Colorado College research and development spending, FY2024
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Colorado College in FY2024
$2.2 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #586 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 12.8%
- Rank change
- down 37
Colorado College reported $2.2 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #586 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 12.8% on FY2023's $2.5 million; its national rank was down 37 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 53.4% ($1.2 million), followed by nonprofit organizations at 28.7%. Its largest field of research is social sciences, $597 thousand or 27.4% 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 | $671 thousand | 549 |
| FY2011 | $1.2 million | 553 |
| FY2012 | $1.2 million | 542 |
| FY2013 | $1.2 million | 538 |
| FY2014 | $1.8 million | 497 |
| FY2015 | $2.2 million | 477 |
| FY2016 | $1.8 million | 514 |
| FY2017 | $2.2 million | 484 |
| FY2018 | $2.6 million | 481 |
| FY2019 | $2.2 million | 501 |
| FY2020 | $2.3 million | 497 |
| FY2021 | $5.5 million | 394 |
| FY2022 | $3.6 million | 465 |
| FY2023 | $2.5 million | 545 |
| FY2024 | $2.2 million | 581 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 3 NSF funding sources Colorado 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $1.2 million | 53.4% | +16.4% | 445 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $625 thousand | 28.7% | −29.5% | 328 |
| Federal government | $389 thousand | 17.9% | −36.3% | 727 |
| All sources | $2.2 million | 100.0% | −12.8% | 586 |
Fields of research
The 8 NSF research fields Colorado College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social sciences | $597 thousand | 27.4% | −15.1% | 298 |
| Non-S&E | $551 thousand | 25.3% | −30.9% | 441 |
| Physical sciences | $361 thousand | 16.6% | +27.6% | 419 |
| Life sciences | $283 thousand | 13.0% | +7.6% | 668 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $141 thousand | 6.5% | −14.0% | 378 |
| Computer and information sciences | $82 thousand | 3.8% | +6.5% | 442 |
| Psychology | $82 thousand | 3.8% | +18.8% | 401 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $81 thousand | 3.7% | −43.0% | 371 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Colorado College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Colorado College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 581 | Morehead State University | $2.3M |
| 582 | Union College, Schenectady | $2.3M |
| 583 | Utah Valley University | $2.3M |
| 584 | Stockton University | $2.3M |
| 585 | Manhattan College | $2.2M |
| 586 | Colorado College | $2.2M |
| 587 | University of Puerto Rico at Cayey | $2.2M |
| 588 | Alaska Pacific University | $2.2M |
| 589 | California Baptist University | $2.1M |
| 590 | Emerson College | $2.1M |
| 591 | Bates College | $2.1M |
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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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