Hope College research and development spending, FY2024
- Holland, MI
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Hope College in FY2024
$5.6 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #455 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 19.2%
- Rank change
- down 49
Hope College reported $5.6 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #455 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 19.2% on FY2023's $6.9 million; its national rank was down 49 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 59.4% ($3.3 million), followed by institution funds at 29.2%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $2.8 million or 50.5% 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 | $3.6 million | 402 |
| FY2011 | $4.2 million | 392 |
| FY2012 | $3.4 million | 420 |
| FY2013 | $3.6 million | 412 |
| FY2014 | $3.0 million | 430 |
| FY2015 | $2.9 million | 434 |
| FY2016 | $2.8 million | 451 |
| FY2017 | $3.2 million | 441 |
| FY2018 | $3.2 million | 444 |
| FY2019 | $2.7 million | 475 |
| FY2020 | $3.8 million | 432 |
| FY2021 | $5.2 million | 401 |
| FY2022 | $6.4 million | 394 |
| FY2023 | $6.9 million | 406 |
| FY2024 | $5.6 million | 454 |
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 Hope 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 | $3.3 million | 59.4% | −8.8% | 418 |
| Institution funds | $1.6 million | 29.2% | −2.7% | 417 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $458 thousand | 8.2% | −65.0% | 372 |
| All other sources | $177 thousand | 3.2% | −37.9% | 303 |
| All sources | $5.6 million | 100.0% | −19.2% | 455 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields Hope College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $2.8 million | 50.5% | +23.2% | 366 |
| Physical sciences | $1.8 million | 32.5% | +10.0% | 262 |
| Engineering | $403 thousand | 7.2% | −18.3% | 351 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $225 thousand | 4.0% | +423.3% | 337 |
| Computer and information sciences | $126 thousand | 2.3% | +157.1% | 405 |
| Psychology | $118 thousand | 2.1% | +7.3% | 374 |
| Non-S&E | $48 thousand | 0.9% | −97.4% | 666 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $19 thousand | 0.3% | −66.1% | 489 |
| Social sciences | $9 thousand | 0.2% | −97.7% | 621 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Hope College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Hope College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 450 | Sacred Heart University | $5.7M |
| 451 | University of North Carolina at Asheville, The | $5.7M |
| 452 | Dakota State University | $5.7M |
| 453 | University of New Haven | $5.6M |
| 454 | High Tech High Graduate School of Education | $5.6M |
| 455 | Hope College | $5.6M |
| 456 | Southeastern Louisiana University | $5.6M |
| 457 | Pomona College | $5.5M |
| 458 | Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge | $5.5M |
| 459 | University of Washington, Bothell | $5.3M |
| 460 | Reed College | $5.2M |
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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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