Research expenditures by university in Pennsylvania, FY2024

56 institutions in Pennsylvania reported to the NSF HERD survey in FY2024, and together they spent $6.5 billion, 5.5% of the US total. University of Pennsylvania leads at $2.2 billion — #2 nationally, half as much again as University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh's $1.5 billion. 42 spent more than in FY2023 and 14 spent less. The list runs down to Millersville University of Pennsylvania at $223 thousand; every name on it links to that institution's own page.

Institutions: 56
FY2024 R&D: $6.5 billion
Share of the US total: 5.5%

The 56 institutions in Pennsylvania ranked by total research and development expenditures, NSF HERD FY2024.
In Pennsylvania	Institution	US rank	FY2024 R&D	Change on FY2023	Rank change
1	University of Pennsylvania	#2	$2.2B	+10.9%	up 1
2	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh	#17	$1.5B	+7.6%	held
3	Pennsylvania State University, The, University Park and Hershey Medical Center	#25	$1.3B	+8.0%	up 1
4	Carnegie Mellon University	#71	$505.3M	+4.2%	down 2
5	Temple University	#107	$315.0M	+7.9%	down 1
6	Thomas Jefferson University	#120	$271.2M	+5.0%	down 5
7	Drexel University	#151	$170.2M	+0.4%	down 5
8	Lehigh University	#218	$62.4M	+10.8%	up 2
9	Villanova University	#266	$33.1M	+5.0%	down 5
10	Duquesne University	#318	$18.3M	+22.4%	up 10
11	Saint Joseph's University	#373	$10.5M	+20.5%	up 3
12	Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine	#408	$7.6M	+2.0%	down 12
13	Pennsylvania State University, The, Behrend	#416	$7.1M	−7.4%	down 24
14	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	#421	$6.9M	+12.0%	down 3
15	United States Army War College	#422	$6.8M	+13.0%	held
16	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	#424	$6.6M	+8.5%	down 3
17	Bryn Mawr College	#431	$6.3M	−30.3%	down 58
18	Bucknell University	#434	$6.2M	+5.2%	down 6
19	Swarthmore College	#435	$6.1M	+8.0%	up 1
20	Pennsylvania State University, The, Harrisburg	#449	$5.7M	+11.2%	down 1
21	Franklin and Marshall College	#472	$4.8M	+17.1%	up 2
22	Haverford College	#491	$4.1M	+0.4%	down 15
23	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	#496	$3.9M	+33.7%	up 23
24	Lafayette College	#561	$2.7M	+34.8%	up 20
25	Dickinson College	#619	$1.7M	+10.0%	down 1
26	Arcadia University	#623	$1.7M	+28.1%	up 26
27	Pennsylvania State University, The, Altoona	#631	$1.6M	+29.4%	up 32
28	University of Scranton	#649	$1.4M	+22.8%	up 17
29	Robert Morris University	#654	$1.4M	−0.5%	down 20
30	Pennsylvania State University, The, Berks	#675	$1.2M	+85.5%	up 74
31	Juniata College	#680	$1.2M	−1.9%	down 15
32	Gettysburg College	#681	$1.2M	+5.0%	down 9
33	La Salle University	#683	$1.1M	+9.8%	down 4
34	Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine	#699	$1.0M	+97.1%	up 80
35	Ursinus College	#700	$1.0M	−11.7%	down 32
36	Wilkes University	#719	$894K	+31.1%	up 20
37	Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine	#720	$886K	+77.2%	up 64
38	Gannon University	#730	$829K	−6.7%	down 30
39	Widener University, Chester	#752	$752K	−6.5%	down 38
40	Pennsylvania State University, The, Abington	#757	$734K	+129.4%	up 89
41	Pennsylvania Western University	#759	$726K	+42.9%	up 24
42	Allegheny College	#760	$720K	+35.3%	up 17
43	Pennsylvania State University, The, Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies	#761	$716K	+0.6%	down 26
44	Susquehanna University	#768	$700K	+40.3%	up 17
45	Lincoln University	#769	$695K	+10.7%	down 16
46	Saint Francis University	#778	$637K	+7.6%	down 21
47	Salus University	#796	$540K	−18.6%	down 52
48	Moravian University	#811	$486K	−5.8%	down 31
49	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	#824	$446K	−38.2%	down 92
50	Muhlenberg College	#834	$414K	−3.9%	down 30
51	Bryn Athyn College	#841	$396K	+9.7%	down 12
52	The American College of Financial Services	#844	$392K	+4.3%	down 19
53	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	#857	$348K	−40.3%	down 95
54	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	#868	$306K	+0.7%	down 13
55	Pennsylvania State University, The, Wilkes-Barre	#871	$301K	−10.1%	down 30
56	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	#895	$223K	−0.4%	down 13
All 56			$6.5B

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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