College of the Holy Cross research and development spending, FY2024

  • Worcester, MA
  • Private nonprofit
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College of the Holy Cross in FY2024

$813 thousand

spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey

National rank
#734 of 925
Change on FY2023
down 9.0%
Rank change
down 35

College of the Holy Cross reported $813 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #734 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 9.0% on FY2023's $893 thousand; its national rank was down 35 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 66.3% ($539 thousand), followed by nonprofit organizations at 33.7%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $441 thousand or 54.2% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

College of the Holy Cross research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $1.3 million in FY2010 to $813 thousand in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$319K$638K$956K$1.3MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

This institution files the short form, which the revised history does not cover; each year's total is the sum of its six funding-source rows as reported that year.

Year-by-year figures
College of the Holy Cross research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditure
FY2010$1.3 million
FY2011$957 thousand
FY2012$767 thousand
FY2013$535 thousand
FY2014$467 thousand
FY2015$512 thousand
FY2016$643 thousand
FY2017$673 thousand
FY2018$612 thousand
FY2019$477 thousand
FY2020$321 thousand
FY2021$445 thousand
FY2022$688 thousand
FY2023$893 thousand
FY2024$813 thousand

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 2 NSF funding sources College of the Holy Cross reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

College of the Holy Cross research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$539 thousand66.3%−22.0%681
Nonprofit organizations$274 thousand33.7%+35.6%429
All sources$813 thousand100.0%−9.0%734

Fields of research

The 4 NSF research fields College of the Holy Cross reported in FY2024, largest first.

College of the Holy Cross research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$441 thousand54.2%−5.0%606
Psychology$168 thousand20.7%+31.3%347
Mathematics and statistics$129 thousand15.9%+46.6%320
Physical sciences$75 thousand9.2%−64.8%593

Neighbours

Ranked around College of the Holy Cross

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above College of the Holy Cross and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below College of the Holy Cross, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
729Augustana University$831K
730Gannon University$829K
731St. Catherine University$824K
732Iona University$817K
733Simmons University$814K
734College of the Holy Cross$813K
735William Paterson University$808K
736Southwestern University$804K
737Lawrence University$803K
738Northwestern State University of Louisiana$798K
739Alverno College$796K

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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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