In the 1983/84 academic year, there were 2.8 million recipients of Federal Pell Grants in the United States. By the academic year 2023/24, the number of Pell Grant recipients had increased to 6.4 million.
Number of recipients of the Federal Pell Grant Award in the United States from 1983/84 to 2023/24
(in millions)
Year
Number of recipients in millions
2023-24
6.4
2022-23
6
2021-22
6.1
2020-21
6.2
2019-20
6.7
2018-19
6.9
2017-18
7.1
2016-17
7.2
2015-16
7.7
2014-15
8.3
2013-14
8.7
2012-13
9
2011-12
9.4
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The Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate and certain post-baccalaureate students to promote access to postsecondary education.
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College Board. (October 22, 2024). Number of recipients of the Federal Pell Grant Award in the United States from 1983/84 to 2023/24 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 05, 2025, 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 1983/84 to 2023/24 (in millions)." Chart. October 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/235372/recipients-of-federal-pell-grants-in-the-us/
College Board. (2024). Number of recipients of the Federal Pell Grant Award in the United States from 1983/84 to 2023/24 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 05, 2025. 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 1983/84 to 2023/24 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Oct 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 1983/84 to 2023/24 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/235372/recipients-of-federal-pell-grants-in-the-us/ (last visited May 05, 2025)
Number of recipients of the Federal Pell Grant Award in the United States from 1983/84 to 2023/24 (in millions) [Graph], College Board, October 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/235372/recipients-of-federal-pell-grants-in-the-us/
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