Highest Research Expenses1. Johns Hopkins University ($3,263,050,000) 2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology ($1,665,682,000) 3. New York University ($1,206,032,000) 4. Harvard University ($1,124,808,000) 5. University of Wisconsin-Madison ($1,097,886,371) 6. Georgia Institute of Technology ($1,009,289,463) 7. Duke University ($1,000,476,000) 8. Texas A&M University ($978,864,830) 9. Univ. of California, Los Angeles ($961,400,331) 10. University of Michigan ($954,883,000) 11. Univ. of California, San Diego ($926,525,191) 12. Stanford University ($910,131,000) 13. University of Washington ($905,725,549) 14. Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities ($894,046,193) 15. University of Pittsburgh ($863,910,541) 16. University of Pennsylvania ($848,200,000) 17. Penn State University ($844,438,000) 18. University of Florida ($786,883,000) 19. Columbia University ($762,719,000) 20. University of California, Berkeley ($692,475,106) 21. University of California, Davis ($669,574,950) 22. The University of Texas at Austin ($668,799,542) 23. UNC Chapel Hill ($662,803,984) 24. Univ. of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign ($635,184,456) 25. Rutgers University ($603,919,000) 26. Yale University ($603,691,131) 27. Emory University ($590,225,000) 28. Northwestern University ($578,259,000) 29. The Ohio State University ($574,294,773) 30. Washington University in St. Louis ($570,475,000) 31. The University of Arizona ($548,629,000) 32. University of Virginia ($523,690,834) 33. University of Maryland ($499,861,309) 34. University of Georgia ($470,593,530) 35. Michigan State University ($458,135,505) 36. University of Colorado Boulder ($442,824,071) 37. University of Iowa ($417,622,000) 38. University of Maryland, Baltimore ($403,300,244) 39. University of Chicago ($402,532,556) 40. Princeton University ($400,057,000) 41. University of Southern California ($397,016,000) 42. The University of Utah ($396,984,000) 43. Virginia Tech ($395,604,668) 44. Cornell University ($392,010,201) 45. Arizona State University ($390,674,000) 46. Case Western Reserve University ($385,276,458) 47. University of Colorado Denver ($371,787,512) 48. University of California, Irvine ($352,624,794) 49. University of South Florida ($350,860,908) 50. North Carolina State University ($348,223,123) 51. University of Kentucky ($342,213,707) 52. Purdue University ($335,217,852) 53. University of Illinois at Chicago ($332,608,822) 54. University of Kansas ($331,829,748) 55. University of Rochester ($322,190,000) 56. Oregon Health & Science University ($318,903,000) 57. Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham ($302,659,583) 58. California Institute of Technology ($293,396,172) 59. University of Miami ($290,582,055) 60. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville ($286,342,541) 61. Colorado State University ($263,687,610) 62. University of Hawaii at Manoa ($249,144,461) 63. Boston University ($246,855,000) 64. Utah State University ($244,837,854) 65. Carnegie Mellon University ($242,368,360) 66. Georgetown University ($242,074,000) 67. Washington State University ($239,526,813) 68. Indiana/Purdue University ($233,210,677) 69. Virginia Commonwealth University ($224,630,635) 70. University of Nebraska-Lincoln ($224,064,658) 71. