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University profileFort Myers, FLFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Florida Southwestern State College get?

Florida Southwestern State College received $34.0 million in federal awards in FY2025, 369th of 998 institutions (top 37%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $34.0 million to Florida Southwestern State College (Fort Myers, FL), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$34M
$34.0 million
Grants
-$333K
-1% of total
Contracts
$0
0% of total
Rank
369th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 369th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Florida Southwestern State College.

Louisiana Community & Technical College System (Baton Rouge) #366 · LA$34M
University of Maryland Es #367 · MD$34M
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (Minneapolis) #368 · MN$34M
Florida Southwestern State College #369 · FL$34M
Dillard University #370 · LA$34M
University of Central Oklahoma #371 · OK$34M
Community College District 502 #372 · IL$34M

What the money is

That is up 21.8% from FY2024 ($27.9 million). The largest share came as direct payments ($34.3 million, 101.0%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($34.3 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($33.2 million); Federal Work-Study Program ($550,000); Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants ($529,699). It ranks 369th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGE (UEI C1EEUPVD33S7). 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

Florida Southwestern State College: $34M in FY2025

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
$0$20M$40M$60MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$34M$0$20M$40M$60M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$34M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$0-$761,307$0$0$0-$761,307
FY2019$0-$46,932$0$0$0-$46,932
FY2020$0$9.8M$0$0$0$9.8M
FY2021$0$54.5M$0$0$0$54.5M
FY2022$0$394,883$12.9M$0$0$13.3M
FY2023$0$270,441$24.2M$0$0$24.5M
FY2024$0$0$27.9M$0$0$27.9M
FY2025$0-$333,206$34.3M$0$0$34.0M
FY2026*$22,751-$42,724$36.3M$0$0$36.3M

B = billion, M = million. Loans are the subsidy cost the government records. * FY2026 (October 2025 to September 2026) is preliminary: agencies keep reporting after the year ends, and Department of Defense contract data is published with a 90-day delay. Negative amounts are net de-obligations (money taken back from earlier awards).

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).

Who pays and for what, FY2025

The agencies that obligated the most to Florida Southwestern State 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

AgencyFY2025Share
Department of Education$34.3 million101.0%
Department of Transportation-$333,206-1.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$33.2 million97.8%
Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033$550,0001.6%
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007$529,6991.6%
Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268$00.0%
Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants Assistance Listing 20.703-$333,206-1.0%

Other institutions in Florida

All institutions in Florida

Federal money to Florida

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Florida Southwestern State College receive?
$34.0 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Florida Southwestern State College's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($34.3 million, 101.0%). By type, grants were -$333,206 and contracts $0.
Did Florida Southwestern State College's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $34.0 million; FY2024: $27.9 million (+21.8%).

Sources and notes

  1. USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) 455f4282-6a05-8d1c-c81f-8e3e29982155-C, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
  2. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.