Kenyon College research and development spending, FY2024
- Gambier, OH
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Kenyon College in FY2024
$1.5 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #642 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 6.9%
- Rank change
- held
Kenyon College reported $1.5 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #642 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 6.9% on FY2023's $1.4 million; its national rank was unchanged. Federal government is its largest funding source at 72.9% ($1.1 million), followed by institution funds at 14.9%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $658 thousand or 44.9% 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. The line breaks at FY2012, FY2013, FY2014, FY2015, FY2016, FY2017, FY2021, which Kenyon College did not report.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $428 thousand | 566 |
| FY2011 | $433 thousand | 613 |
| FY2012 | — | — |
| FY2013 | — | — |
| FY2014 | — | — |
| FY2015 | — | — |
| FY2016 | — | — |
| FY2017 | — | — |
| FY2018 | $1.2 million | 571 |
| FY2019 | $1.1 million | 592 |
| FY2020 | $908 thousand | 606 |
| FY2021 | — | — |
| FY2022 | $1.3 million | 595 |
| FY2023 | $1.4 million | 629 |
| FY2024 | $1.5 million | 628 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 3 NSF funding sources Kenyon 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 | $1.1 million | 72.9% | −2.1% | 565 |
| Institution funds | $219 thousand | 14.9% | +49.0% | 651 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $178 thousand | 12.1% | +34.8% | 480 |
| All sources | $1.5 million | 100.0% | +6.9% | 642 |
Fields of research
The 6 NSF research fields Kenyon College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $658 thousand | 44.9% | −5.2% | 547 |
| Physical sciences | $605 thousand | 41.3% | +15.7% | 358 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $84 thousand | 5.7% | +21.7% | 369 |
| Non-S&E | $59 thousand | 4.0% | +28.3% | 650 |
| Social sciences | $34 thousand | 2.3% | 0.0% | 559 |
| Psychology | $26 thousand | 1.8% | +420.0% | 468 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Kenyon College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Kenyon 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.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 637 | St. Olaf College | $1.5M |
| 638 | West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine | $1.5M |
| 639 | Drake University | $1.5M |
| 640 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | $1.5M |
| 641 | Willamette University | $1.5M |
| 642 | Kenyon College | $1.5M |
| 642 | National University of Natural Medicine | $1.5M |
| 644 | State University of New York College, Plattsburgh | $1.5M |
| 645 | University of Virginia's College at Wise | $1.5M |
| 646 | New College of Florida | $1.5M |
| 647 | University of Maine Farmington | $1.5M |
| 648 | Wheaton College, Wheaton | $1.4M |
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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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