City University of New York, The, The City College research and development spending, FY2024
- New York, NY
- R2
- Public
- Standard form filer
City University of New York, The, The City College in FY2024
$71.7 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #207 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 13.5%
- Rank change
- down 1
City University of New York, The, The City College reported $71.7 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #207 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 13.5% on FY2023's $63.2 million; its national rank was down 1 place. Federal government is its largest funding source at 54.0% ($38.7 million), followed by state and local government at 21.5%. Its largest field of research is engineering, $25.4 million or 35.5% 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 | $46.7 million | 187 |
| FY2011 | $60.6 million | 172 |
| FY2012 | $58.0 million | 180 |
| FY2013 | $55.1 million | 184 |
| FY2014 | $52.7 million | 183 |
| FY2015 | $53.2 million | 183 |
| FY2016 | $62.5 million | 173 |
| FY2017 | $54.6 million | 185 |
| FY2018 | $54.0 million | 188 |
| FY2019 | $52.7 million | 195 |
| FY2020 | $45.6 million | 204 |
| FY2021 | $57.4 million | 190 |
| FY2022 | $65.6 million | 188 |
| FY2023 | $63.2 million | 206 |
| FY2024 | $71.7 million | 207 |
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, The City 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 | $38.7 million | 54.0% | +0.1% | 199 |
| State and local government | $15.4 million | 21.5% | +30.1% | 88 |
| Institution funds | $14.8 million | 20.7% | +34.6% | 229 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $1.6 million | 2.2% | +49.1% | 243 |
| All other sources | $667 thousand | 0.9% | +76.5% | 213 |
| Business | $517 thousand | 0.7% | +131.8% | 285 |
| All sources | $71.7 million | 100.0% | +13.5% | 207 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields City University of New York, The, The City College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | $25.4 million | 35.5% | +17.6% | 144 |
| Physical sciences | $12.5 million | 17.5% | +24.7% | 126 |
| Life sciences | $9.9 million | 13.8% | +12.3% | 265 |
| Non-S&E | $9.9 million | 13.8% | −47.9% | 165 |
| Social sciences | $9.1 million | 12.7% | +11884.2% | 104 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $1.9 million | 2.7% | +17.1% | 200 |
| Psychology | $1.4 million | 2.0% | +8.9% | 182 |
| Computer and information sciences | $839 thousand | 1.2% | +134.4% | 244 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $665 thousand | 0.9% | +85.8% | 188 |
| Other sciences | $10 thousand | 0.0% | +150.0% | 290 |
Neighbours
Ranked around City University of New York, The, The City College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above City University of New York, The, The City College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 202 | Old Dominion University | $76.2M |
| 203 | University of Massachusetts Boston | $74.6M |
| 204 | Naval Postgraduate School | $73.2M |
| 205 | University of Toledo, The | $73.2M |
| 206 | East Carolina University | $72.5M |
| 207 | City University of New York, The, The City College | $71.7M |
| 208 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $71.6M |
| 209 | Stevens Institute of Technology | $70.7M |
| 210 | University of South Alabama | $70.1M |
| 211 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | $69.5M |
| 212 | Morehouse School of Medicine | $68.7M |
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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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