Table 40. Federally financed higher education R&D expenditures in the geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, ranked by all FY 2017 geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences: FYs 2014–17 and by subfield for FY 2017
(Dollars in thousands)
Rank
Institution
2014
2015
2016
2017
All geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences
Atmospheric science and meteorology
Geological and earth sciences
Ocean sciences and marine sciences
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec
All institutions
2,049,492
2,065,967
1,993,472
2,043,970
503,531
687,222
656,741
196,476
1
U. Colorado Boulder
90,720
123,179
135,477
126,077
103,324
8,589
768
13,396
2
U. California, San Diego
87,910
90,156
94,236
107,931
12,550
13,591
81,790
0
3
Colorado State U., Fort Collins
88,524
102,038
34,160
103,710
34,216
68,720
0
774
4
U. Washington, Seattle
98,395
96,457
100,006
96,441
46,121
9,866
39,605
849
5
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
110,763
97,457
111,160
96,228
0
0
96,228
0
6
Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center
81,904
82,591
84,670
85,959
3,227
11,263
66,243
5,226
7
Columbia U. in the City of New York
78,284
77,913
72,326
70,875
9,658
24,595
36,622
0
8
U. Hawaii, Manoa
62,140
58,643
60,650
60,762
8,646
9,456
35,962
6,698
9
U. Alaska, Fairbanks
49,523
46,010
47,328
51,687
4,484
21,478
23,700
2,025
10
U. Maryland, College Park
34,745
37,464
45,402
43,257
30,411
11,413
1,433
0
11
U. New Hampshire
49,415
42,520
45,381
40,472
18,146
8,315
14,011
0
12
U. Miami
46,922
42,845
42,242
39,797
28,402
0
10,411
984
13
Oregon State U.
40,016
39,410
40,711
38,438
1,734
6,323
18,500
11,881
14
U. Wisconsin-Madison
36,405
36,534
40,990
38,139
25,852
8,663
0
3,624
15
Arizona State U.
27,250
28,288
30,385
36,248
0
36,248
0
0
16
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
38,927
38,881
37,527
32,656
7,899
10,404
7,487
6,866
17
Johns Hopkins U.a
31,806
29,004
30,987
32,162
4,094
11,063
5,537
11,468
18
U. Rhode Island
27,643
26,460
25,531
29,316
160
4,586
22,119
2,451
19
U. Texas, Austin
21,481
22,345
22,562
28,732
0
25,064
3,087
581
20
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center
38,211
34,521
27,911
27,849
13,019
10,613
2,026
2,191
21
U. Oklahoma, Norman and Health Science Center
19,779
23,200
26,632
26,948
23,484
3,464
0
0
22
Harvard U.
23,315
22,822
24,391
23,670
554
4,020
0
19,096
23
California Institute of Technology
18,722
23,607
23,918
22,811
4,214
18,132
92
373
24
U. California, Los Angeles
14,485
18,212
19,859
22,572
4,746
16,260
0
1,566
25
SUNY, U. Albany
3,606
4,270
12,673
20,856
20,509
347
0
0
26
Desert Research Institute
18,277
16,179
18,735
18,607
6,454
12,153
0
0
27
Princeton U.
11,592
13,918
17,790
16,845
9,060
2,975
3,721
1,089
28
U. Maryland, Baltimore County
12,917
13,770
13,538
15,821
0
15,251
570
0
29
North Carolina State U.
13,645
15,201
15,323
14,270
6,488
0
1,613
6,169
30
C. of William and Mary and Virginia Institute of Marine Science
11,467
12,669
13,937
14,248
0
333
13,915
0
31
U. Arizona
14,880
16,684
15,085
13,967
4,239
8,396
1,017
315
32
SUNY, Stony Brook U.
