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Higher Education R&D Expenditures (compared to doctoral universities: highest research activity)

UNLV and UNR aspire to the Carnegie classification of Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity. This table displays UNLV and UNR R&D expenditures with institutions classified as Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity.

Higher Education R&D Expenditures (compared to doctoral universities: highest research activity)
(dollars in thousands)
Institution 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Arizona State University-Tempe385,959405,154426,651458,412518,239
Boston College51,44250,70249,72447,76154,469
Boston University334,496368,281367,328388,336395,921
Brandeis University74,66076,06074,99274,70073,435
Brown University365,120361,010341,531342,040347,016
California Institute of Technology379,713347,105367,182374,424371,060
Carnegie Mellon University255,933271,277251,222242,004319,168
Case Western Reserve University431,090425,788419,011401,527405,655
Clemson University142,096152,444161,070171,215183,965
Colorado State University-Fort Collins375,919313,238307,978317,219331,862
Columbia University in the City of New York889,487889,188890,642868,159837,312
Cornell University802,387845,184883,292954,412974,199
CUNY Graduate School and University Center9,17311,9827,7976,17510,098
Desert Research Institute33,05627,69523,77822,10329,422
Duke University1,009,911992,8211,036,8131,036,6981,055,778
Emory University565,766575,943558,600585,210614,527
Florida International University118,058128,070132,531163,033170,846
Florida State University225,378250,877252,548256,449268,288
George Mason University90,19895,91398,680106,410108,899
George Washington University196,448202,428227,995241,117231,829
Georgetown University180,308178,995172,726176,131183,788
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus688,905730,488725,550765,370790,706
Georgia State University91,148111,999123,915139,596161,314
Harvard University799,4321,012,766933,9751,013,7531,077,253
Indiana University-Bloomington184,486197,897206,039485,076508,766
Iowa State University260,995266,596313,263306,125328,385
Johns Hopkins University2,106,1852,168,5682,242,4782,305,6792,431,180
Kansas State University176,141183,096184,945188,721193,254
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College285,395283,400290,076281,154291,972
Massachusetts Institute of Technology824,130900,524908,017930,719946,159
Michigan State University507,061515,707526,906558,248613,369
New York University458,645471,909523,623602,041809,739
North Carolina State University at Raleigh404,225417,468446,112468,293489,918
Northeastern University107,862116,088116,245122,915129,040
Northwestern University631,078639,781645,333656,167713,491
Ohio State University-Main Campus766,513793,373815,075817,881818,464
Oregon State University240,507232,677230,963245,317254,275
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus797,679837,880800,773791,031825,561
Princeton University275,666269,908293,274279,851305,147
Purdue University-Main Campus602,501595,739564,923558,611606,302
Rice University117,223131,003138,536144,679154,543
Rutgers University-New Brunswick434,901493,320644,116628,613630,212
Stanford University903,238945,450959,2471,022,5511,066,269
Stony Brook University219,744225,712211,631220,580230,621
SUNY at Albany137,758137,759130,955111,705120,232
Syracuse University85,64970,96766,32169,89684,651
Temple University138,318224,087224,101227,468246,392
Texas A & M University-College Station693,421820,015854,214866,678892,718
Texas Tech University138,026142,676159,308163,897172,521
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville179,252193,054179,041173,533183,268
The University of Texas at Arlington78,55686,73589,17577,79887,386
The University of Texas at Austin621,538634,132585,251604,376621,692
The University of Texas at Dallas90,70098,84299,72798,551106,205
Tufts University160,922156,525160,825168,314189,085
Tulane University of Louisiana164,373160,414157,825152,658165,438
University of Alabama at Birmingham453,779440,796428,563516,229537,825
University of Arizona625,365629,466588,088606,219604,464
University of Arkansas123,199125,501125,824133,660145,020
University of California-Berkeley730,348727,002744,343788,505774,255
University of California-Davis713,292725,734711,721721,077741,892
University of California-Irvine350,030347,773340,056329,798345,319
University of California-Los Angeles1,003,375966,659948,1971,021,2271,037,528
University of California-Riverside135,494132,617133,558144,511152,233
University of California-San Diego1,073,8641,075,5541,067,3881,101,4661,087,117
University of California-Santa Barbara233,883236,497231,322222,870230,139
University of California-Santa Cruz155,516150,777151,734151,713151,192
University of Central Florida116,891126,681185,555215,519242,308
University of Chicago419,631402,621390,082412,536420,997
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus433,668438,642422,873436,028430,579
University of Colorado Boulder392,004385,849379,475420,775453,123
University of Connecticut256,854242,251258,056259,397265,522
University of Delaware170,174179,967175,563175,724176,295
University of Florida696,985695,063708,526739,522791,294
University of Georgia351,395350,225355,471374,264410,345
University of Hawaii at Manoa312,311326,750324,342316,497304,476
University of Houston116,288130,844140,597150,628162,049
University of Illinois at Chicago388,625367,848347,888354,560337,296
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign583,754743,487621,733639,817625,180
University of Iowa446,429435,377449,147443,218473,362
University of Kansas286,262298,498301,534311,383297,933
University of Kentucky360,776339,764328,239331,705349,661
University of Louisville196,842186,772183,376179,499182,454
University of Maryland-College Park502,406491,998485,051505,699539,388
University of Massachusetts-Amherst194,775190,739200,199213,902214,576
University of Miami365,301344,757345,805331,036358,441
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor1,322,7111,375,1171,349,2621,369,2781,436,448
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities826,173858,378876,870880,618910,181
University of Mississippi121,731108,168109,92294,040121,665
University of Missouri-Columbia239,810236,423237,266246,684248,300
University of Nebraska-Lincoln253,321266,507278,299284,438294,856
University of Nevada-Las Vegas34,54335,93539,44842,00062,825
University of Nevada-Reno85,72689,79787,32490,13895,475
University of New Mexico-Main Campus220,360227,703228,849232,271239,550
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill884,791973,007989,766966,7811,045,338
University of North Texas46,86544,90447,00246,33550,567
University of Notre Dame157,691175,220182,228190,954202,216
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus240,974255,674253,344242,367259,998
University of Oregon105,03094,52291,20379,698100,754
University of Pennsylvania847,077828,422828,350864,0681,296,429
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus866,638872,736856,806861,205889,793
University of Rochester389,612389,355353,419346,932346,165
University of South Carolina-Columbia214,901203,365206,173208,736209,271
University of South Florida-Main Campus443,206459,409488,641485,354505,965
University of Southern California623,544645,636687,222691,031702,866
University of Utah430,056494,058486,140518,928350,212
University of Virginia-Main Campus383,359385,828358,576373,218397,458
University of Washington-Seattle Campus1,109,0081,192,5131,176,3401,180,5631,277,679
University of Wisconsin-Madison1,169,7791,123,5011,108,5641,069,0771,157,680
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee61,77156,58760,75263,41459,813
Vanderbilt University560,466571,603683,890647,816640,842
Virginia Commonwealth University201,366196,015201,858218,925225,999
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University454,417496,169513,149504,282521,773
Washington State University335,930341,082326,414333,134334,082
Washington University in St Louis706,410684,847664,752694,069741,115
Wayne State University227,070224,331218,435213,878221,537
West Virginia University169,303167,144164,454170,145172,477
Yale University656,555788,784772,840803,004881,765