Gettysburg College research and development spending, FY2024
- Gettysburg, PA
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Gettysburg College in FY2024
$1.2 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #681 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 5.0%
- Rank change
- down 9
Gettysburg College reported $1.2 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #681 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 5.0% on FY2023's $1.1 million; its national rank was down 9 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 48.7% ($562 thousand), followed by all other sources at 27.3%. Its largest field of research is social sciences, $418 thousand or 36.2% 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. The line breaks at FY2012, FY2013, FY2014, FY2015, FY2016, FY2021, FY2022, which Gettysburg College did not report.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $814 thousand | 541 |
| FY2011 | $669 thousand | 593 |
| FY2012 | — | — |
| FY2013 | — | — |
| FY2014 | — | — |
| FY2015 | — | — |
| FY2016 | — | — |
| FY2017 | $1.3 million | 556 |
| FY2018 | $1.5 million | 548 |
| FY2019 | $1.7 million | 553 |
| FY2020 | $913 thousand | 605 |
| FY2021 | — | — |
| FY2022 | — | — |
| FY2023 | $1.1 million | 645 |
| FY2024 | $1.2 million | 654 |
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 Gettysburg 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 | $562 thousand | 48.7% | +8.7% | 672 |
| All other sources | $315 thousand | 27.3% | +35.8% | 272 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $157 thousand | 13.6% | −23.0% | 497 |
| Institution funds | $120 thousand | 10.4% | −17.8% | 717 |
| All sources | $1.2 million | 100.0% | +5.0% | 681 |
Fields of research
The 7 NSF research fields Gettysburg College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social sciences | $418 thousand | 36.2% | +6.4% | 321 |
| Physical sciences | $297 thousand | 25.7% | +30.3% | 444 |
| Life sciences | $230 thousand | 19.9% | −16.1% | 691 |
| Non-S&E | $162 thousand | 14.0% | −8.0% | 572 |
| Psychology | $22 thousand | 1.9% | −8.3% | 477 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $19 thousand | 1.6% | — | 489 |
| Computer and information sciences | $6 thousand | 0.5% | +50.0% | 579 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Gettysburg College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Gettysburg College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 676 | Concord University | $1.2M |
| 677 | University of South Carolina, Beaufort | $1.2M |
| 678 | Roanoke College | $1.2M |
| 679 | Illinois College of Optometry | $1.2M |
| 680 | Juniata College | $1.2M |
| 681 | Gettysburg College | $1.2M |
| 682 | State University of New York Cobleskill | $1.1M |
| 683 | La Salle University | $1.1M |
| 684 | Indiana State University | $1.1M |
| 685 | Montana State University, Billings | $1.1M |
| 686 | Southern College of Optometry | $1.1M |
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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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