University profileGlassboro, NJFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Rowan University get?
Rowan University received $58.6 million in federal awards in FY2025, 258th of 998 institutions (top 26%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $58.6 million to Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 258th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Rowan University.
| University of Connecticut Health Center #255 · CT | $60M |
| University of Puerto Rico (San Juan) #256 · PR | $60M |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette #257 · LA | $59M |
| Rowan University #258 · NJ | $59M |
| Albany State University #259 · GA | $58M |
| University of Tennessee (Memphis) #260 · TN | $58M |
| University of Connecticut (Storrs Mansfield) #261 · CT | $58M |
What the money is
That is down 2.8% from FY2024 ($60.4 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 308.5%. The largest share came as direct payments ($41.6 million, 71.0%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($42.7 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($39.2 million); Basic Scientific Research ($2.6 million); Medical Student Education ($2.6 million). It ranks 258th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names ROWAN UNIVERSITY (UEI DMDEQP66JL85). 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
Rowan University: $59M in FY2025, up 308% 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 | $3.4M | $5.6M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $9.0M |
| FY2019 | $3.5M | $10.9M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $14.4M |
| FY2020 | $500,000 | $28.4M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $28.9M |
| FY2021 | $7.6M | $76.3M | $40,942 | $0 | $0 | $84.0M |
| FY2022 | $3.0M | $16.4M | $13.1M | $0 | $0 | $32.5M |
| FY2023 | $14.5M | $19.4M | $28.0M | $0 | $0 | $62.0M |
| FY2024 | $3.6M | $21.7M | $35.0M | $0 | $0 | $60.4M |
| FY2025 | $995,299 | $16.0M | $41.6M | $0 | $0 | $58.6M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $13.4M | $23.9M | $0 | $0 | $37.3M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Rowan 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 | $42.7 million | 72.7% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $7.9 million | 13.4% |
| Department of Defense | $3.7 million | 6.4% |
| National Science Foundation | $3.5 million | 6.0% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $358,796 | 0.6% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $349,826 | 0.6% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $109,584 | 0.2% |
| Department of the Interior | $27,924 | 0.0% |
| Department of State | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $39.2 million | 66.9% |
| Basic Scientific Research Assistance Listing 12.431 | $2.6 million | 4.5% |
| Medical Student Education Assistance Listing 93.680 | $2.6 million | 4.4% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $1.7 million | 2.9% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $1.7 million | 2.9% |
| Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041 | $1.4 million | 2.3% |
| Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health Assistance Listing 93.286 | $1.1 million | 1.8% |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs Assistance Listing 93.279 | $839,962 | 1.4% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $769,793 | 1.3% |
| Biological Sciences Assistance Listing 47.074 | $754,740 | 1.3% |
Other institutions in New Jersey
- Princeton University$410M
- Rutgers, the State University (New Brunswick)$275M
- Rutgers the State University of New Jersey (Newark)$242M
- Montclair State University$80M
- Stevens Institute of Technology$77M
- New Jersey Institute of Technology$68M
- Kean University$46M
- William Paterson University of New Jersey$28M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Rowan University receive?
- $58.6 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Rowan University's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($42.7 million, 72.7%). By type, grants were $16.0 million and contracts $995,299.
- Did Rowan University's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $58.6 million; FY2024: $60.4 million (-2.8%).
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) a8f234e5-d929-51e5-4a22-37acb8e45afa-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.