federal pell grant program end-of-year report · federal pell grant program end-of-year report u.s....

1984-85

Federal Pell Grant Program

End-of-Year Report

U.S. Department of Education

Office of Postsecondary Education

'UIlLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION .... •' , ' vi

CHAPTER I: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PELL GRANT PROGRAM

Table

1. Pell Grant Program Summary Statistics forCross-'Year Refe-renee 0 - 1-10

CHAPTER 2: SELECTE~ CHARACTERISTICS OF PELL GR&~T RECIPIENTS

Table,.

2. . Distribution .of Pell Grant Recipients byStudent -Aid, Itldex and Family Income ' 2-1

3. Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients byFamily Income and Grant Level ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2-8

4. Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients byStudent -Aid lnde'x and Grant- Level 2.-14

5. Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients byStudent Aid Index and Type of Institution•••••••••••• 2-19

6. Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients byFamily Income ~nd Type of Institution ,. 2-25

7. Distribution of Pel~ Grant Recipients byStudent Aid Index and Educational Cost ••••••••••••••• 2-29

8. Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients byFamily Income and Educational Cost ••••••••••••••••••• 2-34

9. Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients byFamily Income and Net Asset Level •••••••••••••••••••• 2-40

10. Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients byAge and Family Inc~me•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2-46

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TABLE OF CONTENTS, continued

CHAPTER 3: MISCELLANEOUS

Table

11. Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients byFamily Income and Dependent Student Earnings •••••••••• 3-1

12. Summary Statistics for Pell Grant ApplicantsReporting Veteran's Benefits •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3-3

13. Summary Statistics for Pell Grant ApplicantsReporting Student Social Securi ty Benefits ••••••••••• .3-7

14. Distribut~onof Pe~l Grant Applicants byEligibility Status and Income Range •••••••••••••••••• 3-l1

15. Pel 1 Grant Recipient Enrollment Status byType ,and Control of Institution.•........•..'...••.... 3-16

CHAPTER 4: DISTRIBUTION OF VALIDATED PELL GRANTRECIPIENTS BY INCOME AND GRANT LEVEL

Table

16. Distribution of Validated Pell Grant Recipientsby Income and Grant Level ••••••••••.••••••••••••••.••• 4-1

CHAPTER 5: SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR THE MULTIPLEDATA ENTRY SYSTEM

Table

17. Multiple Data Entry Summary Statistics •••••••••••••••••• 5-1

18. Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients by FamilyIncome and Multiple Data Entry Application•••••••••••• 5-5

CHAPTER 6: INSTITUTIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE PELL GRANTPROGRAM--Smt~RY INFORMATION

Table

19. Summary Statistics by Type of Institution••.•••••••••••• 6-1

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TABLE OF COIl1'ENTS. continued

CHAPTER 6, continued

Table

20. Pell Grant Expenditures, Recipients, andAverage Grant by Type and Control ofInstitution•••••••••• ~ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 6-4

21. Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients, andAverage Grant by Grant Level and Type· ofInstitu'tion' "'" ••, - '-.,_" 6-13

22. Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients byEducatJQual C·ost;. and Gra'nt'. Level. ~ - 6-17

23, Distribution of PellGrant Recipients. byState and,- Control of Instit.ution ' - 6-22

24. Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients byRecipients' State of· Legal Residence andContro 1.' of- Ins'citation••- - ~ .. e, ' 6-28

GLOSSARY OF TERMS ~ G-l

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LIST OF GRAPHSo

Distribution of PellGrant Recipients by Levelof Family Income .. ·.••••.•••••••• .- -•••••••• ·•••• ·•.•••••••••••• 1-6

Qualified Applicants by Dependency Status and-Income- -Level.- ~'.- .. ~".'" 0 .; e"••o ' ' 1-7

PellGrant Recipients by Type of Instit\1tionAt te.nded••,,, ' ~ ~ ' .:'.- .. ~ .- .. Ii_ : -. 'e, • .. 1-8

Pell Grant Applican~s!RecipientsbyMultipJeDa~.a Entry Source •••,•• .-·-•••••• ~ .••••,•••• ~ •• li •••••••.• :.-••••-·••••• -••••• 1-9

.Breakdown of Applicants by MUltlple Data EntrySource ,and' Outc'ome: :of. Appli'~'a:~ion ,1't',ocess'lng:", 'oj •. ".:.- • ., ,. 5-4

