Department of Education

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Observed amount in the data

$743,514,111

475 distinct awards · 595 actions · 281 recipients in this sample. FY in loaded set: 2025.

Data loaded: 2026-08-24T13:08:39Z UTC. Snapshot: 2026-08-24-part-00. First published snapshot on this URL. Loaded-set figures have not changed versus a previous snapshot because none existed.

How this agency compares

These figures are calculated, not copied from the source. They use 833150 money records in the sample. Percent vs average = (this − mean of qualified hubs) / |mean| × 100. Similar hubs = 4 nearest by log10(|obligation|) and log10(award_count). HHI = sum of squared |obligation| shares × 10,000 among recipients in this cell.

Metric	This hub	Loaded-set average	% vs average	Similar-hub average	% vs similar
Obligation (USD)	$743,514,111	$2,784,406,393	-73.3%	$639,397,219	+16.3%
Awards	475	12802.8	-96.3%	873.5	-45.6%
Recipient HHI (calculated)	632.1	1572.4	-59.8%	1000.5	-36.8%

Similar hubs (similar spend / size)

Social Security Administration — $740,089,695 · 1478 awards · HHI 1343.7
Department of Labor — $438,132,439 · 488 awards · HHI 313.7
Agency for International Development — $987,361,648 · 220 awards · HHI 1671.3
Environmental Protection Agency — $392,005,095 · 1308 awards · HHI 673.3

Recipients above and below this agency’s average

Vs loaded-set: below loaded-set average. Vs similar: above similar-hub average.

Good/bad here means listed recipients above/below the average obligation of recipients shown on this hub (min 3 rows). Not a performance rating of the agency. Listed-recipient average obligation (calculated on this hub’s min-3 list): $30,247,733.

Recipients above the listed average

Recipient	UEI / id	Obligation (observed)	Rows (observed)
NELNET SERVICING LLC	`MNXKQ62J7AE8`	$103,490,836	10
MAXIMUS FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.	`TREKW6J3QSF5`	$88,406,585	6
ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC	`C47BNA8GM833`	$76,654,806	15
MAXIMUS EDUCATION LLC	`HSUVUJE1ESU7`	$68,298,957	9
EDFINANCIAL SERVICES LLC	`TB69PMAFZSK8`	$56,505,530	14
MISSOURI HIGHER EDUCATION LOAN AUTHORITY	`N76QY63KMM18`	$46,868,860	12
GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.	`SMNWM6HN79X5`	$44,696,150	6

Recipients below the listed average

Recipient	UEI / id	Obligation (observed)	Rows (observed)
WESTAT, INC.	`NVUWAFWQ57S5`	−$10,944,175	8
KAIVA TECH, LLC	`LJHDHAE4FB75`	$7,127,113	4
IRON VINE SECURITY LLC	`UL2BFA85ME72`	$7,156,181	4
AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES	`MCN6J5L6M3T4`	$7,837,080	9
MATHEMATICA INC.	`T41EGEAK2L35`	$7,861,761	12
THE MANHATTAN STRATEGY GROUP LLC	`FZY1AQAZ25D7`	$7,906,627	6
VALIANT SOLUTIONS, LLC	`GKF8ERUXED41`	$8,206,702	5
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	`JJHCMK4NT5N3`	$9,140,895	5

Other useful rankings

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Most dollars

Recipient	UEI / id	Obligation (observed)	Rows (observed)
NELNET SERVICING LLC	`MNXKQ62J7AE8`	$103,490,836	10
MAXIMUS FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.	`TREKW6J3QSF5`	$88,406,585	6
ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC	`C47BNA8GM833`	$76,654,806	15
MAXIMUS EDUCATION LLC	`HSUVUJE1ESU7`	$68,298,957	9
EDFINANCIAL SERVICES LLC	`TB69PMAFZSK8`	$56,505,530	14
MISSOURI HIGHER EDUCATION LOAN AUTHORITY	`N76QY63KMM18`	$46,868,860	12
GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.	`SMNWM6HN79X5`	$44,696,150	6
CENTRAL RESEARCH INC	`CFJLNG96G1K5`	$26,935,116	7

Most award rows

Recipient	UEI / id	Obligation (observed)	Rows (observed)
ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC	`C47BNA8GM833`	$76,654,806	15
EDFINANCIAL SERVICES LLC	`TB69PMAFZSK8`	$56,505,530	14
MISSOURI HIGHER EDUCATION LOAN AUTHORITY	`N76QY63KMM18`	$46,868,860	12
MATHEMATICA INC.	`T41EGEAK2L35`	$7,861,761	12
NELNET SERVICING LLC	`MNXKQ62J7AE8`	$103,490,836	10
MAXIMUS EDUCATION LLC	`HSUVUJE1ESU7`	$68,298,957	9
AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES	`MCN6J5L6M3T4`	$7,837,080	9
APPLIED ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION	`LJSWW81RS9G7`	$14,481,430	8

Largest share of listed recipients (calculated)

Recipient	UEI / id	Obligation (observed)	Rows (observed)	Share of listed
NELNET SERVICING LLC	`MNXKQ62J7AE8`	$103,490,836	10	16.51%
MAXIMUS FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.	`TREKW6J3QSF5`	$88,406,585	6	14.1%
ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC	`C47BNA8GM833`	$76,654,806	15	12.23%
MAXIMUS EDUCATION LLC	`HSUVUJE1ESU7`	$68,298,957	9	10.9%
EDFINANCIAL SERVICES LLC	`TB69PMAFZSK8`	$56,505,530	14	9.01%
MISSOURI HIGHER EDUCATION LOAN AUTHORITY	`N76QY63KMM18`	$46,868,860	12	7.48%
GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.	`SMNWM6HN79X5`	$44,696,150	6	7.13%
CENTRAL RESEARCH INC	`CFJLNG96G1K5`	$26,935,116	7	4.3%

Top recipients — observed federal_action_obligation in this sample

Source, date, method

Coverage status: sample — SAMPLE of the first CSV member, using only R2 chunk part-00 (250 MiB). The member continues into later parts. These are not full-archive national totals.

Last successful snapshot: 2026-08-24T13:08:39Z UTC. Archive date: 2026-08-18.

Freshness: held snapshot; this page does not imply live or complete national coverage.

Source: USAspending.gov Award Data Archive · file FY2025_All_Contracts_Full_20260806.zip · member FY2025_All_Contracts_Full_20260806_1.csv.

Method: Sum federal_action_obligation by awarding_agency_code x US fiscal year of action_date (FY starts 1 October). Award counts are distinct contract_award_unique_key values in this sample. Deobligations (negative) are included. Min-N: agency x FY page only if award_count >= 10 or |obligation| >= 10000000. Recipient lists require at least 3 transaction rows in this sample. Recipient award_count on lists is transaction rows, labelled as such.

Rows used: 833150 money records. Amounts are US dollars. All percentages use this loaded sample only.

Derived from USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service). U.S. government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105). This site is not the official USAspending search and is not endorsed by Treasury or OMB.

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