• Expenditure on Federal Pell Grants U.S. 2020

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This statistic shows the average expenditure in billion U.S. dollars on Federal Pell Grant Awards in the United States from 1979/1980 to 2019/2020. In the academic year 1979/80, expenditure on Federal Pell grants totaled to 8.3 billion 2019 U.S. dollars. By the academic year 2019/20, expenditure was up to 27.8 billion 2019 U.S. dollars.

Total expenditure on Federal Pell Grant Awards in the United States from 1979/80 to 2019/20 (in billion 2019 U.S. dollars)

Year	Total expenditure in billion 2019 U.S. dollars
2019-20	27.8
2018-19	28.8
2017-18	30.1
2016-17	28.7
2015-16	30.7
2014-15	33
2013-14	34.6
2012-13	35.9
2011-12	38.1
2010-11	42
2009-10	35.7
2008-09	21.3
2007-08	18.1
2006-07	16.2
2005-06	16.7
2004-05	17.8
2003-04	17.7
2002-03	16.6
2001-02	14.4
2000-01	11.8
1999-00	11.1
1998-99	11.4
1997-98	10.1
1996-97	9.4
1995-96	9.2
1994-95	9.5
1993-94	10
1992-93	11.3
1991-92	10.9
1990-91	9.7
1989-90	9.9
1988-89	9.7
1987-88	8.5
1986-87	8.1
1985-86	8.6
1984-85	7.5
1983-84	7.2
1982-83	6.4
1981-82	6.4
1980-81	7.4
1979-80	8.3

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October 2020

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United States

Survey time period

1979/1980 to 2019/2020

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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