Recipients of Federal Pell Grants in the U.S. 1983-2024

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Veera Korhonen,
Mar 18, 2025

In the 1983/84 academic year, there were 2.8 million recipients of Federal Pell Grants in the United States. By the academic year 2023/24, the number of Pell Grant recipients had increased to 6.4 million.

Number of recipients of the Federal Pell Grant Award in the United States from 1983/84 to 2023/24 (in millions)

YearNumber of recipients in millions
2023-24 6.4
2022-23 6
2021-22 6.1
2020-21 6.2
2019-20 6.7
2018-19 6.9
2017-18 7.1
2016-17 7.2
2015-16 7.7
2014-15 8.3
2013-14 8.7
2012-13 9
2011-12 9.4
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October 2024

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United States

Survey time period

1983/1984 to 2023/2024

Supplementary notes

The Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate and certain post-baccalaureate students to promote access to postsecondary education. Detail time series data can be found here.

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