Pitzer College research and development spending, FY2024

  • Claremont, CA
  • Private nonprofit
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Pitzer College in FY2024

$443 thousand

spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey

National rank
#826 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 34.2%
Rank change
up 17

Pitzer College reported $443 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #826 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 34.2% on FY2023's $330 thousand; its national rank was up 17 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 81.0% ($359 thousand), followed by federal government at 19.0%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $164 thousand or 37.0% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Pitzer College research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $347 thousand in FY2010 to $443 thousand in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$209K$419K$628K$837KFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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
Pitzer College research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditure
FY2010$347 thousand
FY2011$268 thousand
FY2012$372 thousand
FY2013$388 thousand
FY2014$384 thousand
FY2015$282 thousand
FY2016$525 thousand
FY2017$837 thousand
FY2018$808 thousand
FY2019$468 thousand
FY2020$313 thousand
FY2021$225 thousand
FY2022$287 thousand
FY2023$330 thousand
FY2024$443 thousand

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 2 NSF funding sources Pitzer College reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Pitzer College research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Institution funds$359 thousand81.0%+8.8%593
Federal government$84 thousand19.0%854
All sources$443 thousand100.0%+34.2%826

Fields of research

The 6 NSF research fields Pitzer College reported in FY2024, largest first.

Pitzer College research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Non-S&E$164 thousand37.0%+16.3%571
Life sciences$162 thousand36.6%+390.9%726
Social sciences$77 thousand17.4%−32.5%506
Psychology$19 thousand4.3%−38.7%486
Physical sciences$11 thousand2.5%676
Mathematics and statistics$10 thousand2.3%−9.1%517

Neighbours

Ranked around Pitzer College

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Pitzer College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Pitzer College, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
820State University of New York at New Paltz$459K
822Shaw University$452K
823Northwest Nazarene University$451K
824Kutztown University of Pennsylvania$446K
825Wheaton College, Norton$445K
826Pitzer College$443K
827Cornell College$440K
828Northern New Mexico College$432K
829Pacific Lutheran University$429K
830Westmont College$426K
831University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo$418K

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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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