Back to Data Tables
Excel icon Download to excel

Table 37. Higher education R&D expenditures at private institutions, 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 institutions 25,855,016 15,421,275 369,367 5,523,243 1,773,584 2,144,081 623,466
1 Johns Hopkins U.a 2,562,307 2,178,605 5,326 138,010 84,005 148,975 7,386
2 U. Pennsylvania 1,374,293 669,911 16,697 445,519 140,197 99,155 2,814
3 Duke U. 1,126,924 623,573 117 151,240 234,802 98,200 18,992
4 Harvard U. 1,123,160 573,157 2,336 334,024 46,993 149,979 16,671
5 Stanford U. 1,109,708 710,698 30,356 106,501 114,788 142,609 4,756
6 Cornell U. 984,478 438,182 88,961 260,889 48,338 116,514 31,594
7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 952,017 487,434 1,797 101,155 171,318 97,284 93,029
8 Yale U. 951,084 541,608 1,477 253,060 70,263 78,668 6,008
9 New York U. 917,744 391,144 17,122 248,294 34,046 77,973 149,165
10 Columbia U. in the City of New York 893,062 647,840 5,758 71,307 62,747 81,553 23,857
11 U. Southern California 764,322 450,204 14,871 134,407 56,863 45,652 62,325
12 Washington U., Saint Louis 754,462 474,446 3,344 131,080 63,988 75,579 6,025
13 Northwestern U. 751,809 446,609 3,601 206,673 44,965 42,840 7,121
14 Vanderbilt U. and Vanderbilt U. Medical Center 712,036 452,885 579 183,504 44,232 28,271 2,565
15 Emory U. 664,888 382,177 354 186,516 37,391 56,932 1,518
16 Baylor C. of Medicine 604,952 292,806 31,849 177,568 25,774 76,000 955
17 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 575,448 367,522 6,767 80,340 61,382 55,484 3,953
18 U. Chicago 433,328 308,002 1 45,016 35,552 44,117 640
19 Boston U. 421,360 259,832 270 121,337 14,781 21,020 4,120
20 Case Western Reserve U. 408,609 326,643 1,781 45,212 8,169 23,059 3,745
21 California Institute of Technology 400,312 277,358 1,683 39,615 12,523 36,154 32,979
22 U. Miami 367,877 194,385 10,276 96,232 32,830 33,732 422
23 Scripps Research Institute 354,582 250,090 0 72,600 7,997 23,895 0
24 U. Rochester 353,003 267,860 6,850 34,487 25,865 14,470 3,471
25 Carnegie Mellon U. 328,100 189,974 2,355 100,557 23,590 6,128 5,496
26 Princeton U. 326,207 176,029 899 110,999 9,950 24,136 4,194
27 Rockefeller U. 319,037 86,763 314 208,708 4,899 17,868 485
28 Dartmouth C. 308,445 137,448 1,345 143,601 7,689 10,844 7,518
29 Albert Einstein C. of Medicine 289,685 188,259 3,382 76,526 5,830 15,688 0
30 George Washington U. 245,519 148,369 1,532 63,919 2,708 25,492 3,499
31 Tufts U. 223,409 139,532 4,086 33,213 12,079 28,618 5,881
32 U. Notre Dame 212,823 91,787 369 78,449 5,752 19,902 16,564
33 Georgetown U. 212,319 94,435 2,867 61,276 11,331 27,676 14,734
34 Brown U. 212,290 145,556 182 40,936 2,864 18,976 3,776
35 Medical C. Wisconsin 209,618 108,276 960 61,810 14,941 20,390 3,241
36 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 194,088 148,491 1,519 25,789 3,340 10,162 4,787
