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UniversitiesNew MexicoFiscal year 2025

Federal funding for universities in New Mexico

8 universities and colleges in New Mexico received $569.4 million in federal awards in FY2025. University of New Mexico received the most ($270.6 million).

The largest recipients in New Mexico

Federal awards, FY2025.

University of New Mexico NM$271M
New Mexico State University NM$130M
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology NM$74M
Navajo Technical University NM$31M
Central New Mexico Community College NM$22M
Eastern New Mexico University NM$19M
San Juan College NM$15M
Western New Mexico University NM$8M

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

All 8 institutions

8 institutions
#InstitutionLocationFY2025 totalGrants
1University of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM$270.6M$197.6M
2New Mexico State UniversityLas Cruces, NM$129.9M$64.1M
3New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySocorro, NM$74.5M$51.7M
4Navajo Technical UniversityCrownpoint, NM$31.1M$20.5M
5Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, NM$21.6M$1.1M
6Eastern New Mexico UniversityPortales, NM$19.0M$2.3M
7San Juan CollegeFarmington, NM$14.7M$1.7M
8Western New Mexico UniversitySilver City, NM$8.0M-$350

All federal money to New Mexico

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.