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University profilePine Bluff, ARFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does University of Arkansas System (Pine Bluff) get?

University of Arkansas System (Pine Bluff) received $33.6 million in federal awards in FY2025, 376th of 998 institutions (top 38%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $33.6 million to University of Arkansas System (Pine Bluff) (Pine Bluff, AR), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$34M
$33.6 million
Grants
$22M
64% of total
Contracts
$0
0% of total
Rank
376th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 376th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Arkansas System (Pine Bluff).

Miami University #373 · OH$34M
Worcester Polytechnic Institute #374 · MA$34M
Troy University #375 · AL$34M
University of Arkansas System (Pine Bluff) #376 · AR$34M
Foothill-De Anza Community College District #377 · CA$33M
Tidewater Community College #378 · VA$33M
Florida Atlantic University #379 · FL$33M

What the money is

That is down 20.7% from FY2024 ($42.4 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 102.3%. The largest share came as grants ($21.6 million, 64.2%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($22.2 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($11.4 million); Higher Education Institutional Aid ($8.3 million); Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University ($3.5 million). It ranks 376th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM (UEI DA2MMMDM3CM7, GS4HPMAP57Q5). 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

University of Arkansas System (Pine Bluff): $34M in FY2025, up 102% 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$20M$40M$60M$80MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$34M$0$20M$40M$60M$80M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$34M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$50,645$14.5M$0$0$128,671$14.7M
FY2019-$10,495$16.6M$0$0$0$16.6M
FY2020$2,414$29.8M$86,195$0-$5,439$29.9M
FY2021-$146,058$66.7M$0$0$0$66.6M
FY2022-$18,305$27.1M$4.0M$0$145,000$31.2M
FY2023$0$23.0M$8.0M$0$324,093$31.4M
FY2024$0$37.0M$5.3M$0$24,628$42.4M
FY2025$0$21.6M$12.0M$0$0$33.6M
FY2026*$0$13.5M$8.6M$0$0$22.1M

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 University of Arkansas System (Pine Bluff), 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$22.2 million66.1%
Department of Agriculture$7.6 million22.8%
National Science Foundation$1.8 million5.2%
Department of Health and Human Services$1.0 million3.0%
Department of Defense$987,7182.9%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$11.4 million34.1%
Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031$8.3 million24.6%
Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University Assistance Listing 10.205$3.5 million10.4%
Extension Services at 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University, West Virginia State College, and Central State University Assistance Listing 10.512$2.9 million8.5%
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076$1.8 million5.2%
Head Start Assistance Listing 93.600$1.0 million3.0%
Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 12.630$987,7182.9%
Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Assistance Listing 84.382$974,8892.9%
Cooperative Extension Service Assistance Listing 10.500$963,1062.9%
TRIO Student Support Services Assistance Listing 84.042$511,4801.5%

Other institutions in Arkansas

All institutions in Arkansas

Federal money to Arkansas

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does University of Arkansas System receive?
$33.6 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does University of Arkansas System's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($22.2 million, 66.1%). By type, grants were $21.6 million and contracts $0.
Did University of Arkansas System's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $33.6 million; FY2024: $42.4 million (-20.7%).

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) fcc259fb-36fa-a365-5097-d6dd1bb536bb-C, bbb116f4-284d-4ead-360c-cdedde4c6db3-R, 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.