National Science Foundation Rankings By Total R&D (research & development) Expenditures–2017
To illustrate the absurdity of comparing LACs to National Universities for research, examine the NSF rankings of 902 institutions by R&D expenditures.
Not a single LAC came in the top 320 schools when ranked by R&D expenditures.
The top ranked LAC, Bryn Mawr College, ranked #321 with over $11 million in R&D expenditures.
Amherst College came in at about #420 with just over $4 million dollars of research & development expenditures.
The Top 30 Schools By R&D Expenditures in 2017:
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Johns Hopkins (JHU)–$2,562,307,000 (over $2.5 billion)
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Univ. of Michigan–$1,530,139,000
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UC-SF–$1,409,398,000
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UPenn–$1,374,293,000
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Univ. of Washington–Seattle–$1,348,220,000
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Emory University–$664,000,000
Amherst College at about #420 with $4,000,000.