Prairie View A&M University research and development spending, FY2024
- Prairie View, TX
- R2
- Public
- Standard form filer
Prairie View A&M University in FY2024
$31.6 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #272 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 45.2%
- Rank change
- up 27
Prairie View A&M University reported $31.6 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #272 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 45.2% on FY2023's $21.8 million; its national rank was up 27 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 58.3% ($18.4 million), followed by state and local government at 29.3%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $14.4 million or 45.7% 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 | $12.6 million | 290 |
| FY2011 | $15.2 million | 283 |
| FY2012 | $14.6 million | 286 |
| FY2013 | $13.2 million | 287 |
| FY2014 | $12.3 million | 296 |
| FY2015 | $13.1 million | 295 |
| FY2016 | $12.6 million | 303 |
| FY2017 | $14.0 million | 299 |
| FY2018 | $17.3 million | 276 |
| FY2019 | $18.0 million | 278 |
| FY2020 | $18.7 million | 275 |
| FY2021 | $17.6 million | 288 |
| FY2022 | $20.4 million | 284 |
| FY2023 | $21.8 million | 299 |
| FY2024 | $31.6 million | 272 |
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 Prairie View A&M University 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 | $18.4 million | 58.3% | +49.2% | 249 |
| State and local government | $9.3 million | 29.3% | +110.9% | 122 |
| Institution funds | $2.2 million | 6.8% | −39.3% | 401 |
| Business | $1.1 million | 3.3% | +114.7% | 229 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $729 thousand | 2.3% | −27.5% | 309 |
| All sources | $31.6 million | 100.0% | +45.2% | 272 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields Prairie View A&M University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $14.4 million | 45.7% | +39.9% | 230 |
| Engineering | $9.5 million | 29.9% | +85.3% | 200 |
| Non-S&E | $3.7 million | 11.8% | +1.5% | 248 |
| Physical sciences | $2.2 million | 7.1% | +45.3% | 242 |
| Social sciences | $970 thousand | 3.1% | +125.1% | 250 |
| Computer and information sciences | $406 thousand | 1.3% | −39.5% | 300 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $267 thousand | 0.8% | +567.5% | 248 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $69 thousand | 0.2% | +3350.0% | 433 |
| Other sciences | $50 thousand | 0.2% | +1150.0% | 243 |
| Psychology | $7 thousand | 0.0% | +40.0% | 532 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Prairie View A&M University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Prairie View A&M University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 267 | University of Tulsa | $32.8M |
| 268 | Desert Research Institute | $32.3M |
| 269 | Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, Shreveport | $31.9M |
| 270 | City University of New York, The, Queens College | $31.8M |
| 271 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | $31.8M |
| 272 | Prairie View A&M University | $31.6M |
| 273 | Louisiana Tech University | $31.2M |
| 274 | University of Minnesota, Duluth | $29.9M |
| 275 | Tuskegee University | $29.7M |
| 276 | Creighton University | $29.3M |
| 277 | City University of New York, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy | $28.6M |
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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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