14,063
14,008
12,594
13,576
0
4,415
9,161
0
33
U. Delaware
14,318
13,049
11,976
13,435
0
1,445
6,999
4,991
34
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill
18,499
17,326
10,565
12,952
0
5,710
3,393
3,849
35
U. California, Santa Barbara
9,675
14,325
13,722
12,659
0
5,181
7,478
0
36
U. Southern California
12,421
15,564
14,939
12,250
0
10,649
1,601
0
37
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick
19,218
20,311
23,175
11,804
136
0
10,960
708
38
U. South Florida, Tampa
7,624
8,752
9,541
11,313
0
1,809
9,504
0
39
U. California, Santa Cruz
13,197
12,352
10,700
11,115
0
2,273
4,737
4,105
40
U. Maine
10,517
11,375
10,457
10,917
0
2,689
8,228
0
41
George Mason U.
8,240
7,745
10,495
10,192
5,925
4,180
87
0
42
U. Wyoming
14,931
18,898
11,513
10,112
4,269
5,843
0
0
43
U. Alabama, Huntsville
9,449
8,981
9,752
9,957
9,805
152
0
0
44
U. Maryland Center for Environmental Science
13,202
11,275
9,791
9,805
0
282
9,033
490
45
Florida State U.
10,370
8,655
8,169
9,068
2,656
1,629
3,918
865
46
U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
8,636
9,338
9,080
9,002
0
1,413
0
7,589
47
U. Southern Mississippi
12,571
10,270
9,761
8,841
0
2,239
2,622
3,980
48
U. Florida
9,160
8,461
9,264
8,741
0
6,870
1,871
0
49
San Jose State U.
9,196
11,912
8,687
8,697
1,209
46
7,442
0
50
U. California, Irvine
7,444
5,693
6,220
8,557
0
0
0
8,557
51
U. Georgia
7,726
7,886
7,461
8,053
0
328
7,725
0
52
Georgia Institute of Technology
11,543
14,223
7,076
8,038
0
0
376
7,662
53
Michigan Technological U.
10,660
10,049
7,860
7,868
1,334
58
1,207
5,269
54
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities
6,827
7,580
7,227
7,797
0
7,797
0
0
55
Duke U.
10,936
11,559
7,572
7,792
0
2,322
5,470
0
56
U. California, Davis
8,796
9,183
8,177
7,610
506
3,088
504
3,512
57
U. New Mexico
4,982
4,650
5,068
7,393
946
6,447
0
0
58
Stanford U.
11,838
10,310
8,194
7,247
128
5,403
1,716
0
59
U. Kansas
11,219
10,127
9,947
7,205
364
5,901
280
660
60
U. Chicago
7,197
7,278
6,561
7,125
0
7,125
0
0
61
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
9,526
7,590
7,192
7,018
0
7,018
0
0
62
Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge
8,985
8,595
7,948
6,967
0
1,216
4,476
1,275
63
U. Nevada, Reno
7,595
7,367
7,709
6,677
841
5,729
0
107
64
U. California, Berkeley
6,645
6,686
6,757
6,627
0
6,627
0
0
65
Washington U., Saint Louis
8,556
5,484
5,174
6,269
0
6,269
0
0
66
Naval Postgraduate School
10,401
11,033
6,386
6,176
1,921
670
3,324
261
67
Ohio State U.
6,479
6,268
7,126
5,966
0
5,966
0
0
68
U. Utah
8,305
8,112
7,483
5,696
0
5,696
0
0
69
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
7,160
5,880
6,266
5,591
3,674
1,917
0
0
70
Washington State U.
2,550
4,291
4,351
5,318
897
1,622
10
2,789
71
U. Connecticut
5,754
6,488
5,879
5,272
0
112
5,160
0
72
U. Maryland, Eastern Shore
3,942
4,724
3,190
5,266
0
0
5,266
0
73
Mississippi State U.
