American indian tribally controlled colleges and universities (part f)

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Sisseton Wahpeton College $1.116 million on October 1, 2025, under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031), Part F (American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities).

Sisseton Wahpeton College, a tribally controlled 1994 Land Grant institution located in Sisseton, South Dakota, serves primarily Native American students on the Lake Traverse Reservation. The award is assistance type Project Grant with performance period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, and place of performance at Sisseton, South Dakota.

The Higher Education Institutional Aid program supports eligible colleges and universities in strengthening their management and fiscal operations and in planning, developing, or implementing activities including endowment building to strengthen institutional academic quality. Under the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) component, funds are allocated to tribal colleges and universities qualifying under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978, the Navajo Community College Assistance Act of 1978, or cited in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act of 1994.