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University research growth since FY2019: U.S. states ranked (FY2024)

Measure: Growth in university research spending since FY2019 (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in University research spending by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2019.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-11

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National value: 40.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 53.2 %
RI 35.7 %
DE 122.2 %
CT 44.2 %
NJ 35.4 %
MD 41.9 %
MA 27.7 %
VT 81.4 %
NH 37.5 %

Lowest: 19.4 to 34 %
Group 2: 34 to 37.5 %
Group 3: 37.5 to 47.1 %
Group 4: 47.1 to 53.2 %
Highest: 53.2 to 122.2 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Delaware	122.2
2	Wyoming	108.2
3	Vermont	81.4
4	Kansas	71.4
5	Alaska	62.7
6	New Mexico	59
7	Tennessee	58.5
8	Alabama	56.6
9	Montana	55.6
10	Georgia	53.5
11	District of Columbia	53.2
11	Texas	53.2
13	Utah	51.9
14	North Dakota	51.6
15	Louisiana	50.1
16	Oklahoma	48.8
17	Maine	47.8
18	Ohio	47.7
19	Arizona	47.6
20	Missouri	47.3
21	Wisconsin	47.1
22	Connecticut	44.2
23	West Virginia	43.6
24	Maryland	41.9
25	Florida	41.2
25	Illinois	41.2
27	Virginia	40.8
28	Pennsylvania	38.7
29	Indiana	38.5
30	Minnesota	38.2
31	New Hampshire	37.5
32	North Carolina	37.4
33	California	37.1
34	New York	36.1
35	Rhode Island	35.7
36	Oregon	35.5
37	New Jersey	35.4
38	Colorado	35.2
39	Iowa	34.4
40	Arkansas	34.3
41	Hawaii	34
42	South Carolina	33.2
43	Michigan	28.7
44	Idaho	28.4
45	Kentucky	28.1
46	Massachusetts	27.7
47	Nebraska	26.8
48	Mississippi	24.8
49	Nevada	24.7
50	South Dakota	20.3
51	Washington	19.4

Source: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NSF), Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2024 (NSF 26-304), Table 25: Higher education R&D expenditures by state, FYs 2010–24
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, annual state population estimates (July 1, 2024). Reference period: FY2024.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by growth in university research spending since FY2019 (%, derived) (2019). Data: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NSF), Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2024, Table 25 (nsf26304): Higher education R&D expenditures by state, FYs 2010–24; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-growth-in-university-research-spending-since-fy2019/

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