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Table 37. Higher education R&D expenditures at private institutions, 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 institutions - 27,147,364 16,014,600 383,984 5,906,661 1,935,080 2,283,451 623,588
Johns Hopkins U.a 1 2,661,033 2,251,097 4,389 148,597 91,452 158,515 6,983
U. Pennsylvania 2 1,441,931 688,313 14,177 477,846 146,473 112,922 2,200
Harvard U. 3 1,173,371 587,584 1,942 361,073 45,826 155,257 21,689
Duke U. 4 1,167,611 645,259 113 155,207 240,406 106,019 20,607
Stanford U. 5 1,157,597 711,443 33,152 120,882 130,789 154,035 7,296
Cornell U. 6 1,071,621 470,020 96,702 274,740 65,455 130,197 34,507
Yale U. 7 990,399 552,242 2,221 262,114 84,413 80,382 9,027
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8 964,336 479,654 1,552 109,123 178,313 100,598 95,096
Columbia U. in the City of New York 9 947,504 686,338 7,021 76,693 72,311 82,272 22,869
U. Southern California 10 891,625 501,893 15,749 197,633 61,925 51,644 62,781
New York U. 11 887,558 416,143 18,807 211,217 38,056 78,239 125,096
Washington U., Saint Louis 12 816,139 506,006 3,341 144,318 81,314 79,362 1,798
Northwestern U. 13 805,672 469,525 3,270 229,303 49,558 46,357 7,659
Vanderbilt U. and Vanderbilt U. Medical Center 14 738,620 471,625 1,278 188,139 45,908 29,005 2,665
Emory U. 15 712,417 393,647 321 203,087 46,378 66,246 2,738
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 16 640,141 398,656 5,587 107,427 66,125 56,311 6,035
Baylor C. of Medicine 17 623,396 300,098 30,298 178,324 29,620 85,056 0
Boston U. 18 484,205 284,888 197 152,976 16,426 28,245 1,473
Case Western Reserve U. 19 434,441 349,177 3,957 43,737 10,161 22,451 4,958
U. Chicago 20 423,993 303,175 230 45,093 37,816 37,140 539
Scripps Research Institute 21 396,839 267,088 1,620 73,257 21,879 32,995 0
California Institute of Technology 22 391,003 280,451 1,055 37,723 15,564 30,648 25,562
Princeton U. 23 373,593 180,305 710 150,691 10,647 27,369 3,871
U. Rochester 24 370,645 285,330 4,155 38,752 20,167 16,189 6,052
U. Miami 25 357,104 192,598 18,374 69,484 36,720 38,254 1,674
Rockefeller U. 26 353,142 87,231 0 228,507 6,044 30,668 692
Carnegie Mellon U. 27 331,383 181,958 2,106 104,669 29,846 6,826 5,978
Dartmouth C. 28 323,927 140,399 801 155,457 5,178 16,319 5,773
Albert Einstein C. of Medicine 29 297,328 196,457 2,281 80,625 3,926 14,039 0
George Washington U. 30 260,656 156,768 1,277 65,769 3,784 26,745 6,313
Brown U. 31 244,838 164,452 35 54,114 3,938 18,473 3,826
Medical C. Wisconsin 32 229,436 111,273 837 74,676 19,274 18,035 5,341
Georgetown U. 33 221,449 89,977 2,036 65,369 13,248 33,545 17,274
U. Notre Dame 34 219,993 96,182 1,567 74,213 8,745 19,334 19,952
Tufts U. 35 213,457 139,334 4,150 28,590 10,000 25,399 5,984
