Fastest-growing university research budgets, FY2023 to FY2024

451 of the 925 institutions in the FY2024 survey reported both years and spent at least $5.0 million in FY2023, which is the floor this page applies. 381 of them grew and 70 shrank. State University of New York, University at Albany grew fastest, +232.9% to $471.6 million. State University of New York Polytechnic Institute fell furthest, −99.6% to $1.2 million. The tables below show the 100 largest gains and the 70 largest declines.

An institution appears here only if it reported in both years and spent at least $5.0 million in FY2023. Without a floor the list fills with institutions whose research budget tripled from a very small number.

Grew: 381
Shrank: 70
FY2023 floor: $5.0 million

The largest gains

The 100 institutions below grew furthest between FY2023 and FY2024. State University of New York, University at Albany leads at +232.9%, adding $329.9 million. The list ends at +16.3%.

The 100 US institutions whose research spending grew most from FY2023 to FY2024, NSF HERD.
#	Institution	State	FY2023 R&D	FY2024 R&D	Change	Rank change
1	State University of New York, University at Albany	New York	$141.7M	$471.6M	+232.9%	up 84
2	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	Puerto Rico	$14.0M	$26.5M	+89.1%	up 48
3	City University of New York, The, Brooklyn College	New York	$8.5M	$15.2M	+78.6%	up 49
4	Tennessee Technological University	Tennessee	$20.8M	$36.4M	+75.0%	up 50
5	Baylor University	Texas	$82.1M	$134.9M	+64.3%	up 20
6	South Carolina State University	South Carolina	$7.8M	$12.5M	+59.9%	up 38
7	Kennesaw State University	Georgia	$32.5M	$51.6M	+58.7%	up 21
8	California State University, Long Beach	California	$21.5M	$33.9M	+58.0%	up 38
9	Texas A&M International University	Texas	$5.6M	$8.4M	+49.6%	up 42
10	Arkansas State University, Jonesboro	Arkansas	$7.3M	$10.9M	+49.5%	up 33
11	City University of New York, The, Graduate Center, The	New York	$54.1M	$80.8M	+49.4%	up 29
12	California State University, Chico	California	$6.0M	$8.9M	+49.0%	up 37
13	Winston-Salem State University	North Carolina	$8.7M	$12.7M	+45.9%	up 28
14	Prairie View A&M University	Texas	$21.8M	$31.6M	+45.2%	up 27
15	Sam Houston State University	Texas	$11.8M	$16.7M	+42.1%	up 22
16	California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt	California	$18.8M	$26.6M	+41.5%	up 30
17	Santa Clara University	California	$5.7M	$8.0M	+41.1%	up 34
18	Western Michigan University and Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine	Michigan	$45.2M	$62.1M	+37.4%	up 17
19	MGH Institute of Health Professions	Massachusetts	$7.4M	$10.0M	+35.1%	up 21
20	Seton Hall University	New Jersey	$7.1M	$9.5M	+34.1%	up 20
21	Eastern Michigan University	Michigan	$8.4M	$11.2M	+33.9%	up 19
22	Rowan University	New Jersey	$47.8M	$64.0M	+33.8%	up 17
23	Appalachian State University	North Carolina	$8.5M	$11.3M	+33.2%	up 20
24	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	Texas	$39.3M	$52.2M	+32.7%	up 9
25	University of Tulsa	Oklahoma	$24.8M	$32.8M	+32.0%	up 17
26	California State University, Bakersfield	California	$6.4M	$8.5M	+32.0%	up 19
27	University of South Alabama	Alabama	$53.2M	$70.1M	+31.8%	up 16
28	North Carolina A&T State University	North Carolina	$62.3M	$81.8M	+31.4%	up 15
29	California State University, Fullerton	California	$25.8M	$33.7M	+30.6%	up 13
30	Delaware State University	Delaware	$33.5M	$43.7M	+30.5%	up 10
31	Clark Atlanta University	Georgia	$10.3M	$13.4M	+30.1%	up 20
32	Texas Woman's University	Texas	$6.9M	$9.0M	+30.0%	up 21
33	City University of New York, The, Advanced Science Research Center	New York	$17.3M	$22.5M	+29.8%	up 11
34	Oklahoma State University, Center for Health Sciences	Oklahoma	$12.5M	$16.1M	+28.4%	up 17
35	Hofstra University	New York	$8.2M	$10.4M	+27.7%	up 10
36	University of Washington, Tacoma	Washington	$6.2M	$8.0M	+27.7%	up 12
37	New York Medical College	New York	$17.1M	$21.9M	+27.7%	up 11
38	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	California	$10.7M	$13.7M	+27.6%	up 18
39	University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The	North Carolina	$60.6M	$77.4M	+27.6%	up 14
40	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	Florida	$27.5M	$35.0M	+27.6%	up 14
41	Purdue University, Northwest	Indiana	$7.5M	$9.5M	+27.3%	up 17
