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UniversitiesMarylandFiscal year 2025

Federal funding for universities in Maryland

17 universities and colleges in Maryland received $2.5 billion in federal awards in FY2025. Johns Hopkins University received the most ($1.2 billion).

The largest recipients in Maryland

Federal awards, FY2025.

Johns Hopkins University MD$1.2B
University of Maryland, College Park MD$504M
University of Maryland, Baltimore MD$246M
University of Maryland Global Campus MD$110M
University of Maryland Baltimore County MD$103M
Morgan State University MD$97M
University of Maryland MD$56M
Towson University MD$48M
University of Maryland Es MD$34M
Community College of Baltimore County MD$32M

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

All 17 institutions

17 institutions
#InstitutionLocationFY2025 totalGrants
1Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$1.2B$1.1B
2University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park, MD$504.0M$424.9M
3University of Maryland, BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$246.4M$220.5M
4University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, MD$110.1M$220,691
5University of Maryland Baltimore CountyBaltimore, MD$102.8M$75.5M
6Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, MD$97.0M$58.6M
7University of MarylandCollege Park, MD$55.7M$8.3M
8Towson UniversityTowson, MD$48.0M$5.2M
9University of Maryland EsPrincess Anne, MD$34.4M$24.6M
10Community College of Baltimore CountyDundalk, MD$32.2M$1.8M
11Bowie State University FoundationBowie, MD$23.6M$0
12Bowie State UniversityBowie, MD$23.0M$22.9M
13Coppin State UniversityBaltimore, MD$17.9M$9.8M
14University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceCambridge, MD$17.0M$17.0M
15Howard Community CollegeColumbia, MD$15.0M$1.9M
16Salisbury UniversitySalisbury, MD$13.9M$2.0M
17Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, MD$10.8M$3.8M

All federal money to Maryland

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.