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 36 204,400 163,003 1,353 24,530 1,802 7,349 6,363
Tulane U. 37 193,294 102,201 4,035 52,383 5,171 17,638 11,866
Wake Forest U. 38 191,371 154,363 11,355 1,089 13,142 8,914 2,508
Northeastern U. 39 166,711 114,711 1,335 35,658 7,656 6,953 398
Rice U. 40 161,831 78,175 7,528 43,659 10,054 18,107 4,308
Drexel U. 41 155,908 82,777 5,235 43,187 4,271 17,614 2,824
Thomas Jefferson U. 42 148,573 64,869 2,291 50,669 14,778 8,768 7,198
Syracuse U. 43 147,751 39,538 4,942 85,770 4,343 12,946 212
U. Dayton 44 147,001 132,358 3,144 3,111 6,796 1,092 500
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 45 115,870 67,139 272 29,003 1,780 17,676 0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 46 100,856 50,120 6,130 31,311 9,411 3,884 0
Rush U. 47 89,101 64,178 457 8,235 13,174 3,057 0
American U. 48 61,741 13,013 248 40,296 451 7,282 451
Brandeis U. 49 61,639 38,632 147 10,555 188 10,065 2,052
Saint Louis U. 50 60,380 28,121 706 17,149 6,778 7,132 494
Boston C. 51 57,030 30,541 2,067 12,800 256 10,789 577
Van Andel Research Institute 52 55,171 14,285 1,171 30,904 451 2,042 6,318
Rochester Institute of Technology 53 49,413 25,990 4,829 15,061 1,907 1,037 589
Howard U. 54 45,965 33,602 1,117 6,824 3,514 908 0
Brigham Young U., Provo 55 40,755 23,892 1,493 8,778 3,254 2,737 601
Loyola U., Chicago 56 39,332 21,994 114 8,280 3,841 3,783 1,320
Lehigh U. 57 38,674 25,834 2,067 9,162 915 548 148
Mercer U. 58 34,197 18,999 27 8,180 6,368 162 461
Illinois Institute of Technology 59 33,280 28,265 11 1,475 2,146 1,136 247
Morehouse School of Medicine 60 33,215 24,326 566 5,327 0 2,996 0
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 61 33,067 18,635 160 9,217 4,197 641 217
Stevens Institute of Technology 62 33,060 26,281 1,170 2,901 1,744 957 7
Marquette U. 63 32,471 10,672 63 14,939 815 2,503 3,479
Baylor U. 64 31,936 5,782 1,385 19,153 1,500 2,514 1,602
Southern Methodist U. 65 31,140 13,439 1,092 12,541 2,833 1,231 4
Eastern Virginia Medical School 66 30,010 21,356 555 5,295 938 1,866 0
U. Denver 67 27,270 15,713 535 6,321 1,712 2,557 432
Catholic U. of America 68 25,497 20,749 103 3,738 492 415 0
Columbia U., Teachers C. 69 24,477 8,925 392 NA 1,240 11,990 1,930
Nova Southeastern U. 70 23,296 7,853 2,207 8,600 2,805 672 1,159
Loma Linda U. 71 22,922 i 15,790 i 706 i 3,165 i 1,739 i 1,428 i 94 i
Albany Medical C. 72 21,187 10,243 0 4,126 4,811 821 1,186
Villanova U. 73 20,730 3,968 726 14,186 548 1,119 183
Fordham U. 74 20,644 4,973 52 14,709 158 514 238
Creighton U. 75 20,587 5,721 3,085 8,072 1,856 1,137 716
U. Tulsa 76 20,072 4,615 498 4,272 10,109 232 346
Duquesne U. 77 17,420 5,762 730 8,860 405 1,642 21
Florida Institute of Technology 78 17,378 8,511 1,520 5,027 1,664 656 0
