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University profileMayaguez, PRFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez) get?

University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez) received $63.5 million in federal awards in FY2025, 243rd of 998 institutions (top 24%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $63.5 million to University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez) (Mayaguez, PR), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$64M
$63.5 million
Grants
$17M
27% of total
Contracts
$445K
1% of total
Rank
243rd
of 998 institutions

Ranked 243rd of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez).

Southern University and A & M College #240 · LA$66M
Old Dominion University #241 · VA$66M
Rockefeller University #242 · NY$65M
University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez) #243 · PR$64M
Boston College #244 · MA$63M
Rochester Institute of Technology #245 · NY$63M
University of North Dakota #246 · ND$63M

What the money is

That is up 20.0% from FY2024 ($52.9 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 197.7%. The largest share came as direct payments ($46.2 million, 72.8%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($46.2 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($45.0 million); Mathematical and Physical Sciences ($4.7 million); STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) ($3.2 million). It ranks 243rd 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 PUERTO RICO (UEI GZRNJ1GZDBM1). 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 Puerto Rico (Mayaguez): $64M in FY2025, up 198% 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$50M$100M$150MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$64M$0$50M$100M$150M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$64M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$564,641$15.1M$0$0$56,001$15.7M
FY2019$952,815$20.4M$0$0$19,993$21.3M
FY2020$255,737$32.1M$0$0-$4,040$32.4M
FY2021$527,665$103.8M$0$0$31,000$104.3M
FY2022$854,964$8.4M$19.5M$0$0$28.8M
FY2023$587,549$20.6M$39.8M$0$0$60.9M
FY2024$394,763$11.3M$41.3M$0-$5,084$52.9M
FY2025$445,085$16.9M$46.2M$0-$2,090$63.5M
FY2026*$92,769$20.3M$43.4M$0$0$63.8M

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 University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez), 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$46.2 million72.7%
National Science Foundation$12.6 million19.8%
Department of Commerce$2.3 million3.7%
Department of Defense$1.5 million2.3%
Department of the Interior$513,0240.8%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$422,1440.7%
Department of Transportation$35,0000.1%
Department of Justice$00.0%
Department of Health and Human Services-$1-0.0%
Department of Energy-$1,289-0.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$45.0 million70.8%
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049$4.7 million7.4%
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076$3.2 million5.0%
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070$1.5 million2.4%
Sea Grant Support Assistance Listing 11.417$1.5 million2.4%
Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041$1.1 million1.7%
Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 12.630$999,9991.6%
Biological Sciences Assistance Listing 47.074$902,7481.4%
Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033$787,7971.2%
Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Assistance Listing 47.084$700,0001.1%

Other institutions in Puerto Rico

All institutions in Puerto Rico

Federal money to Puerto Rico

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does University of Puerto Rico receive?
$63.5 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does University of Puerto Rico's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($46.2 million, 72.7%). By type, grants were $16.9 million and contracts $445,085.
Did University of Puerto Rico's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $63.5 million; FY2024: $52.9 million (+20.0%).

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) d6bdc8e4-a0fc-4e87-9c3d-9beced092a12-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.