U.S. Universities by Research Expenditure

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1

$3,110,494

This university's first president integrated teaching and research, thus paving the way for the research university.

2

$1,673,862

This university's football team has the largest stadium in the Western hemisphere.

3

$1,651,073

Of the 10 official campuses in its university system, this university is the only one without undergraduates.

4

$1,579,364

This university is home to both the oldest medical and business schools in the country and, despite its name, is not a public state university.

5

$1,456,902

This university's medical school provides clinical education to several northwestern states and Alaska via its partnership with the flagship universities of these states.

6

$1,403,735

This university is generally not considered the flagship of its system but has a higher expenditure than the 2 which generally are considered so.

7

1,392,941

This university, bounded by a famous avenue, busy freeway, and densely developed boulevard, is the most-applied to in the country and also provides the most applicants to medical school.

8

$1,363,931

This university has made a surprising number of contributions to the life-sciences including foundational discoveries in genetics, nutrition, and environmental science.

9

$1,239,983

Although this university does not have the largest research expenditure, it does have the largest endowment and is the oldest institution of higher-learning in the country.

11

$1,203,950

This university is technically located in a namesake CDP, although it is commonly said to be located in a city with a high tech presence (hence the significant majority of CS majors at this institution),

10

$1,196,638

This university was founded by Quakers and (righteously) sequesters all freshmen in its East Campus separate from the main West Campus.

12

$1,190,063

This university is one of the 3 private land-grant universities, but 3 of its undergraduate colleges are statuary colleges of the state university system.

13

$1,159,725

This university is on one of the vertices of the Research Triangle with its rival located on another vertex - in a much larger city, but with half the student population.

14

$1,130,803

This university is located in a mid-size city, but it has the largest student body in the country (2021).

15

$1,105,532

The centerpiece of the campus is a skyscraper, the tallest education building in the Western hemisphere.

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16

$1,103,062

Due to its proximity to D.C., this university cooperates with many federal government agencies including NASA and the NIH.

17

$1,094,135

This university solely taught theology and sacred languages in the colonial period, but it expanded to teach the sciences and humanities after American independence.

18

$1,051,297

This university's research is dedicated to just one problem (it is a pretty big problem though).

19

$1,048,988

Originally founded to improve the economy of the South during Reconstruction, now this university churns out CS and engineering majors.

20

$1,042,382

This university, the flagship institution of its state, is located in a suburb of the state's capital - but can be considered to be located in the suburb of another city as well.

21

$1,032,909

This university "in the City of _____" was the first to grant M.D. degrees and administers the Pulitzer Prize annually.

22

$991,923

This university has a flagship campus in the center of the state, but is actually distributed across many campuses throughout the state (funding refers only to the flagship campus and medical school).

23

$987,968

One of only three private land-grand institutions, this university adopted a STEM-focused education shared by an opposite-coast rival school as well.

24

$968,260

Future president Rutherford B. Hayes led the development of this university, which, whilst the flagship institution of the state, is also one of the few federally-chartered universities.

25

$947,293

This university was chartered by the state legislature, although it is now a private university in a state which does not have a well-defined flagship institution.

26

$942,223

This university has one of the largest student bodies in the country, but does not have the largest student body in its state.

27

$941,198

As can be guessed by the city it's in (for which it is the largest private employer), this university's School of Cinematic Arts is by far and away the leader in graduates receiving the Academy and Emmy Awards.

28

$920,215

This university is named after a president who also has a state named after them, thus resulting in the common confusion between this university and said state's flagship university (on this list too!)

29

$874,671

This university was founded to serve and named after the first post-colonial organized incorporated territory.

30

$840,000

This university's College of Chemistry has discovered 16 elements, one of which is named after it; it is also associated with 3 national laboratories and a separate highly-funded health sciences institution (on this list!).