California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt research and development spending, FY2024

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California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in FY2024

$26.6 million

spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey

National rank
#285 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 41.5%
Rank change
up 30

California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt reported $26.6 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #285 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 41.5% on FY2023's $18.8 million; its national rank was up 30 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 28.0% ($7.5 million), followed by state and local government at 20.0%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $10.5 million or 39.3% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $9.8 million in FY2010 to $26.6 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$6.7M$13.3M$20.0M$26.6MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series.

Year-by-year figures
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$9.8 million310
FY2011$9.6 million313
FY2012$9.5 million316
FY2013$8.0 million335
FY2014$8.3 million326
FY2015$11.2 million304
FY2016$16.1 million285
FY2017$16.0 million286
FY2018$15.0 million293
FY2019$15.1 million294
FY2020$14.2 million303
FY2021$14.1 million316
FY2022$15.6 million317
FY2023$18.8 million315
FY2024$26.6 million285

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 6 NSF funding sources California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Institution funds$7.5 million28.0%+30.2%277
State and local government$5.3 million20.0%+59.3%163
Federal government$5.3 million19.8%+60.3%364
Nonprofit organizations$4.4 million16.6%+42.8%162
All other sources$3.1 million11.7%+6.4%129
Business$1.0 million3.9%+139.8%230
All sources$26.6 million100.0%+41.5%285

Fields of research

The 10 NSF research fields California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt reported in FY2024, largest first.

California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$10.5 million39.3%+60.2%261
Engineering$6.1 million22.8%+2.6%213
Social sciences$4.0 million15.0%+92.0%163
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$2.0 million7.5%+58.9%197
Non-S&E$1.9 million7.3%+66.1%312
Physical sciences$1.1 million4.3%+10.4%298
Other sciences$537 thousand2.0%−26.9%145
Mathematics and statistics$204 thousand0.8%+537.5%278
Computer and information sciences$140 thousand0.5%+259.0%393
Psychology$125 thousand0.5%+3025.0%369

Neighbours

Ranked around California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
280University of South Dakota, The$27.9M
281Eastern Virginia Medical School$27.9M
282Texas Christian University$27.7M
283Central Michigan University$27.4M
284California State University, Northridge$27.0M
285California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt$26.6M
286University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez$26.5M
287University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler$26.2M
288Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark$26.2M
289Clarkson University$26.1M
290University of Guam$25.3M

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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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