Cleveland State University research and development spending, FY2024
- Cleveland, OH
- R2
- Public
- Standard form filer
Cleveland State University in FY2024
$85.8 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #189 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 2.4%
- Rank change
- down 8
Cleveland State University reported $85.8 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #189 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 2.4% on FY2023's $87.9 million; its national rank was down 8 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 62.2% ($53.4 million), followed by institution funds at 23.0%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $44.8 million or 52.2% 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 | $34.2 million | 213 |
| FY2011 | $55.5 million | 184 |
| FY2012 | $61.1 million | 173 |
| FY2013 | $67.4 million | 166 |
| FY2014 | $61.8 million | 170 |
| FY2015 | $57.7 million | 176 |
| FY2016 | $77.7 million | 156 |
| FY2017 | $83.8 million | 159 |
| FY2018 | $83.6 million | 161 |
| FY2019 | $80.1 million | 169 |
| FY2020 | $78.2 million | 171 |
| FY2021 | $71.5 million | 175 |
| FY2022 | $81.2 million | 176 |
| FY2023 | $87.9 million | 181 |
| FY2024 | $85.8 million | 189 |
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 Cleveland State University 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 | $53.4 million | 62.2% | −5.5% | 176 |
| Institution funds | $19.7 million | 23.0% | +1.7% | 211 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $7.2 million | 8.4% | +33.6% | 139 |
| Business | $2.7 million | 3.2% | −21.5% | 178 |
| State and local government | $2.5 million | 3.0% | −12.6% | 225 |
| All other sources | $144 thousand | 0.2% | +2.1% | 320 |
| All sources | $85.8 million | 100.0% | −2.4% | 189 |
Fields of research
The 7 NSF research fields Cleveland State University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $44.8 million | 52.2% | −14.5% | 158 |
| Engineering | $21.4 million | 24.9% | +42.1% | 150 |
| Non-S&E | $8.9 million | 10.4% | −11.6% | 175 |
| Social sciences | $6.9 million | 8.0% | −3.7% | 123 |
| Physical sciences | $1.9 million | 2.2% | +18.3% | 258 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $1.1 million | 1.3% | +25.6% | 159 |
| Psychology | $822 thousand | 1.0% | +6.9% | 222 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Cleveland State University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Cleveland State University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 184 | University of Southern Mississippi, The | $93.7M |
| 185 | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, The | $90.6M |
| 186 | Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis | $89.0M |
| 187 | San Jose State University | $88.1M |
| 188 | Florida Atlantic University | $87.9M |
| 189 | Cleveland State University | $85.8M |
| 190 | Van Andel Research Institute | $83.3M |
| 191 | South Dakota State University | $82.2M |
| 192 | North Carolina A&T State University | $81.8M |
| 193 | City University of New York, The, Graduate Center, The | $80.8M |
| 194 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | $79.9M |
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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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