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University profileBaton Rouge, LAFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical College get?

Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical College received $13.6 million in federal awards in FY2025, 723rd of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $13.6 million to Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, LA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$14M
$13.6 million
Grants
$14M
100% of total
Contracts
$0
0% of total
Rank
723rd
of 998 institutions

Ranked 723rd of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical College.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (Saint Cloud) #720 · MN$14M
University of Puerto Rico at Carolina #721 · PR$14M
Azusa Pacific University #722 · CA$14M
Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical College #723 · LA$14M
Temple College #724 · TX$14M
Yuba Community College District #725 · CA$14M
Lane College #726 · TN$14M

What the money is

That is down 28.5% from FY2024 ($19.0 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 80.9%. The largest share came as grants ($13.6 million, 100.0%). The Department of Agriculture was the biggest funder ($8.8 million). Its largest programs were Higher Education Institutional Aid ($4.7 million); Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University ($3.0 million); Extension Services at 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University, West Virginia State College, and Central State University ($2.5 million). It ranks 723rd of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL COLLEGE (UEI DNVMJM76ZCF3, TXYFZM5AMFM3). 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

Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical College: $14M in FY2025, up 81% 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$5M$10M$15M$20MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$14M$0$5M$10M$15M$20M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$14M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$0$3.5M$0$0$0$3.5M
FY2019$0$7.5M$0$0$0$7.5M
FY2020$0$10.7M$0$0$0$10.7M
FY2021$0$13.5M$0$0$194,900$13.7M
FY2022$0$13.4M$0$0$5,000$13.5M
FY2023$0$16.4M$0$0$4,726$16.4M
FY2024$0$19.0M$0$0$14,000$19.0M
FY2025$0$13.6M$0$0$0$13.6M
FY2026*$0$14.8M$0$0$0$14.8M

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 Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical 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

AgencyFY2025Share
Department of Agriculture$8.8 million65.1%
Department of Education$4.7 million34.9%
Department of Commerce$00.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031$4.7 million34.9%
Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University Assistance Listing 10.205$3.0 million22.3%
Extension Services at 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University, West Virginia State College, and Central State University Assistance Listing 10.512$2.5 million18.2%
Centers of Excellence at 1890 Institutions Assistance Listing 10.523$1.7 million12.4%
Cooperative Extension Service Assistance Listing 10.500$938,7626.9%
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants Assistance Listing 10.855$627,2544.6%
Cooperative Forestry Research Assistance Listing 10.202$282,1242.1%
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Assistance Listing 10.514$139,0481.0%
Renewable Resources Extension Act Assistance Listing 10.515$13,5000.1%
Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants Assistance Listing 10.200$00.0%

Other institutions in Louisiana

All institutions in Louisiana

Federal money to Louisiana

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical College receive?
$13.6 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical College's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Agriculture ($8.8 million, 65.1%). By type, grants were $13.6 million and contracts $0.
Did Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical College's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $13.6 million; FY2024: $19.0 million (-28.5%).

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) 99064b3e-b993-8788-feb9-770afe9b9a56-C, 6ae2bbd6-9004-2b0c-b7e4-50f7ba94b39d-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.