University profileCrownpoint, NMFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Navajo Technical University get?
Navajo Technical University received $31.1 million in federal awards in FY2025, 394th of 998 institutions (top 39%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $31.1 million to Navajo Technical University (Crownpoint, NM), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 394th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Navajo Technical University.
| District Board of Trustees of Pensacola State College, Florida #391 · FL | $32M |
| Kentucky State University #392 · KY | $32M |
| Southeastern la University #393 · LA | $32M |
| Navajo Technical University #394 · NM | $31M |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania #395 · PA | $31M |
| East Texas A&M University #396 · TX | $31M |
| University of Akron #397 · OH | $31M |
What the money is
That is down 12.9% from FY2024 ($35.7 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 64.7%. The largest share came as grants ($20.5 million, 65.9%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($20.4 million). Its largest programs were Higher Education Institutional Aid ($8.6 million); Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Career and Technical Institutions ($7.6 million); Indian Post Secondary Schools ($6.5 million). It ranks 394th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (UEI WMZPBANV7E63). 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
Navajo Technical University: $31M in FY2025, up 65% 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 | $0 | $17.3M | $3.8M | $0 | $0 | $21.1M |
| FY2019 | $0 | $17.2M | $1.7M | $0 | $0 | $18.9M |
| FY2020 | $0 | $25.3M | $7.7M | $0 | $0 | $33.0M |
| FY2021 | $0 | $45.7M | $31.6M | $0 | $0 | $77.3M |
| FY2022 | $93,921 | $17.8M | $7.5M | $0 | $0 | $25.4M |
| FY2023 | $75,000 | $23.8M | $13.8M | $0 | $0 | $37.7M |
| FY2024 | $56,992 | $19.4M | $16.3M | $0 | $0 | $35.7M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $20.5M | $10.6M | $0 | $0 | $31.1M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $17.1M | $11.3M | $0 | $0 | $28.4M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Navajo Technical 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 | $20.4 million | 65.5% |
| Department of the Interior | $6.5 million | 20.8% |
| National Science Foundation | $2.7 million | 8.8% |
| Department of Energy | $1.0 million | 3.2% |
| Department of Agriculture | $901,227 | 2.9% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $0 | 0.0% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | -$356,237 | -1.1% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031 | $8.6 million | 27.8% |
| Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Career and Technical Institutions Assistance Listing 84.245 | $7.6 million | 24.4% |
| Indian Post Secondary Schools Assistance Listing 15.058 | $6.5 million | 20.8% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $4.0 million | 12.9% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $2.0 million | 6.4% |
| National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Program Assistance Listing 81.123 | $1.0 million | 3.2% |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049 | $739,315 | 2.4% |
| Tribal Colleges Endowment Program Assistance Listing 10.222 | $487,823 | 1.6% |
| Community Facilities Loans and Grants Assistance Listing 10.766 | $251,959 | 0.8% |
| Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Assistance Listing 10.221 | $200,000 | 0.6% |
Other institutions in New Mexico
- University of New Mexico$271M
- New Mexico State University$130M
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology$74M
- Central New Mexico Community College$22M
- Eastern New Mexico University$19M
- San Juan College$15M
- Western New Mexico University$8M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Navajo Technical University receive?
- $31.1 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Navajo Technical University's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($20.4 million, 65.5%). By type, grants were $20.5 million and contracts $0.
- Did Navajo Technical University's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $31.1 million; FY2024: $35.7 million (-12.9%).
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) f46aa58c-38be-b4b1-7cf5-9814687f92de-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.