University profileLynchburg, VAFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Liberty University get?
Liberty University received $185.1 million in federal awards in FY2025, 103rd of 998 institutions (top 10%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $185.1 million to Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 103rd of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Liberty University.
| University of California, Santa Barbara #100 · CA | $192M |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook) #101 · NY | $190M |
| University of Nebraska (Omaha) #102 · NE | $187M |
| Liberty University #103 · VA | $185M |
| California State University -Fullerton #104 · CA | $184M |
| University of South Carolina (Columbia) #105 · SC | $182M |
| Indiana University (Bloomington) #106 · IN | $181M |
What the money is
That is up 18.8% from FY2024 ($155.8 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 21889.6%. The largest share came as direct payments ($183.8 million, 99.3%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($183.8 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($167.0 million); Federal Work-Study Program ($12.4 million); Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants ($4.0 million). It ranks 103rd of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC (UEI CK9CNLPNKLK5). 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
Liberty University: $185M in FY2025, up 21890% 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
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Contracts | Grants | Direct payments | Loans | Insurance and other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | $486,165 | -$26,098 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $460,067 |
| FY2019 | $471,226 | $370,332 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $841,558 |
| FY2020 | $484,801 | $15.7M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $16.2M |
| FY2021 | $529,895 | $101.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $101.8M |
| FY2022 | $609,805 | $457,262 | $61.0M | $0 | $0 | $62.1M |
| FY2023 | $781,905 | $662,036 | $130.2M | $0 | $0 | $131.7M |
| FY2024 | $945,705 | $143,470 | $154.7M | $0 | $0 | $155.8M |
| FY2025 | $1.1M | $124,426 | $183.8M | $0 | $0 | $185.1M |
| FY2026* | $511,844 | $0 | $186.3M | $0 | $0 | $186.8M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Liberty University, 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
| Agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | $183.8 million | 99.3% |
| Department of Defense | $1.2 million | 0.6% |
| National Science Foundation | $53,000 | 0.0% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $167.0 million | 90.2% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $12.4 million | 6.7% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $4.0 million | 2.2% |
| Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (TEACH Grants) Assistance Listing 84.379 | $470,457 | 0.3% |
| Information Security Grants Assistance Listing 12.902 | $71,426 | 0.0% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $53,000 | 0.0% |
| Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $0 | 0.0% |
Other institutions in Virginia
- Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$398M
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University$235M
- Virginia Commonwealth University$221M
- George Mason University$153M
- Strayer University, LLC$150M
- Virginia Community College System Office (Annandale)$79M
- Old Dominion University$66M
- Virginia State University$56M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Liberty University receive?
- $185.1 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Liberty University's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($183.8 million, 99.3%). By type, grants were $124,426 and contracts $1.1 million.
- Did Liberty University's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $185.1 million; FY2024: $155.8 million (+18.8%).
Sources and notes
- USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) 3eb74425-e678-dfc2-8486-0daae5025d66-C, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.