Proportion of 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.

Proportion of Students Receiving Pell Grants at Four-Year Institutions

​Source: Radwin, D., Conzelmann, J.G., Nunnery, A., Lacy, T.A., Wu, J. Lew, S., Wine, J., and Siegel, P. (2018). 2015–16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16): Student Financial Aid Estimates for 201516 (NCES 2018-466). Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Prepared by the Council of Independent Colleges.

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