Top 100 Department of Education Contractors, FY2021

Parent companies by net contract obligations Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2021 Agency page on GovTribe

The top 10 won 52% of FY2021 Department of Education contract dollars

Ranking facts

Contract obligations
$2,691,355,519 Net of deobligations, by the Department of Education and its offices
Contractors
550 Parent companies with an obligation
Largest contractor
Nelnet Servicing LLC $348 million, 12.7% of obligations
Data as of

Contract actions from FPDS (SAM.gov). How the rankings work · Download all 100 rows as CSV · Free to reuse with credit to GovTribe (CC BY 4.0)

Full ranking

Rank Contractor Net obligations Share Trend
1 $347,640,105
Rank history: #1 in FY2022, #1 in FY2023, #1 in FY2024 and #2 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2020.
2 $281,208,832
Rank history: #2 in FY2022, #39 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 1 since FY2020.
3 $225,013,086
Rank history: #5 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; down 1 since FY2020.
4 $167,359,222
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; unchanged since FY2020.
5 $74,782,194
Rank history: #6 in FY2022, #6 in FY2023, #26 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 1 since FY2020.
6 $70,664,397
Rank history: #3 in FY2022, #2 in FY2023, #4 in FY2024 and #5 in FY2025; up 17 since FY2020.
7 $66,903,545
Rank history: #8 in FY2022, #7 in FY2023, #9 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 7 since FY2020.
8 $64,924,431
Rank history: #7 in FY2022, #9 in FY2023, #6 in FY2024 and #11 in FY2025; up 12 since FY2020.
9 $61,980,734
Rank history: #9 in FY2022, #8 in FY2023, #11 in FY2024 and #9 in FY2025; up 10 since FY2020.
10 $61,254,074
Rank history: #99 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; down 5 since FY2020.
11 $51,620,013
Rank history: #100 in FY2022, #15 in FY2023, not on the FY2024 list and #7 in FY2025; down 2 since FY2020.
12 $51,479,924
Rank history: #18 in FY2022, #16 in FY2023, #13 in FY2024 and #10 in FY2025; up 4 since FY2020.
13 $51,215,405
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 2 since FY2020.
14 $46,812,457
Rank history: not on the FY2022 list, #66 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 2 since FY2020.
15 $46,194,223
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 5 since FY2020.
16 $42,391,845
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 2 since FY2020.
17 $40,891,462
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 4 since FY2020.
18 $40,082,794
Rank history: #97 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; down 11 since FY2020.
19 $38,970,857
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 11 since FY2020.
20 $38,556,071
Rank history: #11 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 8 since FY2020.
21 $38,520,353
Rank history: #15 in FY2022, #14 in FY2023, #14 in FY2024 and #14 in FY2025; up 5 since FY2020.
22 $38,391,577
Rank history: #13 in FY2022, #11 in FY2023, #19 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; new, not ranked in FY2020.
23 $34,436,368
Rank history: #24 in FY2022, #25 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 16 since FY2020.
24 $33,370,585
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 1 since FY2020.
25 $26,767,309
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 5 since FY2020.
26 $26,576,297
Rank history: #17 in FY2022, #13 in FY2023, #12 in FY2024 and #27 in FY2025; down 5 since FY2020.
27 $25,663,007
Rank history: #16 in FY2022, #12 in FY2023, #16 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 5 since FY2020.
28 $23,204,831
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 4 since FY2020.
29 $21,867,970
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
30 $19,203,451
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 1 since FY2020.
31 $16,969,405
Rank history: #48 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; unchanged since FY2020.
32 $16,625,056
Rank history: #14 in FY2022, #10 in FY2023, #8 in FY2024 and #6 in FY2025; down 10 since FY2020.
33 $15,068,672
Rank history: #19 in FY2022, #17 in FY2023, #29 in FY2024 and #51 in FY2025; up 2 since FY2020.
34 $15,000,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 17 since FY2020.
35 $14,477,064
Rank history: #37 in FY2022, #49 in FY2023, #27 in FY2024 and #41 in FY2025; up 19 since FY2020.
36 $14,435,190
Rank history: #67 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; down 2 since FY2020.
37 $14,035,886
Rank history: #21 in FY2022, #22 in FY2023, #22 in FY2024 and #17 in FY2025; up 10 since FY2020.
38 $13,835,303
Rank history: #25 in FY2022, #21 in FY2023, #24 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 2 since FY2020.
39 $13,271,021
Rank history: #60 in FY2022, #58 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 14 since FY2020.
40 $12,140,391
Rank history: #34 in FY2022, #29 in FY2023, #35 in FY2024 and #24 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2020.
42 $11,623,551
Rank history: #20 in FY2022, #18 in FY2023, #23 in FY2024 and #42 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2020.
43
Alltran Education Inc.
$10,690,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 7 since FY2020.
44 $9,920,364
Rank history: #39 in FY2022, #37 in FY2023, #34 in FY2024 and #22 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2020.
45 $9,179,016
Rank history: #50 in FY2022, #48 in FY2023, #42 in FY2024 and #15 in FY2025; up 3 since FY2020.
46 $8,740,960
Rank history: #58 in FY2022, #60 in FY2023, #46 in FY2024 and #48 in FY2025; up 67 since FY2020.
47 $8,365,282
Rank history: #57 in FY2022, #41 in FY2023, #36 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 4 since FY2020.
48 $8,318,165
Rank history: #27 in FY2022, #28 in FY2023, #30 in FY2024 and #62 in FY2025; up 16 since FY2020.
49 $7,674,116
Rank history: #32 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list, #40 in FY2024 and #26 in FY2025; new, not ranked in FY2020.
