City University of New York, The, Queens College research and development spending, FY2024
- Queens, NY
- Public
- Standard form filer
City University of New York, The, Queens College in FY2024
$31.8 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #270 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 24.9%
- Rank change
- up 10
City University of New York, The, Queens College reported $31.8 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #270 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 24.9% on FY2023's $25.5 million; its national rank was up 10 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 59.7% ($19.0 million), followed by state and local government at 21.4%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $17.6 million or 55.3% 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 | $16.8 million | 270 |
| FY2011 | $23.2 million | 252 |
| FY2012 | $22.4 million | 248 |
| FY2013 | $19.8 million | 257 |
| FY2014 | $23.4 million | 241 |
| FY2015 | $19.1 million | 260 |
| FY2016 | $19.2 million | 269 |
| FY2017 | $15.9 million | 288 |
| FY2018 | $16.7 million | 285 |
| FY2019 | $18.4 million | 274 |
| FY2020 | $16.5 million | 287 |
| FY2021 | $16.1 million | 298 |
| FY2022 | $21.4 million | 279 |
| FY2023 | $25.5 million | 280 |
| FY2024 | $31.8 million | 270 |
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 City University of New York, The, Queens 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 | $19.0 million | 59.7% | +6.8% | 248 |
| State and local government | $6.8 million | 21.4% | +405.9% | 145 |
| Institution funds | $5.6 million | 17.7% | +1.9% | 305 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $287 thousand | 0.9% | −59.6% | 422 |
| All other sources | $84 thousand | 0.3% | +2.4% | 360 |
| Business | $9 thousand | 0.0% | +12.5% | 515 |
| All sources | $31.8 million | 100.0% | +24.9% | 270 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields City University of New York, The, Queens College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $17.6 million | 55.3% | +6.2% | 216 |
| Physical sciences | $3.6 million | 11.3% | +66.0% | 203 |
| Psychology | $3.1 million | 9.7% | +22.1% | 137 |
| Non-S&E | $2.7 million | 8.6% | +251.9% | 275 |
| Social sciences | $2.0 million | 6.4% | +54.2% | 201 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $1.3 million | 4.0% | +89.1% | 225 |
| Computer and information sciences | $694 thousand | 2.2% | +57.0% | 259 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $677 thousand | 2.1% | +78.2% | 186 |
| Other sciences | $131 thousand | 0.4% | −78.8% | 216 |
Neighbours
Ranked around City University of New York, The, Queens College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above City University of New York, The, Queens College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 265 | University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras | $33.7M |
| 266 | Villanova University | $33.1M |
| 267 | University of Tulsa | $32.8M |
| 268 | Desert Research Institute | $32.3M |
| 269 | Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, Shreveport | $31.9M |
| 270 | City University of New York, The, Queens College | $31.8M |
| 271 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | $31.8M |
| 272 | Prairie View A&M University | $31.6M |
| 273 | Louisiana Tech University | $31.2M |
| 274 | University of Minnesota, Duluth | $29.9M |
| 275 | Tuskegee University | $29.7M |
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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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