Statistics for U.S. Universities by Research Expenditure

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Rank	$$$	Hint	Answer	% Correct
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.	Harvard University	100%
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.	University of California, Los Angeles	96%
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.	Yale University	83%
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.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	79%
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!). Best for last :)	University of California, Berkeley	79%
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),	Stanford University	71%
21	$1,032,909	This university "in the City of _____" was the first to grant M.D. degrees and administers the Pulitzer Prize annually.	Columbia University in the City of New York	67%
19	$1,048,988	Originally founded to improve the economy of the South during Reconstruction, now this university churns out CS and engineering majors.	Georgia Institute of Technology	67%
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.	Cornell University	63%
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.	Duke University	63%
1	$3,110,494	This university's first president integrated teaching and research, thus paving the way for the research university.	Johns Hopkins University	54%
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.	New York University	50%
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.	Ohio State University	50%
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).	Pennsylvania State University `	50%
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.	University of Washington	46%
2	$1,673,862	This university's football team has the largest stadium in the Western hemisphere.	University of Michigan	42%
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.	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	42%
29	$874,671	This university was founded to serve and named after the first post-colonial organized incorporated territory.	Northwestern University	38%
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.	University of California, San Diego	38%
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.	University of Pennsylvania	38%
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.	University of Southern California	38%
14	$1,130,803	This university is located in a mid-size city, but it has the largest student body in the country (2021).	Texas A&M University	33%
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!)	Washington University in St. Louis	29%
3	$1,651,073	Of the 10 official campuses in its university system, this university is the only one without undergraduates.	University of California, San Francisco	25%
16	$1,103,062	Due to its proximity to D.C., this university cooperates with many federal government agencies including NASA and the NIH.	University of Maryland	17%
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.	University of Minnesota	17%
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.	University of Florida	13%
15	$1,105,532	The centerpiece of the campus is a skyscraper, the tallest education building in the Western hemisphere.	University of Pittsburgh	8%
18	$1,051,297	This university's research is dedicated to just one problem (it is a pretty big problem though).	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	8%
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.	University of Wisconsin-Madison	8%