Carnegie Mellon University research and development spending, FY2024

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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

Carnegie Mellon University research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $222.8 million in FY2010 to $505.3 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$126.3M$252.6M$378.9M$505.3MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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

Year-by-year figures
Carnegie Mellon University research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$222.8 million87
FY2011$242.9 million81
FY2012$255.9 million78
FY2013$271.3 million73
FY2014$251.2 million81
FY2015$242.0 million85
FY2016$319.2 million70
FY2017$328.1 million70
FY2018$331.4 million72
FY2019$359.7 million70
FY2020$387.0 million67
FY2021$402.4 million69
FY2022$449.7 million66
FY2023$484.8 million69
FY2024$505.3 million71

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.

Carnegie Mellon University research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$280.2 million55.5%+0.1%68
Institution funds$125.4 million24.8%−2.1%78
Business$58.7 million11.6%+24.5%34
Nonprofit organizations$21.7 million4.3%+38.5%82
All other sources$16.0 million3.2%+56.0%53
State and local government$3.3 million0.7%−9.1%198
All sources$505.3 million100.0%+4.2%71

Fields of research

The 10 NSF research fields Carnegie Mellon University reported in FY2024, largest first.

Carnegie Mellon University research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Computer and information sciences$226.5 million44.8%+2.5%3
Engineering$160.1 million31.7%+3.0%28
Physical sciences$29.4 million5.8%+8.1%68
Non-S&E$21.1 million4.2%+19.0%103
Life sciences$16.6 million3.3%−1.6%221
Mathematics and statistics$15.3 million3.0%−7.8%12
Social sciences$12.6 million2.5%−0.2%79
Psychology$10.8 million2.1%+5.7%52
Other sciences$10.5 million2.1%+88.5%41
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$2.3 million0.5%+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.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Carnegie Mellon University, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
66University of Illinois Chicago$532.2M
67University of Kentucky$527.7M
68Virginia Commonwealth University$524.3M
69University of South Florida$521.9M
70University of Missouri, Columbia$508.6M
71Carnegie Mellon University$505.3M
72Scripps Research Institute, The$501.5M
73University of Rochester$492.4M
74University of Oklahoma, The$474.0M
75State University of New York, University at Albany$471.6M
76Colorado State University, Fort Collins$466.4M

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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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