Skiena Rankings
Highest Research Expenses1. Johns Hopkins University ($3,263,050,000)
2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology ($1,665,682,000)
3. New York University ($1,206,032,000)
4. Harvard University ($1,124,808,000)
5. University of Wisconsin-Madison ($1,097,886,371)
6. Georgia Institute of Technology ($1,009,289,463)
7. Duke University ($1,000,476,000)
8. Texas A&M University ($978,864,830)
9. Univ. of California, Los Angeles ($961,400,331)
10. University of Michigan ($954,883,000)
11. Univ. of California, San Diego ($926,525,191)
12. Stanford University ($910,131,000)
13. University of Washington ($905,725,549)
14. Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities ($894,046,193)
15. University of Pittsburgh ($863,910,541)
16. University of Pennsylvania ($848,200,000)
17. Penn State University ($844,438,000)
18. University of Florida ($786,883,000)
19. Columbia University ($762,719,000)
20. University of California, Berkeley ($692,475,106)
21. University of California, Davis ($669,574,950)
22. The University of Texas at Austin ($668,799,542)
23. UNC Chapel Hill ($662,803,984)
24. Univ. of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign ($635,184,456)
25. Rutgers University ($603,919,000)
26. Yale University ($603,691,131)
27. Emory University ($590,225,000)
28. Northwestern University ($578,259,000)
29. The Ohio State University ($574,294,773)
30. Washington University in St. Louis ($570,475,000)
31. The University of Arizona ($548,629,000)
32. University of Virginia ($523,690,834)
33. University of Maryland ($499,861,309)
34. University of Georgia ($470,593,530)
35. Michigan State University ($458,135,505)
36. University of Colorado Boulder ($442,824,071)
37. University of Iowa ($417,622,000)
38. University of Maryland, Baltimore ($403,300,244)
39. University of Chicago ($402,532,556)
40. Princeton University ($400,057,000)
41. University of Southern California ($397,016,000)
42. The University of Utah ($396,984,000)
43. Virginia Tech ($395,604,668)
44. Cornell University ($392,010,201)
45. Arizona State University ($390,674,000)
46. Case Western Reserve University ($385,276,458)
47. University of Colorado Denver ($371,787,512)
48. University of California, Irvine ($352,624,794)
49. University of South Florida ($350,860,908)
50. North Carolina State University ($348,223,123)
51. University of Kentucky ($342,213,707)
52. Purdue University ($335,217,852)
53. University of Illinois at Chicago ($332,608,822)
54. University of Kansas ($331,829,748)
55. University of Rochester ($322,190,000)
56. Oregon Health & Science University ($318,903,000)
57. Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham ($302,659,583)
58. California Institute of Technology ($293,396,172)
59. University of Miami ($290,582,055)
60. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville ($286,342,541)
61. Colorado State University ($263,687,610)
62. University of Hawaii at Manoa ($249,144,461)
63. Boston University ($246,855,000)
64. Utah State University ($244,837,854)
65. Carnegie Mellon University ($242,368,360)
66. Georgetown University ($242,074,000)
67. Washington State University ($239,526,813)
68. Indiana/Purdue University ($233,210,677)
69. Virginia Commonwealth University ($224,630,635)
70. University of Nebraska-Lincoln ($224,064,658)
71. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara ($221,636,788)
72. Clemson University ($220,761,727)
73. Auburn University ($220,256,565)
74. Louisiana State University ($219,397,803)
75. Temple University ($218,356,000)
76. Oregon State University ($208,794,819)
77. Kansas State University ($207,220,425)
78. George Washington University ($205,972,000)
79. Florida State University ($205,539,807)
80. University of New Mexico ($205,268,397)
81. Vanderbilt University ($201,335,123)