50 $7,460,942
Rank history: #31 in FY2022, #31 in FY2023, #31 in FY2024 and #23 in FY2025; up 27 since FY2020.
51 $7,324,933
Rank history: #43 in FY2022, #19 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
52 $7,100,000
Rank history: #26 in FY2022, #30 in FY2023, #37 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; new, not ranked in FY2020.
53 $6,708,864
Rank history: #45 in FY2022, #42 in FY2023, #38 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 7 since FY2020.
54 $6,203,027
Rank history: #52 in FY2022, #24 in FY2023, #15 in FY2024 and #12 in FY2025; up 55 since FY2020.
55 $5,971,938
Rank history: #28 in FY2022, #61 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 14 since FY2020.
56 $5,912,122
Rank history: #38 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
57 $5,857,591
Rank history: #63 in FY2022, #55 in FY2023, #57 in FY2024 and #65 in FY2025; up 9 since FY2020.
58 $5,766,185
Rank history: #53 in FY2022, #53 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 1 since FY2020.
59 $5,591,982
Rank history: #35 in FY2022, #51 in FY2023, #45 in FY2024 and #43 in FY2025; down 7 since FY2020.
60 $5,495,019
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2024 lists and #29 in FY2025; down 2 since FY2020.
61
Board of Governers State University System of Florida Through Florida State University
$5,420,455
Rank history: #59 in FY2022, #45 in FY2023, #51 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 5 since FY2020.
62 $5,275,034
Rank history: #51 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 40 since FY2020.
63 $5,211,917
Rank history: #62 in FY2022, #50 in FY2023, #54 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 4 since FY2020.
64 $5,186,372
Rank history: #42 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
65 $4,966,808
Rank history: #33 in FY2022, #34 in FY2023, #67 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 4 since FY2020.
66 $4,912,883
Rank history: #47 in FY2022, #36 in FY2023, #33 in FY2024 and #28 in FY2025; down 17 since FY2020.
67 $4,836,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 2 since FY2020.
68 $4,720,107
Rank history: #66 in FY2022, #68 in FY2023, #73 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 6 since FY2020.
69 $4,652,239
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 2 since FY2020.
70 $4,618,772
Rank history: #65 in FY2022, #59 in FY2023, #60 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 15 since FY2020.
71 $4,578,747
Rank history: #36 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
72
Educational Computer Systems Inc.
Top NAICS codes
$4,311,340
Rank history: #22 in FY2022, #20 in FY2023, #17 in FY2024 and #35 in FY2025; down 9 since FY2020.
73 $4,208,574
Rank history: #64 in FY2022, #57 in FY2023, #52 in FY2024 and #54 in FY2025; up 23 since FY2020.
74 $3,897,917
Rank history: #61 in FY2022, #54 in FY2023, #77 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 5 since FY2020.
75 $3,030,172
Rank history: #23 in FY2022, #32 in FY2023, #20 in FY2024 and #20 in FY2025; up 98 since FY2020.
76 $2,965,325
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists, #62 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 117 since FY2020.
77 $2,793,028
Rank history: not on the FY2022 list, #95 in FY2023, #96 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 9 since FY2020.
78 $2,698,869
Rank history: #75 in FY2022, #75 in FY2023, #79 in FY2024 and #45 in FY2025; up 10 since FY2020.
79 $2,668,707
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 4 since FY2020.
80 $2,631,616
Rank history: #29 in FY2022, #23 in FY2023, #25 in FY2024 and #19 in FY2025; new, not ranked in FY2020.
81 $2,623,198
Rank history: #74 in FY2022, not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists and #59 in FY2025; up 4 since FY2020.
82 $2,591,226
Rank history: #73 in FY2022, #84 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 2 since FY2020.
83 $2,557,632
Rank history: #69 in FY2022, not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists and #76 in FY2025; up 7 since FY2020.
84 $2,506,989
Rank history: #71 in FY2022, #90 in FY2023, #55 in FY2024 and #55 in FY2025; up 24 since FY2020.
85 $2,439,893
Rank history: #78 in FY2022, #76 in FY2023, #75 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; new, not ranked in FY2020.
86 $2,268,482
Rank history: #81 in FY2022, #77 in FY2023, #76 in FY2024 and #66 in FY2025; up 7 since FY2020.
87 $2,212,065
Rank history: #77 in FY2022, #67 in FY2023, #66 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 6 since FY2020.
88 $2,106,248
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2024 lists and #85 in FY2025; new, not ranked in FY2020.
89 $2,098,768
Rank history: #76 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; down 29 since FY2020.
90 $2,049,833
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 14 since FY2020.
91 $2,024,505
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 9 since FY2020.
92 $1,963,761
Rank history: #80 in FY2022, #80 in FY2023, #84 in FY2024 and #94 in FY2025; up 18 since FY2020.
93 $1,950,000
Rank history: #82 in FY2022, #74 in FY2023, #86 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 22 since FY2020.
94 $1,891,412
Rank history: #83 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; down 15 since FY2020.
95 $1,885,664
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
96 $1,871,236
Rank history: #86 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; up 29 since FY2020.
97
Nana Regional Corporation Inc Through Tuvli LLC
$1,855,710
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in FY2020.
98 $1,824,208
Rank history: #95 in FY2022, #87 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 13 since FY2020.
99 $1,821,620
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; down 21 since FY2020.
100 $1,800,000
Rank history: not on the FY2022–FY2025 lists; up 94 since FY2020.
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How this ranking works

