Texas A&M University-Commerce research and development spending, FY2024
- Commerce, TX
- D/PU
- Public
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Texas A&M University-Commerce in FY2024
$6.8 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #423 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 3.1%
- Rank change
- down 21
Texas A&M University-Commerce reported $6.8 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #423 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 3.1% on FY2023's $7.0 million; its national rank was down 21 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 42.1% ($2.9 million), followed by federal government at 35.4%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $1.9 million or 27.9% 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 | $2.7 million | 440 |
| FY2011 | $2.2 million | 472 |
| FY2012 | $2.3 million | 473 |
| FY2013 | $2.5 million | 456 |
| FY2014 | $2.8 million | 437 |
| FY2015 | $3.8 million | 406 |
| FY2016 | $2.9 million | 448 |
| FY2017 | $4.2 million | 405 |
| FY2018 | $3.4 million | 432 |
| FY2019 | $3.4 million | 446 |
| FY2020 | $4.2 million | 421 |
| FY2021 | $3.8 million | 445 |
| FY2022 | $5.0 million | 430 |
| FY2023 | $7.0 million | 402 |
| FY2024 | $6.8 million | 422 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 5 NSF funding sources Texas A&M University-Commerce 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 | $2.9 million | 42.1% | −23.1% | 369 |
| Federal government | $2.4 million | 35.4% | +24.6% | 454 |
| State and local government | $922 thousand | 13.5% | +14.0% | 328 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $563 thousand | 8.3% | +14.0% | 336 |
| All other sources | $49 thousand | 0.7% | −19.7% | 388 |
| All sources | $6.8 million | 100.0% | −3.1% | 423 |
Fields of research
The 8 NSF research fields Texas A&M University-Commerce reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $1.9 million | 27.9% | −19.6% | 404 |
| Non-S&E | $1.9 million | 27.7% | −17.4% | 314 |
| Physical sciences | $1.1 million | 16.3% | −0.6% | 303 |
| Computer and information sciences | $923 thousand | 13.6% | +105.6% | 243 |
| Psychology | $349 thousand | 5.1% | +25.1% | 285 |
| Social sciences | $286 thousand | 4.2% | +40.2% | 361 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $228 thousand | 3.3% | +7.0% | 267 |
| Engineering | $123 thousand | 1.8% | +8.8% | 398 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Texas A&M University-Commerce
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Texas A&M University-Commerce and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 418 | Wellesley College | $7.0M |
| 419 | Northwest Indian College | $7.0M |
| 420 | Dine College | $7.0M |
| 421 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | $6.9M |
| 422 | United States Army War College | $6.8M |
| 423 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | $6.8M |
| 424 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | $6.6M |
| 425 | New York Institute of Technology | $6.6M |
| 426 | Sul Ross State University | $6.5M |
| 427 | University of Southern Maine | $6.5M |
| 428 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | $6.5M |
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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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