Fort Lewis College research and development spending, FY2024
- Durango, CO
- Public
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Fort Lewis College in FY2024
$4.6 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #478 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 35.9%
- Rank change
- up 23
Fort Lewis College reported $4.6 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #478 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 35.9% on FY2023's $3.4 million; its national rank was up 23 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 84.4% ($3.9 million), followed by nonprofit organizations at 11.7%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $1.3 million or 28.6% 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. The line breaks at FY2012, FY2013, FY2014, FY2015, FY2016, FY2017, FY2018, which Fort Lewis College did not report.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $392 thousand | 568 |
| FY2011 | $606 thousand | 598 |
| FY2012 | — | — |
| FY2013 | — | — |
| FY2014 | — | — |
| FY2015 | — | — |
| FY2016 | — | — |
| FY2017 | — | — |
| FY2018 | — | — |
| FY2019 | $1.5 million | 571 |
| FY2020 | $1.4 million | 577 |
| FY2021 | $1.9 million | 533 |
| FY2022 | $2.8 million | 508 |
| FY2023 | $3.4 million | 499 |
| FY2024 | $4.6 million | 477 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 4 NSF funding sources Fort Lewis 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 | $3.9 million | 84.4% | +37.3% | 395 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $537 thousand | 11.7% | +39.8% | 343 |
| Institution funds | $149 thousand | 3.3% | +4.2% | 704 |
| State and local government | $30 thousand | 0.7% | +30.4% | 567 |
| All sources | $4.6 million | 100.0% | +35.9% | 478 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields Fort Lewis College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-S&E | $1.3 million | 28.6% | +44.8% | 348 |
| Life sciences | $1.3 million | 28.0% | +21.9% | 455 |
| Other sciences | $716 thousand | 15.6% | — | 136 |
| Physical sciences | $681 thousand | 14.9% | −6.1% | 346 |
| Engineering | $475 thousand | 10.4% | −24.4% | 340 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $53 thousand | 1.2% | +51.4% | 442 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $47 thousand | 1.0% | — | 421 |
| Computer and information sciences | $10 thousand | 0.2% | −58.3% | 559 |
| Psychology | $3 thousand | 0.1% | — | 552 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Fort Lewis College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Fort Lewis College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 473 | Claremont Graduate University | $4.8M |
| 474 | Colgate University | $4.7M |
| 475 | Seattle University | $4.7M |
| 476 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | $4.7M |
| 477 | Bentley University | $4.6M |
| 478 | Fort Lewis College | $4.6M |
| 479 | University of Detroit Mercy | $4.5M |
| 480 | Spelman College | $4.5M |
| 481 | Davidson College | $4.5M |
| 482 | Colby College | $4.5M |
| 483 | Stephen F. Austin State University | $4.5M |
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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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