This Annex provides the supporting data for the article Howard's R1 achievement is great. HBCU R2s may be an even greater story published in The HBCU Digest.
Table 1 below presents 2023 totals for research Ph.D. conferrals and R&D expenditure for the 29 research doctorate-granting HBCU institutions that are classified as R2 or potentially aspire to R2 classification under the Carnegie research classification system, as well as the average of these values over the past three years (2021 - 2023). Starting in 2025 Carnegie will use the highest of these two numbers (current total and 3-year average) when determining research classification status.
The Carnegie classifications are determined using data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey and the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences National Center of Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education System (IPEDS).
The specific sources of data in Table 1 are as follows:
- Research Ph.D. conferrals are sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, IPEDS
- R&D expenditure data are sourced from the National Center for Science and Engineer Statistics' Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey, HERD
- The definition of STEM fields is sourced from the Department of Homeland Security's Study in the States which defines the list of degree programs that comprise STEM.
| Classification | Institution Name | Research Doctorates 2023 | Research Doctorates 3 Year Average | R&D Expenditures Total 2023 | R&D Expenditures Total 3 Year Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current R2 | Howard University | 102 | 97 | $84,756 | $68,524 |
| Current R2 | Jackson State University | 68 | 74 | $19,457 | $17,698 |
| Current R2 | Morgan State University | 59 | 67 | $43,868 | $31,326 |
| Current R2 | North Carolina A&T State University | 68 | 67 | $62,307 | $50,322 |
| Current R2 | Tennessee State University | 44 | 45 | $28,246 | $24,379 |
| Current R2 | Clark Atlanta University | 36 | 38 | $10,320 | $9,334 |
| Current R2 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 33 | 31 | $65,159 | $54,306 |
| Current R2 | Prairie View A&M University | 26 | 21 | $21,791 | $19,934 |
| Current R2 | Southern University and A&M College | 35 | 22 | $5,201 | $5,236 |
| Current R2 | Texas Southern University | 28 | 27 | $16,287 | $12,512 |
| Current R2 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16 | 18 | $10,730 | $9,547 |
| CCIHE R2 Criteria met | Hampton University | 28 | 27 | $9 ,769 | $10,967 |
| CCIHE R2 Criteria met | Virginia State University | 27 | 15 | $13,504 | $11,984 |
| CCIHE R2 Criteria met | Delaware State University | 25 | 20 | $33,499 | $28,569 |
| CCIHE R2 Criteria met | South Carolina State University | 25 | 19 | $7,814 | $5,339 |
| R3 Group 1 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13 | 9 | $20,259 | $18,583 |
| R3 Group 1 | Tuskegee University | 11 | 8 | $25,625 | $22,974" |
| R3 Group 1 | Norfolk State University | 10 | 10 | $6,194 | $4,701 |
| R3 Group 2 | University of the District of Columbia | 8 | 3 | $7,945 | $8,943 |
| R3 Group 2 | Morehouse School of Medicine | 5 | 7 | $57,125 | $44,084 |
| R3 Group 2 | Meharry Medical College | 6 | 6 | $22,002 | $18,83 |
| R3 Group 2 | Xavier University of Louisiana | 6 | 5 | $15,519 | $12,593 |
| R3 Group 2 | Alabama A&M University | 3 | 6 | $15,588 | $11,460 |
| R3 Group 2 | North Carolina Central University | 2 | 1 | $18,477 | $16,394 |
| R3 Group 2 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 0 | 0 | $7,766 | $7,995 |
| R3 Group 3 | Bowie State University | 17 | 13 | $2,612 | $2,454 |
| R3 Group 3 | Fayetteville State University | 15 | 16 | $3,569 | $3,569 |
| R3 Group 3 | Alabama State University | 4 | 7 | $3,229 | $3,013 |
| R3 Group 3 | Grambling State University | 2 | 5 | $449 | $1,626 |