T he 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' (OBBBA) introduces significant changes to the Pell Grant program, impacting both ...

Maryland Higher Education Commission members were warned Wednesday of a potential "huge sea change" for the state's financial ...

The U.S. Department of Education is proposing to decrease the maximum Pell Grant award from $7,395 to $5,710 per year as part of President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill, saying the cuts ...

New projections for the federal Pell Grant program now estimate a $2.7 billion funding shortfall later this year. About 40% of college students rely on Pell Grants, a type of aid available to low ...

If it becomes law, the maximum Pell Grant award would drop by about $1,500 and be restricted to students who complete 30 credits per year, a stricter requirement than the current 24 credits.

If it becomes law, the maximum Pell Grant award would drop by about $1,500 and be restricted to students who complete 30 credits per year, a stricter requirement than the current 24 credits.

And yet, the Trump administration's budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 calls for significant cuts to higher education funding, including reducing the maximum federal Pell Grant award to $5,710 a ...

The current maximum award offered through the Pell Grant sits at $6,345, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s office of Federal Student Aid — through which the Pell Grants are awarded. Some ...

On March 15, 2022, Biden signed a $1.5 trillion bill to fund the federal government through September 2022. One of the bill's many provisions was a $400 bump in the maximum Pell Grant for the 2022 ...

If it becomes law, the maximum Pell Grant award would drop by about $1,500 and be restricted to students who complete 30 credits per year, a stricter requirement than the current 24 credits.

In fact, the number of Pell Grant recipients peaked over a decade ago, when 9.4 million students were awarded grants in the 2011-12 academic year, and sank 32% to 6.4 million in 2023-24, according ...