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.

See the United States on the IEPA ↗

6,125 universities and research institutes

• North Asheboro Middle School
  University or research institute · Asheboro
• Northeastern State University - Entrepreneurship programs & Oklahoma Center for Rural Development
  University or research institute · Tahlequah
• Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow campus (NSUBA)
  University or research institute · Broken Arrow
• Northwestern University Settlement Association
  University or research institute · Chicago
• O’Loughlin Elementary School
  University or research institute · Hays
• Oberlin Entrepreneurship
  University or research institute · Oberlin
• ODU Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  University or research institute · Norfolk
• Ohio State ERIK Innovation and Strategic Ventures
  University or research institute · Columbus
• Ohio University Center for Entrepreneurship
  University or research institute · Athens
• Ohio University Technology Transfer Office
  University or research institute · Athens
• OkAPEX at Rose State College
  University or research institute · Midwest City
• Oklahoma Christian University College of Engineering and Computer Science
  University or research institute · Edmond
• Oklahoma City University - Meinders School of Business (entrepreneurship programs)
  University or research institute · Oklahoma City
• Oklahoma City University School of Law, Collaborative Clinic: Law Clinic for Business and Innovation
  University or research institute · Oklahoma City
• Oklahoma SBDC at Rose State College
  University or research institute · Midwest City
• Oklahoma Small Business Development Center network (host: Southeastern Oklahoma State University)
  University or research institute · Durant
• Oklahoma State University - Cowboy Innovations Accelerator
  University or research institute · Stillwater
• Oklahoma State University - Cowboy Technologies, LLC
  University or research institute · Stillwater
• Oklahoma State University - Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) / Cowboy Enterprises
  University or research institute · Stillwater
• Oklahoma State University - School of Entrepreneurship (Spears School of Business)
  University or research institute · Stillwater
• Old Dominion University Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (IIE)
  University or research institute · Norfolk
• Old Dominion University Research Foundation
  University or research institute · Norfolk
• Oral Roberts University - Stovall Center for Entrepreneurship (SC4E)
  University or research institute · Tulsa
• Oregon University System
  University or research institute · Corvallis
• OSU Center for Health Sciences (OSU-CHS)
  University or research institute · Tulsa
• OSU Division of the Vice President for Research
  University or research institute · Stillwater
• OSU Ferguson College of Agriculture / Division of Agricultural Sciences
  University or research institute · Stillwater
• OSU Greiner Summer Business Accelerator
  University or research institute · Stillwater
• OSU New Product Development Center (NPDC)
  University or research institute · Stillwater
• OSU Unmanned Systems Research Institute (USRI)
  University or research institute · Stillwater
• OSU-Oklahoma City
  University or research institute · Oklahoma City
• OSU-Tulsa / Helmerich Research Center (formerly HATRC)
  University or research institute · Tulsa
• OU Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC)
  University or research institute · Norman
• OU Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS)
  University or research institute · Norman
• OU Data Institute for Societal Challenges (DISC)
  University or research institute · Norman
• OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center
  University or research institute · Oklahoma City
• OU Health Sciences Department of Oncology Science
  University or research institute · Oklahoma City
• OU National Weather Center: Oklahoma 3D Mesonet
  University or research institute · Norman
• OU Polytechnic Institute (OUPI), OU-Tulsa Schusterman Center
  University or research institute · Tulsa
• OU Radar Innovations Laboratory (RIL)
  University or research institute · Norman
• OU School of Meteorology
  University or research institute · Norman
• OU Tom Love Innovation Hub Fabrication Lab
  University or research institute · Norman
• P S Jones Middle School
  University or research institute · Washington
• Pfeiffer University at Charlotte
  University or research institute · Charlotte
• Phillips Laboratory
  University or research institute · Dormant · Kirtland AFB
• Research for Better Schools
  University or research institute · Closed · Philadelphia
• Riata Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (OSU)
  University or research institute · Stillwater
• Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center (FAPC), OSU
  University or research institute · Stillwater
• Roc Institute for Arts and Sciences
  University or research institute · Charlotte
• Rogers State University - RSU Innovation Center
  University or research institute · Closed · Claremore
• Rome Laboratory
  University or research institute · Dormant · Rome
• Rose State College Aerospace and Cybersecurity Incubator / Workforce Development
  University or research institute · Midwest City
• Salem Methodist Preschool
  University or research institute · Barrington
• Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaissance School
  University or research institute · Southern Pines
• Sandler Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Wright State University)
  University or research institute · Dayton
• School for Compassionate Action
  University or research institute · New York
• School of Clinical Research
  University or research institute · Miami
• Sheldon Jackson College
  University or research institute · Sitka
• Shepherd University Research Corporation
  University or research institute · Closed · Shepherdstown
• South Campus Community School
  University or research institute · Smithfield
• South Dakota Public Universities and Research Center
  University or research institute · Sioux Falls
• South Johnston High School
  University or research institute · Four Oaks
