| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 214 | $71,000 | +6% | $66,950 – $72,024 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 170 | $62,516 | −7% | $61,008 – $65,640 |
| Yale University | 160 | $68,152 | +1% | $66,625 – $70,040 |
| Duke University | 153 | $64,517 | −4% | $62,000 – $69,104 |
| Cornell University | 149 | $65,000 | −3% | $61,008 – $72,800 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College | 115 | $73,000 | +9% | $64,945 – $80,000 |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 104 | $78,786 | +17% | $74,263 – $81,149 |
| University of Minnesota | 84 | $61,650 | −8% | $58,504 – $63,215 |
| New York University | 82 | $68,058 | +1% | $65,082 – $74,794 |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | 72 | $67,582 | +1% | $65,000 – $70,810 |
| Trustees of Boston University | 56 | $70,000 | +4% | $68,079 – $72,800 |
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | 56 | $61,572 | −8% | $61,428 – $64,356 |
| University of Florida | 55 | $61,428 | −9% | $57,300 – $65,820 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | 49 | $67,018 | 0% | $62,607 – $68,053 |
| The Broad Institute, Inc. | 48 | $76,526 | +14% | $74,242 – $81,253 |
| The Scripps Research Institute | 48 | $68,640 | +2% | $68,000 – $70,886 |
| University of Maryland College Park | 47 | $78,592 | +17% | $65,000 – $83,341 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | 43 | $63,800 | −5% | $61,756 – $65,000 |
| W.M. Rice University | 41 | $61,550 | −8% | $58,000 – $65,208 |
| The Rockefeller University | 41 | $74,100 | +10% | $72,000 – $76,915 |
| Mississippi State University | 37 | $60,000 | −11% | $52,000 – $62,878 |
| University of Rochester | 30 | $60,965 | −9% | $57,000 – $63,955 |
| Georgetown University | 28 | $71,766 | +7% | $64,876 – $74,816 |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | 25 | $68,016 | +1% | $68,016 – $75,587 |
| Brandeis University | 22 | $65,000 | −3% | $61,913 – $71,750 |
| Duke University and Health System | 16 | $64,500 | −4% | $61,462 – $66,040 |
| The Jackson Laboratory | 14 | $65,589 | −2% | $64,289 – $65,589 |
| The University of Vermont | 13 | $61,008 | −9% | $61,008 – $61,428 |
| Florida International University | 13 | $61,925 | −8% | $58,414 – $65,000 |
| Institute for Cancer Research | 13 | $68,964 | +3% | $66,495 – $74,008 |
| Research Foundation of Suny at Buffalo | 13 | $64,085 | −5% | $58,656 – $66,093 |
| The George Washington University | 10 | $69,268 | +3% | $67,624 – $72,146 |
| Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | 9 | $75,000 | +12% | $75,000 – $75,000 |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | 8 | $59,322 | −12% | $56,368 – $63,960 |
| University of Colorado | 7 | $66,560 | −1% | $64,448 – $77,484 |
| State University of New York at Buffalo | 6 | $57,062 | −15% | $50,378 – $63,016 |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | 5 | $60,000 | −11% | $50,000 – $60,000 |
| The Research Foundation at SUNY Binghamton | 5 | $62,000 | −8% | $59,000 – $62,000 |
| The Research Foundation for SUNY Albany | 4 | $63,605 | −5% | $62,660 – $64,250 |
| The Research Foundation for SUNY Upstate Medical University | 4 | $62,346 | −7% | $59,889 – $63,963 |
| The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | 4 | $64,572 | −4% | $62,652 – $67,869 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 4 | $75,000 | +12% | $70,000 – $75,000 |
| Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | 3 | $59,039 | −12% | $57,340 – $59,160 |
| Indiana University | 3 | $56,000 | −17% | $56,000 – $56,250 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York - Albany | 3 | $59,634 | −11% | $57,300 – $61,995 |
| University of Louisville | 2 | $59,567 | −11% | $58,434 – $60,700 |
| Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc. | 2 | $64,794 | −4% | $63,297 – $66,291 |
| Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | 2 | $53,240 | −21% | $50,860 – $55,620 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | 2 | $60,000 | −11% | $60,000 – $60,000 |
| The Research Foundation for SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University | 2 | $59,455 | −12% | $58,378 – $60,532 |