How do our universities stack up?
Submitted by: John Warner on Aug 14, 2007 at 1:16 am
Tagged with: Featured Articles, News of the Southeastern Innovation Corridor
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The National Science Foundation has recently released statistics for Academic Research and Development Expenditures: Fiscal Year 2005. Data is provided for 1998 through 2005, providing not only a relative ranking in 2005, but also the trend over that period of time.
Here are research dollars and rankings for universities in the Southeastern Innovation Corridor, all within roughly a half day drive of a central location in Upstate South Carolina.
$s in 000s
| University | | | 1998 | | | 2005 | | | Growth | ||||
| Duke | | | $282,388 | - | 22 | | | $630,752 | - | 10 | | | 123% |
| UNC Chapel Hill | | | $235,296 | - | 31 | | | $441,033 | - | 29 | | | 87% |
| Georgia Tech | | | $259,233 | - | 28 | | | $425,386 | - | 31 | | | 64% |
| Emory | | | $172,884 | - | 46 | | | $333,665 | - | 43 | | | 93% |
| Alabama Birmingham | | | $227,720 | - | 32 | | | $318,536 | - | 47 | | | 40% |
| Georgia | | | $217,945 | - | 35 | | | $316,806 | - | 49 | | | 45% |
| NC State | | | $254,254 | - | 29 | | | $302,596 | - | 54 | | | 19% |
| Virginia Tech | | | $167,118 | - | 49 | | | $289,994 | - | 56 | | | 74% |
| Tennessee | | | $150,694 | - | 58 | | | $255,699 | - | 65 | | | 70% |
| Wake Forest | | | $76,893 | - | 106 | | | $185,152 | - | 84 | | | 141% |
| MUSC | | | $57,940 | - | 119 | | | $176,709 | - | 90 | | | 205% |
| Clemson | | | $90,150 | - | 95 | | | $175,127 | - | 92 | | | 94% |
| Auburn | | | $87,768 | - | 98 | | | $132,203 | - | 105 | | | 51% |
| South Carolina | | | $92,785 | - | 92 | | | $122,212 | - | 114 | | | 32% |
| Medical College of GA | | | $39,806 | - | 138 | | | $67,278 | - | 146 | | | 69% |
| Georgia State | | | $31,153 | - | 152 | | | $50,262 | - | 161 | | | 61% |
Of these sixteen universities, here is how research stacks up by state.
| State | 2005 |
| North Carolina | $1,559,533 |
| Georgia | $1,193,397 |
| South Carolina | $474,048 |
| Alabama | $450,739 |
| Virginia | $289,994 |
| Tennessee | $255,699 |
Those who live in South Carolina take note. Duke, and UNC Chapel Hill almost, had more research in 2005 than all three South Carolina research universities combined. We're making a lot of progress, but we have a long way to go.
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