Lake Forest College research and development spending, FY2024
- Lake Forest, IL
- Private nonprofit
- Short form filer
Lake Forest College in FY2024
$617 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #781 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 9.8%
- Rank change
- down 14
Lake Forest College reported $617 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #781 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 9.8% on FY2023's $562 thousand; its national rank was down 14 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 78.4% ($484 thousand), followed by nonprofit organizations at 8.4%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $230 thousand or 37.3% 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 | $533 thousand |
| FY2011 | $573 thousand |
| FY2012 | $395 thousand |
| FY2013 | $430 thousand |
| FY2014 | $407 thousand |
| FY2015 | $455 thousand |
| FY2016 | $456 thousand |
| FY2017 | $457 thousand |
| FY2018 | $459 thousand |
| FY2019 | $416 thousand |
| FY2020 | $372 thousand |
| FY2021 | $267 thousand |
| FY2022 | $493 thousand |
| FY2023 | $562 thousand |
| FY2024 | $617 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 Lake Forest 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 | $484 thousand | 78.4% | +10.3% | 553 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $52 thousand | 8.4% | +10.6% | 617 |
| Federal government | $44 thousand | 7.1% | +4.8% | 881 |
| All other sources | $37 thousand | 6.0% | +8.8% | 405 |
| All sources | $617 thousand | 100.0% | +9.8% | 781 |
Fields of research
The 6 NSF research fields Lake Forest College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $230 thousand | 37.3% | +9.5% | 691 |
| Physical sciences | $205 thousand | 33.2% | +9.0% | 492 |
| Non-S&E | $128 thousand | 20.7% | +10.3% | 592 |
| Social sciences | $28 thousand | 4.5% | +12.0% | 570 |
| Psychology | $20 thousand | 3.2% | +11.1% | 484 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $6 thousand | 1.0% | +20.0% | 536 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Lake Forest College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Lake Forest College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 776 | Kansas City University | $653K |
| 777 | Salish Kootenai College | $647K |
| 778 | Saint Francis University | $637K |
| 779 | Georgia Gwinnett College | $633K |
| 780 | Oakwood University | $623K |
| 781 | Lake Forest College | $617K |
| 782 | Fairmont State University | $610K |
| 783 | Oglala Lakota College | $594K |
| 784 | University of Minnesota, Morris | $593K |
| 785 | Barry University | $586K |
| 786 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | $583K |
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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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