California Lutheran University research and development spending, FY2024
- Thousand Oaks, CA
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
California Lutheran University in FY2024
$1.2 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #671 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 6.1%
- Rank change
- down 17
California Lutheran University reported $1.2 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #671 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 6.1% on FY2023's $1.3 million; its national rank was down 17 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 74.7% ($897 thousand), followed by federal government at 15.1%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $315 thousand or 26.2% 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. The line breaks at FY2012, FY2013, FY2014, FY2015, FY2016, FY2017, FY2018, FY2021, FY2023, which California Lutheran University did not report.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | — | — |
| FY2011 | $741 thousand | 590 |
| FY2012 | — | — |
| FY2013 | — | — |
| FY2014 | — | — |
| FY2015 | — | — |
| FY2016 | — | — |
| FY2017 | — | — |
| FY2018 | — | — |
| FY2019 | $1.1 million | 587 |
| FY2020 | $630 thousand | 613 |
| FY2021 | — | — |
| FY2022 | $627 thousand | 616 |
| FY2023 | — | — |
| FY2024 | $1.2 million | 649 |
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 California Lutheran University 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 | $897 thousand | 74.7% | +50.3% | 482 |
| Federal government | $181 thousand | 15.1% | −63.1% | 810 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $123 thousand | 10.2% | +167.4% | 532 |
| All sources | $1.2 million | 100.0% | −6.1% | 671 |
Fields of research
The 8 NSF research fields California Lutheran University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $315 thousand | 26.2% | +47.9% | 652 |
| Social sciences | $294 thousand | 24.5% | +18.1% | 356 |
| Non-S&E | $247 thousand | 20.6% | −13.0% | 525 |
| Physical sciences | $127 thousand | 10.6% | +108.2% | 542 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $107 thousand | 8.9% | +1088.9% | 411 |
| Computer and information sciences | $48 thousand | 4.0% | +433.3% | 484 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $48 thousand | 4.0% | — | 417 |
| Psychology | $15 thousand | 1.2% | +15.4% | 500 |
Neighbours
Ranked around California Lutheran University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above California Lutheran University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking, and the one institution tied with it — a shared rank is a real tie in NSF's data, not a rounding artefact.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 666 | Hult International Business School | $1.2M |
| 666 | University of Puget Sound | $1.2M |
| 668 | Eastern Illinois University | $1.2M |
| 669 | State University of New York Polytechnic Institute | $1.2M |
| 670 | Weber State University | $1.2M |
| 671 | California Lutheran University | $1.2M |
| 671 | Western New England University | $1.2M |
| 673 | American Samoa Community College | $1.2M |
| 673 | State University of New York College, Potsdam | $1.2M |
| 675 | Pennsylvania State University, The, Berks | $1.2M |
| 676 | Concord University | $1.2M |
| 677 | University of South Carolina, Beaufort | $1.2M |
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Request a demoData: 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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