WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita State University is ranked in the top 10 for Engineering research and development expenditures in the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development Survey for the first time in its history.
The university is ranked No. 8, just behind Purdue. The rankings are for the fiscal year 2023. WSU is also ranked No. 1 for aerospace engineering R&D expenditures for the first time in its history, with a total of $327 million of all funding sources for aerospace research and development.
That puts Wichita State first, ahead of Georgia Institute of Technology with $294 million, Utah State University with $271 million, Johns Hopkins University with $196 million, and the University of Colorado with $90 million.
In recent years, Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research has seen increased investment from both private industry and the federal government, and university officials expect that to continue.