Kettering University research and development spending, FY2024

  • Flint, MI
  • Private nonprofit
  • Short form filer

Kettering University in FY2024

$2.8 million

spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey

National rank
#552 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 56.5%
Rank change
up 45

Kettering University reported $2.8 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #552 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 56.5% on FY2023's $1.8 million; its national rank was up 45 places. All other sources is its largest funding source at 42.0% ($1.2 million), followed by federal government at 27.5%. Its largest field of research is engineering, $2.0 million or 71.7% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Kettering University research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $6.9 million in FY2010 to $2.8 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$1.7M$3.4M$5.2M$6.9MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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
Kettering University research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditure
FY2010$6.9 million
FY2011$5.1 million
FY2012$4.1 million
FY2013$3.4 million
FY2014$3.5 million
FY2015$3.7 million
FY2016$3.5 million
FY2017$4.2 million
FY2018$2.5 million
FY2019$1.8 million
FY2020$2.1 million
FY2021$2.4 million
FY2022$1.9 million
FY2023$1.8 million
FY2024$2.8 million

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 Kettering University reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Kettering University research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
All other sources$1.2 million42.0%+3.1%175
Federal government$761 thousand27.5%+888.3%620
Institution funds$435 thousand15.7%+125.4%566
Business$347 thousand12.5%+3.0%322
State and local government$56 thousand2.0%+64.7%540
Nonprofit organizations$7 thousand0.3%734
All sources$2.8 million100.0%+56.5%552

Fields of research

The 6 NSF research fields Kettering University reported in FY2024, largest first.

Kettering University research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Engineering$2.0 million71.7%+76.4%259
Non-S&E$545 thousand19.7%+10.8%442
Physical sciences$136 thousand4.9%−10.5%532
Computer and information sciences$96 thousand3.5%430
Social sciences$7 thousand0.3%630
Mathematics and statistics$1 thousand0.0%0.0%576

Neighbours

Ranked around Kettering University

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Kettering University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Kettering University, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
547College of New Jersey, The$2.9M
548Merrimack College$2.9M
549University of Wisconsin-River Falls$2.8M
550Northeastern Illinois University$2.8M
551St. Lawrence University$2.8M
552Kettering University$2.8M
553University of South Carolina Upstate$2.8M
554Skidmore College$2.8M
555Central Washington University$2.8M
556Marymount University$2.7M
557City University of New York system office$2.7M

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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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