University profileSaipan, MPFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Northern Marianas College get?
Northern Marianas College received $12.6 million in federal awards in FY2025, 754th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $12.6 million to Northern Marianas College (Saipan, MP), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 754th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Northern Marianas College.
| Albany Medical College #751 · NY | $13M |
| Motlow State Community College #752 · TN | $13M |
| Suffolk University #753 · MA | $13M |
| Northern Marianas College #754 · MP | $13M |
| Park University #755 · MO | $13M |
| Mendocino-Lake Community College District #756 · CA | $13M |
| Oral Roberts University #757 · OK | $13M |
What the money is
That is down 40.6% from FY2024 ($21.2 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 204.4%. The largest share came as direct payments ($7.1 million, 56.0%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($6.9 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($6.8 million); Smith-Lever Extension Funding ($2.2 million); Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act ($2.1 million). It ranks 754th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names NORTHERN MARIANAS COLLEGE (UEI D9H8LRADZSL3). 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
Northern Marianas College: $13M 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
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Contracts | Grants | Direct payments | Loans | Insurance and other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | $0 | $3.6M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3.6M |
| FY2019 | $0 | $4.1M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4.1M |
| FY2020 | $0 | $28.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $28.5M |
| FY2021 | $0 | $37.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $37.2M |
| FY2022 | $0 | $9.0M | $2.7M | $0 | $0 | $11.7M |
| FY2023 | $0 | $23.3M | $5.6M | $0 | $0 | $29.0M |
| FY2024 | $0 | $15.3M | $5.9M | $0 | $0 | $21.2M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $5.5M | $7.1M | $0 | $0 | $12.6M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $4.4M | $4.5M | $0 | $0 | $8.9M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Northern Marianas College, 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 | $6.9 million | 55.0% |
| Department of Agriculture | $4.4 million | 35.3% |
| Small Business Administration | $777,777 | 6.2% |
| Department of Labor | $360,017 | 2.9% |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | $149,998 | 1.2% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of the Interior | -$152 | -0.0% |
| Department of Justice | -$57,206 | -0.5% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $6.8 million | 54.2% |
| Smith-Lever Extension Funding Assistance Listing 10.511 | $2.2 million | 17.7% |
| Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act Assistance Listing 10.203 | $2.1 million | 16.8% |
| Small Business Development Centers Assistance Listing 59.037 | $777,777 | 6.2% |
| Adult Education - Basic Grants to States Assistance Listing 84.002 | $311,745 | 2.5% |
| Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access Assistance Listing 45.149 | $149,998 | 1.2% |
| Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Assistance Listing 10.514 | $102,511 | 0.8% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $98,638 | 0.8% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $89,295 | 0.7% |
| Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (TEACH Grants) Assistance Listing 84.379 | $42,557 | 0.3% |
Other institutions in Northern Mariana Islands
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Northern Marianas College receive?
- $12.6 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Northern Marianas College's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($6.9 million, 55.0%). By type, grants were $5.5 million and contracts $0.
- Did Northern Marianas College's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $12.6 million; FY2024: $21.2 million (-40.6%).
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) 3aeef6a6-8b58-c8e0-39d1-7866f01f4910-R, 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.