82. University of Cincinnati ($200,271,498)
83. Texas Tech University ($198,766,869)
84. University of Houston ($195,840,522)
85. Georgia State University ($195,327,935)
86. Wake Forest University ($195,155,000)
87. Thomas Jefferson University ($191,715,759)
88. Mississippi State University ($190,862,428)
89. Wayne State University ($188,331,000)
90. University of Central Florida ($186,785,744)
91. Northeastern University ($185,353,000)
92. University of Missouri ($177,805,695)
93. The University of Oklahoma ($177,673,000)
94. University of Connecticut ($174,969,960)
95. University of Delaware ($173,776,736)
96. Florida International University ($173,010,165)
97. Iowa State University ($172,634,978)
98. Tufts University ($172,612,124)
99. Tulane University ($167,547,000)
100. Univ. of California, Riverside ($166,029,488)
101. University of Arkansas ($164,914,624)
102. University of Louisville ($158,858,000)
103. University of South Carolina ($156,592,463)
104. Brown University ($155,969,000)
105. University at Buffalo, SUNY ($154,385,418)
106. William Marsh Rice University ($153,422,595)
107. Drexel University ($151,583,000)
108. Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst ($150,832,685)
109. University of Dayton ($148,240,000)
110. Dartmouth College ($147,375,563)
111. Oklahoma State University ($145,772,947)
112. University of Alaska Fairbanks ($142,641,063)
113. Montana State University ($141,608,775)
114. University of Notre Dame ($141,355,000)
115. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($140,977,000)
116. West Virginia University ($140,682,145)
117. Indiana University Bloomington ($140,302,393)
118. Stony Brook University ($135,088,871)
119. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz ($133,119,941)
120. George Mason University ($129,016,001)
121. The University of Texas at Dallas ($128,565,701)
122. University of New Hampshire ($122,062,708)
123. University of Mississippi ($122,014,947)
124. Univ. of Texas at San Antonio ($120,678,676)
125. University of Texas at Arlington ($116,975,681)
126. University of Vermont ($116,240,000)
127. Wichita State University ($112,243,844)
128. North Dakota State University ($107,655,477)
129. The University of Texas at El Paso ($107,243,446)
130. University of Wyoming ($104,370,000)
131. University of Rhode Island ($102,652,211)
132. University of Nevada, Reno ($100,033,145)
133. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville ($98,856,289)
134. New Mexico State University ($97,977,394)
135. New Jersey Institute of Technology ($96,370,000)
136. University of Oregon ($91,984,616)
137. University of North Texas ($88,204,388)
138. University of North Dakota ($88,121,780)
139. The University of Alabama ($87,882,725)
140. The University of Maine ($82,906,000)
141. Augusta University ($81,458,037)
142. Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore ($79,217,495)
143. University of Idaho ($78,013,567)
144. University of Massachusetts Lowell ($77,334,000)
145. Florida Atlantic University ($76,119,979)
146. The University of Memphis ($72,143,876)
147. Texas State University ($68,421,394)
148. Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette ($68,358,134)
149. Colorado School of Mines ($67,843,889)
150. American University ($66,808,000)
151. Northern Arizona University ($66,196,171)
152. College of William & Mary ($65,437,531)
153. Michigan Technological University ($64,303,969)
154. Syracuse University ($64,160,364)
155. The University of Montana ($63,096,965)
156. South Dakota State University ($60,199,799)
157. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ($58,035,487)
158. Illinois Institute of Technology ($57,118,000)
159. University of Southern Mississippi ($56,631,362)
160. Univ. of Texas Rio Grande Valley ($51,496,261)
161. University of California, Merced ($50,539,001)
