Table 53. Federally financed higher education R&D expenditures in the social sciences, ranked by all FY 2017 social sciences: FYs 2014–17 and by subfield for FY 2017
(Dollars in thousands)
Rank
Institution
2014
2015
2016
2017
All social sciences
Anthropologya
Economics
Political science and government
Sociology, demography, and population studies
Social sciences, nec
All institutions
921,567
919,930
897,776
927,572
38,548
110,633
100,126
280,623
397,642
1
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
76,708
75,359
86,171
106,574
550
29,387
15,206
15,670
45,761
2
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill
66,304
63,068
73,124
86,345
95
54
1,895
76,525
7,776
3
U. Maryland, College Park
69,263
53,892
24,803
33,545
236
299
1,024
5,009
26,977
4
Harvard U.
20,234
16,065
15,823
23,808
239
2,795
1,619
515
18,640
5
Duke U.
17,174
17,557
18,946
21,311
452
3,419
8,237
7,362
1,841
6
U. South Florida, Tampa
12,264
12,811
20,884
20,699
618
0
0
1,560
18,521
7
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities
17,405
18,815
19,401
19,720
71
2,136
3,414
12,782
1,317
8
U. Wisconsin-Madison
25,450
20,211
19,403
19,454
142
589
47
3,544
15,132
9
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center
15,636
19,743
20,856
18,471
1,992
1,600
1,511
11,719
1,649
10
U. Southern California
10,104
12,122
15,888
18,027
0
386
36
111
17,494
11
Arizona State U.
17,629
17,635
17,544
15,310
2,308
393
1,907
1,825
8,877
12
U. Pennsylvania
16,007
17,124
16,373
15,142
631
830
11
12,062
1,608
13
Mississippi State U.
6,613
7,578
12,849
14,147
0
28
0
6,680
7,439
14
Cornell U.
9,674
13,987
13,647
13,661
123
3,866
106
8,183
1,383
15
U. California, Davis
9,220
10,797
13,825
11,924
0
6,281
493
741
4,409
16
U. Washington, Seattle
8,270
9,231
12,027
11,349
29
0
5,739
4,352
1,229
17
U. Colorado Boulder
7,137
6,658
7,920
11,287
0
71
57
9,031
2,128
18
Brandeis U.
12,924
13,345
13,264
9,821
0
3
118
9,700
0
19
George Washington U.
7,386
6,084
8,201
9,356
1,548
442
394
1,612
5,360
20
Johns Hopkins U.b
7,594
9,945
8,242
9,345
35
48
0
9,049
213
21
U. Texas, Austin
6,359
6,676
7,090
9,029
963
107
36
6,407
1,516
22
Indiana U., Bloomington
5,434
6,235
7,623
8,627
251
647
3,481
1,523
2,725
23
U. Oklahoma, Norman and Health Science Center
1,020
8,904
8,512
8,134
1,719
50
1,017
0
5,348
24
U. Chicago
4,795
5,973
6,963
8,054
102
1,014
898
2,340
3,700
25
Ohio State U.
13,003
14,929
7,313
7,533
394
744
203
2,301
3,891
26
U. California, Los Angeles
5,757
6,715
8,189
7,507
0
0
24
977
6,506
27
Michigan State U.
13,545
18,191
7,225
7,242
743
143
67
490
5,799
28
Northwestern U.
9,490
9,875
8,892
7,225
112
496
23
112
6,482
29
Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center
2,467
3,675
6,042
7,168
15
2,289
576
461
3,827
30
Stanford U.
6,540
5,687
6,971
7,010
120
1,306
623
177
4,784
31
Columbia U., Teachers C.
3,392
6,775
7,617
6,682
0
3,984
0
0
2,698
32
Georgetown U.
4,532
3,829
5,003
6,612
0
40
5,915
0
657
33
U. California, Berkeley
14,528
14,971
9,193
6,402
27
3,367
240
507
2,261
34
U. Delaware
6,157
7,054
7,463
6,378
0
1,007
22
1,464
3,885
35
U. Arizona
7,976
8,063
7,595
6,222
638
281
0
1,152
4,151
36
U. Maryland, Baltimore County
7,533
7,477
7,196
6,175
0
0
6,052
0
123
37
U. Georgia
2,666
4,368
3,592
5,890
300
696
62
91
4,741
38
U. California, San Diego
6,580
6,076
6,606
5,875
0
758
4,556
558
3
39
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
881
1,122
2,106
5,787
0
1,654
176
2,762
1,195
40
National Defense U.
6,553
4,772
5,670
5,673
0
0
411
80
5,182
41
Carnegie Mellon U.
4,279
4,804
5,913
5,664
0
171
664
0
4,829
42
South Carolina State U.
