 0 4
11 Hampton U. 16,482 16,249 0 233 0 0 0
12 Alcorn State U. 16,129 8,634 15 7,172 274 34 0
13 Morgan State U. 14,978 13,328 482 293 621 162 92
14 South Carolina State U. 14,300 14,300 0 0 0 0 0
15 North Carolina Central U. 14,119 11,977 268 NA 1,020 854 0
16 Prairie View A&M U. 13,982 8,722 2,876 2,218 49 100 17
17 Xavier U. Louisiana 12,424 10,939 495 920 0 70 0
18 U. of the Virgin Islands 12,298 10,968 146 1,138 46 0 0
19 Langston U. 11,543 i 9,219 i 2,324 i NA 0 i 0 i 0 i
20 Virginia State U. 10,725 4,779 1,677 1,657 4 2,198 410
21 U. Arkansas, Pine Bluff 8,136 3,747 1,864 2,484 0 41 0
22 Clark Atlanta U. 8,007 5,811 0 2,040 14 142 0
23 Kentucky State U. 7,412 i 5,169 i 2,073 i 31 i 97 i 30 i 12 i
24 U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 7,403 7,265 18 NA 67 53 0
25 Norfolk State U. 7,296 7,101 31 93 0 0 71
26 Dillard U. 7,095 5,592 86 857 0 393 167
27 West Virginia State U. 6,305 5,072 1,151 47 0 35 0
28 Grambling State U. 5,911 4,283 819 809 0 0 0
29 Fort Valley State U. 5,374 5,068 0 306 0 0 0
30 Lincoln U., Jefferson City 5,164 4,148 1,016 NA 0 0 0
31 Fayetteville State U. 5,105 2,322 591 1,941 153 98 0
32 Fisk U. 5,017 4,327 180 87 0 423 0
33 Southern U. and A&M C., Agricultural Research and Extension Center 4,921 i 2,502 i 2,353 i 66 i 0 i 0 i 0 i
34 Texas Southern U. 4,722 3,674 252 422 79 295 0
35 Southern U. and A&M C., Baton Rouge 4,043 2,866 157 939 81 0 0
36 U. of the District of Columbia 3,733 2,659 0 1,001 0 0 73
37 Morehouse C. 3,667 3,667 0 0 0 0 0
38 Tougaloo C. 3,030 3,030 0 0 0 0 0
39 Johnson C. Smith U. 2,255 1,469 103 0 0 683 0
40 Alabama State U. 2,253 2,253 0 0 0 0 0
41 Spelman C. 2,079 1,227 0 676 176 0 0
42 Central State U. 2,008 1,491 517 0 0 0 0
43 Bowie State U. 1,813 1,813 0 0 0 0 0
44 Benedict C. 1,676 1,634 2 0 0 40 0
45 Winston-Salem State U. 1,575 1,575 0 NA 0 0 0
46 Savannah State U. 1,407 1,390 0 0 0 17 0
47 Albany State U. 1,393 1,026 79 0 288 0 0
48 Claflin U. 1,360 1,344 0 0 0 6 10
49 Elizabeth City State U. 1,340 1,306 0 NA 0 0 34
i = imputed. NA = not available; data were not provided by institution.
HBCUs = historically black colleges and universities.
NOTE: Ranked institutions 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 list 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 2017.