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Comparing NC State to Research Peer Institutions

Federally Financed Current Fund Expenditures for Research Equipment
(Dollars in Thousands)

Institution
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Univ of Rochester
$17,294
$13,520
$13,378
$28,609
$35,238
Univ of Wisconsin - Madison
$35,389
$19,364
$21,526
$29,812
$28,881
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
$35,503
$31,909
$32,639
$22,704
$22,532
Univ of California - San Diego
$31,775
$33,139
$51,459
$22,736
$22,516
Univ of Washington
$31,157
$29,645
$26,675
$26,271
$22,109
Johns Hopkins Univ
$41,596
$16,462
$26,745
$18,922
$20,164
Cornell Univ
$21,443
$14,868
$18,761
$17,040
$18,525
Carnegie Mellon Univ
$37,262
$10,908
$8,183
$6,252
$18,050
Stanford Univ
$23,800
$24,482
$16,666
$16,029
$15,999
California Institute of Technology
$6,559
$19,164
$14,014
$18,889
$15,082
Washington Univ in St. Louis
$16,108
$32,281
$20,019
$24,750
$14,937
Univ of Chicago
$9,884
$11,682
$17,989
$15,664
$14,103
Pennsylvania State Univ
$20,403
$11,821
$16,167
$20,024
$13,831
Univ of Colorado
$10,035
$10,765
$11,601
$14,668
$13,736
Harvard Univ
$11,304
$10,658
$14,731
$12,920
$12,599
Univ of Florida
$18,010
$9,280
$9,101
$7,359
$12,323
Univ of California - Berkeley
$21,205
$14,682
$12,749
$11,880
$11,873
Univ of California - Los Angeles
$32,879
$23,548
$25,698
$16,091
$11,374
Columbia Univ in the City of New York
$14,575
$9,743
$11,187
$23,847
$10,883
Case Western Reserve Univ
$12,293
$9,265
$5,673
$5,293
$10,740
Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
$26,097
$36,984
$22,294
$29,335
$10,051
Univ of Texas at Austin
$12,645
$7,476
$6,603
$7,481
$9,539
Purdue Univ
$23,252
$5,586
$11,192
$9,585
$9,394
Yale Univ
$14,660
$10,288
$10,636
$9,107
$9,316
Texas A&M Univ
$13,002
$4,820
$6,781
$9,898
$8,779
Univ of California - Davis
$19,317
$8,309
$9,088
$7,925
$8,255
Univ of Michigan
$20,744
$12,823
$10,932
$9,236
$8,197
Ohio State Univ
$16,577
$7,295
$9,848
$6,127
$7,744
Univ of Minnesota
$14,038
$9,140
$10,542
$7,940
$7,512
Georgia Institute of Technology
$21,201
$3,716
$4,707
$5,962
$6,714
Univ of California - Irvine
$14,249
$7,800
$7,955
$7,128
$6,551
Duke Univ
$12,602
$9,868
$7,937
$7,134
$6,501
Univ of California - Santa Barbara
$11,788
$9,762
$6,824
$10,086
$6,387
Univ of Virginia
$9,389
$6,821
$6,752
$6,614
$6,142
Brown Univ
$5,432
$3,829
$2,841
$3,221
$6,130
Univ of Maryland at College Park
$12,542
$6,280
$4,630
$5,938
$5,653
Univ of Arizona
$21,735
$12,212
$14,145
$13,291
$5,621
Univ of Pittsburgh
$7,533
$7,892
$8,733
$5,095
$5,554
Univ of Southern California
$8,272
$7,073
$5,167
$4,857
$5,392
Rutgers - State Univ of New Jersey
$10,583
$6,654
$4,888
$3,939
$5,258
Northwestern Univ
$10,152
$6,204
$5,716
$6,483
$5,230
Princeton Univ
$6,968
$6,269
$4,825
$6,108
$5,098
Indiana Univ
$22,641
$8,470
$7,064
$5,310
$5,083
Univ of Kansas
$5,429
$8,893
$6,131
$5,484
$4,746
SUNY at Buffalo
$7,780
$5,315
$5,391
$4,937
$4,669
Iowa State Univ
$7,726
$3,025
$3,048
$2,155
$4,467
Michigan State Univ
$10,531
$4,785
$4,880
$4,426
$4,074
Univ of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
$6,750
$4,084
$3,617
$4,366
$3,938
SUNY at Stony Brook
$13,100
$4,542
$5,607
$14,019
$3,926
NC State Univ
$3,465
$3,965
$4,242
$3,553
$3,890
Virginia Polytechnic Inst & State Univ
$9,130
$4,125
$4,497
$4,140
$3,795
Univ of Nebraska
$10,098
$2,675
$3,099
$3,162
$3,726
Univ of Missouri - Columbia
$4,111
$1,469
$1,050
$4,683
$3,506
Univ of Iowa
$8,720
$5,251
$6,600
$6,406
$3,241
Brandeis Univ
$2,223
$1,437
$3,545
$2,177
$3,162
Emory Univ
$10,790
$5,815
$3,685
$4,590
$3,034
New York Univ
$7,302
$5,939
$6,218
$4,507
$2,873
Univ of Georgia
$10,086
$7,304
$3,068
$3,703
$2,508
Tulane Univ
$4,280
$5,894
$4,208
$3,520
$2,384
Univ of Oregon
$4,383
$3,038
$2,539
$3,420
$1,502
Syracuse Univ
$2,076
$1,914
$1,396
$3,101
$679

Source: National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Studies,
Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Fiscal Year 2006


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