American indian tribally controlled colleges and universities

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded College of Muscogee Nation $3.394 million on October 1, 2025, under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031), a Project Grant supporting tribal colleges and universities in strengthening institutional management, fiscal operations, and academic quality through planned development and implementation activities including endowment building.

College of Muscogee Nation, a tribally controlled college and 1994 Land Grant Institution located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, received the funding through the Strengthening Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (Strengthening TCCUs) component of Title III, which allocates awards based on statutory formula to tribal colleges and universities eligible under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978, the Navajo Community College Assistance Act of 1978, or the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act of 1994.

The performance period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The source does not specify the particular activities or projects the college plans to undertake with the funding beyond the program's general purpose of institutional strengthening.