Table 48. Federally financed higher education R&D expenditures in the physical sciences, ranked by all FY 2017 physical sciences: FYs 2014–17 and by subfield for FY 2017
(Dollars in thousands)
Rank
Institution
2014
2015
2016
2017
All physical sciences
Astronomy and astrophysics
Chemistry
Materials sciencea
Physics
Physical sciences, nec
All institutions
3,155,561
3,111,705
3,286,761
3,379,321
441,944
1,098,431
142,464
1,543,233
153,249
1
Johns Hopkins U.b
178,583
155,811
172,102
177,702
28,930
22,193
5,176
90,873
30,530
2
California Institute of Technology
172,070
150,096
156,093
159,408
34,504
34,064
15,058
75,782
0
3
Michigan State U.
77,202
86,855
119,113
138,056
0
6,621
0
131,435
0
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
92,125
97,322
112,990
102,420
32,385
15,292
36
44,924
9,783
5
U. California, Berkeley
76,015
112,263
102,210
90,916
56,870
15,755
0
15,643
2,648
6
U. Rochester
10,269
9,086
78,470
84,330
0
3,668
0
80,662
0
7
Cornell U.
92,353
84,586
81,565
83,621
9,537
19,658
1,357
31,859
21,210
8
U. Maryland, College Park
67,097
70,658
74,934
81,435
31,150
6,969
0
43,126
190
9
Stanford U.
68,064
72,882
76,895
70,448
7,960
23,436
14,195
22,419
2,438
10
U. Colorado Boulder
82,907
70,937
64,641
67,778
15,492
10,510
0
38,697
3,079
11
U. Arizona
102,385
80,881
65,684
66,693
52,737
8,169
1,373
4,414
0
12
Harvard U.
47,498
47,741
51,548
52,122
7,643
20,957
0
22,087
1,435
13
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center
34,370
34,649
42,884
51,848
9,831
10,279
15,675
16,063
0
14
U. Wisconsin-Madison
51,203
49,724
52,918
51,405
2,651
14,400
0
19,868
14,486
15
U. Texas, Austin
53,956
54,850
56,091
48,840
2,863
7,646
22,263
16,068
0
16
U. Washington, Seattle
40,468
42,099
47,369
47,257
6,906
19,125
1,133
16,595
3,498
17
U. California, San Diego
52,732
49,905
45,240
46,872
0
22,566
0
24,191
115
18
Northwestern U.
27,799
29,217
44,427
46,458
2,147
24,200
11,086
7,509
1,516
19
U. Chicago
44,460
40,489
41,022
46,097
11,158
18,605
2,413
13,921
0
20
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
44,984
45,236
47,197
45,778
6,864
18,268
0
20,646
0
21
Princeton U.
40,859
42,391
41,171
44,946
11,535
9,306
326
23,779
0
22
Columbia U. in the City of New York
34,451
36,690
33,077
40,520
8,120
9,903
1,842
20,655
0
23
U. California, Los Angeles
38,433
40,432
43,016
38,863
0
12,045
0
26,818
0
24
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
32,112
33,258
34,101
38,344
3,461
18,091
0
16,792
0
25
U. California, San Francisco
14,974
34,453
32,089
36,290
0
36,290
0
0
0
26
Yale U.
25,799
25,884
35,168
36,023
2,600
12,697
0
20,726
0
27
U. California, Santa Barbara
26,888
24,429
19,223
34,300
1,450
6,814
13,011
12,914
111
28
Florida State U.
36,299
32,199
29,155
32,743
152
9,591
114
22,886
0
29
U. Pennsylvania
22,250
25,196
31,246
32,675
0
11,081
3,933
17,661
0
30
Ohio State U.
25,913
27,624
28,953
29,488
2,468
12,169
0
14,851
0
31
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities
33,992
28,165
29,046
28,016
1,019
11,791
0
15,206
0
32
U. Notre Dame
25,859
24,991
26,230
26,579
0
16,340
0
10,239
0
33
U. California, Irvine
24,740
24,951
23,606
24,639
0
15,099
0
9,540
0
34
U. Virginia, Charlottesville
18,963
15,461
23,093
23,628
1,884
6,266
7,247
8,231
0
35
New Mexico State U.
