University profileCorpus Christi, TXFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi get?
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi received $44.6 million in federal awards in FY2025, 308th of 998 institutions (top 31%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $44.6 million to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi, TX), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 308th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
| Morehouse School of Medicine #305 · GA | $45M |
| Brandeis University #306 · MA | $45M |
| Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans #307 · LA | $45M |
| Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi #308 · TX | $45M |
| Ball State University #309 · IN | $44M |
| Central Piedmont Community College #310 · NC | $44M |
| Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville) #311 · IL | $43M |
What the money is
That is up 14.3% from FY2024 ($39.0 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 317.7%. The largest share came as direct payments ($27.3 million, 61.1%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($33.9 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($26.3 million); Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education ($4.7 million); STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) ($3.1 million). It ranks 308th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI (UEI Y3RET2XN41S5). 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
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi: $45M in FY2025, up 318% 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 | $9.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $9.3M |
| FY2019 | $2.4M | $8.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10.7M |
| FY2020 | $65,000 | $17.9M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $18.0M |
| FY2021 | $98,178 | $61.7M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $61.8M |
| FY2022 | $784,327 | $15.1M | $9.7M | $0 | $0 | $25.6M |
| FY2023 | $25,000 | $17.4M | $19.7M | $0 | $0 | $37.1M |
| FY2024 | $288,013 | $14.7M | $24.0M | $0 | $0 | $39.0M |
| FY2025 | -$39,013 | $17.4M | $27.3M | $0 | $0 | $44.6M |
| FY2026* | $33,971 | $6.4M | $26.9M | $0 | $0 | $33.3M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 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 | $33.9 million | 76.1% |
| National Science Foundation | $4.7 million | 10.5% |
| Department of Commerce | $3.0 million | 6.7% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $747,211 | 1.7% |
| Department of Transportation | $722,035 | 1.6% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $699,795 | 1.6% |
| Department of Energy | $600,000 | 1.3% |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | $235,000 | 0.5% |
| Department of Defense | $110,000 | 0.2% |
| Department of the Interior | -$5,030 | -0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $26.3 million | 59.0% |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Assistance Listing 84.116 | $4.7 million | 10.6% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $3.1 million | 6.9% |
| Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Science, Observation, Monitoring, and Technology Assistance Listing 11.451 | $1.2 million | 2.6% |
| Sea Grant Support Assistance Listing 11.417 | $1.2 million | 2.6% |
| Geographic Programs - Gulf of America Program Assistance Listing 66.475 | $747,211 | 1.7% |
| Pipeline Safety Research Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP) Assistance Listing 20.724 | $722,035 | 1.6% |
| Geosciences Assistance Listing 47.050 | $720,227 | 1.6% |
| Science Assistance Listing 43.001 | $699,795 | 1.6% |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070 | $653,534 | 1.5% |
Other institutions in Texas
- University of Texas at Austin$800M
- Baylor College of Medicine$355M
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center$351M
- University of Houston System (Houston)$337M
- University of Texas M.d. Anderson Cancer Center$289M
- Texas A & M University$204M
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston$201M
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$197M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi receive?
- $44.6 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($33.9 million, 76.1%). By type, grants were $17.4 million and contracts -$39,013.
- Did Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $44.6 million; FY2024: $39.0 million (+14.3%).
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) ef841841-a12e-4934-91d9-f19dfde86258-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.