Table 1: Federal Pell Grant Program:

Summary Statistics for Cross-Year Reference

Table 1 summarizes the general applicant and eligible to receive a grant. The average grant
recipient trends in the Federal Pell Grant Program increased in 1990-91 to $1,449. Total program
from award period 1973-74, the first year of the expenditures also increased 3.3 percent from 1989-
program, through award period 1994-95. 90 to $4.93 billion.

1973-74 through 1979-80 The 1991-92 award year saw the number of Title
As the eligible population expanded from freshman IV applicants rise to 7.8 million (an 8.9 percent
only in 1973-74 to all undergraduates attending increase over 1990-91). In 1992-93, the number of
Federal Pell Grant participating schools at least applicants rose 6.1 percent to 8.2 million (Figure
half-time in 1976-77, the number of aid recipients 5). The average grant increased from $1,530 in
increased from 176,000 to 1.9 million. The number 1991-92 to $1,543 in 1992-93. The maximum
of students submitting an official Federal Pell Federal Pell Grant for both of these years stayed
Grant application also rose slightly (from 3.6 the same at $2,400. Total expenditures increased
million in 1976-77 to 3.9 million in 1978-79). In from $5.793 billion in 1991-92 to $6.176 billion in
1979-80, the number of recipients qualifying for a 1992-93.
grant increased by 34 percent (from 1.893 million
to 2.537 million). The average grant increased In 1993-94, the number of students filing official
from $814 in 1978-79 to $929 in 1979-80. Actual applications for Title IV aid increased to 8.7
expenditures rose by $65 million from 1976-77 to million or a 6.3 percent increase. However, the
1978-79. 3.755 million recipients in 1993-94 represented a
6.2 percent decrease from the 4 million recipients
1980-81 through 1987-88 in 1992-93. The maximum allowable grant
Students submitting an official Federal Pell Grant decreased to $2,300. Average grant also decreased
application increased from 4.8 million in 1980-81 to $1,506. Total expenditures declined significantly
to 6.3 million in 1987-88. In 1980-81, 2.7 million to $5.7 billion, a decrease of 8.4 percent from
received aid. After a drop to 2.5 million in 1982- 1992-93.
83, the number had risen to 2.9 million in 1987-
88. In 1980-81, the average grant was $822; by 1994-1995
1987-88 the figure had risen to $1,303. Larger Figure 5 shows that the number of students
awards, and a slight rise in student participation submitting official applications increased 2.3
increased the total program expenditures to $4.75 percent to 8.9 million in the 1994-95 award year.
billion in 1987-88, a 57.2 increase from the 1980- The recipient population dropped to 3.674 million
81 figure. (a 2.1 percent decrease from 1993-94). In
continuance of a downward trend, both the average
1988-89 through 1993-1994 grant received and actual expenditures decreased.
In 1989-90, the number of applicants grew 4.0 Total expenditures dropped to $5.5 billion (a 2.4
percent to 6.8 million, with over 4.3 million of percent decrease from 1993-94), and the average
those applicants eligible to receive a grant in 1989- grant declined slightly to $1,502. The maximum
90. The maximum allowable grant increased from allowable grant remained the same at $2,300.
$2,200 in 1988-89 to $2,300 in 1989-90. The
average grant increased to $1,438. In 1990-91, the
number of applicants grew 5.3 percent to 7.1
million with over 4.5 million of those applicants

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Table 1
 9.00

8.00

Applicants
7.00
Recipients

6.00
Number of Students (Millions)

5.00

4.00

3.00

2.00

1.00

0.00
1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995
Income ($)

Figure 5: Title IV Applicants and Federal Pell Grant Recipients by Award Year

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Table 1
 TABLE 1
FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR CROSS YEAR REFERENCE
PART 1 OF 4

AWARD PERIOD

1973-1974 1974-1975 1975-1976 1976-1977 1977-1978 1978-1979

NUMBER OF TITLE IV APPLICANTS
SUBMITTING OFFICIAL
APPLICATIONS................................... 512,866 1,304,877 2,339,337 3,590,379 3,844,047 3,885,383

NUMBER OF TITLE IV FEDERAL

PELL GRANT APPLICANTS
SUBMITTING VALID
APPLICATIONS................................... 482,331 1,114,084 2,178,696 3,408,718 3,621,641 3,401,428

NUMBER AND PERCENT OF

FEDERAL PELL GRANT
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS........... 268,444 681,648 1,455,187 2,258,043 2,390,320 2,228,603
52.3% 52.2% 62.2% 62.9% 62.2% 57.4%
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF
FEDERAL PELL GRANT
INELIGIBLE APPLICANTS........ 213,887 432,436 723,509 1,150,675 1,231,321 1,172,825
41.7% 33.1% 30.9% 32.1% 32.0% 30.2%
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF
APPLICATIONS RETURNED FOR
INSUFFICIENT DATA AND
NEVER RE-SUBMITTED
FOR PROCESSING................................ 30,535 190,793 160,641 181,661 222,406 483,955
6.0% 14.6% 6.9% 5.1% 5.8% 12.5%
NUMBER OF TITLE IV APPLICANTS
SUBMITTING UNOFFICIAL
APPLICATIONS.................................... 0 0 0 0 0 348,236

FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

CLASSES OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS FULL-TIME FRESHMEN ALL ALL ALL

FULL-TIME FRESHMEN & SOPHOMORES UNDER- UNDER- UNDER-
FRESHMEN SOPHOMORES & JUNIORS GRADUATES GRADUATES GRADUATES

NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

SELECTED FOR VERIFICATION......... 0 0 0 0 0 119,263

FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS 176,000 567,000 1,217,000 1,944,000 2,011,000 1,893,000

TOTAL EXPENDITURES......................... 47,589,000 $358,353,000 $925,998,000 $1,475,444,000 $1,524,340,000 $1,540,895,000

AVERAGE PELL GRANT......................... $270 $628 $761 $759 $758 $814

MINIMUM PELL GRANT.......................... $50 $50 $200 $200 $200 $50

MAXIMUM PELL GRANT........................ $452 $1,050 $1,400 $1,400 $1,400 $1,600

FUNDING LEVEL..................................... STEPPED STEPPED FULL FULL FULL STEPPED

REDUCTION REDUCTION FUNDING FUNDING FUNDING REDUCTION

NOTE: FOR 1993-1994, THE VALID APPLICANT COUNT INCLUDES 872,410 GRADUATE STUDENTS.
 TABLE 1
FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR CROSS-YEAR REFERENCE
PART 2 OF 4

A W A R D PE R I O D

1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982 1982-1983 1983-1984 1984-1985

NUMBER OF TITLE IV APPLICANTS
SUBMITTING OFFICIAL
APPLICATIONS................................... 4,186,716 4,825,420 4,945,760 5,118,558 5,453,548 5,514,029

NUMBER OF TITLE IV FEDERAL

PELL GRANT APPLICANTS
SUBMITTING VALID
APPLICATIONS................................... 3,868,429 4,475,762 4,614,590 4,709,225 4,955,775 4,981,357

NUMBER AND PERCENT OF

FEDERAL PELL GRANT
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS........... 3,029,745 3,330,534 3,398,237 3,341,371 3,541,191 3,558,386
72.4% 69.0% 68.7% 65.3% 64.9% 64.5%
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF
FEDERAL PELL GRANT
INELIGIBLE APPLICANTS........ 838,684 1,145,228 1,216,353 1,367,854 1,414,584 1,422,971
20.0% 23.7% 24.6% 26.7% 25.9% 25.8%
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF
APPLICATIONS RETURNED FOR
INSUFFICIENT DATA AND
NEVER RE-SUBMITTED
FOR PROCESSING................................ 318,287 349,658 331,170 409,333 497,773 532,672
7.6% 7.2% 6.7% 8.0% 9.1% 9.7%
NUMBER OF TITLE IV APPLICANTS
SUBMITTING UNOFFICIAL
APPLICATIONS.................................... 280,918 265,283 266,197 296,146 284,945 299,485

FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

CLASSES OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL

UNDER- UNDER- UNDER- UNDER- UNDER- UNDER-
GRADUATES GRADUATES GRADUATES GRADUATES GRADUATES GRADUATES

NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

SELECTED FOR VERIFICATION......... 232,118 320,852 313,791 1,660,021 1,047,792 1,046,080

FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS 2,537,875 2,707,932 2,709,076 2,522,746 2,758,906 2,747,100

TOTAL EXPENDITURES......................... $2,357,222,000 $2,387,117,000 $2,299,718,000 $2,420,517,000 $2,797,057,000 $3,052,999,052

AVERAGE PELL GRANT......................... $929 $882 $849 $959 $1,014 $1,111

MINIMUM PELL GRANT.......................... $200 $150 $120 $50 $200 $200

MAXIMUM PELL GRANT........................ $1,800 $1,750 $1,670 $1,800 $1,800 $1,900

FUNDING LEVEL..................................... FULL $50 FLAT $80 FLAT STEPPED FULL FULL
FUNDING REDUCTION REDUCTION REDUCTION FUNDING FUNDING

NOTE: FOR 1993-1994, THE VALID APPLICANT COUNT INCLUDES 872,410 GRADUATE STUDENTS.
 TABLE 1
FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR CROSS-YEAR REFERENCE
PART 3 OF 4

AWARD PERIOD

1985-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991

NUMBER OF TITLE IV APPLICANTS
SUBMITTING OFFICIAL
APPLICATIONS................................... 5,627,131 6,028,303 6,297,598 6,519,349 6,777,992 7,138,940

