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University profileTampa, FLFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does University of Tampa get?

University of Tampa received $14.2 million in federal awards in FY2025, 706th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $14.2 million to University of Tampa (Tampa, FL), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$14M
$14.2 million
Grants
$322K
2% of total
Contracts
$0
0% of total
Rank
706th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 706th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Tampa.

Midwestern State University #703 · TX$14M
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit #704 · PA$14M
Research Foundation of the City University of New York (Bronx) #705 · NY$14M
University of Tampa #706 · FL$14M
University of New Haven #707 · CT$14M
Georgia Highlands College Foundation #708 · GA$14M
Purdue University Fort Wayne #709 · IN$14M

What the money is

That is up 15.3% from FY2024 ($12.3 million). The largest share came as direct payments ($13.9 million, 97.7%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($13.9 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($12.3 million); Federal Work-Study Program ($1.3 million); Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants ($279,221). It ranks 706th 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 TAMPA INC (UEI J8EJLN4LKWK5). 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 Tampa: $14M in FY2025

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$10M$20M$30MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$14M$0$10M$20M$30M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$14M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$0$879,504$0$0$0$879,504
FY2019$0$0$0$0$0$0
FY2020$0$6.9M$0$0$0$6.9M
FY2021$0$29.2M$0$0$0$29.2M
FY2022$0$304,136$3.9M$0$0$4.2M
FY2023$0$308,999$8.9M$0$0$9.3M
FY2024$0$253,716$12.1M$0$0$12.3M
FY2025$0$321,619$13.9M$0$0$14.2M
FY2026*$0$8,521$7.9M$0$0$7.9M

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 Tampa, 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$13.9 million97.7%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$116,2590.8%
National Science Foundation$103,3600.7%
Department of Health and Human Services$102,0000.7%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$12.3 million86.3%
Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033$1.3 million9.4%
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007$279,2212.0%
Science Assistance Listing 43.001$116,2590.8%
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049$103,3600.7%
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance Assistance Listing 93.243$102,0000.7%
Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (TEACH Grants) Assistance Listing 84.379$7,5190.1%
Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268$00.0%

Other institutions in Florida

All institutions in Florida

Federal money to Florida

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does University of Tampa receive?
$14.2 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does University of Tampa's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($13.9 million, 97.7%). By type, grants were $321,619 and contracts $0.
Did University of Tampa's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $14.2 million; FY2024: $12.3 million (+15.3%).

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) 2e6999a1-28ad-b761-412a-037f84d0d0db-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.