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How much federal money does North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University get?

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University received $133.7 million in federal awards in FY2025, 138th of 998 institutions (top 14%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $133.7 million to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (Greensboro, NC), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$134M
$133.7 million
Grants
$82M
61% of total
Contracts
$0
0% of total
Rank
138th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 138th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

George Washington University #135 · DC$136M
University of Rhode Island #136 · RI$135M
Texas Tech University System (Lubbock) #137 · TX$134M
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University #138 · NC$134M
California State University Northridge #139 · CA$133M
Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund #140 · LA$133M
University of Oregon #141 · OR$133M

What the money is

That is up 15.5% from FY2024 ($115.7 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 203.9%. The largest share came as grants ($81.6 million, 61.0%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($97.4 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($50.2 million); Higher Education Institutional Aid ($37.4 million); Extension Services at 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University, West Virginia State College, and Central State University ($5.3 million). It ranks 138th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY (UEI SKH5GMBR9GL3). 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

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University: $134M in FY2025, up 204% 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$100M$200M$300MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$134M$0$100M$200M$300M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$134M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$983,725$44.1M$0$0$190,156$45.3M
FY2019$823,986$43.2M$0$0$2,196$44.0M
FY2020-$139,600$99.5M$0$0$11,152$99.4M
FY2021$171,000$209.5M$0$0$60,914$209.7M
FY2022$237,506$104.2M$18.5M$0$25,000$122.9M
FY2023$225,250$97.8M$37.6M$0$107,000$135.8M
FY2024$150,000$74.0M$41.3M$0$243,633$115.7M
FY2025$0$81.6M$52.1M$0$0$133.7M
FY2026*$125,002$73.3M$50.4M$0-$17,021$123.7M

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 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State 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

AgencyFY2025Share
Department of Education$97.4 million72.8%
Department of Agriculture$14.8 million11.0%
National Science Foundation$10.2 million7.6%
Department of Health and Human Services$5.8 million4.4%
Department of Energy$4.7 million3.5%
Department of Transportation$3.0 million2.2%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$636,1810.5%
Institute of Museum and Library Services$149,9270.1%
Department of Commerce$00.0%
Environmental Protection Agency$00.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$50.2 million37.6%
Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031$37.4 million28.0%
Extension Services at 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University, West Virginia State College, and Central State University Assistance Listing 10.512$5.3 million4.0%
Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University Assistance Listing 10.205$4.9 million3.7%
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076$4.8 million3.6%
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Assistance Listing 84.116$4.6 million3.4%
Integrative Activities Assistance Listing 47.083$3.5 million2.6%
University Transportation Centers Program Assistance Listing 20.701$2.9 million2.2%
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049$2.2 million1.7%
Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) Assistance Listing 81.008$2.0 million1.5%

Other institutions in North Carolina

All institutions in North Carolina

Federal money to North Carolina

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University receive?
$133.7 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($97.4 million, 72.8%). By type, grants were $81.6 million and contracts $0.
Did North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $133.7 million; FY2024: $115.7 million (+15.5%).

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) 1ebd38d0-dcb9-749e-ab67-d7eff9806174-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.