University of North Carolina at Asheville, The research and development spending, FY2024
- Asheville, NC
- Public
- Standard form filer
University of North Carolina at Asheville, The in FY2024
$5.7 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #451 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 16.0%
- Rank change
- down 44
University of North Carolina at Asheville, The reported $5.7 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #451 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 16.0% on FY2023's $6.8 million; its national rank was down 44 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 58.0% ($3.3 million), followed by nonprofit organizations at 23.2%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $1.8 million or 32.2% 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 | 442 |
| FY2011 | $3.2 million | 429 |
| FY2012 | $3.1 million | 435 |
| FY2013 | $2.6 million | 447 |
| FY2014 | $2.1 million | 477 |
| FY2015 | $2.4 million | 465 |
| FY2016 | $3.3 million | 425 |
| FY2017 | $2.9 million | 454 |
| FY2018 | $3.4 million | 433 |
| FY2019 | $4.6 million | 408 |
| FY2020 | $4.8 million | 403 |
| FY2021 | $4.8 million | 411 |
| FY2022 | $6.0 million | 404 |
| FY2023 | $6.8 million | 407 |
| FY2024 | $5.7 million | 450 |
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 North Carolina at Asheville, The 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal government | $3.3 million | 58.0% | −0.8% | 420 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $1.3 million | 23.2% | −38.6% | 262 |
| State and local government | $535 thousand | 9.4% | −2.2% | 368 |
| Institution funds | $515 thousand | 9.1% | −16.3% | 548 |
| Business | $12 thousand | 0.2% | −90.5% | 503 |
| All other sources | $1 thousand | 0.0% | −50.0% | 488 |
| All sources | $5.7 million | 100.0% | −16.0% | 451 |
Fields of research
The 8 NSF research fields University of North Carolina at Asheville, The reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $1.8 million | 32.2% | −14.6% | 408 |
| Non-S&E | $1.3 million | 22.5% | −52.8% | 353 |
| Physical sciences | $1.2 million | 20.9% | +32.7% | 293 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $892 thousand | 15.7% | +320.8% | 247 |
| Social sciences | $337 thousand | 5.9% | +33.2% | 343 |
| Engineering | $106 thousand | 1.9% | +5200.0% | 405 |
| Other sciences | $32 thousand | 0.6% | −88.7% | 258 |
| Computer and information sciences | $23 thousand | 0.4% | −91.7% | 526 |
Neighbours
Ranked around University of North Carolina at Asheville, The
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above University of North Carolina at Asheville, The and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 446 | California State University, Dominguez Hills | $5.8M |
| 447 | Occidental College | $5.8M |
| 448 | City University of New York, The, College of Staten Island | $5.7M |
| 449 | Pennsylvania State University, The, Harrisburg | $5.7M |
| 450 | Sacred Heart University | $5.7M |
| 451 | University of North Carolina at Asheville, The | $5.7M |
| 452 | Dakota State University | $5.7M |
| 453 | University of New Haven | $5.6M |
| 454 | High Tech High Graduate School of Education | $5.6M |
| 455 | Hope College | $5.6M |
| 456 | Southeastern Louisiana University | $5.6M |
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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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