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Table 32. Higher education R&D expenditures at historically black colleges and universities, ranked by all R&D expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

Institution Rank All R&D expenditures Computer and information sciences Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences Life sciences Mathematics and statistics Physical sciences Psychology Social sciences Sciences, nec Engineering All non-S&E fields
All HBCUs - 534,045 18,036 21,559 299,716 6,833 60,684 5,356 18,020 5,253 58,975 39,613
Howard U. 1 45,965 1,034 618 26,083 225 4,058 2,434 1,028 0 9,112 1,373
Florida A&M U. 2 39,682 1,353 3,701 18,634 43 6,083 392 171 1,216 2,844 5,245
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 3 38,140 1,686 135 17,349 493 1,808 16 0 104 13,123 3,426
Alabama A&M U. 4 33,524 i 1,179 i 0 i 19,780 i 343 i 2,527 i 702 i 1,152 i 0 i 6,049 i 1,792 i
Morehouse School of Medicine 5 33,215 0 0 33,215 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delaware State U. 6 21,377 83 956 11,406 561 3,709 0 394 0 1,807 2,461
Jackson State U. 7 19,465 1,314 1,562 2,140 89 8,859 0 112 1,511 3,385 493
Tennessee State U. 8 17,681 480 0 13,330 86 511 481 0 0 1,467 1,326
Prairie View A&M U. 9 17,278 304 0 7,755 26 1,741 1,019 48 38 3,835 2,512
Meharry Medical C. 10 16,980 0 0 16,980 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tuskegee U. 11 16,535 65 0 7,564 17 383 52 24 0 5,297 3,133
South Carolina State U. 12 15,130 i 4 i 9 i 6,234 i 92 i 1,630 i 3 i 5,807 i 3 i 239 i 1,109 i
North Carolina Central U. 13 14,942 0 287 6,916 0 3,575 0 521 0 0 3,643
Hampton U. 14 14,424 714 4,022 1,290 413 4,129 1 1,804 0 1,296 755
Alcorn State U. 15 13,834 0 0 8,877 0 0 0 4,461 0 496 0
Morgan State U. 16 12,993 489 4,372 4,027 448 116 0 273 0 3,002 266
U. of the Virgin Islands 17 11,957 303 542 10,251 670 0 0 0 0 87 104
Xavier U. Louisiana 18 11,784 438 0 3,986 0 6,921 0 0 0 241 198
Langston U. 19 10,947 i 0 i 0 i 10,540 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 185 i 222 i
Virginia State U. 20 10,673 0 54 6,820 650 0 0 199 0 951 1,999
Kentucky State U. 21 9,125 132 186 8,606 0 0 52 0 149 0 0
U. Arkansas, Pine Bluff 22 8,349 0 13 7,033 207 405 0 0 656 0 35
Clark Atlanta U. 23 7,833 182 0 6,172 0 992 0 117 0 347 23
Norfolk State U. 24 6,914 4,474 0 53 49 800 0 0 0 1,501 37
Dillard U. 25 6,573 55 0 4,889 144 797 0 688 0 0 0
West Virginia State U. 26 6,535 106 0 5,748 0 353 0 0 0 328 0
Southern U. and A&M C., Agricultural Research and Extension Center 27 5,296 0 0 5,296 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fayetteville State U. 28 4,980 279 250 1,354 167 300 0 151 0 0 2,479
U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 29 4,941 115 2,775 201 0 1,305 0 502 0 43 0
Morehouse C. 30 4,531 403 0 119 222 2,740 0 80 801 0 166
Lincoln U., Jefferson City 31 4,215 0 0 3,709 280 17 0 130 79 0 0
Southern U. and A&M C., Baton Rouge 32 4,171 80 0 357 16 1,556 0 0 0 1,523 639
Fort Valley State U. 33 3,916 235 0 3,593 0 88 0 0 0 0 0
Texas Southern U. 34 3,740 276 0 2,035 32 196 0 0 0 98 1,103
Central State U. 35 3,615 25 122 2,816 61 83 0 0 408 100 0
Johnson C. Smith U. 36 3,332 385 0 1,480 196 228 0 0 0 0 1,043
Tougaloo C. 37 3,173 0 0 2,012 0 848 0 0 0 0 313
Grambling State U. 38 2,981 0 0 0 280 1,063 0 0 0 0 1,638
U. of the District of Columbia 39 2,960 0 102 1,804 166 0 0 0 167 721 0
Fisk U. 40 2,790 225 0 2,162 0 197 197 0 0 0 9
Alabama State U. 41 2,434 0 0 2,434 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spelman C. 42 2,350 63 0 684 45 620 7 208 0 46 677
Benedict C. 43 1,934 279 532 146 95 518 0 0 0 364 0
Bowie State U. 44 1,839 732 0 75 0 293 0 0 0 0 739
Savannah State U. 45 1,793 8 591 581 0 63 0 0 121 429 0
Winston-Salem State U. 46 1,629 0 0 884 0 255 0 150 0 0 340
Claflin U. 47 1,509 458 138 242 11 600 0 0 0 56 4
Albany State U. 48 1,301 0 288 683 0 137 0 0 0 3 190
Bethune-Cookman U. 49 1,137 0 158 810 48 0 0 0 0 0 121
Elizabeth City State U. 50 978 52 146 1 619 160 0 0 0 0 0
Lincoln U. of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 51 645 26 0 560 39 20 0 0 0 0 0
i = imputed.
HBCUs = historically black colleges and universities; nec = not elsewhere classified; S&E = science and engineering.
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.