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University profileArlington, TXFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does University of Texas at Arlington get?

University of Texas at Arlington received $162.2 million in federal awards in FY2025, 116th of 998 institutions (top 12%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $162.2 million to University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$162M
$162.2 million
Grants
$50M
31% of total
Contracts
$2.7M
2% of total
Rank
116th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 116th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Texas at Arlington.

University of Massachusetts (Amherst) #113 · MA$165M
Auburn University #114 · AL$164M
Washington State University (Pullman) #115 · WA$163M
University of Texas at Arlington #116 · TX$162M
Mississippi State University #117 · MS$160M
Montana State University #118 · MT$160M
Medical University of South Carolina #119 · SC$159M

What the money is

That is up 22.7% from FY2024 ($132.2 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 309.6%. The largest share came as direct payments ($108.5 million, 66.9%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($111.7 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($105.2 million); Manufacturing Extension Partnership ($8.1 million); Biomedical Research and Research Training ($3.7 million). It ranks 116th 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 TEXAS AT ARLINGTON (UEI JM2NHLJNF4J7, LMLUKUPJJ9N3). 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 Texas at Arlington: $162M in FY2025, up 310% 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$150M$200MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$162M$0$50M$100M$150M$200M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$162M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$446,292$35.8M$0$0$0$36.3M
FY2019$413,671$39.2M$0$0$0$39.6M
FY2020$905,703$66.7M$0$0$138,670$67.7M
FY2021$201,500$163.5M$0$0$327,163$164.0M
FY2022$885,549$57.2M$34.8M$0$21,805$92.9M
FY2023$534,050$68.2M$74.4M$0$987,864$144.2M
FY2024$622,030$46.6M$84.4M$0$574,448$132.2M
FY2025$2.7M$50.1M$108.5M$0$835,798$162.2M
FY2026*$16.3M$56.4M$105.4M$0$1.1M$179.2M

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 Texas at Arlington, 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$111.7 million68.9%
Department of Health and Human Services$13.6 million8.4%
National Science Foundation$13.1 million8.1%
Department of Commerce$8.1 million5.0%
Department of Defense$7.4 million4.6%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2.3 million1.4%
Department of Energy$1.4 million0.9%
Department of Transportation$1.3 million0.8%
Small Business Administration$898,0000.6%
Department of Housing and Urban Development$860,1470.5%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$105.2 million64.9%
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Assistance Listing 11.611$8.1 million5.0%
Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859$3.7 million2.3%
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070$3.1 million1.9%
Basic and Applied Scientific Research Assistance Listing 12.300$2.6 million1.6%
Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041$2.6 million1.6%
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076$2.4 million1.5%
Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866$2.2 million1.4%
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049$2.2 million1.4%
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007$1.8 million1.1%

Other institutions in Texas

All institutions in Texas

Federal money to Texas

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does University of Texas at Arlington receive?
$162.2 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does University of Texas at Arlington's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($111.7 million, 68.9%). By type, grants were $50.1 million and contracts $2.7 million.
Did University of Texas at Arlington's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $162.2 million; FY2024: $132.2 million (+22.7%).

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) 154a03a0-58f3-1a8c-9a0f-3a1dad1761df-C, 7ed0ee91-c2b9-af52-1843-b1a4d78f9683-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.