• Southeastern Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma SBDC network headquarters & Tech Launch Center
  University or research institute · Durant
• Southern Alamance Middle School
  University or research institute · Graham
• Southern Middle School
  University or research institute · Roxboro
• Southwestern Oklahoma State University - Center for Economic and Business Development / Timothy T. Day Business Enterprise Center
  University or research institute · Weatherford
• Startup OU (Startup Accelerator & Startup Incubator)
  University or research institute · Norman
• Startup OU Idea Accelerator (powered by OKCID)
  University or research institute · Oklahoma City
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  University or research institute · Closed · El Paso
• Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
  University or research institute · Closed · Stoneville
• The University of Tulsa, Office of Research and Economic Development / Office of Technology Commercialization
  University or research institute · Tulsa
• The University of Tulsa, Tandy School of Computer Science
  University or research institute · Tulsa
• The Woltemade Center for Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship
  University or research institute · Delaware
• Tohono O'odham Community Action
  University or research institute · Sells
• Tom Love Innovation Hub (OU Price College)
  University or research institute · Norman
• Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine
  University or research institute · Durham
• U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
  University or research institute · Dormant · Aberdeen Proving Ground
• U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center
  University or research institute · Picatinny Arsenal
• U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station
  University or research institute · Vicksburg
• UAMS South Regional Campus
  University or research institute · El Dorado
• UAMS Southwest Regional Campus
  University or research institute · Texarkana
• UC Center for Entrepreneurship
  University or research institute · Cincinnati
• UCO College of Mathematics and Science (NSF EPIIC program)
  University or research institute · Edmond
• UNC College of Osteopathic Medicine
  University or research institute · Greeley
• UNC School of Nursing
  University or research institute · Greeley
• University of Akron Research Foundation (UARF)
  University or research institute · Akron
• University of Central Oklahoma - Entrepreneurship program (College of Business)
  University or research institute · Edmond
• University of Central Oklahoma - Small Business Development Center
  University or research institute · Oklahoma City
• University of Houston Sugar Land
  University or research institute · Closed · Sugar Land
• University of Houston System at Cinco Ranch
  University or research institute · Katy
• University of Iowa College of Education
  University or research institute · Iowa City
• University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
  University or research institute · Dormant · Baltimore
• University of Oklahoma - Office of Corporate Partnerships and Regional Economic Development
  University or research institute · Norman
• University of Oklahoma - Office of Innovation and Corporate Partnerships (OICP)
  University or research institute · Closed · Norman
• University of Oklahoma - Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC)
  University or research institute · Norman
• University of Oklahoma - Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships (VPRP)
  University or research institute · Norman
• University of Oklahoma - Tom Love Center for Entrepreneurship / Tom Love Division of Entrepreneurship (Price College of Business)
  University or research institute · Norman
• University of Oklahoma - University Research Campus (URC), Norman
  University or research institute · Norman
• University of Oklahoma - Vice President and Chief Research Innovation Officer
  University or research institute · Norman
• University of Oklahoma Entrepreneurial Law Center (OU Law + Price College)
  University or research institute · Norman
• University of Oklahoma, Ronnie K. Irani Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth
  University or research institute · Norman
• University of Oklahoma, Tom Love Division of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  University or research institute · Norman
• University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma - Business program (entrepreneurship coursework)
  University or research institute · Chickasha
• University of Tulsa - Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE), Collins College of Business
  University or research institute · Tulsa
• University of Tulsa College of Law, Buck Colbert Franklin Legal Clinic
  University or research institute · Tulsa
• University System of Maryland at Hagerstown
  University or research institute · Hagerstown
• University System of Ohio
  University or research institute · Columbus
• Upsala College
  University or research institute · East Orange
• VCU Innovation Gateway
  University or research institute · Richmond
• Venture Partners at CU Boulder
  University or research institute · Boulder
• Villa Maria School
  University or research institute · Stamford
• Virginia Tech Center for Economic and Community Engagement
  University or research institute · Blacksburg
• Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties
  University or research institute · Blacksburg
• Weatherhead Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Center (Case Western Reserve University)
  University or research institute · Cleveland
• Webster University Orlando
  University or research institute · Longwood
• Webster University Utah
  University or research institute · Hill Air Force Base
• Westmar University
  University or research institute · Le Mars
• Wichita State University Center for Entrepreneurship
  University or research institute · Wichita
• William & Mary Entrepreneurship Hub
  University or research institute · Williamsburg
• William & Mary Research Innovation & Commercialization Office
  University or research institute · Williamsburg

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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