37 Wake Forest U. 182,227 148,001 8,724 1,355 11,828 9,924 2,395
38 Tulane U. 180,993 93,970 4,145 50,348 5,279 16,189 11,062
39 Rice U. 167,277 84,469 6,191 43,505 11,165 16,957 4,990
40 Syracuse U. 145,705 39,781 5,392 85,415 4,369 10,492 256
41 Thomas Jefferson U. 142,569 62,029 1,642 50,739 13,304 8,483 6,372
42 Northeastern U. 142,349 93,572 1,341 31,193 8,917 6,685 641
43 Drexel U. 138,577 70,921 4,623 44,151 4,520 12,755 1,607
44 U. Dayton 135,214 118,452 4,740 3,384 6,898 1,310 430
45 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 104,797 51,130 5,909 34,168 9,440 4,150 0
46 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 97,288 54,260 326 23,068 2,437 17,197 0
47 Rush U. 74,062 51,532 289 7,918 12,088 2,235 0
48 Brandeis U. 68,437 46,108 208 9,147 586 10,758 1,630
49 Boston C. 58,088 30,448 1,851 13,453 476 11,374 486
50 Saint Louis U. 56,402 27,436 58 17,144 5,821 5,928 15
51 American U. 56,034 8,800 111 38,278 651 7,056 1,138
52 Rochester Institute of Technology 51,263 27,311 4,415 15,651 2,296 1,071 519
53 Howard U. 45,768 34,762 1,155 6,940 2,052 859 0
54 Van Andel Research Institute 44,578 13,108 1,196 25,163 467 1,579 3,065
55 Brigham Young U., Provo 43,406 26,441 1,397 9,127 4,565 1,649 227
56 Loyola U., Chicago 39,738 23,324 266 8,509 2,699 3,805 1,135
57 Lehigh U. 36,969 25,228 1,627 7,795 1,114 786 419
58 Morehouse School of Medicine 36,925 28,792 1,245 3,833 0 3,055 0
59 Stevens Institute of Technology 35,144 26,855 1,130 4,379 1,880 514 386
60 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 33,368 19,566 88 8,506 4,203 866 139
61 Illinois Institute of Technology 32,659 26,330 82 1,734 2,441 1,734 338
62 Marquette U. 30,034 10,111 221 11,612 992 1,974 5,124
63 Southern Methodist U. 29,879 14,464 1,019 9,865 3,107 1,211 213
64 Mercer U. 29,447 19,772 83 2,754 6,044 163 631
65 Baylor U. 29,400 5,265 1,363 16,935 1,953 2,048 1,836
66 Eastern Virginia Medical School 28,671 21,209 626 3,758 1,662 1,140 276
67 Creighton U. 24,315 7,946 4,766 8,093 2,121 717 672
68 Catholic U. of America 24,282 19,857 111 3,365 371 578 0
69 Columbia U., Teachers C. 24,194 10,194 188 NA 1,167 10,798 1,847
70 Nova Southeastern U. 22,508 7,979 1,708 7,355 4,097 374 995
71 U. Denver 22,289 11,648 204 5,990 1,831 2,424 192
72 Loma Linda U. 21,846 15,192 659 2,953 1,622 1,332 88
73 U. Tulsa 20,879 5,905 452 3,687 10,432 345 58
74 Fordham U. 20,807 5,761 95 12,688 171 1,157 935
75 Albany Medical C. 20,443 11,040 0 3,745 4,578 904 176
76 Villanova U. 19,037 4,048 794 11,919 1,241 479 556
77 Florida Institute of Technology 18,180 8,465 1,782 6,230 1,081 471 151
78 Duquesne U. 17,197 5,759 599 9,216 443 1,180 0
79 Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science 17,006 8,828 0 5,301 2,207 602 68
80 Meharry Medical C. 16,782 15,613 0 612 13 544 0
