Wheaton College, Wheaton research and development spending, FY2024
- Wheaton, IL
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Wheaton College, Wheaton in FY2024
$1.4 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #648 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 39.9%
- Rank change
- down 92
Wheaton College, Wheaton reported $1.4 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #648 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 39.9% on FY2023's $2.4 million; its national rank was down 92 places. Nonprofit organizations is its largest funding source at 51.0% ($737 thousand), followed by institution funds at 35.9%. Its largest field of research is psychology, $419 thousand or 29.0% 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. The line breaks at FY2013, FY2016, FY2022, which Wheaton College, Wheaton did not report.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | — | — |
| FY2011 | $1.2 million | 555 |
| FY2012 | $844 thousand | 564 |
| FY2013 | — | — |
| FY2014 | $1.3 million | 543 |
| FY2015 | $783 thousand | 570 |
| FY2016 | — | — |
| FY2017 | $1.3 million | 559 |
| FY2018 | $1.8 million | 525 |
| FY2019 | $2.2 million | 505 |
| FY2020 | $1.3 million | 579 |
| FY2021 | $729 thousand | 615 |
| FY2022 | — | — |
| FY2023 | $2.4 million | 551 |
| FY2024 | $1.4 million | 633 |
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 Wheaton College, Wheaton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofit organizations | $737 thousand | 51.0% | −26.6% | 308 |
| Institution funds | $519 thousand | 35.9% | −46.3% | 546 |
| Federal government | $182 thousand | 12.6% | −57.5% | 807 |
| Business | $7 thousand | 0.5% | +40.0% | 519 |
| All sources | $1.4 million | 100.0% | −39.9% | 648 |
Fields of research
The 7 NSF research fields Wheaton College, Wheaton reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | $419 thousand | 29.0% | −22.7% | 266 |
| Social sciences | $372 thousand | 25.7% | −54.9% | 331 |
| Physical sciences | $249 thousand | 17.2% | +109.2% | 468 |
| Non-S&E | $202 thousand | 14.0% | −25.2% | 549 |
| Life sciences | $170 thousand | 11.8% | −60.5% | 720 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $26 thousand | 1.8% | −88.0% | 471 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $7 thousand | 0.5% | — | 527 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Wheaton College, Wheaton
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Wheaton College, Wheaton and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 642 | National University of Natural Medicine | $1.5M |
| 644 | State University of New York College, Plattsburgh | $1.5M |
| 645 | University of Virginia's College at Wise | $1.5M |
| 646 | New College of Florida | $1.5M |
| 647 | University of Maine Farmington | $1.5M |
| 648 | Wheaton College, Wheaton | $1.4M |
| 649 | Adelphi University | $1.4M |
| 649 | Eastern Kentucky University | $1.4M |
| 649 | University of Scranton | $1.4M |
| 652 | Eastern Connecticut State University | $1.4M |
| 653 | Roosevelt University | $1.4M |
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Request a demoData: 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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