Agnes Scott College research and development spending, FY2024
- Decatur, GA
- Private nonprofit
- Short form filer
Agnes Scott College in FY2024
$179 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #914 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 41.5%
- Rank change
- down 62
Agnes Scott College reported $179 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #914 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 41.5% on FY2023's $306 thousand; its national rank was down 62 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 80.4% ($144 thousand), followed by institution funds at 19.6%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $102 thousand or 57.0% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024
This institution files the short form, which the revised history does not cover; each year's total is the sum of its six funding-source rows as reported that year.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure |
|---|---|
| FY2010 | $1.9 million |
| FY2011 | $938 thousand |
| FY2012 | $1.2 million |
| FY2013 | $288 thousand |
| FY2014 | $391 thousand |
| FY2015 | $387 thousand |
| FY2016 | $342 thousand |
| FY2017 | $313 thousand |
| FY2018 | $287 thousand |
| FY2019 | $229 thousand |
| FY2020 | $152 thousand |
| FY2021 | $351 thousand |
| FY2022 | $433 thousand |
| FY2023 | $306 thousand |
| FY2024 | $179 thousand |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 2 NSF funding sources Agnes Scott College reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.
| Source | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal government | $144 thousand | 80.4% | −28.7% | 823 |
| Institution funds | $35 thousand | 19.6% | −66.3% | 788 |
| All sources | $179 thousand | 100.0% | −41.5% | 914 |
Fields of research
The 4 NSF research fields Agnes Scott College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $102 thousand | 57.0% | −35.0% | 771 |
| Social sciences | $50 thousand | 27.9% | −46.8% | 539 |
| Psychology | $25 thousand | 14.0% | −49.0% | 471 |
| Physical sciences | $2 thousand | 1.1% | −66.7% | 696 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Agnes Scott College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Agnes Scott College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 908 | University of Lynchburg | $196K |
| 910 | College of Southern Nevada | $190K |
| 911 | Carthage College | $188K |
| 912 | Eastern Mennonite University | $187K |
| 912 | Northern State University | $187K |
| 914 | Agnes Scott College | $179K |
| 915 | Concordia University, Wisconsin | $169K |
| 916 | Goucher College | $166K |
| 917 | Antioch University | $164K |
| 918 | Manchester University | $163K |
| 919 | Cooper Union, The | $162K |
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Data: NSF HERD FY2024, built from NSF's published tables on September 8, 2026. Page updated September 13, 2026.
Data: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY2024.
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