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What is the federal spending on Education?

In FY 2025 federal spending on education was “guesstimated” to be $90 billion.

Federal Education Spending Analysis

This page shows the current trends in federal education spending. There are also charts on education spending history. See here for a general history of education spending.

Recent Federal Education Spending

Recent Federal Education Spending

Chart S.81f: Recent Federal Education Spending

In the 2010s federal education spending amounted to about $150 billion. But in the COVID crisis federal education spending bumped up.

In 2022 federal education spending blipped to $692 billion as President Biden inserted a student loan forgiveness program into the budget, and then sank to $14 billion in 2023 when the courts disallowed the program.

In 2025 federal education spending was $90 billion.

Recent Fed. Education Spending<br>as Pct GDP

Chart S.82f: Recent Fed. Education Spending
as Pct GDP

Viewed from a GDP perspective, federal education spending was pretty steady at 0.6 to 0.7 percent of GDP during the 2010s. Federal education spending doubled in 2020 due to the COVID crisis.

In 2022 federal education spending blipped to 2.7 percent of GDP as President Biden inserted a student loan forgiveness program into the budget, and then sank to 0.1 percent GDP in 2023 when the courts disallowed the program.

In 2025 federal education spending was 0.3 percent GDP.

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Federal Education Spending by Level Since 1900

Federal Education spending to about 1 percent GDP in 1960 but has generally declined in the years since. Except for COVID

Education Spending since 1900 by Level

Chart S.83f: Education Spending since 1900 by Level

There was almost no federal spending on education until the 1930s, when the Feds spent about 0.3 percent of GDP on education. After World War II the feds spent up to 1 percent GDP in the late 1940s on the GI Bill, and then about 0.3 percent GDP through the 1950s.

In the late 1960s federal spending on education sharply increased to almost one percent GDP. This included Head Start (under pre-primary education) and student loans (under higher education). Under education spending not definable by level spending of about 0.5 percent GDP monies were spent on training, social services, and research.

By 1990 Head Start type programs were 0.17 percent GDP, student loans etc. were 0.19 percent GDP and miscellaneous spending was down to 0.32 percent GDP, with about half in social services. By the mid 2010s spending on pre-college was 0.2 percent GDP, colllege student loans were 0.2 percent GDP and other education spending was 0.23 percent GDP.

Then came COVID.

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Medicare/Social Security 2026 Trustees Report Released

On June 16, 2026, the Center for Medicare Services released its annual Medicare Trustees Report, which projects Medicare spending out to 2095.  As in the past, the report shows that federal health-care programs will eat the budget.

In this report the Trustees forecast that Medicare will top out at a little above 6 percent of GDP in the 2080s.

On June 15, 2026, usgovernmentspending.com updated its chart of the Medicare Outlook here based on data in the 2026 Medicare Trustees Report.  You can download the data and also view selected Medicare Trustee forecasts going back to 2005.


In June 2026, the Social Security Administration released its annual OASDI Trustees Report, which projects Social Security spending out to 2095.  As in the past, the report shows that Social Security spending will max out at about 6 percent of GDP. UsGovernmentspending.com uses the Supplemental Single Year Tables.

On June 15, 2026, usgovernmentspending.com updated its chart of the Social Security Outlook here based on data in the 2026 OASDI Trustees Report.  You can download the data and also view selected OASDI Trustee forecasts going back to 1997.

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