162. Rochester Institute of Technology ($49,680,000)
163. Brandeis University ($49,461,066)
164. University of Nevada, Las Vegas ($48,631,000)
165. Boston College ($47,758,642)
166. Brigham Young University ($47,520,363)
167. Marquette University ($46,794,000)
168. Ohio University ($45,880,333)
169. Boise State University ($45,281,423)
170. Mercer University ($44,981,472)
171. Lehigh University ($43,914,000)
172. University of Toledo ($42,859,719)
173. Portland State University ($42,665,350)
174. East Carolina University ($42,405,504)
175. University at Albany, SUNY ($40,916,324)
176. Binghamton University, SUNY ($40,545,218)
177. Saint Louis University ($40,372,511)
178. University of Massachusetts Boston ($39,946,000)
179. University of South Alabama ($39,373,000)
180. Howard University ($39,333,000)
181. Baylor University ($38,975,000)
182. Morgan State University ($36,809,874)
183. Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale ($36,761,962)
184. Worcester Polytechnic Institute ($34,375,000)
185. Univ. of North Carolina,Charlotte ($32,223,572)
186. Southern Methodist University ($31,795,000)
187. Stevens Institute of Technology ($31,753,000)
188. Missouri Univ. of Sci and Tech ($31,720,261)
189. Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi ($30,638,099)
190. Wright State University ($29,547,648)
191. Rowan University ($29,357,586)
192. North Carolina A&T State Univ. ($28,130,854)
193. Florida A&M Univ. ($27,621,104)
194. Illinois State University ($27,195,571)
195. Loyola University Chicago ($25,047,562)
196. Kent State University ($24,242,220)
197. Louisiana Tech University ($23,727,403)
198. University of Denver ($22,878,943)
199. University of Missouri-Kansas City ($22,693,911)
200. Montclair State University ($22,372,000)
201. Texas A&M University-Kingsville ($22,172,077)
202. Nova Southeastern University ($21,728,711)
203. The Catholic University of America ($21,726,174)
204. University of Akron ($21,624,224)
205. Delaware State University ($21,035,428)
206. Univ. of North Carolina,Greensboro ($21,000,709)
207. Northern Illinois University ($20,798,646)
208. Loma Linda University ($19,529,282)
209. The University of Tulsa ($19,319,573)
210. San Francisco State University ($19,095,004)
211. Old Dominion University ($19,024,952)
212. Missouri State University ($18,752,648)
213. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. ($18,414,000)
214. Central Michigan University ($18,361,867)
215. United States Naval Academy ($18,239,470)
216. SUNY College of ESF ($18,050,724)
217. Marshall University ($17,803,099)
218. Chapman University ($17,733,108)
219. Western Michigan University ($17,691,507)
220. Florida Institute of Technology ($17,090,638)
221. The New School ($16,859,000)
222. University of South Dakota ($16,726,810)
223. Creighton University ($16,634,000)
224. Miami University ($16,083,168)
225. Fordham University ($15,476,000)
226. Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth ($15,373,000)
227. Idaho State University ($15,170,279)
228. United States Military Academy ($15,080,274)
229. Duquesne University ($14,605,000)
230. Hampton University ($14,115,527)
231. Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock ($13,849,151)
232. University of the Pacific ($13,781,514)
233. Jackson State University ($13,750,477)
234. Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington ($13,730,993)
235. East Tennessee State University ($13,568,131)
236. Wellesley College ($13,516,000)
237. Oakland University ($13,459,694)
238. University of New Orleans ($13,284,518)
239. Tennessee State University ($13,239,372)
240. University of Nebraska at Omaha ($12,762,609)
241. Georgia Southern University ($12,762,317)
242. Middlebury College ($12,032,000)
243. Arkansas State University ($12,022,714)
244. Ball State University ($11,790,248)
