More than 92% of Pell Grant recipients in 2019-2020 came from families with household incomes below $60,000, according to higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz.

Changes to Pell Grants. Federal Pell Grants are given to low- and middle-income students to help defray the cost of college. More than 70,000 students in Wisconsin receive Pell Grants, including ...

More than 70,000 students in Wisconsin receive Pell Grants, including nearly 30,000 in technical colleges, 32,000 within the UW System and 11,000 in private colleges.

The Pell Grant program so far has helped 158 million Americans go to college. Here in Lancaster County, that translates to 7,158 students in just one year who are able to achieve their dreams ...

The need-based Pell Grant faces a looming budget shortfall. If your financial aid package isn’t what you’d hoped for, consider other ways to fund your college degree without taking on too much ...

The Pell Grant program faces a $2.7 billion shortfall by 2025, raising concerns over its sustainability. Once a key aid source for low-income students, its value has declined amid rising tuition ...

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 ...

2. Submit the FAFSA. Your next step is to submit the FAFSA, ideally as soon as it becomes available. The FAFSA usually opens on October 1 each year, but the 2025-26 FAFSA will have a delayed roll ...

Gillibrand’s office said, at its peak in the 1970s, the maximum Pell Grant covered more than 7%% of the cost of attending a four-year public college. Now, it covers less than one-third.