University of New Orleans research and development spending, FY2024

  • New Orleans, LA
  • R2
  • Public
  • Standard form filer

University of New Orleans in FY2024

$19.3 million

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

National rank
#314 of 925
Change on FY2023
down 5.3%
Rank change
down 6

University of New Orleans reported $19.3 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #314 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 5.3% on FY2023's $20.4 million; its national rank was down 6 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 51.2% ($9.9 million), followed by federal government at 30.8%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $6.5 million or 33.7% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

University of New Orleans research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $35.0 million in FY2010 to $19.3 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$8.8M$17.7M$26.5M$35.4MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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

Year-by-year figures
University of New Orleans research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$35.0 million211
FY2011$35.4 million214
FY2012$28.4 million232
FY2013$24.6 million238
FY2014$20.6 million255
FY2015$19.0 million262
FY2016$15.7 million290
FY2017$15.9 million287
FY2018$14.4 million295
FY2019$15.3 million292
FY2020$16.6 million285
FY2021$17.0 million292
FY2022$21.9 million276
FY2023$20.4 million308
FY2024$19.3 million314

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 University of New Orleans reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

University of New Orleans research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Institution funds$9.9 million51.2%−19.9%261
Federal government$6.0 million30.8%+12.6%345
State and local government$1.2 million6.3%+34.8%304
Nonprofit organizations$1.0 million5.3%+280.5%280
All other sources$842 thousand4.4%−25.7%200
Business$416 thousand2.2%−15.3%304
All sources$19.3 million100.0%−5.3%314

Fields of research

The 10 NSF research fields University of New Orleans reported in FY2024, largest first.

University of New Orleans research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Non-S&E$6.5 million33.7%−6.7%204
Engineering$2.5 million13.1%+1.2%246
Computer and information sciences$2.3 million11.9%−11.1%189
Physical sciences$1.9 million10.0%−7.5%256
Social sciences$1.7 million8.9%−9.4%210
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$1.6 million8.3%+70.2%211
Life sciences$1.1 million5.8%−5.8%474
Psychology$637 thousand3.3%−38.4%236
Mathematics and statistics$614 thousand3.2%−4.4%196
Other sciences$326 thousand1.7%−37.7%176

Neighbours

Ranked around University of New Orleans

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above University of New Orleans and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below University of New Orleans, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
309New York Medical College$21.9M
310James Madison University$21.4M
311City University of New York, The, John Jay College Criminal Justice$21.2M
312Bowling Green State University$19.6M
313University of North Florida$19.3M
314University of New Orleans$19.3M
315Towson University$19.2M
316Texas Southern University$19.0M
317Long Island University$18.8M
318Duquesne University$18.3M
319Florida Institute of Technology$17.8M

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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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