Kalamazoo College research and development spending, FY2024
- Kalamazoo, MI
- Private nonprofit
- Short form filer
Kalamazoo College in FY2024
$866 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #724 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 9.8%
- Rank change
- down 6
Kalamazoo College reported $866 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #724 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 9.8% on FY2023's $789 thousand; its national rank was down 6 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 47.0% ($407 thousand), followed by federal government at 34.6%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $399 thousand or 46.1% 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 | $755 thousand |
| FY2011 | $492 thousand |
| FY2012 | $889 thousand |
| FY2013 | $507 thousand |
| FY2014 | $558 thousand |
| FY2015 | $597 thousand |
| FY2016 | $619 thousand |
| FY2017 | $671 thousand |
| FY2018 | $644 thousand |
| FY2019 | $635 thousand |
| FY2020 | $603 thousand |
| FY2021 | $600 thousand |
| FY2022 | $692 thousand |
| FY2023 | $789 thousand |
| FY2024 | $866 thousand |
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 Kalamazoo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $407 thousand | 47.0% | +12.1% | 573 |
| Federal government | $300 thousand | 34.6% | +5.6% | 754 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $152 thousand | 17.6% | +11.8% | 502 |
| State and local government | $7 thousand | 0.8% | +16.7% | 623 |
| All sources | $866 thousand | 100.0% | +9.8% | 724 |
Fields of research
The 6 NSF research fields Kalamazoo College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $399 thousand | 46.1% | +9.3% | 623 |
| Non-S&E | $217 thousand | 25.1% | +11.3% | 542 |
| Physical sciences | $129 thousand | 14.9% | +7.5% | 539 |
| Social sciences | $79 thousand | 9.1% | +11.3% | 503 |
| Computer and information sciences | $22 thousand | 2.5% | +10.0% | 530 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $20 thousand | 2.3% | +11.1% | 484 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Kalamazoo College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Kalamazoo College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 719 | Wilkes University | $894K |
| 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 |
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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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