Gustavus Adolphus College research and development spending, FY2024

  • Saint Peter, MN
  • Private nonprofit
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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

Gustavus Adolphus College research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $310 thousand in FY2010 to $860 thousand in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$284K$568K$852K$1.1MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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
Gustavus Adolphus College research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&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.

Gustavus Adolphus College research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$318 thousand37.0%−31.9%747
Business$227 thousand26.4%+25.4%349
Institution funds$163 thousand19.0%+52.3%694
Nonprofit organizations$86 thousand10.0%+59.3%577
All other sources$66 thousand7.7%−56.3%369
All sources$860 thousand100.0%−11.2%725

Fields of research

The 7 NSF research fields Gustavus Adolphus College reported in FY2024, largest first.

Gustavus Adolphus College research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Physical sciences$598 thousand69.5%0.0%359
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$115 thousand13.4%−7.3%407
Life sciences$70 thousand8.1%+9.4%799
Non-S&E$42 thousand4.9%−71.6%671
Psychology$19 thousand2.2%+137.5%486
Mathematics and statistics$9 thousand1.0%−30.8%522
Social sciences$7 thousand0.8%−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.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Gustavus Adolphus College, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
720Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine$886K
721University of Puerto Rico at Ponce$875K
722West Liberty University$871K
723Niagara University$869K
724Kalamazoo College$866K
725Gustavus Adolphus College$860K
725Xavier University$860K
727Baldwin Wallace University$844K
727Keene State College$844K
729Augustana University$831K
730Gannon University$829K
731St. Catherine University$824K

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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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