Gustavus Adolphus College research and development spending, FY2024
- Saint Peter, MN
- Private nonprofit
- Short form filer
Gustavus Adolphus College in FY2024
$860 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #725 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 11.2%
- Rank change
- down 35
Gustavus Adolphus College reported $860 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #725 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 11.2% on FY2023's $969 thousand; its national rank was down 35 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 37.0% ($318 thousand), followed by business at 26.4%. Its largest field of research is physical sciences, $598 thousand or 69.5% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024
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
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure |
|---|---|
| FY2010 | $310 thousand |
| FY2011 | $330 thousand |
| FY2012 | $368 thousand |
| FY2013 | $463 thousand |
| FY2014 | $552 thousand |
| FY2015 | $601 thousand |
| FY2016 | $585 thousand |
| FY2017 | $641 thousand |
| FY2018 | $597 thousand |
| FY2019 | $808 thousand |
| FY2020 | $843 thousand |
| FY2021 | $953 thousand |
| FY2022 | $1.1 million |
| FY2023 | $969 thousand |
| FY2024 | $860 thousand |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 5 NSF funding sources Gustavus Adolphus 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 | $318 thousand | 37.0% | −31.9% | 747 |
| Business | $227 thousand | 26.4% | +25.4% | 349 |
| Institution funds | $163 thousand | 19.0% | +52.3% | 694 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $86 thousand | 10.0% | +59.3% | 577 |
| All other sources | $66 thousand | 7.7% | −56.3% | 369 |
| All sources | $860 thousand | 100.0% | −11.2% | 725 |
Fields of research
The 7 NSF research fields Gustavus Adolphus College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical sciences | $598 thousand | 69.5% | 0.0% | 359 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $115 thousand | 13.4% | −7.3% | 407 |
| Life sciences | $70 thousand | 8.1% | +9.4% | 799 |
| Non-S&E | $42 thousand | 4.9% | −71.6% | 671 |
| Psychology | $19 thousand | 2.2% | +137.5% | 486 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $9 thousand | 1.0% | −30.8% | 522 |
| Social sciences | $7 thousand | 0.8% | −50.0% | 630 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Gustavus Adolphus College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Gustavus Adolphus College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking, and the one institution tied with it — a shared rank is a real tie in NSF's data, not a rounding artefact.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 720 | Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine | $886K |
| 721 | University of Puerto Rico at Ponce | $875K |
| 722 | West Liberty University | $871K |
| 723 | Niagara University | $869K |
| 724 | Kalamazoo College | $866K |
| 725 | Gustavus Adolphus College | $860K |
| 725 | Xavier University | $860K |
| 727 | Baldwin Wallace University | $844K |
| 727 | Keene State College | $844K |
| 729 | Augustana University | $831K |
| 730 | Gannon University | $829K |
| 731 | St. Catherine University | $824K |
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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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