Texas A&M University, College Station and Health Science Center research and development spending, FY2024
- College Station, TX
- R1
- Public
- Standard form filer
Texas A&M University, College Station and Health Science Center in FY2024
$1.4 billion
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #22 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 9.1%
- Rank change
- held
Texas A&M University, College Station and Health Science Center reported $1.4 billion of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #22 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 9.1% on FY2023's $1.3 billion; its national rank was unchanged. Federal government is its largest funding source at 41.8% ($582.7 million), followed by institution funds at 28.3%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $526.1 million or 37.7% 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 | $689.6 million | 20 |
| FY2011 | $705.7 million | 23 |
| FY2012 | $693.4 million | 24 |
| FY2013 | $820.0 million | 19 |
| FY2014 | $854.2 million | 17 |
| FY2015 | $866.7 million | 16 |
| FY2016 | $892.7 million | 16 |
| FY2017 | $905.5 million | 19 |
| FY2018 | $922.2 million | 20 |
| FY2019 | $952.2 million | 22 |
| FY2020 | $1.1 billion | 14 |
| FY2021 | $1.1 billion | 16 |
| FY2022 | $1.2 billion | 23 |
| FY2023 | $1.3 billion | 22 |
| FY2024 | $1.4 billion | 22 |
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 Texas A&M University, College Station and Health Science Center 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 | $582.7 million | 41.8% | +6.6% | 31 |
| Institution funds | $394.3 million | 28.3% | +11.4% | 11 |
| State and local government | $285.5 million | 20.5% | +13.6% | 2 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $54.7 million | 3.9% | +1.8% | 36 |
| All other sources | $39.6 million | 2.8% | +13.1% | 23 |
| Business | $37.0 million | 2.7% | −1.2% | 59 |
| All sources | $1.4 billion | 100.0% | +9.1% | 22 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields Texas A&M University, College Station and Health Science Center reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $526.1 million | 37.7% | +13.2% | 40 |
| Engineering | $496.8 million | 35.6% | +6.9% | 3 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $122.9 million | 8.8% | −1.8% | 6 |
| Physical sciences | $72.5 million | 5.2% | +11.2% | 25 |
| Non-S&E | $68.1 million | 4.9% | +4.7% | 24 |
| Social sciences | $38.3 million | 2.8% | +18.6% | 24 |
| Computer and information sciences | $35.5 million | 2.5% | +25.0% | 21 |
| Other sciences | $12.5 million | 0.9% | −3.7% | 35 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $10.8 million | 0.8% | +23.1% | 20 |
| Psychology | $10.4 million | 0.7% | −1.3% | 55 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Texas A&M University, College Station and Health Science Center
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Texas A&M University, College Station and Health Science Center and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh | $1.5B |
| 18 | New York University | $1.5B |
| 19 | Harvard University | $1.5B |
| 20 | Columbia University in the City of New York | $1.4B |
| 21 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | $1.4B |
| 22 | Texas A&M University, College Station and Health Science Center | $1.4B |
| 23 | University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The | $1.4B |
| 24 | Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $1.3B |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University, The, University Park and Hershey Medical Center | $1.3B |
| 26 | University of Florida | $1.3B |
| 27 | University of Southern California | $1.3B |
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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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