81 Tuskegee U. 16,535 10,388 2,590 3,553 0 0 4
82 Hampton U. 16,482 16,249 0 233 0 0 0
83 Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine and Science 15,652 14,461 0 791 0 400 0
84 New York Medical C. 15,637 9,000 17 293 3,968 1,635 724
85 Clarkson U. 15,148 6,819 2,254 4,591 978 342 164
86 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. 13,335 10,525 130 1,195 1,460 25 0
87 New School 12,740 2,345 67 2,953 265 5,112 1,998
88 Xavier U. Louisiana 12,424 10,939 495 920 0 70 0
89 Bryn Mawr C. 11,146 2,507 0 7,588 0 1,051 0
90 Claremont Graduate U. 11,046 i 8,574 i 210 i 1,420 i 82 i 759 i 1 i
91 Chapman U. 10,626 3,598 503 4,733 177 1,229 386
92 Wellesley C. 10,326 3,815 353 NA 69 3,699 2,390
93 St. Edward's U. 10,149 7,989 1,095 455 101 499 10
94 Midwestern U. 9,207 1,184 0 7,597 16 410 0
95 Wesleyan U. 8,945 3,902 488 3,631 3 865 56
96 Fairfield U. 8,749 1,101 32 7,278 0 338 0
97 Ponce Health Sciences U. 8,664 7,108 641 NA 0 0 915
98 DePaul U. 8,561 5,424 0 2,070 43 997 27
99 Clark U. 8,453 2,513 445 4,550 147 738 60
100 Azusa Pacific U. 8,430 334 0 8,047 1 0 48
101 Edward Via C. of Osteopathic Medicine 8,119 94 24 7,015 100 886 0
102 U. New England 8,064 5,918 53 1,483 164 439 7
103 Clark Atlanta U. 8,007 5,811 0 2,040 14 142 0
104 Pacific U. 7,770 4,058 997 1,451 291 973 0
105 Gallaudet U. 7,603 2,380 0 2,280 49 283 2,611
106 Seton Hall U. 7,272 1,982 2,280 0 1,020 1,990 0
107 Texas Christian U. 7,255 4,035 1,160 214 1,746 NA 100
108 Dillard U. 7,095 5,592 86 857 0 393 167
109 Loyola Marymount U. 7,071 883 660 4,758 0 770 0
110 Carleton C. 6,888 3,366 95 1,907 0 886 634
111 Western U. of Health Sciences 6,187 2,725 362 701 911 1,310 178
112 Smith C. 6,055 3,449 489 1,193 20 904 0
113 Claremont McKenna C. 5,818 754 26 4,562 0 476 0
114 U. Central del Caribe 5,634 4,866 91 677 0 0 0
115 U. Metropolitana 5,568 4,881 0 687 0 0 0
116 Williams C. 5,227 1,703 0 1,379 0 318 1,827
117 Pace U. 5,028 2,423 24 2,172 0 391 18
118 Fisk U. 5,017 4,327 180 87 0 423 0
119 U. New Haven 5,005 548 268 NA 0 4,189 0
120 Grinnell C. 4,953 652 4 3,787 0 322 188
121 Bucknell U. 4,437 i 1,591 i 290 i 1,574 i 466 i 401 i 115 i
122 Franklin and Marshall C. 4,385 1,732 343 1,243 205 356 506
123 Kettering U. 4,233 2,105 104 1,352 387 78 207
124 Roseman U. of Health Sciences 4,167 0 0 4,132 6 29 0
125 Amherst C. 4,070 1,228 0 2,079 0 211 552
126 U. of the Sciences Philadelphia 3,980 1,102 30 832 1,305 685 26
127 Erikson Institute 3,965 2,529 640 283 0 513 0
128 U. San Diego 3,876 2,299 24 1,109 0 278 166
129 Harvey Mudd C. 3,748 1,521 0 1,782 28 254 163
130 Barnard C. 3,730 2,777 0 621 18 299 15
131 Morehouse C. 3,667 3,667 0 0 0 0 0
132 Mount Holyoke C. 3,635 3,168 0 294 0 173 0
133 Swarthmore C. 3,569 1,451 26 1,949 7 136 0
134 Lewis and Clark C. 3,438 723 0 1,758 0 957 0
135 Colgate U. 3,414 1,096 0 1,987 0 331 0
