Ithaca College research and development spending, FY2024
- Ithaca, NY
- Private nonprofit
- Short form filer
Ithaca College in FY2024
$787 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #743 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 8.6%
- Rank change
- down 38
Ithaca College reported $787 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #743 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 8.6% on FY2023's $861 thousand; its national rank was down 38 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 50.7% ($399 thousand), followed by state and local government at 18.3%. Its largest field of research is physical sciences, $291 thousand or 37.0% 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 | $1.1 million |
| FY2011 | $1.0 million |
| FY2012 | $1.1 million |
| FY2013 | $1.2 million |
| FY2014 | $1.2 million |
| FY2015 | $972 thousand |
| FY2016 | $711 thousand |
| FY2017 | $887 thousand |
| FY2018 | $945 thousand |
| FY2019 | $1.7 million |
| FY2020 | $1.2 million |
| FY2021 | $1.0 million |
| FY2022 | $1.0 million |
| FY2023 | $861 thousand |
| FY2024 | $787 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 Ithaca 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 | $399 thousand | 50.7% | −11.9% | 722 |
| State and local government | $144 thousand | 18.3% | +10.8% | 478 |
| Institution funds | $133 thousand | 16.9% | −25.3% | 709 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $61 thousand | 7.8% | +45.2% | 602 |
| All other sources | $50 thousand | 6.4% | −13.8% | 386 |
| All sources | $787 thousand | 100.0% | −8.6% | 743 |
Fields of research
The 7 NSF research fields Ithaca College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical sciences | $291 thousand | 37.0% | +5.1% | 446 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $187 thousand | 23.8% | +21.4% | 351 |
| Non-S&E | $98 thousand | 12.5% | −32.4% | 610 |
| Computer and information sciences | $89 thousand | 11.3% | +23.6% | 435 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $62 thousand | 7.9% | −28.7% | 396 |
| Life sciences | $30 thousand | 3.8% | −60.5% | 826 |
| Social sciences | $30 thousand | 3.8% | −31.8% | 565 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Ithaca College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Ithaca College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 738 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | $798K |
| 739 | Alverno College | $796K |
| 739 | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico | $796K |
| 741 | Fairleigh Dickinson University | $793K |
| 742 | Saint Michael's College | $790K |
| 743 | Ithaca College | $787K |
| 744 | Auburn University, Montgomery | $779K |
| 745 | San Juan Bautista School of Medicine | $778K |
| 746 | Fort Hays State University | $774K |
| 747 | Sewanee: The University of the South | $771K |
| 748 | Rollins College | $759K |
Keep looking
Where this institution sits
Related rankings
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.
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.