245. Cleveland State University ($11,716,119)
246. Tennessee Tech University ($11,712,634)
247. Clark University ($11,675,000)
248. Sam Houston State University ($11,442,080)
249. Bowling Green State University ($11,086,049)
250. Clarkson University ($10,981,159)
251. Claremont McKenna College ($10,934,000)
252. University of North Florida ($10,462,402)
253. Indiana State University ($9,841,000)
254. Middle Tennessee State University ($9,770,746)
255. Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga ($9,731,898)
256. University of Missouri-St. Louis ($9,653,777)
257. Wesleyan University ($9,269,000)
258. Villanova University ($8,970,702)
259. DePaul University ($8,832,000)
260. Southern Illinois Univ. Edwrdsvlle ($8,650,491)
261. Eastern Michigan University ($8,516,762)
262. Grand Valley State University ($8,270,452)
263. United States Air Force Academy ($8,206,378)
264. Western Washington University ($8,119,174)
265. Clark Atlanta University ($7,826,073)
266. Western Kentucky University ($7,728,127)
267. University of Louisiana at Monroe ($7,408,400)
268. Texas Christian University ($7,377,000)
269. San Diego State University ($7,326,203)
270. Gallaudet University ($6,872,631)
271. St. John's University ($6,719,000)
272. Loyola Marymount University ($6,636,000)
273. Lehman College, CUNY ($6,626,540)
274. College of Charleston ($6,243,259)
275. University of New England ($6,221,970)
276. Univ. of Colorado Colorado Springs ($6,192,559)
277. Santa Clara University ($5,785,000)
278. Texas Southern University ($5,776,534)
279. Appalachian State University ($5,563,648)
280. Hope College ($5,560,000)
281. St. Catherine University ($5,228,058)
282. Texas Woman's University ($5,154,588)
283. Williams College ($4,924,000)
284. Barnard College ($4,823,000)
285. Smith College ($4,729,414)
286. University of Michigan-Dearborn ($4,702,000)
287. Haverford College ($4,701,850)
288. Lamar University ($4,683,074)
289. Carleton College ($4,670,355)
290. University of San Diego ($4,640,000)
291. Azusa Pacific University ($4,541,021)
292. Cal. State, Northridge ($4,469,132)
293. Fisk University ($4,128,811)
294. University of Richmond ($4,106,000)
295. Amherst College ($4,043,833)
296. Towson University ($3,969,860)
297. Texas A&M University-Commerce ($3,840,195)
298. Swarthmore College ($3,829,000)
299. Spelman College ($3,791,125)
300. University of Central Arkansas ($3,761,343)
301. Pace University ($3,746,407)
302. Cal. State, Long Beach ($3,742,608)
303. Harvey Mudd College ($3,727,095)
304. University of Northern Colorado ($3,722,337)
305. Franklin and Marshall College ($3,721,782)
306. Occidental College ($3,643,891)
307. Cal. State, San Luis Obispo ($3,631,283)
308. Stephen F. Austin State University ($3,456,483)
309. Calvin University ($3,414,000)
310. Robert Morris University ($3,402,507)
311. James Madison University ($3,398,548)
312. Cal. State, Fresno ($3,377,601)
313. Pomona College ($3,028,000)
314. Monmouth University ($2,975,933)
315. Northern Kentucky University ($2,879,000)
316. University of Northern Iowa ($2,870,968)
317. Lewis & Clark College ($2,868,776)
318. Pepperdine University ($2,816,000)
319. Skidmore College ($2,763,000)
320. University of Hartford ($2,744,000)
321. Kennesaw State University ($2,690,304)
322. Biola University ($2,681,000)
323. Bowdoin College ($2,675,000)
324. Dillard University ($2,592,652)
325. Tougaloo College ($2,579,144)
326. Dickinson College ($2,500,797)
327. Pacific University ($2,450,073)
328. University of Wisconsin-Superior ($2,421,366)
329. University of West Georgia ($2,420,395)
330. University of San Francisco ($2,406,000)
331. Bucknell University ($2,406,000)
332. The University of Texas at Tyler ($2,371,134)
333. Vassar College ($2,370,908)
334. Babson College ($2,352,389)
335. Morehead State University ($2,327,165)