136 Milwaukee School of Engineering 3,374 775 70 0 2,270 259 0
137 Mills C. 3,353 1,286 22 62 0 1,983 0
138 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate S. of Biomedical Sciences 3,285 206 0 3,006 0 73 0
139 Trinity U. 3,274 986 1 1,335 7 927 18
140 Yeshiva U. 3,258 816 1 1,390 0 504 547
141 New York Institute of Technology 3,236 984 358 1,597 111 186 0
142 Alfred U. 3,231 917 815 489 959 0 51
143 Hope C. 3,225 1,169 0 355 0 1,701 0
144 Pomona C. 3,205 1,038 9 1,504 0 654 0
145 Willamette U. 3,147 1,028 256 1,325 0 538 0
146 Touro U., Vallejo 3,122 1,196 34 1,827 40 25 0
147 U. Richmond 3,106 1,870 0 854 0 379 3
148 Valparaiso U. 3,083 i 1,567 i 114 i 349 i 10 i 856 i 187 i
149 Tougaloo C. 3,030 3,030 0 0 0 0 0
150 Philadelphia C. of Osteopathic Medicine 2,969 260 4 2,309 7 389 0
151 Roger Williams U. 2,952 2,024 196 590 73 69 0
152 Toyota Technological Institute, Chicago 2,880 1,581 0 1,083 216 0 0
153 Trinity C., Hartford 2,856 2,084 0 439 0 333 0
154 U. Detroit Mercy 2,748 2,296 0 423 18 11 0
155 U. San Francisco 2,602 405 93 1,970 0 134 0
156 Albany C. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 2,567 566 0 792 1,070 49 90
157 St. John's U., New York 2,542 1,020 0 1,160 304 57 1
158 Haverford C. 2,442 1,031 0 1,080 0 331 0
159 Saint Joseph's U. 2,409 239 673 1,142 2 244 109
160 Elon U. 2,407 358 0 1,956 0 93 0
161 Pepperdine U. 2,396 1,087 108 869 16 316 0
162 Hamilton C. 2,354 135 0 1,263 0 921 35
163 Bowdoin C. 2,340 1,812 6 353 1 168 0
164 Long Island U. 2,290 1,615 56 53 54 343 169
165 MGH Institute of Health Professions 2,282 1,839 0 20 0 423 0
166 Johnson C. Smith U. 2,255 1,469 103 0 0 683 0
167 Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine 2,238 i 389 i 0 i 1,802 i 0 i 1 i 46 i
168 Colorado C. 2,215 745 160 864 0 446 0
169 La Sierra U. 2,202 575 0 899 0 728 0
170 Hawaii Pacific U. 2,175 1,921 0 161 59 34 0
171 U. of the Pacific 2,155 1,474 318 NA 45 278 40
172 Santa Clara U. 2,145 1,468 62 NA 122 492 1
173 Spelman C. 2,079 1,227 0 676 176 0 0
174 Colby C. 2,071 1,048 36 467 0 0 520
175 Furman U. 2,051 1,292 19 545 0 150 45
176 Middlebury C. 2,043 2,002 0 6 2 33 0
177 Lawrence Technological U. 1,942 767 149 36 571 419 0
178 Macalester C. 1,916 970 137 767 0 42 0
179 Oberlin C. 1,887 1,558 0 287 0 42 0
180 Connecticut C. 1,875 777 0 993 0 105 0
180 Keck Graduate Institute 1,875 i 969 i 0 i 600 i 124 i 30 i 152 i
182 Skidmore C. 1,859 1,194 0 480 0 185 0
183 Bates C. 1,853 1,053 22 498 0 178 102
184 Babson C. 1,849 0 0 872 195 202 580
185 Bradley U. 1,839 492 26 293 1,007 0 21
186 Palmer C. of Chiropractic, Davenport 1,836 1,189 0 382 0 265 0
187 Lafayette C. 1,831 1,493 38 205 95 0 0
188 Niagara U. 1,823 181 551 816 0 274 1
189 U. Hartford 1,801 1,178 11 536 11 65 0
190 U. del Turabo 1,777 428 0 1,349 0 0 0
191 Occidental C. 1,764 701 27 NA 191 845 0