0
i
0
143
i
5,550
0
0
0
0
5,550
43
North Dakota State U.
7,409
7,929
5,930
5,352
0
0
15
148
5,189
44
C. of William and Mary and Virginia Institute of Marine Science
4,686
5,804
5,671
5,218
0
0
46
5
5,167
45
U. Central Florida
1,806
1,942
2,672
5,183
163
1,365
0
176
3,479
46
SUNY, U. Albany
6,374
3,781
4,996
5,174
106
13
2,593
2,462
0
47
New York U.
4,191
4,021
5,022
5,106
0
363
189
952
3,602
48
Princeton U.
8,819
6,646
6,425
4,967
20
504
742
3,701
0
49
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5,122
2,669
3,557
4,934
0
2,123
231
0
2,580
50
Northeastern U.
4,445
4,460
3,745
4,658
0
0
663
725
3,270
51
Naval Postgraduate School
9,742
7,260
3,783
4,554
0
285
1,278
370
2,621
52
Brown U.
2,707
3,116
2,666
4,463
0
160
0
109
4,194
53
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick
21,408
13,737
11,195
4,381
53
38
177
65
4,048
54
U. New Hampshire
3,995
3,446
5,117
4,160
0
1,726
0
2,007
427
55
U. New Mexico
3,783
3,540
3,575
4,137
1,196
261
0
717
1,963
56
Columbia U. in the City of New York
4,104
3,507
3,912
4,121
25
0
0
2,196
1,900
57
U. Montana, Missoula
964
2,970
5,905
4,108
1,769
821
64
1,163
291
58
Washington State U.
3,733
5,568
4,599
3,949
0
840
28
234
2,847
59
George Mason U.
7,218
5,458
3,949
3,839
0
286
333
336
2,884
60
Purdue U., West Lafayette
5,204
7,375
4,814
3,833
383
0
19
3,336
95
61
U. Nebraska, Lincoln
3,247
3,269
2,819
3,821
48
604
125
2,685
359
62
U. Utah
5,178
3,784
2,211
3,775
441
0
0
3,334
0
63
U. Florida
5,452
5,574
4,142
3,746
452
797
453
35
2,009
64
Colorado State U., Fort Collins
2,859
3,590
4,067
3,601
0
1,679
77
1,312
533
65
Georgia State U.
809
1,681
2,913
3,590
134
736
1,290
511
919
66
American U.
3,292
3,791
3,522
3,492
0
200
420
306
2,566
67
Clemson U.
1,489
2,659
3,547
3,253
0
22
33
38
3,160
68
U. Connecticut
3,377
3,082
3,211
3,222
137
1,469
0
1,067
549
69
Oregon State U.
2,483
2,256
2,885
3,203
15
951
0
738
1,499
70
U. Wyoming
1,314
2,346
1,788
3,108
662
2,172
0
0
274
71
U. Kansas
2,277
1,900
2,696
3,103
183
544
675
252
1,449
72
U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
3,075
2,354
2,905
2,948
80
276
1,436
0
1,156
73
U. Baltimore
2,513
2,284
3,402
2,904
0
1,039
12
0
1,853
74
Georgia Institute of Technology
5,771
5,134
4,575
2,715
0
184
2,381
33
117
75
Yale U.
3,135
2,689
2,695
2,703
188
1,068
0
668
779
76
Auburn U., Auburn
2,534
2,368
2,126
2,609
0
93
42
46
2,428
77
U. Massachusetts, Boston
1,110
1,505
3,008
2,561
896
32
158
1,284
191
78
Hampton U.
401
2,108
2,516
2,543
0
0
0
0
2,543
79
Boston C.
50
85
2,561
2,540
0
75
0
2,465
0
80
U. Tennessee, Knoxville
4,260
4,275
2,820
2,522
935
673
570
0
344
81
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
5,896
8,794
2,891
2,499
889
87
93
1
1,429
82
Syracuse U.
2,470
2,642
2,783
2,422
213
0
991
815
403
83
U. California, Irvine
2,944
2,398
2,792
2,409
178
71
334
639
1,187
84
Portland State U.
5,158
3,675
5,632
2,401
518
217
73
15
1,578
85
North Carolina State U.
4,806
5,052
2,565
2,387
0
1,015
359
1,013
0
86
U. Texas, El Paso
1,228
3,158
2,970
2,360
2,303
0
0
10
47
87
U. Alabama, Huntsville
192
570
1,777
2,309
0
2,227
82
0
0
88
Boise State U.