336. Bates College ($2,296,234)
337. Hampshire College ($2,291,332)
338. Yeshiva University ($2,250,000)
339. Colby College ($2,233,000)
340. Wilkes University ($2,155,370)
341. Washington and Lee University ($2,130,000)
342. Furman University ($2,100,814)
343. Seton Hall University ($2,088,000)
344. Cal. State, Pomona ($2,057,698)
345. Cal. State, Sacramento ($2,007,865)
346. University of St. Thomas ($2,006,041)
347. Elon University ($1,968,000)
348. Colgate University ($1,957,451)
349. Long Island University ($1,951,653)
350. Trinity College ($1,945,641)
351. Ithaca College ($1,944,288)
352. Univ. North Carolina, Asheville ($1,936,098)
353. Liberty University ($1,892,969)
354. Mount Holyoke College ($1,879,316)
355. Hendrix College ($1,868,939)
356. Bryn Mawr College ($1,783,000)
357. Reed College ($1,752,061)
358. Lafayette College ($1,751,000)
359. Andrews University ($1,723,386)
360. Macalester College ($1,699,000)
361. Davidson College ($1,621,303)
362. Sonoma State University ($1,616,412)
363. Drew University ($1,597,000)
364. University of Detroit Mercy ($1,563,104)
365. Hobart and William Smith Colleges ($1,558,267)
366. San José State University ($1,509,336)
367. Wabash College ($1,475,497)
368. Simmons University ($1,474,623)
369. Willamette University ($1,455,000)
370. Hofstra University ($1,451,948)
371. California State University, Chico ($1,391,763)
372. Fort Lewis College ($1,376,184)
373. Seattle University ($1,313,427)
374. Sacred Heart University ($1,298,000)
375. Quinnipiac University ($1,294,237)
376. Bard College ($1,288,515)
377. St. Olaf College ($1,286,720)
378. Grinnell College ($1,280,000)
379. Wheaton College ($1,253,000)
380. University of Puget Sound ($1,250,000)
381. New College of Florida ($1,236,512)
382. Cal. State, Fullerton ($1,182,670)
383. Indiana University of Pennsylvania ($1,107,576)
384. Roosevelt University ($1,090,016)
385. Lipscomb University ($1,082,810)
386. Saint Benedict/Saint John's Univ. ($1,069,000)
387. Connecticut College ($1,038,000)
388. Colorado College ($1,031,665)
389. Drake University ($1,024,996)
390. University of the Incarnate Word ($1,013,188)
391. The College of Wooster ($1,007,756)
392. Metropolitan State University ($998,000)
393. Suffolk University ($985,908)
394. Juniata College ($976,484)
395. Gettysburg College ($934,017)
396. University of Michigan-Flint ($925,000)
397. Eastern Kentucky University ($873,945)
398. Cal. State, San Bernardino ($868,594)
399. Susquehanna University ($865,228)
400. Allegheny College ($857,237)
401. Kenyon College ($855,186)
402. Saint Michael's College ($783,624)
403. Whittier College ($774,862)
404. Loyola University New Orleans ($773,000)
405. Hamilton College ($752,000)
406. University of Wisconsin-Parkside ($742,913)
407. Valparaiso University ($738,000)
408. Lawrence University ($674,912)
409. Oberlin College ($644,293)
410. Kalamazoo College ($603,000)
411. Widener University ($588,082)
412. Bethune-Cookman University ($569,544)
413. Coe College ($560,748)
414. Gannon University ($546,000)
415. Albion College ($538,840)
416. Adelphi University ($532,992)
417. University of Maine at Machias ($523,000)
418. Whitman College ($516,324)
419. Gonzaga University ($506,000)
420. Western New England University ($505,000)
421. Stonehill College ($493,929)
422. Humboldt State University ($492,682)
423. Muhlenberg College ($491,335)
424. Elizabethtown College ($485,000)
425. Union College ($478,595)
426. Seattle Pacific University ($465,000)
427. Cornell College ($464,918)
428. St. Mary's College of Maryland ($464,604)
429. Touro College ($439,000)
430. College of the Holy Cross ($428,237)
431. Wheaton College, Massachusetts ($410,212)
432. Lesley University ($410,000)
433. St. Norbert College ($408,358)
434. Luther College ($400,539)
435. Ferris State University ($393,945)
