COSSA Releases 2018 Rankings of College and University Social Science Investment

Last week, COSSA released its 2018 College and University Rankings for Federal Social and Behavioral R&D, which highlight the top university recipients of federal research dollars in the social and behavioral sciences. This year’s rankings feature a new dashboard with an interactive map of recipients of social and behavioral science R&D funding, which allows you to see how your university stacks up against more than 400 U.S. institutions. Based on the most recent available federally collected data, the COSSA rankings use an inclusive selection of fields to calculate the total federal R&D funding received by universities in the social and behavioral sciences.

The top 10 recipients for 2018 are:

1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill* (NC) – $104,085,000 (#1 in 2017)
2. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor* (MI) – $98,348,000 (#2 in 2017)
3. Pennsylvania State University, University Park and Hershey Medical Center* (PA) – $39,333,000 (#6 in 2017)
4. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities* (MN) – $39,147,000 (#5 in 2017)
5. University of Washington, Seattle* (WA) – $38,676,000 (#7 in 2017)
6. University of Pennsylvania* (PA) – $35,449,000 (#4 in 2017)
7. University of Maryland, College Park* (MD) – $35,235,000 (#3 in 2017)
8. Arizona State University* (AZ) – $31,016,000 (#10 in 2017)
9. University of South Florida, Tampa (FL) – $29,932,000 (#23 in 2017)
10. University of Southern California (CA) – $29,810,000 (#11 in 2017)

* Denotes COSSA membership

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