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UniversitiesPuerto RicoFiscal year 2025

Federal funding for universities in Puerto Rico

23 universities and colleges in Puerto Rico received $531.2 million in federal awards in FY2025. University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez) received the most ($63.5 million).

The largest recipients in Puerto Rico

Federal awards, FY2025.

University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez) PR$64M
University of Puerto Rico (San Juan) PR$60M
Sistema Universitario Ana G Mendez PR$54M
University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus PR$38M
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico PR$33M
Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Incorporado (San Juan) PR$30M
Universidad del Sagrado Corazon PR$29M
Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Incorporado (Carolina) PR$26M
Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Bayamon) PR$24M
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico PR$20M

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

All 23 institutions

23 institutions
#InstitutionLocationFY2025 totalGrants
1University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez)Mayaguez, PR$63.5M$16.9M
2University of Puerto Rico (San Juan)San Juan, PR$59.8M$18.2M
3Sistema Universitario Ana G MendezGurabo, PR$54.5M$2.5M
4University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences CampusSan Juan, PR$38.0M$36.9M
5Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto RicoPonce, PR$32.6M$1.3M
6Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Incorporado (San Juan)San Juan, PR$29.6M$1.3M
7Universidad del Sagrado CorazonSan Juan, PR$29.3M$2.3M
8Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Incorporado (Carolina)Carolina, PR$26.0M-$39,577
9Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Bayamon)Bayamon, PR$24.2M$0
10Universidad Politecnica de Puerto RicoSan Juan, PR$20.3M$2.7M
11University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, PR$17.0M$105,348
12University of Puerto Rico (Humacao)Humacao, PR$16.0M$571,125
13Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Arecibo)Arecibo, PR$16.0M$987,853
14University of Puerto Rico (Bayamon)Bayamon, PR$15.8M$399,998
15University of Puerto Rico at CarolinaCarolina, PR$13.6M$545,731
16Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Guayama)Guayama, PR$11.9M$0
17Universidad de Puerto Rico En AguadillaAguadilla, PR$11.3M$0
18University of Puerto Rico at CayeyCayey, PR$11.1M-$248,539
19Caribbean UniversityBayamon, PR$9.6M$0
20National College of Business and Technology CompanySan Juan, PR$9.2M$0
21Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Barranquitas)Barranquitas, PR$8.4M$1.2M
22Dewey UniversityCarolina, PR$7.0M$0
23Atlantic UniversityGuaynabo, PR$6.4M$0

All federal money to Puerto Rico

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.