Number of Pell Grant Recipients by Stateo!Ins tit'utioq., At te.n9,ed .. ' -••: -~.'"'' •••• , ' ".. -• •,•• ".: •• .: -.-- '.. 6--2]-

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INTRODUCTION

Th~ P~ll Grant program, administered by the Department of Education's

Office of Student Financial Assistance, receives more Federal funds than any

of the other five student financial aid programs authorized under Title IV of

the Higher Education Act of 1965 and its amendments. 11 The" program off~red

grants ranging from $50 to $1,900 in the 1984-85 academic y~ar to eligible

individuals so that they could further their posts~condary education. Since

its inception in 1973. the number of Pell recipients has increased over

fift"en.fold. During the .1984-85 school year alone, over 2.7 million students

received over $3 billion in grants.

The primary feature that distinguishes the Pell Grant program from' other

forms of financial·assistance is its entitlement concept. All stud"nts

meeting certain ·crite.r~a are guaranteed aid J with the amount of ·aid determined

by financial need and educational cost. To b~" eligible fora grant an

individual must ;meet. 'certain residE!:ncy requLrement,s, be enrolled at" leas'e

half-time in an eligible program at a school participating iil the Pell program

andb~ d~t~rmined to·hav~ suffici~nt financial n~~d. Financial ne~d is

calculated using a formula d~v~loped annually by the Department of Education

and reviewed and approved by Congr~ss.

This formula, appli~d consistently to all applicants, tak~s into account

such indicators of fiIianci,al strength as income, assets, and. family size, and

produces a Stud~nt Aid Index (SAL). The SAL is combined with th~ cost of a

student's education and the student's enrollment status (full or part-time),

to d~termine the am9unt of the Pell Grant.

11 The next largest program in te.rms of Federal expenditures is the.Guaranteed Student Loan program. The other major programs providing studentfinancial assistance in order of d~creasing siz~ are as follows: (1) CollegeWork-Study; (2) Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant; (3) NationalDirect Student Loan; (4) State Student Incentiv~ Grant.

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Generally, the amount of the grant increases. as the SAl decreases so that

an applicant with an index of zero may receive the maximum award equal to one

half of the applicant's educational cost for the year. This was subject to an

overall maximum award of $1,900 in 1984-85. Proportionally smaller awards are

made to part-time students.

Purpose and Organization of the 1984-85 End~of-Year Report

Since 1973, the Pell Grant Program Analysis Section of the Office of

Student Financial Assistance has compiled statistical information on Pell

Grant· program activity. The information provides a basis for program planning

. anddev"lopment. and is incorporated each year into an End-of-Year Report.

This re'port, designed-as· a.desk -top reference manual, can help higher. ."

education officials and financial aid administrators to better understand

current patterns of Pell Grant disbursements.

The 1984-85 End-of-Year Report is a series of tables, with" accompanying

eXplanation,which describe in detail selected aspects of Pell program

activity. The tables are grouped into six chapters.

Chapter 1 highlights the most significant program activities during the

1984-65 award" period. This chapter contains general information such as the

total number of applications processed, the nu~ber of grant recipients, the

types and numberpf institutions participating in the Pell Grant program, and

income-related characteri$itics of applicants' and 'recipients.

Chapter 2 is an in-depth analysis of selected demographic characteristics

of re'cipients and of. the impact these characteristics "have on grant levels.

The chap'ter examines the interrelationship of factors such as recipient age,

family. income, dependency status, SAL, and educational cost.

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Chapter 3 presents information about the eligibility status of applicants

by income level,examines the interrelationship of dependent students' earn

ings and family income, explains summary statistics on applicants reporting

Veteran's Educational Benefits. and student Social Security benefits., and con

tains· a table on enrollment status by type and control of institution.

Chapter 4 analyzes the effects of family income on grant levels for vali

dated students.

Chapter 5 looks at selected aspects of the Multiple Data Entry application

processing system.

Chapter 6 summarizes information on institutions participating in the-Pell

Grant program. It inclUdes data. on the number of schools participating, their

locations, type of control (public or private), and the lengths of programs

offered.

A glOSSary at the end of this document defines the terms used in this

report. The reader may find it useful to scan the glossary before reading the

report chapters.,

To facilitate cross-year comparisons, the format of the tables in this re

port is consistent with the format of the 1983-84, 1982-83, and 1981-82

reports.

