Carnegie Mellon University research and development spending, FY2024
- Pittsburgh, PA
- R1
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Carnegie Mellon University in FY2024
$505.3 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #71 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 4.2%
- Rank change
- down 2
Carnegie Mellon University reported $505.3 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #71 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 4.2% on FY2023's $484.8 million; its national rank was down 2 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 55.5% ($280.2 million), followed by institution funds at 24.8%. Its largest field of research is computer and information sciences, $226.5 million or 44.8% 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 | $222.8 million | 87 |
| FY2011 | $242.9 million | 81 |
| FY2012 | $255.9 million | 78 |
| FY2013 | $271.3 million | 73 |
| FY2014 | $251.2 million | 81 |
| FY2015 | $242.0 million | 85 |
| FY2016 | $319.2 million | 70 |
| FY2017 | $328.1 million | 70 |
| FY2018 | $331.4 million | 72 |
| FY2019 | $359.7 million | 70 |
| FY2020 | $387.0 million | 67 |
| FY2021 | $402.4 million | 69 |
| FY2022 | $449.7 million | 66 |
| FY2023 | $484.8 million | 69 |
| FY2024 | $505.3 million | 71 |
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 Carnegie Mellon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal government | $280.2 million | 55.5% | +0.1% | 68 |
| Institution funds | $125.4 million | 24.8% | −2.1% | 78 |
| Business | $58.7 million | 11.6% | +24.5% | 34 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $21.7 million | 4.3% | +38.5% | 82 |
| All other sources | $16.0 million | 3.2% | +56.0% | 53 |
| State and local government | $3.3 million | 0.7% | −9.1% | 198 |
| All sources | $505.3 million | 100.0% | +4.2% | 71 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields Carnegie Mellon University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer and information sciences | $226.5 million | 44.8% | +2.5% | 3 |
| Engineering | $160.1 million | 31.7% | +3.0% | 28 |
| Physical sciences | $29.4 million | 5.8% | +8.1% | 68 |
| Non-S&E | $21.1 million | 4.2% | +19.0% | 103 |
| Life sciences | $16.6 million | 3.3% | −1.6% | 221 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $15.3 million | 3.0% | −7.8% | 12 |
| Social sciences | $12.6 million | 2.5% | −0.2% | 79 |
| Psychology | $10.8 million | 2.1% | +5.7% | 52 |
| Other sciences | $10.5 million | 2.1% | +88.5% | 41 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $2.3 million | 0.5% | +47.1% | 182 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Carnegie Mellon University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Carnegie Mellon University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 66 | University of Illinois Chicago | $532.2M |
| 67 | University of Kentucky | $527.7M |
| 68 | Virginia Commonwealth University | $524.3M |
| 69 | University of South Florida | $521.9M |
| 70 | University of Missouri, Columbia | $508.6M |
| 71 | Carnegie Mellon University | $505.3M |
| 72 | Scripps Research Institute, The | $501.5M |
| 73 | University of Rochester | $492.4M |
| 74 | University of Oklahoma, The | $474.0M |
| 75 | State University of New York, University at Albany | $471.6M |
| 76 | Colorado State University, Fort Collins | $466.4M |
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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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