Although most of these institutions are associated with state governments, a small number of public institutions are directly funded and governed by the U.S. federal government, including the service academies, the Community College of the Air Force, the Naval Postgraduate School, the Air Force Institute of Technology, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, military War colleges and staff colleges, and Haskell Indian Nations University.
State universities usually offer lower tuition costs to in-state residents.
[1] There are a number of states that have more than one university system, e.g. California with 2; Colorado with 2; Indiana with 2; New York with 2; Tennessee with 2; and Texas with 7 (the most).
Small amounts of the grant can be used for Washington Metropolitan Area private universities within close proximate of the District.
Some funds are sourced from municipal and county taxes, while some financial support is also received from the state of Kansas.