City University of New York, The, The City College research and development spending, FY2024

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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

City University of New York, The, The City College research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $46.7 million in FY2010 to $71.7 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$17.9M$35.8M$53.8M$71.7MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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

Year-by-year figures
City University of New York, The, The City College research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$46.7 million187
FY2011$60.6 million172
FY2012$58.0 million180
FY2013$55.1 million184
FY2014$52.7 million183
FY2015$53.2 million183
FY2016$62.5 million173
FY2017$54.6 million185
FY2018$54.0 million188
FY2019$52.7 million195
FY2020$45.6 million204
FY2021$57.4 million190
FY2022$65.6 million188
FY2023$63.2 million206
FY2024$71.7 million207

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.

City University of New York, The, The City College research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$38.7 million54.0%+0.1%199
State and local government$15.4 million21.5%+30.1%88
Institution funds$14.8 million20.7%+34.6%229
Nonprofit organizations$1.6 million2.2%+49.1%243
All other sources$667 thousand0.9%+76.5%213
Business$517 thousand0.7%+131.8%285
All sources$71.7 million100.0%+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.

City University of New York, The, The City College research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Engineering$25.4 million35.5%+17.6%144
Physical sciences$12.5 million17.5%+24.7%126
Life sciences$9.9 million13.8%+12.3%265
Non-S&E$9.9 million13.8%−47.9%165
Social sciences$9.1 million12.7%+11884.2%104
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$1.9 million2.7%+17.1%200
Psychology$1.4 million2.0%+8.9%182
Computer and information sciences$839 thousand1.2%+134.4%244
Mathematics and statistics$665 thousand0.9%+85.8%188
Other sciences$10 thousand0.0%+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.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below City University of New York, The, The City College, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
202Old Dominion University$76.2M
203University of Massachusetts Boston$74.6M
204Naval Postgraduate School$73.2M
205University of Toledo, The$73.2M
206East Carolina University$72.5M
207City University of New York, The, The City College$71.7M
208Worcester Polytechnic Institute$71.6M
209Stevens Institute of Technology$70.7M
210University of South Alabama$70.1M
211Missouri University of Science and Technology$69.5M
212Morehouse School of Medicine$68.7M

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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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