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Comparing NC State to Research Peer Institutions

Total Non-Federal R&D Expenditures Over Time
(Dollars in Thousands)

Institution
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Univ of Wisconsin - Madison
$317,098
$320,813
$329,452
$320,517
$340,085
Ohio State Univ
$254,504
$297,950
$233,413
$314,870
$336,415
Univ of California - Los Angeles
$420,836
$428,183
$311,424
$315,736
$327,620
Univ of California - Davis
$280,009
$273,818
$289,820
$306,975
$324,812
Univ of Florida
$219,208
$234,776
$225,248
$299,035
$317,169
Univ of California - San Diego
$225,625
$246,408
$243,061
$257,089
$290,959
Texas A&M Univ
$273,193
$279,116
$283,104
$266,812
$286,713
Univ of California - Berkeley
$257,449
$268,980
$256,768
$263,591
$284,317
Pennsylvania State Univ
$208,033
$232,333
$252,143
$267,195
$276,967
Univ of Minnesota
$198,964
$215,291
$218,593
$229,102
$268,707
Cornell Univ
$225,545
$233,892
$236,447
$241,110
$258,759
Duke Univ
$180,177
$213,327
$172,975
$254,184
$242,661
Univ of Michigan
$229,469
$263,236
$247,787
$254,371
$234,749
Univ of Arizona
$179,055
$195,867
$194,724
$237,422
$234,228
Univ of Georgia
$206,574
$205,864
$216,812
$213,840
$231,191
Purdue Univ
$178,301
$180,277
$221,689
$214,635
$215,520
Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
$212,851
$227,094
$230,145
$209,726
$211,553
VA Polytechnic Inst & St Univ
$149,584
$149,664
$173,083
$180,152
$201,728
North Carolina State Univ
$198,037
$189,868
$189,134
$193,468
$199,674
Univ of Pennsylvania
$124,682
$149,004
$161,413
$189,698
$197,279
Univ of Nebraska
$165,220
$179,797
$183,717
$203,910
$194,130
Johns Hopkins Univ
$117,725
$137,161
$145,588
$166,500
$192,524
Michigan State Univ
$167,192
$187,590
$181,965
$177,274
$188,981
Indiana Univ
$166,321
$184,044
$217,255
$135,609
$184,369
Georgia Institute of Technology
$174,667
$160,608
$173,316
$180,256
$183,147
Rutgers the State Univ of New Jersey
$167,624
$168,722
$167,879
$171,922
$178,748
Northwestern Univ
$103,547
$119,406
$128,354
$143,129
$170,005
Univ of Texas at Austin
$101,808
$111,858
$108,605
$156,452
$158,251
SUNY at Buffalo
$105,583
$110,386
$115,087
$115,381
$144,757
Univ of Maryland - College Park
$130,885
$138,693
$144,705
$142,640
$144,480
Washington Univ in St Louis
$113,519
$116,964
$118,522
$131,147
$139,272
Stanford Univ
$111,854
$119,687
$129,379
$140,222
$139,127
Univ of California - Irvine
$93,921
$100,783
$106,029
$115,239
$130,246
Univ of Iowa
$108,065
$94,775
$103,049
$117,790
$129,836
Univ of Washington
$140,214
$119,212
$88,758
$101,202
$127,754
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
$116,377
$129,558
$115,896
$123,507
$124,386
SUNY at Stony Brook
$75,923
$87,878
$90,423
$86,508
$121,662
Iowa State Univ
$117,245
$117,269
$119,761
$111,540
$117,445
Univ of Southern California
$105,752
$113,904
$114,076
$114,910
$116,795
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$116,235
$109,864
$112,523
$120,739
$114,575
Univ of Missouri-Columbia
$99,269
$121,001
$127,246
$124,680
$113,508
Yale Univ
$79,939
$90,931
$91,991
$98,916
$111,575
Univ of Pittsburgh
$93,287
$64,059
$67,249
$90,662
$107,846
New York Univ
$72,983
$75,560
$77,892
$84,416
$94,888
Univ of Rochester
$66,303
$77,620
$81,110
$87,840
$88,259
Univ of Kansas
$89,468
$80,136
$79,272
$79,337
$80,425
Columbia Univ in the City of New York
$48,654
$52,140
$61,908
$82,236
$78,758
Emory Univ
$85,155
$94,969
$68,437
$66,797
$78,095
Vanderbilt Univ
$35,447
$54,095
$56,851
$68,739
$76,470
Princeton Univ
$66,684
$75,940
$76,938
$82,338
$70,320
Univ of California - Santa Barbara
$53,425
$60,708
$59,077
$61,059
$68,260
Univ of Colorado
$59,352
$58,820
$68,006
$67,701
$64,444
Case Western Reserve Univ
$37,154
$45,222
$36,275
$111,133
$62,284
Brown Univ
$41,267
$43,645
$46,615
$47,405
$61,004
Univ of Chicago
$41,434
$46,193
$43,288
$48,291
$51,830
Harvard Univ
$64,760
$60,087
$54,731
$51,290
$49,698
Univ of Virginia
$29,982
$32,757
$40,411
$38,335
$34,976
Tulane Univ
$38,174
$35,591
$35,760
$44,331
$30,345
Carnegie Mellon Univ
$50,224
$28,768
$32,291
$26,395
$27,117
California Institute of Technology
$20,060
$21,567
$16,911
$15,993
$21,678
Brandeis Univ
$18,116
$17,119
$13,457
$14,348
$15,833
Rice Univ.
$8,430
$8,661
$9,715
$8,367
$12,684
Syracuse Univ
$13,166
$14,287
$15,114
$15,075
$10,801
Univ of Oregon
$6,546
$8,477
$8,322
$9,093
$10,570

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

For more information e-mail: karen_helm@ncsu.edu