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University Foreign Money

Qatar

$8.98 billiondisclosed gifts and contracts, all years
1,338transactions
67recipient institutions

Source: US Department of Education, Section 117 foreign gifts and contracts, release complete through September 30, 2026 (142,535 transactions). Self-reported by institutions and not verified by ED; records money, not conditions.

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Top Recipient Institutions

1Cornell UniversityNY$3,381,883,8361582001 to 2026
2Carnegie Mellon UniversityPA$1,982,841,944602004 to 2026
3Georgetown UniversityDC$1,110,642,440882005 to 2026
4Texas A&M University-College StationTX$1,017,652,1783742003 to 2025
5Northwestern UniversityIL$818,799,2091042007 to 2026
6Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVA$445,999,597322002 to 2025
7Harvard UniversityMA$48,085,362622008 to 2025
8Houston Community CollegeTX$30,220,21182010 to 2024
9Xavier University of LouisianaLA$19,500,000112006 to 2009
10University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusCO$17,629,385352012 to 2021
11Tulane University of LouisianaLA$15,000,00012006
12University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI$8,889,520162009 to 2024
13George Mason UniversityVA$7,520,817242018 to 2026
14Bard CollegeNY$6,239,77742021 to 2026
15Rice UniversityTX$5,506,300122007 to 2024
16University of South Carolina-ColumbiaSC$4,720,398452016 to 2026
17Arizona State University Campus ImmersionAZ$4,549,764522014 to 2025
18DePaul UniversityIL$4,183,426182014 to 2024
19Duke UniversityNC$3,964,441102019 to 2025
20Oregon State UniversityOR$3,752,686192018 to 2021
21University of Southern CaliforniaCA$3,655,48592015 to 2021
22Johns Hopkins UniversityMD$3,417,837112015 to 2024
23George Washington UniversityDC$3,401,610452001 to 2025
24Purdue University-Main CampusIN$3,144,287102010 to 2015
25Lamar UniversityTX$2,308,23222019

Source: US Department of Education, Section 117 foreign gifts and contracts, release complete through September 30, 2026 (142,535 transactions). Self-reported by institutions and not verified by ED; records money, not conditions. Top 25 of 67 institutions. Institution names are as reported; campuses that report separately appear separately.

By Transaction Year

$0$500m$1.0bn$1.5bn$2.0bn2001: $10.5 million20012002: $40.3 million2003: $1.5 million20032004: $15.8 million2005: $99.1 million20052006: $33.1 million2007: $373.7 million20072008: $36.6 million2009: $44.1 million20092010: $80.4 million2011: $82.8 million20112012: $291.8 million2013: $282.7 million20132014: $328.2 million2015: $847.1 million20152016: $529.3 million2017: $468.2 million20172018: $467.5 million2019: $530.8 million20192020: $1.45 billion2021: $356.3 million20212022: $385.1 million2023: $396.3 million20232024: $402.0 million2025: $1.39 billion20252026: $28.3 million2026
Amount by transaction year, 2001 to 2026 (2026 partial). Source: US Department of Education, Section 117 foreign gifts and contracts, release complete through September 30, 2026 (142,535 transactions). Self-reported by institutions and not verified by ED; records money, not conditions.