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara ($221,636,788) 72. Clemson University ($220,761,727) 73. Auburn University ($220,256,565) 74. Louisiana State University ($219,397,803) 75. Temple University ($218,356,000) 76. Oregon State University ($208,794,819) 77. Kansas State University ($207,220,425) 78. George Washington University ($205,972,000) 79. Florida State University ($205,539,807) 80. University of New Mexico ($205,268,397) 81. Vanderbilt University ($201,335,123) 82. University of Cincinnati ($200,271,498) 83. Texas Tech University ($198,766,869) 84. University of Houston ($195,840,522) 85. Georgia State University ($195,327,935) 86. Wake Forest University ($195,155,000) 87. Thomas Jefferson University ($191,715,759) 88. Mississippi State University ($190,862,428) 89. Wayne State University ($188,331,000) 90. University of Central Florida ($186,785,744) 91. Northeastern University ($185,353,000) 92. University of Missouri ($177,805,695) 93. The University of Oklahoma ($177,673,000) 94. University of Connecticut ($174,969,960) 95. University of Delaware ($173,776,736) 96. Florida International University ($173,010,165) 97. Iowa State University ($172,634,978) 98. Tufts University ($172,612,124) 99. Tulane University ($167,547,000) 100. Univ. of California, Riverside ($166,029,488) 101. University of Arkansas ($164,914,624) 102. University of Louisville ($158,858,000) 103. University of South Carolina ($156,592,463) 104. Brown University ($155,969,000) 105. University at Buffalo, SUNY ($154,385,418) 106. William Marsh Rice University ($153,422,595) 107. Drexel University ($151,583,000) 108. Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst ($150,832,685) 109. University of Dayton ($148,240,000) 110. Dartmouth College ($147,375,563) 111. Oklahoma State University ($145,772,947) 112. University of Alaska Fairbanks ($142,641,063) 113. Montana State University ($141,608,775) 114. University of Notre Dame ($141,355,000) 115. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($140,977,000) 116. West Virginia University ($140,682,145) 117. Indiana University Bloomington ($140,302,393) 118. Stony Brook University ($135,088,871) 119. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz ($133,119,941) 120. George Mason University ($129,016,001) 121. The University of Texas at Dallas ($128,565,701) 122. University of New Hampshire ($122,062,708) 123. University of Mississippi ($122,014,947) 124. Univ. of Texas at San Antonio ($120,678,676) 125. University of Texas at Arlington ($116,975,681) 126. University of Vermont ($116,240,000) 127. Wichita State University ($112,243,844) 128. North Dakota State University ($107,655,477) 129. The University of Texas at El Paso ($107,243,446) 130. University of Wyoming ($104,370,000) 131. University of Rhode Island ($102,652,211) 132. University of Nevada, Reno ($100,033,145) 133. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville ($98,856,289) 134. New Mexico State University ($97,977,394) 135. New Jersey Institute of Technology ($96,370,000) 136. University of Oregon ($91,984,616) 137. University of North Texas ($88,204,388) 138. University of North Dakota ($88,121,780) 139. The University of Alabama ($87,882,725) 140. The University of Maine ($82,906,000) 141. Augusta University ($81,458,037) 142. Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore ($79,217,495) 143. University of Idaho ($78,013,567) 144. University of Massachusetts Lowell ($77,334,000) 145. Florida Atlantic University ($76,119,979) 146. The University of Memphis ($72,143,876) 147. Texas State University ($68,421,394) 148. Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette ($68,358,134) 149. Colorado School of Mines ($67,843,889) 150. American University ($66,808,000) 151. Northern Arizona University ($66,196,171) 152. College of William & Mary ($65,437,531) 153. Michigan Technological University ($64,303,969) 154. Syracuse University ($64,160,364) 155. The University of Montana ($63,096,965) 156. South Dakota State University ($60,199,799) 157. