Millersville University of Pennsylvania research and development spending, FY2024
- Millersville, PA
- Public
- Short form filer
Millersville University of Pennsylvania in FY2024
$223 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #895 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 0.4%
- Rank change
- down 13
Millersville University of Pennsylvania reported $223 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #895 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 0.4% on FY2023's $224 thousand; its national rank was down 13 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 81.6% ($182 thousand), followed by nonprofit organizations at 9.9%. Its largest field of research is social sciences, $119 thousand or 53.4% 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 | $523 thousand |
| FY2011 | $665 thousand |
| FY2012 | $713 thousand |
| FY2013 | $462 thousand |
| FY2014 | $626 thousand |
| FY2015 | $706 thousand |
| FY2016 | $678 thousand |
| FY2017 | $673 thousand |
| FY2018 | $862 thousand |
| FY2019 | $782 thousand |
| FY2020 | $402 thousand |
| FY2021 | $931 thousand |
| FY2022 | $395 thousand |
| FY2023 | $224 thousand |
| FY2024 | $223 thousand |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 5 NSF funding sources Millersville University of Pennsylvania 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 | $182 thousand | 81.6% | +80.2% | 682 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $22 thousand | 9.9% | +46.7% | 680 |
| State and local government | $14 thousand | 6.3% | +27.3% | 602 |
| Federal government | $4 thousand | 1.8% | −95.8% | 899 |
| All other sources | $1 thousand | 0.4% | −50.0% | 488 |
| All sources | $223 thousand | 100.0% | −0.4% | 895 |
Fields of research
The 6 NSF research fields Millersville University of Pennsylvania reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social sciences | $119 thousand | 53.4% | +75.0% | 470 |
| Life sciences | $29 thousand | 13.0% | −61.8% | 829 |
| Physical sciences | $27 thousand | 12.1% | +28.6% | 643 |
| Other sciences | $25 thousand | 11.2% | — | 265 |
| Engineering | $14 thousand | 6.3% | +600.0% | 476 |
| Psychology | $9 thousand | 4.0% | +800.0% | 524 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Millersville University of Pennsylvania 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 890 | Fuller Theological Seminary | $242K |
| 891 | University of North Alabama | $234K |
| 892 | Concordia College, Moorhead | $233K |
| 893 | Indiana University, East | $228K |
| 894 | Life University | $224K |
| 895 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | $223K |
| 895 | Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Cupey | $223K |
| 897 | State University of New York, Purchase College | $217K |
| 898 | Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College | $213K |
| 899 | Delta State University | $212K |
| 899 | Metropolitan State University | $212K |
| 901 | Oral Roberts University | $205K |
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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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