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Comparing NC State to Research Peer Institutions

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

Institution
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Johns Hopkins Univ
$1,140,235
$1,244,132
$1,375,014
$1,443,792
$1,499,977
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
$662,101
$717,044
$763,875
$798,099
$831,895
Univ of California-Los Angeles
$787,598
$849,357
$772,569
$785,625
$811,493
Univ of Maryland-College Park
$324,980
$321,899
$325,648
$338,648
$800,488
Univ of Washington
$627,273
$684,814
$713,976
$707,519
$778,148
Univ of California-San Diego
$585,008
$646,508
$708,690
$721,035
$754,766
Stanford Univ
$538,474
$603,227
$671,046
$714,897
$679,196
Univ of Pennsylvania
$522,269
$564,635
$596,756
$654,982
$676,052
Duke Univ
$441,533
$520,191
$520,871
$630,752
$657,080
Ohio State Univ
$432,387
$496,438
$518,088
$608,923
$652,329
Cornell Univ
$496,123
$554,760
$575,554
$606,804
$648,802
Pennsylvania State Univ
$492,739
$533,427
$600,139
$625,764
$644,182
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
$446,786
$485,764
$543,448
$580,742
$600,748
Univ of Michigan
$673,724
$780,054
$769,126
$808,887
$594,877
Univ of Minnesota
$494,265
$508,557
$526,270
$548,873
$594,877
Univ of California-Davis
$456,653
$482,145
$511,757
$546,978
$573,002
Univ of Florida
$386,316
$429,734
$447,146
$530,734
$565,491
Washington Univ
$416,960
$474,328
$489,565
$531,846
$547,674
Univ of California-Berkeley
$474,746
$507,186
$525,598
$554,551
$546,035
Univ of Arizona
$390,827
$454,941
$478,680
$530,233
$535,847
Univ of Pittsburgh
$400,200
$409,684
$461,693
$510,943
$530,162
Columbia Univ
$405,403
$437,669
$468,484
$535,424
$529,945
Univ of Colorado
$399,818
$436,761
$482,992
$517,067
$512,794
Texas A&M Univ
$436,681
$456,235
$456,809
$479,735
$492,955
Univ of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
$427,174
$493,581
$506,041
$499,711
$476,198
Yale Univ
$354,243
$387,644
$422,828
$431,618
$460,075
Harvard Univ
$401,367
$408,707
$454,495
$447,196
$453,156
Univ of California-Santa Barbara
$131,795
$149,130
$151,325
$165,014
$450,173
Univ of Southern California
$372,397
$414,099
$426,665
$445,036
$450,173
Univ of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
$370,806
$390,542
$416,727
$441,033
$443,790
Georgia Tech
$340,347
$364,190
$410,799
$425,386
$440,898
Univ of Texas at Austin
$320,966
$343,854
$343,886
$410,981
$431,398
Northwestern Univ
$282,154
$319,722
$358,947
$387,242
$419,985
Purdue Univ
$285,778
$309,476
$365,779
$364,986
$372,958
Case Western Reserve Univ
$219,042
$250,674
$231,800
$323,618
$369,264
Univ of Rochester
$261,601
$285,768
$312,303
$345,337
$366,658
Michigan State Univ
$289,787
$321,410
$325,438
$333,735
$358,097
Indiana Univ
$299,080
$337,669
$384,168
$307,137
$355,004
Univ of Iowa
$288,808
$292,035
$312,914
$334,144
$346,357
Emory Univ
$271,238
$323,224
$311,685
$333,665
$345,989
Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln
$247,948
$276,424
$299,550
$333,126
$333,243
NC State Univ
$290,018
$286,025
$292,720
$302,596
$330,936
Univ of Georgia
$284,660
$299,748
$313,160
$316,806
$323,843
Virginia Tech
$232,560
$247,807
$268,752
$289,994
$321,722
Rutgers Univ-New Brunswick
$258,829
$278,763
$296,534
$309,531
$308,204
Univ of Chicago
$225,264
$247,322
$272,390
$293,970
$305,301
Univ of California-Irvine
$209,469
$234,656
$257,024
$276,763
$300,229
SUNY-Buffalo
$226,959
$240,180
$258,952
$267,271
$297,909
New York Univ
$222,978
$241,593
$259,333
$276,198
$284,164
California Inst of Tech
$220,004
$240,664
$261,098
$265,364
$270,269
Univ of Virginia
$182,340
$206,199
$228,532
$239,061
$238,754
SUNY-Stony Brook
$184,045
$200,330
$213,547
$212,289
$234,635
Iowa State Univ
$188,664
$199,566
$211,996
$209,545
$221,998
Univ of Missouri-Columbia
$177,011
$205,212
$217,550
$220,718
$215,240
Carnegie Mellon Univ
$188,191
$186,351
$205,149
$200,297
$212,506
Univ of Kansas
$172,131
$173,024
$181,192
$190,105
$195,947
Princeton Univ
$164,408
$179,951
$188,373
$202,380
$188,165
Brown Univ
$109,482
$125,090
$130,741
$138,262
$157,926
Tulane Univ
$102,998
$117,709
$123,677
$138,959
$114,397
Rice Univ
$48,169
$52,367
$60,872
$63,102
$66,564
Univ of Oregon
$43,723
$44,604
$51,956
$52,657
$57,153
Brandeis Univ
$47,122
$50,841
$51,498
$54,136
$57,017
Syracuse Univ
$45,870
$48,846
$58,276
$62,020
$36,100

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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