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ($58,035,487) 158. Illinois Institute of Technology ($57,118,000) 159. University of Southern Mississippi ($56,631,362) 160. Univ. of Texas Rio Grande Valley ($51,496,261) 161. University of California, Merced ($50,539,001) 162. Rochester Institute of Technology ($49,680,000) 163. Brandeis University ($49,461,066) 164. University of Nevada, Las Vegas ($48,631,000) 165. Boston College ($47,758,642) 166. Brigham Young University ($47,520,363) 167. Marquette University ($46,794,000) 168. Ohio University ($45,880,333) 169. Boise State University ($45,281,423) 170. Mercer University ($44,981,472) 171. Lehigh University ($43,914,000) 172. University of Toledo ($42,859,719) 173. Portland State University ($42,665,350) 174. East Carolina University ($42,405,504) 175. University at Albany, SUNY ($40,916,324) 176. Binghamton University, SUNY ($40,545,218) 177. Saint Louis University ($40,372,511) 178. University of Massachusetts Boston ($39,946,000) 179. University of South Alabama ($39,373,000) 180. Howard University ($39,333,000) 181. Baylor University ($38,975,000) 182. Morgan State University ($36,809,874) 183. Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale ($36,761,962) 184. Worcester Polytechnic Institute ($34,375,000) 185. Univ. of North Carolina,Charlotte ($32,223,572) 186. Southern Methodist University ($31,795,000) 187. Stevens Institute of Technology ($31,753,000) 188. Missouri Univ. of Sci and Tech ($31,720,261) 189. Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi ($30,638,099) 190. Wright State University ($29,547,648) 191. Rowan University ($29,357,586) 192. North Carolina A&T State Univ. ($28,130,854) 193. Florida A&M Univ. ($27,621,104) 194. Illinois State University ($27,195,571) 195. Loyola University Chicago ($25,047,562) 196. Kent State University ($24,242,220) 197. Louisiana Tech University ($23,727,403) 198. University of Denver ($22,878,943) 199. University of Missouri-Kansas City ($22,693,911) 200. Montclair State University ($22,372,000) 201. Texas A&M University-Kingsville ($22,172,077) 202. Nova Southeastern University ($21,728,711) 203. The Catholic University of America ($21,726,174) 204. University of Akron ($21,624,224) 205. Delaware State University ($21,035,428) 206. Univ. of North Carolina,Greensboro ($21,000,709) 207. Northern Illinois University ($20,798,646) 208. Loma Linda University ($19,529,282) 209. The University of Tulsa ($19,319,573) 210. San Francisco State University ($19,095,004) 211. Old Dominion University ($19,024,952) 212. Missouri State University ($18,752,648) 213. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. ($18,414,000) 214. Central Michigan University ($18,361,867) 215. United States Naval Academy ($18,239,470) 216. SUNY College of ESF ($18,050,724) 217. Marshall University ($17,803,099) 218. Chapman University ($17,733,108) 219. Western Michigan University ($17,691,507) 220. Florida Institute of Technology ($17,090,638) 221. The New School ($16,859,000) 222. University of South Dakota ($16,726,810) 223. Creighton University ($16,634,000) 224. Miami University ($16,083,168) 225. Fordham University ($15,476,000) 226. Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth ($15,373,000) 227. Idaho State University ($15,170,279) 228. United States Military Academy ($15,080,274) 229. Duquesne University ($14,605,000) 230. Hampton University ($14,115,527) 231. Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock ($13,849,151) 232. University of the Pacific ($13,781,514) 233. Jackson State University ($13,750,477) 234. Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington ($13,730,993) 235. East Tennessee State University ($13,568,131) 236. Wellesley College ($13,516,000) 237. Oakland University ($13,459,694) 238. University of New Orleans ($13,284,518) 239. Tennessee State University ($13,239,372) 240. University of Nebraska at Omaha ($12,762,609) 241. Georgia Southern University ($12,762,317) 242. Middlebury College ($12,032,000) 243. Arkansas State University ($12,022,714) 244. Ball State University ($11,790,248) 245. Cleveland State University ($11,716,119) 246. Tennessee Tech University ($11,712,634) 247. Clark University ($11,675,000) 248. Sam Houston State University ($11,442,080) 249. Bowling Green State University ($11,086,049) 250. Clarkson University ($10,981,159) 251. Claremont McKenna College ($10,934,000) 252. University of North Florida ($10,462,402) 253. Indiana State University ($9,841,000) 254. Middle Tennessee State University ($9,770,746) 255. Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga ($9,731,898) 256. University of Missouri-St. Louis ($9,653,777) 257. Wesleyan University ($9,269,000) 258. Villanova University ($8,970,702) 259. DePaul University ($8,832,000) 260. Southern Illinois Univ. Edwrdsvlle ($8,650,491) 261. Eastern Michigan University ($8,516,762) 262. Grand Valley State University ($8,270,452) 263. United States Air Force Academy ($8,206,378) 264. Western Washington University ($8,119,174) 265. Clark Atlanta University ($7,826,073) 266. Western Kentucky University ($7,728,127) 267. University of Louisiana at Monroe ($7,408,400) 268. Texas Christian University ($7,377,000) 269. San Diego State University ($7,326,203) 270. Gallaudet University ($6,872,631) 271. St. John's University ($6,719,000) 272. Loyola Marymount University ($6,636,000) 273. Lehman College, CUNY ($6,626,540) 274. College of Charleston ($6,243,259) 275. University of New England ($6,221,970) 276. Univ. of Colorado Colorado Springs ($6,192,559) 277. Santa Clara University ($5,785,000) 278. Texas Southern University ($5,776,534) 279. Appalachian State University ($5,563,648) 280. Hope College ($5,560,000) 281. St. Catherine University ($5,228,058) 282. Texas Woman's University ($5,154,588) 283. Williams College ($4,924,000) 284. Barnard College ($4,823,000) 285. Smith College ($4,729,414) 286. University of Michigan-Dearborn ($4,702,000) 287. Haverford College ($4,701,850) 288. Lamar University ($4,683,074) 289. Carleton College ($4,670,355) 290. University of San Diego ($4,640,000) 291. Azusa Pacific University ($4,541,021) 292. Cal. State, Northridge ($4,469,132) 293. Fisk University ($4,128,811) 294. University of Richmond ($4,106,000) 295. Amherst College ($4,043,833) 296. Towson University ($3,969,860) 297. Texas A&M University-Commerce ($3,840,195) 298. Swarthmore College ($3,829,000) 299. Spelman College ($3,791,125) 300. University of Central Arkansas ($3,761,343) 301. Pace University ($3,746,407) 302. Cal. State, Long Beach ($3,742,608) 303. Harvey Mudd College ($3,727,095) 304. University of Northern Colorado ($3,722,337) 305. Franklin and Marshall College ($3,721,782) 306. Occidental College ($3,643,891) 307. Cal. State, San Luis Obispo ($3,631,283) 308. Stephen F. Austin State University ($3,456,483) 309. Calvin University ($3,414,000) 310. Robert Morris University ($3,402,507) 311. James Madison University ($3,398,548) 312. Cal. State, Fresno ($3,377,601) 313. Pomona College ($3,028,000) 314. Monmouth University ($2,975,933) 315. Northern Kentucky University ($2,879,000) 316. University of Northern Iowa ($2,870,968) 317. Lewis & Clark College ($2,868,776) 318. Pepperdine University ($2,816,000) 319. Skidmore College ($2,763,000) 320. University of Hartford ($2,744,000) 321. Kennesaw State University ($2,690,304) 322. Biola University ($2,681,000) 323. Bowdoin College ($2,675,000) 324. Dillard University ($2,592,652) 325. Tougaloo College ($2,579,144) 326. Dickinson College ($2,500,797) 327. Pacific University ($2,450,073) 328. University of Wisconsin-Superior ($2,421,366) 329. University of West Georgia ($2,420,395) 330. University of San Francisco ($2,406,000) 331. Bucknell University ($2,406,000) 332. The University of Texas at Tyler ($2,371,134) 333. Vassar College ($2,370,908) 334. Babson College ($2,352,389) 335. Morehead State University ($2,327,165) 336. Bates College ($2,296,234) 337. Hampshire College ($2,291,332) 338. Yeshiva University ($2,250,000) 339. Colby College ($2,233,000) 340. Wilkes University ($2,155,370) 341. Washington and Lee University ($2,130,000) 342. Furman University ($2,100,814) 343. Seton Hall University ($2,088,000) 344. Cal. State, Pomona ($2,057,698) 345. Cal. State, Sacramento ($2,007,865) 346. University of St. Thomas ($2,006,041) 347. Elon University ($1,968,000) 348. Colgate University ($1,957,451) 349. Long Island University ($1,951,653) 350. Trinity College ($1,945,641) 351. Ithaca College ($1,944,288) 352. Univ. North Carolina, Asheville ($1,936,098) 353. Liberty University ($1,892,969) 354. Mount Holyoke College ($1,879,316) 355. Hendrix College ($1,868,939) 356. Bryn Mawr College ($1,783,000) 357. Reed College ($1,752,061) 358. Lafayette College ($1,751,000) 359. Andrews University ($1,723,386) 360. Macalester College ($1,699,000) 361. Davidson College ($1,621,303) 362. Sonoma State University ($1,616,412) 363. Drew University ($1,597,000) 364. University of Detroit Mercy ($1,563,104) 365. Hobart and William Smith Colleges ($1,558,267) 366. San José State University ($1,509,336) 367. Wabash College ($1,475,497) 368. Simmons University ($1,474,623) 369. Willamette University ($1,455,000) 370. Hofstra University ($1,451,948) 371. California State University, Chico ($1,391,763) 372. Fort Lewis College ($1,376,184) 373. Seattle University ($1,313,427) 374. Sacred Heart University ($1,298,000) 375. Quinnipiac University ($1,294,237) 376. Bard College ($1,288,515) 377. St. Olaf College ($1,286,720) 378. Grinnell College ($1,280,000) 379. Wheaton College ($1,253,000) 380. University of Puget Sound ($1,250,000) 381. New College of Florida ($1,236,512) 382. Cal. State, Fullerton ($1,182,670) 383. Indiana University of Pennsylvania ($1,107,576) 384. Roosevelt University ($1,090,016) 385. Lipscomb University ($1,082,810) 386. Saint Benedict/Saint John's Univ. ($1,069,000) 387. Connecticut College ($1,038,000) 388. Colorado College ($1,031,665) 389. Drake University ($1,024,996) 390. University of the Incarnate Word ($1,013,188) 391. The College of Wooster ($1,007,756) 392. Metropolitan State University ($998,000) 393. Suffolk University ($985,908) 394. Juniata College ($976,484) 395. Gettysburg College ($934,017) 396. University of Michigan-Flint ($925,000) 397. Eastern Kentucky University ($873,945) 398. Cal. State, San Bernardino ($868,594) 399. Susquehanna University ($865,228) 400. Allegheny College ($857,237) 401. Kenyon College ($855,186) 402. Saint Michael's College ($783,624) 403. Whittier College ($774,862) 404. Loyola University New Orleans ($773,000) 405. Hamilton College ($752,000) 406. University of Wisconsin-Parkside ($742,913) 407. Valparaiso University ($738,000) 408. Lawrence University ($674,912) 409. Oberlin College ($644,293) 410. Kalamazoo College ($603,000) 411. Widener University ($588,082) 412. Bethune-Cookman University ($569,544) 413. Coe College ($560,748) 414. Gannon University ($546,000) 415. Albion College ($538,840) 416. Adelphi University ($532,992) 417. University of Maine at Machias ($523,000) 418. Whitman College ($516,324) 419. Gonzaga University ($506,000) 420. Western New England University ($505,000) 421. Stonehill College ($493,929) 422. Humboldt State University ($492,682) 423. Muhlenberg College ($491,335) 424. Elizabethtown College ($485,000) 425. Union College ($478,595) 426. Seattle Pacific University ($465,000) 427. Cornell College ($464,918) 428. St. Mary's College of Maryland ($464,604) 429. Touro College ($439,000) 430. College of the Holy Cross ($428,237) 431. Wheaton College, Massachusetts ($410,212) 432. Lesley University ($410,000) 433. St. Norbert College ($408,358) 434. Luther College ($400,539) 435. Ferris