Data Bases for End-of-Year Report Tables

All tables in the 1984-85 End-of-Year Report, except Table 14, were

derived from a merged universe file containing applicant and recipient data

current through spring, 1986. The applicant data were taken from the student

applications processed by the central processor; re~ipient or disbursement

data were derived from information report-ed by institu't-ions on the Payment

Document portion (Part 3) of the Student Aid Report (SAR).

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The expenditure and grant level information found in the tables closely

reflects actual expenditures in the Pell Grant program for 1984-85. However,

"freezing" Pell Grant data in spring, 1986, and using only information on the

file through that time means that some information was not collected and some

unreconciled student payment daCa may be incorporated in the universe file.

Nevertheless, the number of additions to the file after the cut-off date will

be small and will not signifj,cantlY change' the current distributions.

The data on Table 14 are de,rived from a sepa'rate report generated from the

Manag"ment Info'rmation System of th" Pell Grant Application Processing

,System. This'report was produced on Augnst 7, 1985, lind reflects actual end

of-year applicant statistics. These data are used in Table 14 because they

more finely reflect c"rtain applicant charact"ristics not available from.other

sources.

The data presented in,the 1984-85 End-of-YearR"port have been compared

interllally and with similar 'datad"rived from other sources. Thedistribu

tions have been found to be con$istent~

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CHAPTER 1

H.IGHLIGHTS OF THE PELL GRANT PROGRAM·

AWARD PERIOD 1984-85

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PELL GRANT PROGRAM


Introduction

This chapter is divided into five parts. First, the significant changes

in the program which occurred durillg 1984-85 are summarized. Second, the

major challges in applicant, recipient, and award data are highlighted. Third,

the impact of program changes.is discussed~ Fourth, selected program

statistics are- summarized. Finally, "there is an examination of .Table 1 which

presents a historical9verview Qf the Pell Grant Program through the 1984-85

a.cademic ye ar. . -

Major Changes in the Program During 1984-85

Three programmatic changes occurred during the 1984-85 academic year that

may have affected the statistical data. They were:

• Increase in the maximum Pell Grant from $1,800 to $1,900.

• A challge in the allowable educational costs for off-campus

students not living with parents. Beginning in .1984-85,

these students were provided a living allowance from $1,100

to $1,600. In prior years, the allowance for all off-campus

students was $1,100.

•. A change in the system 'institutions- use to report and

reconcile Pell Grant expenditures with the U.S. Department

of Education. In previous years, institutions submitted

reports of Pel! Grant program activity three times a year.

Adjustments to student data were made at the end of the

year. Beginning in 1984-85, institutions reported and

adjusted student disbursement data on an incremental basis

throughout the year.

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Major Changes in Applicant, Recipient, and Award Data During 1984-85

The following major changes in applicant, recipient, and award data

occurred during 1984-85.

• The number of institutions participating in the program

increased by 4.J percent from 6,J72 in 198J-84 to 6,646 in

1984-85.

• The .number of applicants increased by 1 percent •

. Approximately 5.5 mU·lion persons, almost half of all

undergraduat~students.in the U.S., applied for a Pell Grant

during 1984-85.

• The number of students receiving a Pell Grant declined by

11,806 from 2.76 million in 198J-84 to 2.75 million in 1984

85.

• The average award increased by 9.7 percent from $1,014 to

$1,111.

• Total expenditures in the program rose by 8.4 percent from

$2.8 billion to $J.05 billion.

• The proportion of recipients reporting as independent

increased from 47.6 percent to 48.6 percent.

• The average age of the Pell Grant recipient increased in

1984-85. In 198J-84, students who were JO years or older

comprised 14 percent of all recipients; in 1984-85; they

comprised 17 percent.

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·' The number of institutions offering educational programs

less than three years in length increased by 4.5 percent;

the participation of other types of institutions increased

by 2.3 percent.

• Educational costs for Pell Grant recipients increased. In

1983-84, 41.5 percent of all recipients attended insti,tu

tions with costs greater than $3,300; in 1984-85, 54.1

percent had costs in this range.

Impact of, Program Changes

Two of the Program changes appear to have had some impact on statisti~l

trends. The, increase in the, maximum Pell Grant from $1,800 to $1,900,

together with a sharp increase in educational costs, appears responsible for

the rise in'the average Pell Grant award from $1,0'14 to $1,111. The increase

in the allowable costs for off-campus students not living with parents' may

have been partly reSponsible (or the overall cost increase.

