Universities and research institutes in the United States

The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 6,125 universities and research institutes in the United States.

Universities and research institutes train the workforce and produce the research a regional economy builds on. Their technology transfer offices license discoveries, spin out companies and partner with industry.

The largest concentrations are in New York, New York (150), Washington, DC (103) and Chicago, Illinois (90).

The United States scores 68.5 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 21 of 117 economies.

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6,125 universities and research institutes

• National Hispanic University
  University or research institute · San Jose · nhu.edu
• National Human Genome Research Institute
  University or research institute · Bethesda · genome.gov
• National Ignition Facility
  University or research institute · Livermore · lasers.llnl.gov
• National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals
  University or research institute · Newark · niimbl.org
• National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
  University or research institute · Knoxville · nimbios.org
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  University or research institute · Washington · cdc.gov
• National Institute for Transportation and Communities
  University or research institute · Dormant · Portland · nitc.trec.pdx.edu
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  University or research institute · Bethesda · niaid.nih.gov
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  University or research institute · Bethesda · niams.nih.gov
• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  University or research institute · Bethesda · nibib.nih.gov
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
  University or research institute · Bethesda · nidcr.nih.gov
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  University or research institute · Bethesda · niddk.nih.gov
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  University or research institute · Durham · niehs.nih.gov
• National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  University or research institute · Bethesda · nigms.nih.gov
• National Institute of Mental Health
  University or research institute · Bethesda · nimh.nih.gov
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  University or research institute · Bethesda · ninds.nih.gov
• National Institute of Nursing Research
  University or research institute · Bethesda · ninr.nih.gov
• National Institute of Statistical Sciences
  University or research institute · Washington · niss.org
• National Institute on Aging
  University or research institute · Baltimore · nia.nih.gov
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  University or research institute · Bethesda · niaaa.nih.gov
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
  University or research institute · Bethesda · drugabuse.gov
• National Intelligence University
  University or research institute · Washington · ni-u.edu
• National Labor College
  University or research institute · Dormant · Silver Spring · nlc.edu
• National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment
  University or research institute · Ames · ars.usda.gov
• National Laboratory of the Rockies
  University or research institute · Golden · nlr.gov
• National Louis University
  University or research institute · Chicago · nl.edu
• National Microbiome Data Collaborative
  University or research institute · Berkeley · microbiomedata.org
• National Minerals Information Center
  University or research institute · Reston · usgs.gov
• National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
  University or research institute · Denver · nnaapc.org
• National Optical Astronomy Observatory
  University or research institute · Closed · Tucson · noao.edu
• National Paideia Center
  University or research institute · Asheville · paideia.org
• National Park College
  University or research institute · Hot Springs · np.edu
• National Peanut Research Laboratory
  University or research institute · Dawson · ars.usda.gov
• National Radio Astronomy Observatory
  University or research institute · Charlottesville · nrao.edu
• National Sanitation Foundation International
  University or research institute · Ann Arbor · nsf.org
• National School Boards Association
  University or research institute · Alexandria · nsba.org
• National Science Foundation Ice Core Facility
  University or research institute · Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO · icecores.org
• National Sedimentation Laboratory
  University or research institute · Oxford · ars.usda.gov
• National Society of Genetic Counselors
  University or research institute · Chicago · nsgc.org
• National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
  University or research institute · Annapolis · sesync.org
• National Soil Dynamics Research Laboratory
  University or research institute · Auburn · ars.usda.gov
• National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
  University or research institute · West Lafayette · ars.usda.gov
• National Solar Observatory
  University or research institute · Boulder · nso.edu
• National Space Science and Technology Center
  University or research institute · Huntsville · nsstc.uah.edu
• National Spherical Torus Experiment – Upgrade
  University or research institute · Princeton · pppl.gov
• National Strategic Research Institute
  University or research institute · Omaha · nsri.nebraska.edu
• National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
  University or research institute · East Lansing · nscl.msu.edu
• National Synchrotron Light Source II
  University or research institute · Upton · bnl.gov
• National Test Pilot School
  University or research institute · Mojave · ntps.edu
• National Transportation Center
  University or research institute · Baltimore · morgan.edu
• National University
  University or research institute · La Jolla · nu.edu
• National University of Health Sciences
  University or research institute · Lombard · nuhs.edu
• National University of Natural Medicine
  University or research institute · Portland · nunm.edu
• National University System
  University or research institute · La Jolla · nusystem.org