State University ($393,945) 436. Keiser University ($391,933) 437. Denison University ($380,000) 438. Centre College ($376,000) 439. Lake Forest College ($371,306) 440. Eckerd College ($368,251) 441. Shepherd University ($363,067) 442. University of Tennessee at Martin ($355,420) 443. Concordia University Wisconsin ($353,470) 444. Lincoln Memorial University ($347,872) 445. Sewanee: University of the South ($328,156) 446. Austin College ($323,967) 447. Linfield University ($319,000) 448. Pitzer College ($313,485) 449. Regis University ($311,000) 450. Wittenberg University ($310,751) 451. Gordon College ($299,527) 452. Rhodes College ($260,000) 453. Southwestern University ($259,399) 454. DePauw University ($253,000) 455. Rhode Island School of Design ($252,265) 456. Westmont College ($245,380) 457. Barry University ($237,000) 458. Valdosta State University ($220,488) 459. Ursinus College ($220,174) 460. Berea College ($212,000) 461. Hollins University ($206,130) 462. Benedictine University ($205,913) 463. Augustana College ($205,551) 464. Virginia Military Institute ($201,529) 465. Bellarmine University ($200,000) 466. Earlham College ($198,144) 467. Lycoming College ($195,000) 468. Scripps College ($191,767) 469. Harding University ($187,000) 470. Ohio Wesleyan University ($180,740) 471. Moravian College ($175,163) 472. Washburn University ($167,060) 473. Mississippi College ($158,000) 474. University of Bridgeport ($157,000) 475. Roanoke College ($154,710) 476. Agnes Scott College ($152,000) 477. Gustavus Adolphus College ($150,017) 478. Hartwick College ($141,069) 479. Marist College ($139,609) 480. Saint Vincent College ($114,641) 481. Guilford College ($111,908) 482. St. Lawrence University ($107,119) 483. Goucher College ($107,000) 484. Hanover College ($97,236) 485. Sarah Lawrence College ($91,990) 486. Illinois Wesleyan University ($91,980) 487. Sweet Briar College ($73,285) 488. The Sage Colleges ($65,401) 489. Hampden-Sydney College ($63,452) 490. Washington & Jefferson College ($51,453) 491. Purchase College, SUNY ($44,134) 492. Aurora University ($34,773) 493. Transylvania University ($34,679) 494. Regent University ($17,000) 495. Beloit College ($10,148)
Suprisingly Strong
1. Gallaudet University (+265) $6,872,631, Rank: 270, Expected: 5352. SUNY College of ESF (+251) $18,050,724, Rank: 216, Expected: 4673. Delaware State University (+234) $21,035,428, Rank: 205, Expected: 4394. University of Maryland, Baltimore (+230) $403,300,244, Rank: 38, Expected: 2685. University of New England (+227) $6,221,970, Rank: 275, Expected: 5026. St. Catherine University (+201) $5,228,058, Rank: 281, Expected: 4827. Hope College (+200) $5,560,000, Rank: 280, Expected: 4808. Florida International University (+182) $173,010,165, Rank: 96, Expected: 2789. The Catholic University of America (+180) $21,726,174, Rank: 203, Expected: 38310. Wabash College (+173) $1,475,497, Rank: 367, Expected: 540
Suprisingly Weak
1. Grand Canyon University (-308) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 2362. Southern New Hampshire University (-299) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 2453. Brigham Young University-Idaho (-287) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 2574. Valdosta State University (-263) $220,488, Rank: 458, Expected: 1955. Cal. State, San Luis Obispo (-208) $3,631,283, Rank: 307, Expected: 996. Liberty University (-200) $1,892,969, Rank: 353, Expected: 1537. Hillsdale College (-198) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 3468. University of Tennessee at Martin (-188) $355,420, Rank: 442, Expected: 2549. Campbell University (-188) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 35610. San Diego State University (-186) $7,326,203, Rank: 269, Expected: 83
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