5,194
9,723
11,905
23,577
3,920
6,826
0
1,789
11,042
36
Georgia Institute of Technology
36,109
34,650
25,499
22,254
0
15,267
0
6,972
15
37
U. Central Florida
15,867
20,406
19,798
21,993
0
1,489
0
20,272
232
38
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill
21,656
19,184
21,223
21,688
519
15,211
0
5,933
25
39
SUNY, Stony Brook U.
17,710
20,707
19,815
21,025
1,099
7,739
0
12,187
0
40
U. Utah
13,580
13,629
16,265
20,933
8,885
12,048
0
0
0
41
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick
34,787
29,475
27,813
19,984
0
4,188
5
10,751
5,040
42
Purdue U., West Lafayette
19,346
19,180
18,869
19,426
0
11,275
0
8,151
0
43
U. Delaware
12,687
13,100
18,946
19,061
812
7,255
6,751
4,243
0
44
Boston U.
24,780
22,466
16,692
18,675
1,563
7,468
0
9,644
0
45
Indiana U., Bloomington
17,373
17,523
16,422
18,428
309
9,961
0
8,158
0
46
U. Iowa
16,751
16,096
18,083
18,135
994
3,937
0
13,204
0
47
Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center
19,278
19,560
17,689
17,871
935
7,369
142
7,900
1,525
48
Rice U.
19,605
16,927
16,683
17,838
1,148
7,371
7
9,312
0
49
U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
14,616
15,790
16,587
17,200
1,433
9,138
0
6,629
0
50
U. Hawaii, Manoa
23,525
17,525
17,432
16,511
9,168
1,692
0
3,951
1,700
51
Washington U., Saint Louis
10,765
11,560
15,323
16,253
0
7,603
3,653
4,997
0
52
U. Nebraska, Lincoln
14,179
16,234
18,373
16,244
0
4,471
0
11,773
0
53
U. California, Davis
19,563
18,697
16,591
16,172
0
8,556
0
7,324
292
54
U. Tennessee, Knoxville
13,507
11,421
10,961
15,858
0
5,244
0
10,614
0
55
Vanderbilt U. and Vanderbilt U. Medical Center
24,433
26,620
18,241
15,765
0
9,304
0
6,461
0
56
Catholic U. of America
12,767
14,557
15,143
15,676
0
462
0
8,059
7,155
57
Washington State U.
18,020
21,372
16,820
15,632
110
5,472
0
7,074
2,976
58
New York U.
10,952
12,485
14,847
15,340
0
9,849
0
5,491
0
59
Duke U.
14,977
15,056
15,290
14,743
0
5,856
0
8,887
0
60
U. Florida
15,810
14,537
15,314
14,618
1,389
5,749
0
7,480
0
61
U. California, Riverside
10,208
11,609
14,788
14,606
0
7,249
0
7,357
0
62
U. Massachusetts, Amherst
21,059
19,630
16,767
13,988
2,689
7,149
0
4,150
0
63
Emory U.
10,126
12,080
14,104
13,504
0
11,878
0
1,626
0
64
North Carolina State U.
13,156
13,908
13,220
13,484
0
5,580
0
7,474
430
65
Georgia State U.
6,159
9,289
10,252
12,825
1,374
5,678
0
5,452
321
66
U. California, Santa Cruz
12,614
12,994
14,109
12,626
2,942
4,568
0
5,082
34
67
U. Maryland, Baltimore County
6,147
4,873
12,544
12,116
7,106
3,777
0
1,233
0
68
Brown U.
12,321
11,666
12,533
11,988
0
2,087
0
4,400
5,501
69
Iowa State U.
8,317
6,581
10,033
11,892
0
4,715
3,236
3,941
0
70
Temple U.
7,906
8,072
8,560
11,559
0
5,003
0
3,959
2,597
71
Arizona State U.
