University of Tulsa research and development spending, FY2024
- Tulsa, OK
- R2
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
University of Tulsa in FY2024
$32.8 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #267 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 32.0%
- Rank change
- up 17
University of Tulsa reported $32.8 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #267 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 32.0% on FY2023's $24.8 million; its national rank was up 17 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 35.4% ($11.6 million), followed by federal government at 32.9%. Its largest field of research is engineering, $11.5 million or 35.2% 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 | $23.4 million | 247 |
| FY2011 | $19.5 million | 263 |
| FY2012 | $20.3 million | 257 |
| FY2013 | $21.8 million | 248 |
| FY2014 | $27.1 million | 230 |
| FY2015 | $25.1 million | 237 |
| FY2016 | $22.3 million | 253 |
| FY2017 | $20.9 million | 257 |
| FY2018 | $20.1 million | 262 |
| FY2019 | $18.6 million | 273 |
| FY2020 | $18.8 million | 273 |
| FY2021 | $17.2 million | 291 |
| FY2022 | $17.4 million | 305 |
| FY2023 | $24.8 million | 284 |
| FY2024 | $32.8 million | 267 |
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 Tulsa 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 | $11.6 million | 35.4% | +43.6% | 251 |
| Federal government | $10.8 million | 32.9% | +26.1% | 299 |
| Business | $6.5 million | 19.9% | −3.7% | 126 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $3.0 million | 9.2% | +163.9% | 194 |
| All other sources | $480 thousand | 1.5% | — | 241 |
| State and local government | $393 thousand | 1.2% | +28.4% | 401 |
| All sources | $32.8 million | 100.0% | +32.0% | 267 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields University of Tulsa reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | $11.5 million | 35.2% | +5.0% | 190 |
| Computer and information sciences | $10.3 million | 31.4% | +110.3% | 85 |
| Non-S&E | $3.8 million | 11.5% | −23.4% | 243 |
| Life sciences | $3.1 million | 9.6% | +109.1% | 356 |
| Psychology | $1.4 million | 4.3% | +63.2% | 184 |
| Other sciences | $987 thousand | 3.0% | — | 119 |
| Physical sciences | $970 thousand | 3.0% | +0.9% | 318 |
| Social sciences | $668 thousand | 2.0% | +20.8% | 283 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $12 thousand | 0.0% | −91.2% | 502 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $7 thousand | 0.0% | +75.0% | 527 |
Neighbours
Ranked around University of Tulsa
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above University of Tulsa and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 262 | California State University, Sacramento | $34.0M |
| 263 | California State University, Long Beach | $33.9M |
| 264 | California State University, Fullerton | $33.7M |
| 265 | University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras | $33.7M |
| 266 | Villanova University | $33.1M |
| 267 | University of Tulsa | $32.8M |
| 268 | Desert Research Institute | $32.3M |
| 269 | Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, Shreveport | $31.9M |
| 270 | City University of New York, The, Queens College | $31.8M |
| 271 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | $31.8M |
| 272 | Prairie View A&M University | $31.6M |
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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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