Texas Christian University research and development spending, FY2024
- Fort Worth, TX
- R2
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Texas Christian University in FY2024
$27.7 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #282 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 15.0%
- Rank change
- up 3
Texas Christian University reported $27.7 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #282 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 15.0% on FY2023's $24.1 million; its national rank was up 3 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 51.5% ($14.3 million), followed by federal government at 31.9%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $8.7 million or 31.6% 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 | $5.3 million | 364 |
| FY2011 | $5.6 million | 368 |
| FY2012 | $7.8 million | 340 |
| FY2013 | $8.6 million | 329 |
| FY2014 | $7.9 million | 339 |
| FY2015 | $8.0 million | 334 |
| FY2016 | $6.6 million | 360 |
| FY2017 | $7.3 million | 354 |
| FY2018 | $5.8 million | 373 |
| FY2019 | $6.6 million | 368 |
| FY2020 | $15.3 million | 293 |
| FY2021 | $15.3 million | 304 |
| FY2022 | $18.4 million | 297 |
| FY2023 | $24.1 million | 285 |
| FY2024 | $27.7 million | 282 |
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 Christian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $14.3 million | 51.5% | +18.1% | 234 |
| Federal government | $8.8 million | 31.9% | +15.6% | 320 |
| Business | $3.3 million | 11.9% | +32.4% | 169 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $821 thousand | 3.0% | −23.2% | 298 |
| State and local government | $364 thousand | 1.3% | −44.7% | 407 |
| All other sources | $105 thousand | 0.4% | −24.5% | 344 |
| All sources | $27.7 million | 100.0% | +15.0% | 282 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields Texas Christian University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-S&E | $8.7 million | 31.6% | +3.7% | 179 |
| Other sciences | $6.2 million | 22.3% | +17.7% | 56 |
| Physical sciences | $4.5 million | 16.3% | +24.0% | 190 |
| Life sciences | $4.0 million | 14.6% | +11.5% | 336 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $2.0 million | 7.4% | +108.8% | 192 |
| Psychology | $1.6 million | 5.9% | +11.4% | 174 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $239 thousand | 0.9% | −50.5% | 259 |
| Social sciences | $162 thousand | 0.6% | +1520.0% | 434 |
| Engineering | $126 thousand | 0.5% | +32.6% | 397 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Texas Christian University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Texas Christian University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 277 | City University of New York, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy | $28.6M |
| 278 | Miami University | $28.6M |
| 279 | Fordham University | $28.2M |
| 280 | University of South Dakota, The | $27.9M |
| 281 | Eastern Virginia Medical School | $27.9M |
| 282 | Texas Christian University | $27.7M |
| 283 | Central Michigan University | $27.4M |
| 284 | California State University, Northridge | $27.0M |
| 285 | California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt | $26.6M |
| 286 | University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez | $26.5M |
| 287 | University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler | $26.2M |
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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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