Research expenditures by university in Louisiana, FY2024

19 institutions in Louisiana reported to the NSF HERD survey in FY2024, and together they spent $1.2 billion, 1.0% of the US total. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge leads at $431.4 million — #83 nationally, half as much again as Tulane University's $275.9 million. 14 spent more than in FY2023 and 5 spent less. The list runs down to Grambling State University at $486 thousand; every name on it links to that institution's own page.

Institutions: 19
FY2024 R&D: $1.2 billion
Share of the US total: 1.0%

The 19 institutions in Louisiana ranked by total research and development expenditures, NSF HERD FY2024.
In Louisiana	Institution	US rank	FY2024 R&D	Change on FY2023	Rank change
1	Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge	#83	$431.4M	+12.3%	held
2	Tulane University	#119	$275.9M	+6.8%	down 5
3	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	#125	$254.9M	+12.8%	up 5
4	Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, New Orleans	#195	$79.7M	+16.0%	up 5
5	Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, Shreveport	#269	$31.9M	−10.5%	down 20
6	Louisiana Tech University	#273	$31.2M	−1.4%	down 13
7	University of New Orleans	#314	$19.3M	−5.3%	down 6
8	Xavier University of Louisiana	#327	$16.0M	+2.8%	held
9	Southern University and A&M College, Agricultural Research and Extension Center	#385	$9.0M	+15.5%	up 6
10	Southeastern Louisiana University	#456	$5.6M	+95.1%	up 69
11	Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge	#458	$5.5M	+5.4%	down 12
12	Dillard University	#529	$3.3M	+44.5%	up 34
13	University of Louisiana at Monroe	#545	$2.9M	+33.5%	up 27
14	Nicholls State University	#687	$1.1M	−11.0%	down 32
15	Louisiana State University, Shreveport	#691	$1.1M	+50.3%	up 40
16	Loyola University New Orleans	#705	$982K	+134.4%	up 107
17	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	#738	$798K	−39.7%	down 90
18	McNeese State University	#805	$502K	+15.4%	down 2
19	Grambling State University	#811	$486K	+8.2%	down 11
All 19			$1.2B

Rank is a competition rank: two institutions that spent the same share a rank and the next one is skipped. Figures are NSF's own, as revised in the FY2024 release, and are shown to one decimal. 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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