783
526
624
2,301
0
5
13
125
2,158
89
U. Oregon
1,375
1,805
1,908
2,292
230
139
907
86
930
90
U. Southern Maine
2,736
i
2,190
i
1,646
2,116
0
141
0
0
1,975
91
U. Virginia, Charlottesville
834
828
1,782
2,076
15
212
439
34
1,376
92
SUNY, U. Buffalo
1,865
1,765
2,273
2,065
1,598
20
0
447
0
93
Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis
1,038
1,644
1,818
2,004
3
20
1,893
0
88
94
U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
2,330
1,538
1,561
1,982
0
0
0
1,982
0
95
U. Houston
698
1,692
1,609
1,963
0
0
142
1,440
381
96
Alcorn State U.
2,355
2,220
1,889
1,954
0
1,954
0
0
0
96
U. Iowa
2,376
2,092
1,940
1,954
3
327
226
0
1,398
98
Iowa State U.
6,031
4,663
3,917
1,923
0
383
85
1,455
0
99
Vanderbilt U. and Vanderbilt U. Medical Center
4,134
4,075
3,196
1,884
88
152
1,593
51
0
100
U. Cincinnati
1,410
1,471
1,947
1,883
213
0
131
318
1,221
101
U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa
817
901
1,188
1,823
115
0
210
399
1,099
102
U. Texas, San Antonio
657
497
1,949
1,722
297
289
0
841
295
103
Temple U.
1,567
1,746
2,165
1,716
14
100
0
113
1,489
104
Florida State U.
4,924
4,242
3,636
1,700
0
110
36
640
914
105
SUNY, Binghamton U.
1,583
1,828
1,661
1,682
214
0
20
0
1,448
106
Texas State U.
1,922
2,059
1,296
1,626
0
0
0
983
643
106
U. Illinois, Chicago
5,046
5,311
2,988
1,626
0
78
0
0
1,548
108
U. Southern Mississippi
301
472
699
1,588
0
22
388
0
1,178
109
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, Newark
493
554
521
1,579
0
3
1,160
0
416
110
Drexel U.
74
119
962
1,545
0
0
448
56
1,041
111
U. South Carolina, Columbia
3,200
1,271
1,368
1,535
1,081
19
0
435
0
112
Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge
2,659
2,607
1,264
1,496
0
350
17
333
796
113
Case Western Reserve U.
3,240
1,751
1,695
1,491
56
19
0
140
1,276
114
California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo
31
530
350
1,490
0
58
1,197
25
210
115
U. Massachusetts, Amherst
1,230
1,324
1,332
1,474
126
270
201
218
659
116
U. Notre Dame
74
708
1,479
1,460
57
302
407
694
0
117
California State U., Los Angeles
48
14
630
1,400
0
0
0
20
1,380
118
U. California, Santa Barbara
6,093
5,987
6,103
1,376
1,196
54
1
119
6
119
Oklahoma State U., Stillwater
571
2,371
206
1,313
0
0
454
294
565
120
U. Massachusetts, Lowell
1,326
1,883
1,312
1,312
0
0
0
173
1,139
121
U.S. Military Academy
925
1,168
1,166
1,267
0
0
1,267
0
0
122
U. California, Riverside
466
1,927
783
1,239
0
117
1
440
681
123
U. North Carolina, Charlotte
1,493
1,523
1,224
1,203
88
52
354
536
173
124
Sam Houston State U.
655
380
793
1,192
0
0
0
0
1,192
125
U. Denver
58
84
846
1,189
0
0
184
19
986
126
U. Illinois, Springfield
252
248
425
1,169
0
0
0
30
1,139
127
U. Texas, Dallas
236
450
686
1,107
0
51
801
255
0
128
U. Idaho
1,060
1,296
1,347
1,092
0
49
113
0
930
129
Rice U.
630
859
1,519
1,084
321
90
406
267
0
130
Bowling Green State U.
1,223
1,168
1,285
1,027
0
167
0
702
158
131
Colorado School of Mines
224
174
1,016
1,024
154
867
0
0
3
132
San Diego State U.
1,577
1,889
1,977
1,019
115
7
0
35
862
133
Kent State U.
1,443
1,721
1,380
1,005
0
0
0
119
886
134
U. California, Santa Cruz
1,338
1,539
1,037
1,001
0
57
17
342
585
135
U. Hawaii, Manoa
3,645
1,192
1,329
999
102
52
2
0
843
136
West Virginia U.
767
799
1,011
984
0
97
21
366
500
137
Boston U.
801
1,001
1,066
979
37
384
47
53
458
138
Dillard U.
0
7,994
1,376
957
0
0
0
0
957
139
U. Northern Iowa
1,146
859
1,154
953
0
1
0
0
952
140
U. Alaska, Anchorage
489
567
450
941
40
17
0
75
809
141
U. California, Merced
326
380
576
926
144
1
65
0
716
142
U. Alaska, Fairbanks
1,173
1,615
1,346
923
317
52
0
0
554
143
U. Rhode Island
3,015
3,116
1,031
903
0
681
0
34
188
144
Clark U.
