St. Mary's College of Maryland research and development spending, FY2024
- St. Mary's City, MD
- Public
- Short form filer
St. Mary's College of Maryland in FY2024
$415 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #832 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 102.4%
- Rank change
- up 54
St. Mary's College of Maryland reported $415 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #832 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 102.4% on FY2023's $205 thousand; its national rank was up 54 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 69.4% ($288 thousand), followed by nonprofit organizations at 15.9%. Its largest field of research is geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, $178 thousand or 42.9% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2010 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 |
|---|---|
| FY2010 | $342 thousand |
| FY2011 | $427 thousand |
| FY2012 | $247 thousand |
| FY2013 | $476 thousand |
| FY2014 | $649 thousand |
| FY2015 | $475 thousand |
| FY2016 | $638 thousand |
| FY2017 | $662 thousand |
| FY2018 | $295 thousand |
| FY2019 | $369 thousand |
| FY2020 | $556 thousand |
| FY2021 | $349 thousand |
| FY2022 | $1.1 million |
| FY2023 | $205 thousand |
| FY2024 | $415 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 St. Mary's College of Maryland 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 | $288 thousand | 69.4% | +89.5% | 759 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $66 thousand | 15.9% | +200.0% | 594 |
| State and local government | $61 thousand | 14.7% | +96.8% | 534 |
| All sources | $415 thousand | 100.0% | +102.4% | 832 |
Fields of research
The 3 NSF research fields St. Mary's College of Maryland reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $178 thousand | 42.9% | +12.7% | 355 |
| Social sciences | $122 thousand | 29.4% | — | 467 |
| Non-S&E | $115 thousand | 27.7% | +858.3% | 596 |
Neighbours
Ranked around St. Mary's College of Maryland
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above St. Mary's College of Maryland 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 827 | Cornell College | $440K |
| 828 | Northern New Mexico College | $432K |
| 829 | Pacific Lutheran University | $429K |
| 830 | Westmont College | $426K |
| 831 | University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo | $418K |
| 832 | St. Mary's College of Maryland | $415K |
| 832 | Central Wyoming College | $415K |
| 834 | Muhlenberg College | $414K |
| 835 | Minnesota State University, Moorhead | $409K |
| 836 | Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Carolina | $407K |
| 837 | Southern California University of Health Sciences | $406K |
| 838 | Augustana College | $405K |
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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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