Bryn Mawr College research and development spending, FY2024
- Bryn Mawr, PA
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Bryn Mawr College in FY2024
$6.3 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #431 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 30.3%
- Rank change
- down 58
Bryn Mawr College reported $6.3 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #431 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 30.3% on FY2023's $9.0 million; its national rank was down 58 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 77.6% ($4.9 million), followed by federal government at 18.3%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $3.2 million or 50.5% 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 | $7.5 million | 334 |
| FY2011 | $8.4 million | 330 |
| FY2012 | $9.8 million | 313 |
| FY2013 | $9.5 million | 315 |
| FY2014 | $9.1 million | 318 |
| FY2015 | $11.7 million | 302 |
| FY2016 | $10.9 million | 314 |
| FY2017 | $11.1 million | 314 |
| FY2018 | $10.3 million | 327 |
| FY2019 | $9.8 million | 332 |
| FY2020 | $11.6 million | 325 |
| FY2021 | $9.0 million | 346 |
| FY2022 | $9.1 million | 356 |
| FY2023 | $9.0 million | 373 |
| FY2024 | $6.3 million | 430 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 3 NSF funding sources Bryn Mawr 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 | $4.9 million | 77.6% | −31.1% | 315 |
| Federal government | $1.2 million | 18.3% | −10.6% | 553 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $258 thousand | 4.1% | −59.0% | 430 |
| All sources | $6.3 million | 100.0% | −30.3% | 431 |
Fields of research
The 8 NSF research fields Bryn Mawr College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-S&E | $3.2 million | 50.5% | −5.4% | 261 |
| Life sciences | $986 thousand | 15.6% | −13.6% | 487 |
| Social sciences | $769 thousand | 12.2% | −55.2% | 266 |
| Physical sciences | $693 thousand | 11.0% | −36.7% | 344 |
| Computer and information sciences | $247 thousand | 3.9% | −32.9% | 349 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $168 thousand | 2.7% | −68.9% | 298 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $131 thousand | 2.1% | −61.1% | 389 |
| Psychology | $125 thousand | 2.0% | −73.9% | 369 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Bryn Mawr College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Bryn Mawr College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 435 | Swarthmore College | $6.1M |
| 436 | West Virginia State University | $6.1M |
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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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