Meharry Medical C. 79 16,980 14,515 0 1,575 27 863 0
Clarkson U. 80 16,927 8,203 1,961 4,745 1,428 456 134
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. 81 16,767 12,661 138 1,877 1,260 211 620
Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science 82 16,765 9,249 11 5,580 1,432 418 75
Tuskegee U. 83 16,535 10,388 2,590 3,553 0 0 4
New York Medical C. 84 16,226 8,141 309 243 4,719 1,725 1,089
Hampton U. 85 14,424 14,170 0 254 0 0 0
Chapman U. 86 14,141 4,057 601 6,421 174 2,870 18
New School 87 13,606 1,857 174 4,171 332 5,964 1,108
Xavier U. Louisiana 88 11,784 10,165 674 883 0 62 0
Claremont Graduate U. 89 11,590 i 8,912 i 228 i 1,538 i 89 i 822 i 1 i
Wellesley C. 90 11,530 3,947 319 0 68 4,498 2,698
Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine and Science 91 11,490 10,198 0 892 0 400 0
Wesleyan U. 92 10,662 4,353 407 4,068 52 1,739 43
St. Edward's U. 93 10,431 7,289 1,025 1,000 325 567 225
Bryn Mawr C. 94 10,282 2,242 0 7,760 0 280 0
Midwestern U. 95 10,173 1,278 36 8,186 103 565 5
Azusa Pacific U. 96 8,380 199 0 8,092 5 0 84
Clark U. 97 8,318 2,962 205 4,577 123 447 4
Loyola Marymount U. 98 7,911 1,040 706 5,649 0 516 0
Ponce Health Sciences U. 99 7,857 6,386 229 0 0 0 1,242
Clark Atlanta U. 100 7,833 5,634 0 2,025 44 130 0
Gallaudet U. 101 7,617 2,259 0 2,432 21 162 2,743
Edward Via C. of Osteopathic Medicine 102 7,601 195 40 6,249 240 877 0
DePaul U. 103 7,079 4,532 32 1,778 69 641 27
U. New England 104 6,700 4,976 0 1,386 109 222 7
Dillard U. 105 6,573 5,503 37 703 0 68 262
Seton Hall U. 106 6,536 3,551 1,785 120 230 850 0
Pacific U. 107 6,264 2,637 374 1,590 193 1,470 0
Smith C. 108 5,954 3,305 0 1,488 4 1,157 0
Texas Christian U. 109 5,808 3,198 606 247 1,705 0 52
Claremont McKenna C. 110 5,693 555 71 4,734 0 333 0
U. San Diego 111 5,642 2,397 108 2,609 0 301 227
U. New Haven 112 5,585 3,853 371 362 460 539 0
Grinnell C. 113 5,573 635 5 4,636 0 212 85
Carleton C. 114 5,515 2,542 54 1,715 0 436 768
Williams C. 115 5,506 1,458 0 1,832 0 405 1,811
Bucknell U. 116 5,269 1,329 108 3,260 228 342 2
Western U. of Health Sciences 117 5,140 2,755 497 393 681 748 66
Amherst C. 118 4,849 1,630 0 2,409 0 297 513
Franklin and Marshall C. 119 4,769 1,760 299 1,987 180 283 260
U. Detroit Mercy 120 4,605 4,385 0 106 102 12 0
Morehouse C. 121 4,531 4,531 0 0 0 0 0
Pace U. 122 4,282 2,117 23 1,814 20 295 13
Vassar C. 123 4,185 4,185 NA NA NA NA NA
U. Central del Caribe 124 4,111 2,937 133 1,041 0 0 0
Roseman U. of Health Sciences 125 3,973 18 8 3,800 57 90 0
U. Metropolitana 126 3,926 3,579 0 347 0 0 0
Swarthmore C. 127 3,921 1,586 2 2,119 1 213 0
New York Institute of Technology 128 3,832 1,501 184 1,742 95 310 0
Colgate U. 129 3,823 1,389 0 2,120 0 314 0
