Sacred Heart University research and development spending, FY2024
- Fairfield, CT
- D/PU
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Sacred Heart University in FY2024
$5.7 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #450 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 20.4%
- Rank change
- up 8
Sacred Heart University reported $5.7 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #450 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 20.4% on FY2023's $4.7 million; its national rank was up 8 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 75.3% ($4.3 million), followed by federal government at 23.5%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $3.4 million or 59.2% 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. The line breaks at FY2022, which Sacred Heart University did not report.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | — | — |
| FY2011 | — | — |
| FY2012 | — | — |
| FY2013 | — | — |
| FY2014 | — | — |
| FY2015 | — | — |
| FY2016 | — | — |
| FY2017 | — | — |
| FY2018 | — | — |
| FY2019 | — | — |
| FY2020 | — | — |
| FY2021 | $972 thousand | 601 |
| FY2022 | — | — |
| FY2023 | $4.7 million | 456 |
| FY2024 | $5.7 million | 449 |
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 Sacred Heart 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $4.3 million | 75.3% | +10.3% | 332 |
| Federal government | $1.3 million | 23.5% | +109.2% | 534 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $46 thousand | 0.8% | −77.2% | 626 |
| Business | $23 thousand | 0.4% | — | 482 |
| All sources | $5.7 million | 100.0% | +20.4% | 450 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields Sacred Heart University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-S&E | $3.4 million | 59.2% | +44.0% | 257 |
| Life sciences | $769 thousand | 13.5% | −17.4% | 520 |
| Social sciences | $551 thousand | 9.7% | −7.4% | 302 |
| Computer and information sciences | $328 thousand | 5.8% | −24.8% | 317 |
| Psychology | $205 thousand | 3.6% | +101.0% | 334 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $149 thousand | 2.6% | — | 370 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $145 thousand | 2.5% | −12.7% | 309 |
| Physical sciences | $117 thousand | 2.1% | −27.3% | 554 |
| Engineering | $62 thousand | 1.1% | — | 432 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Sacred Heart University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Sacred Heart University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 445 | University of Baltimore | $5.8M |
| 446 | California State University, Dominguez Hills | $5.8M |
| 447 | Occidental College | $5.8M |
| 448 | City University of New York, The, College of Staten Island | $5.7M |
| 449 | Pennsylvania State University, The, Harrisburg | $5.7M |
| 450 | Sacred Heart University | $5.7M |
| 451 | University of North Carolina at Asheville, The | $5.7M |
| 452 | Dakota State University | $5.7M |
| 453 | University of New Haven | $5.6M |
| 454 | High Tech High Graduate School of Education | $5.6M |
| 455 | Hope College | $5.6M |
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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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