The change in the Pell Grant system for reporting and reconciling

disbursement ,data may have resulted in more timely and accurate recipient

data. However, it is unlikely that it had any effect on the major statistical

trends presented in this report.

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Summary of Selected 1984-85 Statistics

The percentage of students who are financially dependent on their families

continues to represent more 'than one-half of all recipients; however, the per

centage decreased to 51.4 percent in 1984-85 from the 52.4 percent reported in

1983-84. For independent students, there was a corresponding increase to 48.6

percent from the 47.6 percent experienced,in 1983-84.

The data indicate thatPell Grants. cont.inue, to be dire;:ted toward recip

ients With low family incomes. Nearly one-half (46 percent) of' all recipients

in 1984-85 reported family incomes of $6,000 or less. Approximately one fifth

(21 percent) reported incomes over $15,000. Independents predominated in. the

lower income ranges., while de pen:dent 5 were- more numerous in- the highe~ •.

An, examination of the distribution of family income for qualified appli

cants reveals the same results. Approximately 55 percent of all qualified

applicants reported family incomes of $7 ,500 or less, while 20 percent had

incomes over $15,000. As With recipients. independent applicants were more

numerous in the lower income ranges, while dependents predominated in the

higher ranges. Table 14 presents applicants distributed by reported income.

As would be expe,cted, there was a strong correlation between family income

and assets and a~applicantts SAI~ Generally, the lower an applicant's income

and assets, the lower his or her SAl. The correlation between SAl and grant

level. however, is not as direct since education costs and enrollment status

have a heavy impact on the size of the grant awarded. For example, although

55.5 percent of all students receiving Pell Grants had zero SAIs, oniy 44.3

percent of all recipients received grants of $1,200 or more.

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Approximately 61 percent ~f all Pell recipients attended public institu

tions, 20 percent attended private non-profit schools, and 19 percent attended

private profit-making schools. Over 52 percent of all Pell Grant recipients

were enrolled in five year institutions or four year schools without graduate

programs. Approximately 34 percent attended schools offering two to less than

four year programs, while the remaini~ students attended institutions requir

ing. ,less than, two years of course work. This pattern of enrollment is similar

to that for 1983-84, indicating that program changes did not affect signifi

cantly the kinds of schools·in .which students enrolled.

Students could apply for a 1984.-85 Pell Grant through one of four

sources. About 41 percent of all applicants applied through the College

Scholarship Service (CSS); 39 percent submitted applications directly to tbe

Pell Grant program, 16 percent used the American College Testing (ACT) appli

cation form, and 4 percent applied through the Pennsylvania Higher Education

Assistance Agency (PHEAA). The proportion of applicants who qualified for a

grant differed substantially by application source. Roughly one-third of the

students submitting a CSS, ACT, or PHEAA form did not qualify for a ·grant. By

comparison, only 13 percent of the applicants SUbmitting their applications

directly to the Pell Grant processor failed to qualify.

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~'~TR'BUTION O~ pr': G::;lAN T Rr",;yr\'TSJ,:) j ,j. j J I . t.LL I":,' ! J \L0L ;t.l~

BY LEVEL OF FAMiLY 1~~COv!E


~ DEPENDENT

II· INDEPENDENT "

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LESS THAN $1,001 $J,OOI TO 6.000 9,001 TO 15,000 $20,001 TO 30,000

$1,001 TO 3,000 , $6,001 TO 9,000 $15,001 TO 20,000 $30,000 AND OVER

LEVEL OF FAMilY INCOME1-6

QUALIFIED APPLICANTS BY

DEPENDENCY STATUS AND Ii'JCOME LEVEL

AWARD PERIOD 1984--85

QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WITHItlCOMES UNDER $7.500

QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WITH·!I'lCOMES OVER $15.000

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INDEP. 1,421,497 73.37.

." ......;, DEP. 51Ej293 26:17.

ItIDEP. 7i345 10.37.

PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION ~TJENDED


.......=...