Harvey Mudd C. 130 3,790 1,762 0 1,676 52 190 110
U. of the Sciences Philadelphia 131 3,671 1,095 36 1,024 1,055 461 0
Alfred U. 132 3,641 1,416 607 1,004 614 0 0
Erikson Institute 133 3,583 1,822 617 283 0 861 0
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate S. of Biomedical Sciences 134 3,502 201 0 3,301 0 0 0
Barnard C. 135 3,458 2,491 0 573 131 263 0
Johnson C. Smith U. 136 3,332 2,003 104 0 40 1,185 0
MGH Institute of Health Professions 137 3,328 2,957 0 2 0 369 0
Yeshiva U. 138 3,302 683 1 1,155 0 872 591
Toyota Technological Institute, Chicago 139 3,251 1,759 0 1,142 224 126 0
Trinity U. 140 3,244 1,187 21 916 0 1,099 21
Touro U. 141 3,233 1,410 5 1,783 9 26 0
Milwaukee School of Engineering 142 3,232 680 154 0 2,227 171 0
Hope C. 143 3,179 1,100 0 284 0 1,795 0
Tougaloo C. 144 3,173 3,173 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia C. of Osteopathic Medicine 145 3,059 260 4 2,443 4 348 0
Haverford C. 146 3,041 1,665 0 734 0 166 476
Mount Holyoke C. 147 3,027 2,210 57 292 0 468 0
U. of the Pacific 148 3,014 2,141 462 NA 20 390 1
Pomona C. 149 2,983 868 0 1,586 0 529 0
St. John's U., New York 150 2,903 1,612 0 913 265 107 6
Lewis and Clark C. 151 2,811 848 0 1,504 0 459 0
Fisk U. 152 2,790 2,781 5 0 0 4 0
U. Richmond 153 2,784 1,628 0 765 0 382 9
U. San Francisco 154 2,741 310 224 1,943 0 264 0
Albany C. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 155 2,732 1,094 0 675 849 37 77
Bowdoin C. 156 2,724 2,065 11 482 0 166 0
Willamette U. 157 2,723 872 77 1,114 0 660 0
Reed C. 158 2,607 1,065 0 1,401 0 141 0
Skidmore C. 159 2,584 1,893 0 448 0 243 0
Colorado C. 160 2,560 429 218 991 0 922 0
Seattle U. 161 2,535 1,644 188 273 0 291 139
Kettering U. 162 2,531 1,144 7 791 341 76 172
Niagara U. 163 2,523 334 616 739 0 834 0
Elon U. 164 2,486 309 0 1,985 32 160 0
Long Island U. 165 2,405 1,929 60 99 101 161 55
Spelman C. 166 2,350 1,673 0 525 152 0 0
Santa Clara U. 167 2,299 1,592 59 NA 111 450 87
Colby C. 168 2,240 1,213 57 528 0 0 442
La Sierra U. 169 2,227 623 0 589 0 1,015 0
Saint Joseph's U. 170 2,151 252 558 1,093 0 236 12
Hawaii Pacific U. 171 2,114 1,905 0 162 0 47 0
Fuller Theological Seminary 172 2,108 0 0 176 0 1,932 0
Furman U. 173 2,064 1,110 45 756 0 132 21
Emerson C. 174 2,059 308 59 654 99 939 0
Keck Graduate Institute 175 1,967 i 1,007 i 0 i 636 i 131 i 32 i 161 i
Pepperdine U. 176 1,954 713 52 899 6 284 0
Calvin C. 177 1,937 1,363 9 0 117 230 218
Roger Williams U. 177 1,937 1,052 195 560 24 106 0
Benedict C. 179 1,934 1,889 45 0 0 0 0
Babson C. 180 1,917 12 0 927 272 78 628
Middlebury C. 181 1,895 1,774 0 41 22 58 0
Mills C. 182 1,850 928 13 90 0 819 0
Lafayette C. 183 1,815 1,133 16 628 38 0 0
Oberlin C. 184 1,803 1,096 0 623 0 84 0
Hamilton C. 185 1,796 129 0 1,158 2 457 50