• National Wildlife Research Center
  University or research institute · Fort Collins · aphis.usda.gov
• NationsUniversity
  University or research institute · New Orleans · nationsu.edu
• Native American Bible College
  University or research institute · Bladenboro · nativeamericanbiblecollege.org
• Natrona County School District
  University or research institute · Casper · natronaschools.org
• Naugatuck Valley Community College
  University or research institute · Waterbury · nv.edu
• Navajo Technical University
  University or research institute · Crownpoint · navajotech.edu
• Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
  University or research institute · Pensacola · med.navy.mil
• Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division
  University or research institute · Orlando · navair.navy.mil
• Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division
  University or research institute · China Lake Acres · navair.navy.mil
• Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
  University or research institute · Port Hueneme · exwc.navfac.navy.mil
• Naval Health Research Center
  University or research institute · San Diego · med.navy.mil
• Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic
  University or research institute · Charleston · niwcatlantic.navy.mil
• Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
  University or research institute · San Diego · niwcpacific.navy.mil
• Naval Medical Research Command
  University or research institute · Silver Spring · nmrc.navy.mil
• Naval Oceanography Office
  University or research institute · Pearl River · public.navy.mil
• Naval Postgraduate School
  University or research institute · Monterey · nps.edu
• Naval Research Laboratory Acoustics Division
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Chemistry Division
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Electronics Science and Technology Division
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Information Technology Division
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Laboratories for Computational Physics & Fluid Dynamics
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Marine Meteorology Division
  University or research institute · Monterey · nrlmry.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Materials Science and Technology Division
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Ocean Sciences Division
  University or research institute · John C Stennis Space Center · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Optical Sciences Division
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Plasma Physics Division
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Radar Division
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Remote Sensing Division
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Space Systems Development Division
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Spacecraft Engineering Division
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Research Laboratory Tactical Electronic Warfare Division
  University or research institute · Washington · nrl.navy.mil
• Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory
  University or research institute · Groton · med.navy.mil
• Naval Surface Warfare Center
  University or research institute · Washington · navsea.navy.mil
• Naval War College
  University or research institute · Newport · usnwc.edu
• Navarro College
  University or research institute · Corsicana · navarrocollege.edu
• Nazarene Bible College
  University or research institute · Colorado Springs · nbc.edu
• Nazareth Academy
  University or research institute · La Grange Park · nazarethacademy.com
• Nazareth College
  University or research institute · Rochester · naz.edu
• NCCOS Hollings Marine Laboratory
  University or research institute · Charleston · coastalscience.noaa.gov
• Nebraska Academy of Sciences
  University or research institute · Lincoln · nebraskaacademyofsciences.wildapricot.org
• Nebraska Cancer Research Center
  University or research institute · Lincoln · necancerresearch.org
• Nebraska Christian College
  University or research institute · Papillion · nechristian.edu
• Nebraska Indian Community College
  University or research institute · Macy · thenicc.edu
• Nebraska Methodist College
  University or research institute · Omaha · methodistcollege.edu
• Nebraska Public Health Laboratory
  University or research institute · Omaha · nphl.org
• Nebraska State College System
  University or research institute · Lincoln · nscs.edu
• Nebraska Water Science Center
  University or research institute · Dormant · Lincoln · usgs.gov
• Nebraska Wesleyan University
  University or research institute · Lincoln · nebrwesleyan.edu
• Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
  University or research institute · New York · neighborhoodplayhouse.org
• Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility
  University or research institute · Cleveland · nasa.gov
• Nelson University
  University or research institute · Waxahachie · nelson.edu
• Neosho County Community College
  University or research institute · Chanute · neosho.edu
• Network for Computational Modeling in the Social and Ecological Sciences
  University or research institute · Tempe · comses.net
• Neumann University
  University or research institute · Chester · neumann.edu
• Neumont University
  University or research institute · South Jordan · neumont.edu
• NeuroDevelopment Center
  University or research institute · Providence · neurodevelopmentcenter.com
• NeuroMab
  University or research institute · Davis · neuromab.ucdavis.edu
• Neuropsychiatric Research Institute
  University or research institute · Fargo · nrifargo.com
• Neurospine Institute Medical Group
  University or research institute · San Francisco · neurospine.org
• Neutron Scattering Society of America
  University or research institute · Santa Cruz · neutronscattering.org
• Nevada National Security Site
  University or research institute · Nevada · nnss.gov
• Nevada State University
  University or research institute · Henderson · nevadastate.edu
• Nevada System of Higher Education
  University or research institute · Reno · nshe.nevada.edu
• Nevada Water Science Center
  University or research institute · Carson City · usgs.gov

