Pennsylvania State University, The, Abington research and development spending, FY2024
- Abington, PA
- Public
- Short form filer
Pennsylvania State University, The, Abington in FY2024
$734 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #757 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 129.4%
- Rank change
- up 89
Pennsylvania State University, The, Abington reported $734 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #757 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 129.4% on FY2023's $320 thousand; its national rank was up 89 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 64.9% ($476 thousand), followed by federal government at 24.5%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $557 thousand or 75.9% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2021 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 |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | $369 thousand |
| FY2022 | $323 thousand |
| FY2023 | $320 thousand |
| FY2024 | $734 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 Pennsylvania State University, The, Abington 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 | $476 thousand | 64.9% | +353.3% | 554 |
| Federal government | $180 thousand | 24.5% | +36.4% | 811 |
| All other sources | $51 thousand | 6.9% | +264.3% | 385 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $27 thousand | 3.7% | −60.9% | 667 |
| All sources | $734 thousand | 100.0% | +129.4% | 757 |
Fields of research
The 7 NSF research fields Pennsylvania State University, The, Abington reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-S&E | $557 thousand | 75.9% | +303.6% | 439 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $74 thousand | 10.1% | +39.6% | 377 |
| Psychology | $71 thousand | 9.7% | +163.0% | 408 |
| Social sciences | $24 thousand | 3.3% | +300.0% | 579 |
| Computer and information sciences | $3 thousand | 0.4% | −82.4% | 590 |
| Life sciences | $3 thousand | 0.4% | −57.1% | 850 |
| Engineering | $2 thousand | 0.3% | −84.6% | 497 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Pennsylvania State University, The, Abington
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Pennsylvania State University, The, Abington 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 752 | Widener University, Chester | $752K |
| 753 | Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport | $750K |
| 754 | Bethune-Cookman University | $747K |
| 754 | Regis University | $747K |
| 754 | University of Bridgeport | $747K |
| 757 | Pennsylvania State University, The, Abington | $734K |
| 757 | Coe College | $734K |
| 759 | Pennsylvania Western University | $726K |
| 760 | Allegheny College | $720K |
| 761 | Pennsylvania State University, The, Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies | $716K |
| 762 | Point Loma Nazarene University | $708K |
| 762 | Touro University, Nevada | $708K |
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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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