  • Source: every contract action FPDS records (as published on SAM.gov) in the period, as GovTribe received it.
  • Amounts are net obligations: what was obligated, less what was deobligated. Shares are of $2.74 billion obligated before deobligations, so they never pass 100%.
  • Parent companies: each action counts under the ultimate parent its award record names, or under the awardee when it names none, so no dollar counts twice. Parents of the same name (Inc., LLC and the like aside) count as one company, since FPDS records a company's parent under more than one UEI over time. GovTribe corrects a few parents and names by hand; see the corrections.
  • Fiscal year 2021 ran Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2021. The Department of Defense reports its contract actions to FPDS about 90 days late, so a fiscal year is ranked once they're in, in February, and the list doesn't change after.
  • Rank changes compare with FY2020. "New" marks a company outside that period's top 500, and "Returned" one of those that was on an earlier fiscal year's list.
  • Rank lines show each company's rank on every fiscal year's list since FY2021, #1 at the top, on a scale that gives the top of the list more room. A dashed stretch spans years it wasn't on the list. The step from FY2020 takes the color of the rank change beside it.
  • Placeholder recipients FPDS uses when it names no company ("Miscellaneous Foreign Contractors" and the like) aren't ranked.

Quick answers

Who were the top 10 Department of Education contractors in FY2021?

1. Nelnet Servicing LLC ($348M), 2. Accenture Federal Services LLC ($281M), 3. Pennsylvania Commonwealth of ($225M), 4. Navient Corporation ($167M), 5. Maximus Inc. ($74.8M), 6. Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority ($70.7M), 7. American Institutes for Research In the Behavioral Sciences ($66.9M), 8. Westat, Inc. ($64.9M), 9. Educational Testing Service ($62M), 10. Coast Professional, Inc. ($61.3M).

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