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Table 32. Higher education R&D expenditures at historically black colleges and universities, ranked by all R&D expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution All R&D expenditures Computer and information sciences Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences Life sciences Mathematics and statistics Physical sciences Psychology Social sciences Sciences, nec Engineering All non-S&E fields
All HBCUs 542,823 16,842 26,730 305,217 8,202 58,984 4,579 18,464 6,264 60,212 37,329
1 Howard U. 45,768 1,111 1,101 26,573 295 3,808 2,467 856 0 8,402 1,155
2 Florida A&M U. 37,578 594 2,942 21,747 68 3,501 491 38 1,158 2,485 4,554
3 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 37,379 2,236 230 18,980 64 1,083 0 0 44 12,648 2,094
4 Morehouse School of Medicine 36,925 0 0 35,454 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,471
5 Alabama A&M U. 31,685 i 1,044 i 1,955 i 17,351 i 314 i 2,407 i 664 i 1,085 i 0 i 5,379 i 1,486 i
6 Jackson State U. 22,790 1,821 2,130 3,549 251 7,259 0 213 1,751 4,298 1,518
7 Delaware State U. 20,793 127 980 11,479 1,428 3,764 0 396 0 962 1,657
8 Tennessee State U. 18,108 490 0 12,075 163 951 328 120 0 2,120 1,861
9 Meharry Medical C. 16,782 0 0 16,782 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Tuskegee U. 16,535 80 i 0 i 9,308 i 21 i 472 i 65 i 30 i 0 i 6,532 i 27 i
11 Hampton U. 16,482 423 4,080 2,095 422 4,615 0 2,543 0 1,730 574
12 Alcorn State U. 16,129 0 0 10,484 337 0 0 4,652 0 656 0
13 Morgan State U. 14,978 137 4,984 4,505 623 285 0 198 0 3,795 451
14 South Carolina State U. 14,300 0 0 5,867 86 1,552 0 5,550 0 199 1,046
15 North Carolina Central U. 14,119 0 395 6,468 262 4,019 0 534 11 0 2,430
16 Prairie View A&M U. 13,982 262 0 8,106 36 1,644 17 31 0 3,359 527
17 Xavier U. Louisiana 12,424 376 0 3,814 0 8,007 13 10 0 152 52
18 U. of the Virgin Islands 12,298 0 420 10,557 1,054 0 0 0 0 0 267
19 Langston U. 11,543 i 0 i 0 i 11,106 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 199 i 238 i
20 Virginia State U. 10,725 0 28 5,807 101 43 171 172 66 1,665 2,672
21 U. Arkansas, Pine Bluff 8,136 0 0 6,946 134 326 0 12 718 0 0
22 Clark Atlanta U. 8,007 263 0 5,536 1 1,713 0 143 0 292 59
23 Kentucky State U. 7,412 i 41 i 0 i 7,063 i 0 i 51 i 127 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 130 i
24 U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 7,403 0 5,287 2,017 0 69 0 0 0 30 0
25 Norfolk State U. 7,296 4,306 0 194 122 792 4 0 0 1,819 59
26 Dillard U. 7,095 0 0 4,529 0 1,123 0 1,291 0 0 152
27 West Virginia State U. 6,305 151 0 5,762 0 204 0 0 0 188 0
28 Grambling State U. 5,911 0 0 0 304 1,250 0 0 0 0 4,357
29 Fort Valley State U. 5,374 0 0 5,085 187 102 0 0 0 0 0
30 Lincoln U., Jefferson City 5,164 0 0 4,497 226 71 0 89 281 0 0
31 Fayetteville State U. 5,105 279 300 909 167 616 0 151 0 80 2,603
32 Fisk U. 5,017 483 0 845 243 2,725 0 0 0 37 684
33 Southern U. and A&M C., Agricultural Research and Extension Center 4,921 i 0 i 0 i 4,921 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i
34 Texas Southern U. 4,722 665 176 2,470 0 181 0 233 888 89 20
35 Southern U. and A&M C., Baton Rouge 4,043 131 294 381 0 1,895 0 1 0 852 489
36 U. of the District of Columbia 3,733 0 189 1,872 282 0 0 0 19 1,371 0
37 Morehouse C. 3,667 180 0 126 211 2,136 0 41 969 0 4
38 Tougaloo C. 3,030 0 52 2,120 0 80 0 0 0 0 778
39 Johnson C. Smith U. 2,255 106 0 465 57 0 0 0 0 0 1,627
40 Alabama State U. 2,253 0 0 2,253 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Spelman C. 2,079 25 0 759 1 184 200 57 0 1 852
42 Central State U. 2,008 85 45 1,217 121 37 32 0 359 112 0
43 Bowie State U. 1,813 702 0 164 10 111 0 0 0 0 826
44 Benedict C. 1,676 259 439 136 75 314 0 0 0 453 0
45 Winston-Salem State U. 1,575 0 0 866 0 309 0 0 0 0 400
46 Savannah State U. 1,407 10 479 450 0 157 0 7 0 302 2
47 Albany State U. 1,393 0 27 1,104 0 78 0 0 0 0 184
48 Claflin U. 1,360 322 101 416 16 484 0 10 0 5 6
49 Elizabeth City State U. 1,340 133 96 7 520 566 0 1 0 0 17
i = imputed.
HBCUs = historically black colleges and universities; nec = not elsewhere classified; S&E = science and engineering.
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.