33.6%

LEGEND

<:J FIVE YEAR O!" tviORE 1,014,255

~. FOUR YEAR NO GRADUATE 42~863

<ll!III]] THREE YEAR BUT LESS THAN FOUR YEARS 11.528

~. TWO YEARS BUT LESS THAN THREE YEARS 922~04

<:J ONE YEAR BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS 158,883

~ SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 217.128

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PELL GRANT APPLICANTSjRECIPIENTS8Y MULTIPLE DATA ENTRY SOURCE

(BASED ON TOTAl- OFFICIAl- APPLICATIONS PROCESSED)

AWARD PERIOD 1984~85

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APPLICANTS BY MOE SOURCE

PELL 2,169,870

PHEAA 222p65

ACT 86!\970

CSS ~251,524

RECIPIENTS BY MOE SOURCE

PELL \236,706

PHEAA 91531

CSS 971,815

TABLE 1

Pell Grant Program

Summary Statistics for Cross-Year Reference

Award Period 1973-74 through 1984-85

Table 1 summarizes the general applicant and recipient trends in the Pell

Grant program from award period 1973·74, the first year of the program,

through award period 1984-85.

The Pell Grant program experienced a dramatic increase in both the number

of applications proces~ed and the number of recipients from 1973-74 to .1976

77. Much of this increase was due to the expansion of the population eligible

for Pell Grants from fUll-time freshmen in 1973-74 to all undergraduates

attend:lng Pell participating institutions at least half-time in 1976-77.

Program expansion was more gradual from 1976-77 to 1978-79. During this

period, the' number of official applications processed increased from 3,590;379

to 3,885,383 and total grant expenditures rose by approximately $65 million

dollars, compared to an increase of more than $1.4 billion dollars between

1973-74 and 1976-77. From 1977-78 to 1978-79, the number of qualified appli

cants dropped from 2,390,320 to 2,228,603. An increase in the average grant

from $758 in 1977-78 to $814 in 1978-79 accompanied the decline in the number

of recipients and the growth of total e~penditures.

From 1978-79 to 1979-80 the program expanded greatly, primarily in re

sponse to the passage of the Middle Income Student Assistance Act. While the

number of applications only increased from 3,885,383 to 4,186,716 (8 percent),

the number of recipients increased from 1,893,000 to 2,537,875 (34 percent).

Since the average grant increased from $814 to $929 (14 percent), the total

expenditures grew from $1.54 ,billion to $2.36 billion (53 percent).

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In 1980-81 growth in the Pell Grant program slowed. Although the volume

of applications increased by 15 percent from 4,186,716 to 4,825,420, the

number of recipients increased by only 7 percent from 2,537,875 to

2.707,932~ The average award'decreased from $929 to $882. Total eKpenditures

increased by 1.3 percent, from, $2.36 billion to $2.39 billion.

From 1980-81 to 1981-82 the number of applications and recipients remained

approximately the sa,me. The average award dropped from $882 to $849 (3.8

percent)" primaI."ily becaus!, the maximum award dropped from $1,750 to $1,670.

Total expenditures dropped from' $2.39 billion to $2.30 billion'.

A number of change" to the program were initiated in the 1982-83 academic

year: the definition of an independent student was modified; v!'teran's and

social security educational benefits were used to determine grant leveis ~nd

validation selection wa" greatly expanded. Total eKpenditures increased in

1982-83 _by 5.3 percent, from $2.30 billion to $2.42 billio'n. At the same

time, thee number of recipients decreased by almost 7 percent (from 2,709,076

to 2,522,746) while the number of applicants increased by almost 3.5 percent

from 4,945,760 to 5,118,558 and the average award increased from $849 to $959

(13 percent).

Of all the changes in the 1982-83 program, the one with the greatest im

Pact was the expansion in validation selection. The number of eligible appli~

'cants selected fo.r validation increased over 500 percent from 313,791 in

1981-82 to 1,660,021 in 1983-84.

Comparing 1983-84 to 1982-83, the volume of Pell Grant applications in

creased 6.5 percent from 5,118,558 to 5,453,548, and total recipients grew 9.4

percent from 2,522,746 to 2,758,906. The average Pell Grant award increased 6

percent from $959 to $1,014. This larger average award together with the

increase in recipients contributed to a 16 percent increase in total expendi

tures from $2.42 billion to $2.8 billion. The percentage of eligible

applicants selected for validation dropped to 29.6 percent in 1983-84 from

49.7 percent in 1982-83.

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After two years of steady growth, expansion of the Pell Grant 'program

slowed in 1984-85. The total number of applicants increased by only 1 percent

to 5,514,029. The number submitting valid applications increased slightly

from 4,955,775 in 1983-84 to 4,981,357 in 1984-85 and the number of students

receiving grants actually dropped by 1 percent to 2,747,100. An increase in

the maximum award from $1,800 in 1984-85 to $1,900 in 1984-85, together with

higher educational costs, raised the averagePell Grant award to $1,1 U, an

amount that was 9.]· percent .higher than the 1983-84 average. The rise in the

average award pushed. total Pell 'Grant expenditures over $3 billion, a 2

percent increa:seover the. previous,' year's. level.

