Barnard College research and development spending, FY2024
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- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Barnard College in FY2024
$6.4 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #429 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 0.6%
- Rank change
- down 17
Barnard College reported $6.4 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #429 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 0.6% on FY2023's $6.3 million; its national rank was down 17 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 68.1% ($4.3 million), followed by institution funds at 17.5%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $1.6 million or 24.5% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024
Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $3.4 million | 410 |
| FY2011 | $4.0 million | 396 |
| FY2012 | $3.7 million | 407 |
| FY2013 | $2.9 million | 429 |
| FY2014 | $2.7 million | 441 |
| FY2015 | $2.9 million | 436 |
| FY2016 | $3.5 million | 416 |
| FY2017 | $3.7 million | 416 |
| FY2018 | $3.5 million | 431 |
| FY2019 | $4.0 million | 425 |
| FY2020 | $3.7 million | 434 |
| FY2021 | $4.6 million | 418 |
| FY2022 | $5.0 million | 429 |
| FY2023 | $6.3 million | 412 |
| FY2024 | $6.4 million | 428 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 4 NSF funding sources Barnard 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 | $4.3 million | 68.1% | +2.3% | 378 |
| Institution funds | $1.1 million | 17.5% | +10.6% | 454 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $873 thousand | 13.7% | −18.5% | 294 |
| Business | $41 thousand | 0.6% | +412.5% | 457 |
| All sources | $6.4 million | 100.0% | +0.6% | 429 |
Fields of research
The 8 NSF research fields Barnard College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $1.6 million | 24.5% | −0.9% | 426 |
| Physical sciences | $1.2 million | 18.8% | −24.6% | 289 |
| Psychology | $1.2 million | 18.5% | −7.8% | 195 |
| Non-S&E | $975 thousand | 15.3% | +72.6% | 383 |
| Social sciences | $804 thousand | 12.6% | +6.3% | 261 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $324 thousand | 5.1% | +37.3% | 306 |
| Computer and information sciences | $255 thousand | 4.0% | −22.0% | 344 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $72 thousand | 1.1% | — | 380 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Barnard College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Barnard College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 424 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | $6.6M |
| 425 | New York Institute of Technology | $6.6M |
| 426 | Sul Ross State University | $6.5M |
| 427 | University of Southern Maine | $6.5M |
| 428 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | $6.5M |
| 429 | Barnard College | $6.4M |
| 430 | Oregon Institute of Technology | $6.3M |
| 431 | Bryn Mawr College | $6.3M |
| 432 | City University of New York, The, Lehman College | $6.3M |
| 433 | Roseman University of Health Sciences | $6.2M |
| 434 | Bucknell University | $6.2M |
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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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