University profileColumbia, TNFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Columbia State Community College get?
Columbia State Community College received $11.6 million in federal awards in FY2025, 790th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $11.6 million to Columbia State Community College (Columbia, TN), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 790th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Columbia State Community College.
| Sacred Heart University #787 · CT | $12M |
| Reach University #788 · CA | $12M |
| Compton College #789 · CA | $12M |
| Columbia State Community College #790 · TN | $12M |
| Paul Quinn College #791 · TX | $12M |
| University of la Verne #792 · CA | $12M |
| Talladega College #793 · AL | $12M |
What the money is
That is up 0.3% from FY2024 ($11.6 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 4478.5%. The largest share came as direct payments ($11.3 million, 97.6%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($11.6 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($11.1 million); TRIO Student Support Services ($272,364); Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants ($160,721). It ranks 790th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (UEI ECGWABM44A46). 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
Columbia State Community College: $12M in FY2025, up 4478% 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 | $0 | $242,073 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $242,073 |
| FY2019 | $0 | $252,966 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $252,966 |
| FY2020 | $0 | $3.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3.5M |
| FY2021 | $0 | $19.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $19.3M |
| FY2022 | $0 | $696,395 | $3.8M | $0 | $0 | $4.5M |
| FY2023 | $0 | $272,293 | $7.9M | $0 | $0 | $8.1M |
| FY2024 | $0 | $2.2M | $9.4M | $0 | $0 | $11.6M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $272,364 | $11.3M | $0 | $0 | $11.6M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $2.3M | $11.5M | $0 | $0 | $13.8M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Columbia State Community 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 | $11.6 million | 100.0% |
| National Science Foundation | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $11.1 million | 96.0% |
| TRIO Student Support Services Assistance Listing 84.042 | $272,364 | 2.4% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $160,721 | 1.4% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $35,328 | 0.3% |
| Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268 | $0 | 0.0% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $0 | 0.0% |
Other institutions in Tennessee
- Vanderbilt University$218M
- University of Tennessee (Knoxville)$180M
- Tennessee State University$74M
- University of Memphis$69M
- University of Tennessee (Memphis)$58M
- Meharry Medical College$56M
- Middle Tennessee State University$54M
- East Tennessee State University$51M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Columbia State Community College receive?
- $11.6 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Columbia State Community College's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($11.6 million, 100.0%). By type, grants were $272,364 and contracts $0.
- Did Columbia State Community College's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $11.6 million; FY2024: $11.6 million (+0.3%).
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) 9379a89e-870e-b596-d779-8f3d9f696a82-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.