Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi research and development spending, FY2024

  • Corpus Christi, TX
  • R2
  • Public
  • Standard form filer

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in FY2024

$52.2 million

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

National rank
#235 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 32.7%
Rank change
up 9

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi reported $52.2 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #235 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 32.7% on FY2023's $39.3 million; its national rank was up 9 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 39.8% ($20.8 million), followed by state and local government at 22.7%. Its largest field of research is geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, $20.1 million or 38.5% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $17.3 million in FY2010 to $52.2 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$13.0M$26.1M$39.1M$52.2MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series.

Year-by-year figures
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$17.3 million268
FY2011$17.5 million272
FY2012$15.8 million277
FY2013$17.4 million270
FY2014$21.3 million250
FY2015$24.5 million241
FY2016$24.8 million243
FY2017$28.0 million233
FY2018$30.3 million232
FY2019$32.9 million231
FY2020$32.3 million232
FY2021$30.5 million236
FY2022$36.0 million236
FY2023$39.3 million244
FY2024$52.2 million235

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-Corpus Christi reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$20.8 million39.8%+17.0%241
State and local government$11.9 million22.7%+9.9%104
Institution funds$8.2 million15.8%+60.7%268
All other sources$6.3 million12.1%+138.3%93
Nonprofit organizations$4.4 million8.4%+58.4%163
Business$642 thousand1.2%+179.1%271
All sources$52.2 million100.0%+32.7%235

Fields of research

The 10 NSF research fields Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi reported in FY2024, largest first.

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$20.1 million38.5%+29.2%52
Engineering$12.3 million23.5%+29.1%184
Non-S&E$6.3 million12.1%+44.3%208
Life sciences$4.7 million9.0%−0.9%317
Computer and information sciences$2.7 million5.2%+174.5%181
Physical sciences$2.2 million4.3%+35.5%243
Other sciences$2.2 million4.1%+61.5%91
Mathematics and statistics$940 thousand1.8%+646.0%167
Social sciences$725 thousand1.4%−29.6%276
Psychology$44 thousand0.1%+388.9%439

Neighbours

Ranked around Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
230Morgan State University$55.5M
231Air Force Institute of Technology$54.2M
232University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science$54.0M
233United States Air Force Academy$53.2M
234Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center$53.0M
235Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi$52.2M
236Portland State University$51.7M
237Kennesaw State University$51.6M
238Marquette University$49.1M
239Chapman University$48.3M
240Mercer University$46.5M

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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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