Where My Taxes Go

UniversitiesLouisianaFiscal year 2025

Federal funding for universities in Louisiana

31 universities and colleges in Louisiana received $1.1 billion in federal awards in FY2025. Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) received the most ($171.3 million).

The largest recipients in Louisiana

Federal awards, FY2025.

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) LA$171M
Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund LA$133M
Southern University and A & M College LA$66M
University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA$59M
Delgado Community College LA$55M
Grambling State University LA$47M
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans LA$45M
Xavier University of Louisiana LA$42M
Baton Rouge Community College LA$34M
Louisiana Community & Technical College System (Baton Rouge) LA$34M

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

All 31 institutions

31 institutions
#InstitutionLocationFY2025 totalGrants
1Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge)Baton Rouge, LA$171.3M$96.4M
2Administrators of Tulane Educational FundNew Orleans, LA$133.3M$112.5M
3Southern University and A & M CollegeBaton Rouge, LA$66.1M$31.4M
4University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, LA$59.2M$13.0M
5Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, LA$54.6M$1.2M
6Grambling State UniversityGrambling, LA$47.0M$24.5M
7Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$44.7M$40.2M
8Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$41.6M$28.2M
9Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge, LA$34.5M$1.7M
10Louisiana Community & Technical College System (Baton Rouge)Baton Rouge, LA$34.5M$34.5M
11Dillard UniversityNew Orleans, LA$33.9M$30.8M
12Southeastern la UniversityHammond, LA$31.9M$0
13University of New Orleans Research and Technology FoundationNew Orleans, LA$29.7M$12.2M
14Louisiana State University (Shreveport)Shreveport, LA$25.5M$24.7M
15Southern University ShreveportShreveport, LA$24.1M$11.7M
16Louisiana Tech UniversityRuston, LA$24.0M$5.8M
17South Louisiana Community CollegeLafayette, LA$22.5M$1.1M
18Louisiana State University AlexandriaAlexandria, LA$20.7M$0
19Northwestern State University of LouisianaNatchitoches, LA$20.6M$3.0M
20Southern University and A&M College System (New Orleans)New Orleans, LA$20.2M$13.5M
21Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City, LA$19.8M$0
22University of Louisiana at MonroeMonroe, LA$19.5M$1.7M
23Nicholls State UniversityThibodaux, LA$18.2M$4.5M
24Louisiana State University Agricultural CenterBaton Rouge, LA$17.2M$16.8M
25Mc Neese State UniversityLake Charles, LA$16.6M$1.2M
26Louisiana Delta Community CollegeMonroe, LA$14.5M-$507,748
27Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, LA$13.6M$13.6M
28Northshore Technical Community CollegeBogalusa, LA$11.8M-$91,570
29Loyola University New OrleansNew Orleans, LA$11.8M$2.3M
30Sowela Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, LA$10.7M$0
31L E Fletcher Technical Community CollegeSchriever, LA$9.8M$272,364

All federal money to Louisiana

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.