United States Coast Guard Academy research and development spending, FY2024

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United States Coast Guard Academy in FY2024

$2.1 million

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

National rank
#592 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 197.7%
Rank change
up 146

United States Coast Guard Academy reported $2.1 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #592 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 197.7% on FY2023's $689 thousand; its national rank was up 146 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 83.6% ($1.7 million), followed by federal government at 14.1%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $500 thousand or 24.4% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

United States Coast Guard Academy research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $680 thousand in FY2010 to $2.1 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$513K$1.0M$1.5M$2.1MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

This institution files the short form, which the revised history does not cover; each year's total is the sum of its six funding-source rows as reported that year.

Year-by-year figures
United States Coast Guard Academy research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditure
FY2010$680 thousand
FY2011$490 thousand
FY2012$398 thousand
FY2013$329 thousand
FY2014$269 thousand
FY2015$660 thousand
FY2016$568 thousand
FY2017$644 thousand
FY2018$829 thousand
FY2019$708 thousand
FY2020$398 thousand
FY2021$155 thousand
FY2022$1.0 million
FY2023$689 thousand
FY2024$2.1 million

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 3 NSF funding sources United States Coast Guard Academy reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

United States Coast Guard Academy research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Institution funds$1.7 million83.6%+497.2%412
Federal government$289 thousand14.1%+4.0%757
Nonprofit organizations$48 thousand2.3%−61.3%623
All sources$2.1 million100.0%+197.7%592

Fields of research

The 9 NSF research fields United States Coast Guard Academy reported in FY2024, largest first.

United States Coast Guard Academy research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Non-S&E$500 thousand24.4%+228.9%454
Physical sciences$331 thousand16.1%+433.9%433
Other sciences$288 thousand14.0%180
Engineering$272 thousand13.3%+104.5%369
Social sciences$247 thousand12.0%+19.3%381
Computer and information sciences$230 thousand11.2%+113.0%353
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$126 thousand6.1%+530.0%395
Mathematics and statistics$53 thousand2.6%+657.1%409
Life sciences$4 thousand0.2%849

Neighbours

Ranked around United States Coast Guard Academy

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above United States Coast Guard Academy and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below United States Coast Guard Academy, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
587University of Puerto Rico at Cayey$2.2M
588Alaska Pacific University$2.2M
589California Baptist University$2.1M
590Emerson College$2.1M
591Bates College$2.1M
592United States Coast Guard Academy$2.1M
593Ferris State University$2.0M
594University of Michigan, Flint$2.0M
595Lipscomb University$2.0M
596Nevada State University$2.0M
597Hobart and William Smith Colleges$2.0M

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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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