University profileChestnut Hill, MAFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Boston College get?
Boston College received $63.5 million in federal awards in FY2025, 244th of 998 institutions (top 24%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $63.5 million to Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 244th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Boston College.
| Old Dominion University #241 · VA | $66M |
| Rockefeller University #242 · NY | $65M |
| University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez) #243 · PR | $64M |
| Boston College #244 · MA | $63M |
| Rochester Institute of Technology #245 · NY | $63M |
| University of North Dakota #246 · ND | $63M |
| University of Arizona Global Campus #247 · AZ | $62M |
What the money is
That is up 27.7% from FY2024 ($49.7 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 90.0%. The largest share came as grants ($39.4 million, 62.1%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($22.0 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($17.5 million); Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research ($6.3 million); Biomedical Research and Research Training ($5.2 million). It ranks 244th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE (UEI MJ3JH8CRJBZ7). Money that reaches it as a subaward through another organization is not included. Separately incorporated foundations, hospitals and laboratories have their own records and are not added in. Grouping rules are explained in the methodology.
Federal awards by year
Boston College: $63M in FY2025, up 90% on FY2019
Federal award obligations by fiscal year and type, FY2018–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is preliminary and still filling in.
- Insurance and other
- Loans (subsidy cost)
- Direct payments
- Grants
- Contracts
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Contracts | Grants | Direct payments | Loans | Insurance and other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | $2.7M | $34.1M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $36.8M |
| FY2019 | $4.2M | $29.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $33.4M |
| FY2020 | $4.5M | $36.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $40.8M |
| FY2021 | $5.7M | $65.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $70.9M |
| FY2022 | $4.2M | $31.0M | $740,512 | $0 | $0 | $36.0M |
| FY2023 | $3.0M | $38.9M | $13.8M | $0 | $20,000 | $55.7M |
| FY2024 | $2.7M | $38.8M | $8.2M | $0 | $0 | $49.7M |
| FY2025 | $2.9M | $39.4M | $21.1M | $0 | $0 | $63.5M |
| FY2026* | $2.6M | $32.0M | $11.3M | $0 | $0 | $45.8M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Boston College, and the largest federal programs. Programs are federal Assistance Listings (formerly CFDA numbers); contracts have no listing number, so they do not appear there.
Top awarding agencies
| Agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | $22.0 million | 34.7% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $20.5 million | 32.3% |
| National Science Foundation | $11.4 million | 18.0% |
| Department of Defense | $4.3 million | 6.7% |
| Department of Energy | $2.9 million | 4.6% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $2.1 million | 3.3% |
| Department of Commerce | $204,181 | 0.3% |
| Department of the Interior | $60,100 | 0.1% |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Agriculture | -$19,263 | -0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $17.5 million | 27.6% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $6.3 million | 10.0% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $5.2 million | 8.2% |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049 | $4.4 million | 6.9% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $3.4 million | 5.4% |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049 | $2.9 million | 4.6% |
| Mental Health Research Grants Assistance Listing 93.242 | $2.9 million | 4.5% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $2.1 million | 3.4% |
| Science Assistance Listing 43.001 | $2.1 million | 3.3% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $1.5 million | 2.3% |
Other institutions in Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Lexington)$1.4B
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge)$443M
- Boston University$420M
- University of Massachusetts Medical School$276M
- Harvard University (Cambridge)$254M
- University of Massachusetts (Amherst)$165M
- Harvard University (Boston)$156M
- Northeastern University$149M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Boston College receive?
- $63.5 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Boston College's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($22.0 million, 34.7%). By type, grants were $39.4 million and contracts $2.9 million.
- Did Boston College's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $63.5 million; FY2024: $49.7 million (+27.7%).
Sources and notes
- USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) ca18aabd-5785-795d-5681-14919d3f26ad-C, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.