Research expenditures by university in Texas, FY2024

56 institutions in Texas reported to the NSF HERD survey in FY2024, and together they spent $9.1 billion, 7.8% of the US total. Texas A&M University, College Station and Health Science Center leads at $1.4 billion — #22 nationally, ahead of University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The at $1.4 billion. 47 spent more than in FY2023 and 8 spent less, and one more reported for the first time. The list runs down to Jarvis Christian University at $150 thousand; every name on it links to that institution's own page.

Institutions: 56
FY2024 R&D: $9.1 billion
Share of the US total: 7.8%

The 56 institutions in Texas ranked by total research and development expenditures, NSF HERD FY2024.
In Texas	Institution	US rank	FY2024 R&D	Change on FY2023	Rank change
1	Texas A&M University, College Station and Health Science Center	#22	$1.4B	+9.1%	held
2	University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The	#23	$1.4B	+8.6%	held
3	University of Texas at Austin, The	#31	$1.1B	+10.4%	up 1
4	Baylor College of Medicine	#42	$881.2M	+4.0%	down 3
5	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The	#43	$869.3M	+8.6%	up 1
6	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The	#84	$419.1M	+12.0%	up 1
7	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, The	#108	$312.8M	+11.3%	up 3
8	Rice University	#117	$277.7M	+8.8%	down 1
9	Texas Tech University	#124	$256.9M	+7.0%	down 2
10	University of Texas Medical Branch, The	#131	$241.1M	+3.4%	down 6
11	University of Houston	#132	$239.0M	+3.0%	down 6
12	University of Texas at Dallas, The	#146	$181.8M	+23.9%	up 8
13	University of Texas at San Antonio, The	#150	$171.5M	+8.3%	held
14	Texas State University	#154	$165.0M	+16.8%	up 6
15	University of Texas at El Paso, The	#157	$157.6M	+8.1%	down 2
16	University of Texas at Arlington, The	#159	$153.8M	+4.4%	down 6
17	Baylor University	#167	$134.9M	+64.3%	up 20
18	University of North Texas, Denton	#170	$124.2M	+16.5%	up 2
19	University of North Texas, Health Science Center	#173	$110.5M	+16.7%	up 6
20	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, The	#185	$90.6M	+9.9%	up 1
21	Southern Methodist University	#217	$62.6M	+4.7%	down 2
22	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	#234	$53.0M	+8.9%	down 3
23	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	#235	$52.2M	+32.7%	up 9
24	Texas A&M University-Kingsville	#271	$31.8M	+20.3%	up 4
25	Prairie View A&M University	#272	$31.6M	+45.2%	up 27
26	Texas Christian University	#282	$27.7M	+15.0%	up 3
27	University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler	#287	$26.2M	−18.2%	down 28
28	Tarleton State University	#291	$24.9M	+6.6%	down 3
29	Texas Southern University	#316	$19.0M	+16.9%	up 8
30	Sam Houston State University	#322	$16.7M	+42.1%	up 22
31	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso	#328	$15.6M	+18.3%	up 9
32	West Texas A&M University	#357	$11.6M	+12.8%	up 5
33	Texas Woman's University	#384	$9.0M	+30.0%	up 21
34	Texas A&M International University	#395	$8.4M	+49.6%	up 42
35	Lamar University	#397	$8.3M	−9.2%	down 26
36	Abilene Christian University	#404	$7.9M	−3.8%	down 21
37	Texas A&M University-San Antonio	#413	$7.1M	+348.8%	up 203
38	Texas A&M University-Commerce	#423	$6.8M	−3.1%	down 21
39	Sul Ross State University	#426	$6.5M	+34.2%	up 27
40	Trinity University	#444	$5.8M	+10.2%	down 1
41	Stephen F. Austin State University	#483	$4.5M	+23.0%	up 11
42	University of Texas at Tyler, The	#514	$3.6M	+4.2%	down 16
43	University of the Incarnate Word	#517	$3.6M	+59.5%	up 53
44	University of Houston-Clear Lake	#536	$3.1M	+44.8%	up 39
45	University of Houston-Downtown	#538	$3.0M	+55.0%	up 45
46	University of Texas of the Permian Basin, The	#562	$2.7M	−3.1%	down 32
47	Texas A&M University-Central Texas	#620	$1.7M	+81.5%	up 71
48	St. Edward's University	#632	$1.6M	+17.7%	up 13
49	Midwestern State University	#664	$1.3M	+22.8%	up 19
50	University of North Texas, Dallas	#714	$911K	−29.5%	down 63
51	Angelo State University	#717	$903K	−4.5%	down 25
52	Southwestern University	#736	$804K	+39.8%	up 28
53	University of Houston-Victoria	#806	$501K	+5.5%	down 13
54	Austin College	#859	$344K	−11.3%	down 40
55	LeTourneau University	#906	$198K	+13.1%	down 12
56	Jarvis Christian University	#923	$150K	new	—
All 56			$9.1B

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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