American academia spent more than $80 million lobbying the federal government in 2020.
According to data compiled by Open Secrets, lobbying dollars spent on education totaled $80,121,878 last year.
The top ten universities for lobbying were as follows:
University of California ($1,050,000)
University of Pittsburgh ($890,000)
Johns Hopkins University ($800,000)
University of Washington ($790,000)
University of Florida ($738,780)
Colorado State University ($710,000)
University of Colorado ($707,631)
Texas A&M University ($700,000)
Nova Southeastern University ($640,000)
California State University ($633,000)