2,354
2,711
1,031
5,184
4,179
915
0
90
74
U. California, Riverside
4,961
3,991
4,295
5,160
0
2,994
0
2,166
75
Texas A&M U.-Corpus Christi
4,633
5,760
4,515
5,153
1,031
439
735
2,948
76
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
4,853
4,853
2,622
5,012
0
5,012
0
0
77
Stevens Institute of Technology
835
3,474
5,719
5,006
1,155
400
613
2,838
78
Morgan State U.
5,787
5,119
4,578
4,984
0
4,984
0
0
79
Boston C.
5,279
4,237
4,268
4,494
4,033
461
0
0
80
Boston U.
5,866
5,663
5,258
4,460
0
4,460
0
0
81
South Dakota State U.
3,623
4,603
4,655
4,445
0
4,445
0
0
82
U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
4,312
4,553
3,710
4,339
0
554
3,785
0
83
Cornell U.
9,101
9,266
3,767
4,297
541
3,711
45
0
84
Montana State U., Bozeman
10,699
9,091
4,499
4,188
0
1,797
0
2,391
85
West Virginia U.
4,800
5,499
7,986
4,172
0
3,303
0
869
86
Hampton U.
4,244
4,829
3,537
4,080
3,210
0
57
813
87
Colorado School of Mines
2,553
2,702
2,997
4,075
186
3,428
0
461
88
U. North Dakota
6,669
6,880
6,208
3,947
1,701
2,246
0
0
89
Yale U.
2,894
3,020
4,005
3,727
0
3,727
0
0
90
Old Dominion U.
4,869
3,355
3,831
3,720
0
0
3,720
0
91
U. Massachusetts, Boston
2,580
3,163
3,609
3,692
0
1,811
1,881
0
92
Northern Arizona U.
3,957
5,694
6,896
3,673
35
2,001
1
1,636
93
Southern Methodist U.
9,694
4,046
4,665
3,627
0
3,627
0
0
94
Boise State U.
4,627
3,424
4,944
3,600
82
2,047
14
1,457
95
Florida International U.
3,100
3,223
2,828
3,502
1,254
1,014
1,234
0
96
Nova Southeastern U.
2,496
2,427
3,559
3,394
0
0
3,394
0
97
U. Central Florida
4,123
4,952
5,256
3,378
3,378
0
0
0
98
U. Virginia, Charlottesville
3,498
3,406
3,060
3,264
0
0
0
3,264
99
U. Toledo
2,231
678
2,124
3,154
0
3,082
0
72
100
Purdue U., West Lafayette
3,984
3,155
3,082
3,128
3,128
0
0
0
101
U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth
3,479
3,105
2,826
3,068
0
0
3,068
0
102
Rice U.
2,481
3,095
2,756
2,916
0
2,916
0
0
103
U. Nevada, Las Vegas
6,730
2,954
1,293
2,788
0
2,788
0
0
104
Florida A&M U.
3,223
2,943
2,874
2,766
0
426
2,340
0
105
SUNY, U. Buffalo
1,951
1,775
2,130
2,682
0
2,682
0
0
106
U. Alaska, Anchorage
2,494
3,036
2,287
2,666
251
1,810
101
504
107
U. Idaho
3,970
2,864
2,887
2,604
115
2,489
0
0
108
U. Massachusetts, Amherst
2,861
2,980
2,643
2,568
0
2,568
0
0
109
Texas Tech U.
3,704
3,400
3,414
2,537
344
2,117
0
76
110
U. Tennessee, Knoxville
4,713
3,703
3,087
2,489
0
2,102
0
387
111
U. Nebraska, Lincoln
1,933
1,977
1,809
2,469
0
2,469
0
0
112
New Mexico State U.
1,976
1,154
1,787
2,465
3
493
0
1,969
113
Idaho State U.
1,045
1,789
1,989
2,461
0
2,461
0
0
114
U. Oregon
3,853
2,905
2,671
2,460
0
2,035
425
0
115
U. Guam
1,256
1,384
2,407
2,442
0
0
1,686
756
116
U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee
4,738
2,875
2,992
2,424
1,880
485
59
0
117
Humboldt State U.
