Utah State University research and development spending, FY2024
- Logan, UT
- R1
- Public
- Standard form filer
Utah State University in FY2024
$451.4 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #80 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 12.4%
- Rank change
- held
Utah State University reported $451.4 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #80 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 12.4% on FY2023's $401.4 million; its national rank was unchanged. Federal government is its largest funding source at 80.8% ($364.9 million), followed by state and local government at 6.8%. Its largest field of research is engineering, $356.2 million or 78.9% 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 | $149.2 million | 113 |
| FY2011 | $174.2 million | 103 |
| FY2012 | $157.4 million | 113 |
| FY2013 | $158.4 million | 112 |
| FY2014 | $169.6 million | 111 |
| FY2015 | $175.4 million | 105 |
| FY2016 | $180.6 million | 109 |
| FY2017 | $187.3 million | 111 |
| FY2018 | $219.4 million | 100 |
| FY2019 | $283.9 million | 85 |
| FY2020 | $304.3 million | 81 |
| FY2021 | $325.2 million | 84 |
| FY2022 | $344.9 million | 83 |
| FY2023 | $401.4 million | 80 |
| FY2024 | $451.4 million | 80 |
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 Utah State University 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 | $364.9 million | 80.8% | +13.2% | 56 |
| State and local government | $30.5 million | 6.8% | +9.7% | 56 |
| Institution funds | $30.1 million | 6.7% | −0.5% | 190 |
| All other sources | $19.1 million | 4.2% | +72.7% | 46 |
| Business | $5.8 million | 1.3% | −36.8% | 133 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $1.0 million | 0.2% | +25.1% | 279 |
| All sources | $451.4 million | 100.0% | +12.4% | 80 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields Utah State University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | $356.2 million | 78.9% | +15.5% | 10 |
| Life sciences | $65.3 million | 14.5% | −1.5% | 136 |
| Psychology | $8.5 million | 1.9% | +48.5% | 66 |
| Non-S&E | $6.7 million | 1.5% | +37.4% | 202 |
| Physical sciences | $5.0 million | 1.1% | −22.9% | 184 |
| Computer and information sciences | $3.9 million | 0.9% | −11.0% | 154 |
| Social sciences | $2.4 million | 0.5% | +36.3% | 191 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $2.1 million | 0.5% | −13.7% | 190 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $1.3 million | 0.3% | +25.9% | 148 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Utah State University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Utah State University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 75 | State University of New York, University at Albany | $471.6M |
| 76 | Colorado State University, Fort Collins | $466.4M |
| 77 | University of Delaware | $465.8M |
| 78 | Iowa State University | $462.3M |
| 79 | Florida State University | $460.7M |
| 80 | Utah State University | $451.4M |
| 81 | California Institute of Technology | $445.2M |
| 82 | University of Connecticut | $433.5M |
| 83 | Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge | $431.4M |
| 84 | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The | $419.1M |
| 85 | Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center | $418.4M |
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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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