44 orthopedic departments ranked by NIH funding

The National Institutes of Health awarded nearly $122 million in funding to orthopedic departments at universities and schools of medicine in the U.S. in 2025, according to data from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.

The mean funding for orthopedic departments in 2025 was $2.77 million, and the median was $1.79 million. 

Two universities received more than $10 million: Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania. 

Here is what 44 U.S. schools received from the NIH last year for orthopedics:

1. Duke University (Durham, N.C.): $13,199,302
2. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia): $11,542,610
3. Washington University in St. Louis: $8,945,514
4. University of California San Francisco: $7,540,315
5. University of Colorado Denver: $6,719,615
6. University of Rochester (N.Y.): $6,210,241
7. University of Southern California (Los Angeles): $5,389,290
8. University of Utah (Salt Lake City): $4,675,358
9. University of Michigan (Ann Arbor): $4,431,459
10. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore): $4,016,524
11. University of Maryland, Baltimore: $3,817,799
12. Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia): $3,695,023
13. University of Pittsburgh: $3,453,680
14. Emory University (Atlanta): $3,453,620
15. Columbia University Health Sciences (New York City): $2,952,863
16. Stanford (Calif.) University: $2,876,016
17. Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine (New York City): $2,623,551
18. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.): $2,186,078
19. Pennsylvania State University Medical Center (Hershey): $1,993,806
20. University of California San Diego: $1,976,352
21. New York University School of Medicine (New York City): $1,936,611
22. Yale University (New Haven, Conn.): $1,793,319
23. University of Washington (Seattle): $1,778,527
24. University of Texas Southwestern (Dallas): $1,728,366
25. West Virginia University (Morgantown): $1,526,832
26. University of Minnesota (Minneapolis): $1,322,025
27. University of Virginia (Charlottesville): $1,031,676
28. University of California, Davis: $939,318
29. University of California, Los Angeles: $903,930
30. Rush University Medical Center (Chicago): $837,719
31. University of Connecticut School of Medicine (Farmington, Conn.): $806,100
32. University of Toledo (Ohio) Health Science Campus: $668,560
33. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: $630,999
34. University of Alabama at Birmingham: $630,293
35. University of Iowa (Iowa City): $603,561
36. University of Massachusetts Medical School (Worcester): $540,719
37. University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill): $502,452
38. University of Kansas Medical Center (Kansas City): $427,365
39. Ohio State University (Columbus): $393,750
40. University of Arizona (Tucson): $383,750
41. Baylor College of Medicine (Houston): $316,800
42. University of South Florida (Tampa): $225,000
43. Indiana University (Bloomington): $156,210
44. Case Western Reserve U & Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine: $30,000