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Assistance listing · 84.033
Federal Work-Study Program
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 84.033, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
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Federal agencies obligated $1.2B in awards under assistance listing 84.033, Federal Work-Study Program, in FY2026, and $4.6B over the five fiscal years since FY2023; the program ranks 103 of 988 on this site.
Obligations were about level on FY2025 ($1.1B), with $0 so far in FY2027.
The largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were New York University ($39M), The City University of New York ($38M) and Liberty University Inc ($35M).
By place of performance, the most money went to NY, PA and MA.
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2026
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2026 | $1.2B | $722B | $4.4T |
| Five-year total | $4.6B | $2.6T | $17T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients obligations, FY2022–FY2025
| # | Organisation | Obligations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York University | $39M |
| 2 | The City University of New York | $38M |
| 3 | Liberty University Inc | $35M |
| 4 | University of Southern California | $31M |
| 5 | Regents of the University of Michigan | $25M |
| 6 | Arizona State University | $23M |
| 7 | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | $20M |
| 8 | Rutgers, the State University | $15M |
| 9 | Trustees of Boston University | $15M |
| 10 | Berea College | $14M |
| 11 | Texas a & M University System | $14M |
| 12 | The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees | $13M |
| 13 | Georgetown University | $13M |
| 14 | The Pennsylvania State University | $13M |
| 15 | Northeastern University | $12M |
| 16 | The Ohio State University | $12M |
| 17 | Cornell University | $12M |
| 18 | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | $12M |
| 19 | University of California, Davis | $12M |
| 20 | George Washington University (the) | $12M |
| 21 | The School of the Ozarks | $12M |
| 22 | University of Arizona | $12M |
| 23 | The City University of New York | $12M |
| 24 | Fordham University | $12M |
| 25 | Florida International University | $12M |
Where the money goes
Other programs numbered 84.xxx
- 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program $139B
- 84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $73B
- 84.027 Special Education Grants to States $57B
- 84.126 Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States $15B
- 84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) $8.7B
- 84.041 Impact Aid $6.8B
- 84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $5.6B
- 84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $5.5B
- 84.287 Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers $5.3B
- 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid $4.5B
- 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $3.6B
- 84.365 English Language Acquisition State Grants $3.5B
- 84.002 Adult Education - Basic Grants to States $2.9B
- 84.181 Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families $2.2B
- 84.047 TRIO Upward Bound $1.8B
- 84.173 Special Education Preschool Grants $1.7B
- 84.184 School Safely National Activities $1.6B
- 84.042 TRIO Student Support Services $1.5B
- 84.369 Grants for State Assessments and Related Activities $1.5B
- 84.011 Migrant Education State Grant Program $1.5B
- 84.334 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs $1.4B
- 84.116 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education $1.4B
- 84.215 Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects $1.2B
- 84.411 Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) $988M
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 84.033?
$1.2B in FY2026 and $4.6B over the five fiscal years since FY2023, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.
Who receives the most under Federal Work-Study Program?
New York University ($39M), The City University of New York ($38M), Liberty University Inc ($35M), University of Southern California ($31M), Regents of the University of Michigan ($25M). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".
What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?
A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.