University of South Carolina, Beaufort research and development spending, FY2024

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University of South Carolina, Beaufort in FY2024

$1.2 million

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

National rank
#677 of 925
Change on FY2023
down 19.7%
Rank change
down 49

University of South Carolina, Beaufort reported $1.2 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #677 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 19.7% on FY2023's $1.5 million; its national rank was down 49 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 52.3% ($615 thousand), followed by institution funds at 39.8%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $541 thousand or 46.0% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

University of South Carolina, Beaufort research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $462 thousand in FY2010 to $1.2 million in FY2024, broken across 10 unreported years. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$367K$733K$1.1M$1.5MFY2010FY2015FY2024

Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series. The line breaks at FY2012, FY2013, FY2014, FY2016, FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, which University of South Carolina, Beaufort did not report.

Year-by-year figures
University of South Carolina, Beaufort research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$462 thousand562
FY2011$882 thousand572
FY2012——
FY2013——
FY2014——
FY2015$892 thousand566
FY2016——
FY2017——
FY2018——
FY2019——
FY2020——
FY2021——
FY2022——
FY2023$1.5 million616
FY2024$1.2 million651

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 4 NSF funding sources University of South Carolina, Beaufort reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

University of South Carolina, Beaufort research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$615 thousand52.3%−30.8%650
Institution funds$469 thousand39.8%+12.5%559
Nonprofit organizations$66 thousand5.6%−43.6%594
State and local government$27 thousand2.3%−37.2%572
All sources$1.2 million100.0%−19.7%677

Fields of research

The 5 NSF research fields University of South Carolina, Beaufort reported in FY2024, largest first.

University of South Carolina, Beaufort research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Non-S&E$541 thousand46.0%+210.9%444
Life sciences$397 thousand33.7%+36.0%624
Social sciences$207 thousand17.6%+6800.0%408
Computer and information sciences$30 thousand2.5%−94.6%516
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$2 thousand0.2%−99.3%523

Neighbours

Ranked around University of South Carolina, Beaufort

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above University of South Carolina, Beaufort and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below University of South Carolina, Beaufort, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
671Western New England University$1.2M
673American Samoa Community College$1.2M
673State University of New York College, Potsdam$1.2M
675Pennsylvania State University, The, Berks$1.2M
676Concord University$1.2M
677University of South Carolina, Beaufort$1.2M
678Roanoke College$1.2M
679Illinois College of Optometry$1.2M
680Juniata College$1.2M
681Gettysburg College$1.2M
682State University of New York Cobleskill$1.1M

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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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