Carleton College research and development spending, FY2024
- Northfield, MN
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Carleton College in FY2024
$5.0 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #466 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 19.3%
- Rank change
- up 5
Carleton College reported $5.0 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #466 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 19.3% on FY2023's $4.2 million; its national rank was up 5 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 63.4% ($3.2 million), followed by institution funds at 15.6%. Its largest field of research is geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, $2.0 million or 40.8% 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 | $4.6 million | 377 |
| FY2011 | $5.4 million | 371 |
| FY2012 | $5.0 million | 381 |
| FY2013 | $5.8 million | 361 |
| FY2014 | $5.7 million | 364 |
| FY2015 | $6.7 million | 356 |
| FY2016 | $6.4 million | 363 |
| FY2017 | $6.9 million | 360 |
| FY2018 | $5.5 million | 383 |
| FY2019 | $4.4 million | 417 |
| FY2020 | $3.7 million | 437 |
| FY2021 | $3.8 million | 446 |
| FY2022 | $4.4 million | 442 |
| FY2023 | $4.2 million | 469 |
| FY2024 | $5.0 million | 465 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 5 NSF funding sources Carleton 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 | $3.2 million | 63.4% | +13.1% | 426 |
| Institution funds | $780 thousand | 15.6% | +61.5% | 500 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $711 thousand | 14.2% | −21.2% | 312 |
| All other sources | $318 thousand | 6.4% | — | 269 |
| State and local government | $17 thousand | 0.3% | — | 590 |
| All sources | $5.0 million | 100.0% | +19.3% | 466 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields Carleton College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $2.0 million | 40.8% | +14.7% | 194 |
| Social sciences | $614 thousand | 12.3% | +25.1% | 293 |
| Non-S&E | $518 thousand | 10.4% | +31.1% | 450 |
| Physical sciences | $447 thousand | 9.0% | +14.6% | 396 |
| Computer and information sciences | $372 thousand | 7.5% | +24.4% | 310 |
| Psychology | $351 thousand | 7.0% | +13.6% | 284 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $328 thousand | 6.6% | +26.2% | 231 |
| Life sciences | $326 thousand | 6.5% | +23.0% | 645 |
| Engineering | $1 thousand | 0.0% | 0.0% | 498 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Carleton College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Carleton College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 461 | Rhode Island School of Design | $5.1M |
| 462 | Coastal Carolina University | $5.1M |
| 463 | Trinity College, Hartford | $5.1M |
| 464 | Austin Peay State University | $5.1M |
| 465 | National University | $5.0M |
| 466 | Carleton College | $5.0M |
| 467 | Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago | $5.0M |
| 468 | Citadel Military College of South Carolina | $5.0M |
| 469 | St. John's University, New York | $4.9M |
| 470 | Sonoma State University | $4.9M |
| 471 | Suffolk University | $4.9M |
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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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