University profileAsheville, NCFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does University of North Carolina at Asheville get?
University of North Carolina at Asheville received $8.0 million in federal awards in FY2025, 955th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $8.0 million to University of North Carolina at Asheville (Asheville, NC), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 955th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of North Carolina at Asheville.
| St. Olaf College #952 · MN | $8.2M |
| University of Scranton #953 · PA | $8M |
| Kentucky Community and Technical College System (Hazard) #954 · KY | $8M |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville #955 · NC | $8M |
| Clark University #956 · MA | $8M |
| Oakton Community College #957 · IL | $8M |
| Western New Mexico University #958 · NM | $8M |
What the money is
That is down 14.3% from FY2024 ($9.3 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 171.6%. The largest share came as direct payments ($7.1 million, 88.9%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($7.4 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($6.9 million); Assistance Programs for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control ($410,000); Special Programs for the Aging, Title IV, and Title II, Discretionary Projects ($400,000). It ranks 955th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (UEI LX38ZHATFGN5). 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 North Carolina at Asheville: $8M in FY2025, up 172% 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 | $16,537 | $355,831 | $0 | $0 | $76,800 | $449,168 |
| FY2019 | $17,363 | $2.7M | $0 | $0 | $210,000 | $2.9M |
| FY2020 | $18,231 | $6.2M | $0 | $0 | $185,000 | $6.4M |
| FY2021 | $18,231 | $16.8M | $0 | $0 | $102,725 | $16.9M |
| FY2022 | $18,231 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $0 | $163,000 | $5.1M |
| FY2023 | $18,778 | $867,336 | $5.1M | $0 | $198,553 | $6.2M |
| FY2024 | $19,341 | $2.8M | $6.3M | $0 | $165,430 | $9.3M |
| FY2025 | $19,921 | $871,656 | $7.1M | $0 | -$2,958 | $8.0M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $2.6M | $6.3M | $0 | $0 | $8.9M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to University of North Carolina at Asheville, 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 | $7.4 million | 92.3% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $599,292 | 7.5% |
| Department of Agriculture | $16,963 | 0.2% |
| Department of Justice | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $6.9 million | 86.4% |
| Assistance Programs for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Assistance Listing 93.945 | $410,000 | 5.1% |
| Special Programs for the Aging, Title IV, and Title II, Discretionary Projects Assistance Listing 93.048 | $400,000 | 5.0% |
| TRIO Student Support Services Assistance Listing 84.042 | $272,364 | 3.4% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $104,553 | 1.3% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $84,166 | 1.1% |
| Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (TEACH Grants) Assistance Listing 84.379 | $7,544 | 0.1% |
| Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Assistance Listing 16.525 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs – financed by Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF) Assistance Listing 93.734 | $0 | 0.0% |
Other institutions in North Carolina
- Duke University$762M
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$690M
- North Carolina State University$279M
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences$195M
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University$134M
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte$88M
- North Carolina Central University$68M
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro$68M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does University of North Carolina at Asheville receive?
- $8.0 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does University of North Carolina at Asheville's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($7.4 million, 92.3%). By type, grants were $871,656 and contracts $19,921.
- Did University of North Carolina at Asheville's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $8.0 million; FY2024: $9.3 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) 781f1c8e-8edf-5ac2-fe6f-d796e9982dc1-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.