571
1,789
2,532
2,398
0
3
373
2,022
118
San Diego State U.
1,464
1,393
2,734
2,386
0
901
620
865
119
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville
1,178
1,253
1,640
2,352
325
2,027
0
0
120
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
3,457
2,993
2,663
2,302
0
2,302
0
0
121
Northeastern U.
1,614
1,618
1,773
2,260
0
0
2,260
0
122
U. Rochester
1,062
1,319
1,900
2,257
0
2,257
0
0
123
Brown U.
2,789
2,642
2,804
2,192
203
927
100
962
124
Jackson State U.
1,895
1,710
1,755
2,122
0
0
0
2,122
125
U. Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
2,402
3,713
2,674
2,091
0
365
0
1,726
126
Auburn U., Auburn
2,606
2,371
2,447
2,037
59
711
190
1,077
127
Syracuse U.
794
1,151
1,051
2,002
0
2,002
0
0
128
Vanderbilt U. and Vanderbilt U. Medical Center
3,311
3,227
3,124
1,949
0
1,949
0
0
129
U. New Orleans
1,949
2,076
1,952
1,941
0
1,941
0
0
130
Air Force Institute of Technology
79
112
1,585
1,905
1,905
0
0
0
131
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, Newark
1,688
1,235
1,085
1,876
0
1,876
0
0
132
U. Houston
1,303
1,056
993
1,808
16
1,767
22
3
133
California State U., Northridge
1,571
1,880
1,816
1,766
0
378
1,294
94
134
U. South Carolina, Columbia
5,039
1,956
2,867
1,754
0
1,754
0
0
135
Kansas State U.
355
1,010
1,405
1,751
0
1,751
0
0
136
San Francisco State U.
3,261
2,712
2,035
1,741
0
325
1,394
22
137
U. Louisiana, Lafayette
492
866
1,137
1,704
0
119
73
1,512
138
Central Washington U.
677
1,240
1,045
1,699
0
1,699
0
0
139
Michigan State U.
717
1,083
1,434
1,663
0
1,663
0
0
140
Dartmouth C.
2,162
2,420
1,341
1,626
0
1,626
0
0
141
U. Montana, Missoula
1,044
775
1,577
1,610
0
812
798
0
142
Indiana U., Bloomington
2,663
1,727
1,590
1,603
1,112
232
0
259
143
Alabama A&M U.
1,503
i
1,501
i
1,535
i
1,590
i
0
i
1,590
i
0
i
0
i
144
Portland State U.
4,333
4,606
1,183
1,566
0
1,332
0
234
145
Tulane U.
708
355
1,711
1,521
0
1,521
0
0
146
U. Texas, El Paso
1,887
2,583
1,676
1,475
0
1,475
0
0
147
U. Pennsylvania
1,776
1,270
1,497
1,387
0
1,387
0
0
148
Iowa State U.
1,868
1,183
1,035
1,365
0
1,365
0
0
149
U. North Carolina, Wilmington
1,257
1,068
844
1,315
22
648
645
0
150
U. Missouri, Columbia
986
1,194
921
1,307
0
1,296
0
11
151
Pennsylvania State U., Behrend
1,286
1,049
1,047
1,288
13
13
1,262
0
152
CUNY, City C.
1,283
1,204
1,303
1,249
0
1,249
0
0
153
U. New England
1,110
1,006
838
1,233
0
0
1,205
28
154
St. Edward's U.
100
250
250
1,220
720
0
300
200
155
U. Memphis
1,529
1,789
1,326
1,194
0
1,194
0
0
156
C. Charleston
1,336
979
884
1,149
85
387
677
0
157
U. California, Merced
1,452
1,549
1,331
1,130
0
1,130
0
0
158
Howard U.
1,026
2,479
3,366
1,101
0
0
1,101
0
159
Emory U.
