Academic Exchange Programs — Graduate Students — CFDA 19.400

Graduate-exchange obligations at $788.0 million

USAspending.gov records $787,960,994.31 in obligations under CFDA 19.400. One hundred twenty awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $6,566,342 per award. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical fellow stipend and not a cost per student. Other Department of State academic-exchange listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $787,960,994.31.

The assistance-listing title is ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMS - GRADUATE STUDENTS. CFDA 19.400 is the identifier. Combining 19.400 with undergraduate or professional-exchange codes would invent a combined exchange total this packet does not contain. Read the $787,960,994.31 as the obligation book tagged 19.400 only.

54 recipients and a 0-state map

Fifty-four recipients share 120 awards, or about 2.2 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $787,960,994.31 evenly would assign about $14.6 million per recipient. That density is a cooperating-institution pattern: a modest named-organization headcount carrying a couple of assistance rows. The packet does not list the 54.

Zero jurisdictions in the geographic count means the USAspending state field is empty on this extract. Graduate academic exchanges are often coded without a domestic state place of performance. Do not treat 0 as “no spending.” The $787,960,994.31 still sits on 120 awards. Recipient count is organizational, not a census of graduate students.

Award rows are not a fellow census

Among State listings, 19.400 is a low-row exchange file: 120 awards against 54 recipients. Award count is a weak proxy for “number of graduate programs” and a worse proxy for students placed. Recipients (54) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (120) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report placements, degree completions, or host-country counts. Citing 120 as fellows would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, jurisdictions. The $787,960,994.31 stock is the obligation figure from USAspending.gov.

Obligations versus exchange outlays

The $787,960,994.31 is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against Academic Exchange Programs - Graduate Students awards — are not in the packet. An exchange file can show a large obligation stock while cooperating agencies draw against academic-year cohorts. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Use CFDA 19.400 to size this graduate-exchange listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as a visa or enrollment dashboard. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 19.400.

What the 19.400 tables omit

The program hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a fellow roster, not a university ranking, and not a country-by-country placement table. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $787,960,994.31. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 120 award rows.

A 0-jurisdiction geographic count is a coding result, not a missing-data error on the dollar total. Read the program page before treating empty state cells as empty spending. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already paid to cooperating institutions.

Where the 19.400 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 19.400 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other State listings. For 19.400 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 19.400’s 120 awards spread $787,960,994.31 across 54 recipients and 0 jurisdictions. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 2.2 award records per recipient is the density story. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

A researcher comparing 19.400 with undergraduate or professional-exchange codes should keep CFDA numbers separate. The 54-recipient headcount on 120 awards sits on a 0-jurisdiction map: empty U.S. state cells, not empty spending. Quote $787,960,994.31 as the USAspending obligation stock for Academic Exchange Programs - Graduate Students only. About 2.2 award records per recipient is the density story. Fellow counts and host-country placements remain outside the packet. Outlays are a separate column.

Questions

How much is obligated for graduate academic exchange programs?

USAspending.gov records $787,960,994.31 in obligations for CFDA 19.400. SpendingVault indexes 120 awards, 54 recipients, and 0 jurisdictions. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a fellow count. CFDA 19.400’s $787,960,994.31 is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 19.400 carry?

The listing shows 120 awards against 54 recipients, or about 2.2 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $6,566,342 per award. Award count is not a count of graduate students or degrees. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

Why does 19.400 show 0 states?

The extract lists 0 jurisdictions in the USAspending geographic count. Graduate academic exchanges are often coded without a U.S. state place of performance. The packet still records 54 recipients and $787,960,994.31 in obligations. Empty state cells are not a zero-dollar result.

Is $787,960,994.31 already paid for graduate exchanges?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 19.400’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or fellows placed. The $787,960,994.31 on 120 awards is the obligation figure. The packet reports obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.