436. Keiser University ($391,933)
437. Denison University ($380,000)
438. Centre College ($376,000)
439. Lake Forest College ($371,306)
440. Eckerd College ($368,251)
441. Shepherd University ($363,067)
442. University of Tennessee at Martin ($355,420)
443. Concordia University Wisconsin ($353,470)
444. Lincoln Memorial University ($347,872)
445. Sewanee: University of the South ($328,156)
446. Austin College ($323,967)
447. Linfield University ($319,000)
448. Pitzer College ($313,485)
449. Regis University ($311,000)
450. Wittenberg University ($310,751)
451. Gordon College ($299,527)
452. Rhodes College ($260,000)
453. Southwestern University ($259,399)
454. DePauw University ($253,000)
455. Rhode Island School of Design ($252,265)
456. Westmont College ($245,380)
457. Barry University ($237,000)
458. Valdosta State University ($220,488)
459. Ursinus College ($220,174)
460. Berea College ($212,000)
461. Hollins University ($206,130)
462. Benedictine University ($205,913)
463. Augustana College ($205,551)
464. Virginia Military Institute ($201,529)
465. Bellarmine University ($200,000)
466. Earlham College ($198,144)
467. Lycoming College ($195,000)
468. Scripps College ($191,767)
469. Harding University ($187,000)
470. Ohio Wesleyan University ($180,740)
471. Moravian College ($175,163)
472. Washburn University ($167,060)
473. Mississippi College ($158,000)
474. University of Bridgeport ($157,000)
475. Roanoke College ($154,710)
476. Agnes Scott College ($152,000)
477. Gustavus Adolphus College ($150,017)
478. Hartwick College ($141,069)
479. Marist College ($139,609)
480. Saint Vincent College ($114,641)
481. Guilford College ($111,908)
482. St. Lawrence University ($107,119)
483. Goucher College ($107,000)
484. Hanover College ($97,236)
485. Sarah Lawrence College ($91,990)
486. Illinois Wesleyan University ($91,980)
487. Sweet Briar College ($73,285)
488. The Sage Colleges ($65,401)
489. Hampden-Sydney College ($63,452)
490. Washington & Jefferson College ($51,453)
491. Purchase College, SUNY ($44,134)
492. Aurora University ($34,773)
493. Transylvania University ($34,679)
494. Regent University ($17,000)
495. Beloit College ($10,148)
Suprisingly Strong
1. Gallaudet University (+265) $6,872,631, Rank: 270, Expected: 535
2. SUNY College of ESF (+251) $18,050,724, Rank: 216, Expected: 467
3. Delaware State University (+234) $21,035,428, Rank: 205, Expected: 439
4. University of Maryland, Baltimore (+230) $403,300,244, Rank: 38, Expected: 268
5. University of New England (+227) $6,221,970, Rank: 275, Expected: 502
6. St. Catherine University (+201) $5,228,058, Rank: 281, Expected: 482
7. Hope College (+200) $5,560,000, Rank: 280, Expected: 480
8. Florida International University (+182) $173,010,165, Rank: 96, Expected: 278
9. The Catholic University of America (+180) $21,726,174, Rank: 203, Expected: 383
10. Wabash College (+173) $1,475,497, Rank: 367, Expected: 540
Suprisingly Weak
1. Grand Canyon University (-308) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 236
2. Southern New Hampshire University (-299) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 245
3. Brigham Young University-Idaho (-287) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 257
4. Valdosta State University (-263) $220,488, Rank: 458, Expected: 195
5. Cal. State, San Luis Obispo (-208) $3,631,283, Rank: 307, Expected: 99
6. Liberty University (-200) $1,892,969, Rank: 353, Expected: 153
7. Hillsdale College (-198) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 346
8. University of Tennessee at Martin (-188) $355,420, Rank: 442, Expected: 254
9. Campbell University (-188) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 356
10. San Diego State University (-186) $7,326,203, Rank: 269, Expected: 83
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