Table 8: Distribution of Federal Pell Grant

Recipients by Family Income and Educational

Cost
Table 8A: Total
Table 8B: Dependent
Table 8C: Independent

Tables 8A, 8B, and 8C show the distribution of More Dependents in High-Income and
Federal Pell Grant recipients by family income and Educational Cost Ranges. Tables 8B and 8C
educational cost. show that dependents are more often in the high
income and educational cost ranges than
Low- and High-Cost Schools Attract Students independents. For example, 30.8 percent of all
from all Income Ranges at Similar Rate. Table dependents, compared to only 11.0 percent of all
8A indicates no clear relationship between income independents, have incomes of more than $20,000
and educational cost, which is consistent with the and educational costs in excess of $6,000 (Figure
data in Table 7. Low-cost schools attract low 12). Family income ranges of $9,001 to $20,000
income students at about the same rate as high for the same educational cost range are 25.5
income students. For example, 3.9 percent of all percent of dependents, compared to 18.6 percent of
recipients with incomes of $6,000 or less attended independents. Those with family incomes of up to
institutions where costs are $3,000 or less. By $9,000 and educational costs of greater than
comparison, 2.8 percent of recipients with incomes $6,000 account for 48.4 percent of independents
greater than $20,000 have costs of $3,000 or less. and 17.3 percent of dependents.

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 50% 48.4%
Dependents

45% Independents

Total
Percentage of Recipients with Educatiuonal Cost > $6,000

40%

35.8%

35%

30.8%

30%

25.5%
25%
21.4%

20% 19.1%
18.6%
17.3%

15%
11.0%

10%

5%

0%
$0-9,000 $9,001-20,000 $20,001+

Income ($)

Figure 12: Cost of Education Greater Than $6,000 by Family Income

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 TABLE 8A
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS
BY FAMILY INCOME AND EDUCATIONAL COST
AWARD PERIOD 1994-95
ALL RECIPIENTS
EDUCATIONAL COST

UNDER $2,400- $3,001- $6,001- $9,001- $12,001- OVER

FAMILY INCOME: $2,400 3,000 6,000 9,000 12,000 15,000 $15,000 TOTAL
LESS THAN $1,001.......................................
14,614 3,327 64,603 84,888 64,837 28,447 20,024 280,740 N
5.2 1.2 23.0 30.2 23.1 10.1 7.1 100.0 R%
14.3 12.3 8.7 6.9 7.6 7.2 6.2 7.6 C%
$1,001 - 3,000.................................................
8,422 2,096 68,986 108,338 78,911 34,719 20,815 322,287 N
2.6 0.7 21.4 33.6 24.5 10.8 6.5 100.0 R%
8.3 7.7 9.3 8.8 9.2 8.8 6.4 8.8 C%
$3,001 - 6,000.................................................
15,163 4,403 125,650 217,139 161,959 70,062 44,186 638,562 N
2.4 0.7 19.7 34.0 25.4 11.0 6.9 100.0 R%
14.9 16.2 16.9 17.7 18.9 17.8 13.6 17.4 C%
$6,001 - 9,000................................................
15,118 3,199 98,664 169,567 122,588 52,401 35,517 497,054 N
3.0 0.6 19.8 34.1 24.7 10.5 7.1 100.0 R%
14.8 11.8 13.3 13.8 14.3 13.3 10.9 13.5 C%
$9,001 - 15,000................................................
18,309 4,446 127,610 212,701 135,079 61,040 46,916 606,101 N
3.0 0.7 21.1 35.1 22.3 10.1 7.7 100.0 R%
17.9 16.4 17.2 17.3 15.8 15.5 14.4 16.5 C%
$15,001 - 20,000..............................................
11,624 3,365 89,336 148,784 95,862 45,856 41,512 436,339 N
2.7 0.8 20.5 34.1 22.0 10.5 9.5 100.0 R%
11.4 12.4 12.0 12.1 11.2 11.7 12.8 11.9 C%
$20,001 - 30,000.............................................
13,697 4,651 116,582 197,822 135,881 67,719 72,702 609,054 N
2.2 0.8 19.1 32.5 22.3 11.1 11.9 100.0 R%
13.4 17.2 15.7 16.1 15.9 17.2 22.4 16.6 C%
$30,001 - 40,000.............................................
4,327 1,402 42,439 71,465 50,031 26,118 33,084 228,866 N
1.9 0.6 18.5 31.2 21.9 11.4 14.5 100.0 R%
4.2 5.2 5.7 5.8 5.8 6.6 10.2 6.2 C%
$40,001 +...........................................................
781 223 9,465 16,747 12,126 6,457 10,165 55,964 N
1.4 0.4 16.9 29.9 21.7 11.5 18.2 100.0 R%
0.8 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.6 3.1 1.5 C%
TOTAL..............................................................
102,055 27,112 743,335 1,227,451 857,274 392,819 324,921 3,674,967 N
2.8 0.7 20.2 33.4 23.3 10.7 8.8 100.0 R%
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 C%
 TABLE 8B
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS
BY FAMILY INCOME AND EDUCATIONAL COST
AWARD PERIOD 1994-95
DEPENDENT RECIPIENTS
EDUCATIONAL COST

