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Table 31. Higher education R&D expenditures at historically black colleges and universities, ranked by all R&D expenditures, by source of funds: FY 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

Institution Rank All R&D expenditures Source of funds
Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
All HBCUs - 534,045 400,349 37,446 75,715 6,637 10,214 3,684
Howard U. 1 45,965 33,602 1,117 6,824 3,514 908 0
Florida A&M U. 2 39,682 32,422 1,045 5,413 546 256 0
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 3 38,140 24,874 316 12,419 380 98 53
Alabama A&M U. 4 33,524 i 24,330 i 773 i 5,536 i 202 i 0 i 2,683 i
Morehouse School of Medicine 5 33,215 24,326 566 5,327 0 2,996 0
Delaware State U. 6 21,377 13,007 1,405 6,876 89 0 0
Jackson State U. 7 19,465 17,385 0 1,721 0 222 137
Tennessee State U. 8 17,681 10,291 800 6,446 93 51 0
Prairie View A&M U. 9 17,278 8,421 4,768 3,726 154 209 0
Meharry Medical C. 10 16,980 14,515 0 1,575 27 863 0
Tuskegee U. 11 16,535 10,388 2,590 3,553 0 0 4
South Carolina State U. 12 15,130 i 14,938 i 38 i 39 i 39 i 38 i 38 i
North Carolina Central U. 13 14,942 12,947 422 NA 78 1,495 0
Hampton U. 14 14,424 14,170 0 254 0 0 0
Alcorn State U. 15 13,834 7,372 4,780 1,647 35 0 0
Morgan State U. 16 12,993 11,603 534 71 456 80 249
U. of the Virgin Islands 17 11,957 10,852 265 768 72 0 0
Xavier U. Louisiana 18 11,784 10,165 674 883 0 62 0
Langston U. 19 10,947 i 8,587 i 2,360 i NA 0 i 0 i 0 i
Virginia State U. 20 10,673 5,655 1,619 2,063 2 1,138 196
Kentucky State U. 21 9,125 5,618 3,260 28 109 66 44
U. Arkansas, Pine Bluff 22 8,349 3,683 2,194 2,424 0 48 0
Clark Atlanta U. 23 7,833 5,634 0 2,025 44 130 0
Norfolk State U. 24 6,914 6,912 0 2 0 0 0
Dillard U. 25 6,573 5,503 37 703 0 68 262
West Virginia State U. 26 6,535 5,361 864 271 39 0 0
Southern U. and A&M C., Agricultural Research and Extension Center 27 5,296 3,057 2,173 66 0 0 0
Fayetteville State U. 28 4,980 2,445 526 1,755 153 101 0
U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 29 4,941 4,890 8 NA 43 0 0
Morehouse C. 30 4,531 4,531 0 0 0 0 0
Lincoln U., Jefferson City 31 4,215 2,498 1,717 NA 0 0 0
Southern U. and A&M C., Baton Rouge 32 4,171 3,431 3 625 112 0 0
Fort Valley State U. 33 3,916 3,700 0 216 0 0 0
Texas Southern U. 34 3,740 2,839 151 515 72 163 0
Central State U. 35 3,615 2,299 1,316 0 0 0 0
Johnson C. Smith U. 36 3,332 2,003 104 0 40 1,185 0
Tougaloo C. 37 3,173 3,173 0 0 0 0 0
Grambling State U. 38 2,981 1,806 695 480 0 0 0
U. of the District of Columbia 39 2,960 2,021 0 939 0 0 0
Fisk U. 40 2,790 2,781 5 0 0 4 0
Alabama State U. 41 2,434 2,434 0 0 0 0 0
Spelman C. 42 2,350 1,673 0 525 152 0 0
Benedict C. 43 1,934 1,889 45 0 0 0 0
Bowie State U. 44 1,839 1,839 0 0 0 0 0
Savannah State U. 45 1,793 1,778 0 0 0 15 0
Winston-Salem State U. 46 1,629 1,629 0 NA 0 0 0
Claflin U. 47 1,509 1,491 0 0 0 18 0
Albany State U. 48 1,301 839 276 0 186 0 0
Bethune-Cookman U. 49 1,137 1,137 0 0 0 0 0
Elizabeth City State U. 50 978 960 0 NA 0 0 18
Lincoln U. of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 51 645 645 0 0 0 0 0
i = imputed. NA = not available; data were not provided by institution.
HBCUs = historically black colleges and universities.
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 Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2018.