14,247
11,225
10,142
11,476
0
5,546
0
5,930
0
72
Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge
12,964
11,552
11,838
10,974
0
3,440
0
7,393
141
73
Northeastern U.
13,565
12,211
10,407
10,798
0
2,962
144
7,078
614
74
U. Kansas
13,081
12,384
9,025
10,290
746
5,945
52
3,339
208
75
U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee
7,451
7,675
10,533
10,217
0
3,567
0
6,650
0
76
U. Southern California
8,974
8,000
10,692
10,069
0
7,625
0
2,444
0
77
Montana State U., Bozeman
13,486
12,226
11,298
9,898
0
4,860
0
5,038
0
78
U. Oklahoma, Norman and Health Science Center
8,156
9,636
9,419
9,400
0
6,654
0
2,746
0
79
Carnegie Mellon U.
10,909
12,389
11,050
9,259
0
3,057
0
5,486
716
80
U. Alaska, Fairbanks
8,647
6,425
8,717
9,114
8,847
267
0
0
0
81
U. Illinois, Chicago
7,494
7,743
8,500
8,968
0
5,002
0
3,966
0
82
U. Oregon
14,581
11,068
9,652
8,894
0
3,030
1,018
4,846
0
83
Case Western Reserve U.
7,422
6,705
8,417
8,625
70
2,597
3,270
2,688
0
84
U. Mississippi
8,714
6,186
8,087
8,502
0
2,387
0
6,115
0
85
CUNY, City C.
7,157
6,578
6,417
8,425
0
4,115
0
3,709
601
86
Rochester Institute of Technology
7,097
7,380
8,237
8,391
0
662
0
2,305
5,424
87
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
7,946
7,091
8,168
8,276
165
4,893
0
3,061
157
88
U. Massachusetts, Lowell
10,311
10,573
8,612
8,137
0
771
0
7,366
0
89
SUNY, U. Buffalo
9,523
8,097
8,251
8,040
0
5,566
0
2,474
0
90
Brandeis U.
6,662
6,525
7,892
8,029
0
2,426
0
5,603
0
91
Xavier U. Louisiana
4,084
4,177
6,996
7,956
0
7,956
0
0
0
92
Syracuse U.
6,958
7,868
7,677
7,932
0
1,058
0
6,874
0
93
Wayne State U.
8,153
8,929
8,403
7,920
0
4,846
0
3,054
20
94
Florida International U.
4,067
4,601
4,509
7,903
0
5,503
0
2,400
0
95
U. New Mexico
8,410
7,822
7,280
7,796
0
2,710
0
5,086
0
96
Kansas State U.
7,450
6,919
7,994
7,789
0
2,164
0
5,625
0
97
West Virginia U.
5,149
6,221
6,095
7,553
0
1,641
0
5,912
0
98
U. Alabama, Huntsville
5,361
5,832
6,371
7,550
5,507
197
0
1,845
1
99
Colorado State U., Fort Collins
8,912
8,571
8,016
7,492
0
4,816
0
2,676
0
100
U. South Carolina, Columbia
7,016
7,832
8,143
7,476
0
4,997
0
2,479
0
101
U. Southern Mississippi
6,368
6,350
7,287
7,360
0
7,350
0
10
0
102
Colorado School of Mines
5,266
5,343
9,942
7,302
0
2,604
1,553
2,657
488
103
U. Texas, Arlington
5,934
6,091
3,936
6,973
0
1,207
0
5,766
0
104
U. Connecticut
7,212
7,649
7,207
6,919
0
3,522
19
3,378
0
105
New Jersey Institute of Technology
7,308
2,496
2,851
6,908
4,606
530
0
1,772
0
106
U. Nevada, Las Vegas
5,217
5,296
6,101
6,856
0
2,922
0
3,934
0
107
Jackson State U.
6,231
6,531
6,831
6,563
0
5,281
0
1,282
0
108
U. South Florida, Tampa
4,609
4,443
4,974
6,535
0
3,256
0
2,577
702
109
Tufts U.