UNDER $2,400- $3,001- $6,001- $9,001- $12,001- OVER

FAMILY INCOME: $2,400 3,000 6,000 9,000 12,000 15,000 $15,000 TOTAL
LESS THAN $1,001.......................................
1,850 458 14,811 18,386 10,973 5,237 6,570 58,285 N
3.2 0.8 25.4 31.5 18.8 9.0 11.3 100.0 R%
5.1 4.4 4.3 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.9 C%
$1,001 - 3,000.................................................
1,420 481 15,373 19,118 8,107 3,627 3,529 51,655 N
2.7 0.9 29.8 37.0 15.7 7.0 6.8 100.0 R%
3.9 4.6 4.4 3.8 2.9 2.6 1.9 3.5 C%
$3,001 - 6,000.................................................
3,242 1,060 33,886 47,345 21,171 9,646 9,503 125,853 N
2.6 0.8 26.9 37.6 16.8 7.7 7.6 100.0 R%
8.9 10.2 9.8 9.5 7.7 7.0 5.2 8.4 C%
$6,001 - 9,000................................................
4,860 1,042 37,056 49,515 22,965 10,834 12,060 138,332 N
3.5 0.8 26.8 35.8 16.6 7.8 8.7 100.0 R%
13.4 10.1 10.7 9.9 8.3 7.8 6.5 9.3 C%
$9,001 - 15,000................................................
8,464 2,167 70,898 99,012 49,593 24,224 29,074 283,432 N
3.0 0.8 25.0 34.9 17.5 8.5 10.3 100.0 R%
23.3 20.9 20.4 19.8 17.9 17.5 15.8 19.0 C%
$15,001 - 20,000..............................................
5,825 1,888 56,294 82,194 45,223 22,654 29,537 243,615 N
2.4 0.8 23.1 33.7 18.6 9.3 12.1 100.0 R%
16.0 18.2 16.2 16.4 16.3 16.3 16.0 16.3 C%
$20,001 - 30,000.............................................
7,368 2,289 78,995 120,733 75,562 39,166 56,592 380,705 N
1.9 0.6 20.7 31.7 19.8 10.3 14.9 100.0 R%
20.3 22.1 22.8 24.1 27.3 28.2 30.7 25.5 C%
$30,001 - 40,000.............................................
2,714 803 31,525 49,754 33,083 17,911 28,115 163,905 N
1.7 0.5 19.2 30.4 20.2 10.9 17.2 100.0 R%
7.5 7.8 9.1 9.9 12.0 12.9 15.2 11.0 C%
$40,001 +...........................................................
619 166 8,158 14,202 9,994 5,488 9,478 48,105 N
1.3 0.3 17.0 29.5 20.8 11.4 19.7 100.0 R%
1.7 1.6 2.4 2.8 3.6 4.0 5.1 3.2 C%
TOTAL..............................................................
36,362 10,354 346,996 500,259 276,671 138,787 184,458 1,493,887 N
2.4 0.7 23.2 33.5 18.5 9.3 12.3 100.0 R%
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 C%
 TABLE 8C
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS
BY FAMILY INCOME AND EDUCATIONAL COST
AWARD PERIOD 1994-95
INDEPENDENT RECIPIENTS
EDUCATIONAL COST

UNDER $2,400- $3,001- $6,001- $9,001- $12,001- OVER

FAMILY INCOME: $2,400 3,000 6,000 9,000 12,000 15,000 $15,000 TOTAL
LESS THAN $1,001.......................................
12,764 2,869 49,792 66,502 53,864 23,210 13,454 222,455 N
5.7 1.3 22.4 29.9 24.2 10.4 6.0 100.0 R%
19.4 17.1 12.6 9.1 9.3 9.1 9.6 10.2 C%
$1,001 - 3,000.................................................
7,002 1,615 53,613 89,220 70,804 31,092 17,286 270,632 N
2.6 0.6 19.8 33.0 26.2 11.5 6.4 100.0 R%
10.7 9.6 13.5 12.3 12.2 12.2 12.3 12.4 C%
$3,001 - 6,000.................................................
11,921 3,343 91,764 169,794 140,788 60,416 34,683 512,709 N
2.3 0.7 17.9 33.1 27.5 11.8 6.8 100.0 R%
18.1 19.9 23.2 23.3 24.2 23.8 24.7 23.5 C%
$6,001 - 9,000................................................
10,258 2,157 61,608 120,052 99,623 41,567 23,457 358,722 N
2.9 0.6 17.2 33.5 27.8 11.6 6.5 100.0 R%
15.6 12.9 15.5 16.5 17.2 16.4 16.7 16.4 C%
$9,001 - 15,000................................................
9,845 2,279 56,712 113,689 85,486 36,816 17,842 322,669 N
3.1 0.7 17.6 35.2 26.5 11.4 5.5 100.0 R%
15.0 13.6 14.3 15.6 14.7 14.5 12.7 14.8 C%
$15,001 - 20,000..............................................
5,799 1,477 33,042 66,590 50,639 23,202 11,975 192,724 N
3.0 0.8 17.1 34.6 26.3 12.0 6.2 100.0 R%
8.8 8.8 8.3 9.2 8.7 9.1 8.5 8.8 C%
$20,001 - 30,000.............................................
6,329 2,362 37,587 77,089 60,319 28,553 16,110 228,349 N
2.8 1.0 16.5 33.8 26.4 12.5 7.1 100.0 R%
9.6 14.1 9.5 10.6 10.4 11.2 11.5 10.5 C%
$30,001 - 40,000.............................................
1,613 599 10,914 21,711 16,948 8,207 4,969 64,961 N
2.5 0.9 16.8 33.4 26.1 12.6 7.6 100.0 R%
2.5 3.6 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.0 C%
$40,001 +...........................................................
162 57 1,307 2,545 2,132 969 687 7,859 N
2.1 0.7 16.6 32.4 27.1 12.3 8.7 100.0 R%
0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 C%
TOTAL..............................................................
65,693 16,758 396,339 727,192 580,603 254,032 140,463 2,181,080 N
3.0 0.8 18.2 33.3 26.6 11.6 6.4 100.0 R%
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 C%