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University profileArecibo, PRFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Arecibo) get?

Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Arecibo) received $16.0 million in federal awards in FY2025, 650th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $16.0 million to Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Arecibo) (Arecibo, PR), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$16M
$16.0 million
Grants
$988K
6% of total
Contracts
$0
0% of total
Rank
650th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 650th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Arecibo).

Pierce College #647 · WA$16M
Gallaudet University #648 · DC$16M
University of Puerto Rico (Humacao) #649 · PR$16M
Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Arecibo) #650 · PR$16M
Loyola Marymount University #651 · CA$16M
Stark State College of Technology #652 · OH$16M
Lewis University #653 · IL$16M

What the money is

That is up 11.9% from FY2024 ($14.3 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 731.3%. The largest share came as direct payments ($15.0 million, 93.8%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($16.0 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($14.6 million); TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers ($626,630); Higher Education Institutional Aid ($348,379). It ranks 650th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, INC. (UEI TJURX4A9KDC5). Money that reaches it as a subaward through another organization is not included. Separately incorporated foundations, hospitals and laboratories have their own records and are not added in. Grouping rules are explained in the methodology.

Federal awards by year

Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Arecibo): $16M in FY2025, up 731% on FY2019

Federal award obligations by fiscal year and type, FY2018–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is preliminary and still filling in.

  • Insurance and other
  • Loans (subsidy cost)
  • Direct payments
  • Grants
  • Contracts
$0$10M$20M$30M$40MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$16M$0$10M$20M$30M$40M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$16M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$0$1.4M$0$0$0$1.4M
FY2019$0$1.9M$0$0$0$1.9M
FY2020$0$8.2M$0$0$0$8.2M
FY2021$0$36.0M$0$0$0$36.0M
FY2022$0$2.2M$6.2M$0$0$8.5M
FY2023$0$2.8M$12.6M$0$0$15.4M
FY2024$0$2.7M$11.6M$0$0$14.3M
FY2025$0$987,853$15.0M$0$0$16.0M
FY2026*$0$610,517$13.8M$0$0$14.4M

B = billion, M = million. Loans are the subsidy cost the government records. * FY2026 (October 2025 to September 2026) is preliminary: agencies keep reporting after the year ends, and Department of Defense contract data is published with a 90-day delay. Negative amounts are net de-obligations (money taken back from earlier awards).

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).

Who pays and for what, FY2025

The agencies that obligated the most to Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Arecibo), and the largest federal programs. Programs are federal Assistance Listings (formerly CFDA numbers); contracts have no listing number, so they do not appear there.

Top awarding agencies

AgencyFY2025Share
Department of Education$16.0 million99.9%
Department of Health and Human Services$12,8440.1%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$14.6 million91.1%
TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers Assistance Listing 84.066$626,6303.9%
Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031$348,3792.2%
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007$218,9711.4%
Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033$207,2131.3%
Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Assistance Listing 93.124$12,8440.1%
Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (TEACH Grants) Assistance Listing 84.379$10,3730.1%
Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268$00.0%

Other institutions in Puerto Rico

All institutions in Puerto Rico

Federal money to Puerto Rico

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Inter American University of Puerto Rico receive?
$16.0 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Inter American University of Puerto Rico's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($16.0 million, 99.9%). By type, grants were $987,853 and contracts $0.
Did Inter American University of Puerto Rico's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $16.0 million; FY2024: $14.3 million (+11.9%).

Sources and notes

  1. USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) 79c5ea4d-159e-6661-c673-8831c957631c-C, 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.