Education Department data shows foreign contracts, gifts to US colleges topped $5B in 2025

WASHINGTON — American colleges and universities received gifts and contracts worth more than $5.2 billion from foreign entities in 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Education, which also recently published summaries of foreign investment in U.S. higher education dating back to 1986. Qatar, the United Kingdom, China, Switzerland, Japan, Germany and Saudi Arabia marked the […]