5,486
5,668
8,128
6,229
265
4,748
0
1,216
0
110
U. Houston
5,623
4,731
7,163
6,153
0
2,457
0
3,696
0
111
Dartmouth C.
7,501
7,553
7,525
6,103
0
2,146
0
3,957
0
112
Clemson U.
4,804
4,655
4,732
6,059
0
2,540
0
3,499
20
113
U. Missouri, Columbia
5,960
5,503
6,209
6,005
0
3,791
0
2,214
0
114
Old Dominion U.
5,705
5,140
5,050
5,873
0
2,314
0
3,559
0
115
SUNY, Binghamton U.
2,197
3,610
5,067
5,842
0
4,981
0
861
0
116
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
6,014
6,242
5,592
5,661
0
3,371
0
2,290
0
117
Naval Postgraduate School
10,432
11,103
8,296
5,649
0
395
0
2,864
2,390
118
U. Kentucky
5,179
5,253
6,156
5,555
0
2,579
0
2,976
0
119
U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
5,934
7,789
7,559
5,510
0
0
0
5,510
0
120
U. Texas, Dallas
6,944
7,334
6,495
5,487
2,607
1,156
0
1,230
494
121
Boston C.
5,976
5,202
5,129
5,339
0
4,412
0
927
0
122
U. Texas, San Antonio
2,202
2,716
3,542
5,174
0
3,175
0
1,999
0
123
U. Miami
4,574
5,314
5,654
5,159
0
1,160
0
3,999
0
124
U. Cincinnati
4,771
3,794
5,419
5,134
0
2,655
0
2,479
0
125
U. Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
7,153
7,678
6,680
4,907
0
3,165
0
1,742
0
126
U. Texas, El Paso
3,136
4,211
4,390
4,782
0
3,524
0
1,258
0
127
C. of William and Mary and Virginia Institute of Marine Science
6,838
5,295
5,055
4,698
0
371
0
4,327
0
128
U. California, Merced
1,561
3,353
2,797
4,689
0
2,408
882
1,399
0
129
U. Georgia
5,762
5,148
5,004
4,681
426
3,667
0
588
0
130
Hampton U.
4,064
4,769
4,901
4,615
0
0
0
4,615
0
131
George Washington U.
2,893
2,889
4,295
4,571
6
2,296
0
2,269
0
132
Georgetown U.
4,199
3,494
3,374
4,416
0
2,207
0
2,209
0
133
U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa
4,017
4,160
4,400
4,398
0
2,563
0
1,835
0
134
North Dakota State U.
6,714
6,620
4,957
4,376
0
2,769
1,273
334
0
135
Tulane U.
2,423
3,227
3,506
4,373
0
1,480
0
2,893
0
136
U. Nevada, Reno
4,986
4,547
4,057
4,331
0
833
0
3,498
0
137
Rockefeller U.
3,391
4,382
4,027
4,151
0
3,570
0
581
0
138
U. Alabama, Birmingham
2,514
2,646
3,710
4,105
0
1,255
935
1,915
0
139
North Carolina Central U.
2,180
3,885
3,351
4,012
0
409
0
3,603
0
140
Auburn U., Auburn
3,907
3,396
3,695
3,886
0
1,179
0
2,707
0
141
Brigham Young U., Provo
2,534
2,443
3,370
3,806
0
2,254
0
1,552
0
142
California State U., Los Angeles
1,193
1,114
1,395
3,802
0
3,637
0
165
0
143
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville
5,370
5,371
3,106
3,749
0
1,942
0
1,807
0
144
Illinois Institute of Technology
4,915
5,688
3,684
3,642
0
557
99
2,986
0
145
U. Metropolitana
3,622
3,180
3,179
3,541
3,541
0
0
0
0
146
Air Force Institute of Technology
5,067
4,471
3,804
3,505
0
0
0
3,505
0
147
Kent State U.
3,468
3,507
3,662
3,489
0
695
0
1,969
825
148
U. Akron
2,979
2,588
2,598
3,480
0
3,455
0
25
0
149
U. Toledo
5,309
5,406
3,724
3,446
357
1,359
0
1,730
0
150
Howard U.
