Bard College research and development spending, FY2024
- Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
- Private nonprofit
- Short form filer
Bard College in FY2024
$271 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #882 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 3.0%
- Rank change
- down 14
Bard College reported $271 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #882 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 3.0% on FY2023's $263 thousand; its national rank was down 14 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 73.1% ($198 thousand), followed by federal government at 26.9%. Its largest field of research is physical sciences, $71 thousand or 26.2% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2011 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 |
|---|---|
| FY2011 | $183 thousand |
| FY2012 | $898 thousand |
| FY2013 | $358 thousand |
| FY2014 | $396 thousand |
| FY2015 | $250 thousand |
| FY2016 | $221 thousand |
| FY2017 | $228 thousand |
| FY2018 | $234 thousand |
| FY2019 | $235 thousand |
| FY2020 | $242 thousand |
| FY2021 | $248 thousand |
| FY2022 | $255 thousand |
| FY2023 | $263 thousand |
| FY2024 | $271 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 Bard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $198 thousand | 73.1% | +3.1% | 668 |
| Federal government | $73 thousand | 26.9% | +2.8% | 862 |
| All sources | $271 thousand | 100.0% | +3.0% | 882 |
Fields of research
The 7 NSF research fields Bard College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical sciences | $71 thousand | 26.2% | +2.9% | 596 |
| Computer and information sciences | $55 thousand | 20.3% | +3.8% | 470 |
| Other sciences | $49 thousand | 18.1% | +2.1% | 244 |
| Psychology | $43 thousand | 15.9% | +2.4% | 440 |
| Life sciences | $23 thousand | 8.5% | 0.0% | 831 |
| Social sciences | $18 thousand | 6.6% | +5.9% | 594 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $12 thousand | 4.4% | +9.1% | 505 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Bard College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Bard College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 877 | Dickinson State University | $284K |
| 877 | Jacksonville University | $284K |
| 879 | California University of Science and Medicine | $280K |
| 879 | Centre College | $280K |
| 881 | State University of New York College, Oneonta | $275K |
| 882 | Bard College | $271K |
| 883 | Southern Arkansas University | $263K |
| 884 | Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences | $262K |
| 885 | Washington and Lee University | $259K |
| 886 | Longwood University | $256K |
| 887 | Mayville State University | $251K |
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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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