Naval Postgraduate School research and development spending, FY2024
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Naval Postgraduate School in FY2024
$73.2 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #204 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 5.3%
- Rank change
- down 11
Naval Postgraduate School reported $73.2 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #204 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 5.3% on FY2023's $77.4 million; its national rank was down 11 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 84.8% ($62.1 million), followed by institution funds at 13.4%. Its largest field of research is engineering, $37.4 million or 51.1% 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 | $103.5 million | 135 |
| FY2011 | $101.4 million | 140 |
| FY2012 | $132.4 million | 124 |
| FY2013 | $94.9 million | 143 |
| FY2014 | $99.0 million | 142 |
| FY2015 | $89.2 million | 147 |
| FY2016 | $65.5 million | 168 |
| FY2017 | $60.4 million | 177 |
| FY2018 | $59.2 million | 182 |
| FY2019 | $67.3 million | 177 |
| FY2020 | $62.9 million | 184 |
| FY2021 | $65.1 million | 184 |
| FY2022 | $64.1 million | 194 |
| FY2023 | $77.4 million | 193 |
| FY2024 | $73.2 million | 204 |
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 Naval Postgraduate School 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 | $62.1 million | 84.8% | −1.0% | 163 |
| Institution funds | $9.8 million | 13.4% | −26.0% | 263 |
| Business | $794 thousand | 1.1% | +21.4% | 253 |
| All other sources | $369 thousand | 0.5% | −44.7% | 258 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $141 thousand | 0.2% | +110.4% | 516 |
| All sources | $73.2 million | 100.0% | −5.3% | 204 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields Naval Postgraduate School reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | $37.4 million | 51.1% | +36.4% | 117 |
| Computer and information sciences | $10.1 million | 13.8% | +1.2% | 88 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $9.6 million | 13.1% | −14.1% | 91 |
| Non-S&E | $5.1 million | 6.9% | −11.4% | 224 |
| Social sciences | $3.0 million | 4.2% | −62.4% | 179 |
| Physical sciences | $3.0 million | 4.1% | −27.8% | 220 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $2.7 million | 3.7% | +14.8% | 96 |
| Other sciences | $1.7 million | 2.4% | −77.3% | 95 |
| Life sciences | $422 thousand | 0.6% | −20.2% | 614 |
| Psychology | $167 thousand | 0.2% | −54.2% | 348 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Naval Postgraduate School
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Naval Postgraduate School and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 199 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The | $77.4M |
| 200 | University of California, Merced | $77.2M |
| 201 | Touro University, New York | $76.9M |
| 202 | Old Dominion University | $76.2M |
| 203 | University of Massachusetts Boston | $74.6M |
| 204 | Naval Postgraduate School | $73.2M |
| 205 | University of Toledo, The | $73.2M |
| 206 | East Carolina University | $72.5M |
| 207 | City University of New York, The, The City College | $71.7M |
| 208 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $71.6M |
| 209 | Stevens Institute of Technology | $70.7M |
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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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