645
923
939
1,056
0
0
0
1,056
160
Utah State U.
2,385
1,882
1,586
1,038
1,038
0
0
0
161
U. San Diego
1,251
967
1,123
1,037
0
0
1,000
37
162
Northwestern U.
1,185
1,014
1,156
1,020
0
1,020
0
0
163
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1,451
1,361
1,170
992
0
992
0
0
164
U. Iowa
784
976
641
968
0
957
0
11
165
U. Kentucky
1,014
980
856
957
0
957
0
0
166
Western Washington U.
1,043
1,118
1,003
953
0
677
276
0
167
U. South Alabama
877
813
995
945
0
0
945
0
168
Oregon Health and Science U.
7,437
6,878
5,464
920
85
736
96
3
169
Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis
389
591
778
903
0
903
0
0
170
Lehigh U.
1,524
995
737
888
0
888
0
0
171
U. Minnesota, Duluth
3,725
7,567
2,702
886
0
886
0
0
172
U. Texas Rio Grande Valley
na
na
36
861
0
1
817
43
173
Texas State U.
825
732
773
844
0
831
0
13
174
Carnegie Mellon U.
81
229
515
842
0
0
0
842
175
Tarleton State U.
5
4
821
838
390
26
0
422
176
Case Western Reserve U.
737
810
715
835
0
835
0
0
177
Appalachian State U.
721
606
587
834
267
567
0
0
178
Coastal Carolina U.
1,079
898
733
808
233
100
290
185
179
U. Alabama, Birmingham
262
2,200
1,007
806
806
0
0
0
180
Rochester Institute of Technology
366
551
592
792
0
0
0
792
181
California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo
789
640
647
774
0
0
774
0
182
Virginia Commonwealth U.
413
553
733
771
0
0
0
771
183
Montana Tech of U. Montana
1,286
957
851
687
0
687
0
0
184
Western Michigan U. and Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
437
506
633
678
64
587
27
0
185
Oklahoma State U., Stillwater
702
1,364
1,019
669
0
669
0
0
186
Ohio U.
367
1,346
543
648
52
596
0
0
187
George Washington U.
465
462
370
641
0
246
0
395
188
U. Washington, Tacoma
0
1,213
705
635
0
0
635
0
189
California State U., Sacramento
7
91
562
630
0
630
0
0
190
Delaware State U.
516
620
597
626
0
0
626
0
191
Clark U.
619
615
450
620
0
283
307
30
192
Saint Louis U.
624
731
775
599
100
499
0
0
193
U. Texas, San Antonio
560
1,037
133
569
0
569
0
0
194
James Madison U.
907
311
224
563
0
563
0
0
195
Western Carolina U.
176
320
427
553
0
18
535
0
196
California State U., Monterey Bay
1,089
703
687
538
33
26
479
0
197
Baylor U.
459
344
460
535
81
404
50
0
198
U.S. Naval Academy
442
371
687
531
0
0
531
0
199
U. Texas, Arlington
845
639
551
527
0
527
0
0
200
Grand Valley State U.
602
489
349
524
0
18
0
506
201
U. Cincinnati
518
377
622
516
0
516
0
0
202
East Carolina U.
851
1,204
1,224
514
37
182
295
0
202
U. North Texas, Denton
155
42
154
514
0
514
0
0
204
Roger Williams U.
286
424
404
508
0
0
201
307
205
U. Hawaii, Hilo
193
401
445
498
282
216
0
0
206
Middlebury C.
209
313
138
488
0
488
0
0
206
Oberlin C.
188
145
207
488
0
488
0
0
206
Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville
400
430
417
488
0
440
48
0
209
U. Alaska, Southeast
938
1,042
182
487
0
56
431
0
210
Towson U.
117
101
151
486
0
486
0
0
211
SUNY, C. of Environmental Science and Forestry
433
i
405
605
483
90
200
81
112
212
Savannah State U.
