Wabash College research and development spending, FY2024
- Crawfordsville, IN
- Private nonprofit
- Short form filer
Wabash College in FY2024
$494 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #808 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 33.5%
- Rank change
- up 19
Wabash College reported $494 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #808 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 33.5% on FY2023's $370 thousand; its national rank was up 19 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 61.1% ($302 thousand), followed by institution funds at 38.1%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $273 thousand or 55.3% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024
This institution files the short form, which the revised history does not cover; each year's total is the sum of its six funding-source rows as reported that year. The line breaks at FY2020, FY2021, which Wabash College did not report.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure |
|---|---|
| FY2010 | $3.2 million |
| FY2011 | $2.1 million |
| FY2012 | $1.9 million |
| FY2013 | $1.5 million |
| FY2014 | $559 thousand |
| FY2015 | $378 thousand |
| FY2016 | $381 thousand |
| FY2017 | $392 thousand |
| FY2018 | $276 thousand |
| FY2019 | $320 thousand |
| FY2022 | $465 thousand |
| FY2023 | $370 thousand |
| FY2024 | $494 thousand |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 3 NSF funding sources Wabash College 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 | $302 thousand | 61.1% | +43.8% | 752 |
| Institution funds | $188 thousand | 38.1% | +20.5% | 678 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $4 thousand | 0.8% | 0.0% | 742 |
| All sources | $494 thousand | 100.0% | +33.5% | 808 |
Fields of research
The 4 NSF research fields Wabash College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $273 thousand | 55.3% | +71.7% | 674 |
| Physical sciences | $193 thousand | 39.1% | +12.2% | 499 |
| Non-S&E | $24 thousand | 4.9% | −35.1% | 691 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $4 thousand | 0.8% | +100.0% | 545 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Wabash College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Wabash College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 802 | University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla | $512K |
| 804 | Palo Alto University | $509K |
| 805 | McNeese State University | $502K |
| 806 | Ouachita Baptist University | $501K |
| 806 | University of Houston-Victoria | $501K |
| 808 | Wabash College | $494K |
| 809 | Western Connecticut State University | $490K |
| 810 | University of Minnesota, Crookston | $489K |
| 811 | Grambling State University | $486K |
| 811 | Moravian University | $486K |
| 813 | Hendrix College | $484K |
Keep looking
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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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