42	Jackson State University	Mississippi	$19.5M	$24.7M	+27.2%	up 21
43	Langston University	Oklahoma	$10.5M	$13.3M	+27.0%	up 17
44	Morgan State University	Maryland	$43.9M	$55.5M	+26.5%	up 8
45	California State University, Fresno	California	$11.4M	$14.4M	+26.3%	up 14
46	Western University of Health Sciences	California	$8.9M	$11.2M	+25.3%	up 11
47	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Maryland	$10.7M	$13.4M	+25.1%	up 13
48	City University of New York, The, Queens College	New York	$25.5M	$31.8M	+24.9%	up 10
49	University of Southern Mississippi, The	Mississippi	$75.0M	$93.7M	+24.9%	up 11
50	University of California, Office of the President	California	$63.6M	$79.3M	+24.6%	up 9
51	University of Alaska Anchorage	Alaska	$19.9M	$24.6M	+24.2%	up 18
52	University of California, Merced	California	$62.3M	$77.2M	+24.0%	up 8
53	Tennessee State University	Tennessee	$28.2M	$35.0M	+24.0%	up 13
54	Smith College	Massachusetts	$6.0M	$7.4M	+23.9%	up 13
55	University of Texas at Dallas, The	Texas	$146.8M	$181.8M	+23.9%	up 8
56	Montana Technological University	Montana	$18.4M	$22.6M	+22.9%	up 10
57	Duquesne University	Pennsylvania	$15.0M	$18.3M	+22.4%	up 10
58	San Francisco State University	California	$34.5M	$42.0M	+21.9%	up 3
59	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences	New York	$5.3M	$6.5M	+21.7%	up 14
60	City University of New York, The, Hunter College	New York	$37.2M	$45.2M	+21.7%	up 5
61	Kansas State University	Kansas	$218.0M	$265.0M	+21.5%	up 14
62	California State University, Sacramento	California	$28.0M	$34.0M	+21.1%	up 9
63	Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science	California	$19.6M	$23.7M	+21.0%	up 11
64	Northern Arizona University	Arizona	$77.5M	$93.7M	+20.9%	up 9
65	Nova Southeastern University	Florida	$50.2M	$60.6M	+20.8%	up 6
66	Western Kentucky University	Kentucky	$9.3M	$11.2M	+20.6%	up 9
67	Saint Joseph's University	Pennsylvania	$8.7M	$10.5M	+20.5%	up 3
68	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Arkansas	$8.7M	$10.5M	+20.4%	up 3
69	Morehouse School of Medicine	Georgia	$57.1M	$68.7M	+20.3%	up 6
70	Texas A&M University-Kingsville	Texas	$26.4M	$31.8M	+20.3%	up 4
71	Northeastern University	Massachusetts	$288.6M	$346.9M	+20.2%	up 8
72	Howard University	District of Columbia	$84.8M	$101.8M	+20.1%	up 6
73	University of Hawaii at Manoa	Hawaii	$313.1M	$375.6M	+20.0%	up 10
74	University of New England	Maine	$6.8M	$8.1M	+19.8%	up 9
75	College of Charleston	South Carolina	$7.2M	$8.7M	+19.8%	up 11
76	University of Alabama, The, Tuscaloosa	Alabama	$184.9M	$221.2M	+19.7%	up 4
77	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Nevada	$98.8M	$118.0M	+19.5%	up 6
78	Augusta University	Georgia	$139.1M	$166.2M	+19.5%	up 8
79	Yeshiva University	New York	$8.7M	$10.3M	+18.8%	up 3
80	Fordham University	New York	$23.8M	$28.2M	+18.5%	up 8
81	United States Air Force Academy	Colorado	$44.9M	$53.2M	+18.4%	up 4
82	Northern Illinois University	Illinois	$29.1M	$34.5M	+18.3%	up 8
83	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso	Texas	$13.2M	$15.6M	+18.3%	up 9
84	State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry	New York	$32.7M	$38.7M	+18.3%	up 7
85	Boston College	Massachusetts	$81.4M	$96.3M	+18.3%	up 10
86	Clemson University	South Carolina	$286.5M	$338.5M	+18.2%	up 6
87	University of the District of Columbia	District of Columbia	$7.9M	$9.4M	+18.1%	up 6
88	Norfolk State University	Virginia	$6.2M	$7.3M	+18.0%	up 4
89	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	South Dakota	$20.3M	$23.9M	+17.7%	up 13
90	Loyola University Chicago	Illinois	$52.4M	$61.5M	+17.2%	up 7
91	University of Kansas	Kansas	$466.2M	$546.1M	+17.1%	up 9
92	University of Minnesota, Duluth	Minnesota	$25.5M	$29.9M	+17.1%	up 5
93	Texas Southern University	Texas	$16.3M	$19.0M	+16.9%	up 8
94	Texas State University	Texas	$141.3M	$165.0M	+16.8%	up 6
95	Kentucky State University	Kentucky	$11.6M	$13.5M	+16.8%	up 7
96	University of North Texas, Health Science Center	Texas	$94.7M	$110.5M	+16.7%	up 6
97	Stevens Institute of Technology	New Jersey	$60.7M	$70.7M	+16.6%	up 3
98	University of North Texas, Denton	Texas	$106.7M	$124.2M	+16.5%	up 2
99	Marshall University	West Virginia	$33.7M	$39.2M	+16.3%	up 4
100	Eastern Virginia Medical School	Virginia	$24.0M	$27.9M	+16.3%	up 5

