Universities Reporting the Most Research-and-Development Spending in All Fields, by Source of Funds, FY 2011
The top 30 institutions accounted for 40 percent of all research-and-development spending, and the federal government provided 65 percent of the funds for that spending.
| Rank | Institution | All R&D expenditures | Federal-government support (non-ARRA) | Federal-government support (ARRA) | State- and local-government support | Institution funds | Business support | Nonprofit organizations’ support | All other sources |
| All institutions | $65,073,000,000 | $36,605,000,000 | $4,160,000,000 | $3,819,000,000 | $12,445,000,000 | $3,162,000,000 | $3,840,000,000 | $1,042,000,000 | |
| Leading 30 institutions | $26,086,000,000 | $15,059,000,000 | $1,767,000,000 | $1,305,000,000 | $3,959,000,000 | $1,527,000,000 | $1,912,000,000 | $553,000,000 | |
| 1. | Johns Hopkins U.* | $2,145,000,000 | $1,801,000,000 | $83,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $78,000,000 | $59,000,000 | $104,000,000 | $12,000,000 |
| 2. | U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor | $1,279,000,000 | $707,000,000 | $113,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $363,000,000 | $40,000,000 | $47,000,000 | $7,000,000 |
| 3. | U. of Washington | $1,149,000,000 | $790,000,000 | $159,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $57,000,000 | $21,000,000 | $76,000,000 | $25,000,000 |
| 4. | U. of Wisconsin at Madison | $1,112,000,000 | $542,000,000 | $52,000,000 | $103,000,000 | $220,000,000 | $28,000,000 | $125,000,000 | $42,000,000 |
| 5. | Duke U. | $1,022,000,000 | $511,000,000 | $74,000,000 | $32,000,000 | $120,000,000 | $215,000,000 | $69,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 6. | U. of California at San Diego | $1,009,000,000 | $583,000,000 | $54,000,000 | $42,000,000 | $99,000,000 | $67,000,000 | $112,000,000 | $53,000,000 |
| 7. | U. of California at San Francisco | $995,000,000 | $509,000,000 | $61,000,000 | $31,000,000 | $136,000,000 | $54,000,000 | $126,000,000 | $78,000,000 |
| 8. | U. of California at Los Angeles | $982,000,000 | $502,000,000 | $61,000,000 | $38,000,000 | $160,000,000 | $49,000,000 | $93,000,000 | $79,000,000 |
| 9. | Stanford U. | $908,000,000 | $573,000,000 | $83,000,000 | $39,000,000 | $72,000,000 | $58,000,000 | $81,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 10. | U. of Pittsburgh, main campus | $899,000,000 | $590,000,000 | $73,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $196,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $21,000,000 | $0 |
| 11. | U. of Pennsylvania | $886,000,000 | $612,000,000 | $95,000,000 | $22,000,000 | $52,000,000 | $44,000,000 | $62,000,000 | $0 |
| 12. | Columbia U. | $879,000,000 | $564,000,000 | $82,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $99,000,000 | $36,000,000 | $65,000,000 | $21,000,000 |
| 13. | U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | $847,000,000 | $439,000,000 | $50,000,000 | $60,000,000 | $190,000,000 | $31,000,000 | $61,000,000 | $15,000,000 |
| 14. | Ohio State U. | $832,000,000 | $430,000,000 | $63,000,000 | $101,000,000 | $95,000,000 | $104,000,000 | $26,000,000 | $14,000,000 |
| 15. | Pennsylvania State U. at University Park and Hershey Medical Center | $795,000,000 | $438,000,000 | $31,000,000 | $56,000,000 | $161,000,000 | $65,000,000 | $40,000,000 | $4,000,000 |
| 16. | Cornell U. | $782,000,000 | $432,000,000 | $44,000,000 | $62,000,000 | $137,000,000 | $24,000,000 | $80,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 17. | U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $767,000,000 | $494,000,000 | $68,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $122,000,000 | $26,000,000 | $51,000,000 | $0 |
| 18. | U. of Florida | $740,000,000 | $265,000,000 | $41,000,000 | $98,000,000 | $281,000,000 | $23,000,000 | $27,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| 19. | Washington U. in St. Louis | $725,000,000 | $414,000,000 | $55,000,000 | $19,000,000 | $103,000,000 | $42,000,000 | $49,000,000 | $42,000,000 |
| 20. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $724,000,000 | $441,000,000 | $48,000,000 | $0 | $17,000,000 | $110,000,000 | $73,000,000 | $34,000,000 |
| 21. | U. of California at Berkeley | $708,000,000 | $309,000,000 | $27,000,000 | $60,000,000 | $122,000,000 | $87,000,000 | $84,000,000 | $19,000,000 |
| 22. | U. of California at Davis | $708,000,000 | $324,000,000 | $39,000,000 | $60,000,000 | $146,000,000 | $37,000,000 | $66,000,000 | $36,000,000 |
| 23. | Texas A&M U. | $706,000,000 | $276,000,000 | $15,000,000 | $132,000,000 | $187,000,000 | $55,000,000 | $36,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| 24. | U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr. | $663,000,000 | $208,000,000 | $28,000,000 | $199,000,000 | $70,000,000 | $60,000,000 | $98,000,000 | $0 |
| 25. | Yale U. | $657,000,000 | $454,000,000 | $66,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $62,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $47,000,000 | $12,000,000 |
| 26. | Georgia Institute of Technology | $655,000,000 | $412,000,000 | $16,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $158,000,000 | $42,000,000 | $13,000,000 | $4,000,000 |
| 27. | Harvard U. | $650,000,000 | $470,000,000 | $73,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $0 | $26,000,000 | $68,000,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 28. | U. of Texas at Austin | $632,000,000 | $326,000,000 | $29,000,000 | $41,000,000 | $129,000,000 | $68,000,000 | $31,000,000 | $7,000,000 |
| 29. | Northwestern U. | $619,000,000 | $346,000,000 | $54,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $144,000,000 | $15,000,000 | $55,000,000 | n/a |
| 30. | U. of Arizona | $611,000,000 | $298,000,000 | $30,000,000 | $31,000,000 | $183,000,000 | $17,000,000 | $26,000,000 | $24,000,000 |
* Johns Hopkins University includes the Applied Physics Laboratory, with $1,161,000,000 in total research-and-development expenditures in the 2011 fiscal year.
Note: “ARRA” is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; “n/a” means “not available.” Figures are in current dollars and have been rounded. The details may not add up to the totals because of rounding.
Source: National Science Foundation’s National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
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