Research expenditures by university in Puerto Rico, FY2024

16 institutions in Puerto Rico reported to the NSF HERD survey in FY2024, and together they spent $135.8 million, 0.1% of the US total. University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus leads at $61.5 million — #222 nationally, close to twice University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras's $33.7 million. 8 spent more than in FY2023 and 7 spent less, and one more reported for the first time. The list runs down to Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Cupey at $223 thousand; every name on it links to that institution's own page.

Institutions: 16
FY2024 R&D: $135.8 million
Share of the US total: 0.1%

The 16 institutions in Puerto Rico ranked by total research and development expenditures, NSF HERD FY2024.
In Puerto Rico	Institution	US rank	FY2024 R&D	Change on FY2023	Rank change
1	University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus	#222	$61.5M	+0.4%	down 12
2	University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras	#265	$33.7M	+15.3%	up 1
3	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	#286	$26.5M	+89.1%	up 48
4	Universidad Central del Caribe	#506	$3.8M	−22.5%	down 53
5	University of Puerto Rico at Cayey	#587	$2.2M	+43.1%	up 37
6	University of Puerto Rico at Humacao	#601	$1.9M	−6.8%	down 22
7	Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Gurabo	#625	$1.7M	−22.1%	down 51
8	University of Puerto Rico at Ponce	#721	$875K	+32.8%	up 25
9	Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico	#739	$796K	−23.4%	down 59
10	San Juan Bautista School of Medicine	#745	$778K	+5.1%	down 18
11	University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla	#802	$512K	−30.9%	down 76
12	University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo	#831	$418K	+13.0%	down 4
13	Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Carolina	#836	$407K	+110.9%	up 54
14	Albizu University	#839	$403K	new	—
15	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce	#866	$308K	−35.6%	down 74
16	Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Cupey	#895	$223K	−70.1%	down 170
All 16			$135.8M

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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