The 100 largest of 381. Change is against FY2023 as NSF revised it in the FY2024 release, not as it was first published. How these numbers are built.

The largest declines

The 70 institutions below fell furthest between FY2023 and FY2024. State University of New York Polytechnic Institute leads at −99.6%, losing $283.4 million. The list ends at −0.0%.

The 70 US institutions whose research spending fell most from FY2023 to FY2024, NSF HERD.
#	Institution	State	FY2023 R&D	FY2024 R&D	Change	Rank change
1	State University of New York Polytechnic Institute	New York	$284.7M	$1.2M	−99.6%	down 559
2	University of North Carolina, general administration	North Carolina	$5.7M	$1.4M	−75.5%	down 222
3	Azusa Pacific University	California	$6.1M	$3.4M	−44.2%	down 107
4	Claremont Graduate University	California	$7.3M	$4.8M	−33.8%	down 74
5	California State University, East Bay	California	$21.3M	$14.3M	−32.9%	down 34
6	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	New Mexico	$118.7M	$79.9M	−32.7%	down 25
7	Bryn Mawr College	Pennsylvania	$9.0M	$6.3M	−30.3%	down 58
8	University of the Virgin Islands	Virgin Islands	$20.3M	$14.8M	−27.1%	down 22
9	Fort Valley State University	Georgia	$15.5M	$11.7M	−24.5%	down 29
10	Touro University, New York	New York	$100.5M	$76.9M	−23.6%	down 25
11	Alcorn State University	Mississippi	$19.1M	$14.8M	−22.4%	down 17
12	Pacific University	Oregon	$10.7M	$8.4M	−21.8%	down 37
13	Rockefeller University, The	New York	$385.2M	$305.3M	−20.7%	down 28
14	DePaul University	Illinois	$13.3M	$10.5M	−20.7%	down 35
15	Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville	Illinois	$21.9M	$17.7M	−19.4%	down 23
16	Hope College	Michigan	$6.9M	$5.6M	−19.2%	down 49
17	University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler	Texas	$32.1M	$26.2M	−18.2%	down 28
18	University of Tennessee, The, Chattanooga	Tennessee	$14.7M	$12.1M	−17.5%	down 24
19	University of Central Oklahoma	Oklahoma	$5.4M	$4.5M	−17.3%	down 43
20	University of North Florida	Florida	$23.3M	$19.3M	−17.0%	down 24
21	University of North Carolina at Asheville, The	North Carolina	$6.8M	$5.7M	−16.0%	down 44
22	California State University, San Bernardino	California	$13.2M	$11.3M	−13.8%	down 21
23	Wright State University	Ohio	$26.2M	$22.6M	−13.5%	down 29
24	University of Baltimore	Maryland	$6.6M	$5.8M	−12.4%	down 36
25	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark	New Jersey	$29.8M	$26.2M	−12.0%	down 23
26	University of Detroit Mercy	Michigan	$5.1M	$4.5M	−11.5%	down 29
27	Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, Shreveport	Louisiana	$35.6M	$31.9M	−10.5%	down 20
28	Rhode Island School of Design	Rhode Island	$5.7M	$5.1M	−9.4%	down 26
29	California Institute of Technology	California	$490.7M	$445.2M	−9.3%	down 13
30	Lamar University	Texas	$9.2M	$8.3M	−9.2%	down 26
31	Middle Tennessee State University	Tennessee	$9.6M	$8.7M	−8.8%	down 19
32	City University of New York, The, John Jay College Criminal Justice	New York	$23.0M	$21.2M	−7.9%	down 20