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Cities

• Universities and research institutes in New York, New York 150
• Universities and research institutes in Washington, DC 103
• Universities and research institutes in Chicago, Illinois 90
• Universities and research institutes in Los Angeles, California 66
• Universities and research institutes in Boston, Massachusetts 57
• Universities and research institutes in San Diego, California 48
• Universities and research institutes in Atlanta, Georgia 46
• Universities and research institutes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 45
• Universities and research institutes in Cambridge, Massachusetts 43
• Universities and research institutes in Baltimore, Maryland 39
• Universities and research institutes in Seattle, Washington 38
• Universities and research institutes in Berkeley, California 34
• Universities and research institutes in Miami, Florida 34
• Universities and research institutes in San Antonio, Texas 34
• Universities and research institutes in Denver, Colorado 33
• Universities and research institutes in Houston, Texas 33
• Universities and research institutes in San Francisco, California 32
• Universities and research institutes in Austin, Texas 31
• Universities and research institutes in St Louis, Missouri 31
• Universities and research institutes in Bethesda, Maryland 30
• Universities and research institutes in Dallas, Texas 30
• Universities and research institutes in Portland, Oregon 30
• Universities and research institutes in Boulder, Colorado 29
• Universities and research institutes in Oakland, California 28
• Universities and research institutes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 28
• Universities and research institutes in Honolulu, Hawaii 27
• Universities and research institutes in Phoenix, Arizona 27
• Universities and research institutes in Cincinnati, Ohio 25
• Universities and research institutes in Columbus, Ohio 24
• Universities and research institutes in Norman, Oklahoma 24
• Universities and research institutes in Nashville, Tennessee 23
• Universities and research institutes in Raleigh, North Carolina 22
• Universities and research institutes in Salt Lake City, Utah 22
• Universities and research institutes in Indianapolis, Indiana 21
• Universities and research institutes in Orlando, Florida 21
• Universities and research institutes in Tulsa, Oklahoma 21
• Universities and research institutes in Cleveland, Ohio 20
• Universities and research institutes in Madison, Wisconsin 20
• Universities and research institutes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 20
• Universities and research institutes in Minneapolis, Minnesota 20
• Universities and research institutes in Durham, North Carolina 19
• Universities and research institutes in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 19
• Universities and research institutes in Pasadena, California 19
• Universities and research institutes in Saint Paul, Minnesota 18
• Universities and research institutes in Tucson, Arizona 18
• Universities and research institutes in Brooklyn, New York 17
• Universities and research institutes in Richmond, Virginia 17
• Universities and research institutes in Albuquerque, New Mexico 16
• Universities and research institutes in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 16
• Universities and research institutes in Memphis, Tennessee 16
• Universities and research institutes in New Orleans, Louisiana 16
• Universities and research institutes in Albany, New York 15
• Universities and research institutes in Louisville, Kentucky 15
• Universities and research institutes in Sacramento, California 15
• Universities and research institutes in Ames, Iowa 14
• Universities and research institutes in Ann Arbor, Michigan 14
• Universities and research institutes in Asheville, North Carolina 14
• Universities and research institutes in Buffalo, New York 14
• Universities and research institutes in Charlotte, North Carolina 14
• Universities and research institutes in Lincoln, Nebraska 14
• Universities and research institutes in Birmingham, Alabama 13
• Universities and research institutes in Fort Collins, Colorado 13
• Universities and research institutes in Ithaca, New York 13
• Universities and research institutes in Manhattan, Kansas 13
• Universities and research institutes in Omaha, Nebraska 13
• Universities and research institutes in Palo Alto, California 13
• Universities and research institutes in San Jose, California 13
• Universities and research institutes in Stillwater, Oklahoma 13
• Universities and research institutes in Jacksonville, Florida 12
• Universities and research institutes in Kansas City, Missouri 12
• Universities and research institutes in Knoxville, Tennessee 12
• Universities and research institutes in Lakewood, Colorado 12
• Universities and research institutes in Princeton, New Jersey 12
• Universities and research institutes in Tampa, Florida 12
