Ursinus College research and development spending, FY2024

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Ursinus College in FY2024

$1.0 million

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

National rank
#700 of 925
Change on FY2023
down 11.7%
Rank change
down 32

Ursinus College reported $1.0 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #700 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 11.7% on FY2023's $1.1 million; its national rank was down 32 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 92.6% ($940 thousand), followed by nonprofit organizations at 7.4%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $706 thousand or 69.6% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Ursinus College research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $540 thousand in FY2010 to $1.0 million in FY2024, broken across 11 unreported years. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$288K$575K$863K$1.1MFY2010FY2024

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, FY2015, FY2016, FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, which Ursinus College did not report.

Year-by-year figures
Ursinus College research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$540 thousand558
FY2011$594 thousand599
FY2012
FY2013
FY2014
FY2015
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023$1.1 million642
FY2024$1.0 million665

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 2 NSF funding sources Ursinus College reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Ursinus College research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$940 thousand92.6%−0.2%583
Nonprofit organizations$75 thousand7.4%−21.9%587
All sources$1.0 million100.0%−11.7%700

Fields of research

The 5 NSF research fields Ursinus College reported in FY2024, largest first.

Ursinus College research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$706 thousand69.6%+6.2%538
Physical sciences$252 thousand24.8%−26.7%466
Mathematics and statistics$34 thousand3.3%−71.7%441
Computer and information sciences$22 thousand2.2%+83.3%530
Psychology$1 thousand0.1%−66.7%581

Neighbours

Ranked around Ursinus College

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Ursinus College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Ursinus College, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
695Bradley University$1.1M
696Aaniiih Nakoda College$1.0M
697Southern Oregon University$1.0M
698Gonzaga University$1.0M
699Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine$1.0M
700Ursinus College$1.0M
701St. Bonaventure University$1.0M
702High Point University$1.0M
703University of Tampa, The$994K
704Stetson University$985K
705Loyola University New Orleans$982K

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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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