Universities

Amazing Regional Assets

In terms of university and institutional assets, Washington-Baltimore ranks among the top regions in the world. It is home to the NIH and it’s 6,000 on-campus scientists; the Johns Hopkins University consistently ranks as the world’s leading medical hospital and the largest recipient of research funding of any U.S. university; and the University of Maryland, which is a highly-regarded research university in its own right. Consider these facts:

Johns Hopkins ranks first among all US Universities for overall R&D expenditures; the University of Maryland, Baltimore ranks 35th, and the University of Maryland, College Park ranks 43rd.
Johns Hopkins ranks first for NIH awards among all US universities, with over $607 million in 2005. The University of Maryland, Baltimore ranks 32nd with over $181 million.
The Washington-Baltimore region ranked 3rd among US metro areas for NIH awards, with $1.45 billion in 2003. Greater Baltimore alone ranked 8th.
Johns Hopkins ranks 3rd for biotechnology patents among all universities.
Johns Hopkins ranks 7th for biotechnology publications among all universities.

*R&D expenditures at universities and colleges, ranked by FY 2006 (thousands of dollars)*
Rank		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
	All Institutions	27,534,145	30,072,979	32,811,229	36,393,689	40,086,969

1	Johns Hopkins Univ.	874,518	901,156	999,246	1,140,235	1,244,132
2	U. WI Madison	499,688	554,361	604,143	662,101	717,044
3	U. CA, Los Angeles	477,620	530,826	693,801	787,598	849,357
4	U. MI all campuses	508,619	551,556	600,523	673,724	780,054
5	U. CA, San Francisco	417,095	443,013	524,975	596,965	671,443
6	U. WA	482,659	529,342	589,626	627,273	684,814
7	U. CA, San Diego	461,632	518,559	556,533	585,008	646,508
8	Stanford U.	426,549	457,822	482,906	538,474	603,227
9	U. PA	383,569	430,389	469,852	522,269	564,635
10	Duke U.	348,274	356,625	375,133	441,533	520,191

35	U. MD Baltimore	140,903	224,346	239,007	266,822	297,271
43	U. MD College Park	257,628	252,429	267,383	324,980	321,899
152	U. MD Baltimore County	21,854	26,044	29,641	36,323	42,906
154	U. MD Biotechnology Institute	31,172	29,946	41,627	43,673	45,140
160	Naval Postgraduate School	34,095	40,827	47,559	54,291	61,025
254	Morgan State U.	1,066	4,371	2,390	1,674	7,493
290	U. Baltimore	ne	ne	ne	ne	ne
303	U.S. Naval Academy	2,316	2,786	3,140	2,324	3,451
432	Loyola C.	1,445	1,724	954	1,140	454
485	Towson U.	1,452	2,138	2,282	2,449	1,265
SOURCE: National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, FY 2006.

The expanded list of all regional universities and colleges is found in the Education section.