Catholic University of America, The research and development spending, FY2024
- Washington, DC
- R2
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Catholic University of America, The in FY2024
$57.7 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #227 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 14.4%
- Rank change
- up 2
Catholic University of America, The reported $57.7 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #227 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 14.4% on FY2023's $50.4 million; its national rank was up 2 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 70.5% ($40.7 million), followed by institution funds at 23.7%. Its largest field of research is physical sciences, $39.0 million or 67.5% 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 | $21.5 million | 255 |
| FY2011 | $25.4 million | 246 |
| FY2012 | $25.0 million | 242 |
| FY2013 | $23.2 million | 241 |
| FY2014 | $22.3 million | 247 |
| FY2015 | $24.3 million | 243 |
| FY2016 | $25.1 million | 241 |
| FY2017 | $24.3 million | 243 |
| FY2018 | $25.5 million | 240 |
| FY2019 | $24.5 million | 254 |
| FY2020 | $25.2 million | 253 |
| FY2021 | $35.5 million | 230 |
| FY2022 | $38.2 million | 231 |
| FY2023 | $50.4 million | 229 |
| FY2024 | $57.7 million | 227 |
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 Catholic University of America, The 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 | $40.7 million | 70.5% | +14.5% | 196 |
| Institution funds | $13.7 million | 23.7% | +20.5% | 238 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $2.0 million | 3.4% | −7.0% | 225 |
| State and local government | $728 thousand | 1.3% | −36.5% | 340 |
| Business | $368 thousand | 0.6% | +39.4% | 312 |
| All other sources | $282 thousand | 0.5% | +907.1% | 282 |
| All sources | $57.7 million | 100.0% | +14.4% | 227 |
Fields of research
The 8 NSF research fields Catholic University of America, The reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical sciences | $39.0 million | 67.5% | +12.1% | 49 |
| Non-S&E | $9.5 million | 16.5% | +19.7% | 170 |
| Engineering | $4.1 million | 7.2% | +28.5% | 230 |
| Life sciences | $2.1 million | 3.7% | +12.6% | 394 |
| Psychology | $1.5 million | 2.6% | +16.5% | 179 |
| Social sciences | $885 thousand | 1.5% | −8.9% | 256 |
| Computer and information sciences | $295 thousand | 0.5% | +150.0% | 329 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $266 thousand | 0.5% | +20.4% | 251 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Catholic University of America, The
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Catholic University of America, The and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 222 | University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus | $61.5M |
| 223 | Kent State University | $61.4M |
| 224 | Nova Southeastern University | $60.6M |
| 225 | State University of New York, Upstate Medical University | $59.5M |
| 226 | Boise State University | $57.7M |
| 227 | Catholic University of America, The | $57.7M |
| 228 | University of Missouri, Kansas City | $57.0M |
| 229 | University of Denver | $55.6M |
| 230 | Morgan State University | $55.5M |
| 231 | Air Force Institute of Technology | $54.2M |
| 232 | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science | $54.0M |
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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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