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UniversitiesColoradoFiscal year 2025

Federal funding for universities in Colorado

18 universities and colleges in Colorado received $2.1 billion in federal awards in FY2025. Colorado State University received the most ($656.7 million).

The largest recipients in Colorado

Federal awards, FY2025.

Colorado State University CO$657M
University of Colorado (Boulder) CO$482M
University of Colorado (Aurora) CO$408M
Colorado Technical University CO$166M
Colorado School of Mines CO$58M
Metropolitan State University of Denver CO$46M
University of Denver CO$30M
University of Colorado at Denver CO$29M
Pikes Peak State College CO$26M
Front Range Community College CO$24M

Source: USAspending.gov, awards to each institution's registered UEIs.

All 18 institutions

18 institutions
#InstitutionLocationFY2025 totalGrants
1Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, CO$656.7M$591.8M
2University of Colorado (Boulder)Boulder, CO$481.6M$361.2M
3University of Colorado (Aurora)Aurora, CO$408.4M$401.6M
4Colorado Technical UniversityColorado Springs, CO$165.8M$0
5Colorado School of MinesGolden, CO$57.6M$48.3M
6Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, CO$46.0M$2.3M
7University of DenverDenver, CO$30.2M$19.8M
8University of Colorado at DenverDenver, CO$28.8M$59,725
9Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, CO$25.7M$355,052
10Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, CO$24.2M$2.2M
11University of Colorado (Colorado Springs)Colorado Springs, CO$23.5M$4.6M
12Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, CO$20.3M$29,956
13Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, CO$19.9M$1.1M
14University of Northern ColoradoGreeley, CO$19.4M$6.1M
15Colorado State University - Global CampusDenver, CO$17.5M$0
16Fort Lewis CollegeDurango, CO$13.2M$5.1M
17Aims Local College DistrictGreeley, CO$9.7M$558,473
18Adams State UniversityAlamosa, CO$7.4M$2.7M

All federal money to Colorado

Sources and notes

  1. 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.
  2. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.