| The Trustees of Princeton University | 257 | $66,820 | +5% | $65,000 – $70,182 |
| ST. Jude Children's Research Hospital | 212 | $72,529 | +14% | $70,013 – $72,530 |
| Washington University | 181 | $63,120 | −1% | $61,428 – $65,000 |
| Triad National Security, LLC | 127 | $101,405 | +59% | $99,029 – $105,487 |
| Texas A&M University | 124 | $55,495 | −13% | $53,950 – $60,000 |
| University of Illinois | 111 | $59,322 | −7% | $56,000 – $64,952 |
| University of Connecticut | 109 | $62,232 | −2% | $60,000 – $65,564 |
| Texas A&M AgriLife Research | 90 | $54,015 | −15% | $50,000 – $58,553 |
| Iowa State University of Science and Technology | 82 | $59,080 | −7% | $57,150 – $61,890 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 61 | $64,356 | +1% | $60,000 – $70,000 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 58 | $61,008 | −4% | $58,164 – $66,000 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48 | $58,656 | −8% | $55,875 – $61,913 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | 46 | $55,000 | −14% | $53,269 – $62,410 |
| University of Utah | 41 | $66,572 | +5% | $61,428 – $74,263 |
| University of Oklahoma | 39 | $57,000 | −10% | $50,275 – $61,800 |
| W.M. Rice University | 38 | $62,785 | −1% | $57,962 – $70,000 |
| University of Nebraska Medical Center | 30 | $55,512 | −13% | $52,881 – $60,000 |
| Northeastern University | 29 | $65,500 | +3% | $62,920 – $69,805 |
| University of Georgia; OGE | 28 | $60,900 | −4% | $56,113 – $68,000 |
| Purdue University | 25 | $60,000 | −6% | $54,000 – $65,000 |
| University of Notre Dame du Lac | 25 | $64,356 | +1% | $62,000 – $69,180 |
| Washington State University | 23 | $61,000 | −4% | $55,040 – $65,558 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | 23 | $60,000 | −6% | $59,000 – $61,978 |
| Stowers Institute for Medical Research | 20 | $73,080 | +15% | $61,992 – $74,160 |
| University of Georgia | 20 | $60,607 | −5% | $56,987 – $65,000 |
| Georgia State University | 19 | $59,280 | −7% | $56,638 – $64,500 |
| University of Illinois Chicago | 18 | $63,196 | −1% | $61,008 – $64,356 |
| Texas Tech University | 17 | $55,000 | −14% | $50,000 – $65,000 |
| University of Mississippi | 16 | $53,730 | −16% | $50,000 – $57,000 |
| Baylor University | 15 | $54,413 | −14% | $47,500 – $58,250 |
| University of North Texas | 15 | $55,000 | −14% | $52,000 – $60,000 |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | 13 | $58,871 | −7% | $58,000 – $63,860 |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | 12 | $60,786 | −4% | $60,000 – $65,488 |
| New York Genome Center, Inc. | 11 | $94,491 | +49% | $92,263 – $95,372 |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | 11 | $62,332 | −2% | $61,008 – $64,498 |
| Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 9 | $57,500 | −10% | $55,000 – $60,000 |
| Lehigh University | 9 | $60,000 | −6% | $56,000 – $63,860 |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County | 6 | $70,000 | +10% | $65,200 – $76,975 |
| University of Rochester | 6 | $61,150 | −4% | $55,500 – $62,825 |
| Regenerative Research Foundation | 5 | $56,368 | −11% | $51,293 – $56,368 |
| University of New Hampshire | 5 | $61,381 | −4% | $60,000 – $63,036 |
| University of North Texas Health Science Center | 5 | $56,484 | −11% | $55,500 – $60,000 |
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | 4 | $61,666 | −3% | $59,877 – $63,365 |
| Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service | 4 | $57,500 | −10% | $54,526 – $61,250 |
| North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University | 4 | $54,280 | −15% | $52,572 – $58,610 |
| The Morgridge Institute For Research Inc. | 4 | $67,990 | +7% | $66,808 – $69,135 |
| The Ohio University | 4 | $67,177 | +6% | $64,824 – $69,000 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | 3 | $58,179 | −9% | $57,332 – $62,090 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 3 | $53,040 | −17% | $52,799 – $53,123 |
| South Dakota State University | 3 | $53,000 | −17% | $53,000 – $53,020 |