Kansas State University research and development spending, FY2024
- Manhattan, KS
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Kansas State University in FY2024
$265.0 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #121 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 21.5%
- Rank change
- up 14
Kansas State University reported $265.0 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #121 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 21.5% on FY2023's $218.0 million; its national rank was up 14 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 36.8% ($97.5 million), followed by federal government at 31.4%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $167.9 million or 63.4% 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 | $160.7 million | 106 |
| FY2011 | $169.2 million | 107 |
| FY2012 | $176.1 million | 104 |
| FY2013 | $183.1 million | 101 |
| FY2014 | $184.9 million | 102 |
| FY2015 | $188.7 million | 102 |
| FY2016 | $193.3 million | 103 |
| FY2017 | $196.5 million | 105 |
| FY2018 | $218.3 million | 101 |
| FY2019 | $218.6 million | 109 |
| FY2020 | $213.9 million | 112 |
| FY2021 | $203.8 million | 119 |
| FY2022 | $213.0 million | 126 |
| FY2023 | $218.0 million | 135 |
| FY2024 | $265.0 million | 121 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 6 NSF funding sources Kansas State University 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 | $97.5 million | 36.8% | +32.8% | 90 |
| Federal government | $83.2 million | 31.4% | +0.7% | 151 |
| State and local government | $64.7 million | 24.4% | +50.1% | 23 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $10.7 million | 4.0% | +8.4% | 114 |
| Business | $7.5 million | 2.8% | −2.4% | 119 |
| All other sources | $1.3 million | 0.5% | +0.4% | 169 |
| All sources | $265.0 million | 100.0% | +21.5% | 121 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields Kansas State University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $167.9 million | 63.4% | +29.7% | 99 |
| Engineering | $33.6 million | 12.7% | +10.8% | 125 |
| Non-S&E | $16.9 million | 6.4% | +15.5% | 122 |
| Physical sciences | $14.1 million | 5.3% | +15.2% | 113 |
| Social sciences | $11.3 million | 4.3% | +5.9% | 88 |
| Other sciences | $7.4 million | 2.8% | −11.0% | 50 |
| Psychology | $5.2 million | 2.0% | +7.3% | 102 |
| Computer and information sciences | $4.1 million | 1.6% | +7.3% | 150 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $3.1 million | 1.2% | −7.5% | 83 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $1.3 million | 0.5% | +342.8% | 222 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Kansas State University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Kansas State University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 116 | Tufts University | $278.3M |
| 117 | Rice University | $277.7M |
| 118 | University of South Carolina, Columbia | $277.3M |
| 119 | Tulane University | $275.9M |
| 120 | Thomas Jefferson University | $271.2M |
| 121 | Kansas State University | $265.0M |
| 122 | West Virginia University | $259.1M |
| 123 | Montana State University, Bozeman | $257.9M |
| 124 | Texas Tech University | $256.9M |
| 125 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | $254.9M |
| 126 | Oklahoma State University, Stillwater | $253.8M |
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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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