In the 1980/81 academic year there were 2.7 million recipients of Federal Pell Grants in the United States. By the academic year 2022/23 , the number of Pell Grant recipients had increased to 6 million.
Number of recipients of the Federal Pell Grant Award in the United States from 1980/81 to 2022/23
(in millions)
The Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate and certain post-baccalaureate students to promote access to postsecondary education.
Detail time series data can be found here.
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College Board. (October 21, 2023). Number of recipients of the Federal Pell Grant Award in the United States from 1980/81 to 2022/23 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/235372/recipients-of-federal-pell-grants-in-the-us/
College Board. "Number of recipients of the Federal Pell Grant Award in the United States from 1980/81 to 2022/23 (in millions)." Chart. October 21, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/235372/recipients-of-federal-pell-grants-in-the-us/
College Board. (2023). Number of recipients of the Federal Pell Grant Award in the United States from 1980/81 to 2022/23 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/235372/recipients-of-federal-pell-grants-in-the-us/
College Board. "Number of Recipients of The Federal Pell Grant Award in The United States from 1980/81 to 2022/23 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/235372/recipients-of-federal-pell-grants-in-the-us/
College Board, Number of recipients of the Federal Pell Grant Award in the United States from 1980/81 to 2022/23 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/235372/recipients-of-federal-pell-grants-in-the-us/ (last visited July 13, 2024)
Number of recipients of the Federal Pell Grant Award in the United States from 1980/81 to 2022/23 (in millions) [Graph], College Board, October 21, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/235372/recipients-of-federal-pell-grants-in-the-us/
