Rhode Island College research and development spending, FY2024
- Providence, RI
- Public
- Short form filer
Rhode Island College in FY2024
$301 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #871 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 64.1%
- Rank change
- down 163
Rhode Island College reported $301 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #871 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 64.1% on FY2023's $839 thousand; its national rank was down 163 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 99.0% ($298 thousand), followed by nonprofit organizations at 1.0%. Its largest field of research is physical sciences, $192 thousand or 63.8% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2011 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 |
|---|---|
| FY2011 | $8.0 million |
| FY2012 | $10.4 million |
| FY2013 | $10.4 million |
| FY2014 | $8.9 million |
| FY2015 | $10.1 million |
| FY2016 | $9.9 million |
| FY2017 | $9.0 million |
| FY2018 | $9.3 million |
| FY2019 | $9.5 million |
| FY2020 | $10.1 million |
| FY2021 | $11.0 million |
| FY2022 | $11.1 million |
| FY2023 | $839 thousand |
| FY2024 | $301 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 Rhode Island College 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 | $298 thousand | 99.0% | −62.1% | 755 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $3 thousand | 1.0% | −94.3% | 745 |
| All sources | $301 thousand | 100.0% | −64.1% | 871 |
Fields of research
The 3 NSF research fields Rhode Island College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical sciences | $192 thousand | 63.8% | −41.1% | 500 |
| Life sciences | $106 thousand | 35.2% | −70.4% | 769 |
| Psychology | $3 thousand | 1.0% | −94.7% | 552 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Rhode Island College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Rhode Island College 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 866 | Marist College | $308K |
| 866 | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce | $308K |
| 868 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | $306K |
| 869 | Coppin State University | $304K |
| 869 | West Virginia University, Institute of Technology | $304K |
| 871 | Rhode Island College | $301K |
| 871 | Pennsylvania State University, The, Wilkes-Barre | $301K |
| 873 | National University of Health Sciences | $300K |
| 874 | Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine | $296K |
| 875 | Taylor University | $292K |
| 876 | Indiana University, Kokomo | $288K |
| 877 | Dickinson State University | $284K |
Keep looking
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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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