192 Davidson C. 1,736 1,105 0 489 35 102 5
193 Hofstra U. 1,702 1,471 18 172 9 32 0
193 Mercyhurst U. 1,702 i 625 i 369 i 479 i 99 i 130 i 0 i
195 Fuller Theological Seminary 1,689 i 0 i 0 i 9 i 0 i 1,679 i 1 i
196 Benedict C. 1,676 1,634 2 0 0 40 0
197 C. Wooster 1,644 736 0 610 9 289 0
198 Seattle U. 1,623 862 140 227 14 231 149
199 Heidelberg U. 1,621 428 1,051 77 23 42 0
200 Vassar C. 1,600 1,600 NA NA NA NA NA
201 Salus U. 1,566 1,375 41 119 16 15 0
202 Rider U. 1,565 172 29 1,345 0 19 0
203 Franklin W. Olin C. of Engineering 1,553 588 0 724 0 119 122
204 Canisius C. 1,546 1,459 0 0 0 87 0
205 St. Olaf C. 1,539 797 1 605 0 136 0
206 Marshall B. Ketchum U. 1,512 i 368 i 0 i 758 i 386 i 0 i 0 i
207 Emerson C. 1,488 469 12 129 5 864 9
208 Salish Kootenai C. 1,481 1,481 0 0 0 0 0
209 Calvin C. 1,456 880 0 0 84 402 90
210 Siena C. 1,425 938 37 377 0 73 0
211 Suffolk U. 1,421 i 258 i 0 i 736 i 0 i 427 i 0 i
212 Des Moines U. 1,416 878 20 362 31 125 0
213 Reed C. 1,415 415 0 909 0 91 0
213 Saint Michael's C. 1,415 1,232 0 183 0 0 0
215 Claflin U. 1,360 1,344 0 0 0 6 10
216 U. del Este 1,359 782 0 577 0 0 0
217 Gettysburg C. 1,318 597 0 159 104 309 149
218 Wheaton C., Wheaton 1,270 70 0 215 0 985 0
219 Saint John's U., Collegeville 1,267 0 0 1,267 0 0 0
220 Alaska Pacific U. 1,248 665 36 0 525 22 0
221 Allegheny C. 1,243 435 15 333 0 459 1
222 U. of St. Thomas (MN) 1,241 212 249 415 117 195 53
223 Drake U. 1,215 772 123 211 80 29 0
224 Augustana U. 1,212 1,140 0 68 0 4 0
225 Union C., Schenectady 1,189 554 45 525 5 47 13
226 Augsburg C. 1,141 641 0 402 0 0 98
227 C. of Saint Benedict 1,122 44 0 1,078 0 0 0
228 Rhode Island School of Design 1,086 i 269 i 46 i 471 i 245 i 55 i 0 i
229 Albion C. 1,074 210 0 848 0 9 7
230 Quinnipiac U. 1,036 i 513 i 53 i 274 i 44 i 134 i 18 i
231 Biola U. 1,034 i 576 i 16 i 262 i 69 i 85 i 26 i
232 Hult International Business School 1,014 i 494 i 23 i 319 i 36 i 101 i 41 i
232 Providence C. 1,014 783 0 170 0 61 0
234 Seattle Pacific U. 996 813 0 96 27 53 7
235 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 952 528 101 281 1 41 0
236 National C. of Natural Medicine 921 427 6 192 114 0 182
237 U. Puget Sound 902 459 0 112 0 196 135
238 Norwich U. 878 480 61 303 19 15 0
239 Dickinson C. 869 380 0 415 0 70 4
240 A. T. Still U. 782 177 0 132 0 473 0
241 U. Bridgeport 726 23 8 619 23 53 0
242 Massachusetts C. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 720 229 0 471 9 0 11
243 Western New England U. 610 214 10 96 241 49 0
244 Bentley U. 562 110 0 0 0 452 0
i = imputed. NA = not available; data were not provided by institution.
a Johns Hopkins University includes the Applied Physics Laboratory, with $1,472,103 thousand in total R&D expenditures in FY 2017.
NOTES: Tied institutions are ranked alphabetically. 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.