Wheaton C., Wheaton 186 1,751 50 0 791 1 909 0
Fairfield U. 187 1,742 1,222 0 150 0 370 0
Salish Kootenai C. 188 1,741 1,739 0 0 0 2 0
Trinity C., Hartford 189 1,672 794 0 664 0 214 0
Lawrence Technological U. 190 1,668 479 270 69 499 351 0
Hofstra U. 191 1,662 1,275 81 182 4 91 29
U. of St. Thomas (MN) 192 1,645 320 208 532 353 146 86
Davidson C. 193 1,638 813 0 567 57 193 8
Bates C. 194 1,635 1,121 2 244 0 172 96
Palmer C. of Chiropractic, Davenport 195 1,600 1,100 0 500 0 0 0
U. del Turabo 196 1,579 471 0 1,108 0 0 0
Alaska Pacific U. 197 1,544 436 15 0 1,077 0 16
Union C., Schenectady 198 1,540 885 5 525 23 99 3
Gettysburg C. 199 1,539 901 0 188 109 154 187
Claflin U. 200 1,509 1,491 0 0 0 18 0
C. Wooster 201 1,494 744 0 604 0 146 0
Saint Michael's C. 202 1,482 1,255 0 227 0 0 0
Marshall B. Ketchum U. 203 1,451 i 354 i 0 i 727 i 370 i 0 i 0 i
Occidental C. 204 1,445 901 49 NA 228 267 0
Des Moines U. 205 1,423 933 11 359 7 113 0
Macalester C. 206 1,404 553 181 598 0 72 0
Rider U. 207 1,363 138 0 1,173 0 50 2
Connecticut C. 208 1,349 505 0 729 0 115 0
U. of the Incarnate Word 209 1,338 868 0 403 0 66 1
Salus U. 210 1,286 1,190 32 45 19 0 0
Heidelberg U. 211 1,280 163 773 69 87 188 0
Bradley U. 212 1,274 317 26 328 587 0 16
Franklin W. Olin C. of Engineering 213 1,254 472 0 386 27 241 128
Kenyon C. 214 1,227 764 0 300 0 163 0
Providence C. 215 1,215 960 0 190 0 65 0
Saint John's U., Collegeville 216 1,208 0 0 1,208 0 0 0
Augustana U. 217 1,170 1,023 0 147 0 0 0
St. Olaf C. 218 1,155 333 9 694 0 119 0
C. of Saint Benedict 219 1,142 47 0 1,095 0 0 0
Bethune-Cookman U. 220 1,137 1,137 0 0 0 0 0
Drake U. 221 1,103 699 35 304 11 54 0
Doane U. 222 1,092 865 0 213 0 14 0
Biola U. 223 1,085 i 599 i 17 i 278 i 73 i 90 i 28 i
U. Hartford 224 1,073 591 0 470 12 0 0
Allegheny C. 225 1,069 470 3 298 0 295 3
Canisius C. 225 1,069 1,054 0 0 0 15 0
Albion C. 227 1,055 114 0 941 0 0 0
Augsburg U. 228 1,051 505 0 444 0 0 102
Rhode Island School of Design 229 1,042 i 259 i 44 i 451 i 235 i 53 i 0 i
New England C. of Optometry 230 1,026 837 0 119 13 57 0
Quinnipiac U. 231 994 i 493 i 52 i 262 i 42 i 128 i 17 i
Hult International Business School 232 973 i 475 i 22 i 306 i 34 i 97 i 39 i
Palo Alto U. 233 964 302 255 250 0 157 0
Siena C. 234 941 498 35 385 0 15 8
U. del Este 235 865 391 0 474 0 0 0
High Tech High Graduate School of Ed. 236 861 0 0 0 0 861 0
Merrimack C. 237 796 353 0 133 0 310 0
Whittier C. 238 344 85 0 114 0 145 0
i = imputed. NA = not available; data were not provided by institution.
a Johns Hopkins University includes the Applied Physics Laboratory, with $1,521,443 thousand in total R&D expenditures in FY 2018.
NOTES: Tied institutions are ranked alphabetically. 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.