Rollins College research and development spending, FY2024
- Winter Park, FL
- Private nonprofit
- Short form filer
Rollins College in FY2024
$759 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #748 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 23.7%
- Rank change
- down 61
Rollins College reported $759 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #748 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 23.7% on FY2023's $995 thousand; its national rank was down 61 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 39.8% ($302 thousand), followed by federal government at 37.9%. Its largest field of research is physical sciences, $263 thousand or 34.7% 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 | $377 thousand |
| FY2012 | $491 thousand |
| FY2013 | $372 thousand |
| FY2014 | $497 thousand |
| FY2015 | $460 thousand |
| FY2016 | $423 thousand |
| FY2017 | $543 thousand |
| FY2018 | $668 thousand |
| FY2019 | $626 thousand |
| FY2020 | $414 thousand |
| FY2021 | $533 thousand |
| FY2022 | $532 thousand |
| FY2023 | $995 thousand |
| FY2024 | $759 thousand |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 3 NSF funding sources Rollins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $302 thousand | 39.8% | +26.9% | 613 |
| Federal government | $288 thousand | 37.9% | −30.6% | 759 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $169 thousand | 22.3% | −50.6% | 485 |
| All sources | $759 thousand | 100.0% | −23.7% | 748 |
Fields of research
The 7 NSF research fields Rollins College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical sciences | $263 thousand | 34.7% | −17.0% | 462 |
| Non-S&E | $229 thousand | 30.2% | +13.4% | 533 |
| Social sciences | $128 thousand | 16.9% | −47.1% | 463 |
| Life sciences | $87 thousand | 11.5% | −28.7% | 787 |
| Psychology | $26 thousand | 3.4% | −35.0% | 468 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $25 thousand | 3.3% | +212.5% | 472 |
| Computer and information sciences | $1 thousand | 0.1% | — | 598 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Rollins College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Rollins College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 743 | Ithaca College | $787K |
| 744 | Auburn University, Montgomery | $779K |
| 745 | San Juan Bautista School of Medicine | $778K |
| 746 | Fort Hays State University | $774K |
| 747 | Sewanee: The University of the South | $771K |
| 748 | Rollins College | $759K |
| 749 | Siena College | $755K |
| 750 | Francis Marion University | $754K |
| 751 | Eastern New Mexico University, Portales | $753K |
| 752 | Widener University, Chester | $752K |
| 753 | Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport | $750K |
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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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