1,079
977
987
479
0
157
322
0
213
SUNY, Buffalo State
380
559
629
474
0
101
0
373
214
Montclair State U.
474
366
472
460
0
413
47
0
215
Temple U.
329
479
530
454
0
454
0
0
216
Rockefeller U.
337
312
225
443
0
0
0
443
217
U. Mississippi
1,439
1,863
475
441
126
99
216
0
218
Benedict C.
701
498
359
439
0
439
0
0
219
U. Maryland, Baltimore
830
358
305
427
0
0
427
0
220
U. North Carolina, Asheville
443
306
540
419
96
22
0
301
221
CUNY, Queens C.
550
325
247
417
0
417
0
0
222
CUNY, Brooklyn C.
124
454
588
415
0
415
0
0
223
Heidelberg U.
183
267
0
408
0
0
408
0
224
CUNY, Advanced Science Research Center
na
0
ne
406
0
406
0
0
224
Plymouth State U.
748
777
590
406
287
113
6
0
226
Western Kentucky U.
375
229
533
396
0
396
0
0
227
Colgate U.
143
222
268
395
0
116
0
279
228
Miami U.
1,016
1,072
349
391
18
373
0
0
229
Eastern Michigan U.
43
194
368
389
23
366
0
0
230
New York U.
0
0
15
388
0
388
0
0
231
U. Massachusetts, Lowell
184
241
197
385
0
385
0
0
232
U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa
663
767
714
384
0
384
0
0
233
California State Polytechnic U., Pomona
295
345
144
380
0
380
0
0
234
SUNY, Binghamton U.
274
229
349
378
0
378
0
0
235
U. of the Virgin Islands
3,557
i
0
0
374
24
12
338
0
236
Brigham Young U., Provo
335
347
386
366
0
366
0
0
236
Pomona C.
644
464
527
366
0
333
0
33
238
U. Illinois, Chicago
1,432
809
207
355
0
355
0
0
239
North Carolina Central U.
221
214
375
350
0
350
0
0
240
Kent State U.
465
343
202
345
0
324
0
21
241
Bowling Green State U.
799
74
186
343
0
205
138
0
242
Georgia State U.
251
319
330
340
0
340
0
0
243
Southern Illinois U., Carbondale
305
211
211
333
0
333
0
0
244
U. Washington, Bothell
510
489
419
330
330
0
0
0
245
Wright State U.
189
329
322
297
0
297
0
0
246
Macalester C.
213
148
350
287
0
233
0
54
247
U. Missouri, Kansas City
89
223
449
285
35
250
0
0
247
Union C., Schenectady
149
246
818
285
0
285
0
0
249
Florida Atlantic U.
458
370
177
277
74
0
0
203
250
SUNY, Geneseo
49
112
252
273
0
273
0
0
251
Northern Illinois U.
448
498
335
269
0
269
0
0
251
Rhode Island School of Design
ne
252
274
i
269
i
0
i
0
i
269
i
0
i
253
Bowdoin C.
487
321
654
258
0
70
188
0
254
Mount Holyoke C.
272
294
137
253
0
253
0
0
255
Hawaii Pacific U.
371
274
208
245
0
2
243
0
256
Florida Institute of Technology
1,332
1,621
0
244
32
0
212
0
257
CUNY, Hunter C.
166
250
246
242
0
242
0
0
258
Illinois Institute of Technology
107
170
145
240
104
136
0
0
259
U. South Carolina, Aiken
0
i
0
0
233
0
0
0
233
260
Lewis and Clark C.
363
305
214
225
62
163
0
0
260
U. South Dakota
9
17
65
225
12
213
0
0
262
Wayne State U.
183
371
335
217
0
217
0
0
263
California State U., Bakersfield
750
1,189
1,223
215
0
215
0
0
263
U.S. Military Academy
0
0
114
215
0
0
0
215
265
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U.