Macalester College research and development spending, FY2024
- Saint Paul, MN
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Macalester College in FY2024
$1.9 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #599 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 0.7%
- Rank change
- down 12
Macalester College reported $1.9 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #599 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 0.7% on FY2023's $1.9 million; its national rank was down 12 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 44.1% ($859 thousand), followed by institution funds at 32.3%. Its largest field of research is physical sciences, $592 thousand or 30.4% 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 | $4.4 million | 383 |
| FY2011 | $4.7 million | 383 |
| FY2012 | $1.7 million | 518 |
| FY2013 | $1.5 million | 520 |
| FY2014 | $1.5 million | 529 |
| FY2015 | $1.3 million | 542 |
| FY2016 | $1.6 million | 530 |
| FY2017 | $1.9 million | 503 |
| FY2018 | $1.4 million | 556 |
| FY2019 | $1.8 million | 540 |
| FY2020 | $1.8 million | 540 |
| FY2021 | $1.3 million | 580 |
| FY2022 | $1.7 million | 577 |
| FY2023 | $1.9 million | 581 |
| FY2024 | $1.9 million | 590 |
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 Macalester 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 | $859 thousand | 44.1% | −21.5% | 597 |
| Institution funds | $629 thousand | 32.3% | +23.8% | 519 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $460 thousand | 23.6% | +67.3% | 370 |
| All sources | $1.9 million | 100.0% | +0.7% | 599 |
Fields of research
The 8 NSF research fields Macalester College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical sciences | $592 thousand | 30.4% | −13.2% | 362 |
| Life sciences | $292 thousand | 15.0% | −17.0% | 663 |
| Non-S&E | $280 thousand | 14.4% | +7.7% | 510 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $262 thousand | 13.4% | +10.1% | 327 |
| Computer and information sciences | $214 thousand | 11.0% | +345.8% | 361 |
| Social sciences | $180 thousand | 9.2% | −28.3% | 424 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $75 thousand | 3.9% | −21.9% | 376 |
| Psychology | $53 thousand | 2.7% | +562.5% | 423 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Macalester College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Macalester College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 594 | University of Michigan, Flint | $2.0M |
| 595 | Lipscomb University | $2.0M |
| 596 | Nevada State University | $2.0M |
| 597 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | $2.0M |
| 598 | Marshall B. Ketchum University | $1.9M |
| 599 | Macalester College | $1.9M |
| 600 | University of Hartford | $1.9M |
| 601 | State University of New York, College at Brockport, The | $1.9M |
| 601 | University of Puerto Rico at Humacao | $1.9M |
| 603 | Northern Michigan University | $1.9M |
| 604 | Oberlin College | $1.9M |
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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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