St. Lawrence University research and development spending, FY2024

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  • Private nonprofit
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St. Lawrence University in FY2024

$2.8 million

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

National rank
#551 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 6.0%
Rank change
down 19

St. Lawrence University reported $2.8 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #551 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 6.0% on FY2023's $2.7 million; its national rank was down 19 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 91.7% ($2.6 million), followed by federal government at 7.5%. Its largest field of research is social sciences, $948 thousand or 33.6% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2012 to FY2024

St. Lawrence University research and development expenditures, FY2012 to FY2024A line from $152 thousand in FY2012 to $2.8 million in FY2024, broken across 2 unreported years. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$706K$1.4M$2.1M$2.8MFY2012FY2015FY2020FY2024

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. The line breaks at FY2021, FY2022, which St. Lawrence University did not report.

Year-by-year figures
St. Lawrence University research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditure
FY2012$152 thousand
FY2013$156 thousand
FY2014$246 thousand
FY2015$200 thousand
FY2016$277 thousand
FY2017$639 thousand
FY2018$280 thousand
FY2019$194 thousand
FY2020$441 thousand
FY2023$2.7 million
FY2024$2.8 million

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 St. Lawrence University reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

St. Lawrence University research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Institution funds$2.6 million91.7%+4.0%376
Federal government$211 thousand7.5%+142.5%796
State and local government$18 thousand0.6%+125.0%589
Nonprofit organizations$5 thousand0.2%−86.1%740
All sources$2.8 million100.0%+6.0%551

Fields of research

The 8 NSF research fields St. Lawrence University reported in FY2024, largest first.

St. Lawrence University research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Social sciences$948 thousand33.6%+26.1%251
Non-S&E$738 thousand26.1%+12.7%409
Psychology$393 thousand13.9%+204.7%272
Physical sciences$223 thousand7.9%−41.5%480
Life sciences$205 thousand7.3%−5.1%704
Mathematics and statistics$126 thousand4.5%−43.5%328
Computer and information sciences$105 thousand3.7%+483.3%424
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$86 thousand3.0%−70.2%423

Neighbours

Ranked around St. Lawrence University

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above St. Lawrence University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below St. Lawrence University, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
546Lewis & Clark College$2.9M
547College of New Jersey, The$2.9M
548Merrimack College$2.9M
549University of Wisconsin-River Falls$2.8M
550Northeastern Illinois University$2.8M
551St. Lawrence University$2.8M
552Kettering University$2.8M
553University of South Carolina Upstate$2.8M
554Skidmore College$2.8M
555Central Washington University$2.8M
556Marymount University$2.7M

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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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