1,228
7,599
1,776
3,400
0
2,611
0
789
0
151
George Mason U.
4,067
3,139
3,645
3,329
2,075
95
609
550
0
152
Northern Illinois U.
2,440
2,436
2,864
3,317
0
217
0
3,100
0
153
Mississippi State U.
2,590
2,409
3,167
3,300
226
1,682
0
1,392
0
154
California State U., Long Beach
1,899
1,172
2,154
3,254
193
3,061
0
0
0
155
Florida A&M U.
952
796
2,300
3,244
0
5
0
3,239
0
156
California State U., Northridge
4,216
3,355
3,261
3,219
282
596
0
2,341
0
157
U. Denver
2,508
2,069
1,978
3,066
191
2,213
0
662
0
158
U. North Carolina, Greensboro
1,840
1,634
2,272
2,995
0
2,616
0
61
318
159
Oregon State U.
2,171
2,129
3,455
2,929
0
2,055
247
571
56
160
Lehigh U.
3,954
4,073
3,094
2,924
0
1,532
0
1,392
0
161
Southern Methodist U.
2,164
2,067
2,837
2,884
0
700
0
2,184
0
162
Delaware State U.
2,399
2,141
5,055
2,868
0
686
0
2,182
0
163
Ohio U.
3,657
4,759
2,766
2,847
0
216
0
2,631
0
164
U. Wyoming
2,807
3,299
3,431
2,840
1,216
902
0
722
0
165
Portland State U.
3,756
2,948
3,065
2,833
0
2,558
0
275
0
166
Texas State U.
1,437
1,797
2,338
2,820
0
1,351
0
1,469
0
167
Texas Tech U.
2,578
2,281
2,408
2,726
0
1,410
0
1,316
0
168
Fisk U.
6,409
2,817
i
2,971
2,725
0
717
0
2,008
0
169
Utah State U.
2,549
2,958
2,490
2,698
0
1,084
0
829
785
170
U. Rhode Island
3,235
4,905
3,764
2,677
0
2,272
0
18
387
171
U. North Texas, Denton
2,162
2,659
2,184
2,644
0
1,734
0
910
0
172
U. Montana, Missoula
1,858
2,784
3,317
2,534
0
1,613
0
463
458
173
U. North Carolina, Charlotte
2,176
3,114
3,744
2,532
0
499
0
2,033
0
174
U.S. Naval Academy
1,803
1,765
1,792
2,476
0
1,590
0
886
0
175
Oklahoma State U., Stillwater
2,246
2,344
2,637
2,416
0
1,864
0
552
0
176
Virginia Commonwealth U.
6,832
5,785
2,533
2,307
0
1,590
0
717
0
177
Idaho State U.
3,346
3,537
1,984
2,303
0
309
0
1,994
0
178
U.S. Air Force Academy
3,415
3,067
3,974
2,210
0
82
0
2,128
0
179
Missouri U. of Science and Technology
2,579
2,486
2,593
2,154
0
1,516
0
638
0
180
Morehouse C.
2,786
2,632
2,150
2,136
0
96
0
162
1,878
181
CUNY, Hunter C.
3,529
3,130
2,600
2,071
49
1,398
0
624
0
182
San Diego State U.
1,979
1,225
1,713
2,055
321
1,361
0
373
0
182
U. Texas Rio Grande Valley
na
na
1,955
2,055
977
860
0
217
1
184
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
767
1,022
1,610
2,049
0
1,602
0
447
0
185
Florida Atlantic U.
905
733
1,175
2,039
0
1,447
81
145
366
186
U. North Dakota
866
918
5,315
2,031
1,208
806
0
0
17
187
Wake Forest U.
2,470
2,645
2,527
2,009
0
593
0
1,416
0
188
U. Idaho
1,514
1,461
1,798
1,965
723
781
113
348
0
189
Florida Institute of Technology
2,347
2,248
2,219
1,962
0
468
0
1,494
0
190
Baylor U.
