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Fact
3 - Enrollment of Low-Income Students (Pell Grant Recipients)
Students receiving Pell Grants make up a larger proportion of the
student bodies at small and mid-sized independent colleges and universities
than at other types of four-year institutions. The percentage of Pell
Grant recipients in 2003-04 at smaller (non-doctoral) independent
colleges was 31 percent compared to 24 percent at public research
(doctoral) universities. When tracked over an eight-year period, the
increase in the proportion of Pell Grant recipients at the smaller
(non-doctoral) privates is 2 to 1 over the proportion at the larger
public (doctoral) universities. |
| Source:
U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics. National Postsecondary
Student Aid Study, 1995-1996 (NPSAS:96), 1999-2000 (NPSAS:00) and
2003-2004 (NPSAS:04). Analysis by the Council of Independent
Colleges.
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