Education — FY2018 spending
In fiscal year 2018, Education paid out $63B — 1.5% of the federal government’s $4.11T in total outlays — and obligated $95B.
That is $192/person and 0.31% of GDP.
Federal accounts
The 24 largest federal accounts under Education in FY2018. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Financial Assistance | $30B | $29B | 47.7% |
| Education for the Disadvantaged | $15B | $16B | 24.4% |
| Special Education | $13B | $13B | 20.6% |
| Federal Direct Student Loan Program | $12B | $12B | 19.1% |
| School Improvement Programs | $4.2B | $5.1B | 6.7% |
| Rehabilitation Services | $3.1B | $3.4B | 5.0% |
| Federal Family Education Loan Program Account | $2.5B | $2.5B | 4.0% |
| Higher Education, Department of Education | $2.3B | $2.5B | 3.6% |
| Career, Technical, and Adult Education | $1.6B | $1.8B | 2.6% |
| Student and Administration | $1.6B | $1.7B | 2.5% |
| Impact Aid, Department of Education | $1.5B | $1.7B | 2.3% |
| Innovation and Improvement | $1.2B | $0.9B | 1.9% |
| English Language Acquisition | $0.7B | $0.7B | 1.1% |
| Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education | $0.6B | $0.6B | 0.9% |
| Program Administration | $0.4B | $0.4B | 0.7% |
| Hurricane Education Recovery | $0.2B | $1.2B | 0.4% |
| Howard University | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.4% |
| Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program Account | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.3% |
| Safe Schools and Citizenship Education | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.3% |
| Indian Education | $0.1B | $0.2B | 0.2% |
| Gallaudet University, Special Institutions for Persons with Disabilities | $0.1B | $0.1B | 0.2% |
| Office for Civil Rights | $0.1B | $0.1B | 0.2% |
| Federal Student Loan Reserve Fund | $0.1B | $0.1B | 0.2% |
| National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Special Institutions for Persons with Disabilities, Department of Education | $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.