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US colleges got $1.1 billion from Qatar, $285 million from Saudi in 2025, says Department of Education
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Cornell University was the top recipient of Qatari funding, receiving $2.3 billion, or nearly 30% of all of the Gulf states funding to U.S. schools
The foreign funding comes, in part, from "countries and entities that are involved in activities that threaten America's national security," the U.S. education secretary said.
American colleges and universities received more than $1.1 billion from Qatar and over $285 million from Saudi Arabia in 2025, according to new data that the U.S. Education Department released on Wednesday.
It displays that data in an online portal, which previously went up to the beginning of 2025 and now includes information about $5.2 billion more in foreign funding.
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