HBCUs continue to go backwards in the research field according to the latest National Science Foundation data. In 2014, research expenditures for the top 20 HBCUs combined for $445.4 million, while 2015 combines for $425.7 million. This represents a 4.4 percent drop year over year and 5.5 percent drop from two years ago.
- The top ranked HBCU is Howard University at 197 and the twentieth ranked Xavier University of Louisiana is listed at 326 in America’s college research landscape.
- MEAC maintains the way with eight schools versus the SWAC dropping to three after Alcorn State University gave way to XUL.
- Division II/III schools also comprise four schools on the list, an increase from two in 2014.
- 1890 HBCUs, land-grant universities, make up for seven of the twenty top HBCU research universities.
Rank. HBCU. Previous Year In Parentheses.
- Howard University – $47.3 million ($40.7M)
- Florida A&M University – $46.5 million ($46.4M)
- North Carolina A&T State Univ. – $35.2 million ($35.0M)
- Morehouse School of Medicine – $33.4 million ($41.9M)
- Alabama A&M University – $29.2 million ($29.5M)
- Tuskegee University – $25.7 million ($24.9M)
- Jackson State University – $23.9 million ($26.6M)
- University of the Virgin Islands – $20.6 million ($20.4M)
- Tennessee State University – $20.0 million ($20.1M)
- Delaware State University – $16.0 million ($17.7M)
- Hampton University – $14.9 million ($11.2M)
- Charles Drew University of Medicine – $14.1 million ($20.7M)
- Meharry Medical College – $14.0 million ($19.0M)
- Fayetteville State University – $13.7 million ($14.7M)
- Morgan State University – $13.6 million ($15.7M)
- Prairie View A&M University – $13.1 million ($12.3M)
- South Carolina State University – $12.6 million ($12.7M)
- North Carolina Central University – $12.4 million ($11.5M)
- Clark Atlanta University – $9.9 million ($9.2M)
- Xavier University of LA. – $9.6 million ($9.3M)
TOP 20 COMBINED TOTAL: $425.7 million ($445.4 million)
Additional Notes
The HWCU-HBCU gap for research among top 20 research institutions is 50:1
Top 20 HWCUs Combined: $21.1 billion ($23.2 billion)
Top 20 Average HWCU – $1.1 billion vs. Top 20 Average HBCU – $21.3 million
Top 20 Median HWCUs – $990 million vs. Top 20 Median HBCU – $15.5 million
Source: National Science Foundation
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