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UniversitiesMinnesotaFiscal year 2025

Federal funding for universities in Minnesota

18 universities and colleges in Minnesota received $910.3 million in federal awards in FY2025. University of Minnesota received the most ($652.6 million).

The largest recipients in Minnesota

Federal awards, FY2025.

University of Minnesota MN$653M
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (Saint Paul) MN$47M
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (Minneapolis) MN$34M
Minnesota State University Mankato MN$23M
Century College MN$18M
University of St Thomas MN$17M
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (Saint Cloud) MN$14M
Augsburg University MN$13M
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (Cambridge) MN$11M
Concordia University, St. Paul MN$10M

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

All 18 institutions

18 institutions
#InstitutionLocationFY2025 totalGrants
1University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN$652.6M$578.5M
2Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (Saint Paul)Saint Paul, MN$47.0M$23.3M
3Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (Minneapolis)Minneapolis, MN$34.0M$2.4M
4Minnesota State University MankatoMankato, MN$23.4M$2.6M
5Century CollegeSaint Paul, MN$18.3M$1.8M
6University of St ThomasSaint Paul, MN$16.8M$4.0M
7Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (Saint Cloud)Saint Cloud, MN$13.7M$0
8Augsburg UniversityMinneapolis, MN$12.8M$1.1M
9Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (Cambridge)Cambridge, MN$11.1M$634,484
10Concordia University, St. PaulSaint Paul, MN$10.4M$0
11Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (Hibbing)Hibbing, MN$10.3M$3.1M
12Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (Bemidji)Bemidji, MN$10.0M$1.3M
13Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, MN$10.0M$2.0M
14Rochester Community & Technical CollegeRochester, MN$9.5M$469,690
15Winona State UniversityWinona, MN$8.8M-$257,068
16St. Olaf CollegeNorthfield, MN$8.2M$3.0M
17St. Catherine UniversitySaint Paul, MN$6.8M$1.7M
18Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community CollegeCloquet, MN$6.7M$4.5M

All federal money to Minnesota

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.