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1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81NUMBER OF APPLICANTS SUBMITTING OFFICIAL APPLICATIONS

512,866 1,304,877 2,339,337 3,590,379 3,844,047 3,885,383 4,186,716 4,825,420

NUMBER OF APPLICANTS SUBMITTING VALID APPLICATIONS

482,331 1,114,084 2,178,696 3,408,718 3,621,641 3,401,428 3,868,429 4,475,762

268,444 681,648 1,455,187 2,258,043 2,390,320 2,228,603 3,029,745 3,330,534

52.34 52.24 62.21 62.89 62.18 57.36 72.37 69.02

213,887 432,436 723,509 1,150,675 1,231,321 1,172,825 838,684 1,145,228

41.70 33.14 30.93 32.05 32.03 30.19 20.03 23.73

30,535 190,793 160,641 181,661 222,406 483,955 318,287 349,658

5.95 14.62 6.87 5.06 5.79 12.46 7.60 7.25

NUMBER OF APPLICANTS SUBMITTING UNOFFICIAL APPLICATIONS

348,236 280,918 265,283

CLASSES OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

Full-Time Freshmen

Full-Time Freshmen & Sophomores

Freshmen Sophomores

Juniors

All Undergraduates

All Undergraduates

All Undergraduates

All Undergraduates

All Undergraduates

NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS SELECTED FOR VALIDAITON

119,263 232,118 320,852

NUMBER OF RECIPIENTS 185,249 567,000 1,217,000 1,944,000 2,011,000 1,893,000 2,537,875 2,707,932

TOTAL EXPENDITURES $49,873,951 $356,353,000 $925,998,000 $1,475,444,000 $1,524,340,000 $1,540,895,000 $2,357,222,000 $2,387,117,000

AVERAGE PELL AWARD $270 $628 $761 $759 $758 $825 $987 $887

MINIMUM PELL AWARD $50 $50 $200 $200 $200 $50 $200 $150

MAXIMUM PELL AWARD $452 $1,050 $1,400 $1,400 $1,400 $1,600 $1,800 $1,750

NUMBER AND PERCENT OF APPLICATOINS RETURNED FOR INCUFFICIENT DATA AND NEVER RE-SUBMITTED FOR PROCESSING

Award Period

Pell Grant ProgramTable 1 - Page 1

NUMBER AND PERCENT OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS

NUMBER AND PERCENT OF NON-QUALIFIED APPLICANTS

Summary of statistics for Cross-Year Reference

1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85NUMBER OF APPLICANTS SUBMITTING OFFICIAL APPLICATIONS

4,945,760 5,118,558 5,453,548 5,514,029

NUMBER OF APPLICANTS SUBMITTING VALID APPLICATIONS

4,614,590 4,709,225 4,955,775 4,981,357

3,398,237 3,341,371 3,541,191 3,558,386

68.71 65.28 64.93 64.53

1,216,353 1,367,854 1,414,584 1,422,971

24.59 26.72 25.94 25.81

331,170 409,333 497,773 532,672

6.70 8.00 9.13 9.66

NUMBER OF APPLICANTS SUBMITTING UNOFFICIAL APPLICATIONS

266,197 296,146 284,945 299,485

CLASSES OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

All Undergraduates

All Undergraduates

All Undergraduates

All Undergraduates

NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS SELECTED FOR VALIDAITON

313,791 1,660,021 1,047,792 1,046,080

NUMBER OF RECIPIENTS 2,709,076 2,522,746 2,758,906 2,747,100

TOTAL EXPENDITURES $2,299,718,000 $2,420,517,000 $2,797,057,000 $3,052,999,052

AVERAGE PELL AWARD $849 $959 $1,014 $1,111

MINIMUM PELL AWARD $120 $50 $200 $200

MAXIMUM PELL AWARD $1,670 $1,800 $1,800 $1,900

NUMBER AND PERCENT OF APPLICATOINS RETURNED FOR INCUFFICIENT DATA AND NEVER RE-SUBMITTED FOR PROCESSING

Table 1 - Page 2

Pell Grant ProgramSummary of statistics for Cross-Year Reference

AWARD PERIOD

NUMBER AND PERCENT OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS

NUMBER AND PERCENT OF NON-QUALIFIED APPLICANTS

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CHAPTER 2

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF PELL GRANT

RECIPIENTS

AWARD PERIOD 1984-8.5

TABLE 2

Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients

By Student Aid Index and Family Income

Award Period 1984~85

ZA - Total

2B - Dependent

2C - Independent

Tables ZA, 2B, and 2C present the distribution of ·Pell Grant recipients by

Student Aid Index (SAl) and family income.

