Education — FY2019 spending
In fiscal year 2019, Education paid out $104B — 2.3% of the federal government’s $4.45T in total outlays — and obligated $120B.
That is $316/person and 0.49% of GDP.
Federal accounts
The 24 largest federal accounts under Education in FY2019. Hover an account name for its full official title. Shares are of this agency’s outlays, not of the federal total.
| Federal account | Outlays | Obligations | Share of agency outlays |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Direct Student Loan Program | $33B | $34B | 32.1% |
| Student Financial Assistance | $31B | $32B | 29.8% |
| Education for the Disadvantaged | $16B | $17B | 15.7% |
| Special Education | $13B | $13B | 12.7% |
| School Improvement Programs | $4.7B | $5.3B | 4.6% |
| Federal Family Education Loan Program Account | $3.7B | $3.7B | 3.5% |
| Rehabilitation Services | $3.2B | $3.4B | 3.1% |
| Higher Education, Department of Education | $2.5B | $2.5B | 2.4% |
| Career, Technical, and Adult Education | $1.8B | $1.9B | 1.7% |
| Student and Administration | $1.7B | $1.7B | 1.7% |
| Impact Aid, Department of Education | $1.4B | $1.6B | 1.4% |
| Innovation and Improvement | $1.0B | $1.1B | 1.0% |
| English Language Acquisition | $0.7B | $0.7B | 0.7% |
| Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education | $0.7B | $0.6B | 0.6% |
| Program Administration | $0.4B | $0.4B | 0.4% |
| Hurricane Education Recovery | $0.4B | $0.2B | 0.4% |
| Howard University | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.2% |
| Federal Student Loan Reserve Fund | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.2% |
| Indian Education | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.2% |
| Safe Schools and Citizenship Education | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.2% |
| Gallaudet University, Special Institutions for Persons with Disabilities | $0.1B | $0.1B | 0.1% |
| Office for Civil Rights | $0.1B | $0.1B | 0.1% |
| National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Special Institutions for Persons with Disabilities, Department of Education | $0.1B | $0.1B | 0.1% |
| Office of the Inspector General | $0.1B | $0.1B | 0.1% |
Notes
- Top-level spending is net outlays (MTS). Drilled levels are USAspending gross figures and may exceed the agency total.
Program-activity and object-class detail below these accounts is available in the interactive explorer and as JSON.