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Federal funding for universities in Arkansas 19 universities and colleges in Arkansas received $490.2 million in federal awards in FY2025. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences received the most ($96.0 million).
The largest recipients in Arkansas
Federal awards, FY2025.
Source: USAspending.gov, awards to each institution's registered UEIs.
All 19 institutions 19 institutions
# Institution Location FY2025 total Grants 1 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR $96.0M $95.5M 2 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR $94.7M $55.3M 3 University of Arkansas System (Little Rock) Little Rock, AR $36.7M $15.7M 4 Arkansas State University (Jonesboro) Jonesboro, AR $36.7M $3.0M 5 University of Arkansas System (Pine Bluff) Pine Bluff, AR $33.6M $21.6M 6 University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR $30.0M $5.3M 7 Arkansas Tech University Russellville, AR $22.6M $3.2M 8 Southern Arkansas University Magnolia, AR $19.7M $2.2M 9 University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Fort Smith, AR $15.9M $1.2M 10 University of Arkansas Grantham Little Rock, AR $14.7M $0 11 Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Fayetteville, AR $12.1M $9.0M 12 Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock) Little Rock, AR $11.9M $11.8M 13 Arkansas State University (Beebe) Beebe, AR $11.4M $2.1M 14 Shorter College North Little Rock, AR $10.2M $4.6M 15 Northwest Arkansas Community College Bentonville, AR $9.9M $37,185 16 Henderson State University Arkadelphia, AR $8.7M $2.2M 17 Philander Smith University Little Rock, AR $8.6M $5.2M 18 University of Arkansas at Monticello Monticello, AR $8.3M $0 19 National Park Community College Hot Springs National Park, AR $8.2M $1.1M
All federal money to Arkansas
Sources and notes USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient, 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 .