568
566
432
898
0
471
0
0
427
145
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville
412
563
710
888
43
202
9
553
81
146
Rochester Institute of Technology
437
726
1,313
884
0
0
0
46
838
147
U. Vermont
199
136
793
880
24
46
0
0
810
148
U. Missouri, Saint Louis
540
691
712
871
0
15
0
0
856
149
Kansas State U.
2,657
3,361
771
858
0
36
0
514
308
149
Tufts U.
8,196
9,829
10,699
858
0
13
0
493
352
151
Florida International U.
3,233
814
617
786
52
0
0
2
732
152
U. Kentucky
2,110
1,675
972
754
183
0
45
200
326
153
U. Nevada, Reno
792
485
686
732
179
408
0
0
145
154
Alabama A&M U.
660
i
659
i
674
i
698
i
0
i
0
i
99
i
249
i
350
i
155
U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1,214
1,378
823
678
503
84
55
32
4
156
Tulane U.
918
979
756
666
73
452
0
34
107
157
San Francisco State U.
276
767
696
659
0
151
0
189
319
158
Emory U.
1,571
1,648
1,502
655
0
141
23
321
170
159
CUNY, Lehman C.
759
746
704
646
587
0
0
59
0
160
East Carolina U.
1,174
111
491
641
130
101
0
37
373
161
U. Louisiana, Lafayette
508
577
738
627
0
0
141
0
486
162
Brigham Young U., Provo
717
790
640
596
175
191
176
54
0
163
U. New Orleans
1,102
764
695
592
0
0
0
0
592
164
U. Nevada, Las Vegas
364
430
571
586
147
0
60
35
344
164
Washington U., Saint Louis
328
417
451
586
319
0
246
21
0
166
CUNY, Graduate Center
1,363
1,059
706
i
584
290
0
0
0
294
167
Michigan Technological U.
0
859
674
568
0
0
0
0
568
168
Old Dominion U.
97
93
107
566
0
64
12
463
27
169
U. Maine
1,416
1,014
878
554
2
81
0
0
471
170
Dartmouth C.
701
625
471
541
80
0
57
105
299
171
SUNY, Stony Brook U.
454
372
536
532
48
143
14
59
268
172
North Carolina Central U.
351
434
642
519
0
0
45
474
0
173
Miami U.
609
885
548
514
0
0
2
492
20
174
Cleveland State U.
373
446
556
505
0
0
0
5
500
175
Howard U.
1,556
195
591
494
0
121
0
373
0
175
U. Memphis
1,867
933
726
494
3
0
405
12
74
177
Utah State U.
528
752
710
488
0
15
0
473
0
178
Illinois Institute of Technology
414
481
543
482
0
0
0
156
326
179
CUNY, Hunter C.
491
294
360
475
327
120
0
28
0
180
U. Richmond
318
375
403
474
0
461
0
13
0
181
U. North Texas, Denton
392
462
314
462
0
0
221
241
0
182
Northwestern State U. Louisiana
494
ne
490
458
0
0
0
0
458
183
U. North Carolina, Greensboro
1,055
1,438
1,272
455
198
157
0
0
100
184
Virginia Commonwealth U.
385
161
167
448
0
52
396
0
0
185
California State U., Sacramento
422
299
473
446
56
121
0
0
269
186
U. Nebraska, Omaha
517
211
412
445
0
7
380
44
14
187
Hawaii Pacific U.
164
94
312
438
0
0
0
438
0
188
South Dakota State U.
1,296
1,476
536
407
0
90
0
207
110
189
U.S. Air Force Academy
385
460
1,434
401
0
90
13
298
0
190
CUNY, Baruch C.
136
479
735
396
0
2
17
376
1
191
Missouri State U.
23
110
230
391
0
0
0
75
316
192
Montana State U., Bozeman
1,006
901
781
383
0
0
72
300
11
193
Williams C.
42
169
116
380
26
306
0
0
48
194
Northern Arizona U.
245
196
183
374
17
0
0
197
160
195
U. Louisville
352
111
187
371
30
0
0
0
341
196
U. Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
24
0
566
355
0
0
0
0
355
197
U. Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus
1,048
77
187
323
0
0
0
4
319
198
Arkansas State U., Jonesboro
0
9
225
290
0
0
0
0
290
199
Gettysburg C.
ne
ne
ne
282
196
22
64
0
0
200
Ohio U.
372
15
0
280
0
0
0
52
228
201
U. South Alabama
93
213
210
276
0
0
0
20
256
202
New School
171
107
506
266
0
0
0
34
232
203
California State U., Monterey Bay
0
29
262
264
0
0
0
264
0
204
Ball State U.
59
143
346
257
178
0
0
16
63
205
Western Michigan U. and Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine