Whitman College research and development spending, FY2024
- Walla Walla, WA
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Whitman College in FY2024
$3.9 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #499 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 148.2%
- Rank change
- up 120
Whitman College reported $3.9 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #499 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 148.2% on FY2023's $1.6 million; its national rank was up 120 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 88.5% ($3.4 million), followed by federal government at 8.3%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $1.2 million or 31.5% 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, FY2014, FY2015, FY2016, FY2017, FY2018, FY2021, which Whitman College did not report.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $1.4 million | 506 |
| FY2011 | $1.1 million | 557 |
| FY2012 | $849 thousand | 563 |
| FY2013 | — | — |
| FY2014 | — | — |
| FY2015 | — | — |
| FY2016 | — | — |
| FY2017 | — | — |
| FY2018 | — | — |
| FY2019 | $1.1 million | 593 |
| FY2020 | $865 thousand | 609 |
| FY2021 | — | — |
| FY2022 | $1.3 million | 601 |
| FY2023 | $1.6 million | 608 |
| FY2024 | $3.9 million | 498 |
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 Whitman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $3.4 million | 88.5% | +409.6% | 351 |
| Federal government | $323 thousand | 8.3% | −28.1% | 746 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $123 thousand | 3.2% | −72.2% | 532 |
| All sources | $3.9 million | 100.0% | +148.2% | 499 |
Fields of research
The 8 NSF research fields Whitman College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-S&E | $1.2 million | 31.5% | +596.0% | 362 |
| Physical sciences | $853 thousand | 21.9% | +30.0% | 329 |
| Social sciences | $607 thousand | 15.6% | +545.7% | 296 |
| Life sciences | $519 thousand | 13.3% | +66.9% | 580 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $325 thousand | 8.4% | +47.1% | 305 |
| Computer and information sciences | $208 thousand | 5.3% | +1123.5% | 365 |
| Psychology | $152 thousand | 3.9% | +63.4% | 356 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $2 thousand | 0.1% | — | 570 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Whitman College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Whitman College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 494 | Keck Graduate Institute | $4.0M |
| 495 | Fayetteville State University | $3.9M |
| 496 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | $3.9M |
| 497 | Alabama State University | $3.9M |
| 498 | Harvey Mudd College | $3.9M |
| 499 | Whitman College | $3.9M |
| 500 | Des Moines University | $3.9M |
| 501 | Lake Superior State University | $3.9M |
| 502 | California State University, Channel Islands | $3.9M |
| 503 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | $3.8M |
| 504 | Purdue University, Fort Wayne | $3.8M |
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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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