33	Pennsylvania State University, The, Behrend	Pennsylvania	$7.6M	$7.1M	−7.4%	down 24
34	University of Washington, Bothell	Washington	$5.7M	$5.3M	−7.3%	down 27
35	University of South Dakota, The	South Dakota	$29.9M	$27.9M	−6.5%	down 16
36	University of Northern Colorado	Colorado	$9.1M	$8.5M	−6.5%	down 19
37	Colorado State University, Fort Collins	Colorado	$498.1M	$466.4M	−6.4%	down 12
38	Grinnell College	Iowa	$7.6M	$7.1M	−6.1%	down 21
39	High Tech High Graduate School of Education	California	$5.9M	$5.6M	−6.0%	down 29
40	Kean University	New Jersey	$10.1M	$9.5M	−5.8%	down 16
41	University of Alabama in Huntsville, The	Alabama	$163.4M	$154.5M	−5.5%	down 10
42	Bowling Green State University	Ohio	$20.7M	$19.6M	−5.4%	down 6
43	Naval Postgraduate School	California	$77.4M	$73.2M	−5.3%	down 11
44	University of New Orleans	Louisiana	$20.4M	$19.3M	−5.3%	down 6
45	Suffolk University	Massachusetts	$5.2M	$4.9M	−5.3%	down 24
46	Southern Connecticut State University	Connecticut	$8.0M	$7.6M	−4.8%	down 20
47	Air Force Institute of Technology	Ohio	$56.8M	$54.2M	−4.7%	down 12
48	University of Rhode Island	Rhode Island	$144.0M	$137.5M	−4.5%	down 9
49	University of Tennessee, The, Health Science Center	Tennessee	$130.5M	$124.8M	−4.4%	down 3
50	Florida Gulf Coast University	Florida	$24.9M	$23.8M	−4.2%	down 16
51	Medical University of South Carolina	South Carolina	$333.8M	$321.0M	−3.8%	down 9
52	Abilene Christian University	Texas	$8.2M	$7.9M	−3.8%	down 21
53	Gallaudet University	District of Columbia	$9.9M	$9.5M	−3.7%	down 14
54	Texas A&M University-Commerce	Texas	$7.0M	$6.8M	−3.1%	down 21
55	United States Naval Academy	Maryland	$10.9M	$10.6M	−3.0%	down 18
56	University of Washington, Seattle	Washington	$1.7B	$1.7B	−2.5%	down 3
57	Cleveland State University	Ohio	$87.9M	$85.8M	−2.4%	down 8
58	University of San Diego	California	$12.9M	$12.6M	−2.0%	down 10
59	Virginia State University	Virginia	$13.5M	$13.3M	−1.7%	down 9
60	State University of New York, Stony Brook University	New York	$324.5M	$319.3M	−1.6%	down 7
61	Louisiana Tech University	Louisiana	$31.7M	$31.2M	−1.4%	down 13
62	North Carolina Central University	North Carolina	$16.4M	$16.2M	−1.2%	down 1
63	Salisbury University	Maryland	$14.6M	$14.4M	−0.9%	down 4
64	Albany Medical College	New York	$23.3M	$23.1M	−0.9%	down 13
65	University of California, Santa Barbara	California	$305.5M	$303.4M	−0.7%	down 6
66	Northeast Ohio Medical University	Ohio	$13.1M	$13.0M	−0.5%	down 7
67	Idaho State University	Idaho	$17.5M	$17.5M	−0.3%	down 4
68	Teachers College, Columbia University	New York	$34.2M	$34.1M	−0.3%	down 9
69	Wesleyan University	Connecticut	$10.8M	$10.8M	−0.1%	down 14
70	Reed College	Oregon	$5.2M	$5.2M	−0.0%	down 11

All 70 of them. Change is against FY2023 as NSF revised it in the FY2024 release, not as it was first published. How these numbers are built.

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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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