Making the Case

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Fact 4 - Institutional vs. Federal Aid
Independent colleges today provide over four times as much grant assistance as the federal government—and that ratio has grown steadily since 1984, when it was nearly one to one.

Source: Analysis by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Federal Campus-Based Programs Data Book, U.S. Department of Education, various years, Title IV/Federal Pell Grant Program End-of-Year Report, U.S. Department of Education, various years; College Board, Trends in Student Aid, various years.
Note: Data on federal grant programs include funds only for students attending independent colleges and universities.