NUMBER OF TITLE IV FEDERAL

PELL GRANT APPLICANTS
SUBMITTING VALID
APPLICATIONS................................... 5,205,492 5,535,734 5,714,194 5,913,224 6,165,309 6,455,099

NUMBER AND PERCENT OF

FEDERAL PELL GRANT
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS........... 3,710,933 3,769,608 3,812,814 4,199,322 4,347,681 4,507,984
65.9% 62.5% 60.5% 64.4% 64.1% 63.1%
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF
FEDERAL PELL GRANT
INELIGIBLE APPLICANTS........ 1,494,559 1,766,126 1,901,380 1,713,902 1,817,628 1,947,115
26.5% 29.2% 30.1% 26.3% 26.8% 27.3%
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF
APPLICATIONS RETURNED FOR
INSUFFICIENT DATA AND
NEVER RE-SUBMITTED
FOR PROCESSING................................ 421,639 492,569 583,404 606,125 612,683 683,841
7.4% 8.1% 9.2% 9.3% 9.0% 9.6%
NUMBER OF TITLE IV APPLICANTS
SUBMITTING UNOFFICIAL
APPLICATIONS.................................... 287,661 321,489 320,193 318,291 301,658 177,718

FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

CLASSES OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL

UNDER- UNDER- UNDER- UNDER- UNDER- UNDER-
GRADUATES GRADUATES GRADUATES GRADUATES GRADUATES GRADUATES

NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

SELECTED FOR VERIFICATION......... 2,079,093 2,452,150 1,698,146 1,892,916 1,277,397 1,421,596

FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS 2,813,489 2,659,507 2,881,547 3,198,286 3,322,151 3,404,810

TOTAL EXPENDITURES......................... $3,597,379,921 $3,460,006,551 $3,754,329,481 $4,475,693,249 $4,777,844,232 $4,935,191,005

AVERAGE PELL GRANT......................... $1,279 $1,301 $1,303 $1,399 $1,438 $1,449

MINIMUM PELL GRANT.......................... $200 $100 $200 $200 $200 $100

MAXIMUM PELL GRANT........................ $2,100 $2,100 $2,100 $2,200 $2,300 $2,300

FUNDING LEVEL..................................... FULL LINEAR FULL FULL FULL LINEAR

FUNDING REDUCTION FUNDING FUNDING FUNDING REDUCTION

NOTE: FOR 1993-1994, THE VALID APPLICANT COUNT INCLUDES 872,410 GRADUATE STUDENTS.
 TABLE 1
FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR CROSS-YEAR REFERENCE
PART 4 OF 4

AWARD PERIOD

1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995

NUMBER OF TITLE IV APPLICANTS
SUBMITTING OFFICIAL
APPLICATIONS................................... 7,775,216 8,248,141 8,770,409 8,969,646

NUMBER OF TITLE IV FEDERAL

PELL GRANT APPLICANTS
SUBMITTING VALID
APPLICATIONS................................... 6,983,636 7,365,243 8,518,710 7,777,169

NUMBER AND PERCENT OF

FEDERAL PELL GRANT
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS........... 4,941,079 5,243,139 5,382,698 4,902,257
63.5% 63.6% 61.4% 54.7%
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF
FEDERAL PELL GRANT
INELIGIBLE APPLICANTS........ 2,042,557 2,122,104 3,136,012 2,874,912
26.3% 25.7% 35.8% 32.1%
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF
APPLICATIONS RETURNED FOR
INSUFFICIENT DATA AND
NEVER RE-SUBMITTED
FOR PROCESSING................................ 791,580 882,898 251,699 234,305
10.2% 10.7% 2.9% 2.6%
NUMBER OF TITLE IV APPLICANTS
SUBMITTING UNOFFICIAL
APPLICATIONS.................................... 176,021 189,665 201,167 201,020

FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

CLASSES OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ALL ALL ALL ALL
UNDER- UNDER- UNDER- UNDER-
GRADUATES GRADUATES GRADUATES GRADUATES

NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

SELECTED FOR VERIFICATION......... 1,631,617 1,614,852 2,357,145 1,841,475

FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS 3,786,230 4,002,045 3,755,675 3,674,967

TOTAL EXPENDITURES......................... $5,792,702,829 $6,175,902,364 $5,654,453,265 $5,519,474,492

AVERAGE PELL GRANT......................... $1,530 $1,543 $1,506 $1,502

MINIMUM PELL GRANT.......................... $200 $200 $400 $400

MAXIMUM PELL GRANT........................ $2,400 $2,400 $2,300 $2,300

FUNDING LEVEL..................................... FULL FULL FULL FULL

FUNDING FUNDING FUNDING FUNDING

NOTE: FOR 1993-1994, THE VALID APPLICANT COUNT INCLUDES 872,410 GRADUATE STUDENTS.