Biggest Research Spenders

The top 30 institutions that spent the largest amounts on research in the 2021 fiscal year accounted for more than 40 percent of such spending in higher education..

Note: The Johns Hopkins University includes the Applied Physics Laboratory, with $1.95 billion in total R&D expenditures in FY 2021. U.of Maryland includes expenditures for the Baltimore and College Park campuses.
Table: Audrey Williams June Source: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2021 Get the data