T he 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' (OBBBA) introduces significant changes to the Pell Grant program, impacting both ...

The Pell Grant program for low-income students faces a nearly $10 billion shortfall, as Republicans propose funding solutions ...

According to data from the NAtional Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), over 94% of Federal Pell Grant recipients in 2015-16 had an adjusted gross income under $60,000 and 99% of them had it ...

There’s no strict income cutoff needed to qualify for the Pell Grant. Instead, your eligibility is based on your Student Aid Index (SAI) , which is a number between -1,500 and 999,999 that you ...

Despite concerns about the prospect of deep cuts in Pell Grants to help low-income students attend college, the final fiscal 2012 federal budget preserves the maximum grant at $5,550—much to the ...

Expanding this inefficient program hurts not only taxpayers but also the low-income students it purports to help. The Pell Grant program, established in the 1970s, is a large component of the ...

As part of the Biden administration's Student Loan Debt Plan, the federal government will provide $20,000 in debt cancellation for borrowers who received Pell Grants. The income eligibility ...

Lawmakers don’t need to decide between increasing Pell Grants for lower-income students or expanding eligibility to more middle-income students, because boosting the maximum award would accomplish ...

Thirty-eight percent of students at MSU Denver are Pell Grant eligible. That's the highest percentage the university has seen since 2017. From 2023, the percentage jumped from 18.5% to 38%.

A new report by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association estimates nearly 220,000 more students will qualify under the pending new federal aid formula. Nearly 220,000 students will ...

Americans who received Pell grants to help pay for college will receive much more help from the Biden administration’s student debt relief initiative than other borrowers. Here’s what to know ...