1,401
1,397
1,477
1,960
0
1,320
0
640
0
191
Alabama A&M U.
1,838
i
1,834
i
1,875
i
1,943
i
0
i
858
i
0
i
1,085
i
0
i
192
Wright State U.
1,856
2,003
1,688
1,921
0
245
0
1,676
0
193
CUNY, Lehman C.
601
657
1,889
1,907
139
1,558
0
210
0
194
Southern Illinois U., Carbondale
1,096
1,022
1,293
1,878
0
1,212
0
494
172
195
Wesleyan U.
807
1,294
1,647
1,844
524
398
0
922
0
196
San Francisco State U.
1,701
1,787
1,222
1,817
177
901
0
739
0
197
Southern U. and A&M C., Baton Rouge
685
640
915
1,732
0
526
0
1,206
0
198
Northern Arizona U.
491
720
980
1,716
1,140
576
0
0
0
199
Oakland U.
1,802
1,710
1,762
1,644
0
827
0
817
0
200
U. New Hampshire
1,733
2,189
1,915
1,630
0
811
0
819
0
201
CUNY, Brooklyn C.
1,837
1,431
1,659
1,601
0
1,445
0
156
0
202
SUNY, U. Albany
2,472
2,038
1,677
1,588
0
1,338
0
250
0
203
U. Dayton
1,218
1,410
1,507
1,582
0
25
274
1,283
0
204
American U.
1,134
1,147
1,007
1,578
0
234
0
1,344
0
205
South Carolina State U.
223
i
150
422
i
1,552
45
0
0
708
799
206
U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
3,049
2,643
1,954
1,532
0
835
0
697
0
207
Drexel U.
878
1,028
1,277
1,520
0
319
0
1,201
0
208
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, Newark
1,025
1,100
1,523
1,489
0
1,278
0
211
0
209
Bowling Green State U.
2,134
2,060
2,166
1,477
0
1,172
0
305
0
210
Clark Atlanta U.
2,582
2,387
1,476
1,425
0
1,068
0
357
0
211
U. Missouri, Saint Louis
1,142
836
762
1,391
122
1,077
0
135
57
212
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
688
1,162
1,884
1,363
0
536
0
827
0
213
U. Missouri, Kansas City
1,978
1,265
1,175
1,327
187
88
0
1,052
0
214
St. Edward's U.
175
850
750
1,310
320
520
0
320
150
215
Stevens Institute of Technology
498
264
1,078
1,304
0
138
0
1,166
0
216
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
1,911
2,135
3,325
1,283
93
574
0
616
0
217
Mount Holyoke C.
1,185
946
1,204
1,276
1,041
142
0
0
93
218
Central Michigan U.
1,070
1,259
1,213
1,248
34
142
0
1,072
0
219
Marquette U.
1,394
1,179
1,317
1,244
0
1,025
0
219
0
220
San Jose State U.
1,204
1,294
1,094
1,242
0
654
0
578
10
221
New Jersey City U.
ne
ne
ne
1,185
0
126
0
0
1,059
222
U. New Orleans
2,756
1,688
1,465
1,157
0
765
0
392
0
223
U. Massachusetts, Boston
1,821
1,651
1,262
1,141
0
548
0
593
0
224
U. South Dakota
2,668
1,631
1,263
1,122
10
747
0
365
0
225
Chapman U.
755
538
855
1,068
0
152
0
916
0
226
CUNY, Queens C.
1,561
1,398
1,300
1,044
0
723
0
321
0
227
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U.
605
470
667
1,036
0
134
0
902
0
228
C. Charleston
686
921
804
1,027
715
81
231
0
0
229
U. Louisville
1,501
1,625
1,081
1,011
16
782
0
213
0
230
California State U., San Bernardino
720
1,088
1,107
992
22
30
940
0
0
231
South Dakota State U.
1,187
928
622
988
0
983
0
5
0
232
Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis
896
912
947
981
0
760
0
221
0
233
U. Vermont
1,330
869
790
963
0
514
0
449
0
234
Western Michigan U. and Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine