Tennessee State University research and development spending, FY2024
- Nashville, TN
- R2
- Public
- Standard form filer
Tennessee State University in FY2024
$35.0 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #257 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 24.0%
- Rank change
- up 13
Tennessee State University reported $35.0 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #257 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 24.0% on FY2023's $28.2 million; its national rank was up 13 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 58.6% ($20.5 million), followed by institution funds at 37.0%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $23.0 million or 65.7% 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.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $12.4 million | 291 |
| FY2011 | $13.5 million | 290 |
| FY2012 | $15.4 million | 282 |
| FY2013 | $16.2 million | 277 |
| FY2014 | $20.1 million | 261 |
| FY2015 | $20.0 million | 257 |
| FY2016 | $19.5 million | 268 |
| FY2017 | $18.1 million | 271 |
| FY2018 | $17.7 million | 273 |
| FY2019 | $15.2 million | 293 |
| FY2020 | $25.9 million | 249 |
| FY2021 | $22.0 million | 268 |
| FY2022 | $18.0 million | 300 |
| FY2023 | $28.2 million | 270 |
| FY2024 | $35.0 million | 257 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 6 NSF funding sources Tennessee State 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal government | $20.5 million | 58.6% | +28.4% | 244 |
| Institution funds | $13.0 million | 37.0% | +20.7% | 244 |
| State and local government | $1.1 million | 3.1% | −6.7% | 311 |
| Business | $297 thousand | 0.8% | +91.6% | 332 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $96 thousand | 0.3% | −48.7% | 560 |
| All other sources | $42 thousand | 0.1% | +950.0% | 401 |
| All sources | $35.0 million | 100.0% | +24.0% | 257 |
Fields of research
The 6 NSF research fields Tennessee State University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $23.0 million | 65.7% | +35.9% | 198 |
| Engineering | $5.2 million | 14.8% | +71.1% | 222 |
| Non-S&E | $4.0 million | 11.4% | −37.4% | 237 |
| Computer and information sciences | $2.0 million | 5.7% | +42.1% | 198 |
| Physical sciences | $642 thousand | 1.8% | +74.0% | 349 |
| Psychology | $207 thousand | 0.6% | +36.2% | 333 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Tennessee State University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Tennessee State University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 252 | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | $38.1M |
| 253 | Illinois Institute of Technology | $38.0M |
| 254 | State University of New York, Downstate Health Sciences University | $37.3M |
| 255 | Tennessee Technological University | $36.4M |
| 256 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | $35.1M |
| 257 | Tennessee State University | $35.0M |
| 258 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | $35.0M |
| 259 | Northern Illinois University | $34.5M |
| 260 | Illinois State University | $34.2M |
| 261 | Teachers College, Columbia University | $34.1M |
| 262 | California State University, Sacramento | $34.0M |
Keep looking
Where this institution sits
Related rankings
Benchmark Tennessee State University against its peers.
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.
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.