The Department of Defense's NAICS 611310 (Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools) market: incumbents, spending trend, set-asides and open solicitations — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov notices.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 113 | $45.7M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 289 | $79.3M | +74% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 89 | $8.7M | -89% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 32 | $7.0M | -20% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY | $7.4M | 5.3% |
| 2 | UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC | $5.8M | 4.1% |
| 3 | THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | $4.6M | 3.3% |
| 4 | VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE | $4.4M | 3.1% |
| 5 | CUBRC, INC. | $4.0M | 2.9% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $202K | 0.2% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $110K | 0.1% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $118.1M | 99.7% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 84% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.