• Universities and research institutes in Worcester, Massachusetts 12
• Universities and research institutes in Blacksburg, Virginia 11
• Universities and research institutes in Boca Raton, Florida 11
• Universities and research institutes in Charleston, South Carolina 11
• Universities and research institutes in Charlottesville, Virginia 11
• Universities and research institutes in Claremont, California 11
• Universities and research institutes in Dayton, Ohio 11
• Universities and research institutes in Detroit, Michigan 11
• Universities and research institutes in Fairbanks, Alaska 11
• Universities and research institutes in Iowa City, Iowa 11
• Universities and research institutes in Irvine, California 11
• Universities and research institutes in New Haven, Connecticut 11
• Universities and research institutes in Santa Barbara, California 11
• Universities and research institutes in Springfield, Missouri 11
• Universities and research institutes in College Park, Maryland 10
• Universities and research institutes in Des Moines, Iowa 10
• Universities and research institutes in Fort Lauderdale, Florida 10
• Universities and research institutes in Fort Worth, Texas 10
• Universities and research institutes in La Jolla, California 10
• Universities and research institutes in Norfolk, Virginia 10
• Universities and research institutes in Oak Ridge, Tennessee 10
• Universities and research institutes in Stanford, California 10
• Universities and research institutes in Tempe, Arizona 10
• Universities and research institutes in Urbana, Illinois 10
• Universities and research institutes in Arlington, Virginia 9
• Universities and research institutes in Columbia, South Carolina 9
• Universities and research institutes in Evanston, Illinois 9
• Universities and research institutes in Fort Wayne, Indiana 9
• Universities and research institutes in Fresno, California 9
• Universities and research institutes in Gainesville, Florida 9
• Universities and research institutes in Las Vegas, Nevada 9
• Universities and research institutes in Lawrence, Kansas 9
• Universities and research institutes in Little Rock, Arkansas 9
• Universities and research institutes in Rochester, New York 9
• Universities and research institutes in Savannah, Georgia 9
• Universities and research institutes in Tacoma, Washington 9
• Universities and research institutes in Tallahassee, Florida 9
• Universities and research institutes in Virginia Beach, Virginia 9
• Universities and research institutes in Wichita, Kansas 9
• Universities and research institutes in Winston-Salem, North Carolina 9
• Universities and research institutes in Colorado Springs, Colorado 8
• Universities and research institutes in Grand Rapids, Michigan 8
• Universities and research institutes in Hampton, Virginia 8
• Universities and research institutes in Huntsville, Alabama 8
• Universities and research institutes in Long Beach, California 8
• Universities and research institutes in Providence, Rhode Island 8
• Universities and research institutes in Reston, Virginia 8
• Universities and research institutes in Riverside, California 8
• Universities and research institutes in Sarasota, Florida 8
• Universities and research institutes in Sioux Falls, South Dakota 8
• Universities and research institutes in West Palm Beach, Florida 8
• Universities and research institutes in Alexandria, Virginia 7
• Universities and research institutes in Aurora, Colorado 7
• Universities and research institutes in Bronx, New York 7
• Universities and research institutes in Brookline, Massachusetts 7
• Universities and research institutes in Chattanooga, Tennessee 7
• Universities and research institutes in Columbia, Missouri 7
• Universities and research institutes in Fairfax, Virginia 7
• Universities and research institutes in Flagstaff, Arizona 7
• Universities and research institutes in Fullerton, California 7
• Universities and research institutes in Greenbelt, Maryland 7
• Universities and research institutes in Greenville, South Carolina 7
• Universities and research institutes in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 7
• Universities and research institutes in Lexington, Massachusetts 7
• Universities and research institutes in Manchester, New Hampshire 7
• Universities and research institutes in Mobile, Alabama 7
• Universities and research institutes in Monterey, California 7
• Universities and research institutes in Montgomery, Alabama 7
• Universities and research institutes in Pensacola, Florida 7
• Universities and research institutes in Santa Fe, New Mexico 7
• Universities and research institutes in Spartanburg, South Carolina 7
• Universities and research institutes in Springfield, Illinois 7
• Universities and research institutes in Anaheim, California 6
• Universities and research institutes in Anchorage, Alaska 6
• Universities and research institutes in Boise, Idaho 6
• Universities and research institutes in Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6