,.

The tables indicate that Pell Grants were awarded to 2,747,099 students

during. 1984-85 with slightly more grants directed toward dependent than

independent students. The data, however, show a continuing increase in the

proportion of independent recipients over the past four years. In 1984-85

48.6 percent of all recipients were independent; in 1983-84 47.6 percent; in

1982-83 45.9 percent; and in 1981-82 41.9 percent.

The tables show that Pell Grant awards are directed toward low income

students. In 1984-85 nearly one-half of all recipients reported family in

comes of $6,000 or less. Slightly more than one in five reported incomes over

$15,000. Indepen~ents predominated in the lower income ranges, while depen

dents were more numerous in the higher ranges. A review of 1983-84 data shows

that the distribution of recipients by family income did not change

substantially between years.

• Recipients with family incomes of $6,000 or less:

1984-1985

Total

Dependent

Independent

1,258,777

340,288

918,489

(45.8% of all recipients)

(24.1% of dependent recipients)

(68.8% of independent recipients)

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1983-1984

Total = 1,274,076 (46.2% of all recipients)

Dependent 345,137 (23.8% of dependent recipients)

Independent = 928,939 ( 71.0% of independent recipients)

• Recipients with family incollles greater than $15,000:

1984-1985

Total = 577,970 (21;0% of all recipients)

Dependent = 529,866 (37.5% of dependent recipients)

Independent = 48,104 (3.6% of independent recipients)

1983-1984

1 Total = 574,141 C20.8% of all recipients)/

Dependent 538,156 (37.1% of dependent recipients)

Independent = 35,985 (2.7% of ind.ependent recipients)

An SAl is an ind~cator of the eligible applicant's financial strength

which the institut~on cOlllbines with_the applicant's educational cost and

enrolllllent status (full-tillle, three-quarter time, half-time) to determine the

applicant's grant level. For a given educational cqst and enrollment status,

a lower SAl results in a higher grant. In 1984-85, 1700 was the largest SAl

with which a student could qualify for a Pell Grant. The tables indicate that

in 1984-85 over half of all recipients received zero SAls. As in 1983-84, a

lIluch larger proportion of independent than dependent students received the

minilllUlIl SAl.

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• Recipients with SAls of 0:

1984-1985

Total

Dependent

Independent

=

=

1,523,696

521,987

1,001,709

1983-1984



(75.0%. of independent recipients)

Total = 1,516,652. (55.0% of all recipients)


Independent = 990,037 {75.6% of independent recipients}

Slightly more than one in eight PellGrant recipients received SAls

greater than 1,000. As in 1983-84, about three times. as many dependents than

independents were in this SAl range.

•. Recipients with SAIsgreater than 1,000:

1984-1985

Total =

Dependent =

Independent

377,504

277,195

100,309

1983-1984



(7. 5% of in4ependent recipients·)

Total = 346,104 (12.5% of all recipients)


Independent 83,109 (6.3% of independent recipients)

The tables show that the lower the recipient's family income, the greater

the potential for a zero SAl. Approximately 91 percent .of students reporting

family incomes of $6,000 or less received zero SAls; only 1.5 percent of the

over $15,000 income group received the minimum SAl. Likewise, the lower the

family's income, thelowe·r the potential for a large SAl. Less than one·

percent of recipients in the $6,000 or less income range had SAls greater than

1,000; 48 percent of· the over $15,000 income group receivedSAls in this

range.

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LESS THAN $1,001 $1,001 - 3,000 $3,001 - 6,000 $6,001 - 9,000 $9,001 - 15,000 $15,001 - 20,000 $20,001 - 30,000 $30,001+

0 258,989 358,639 525,560 247,937 123,804 7,911 822 34 1,523,696R% 17.00 23.54 34.49 16.27 8.13 0.52 0.05 0.00 100.00

C% 94.18 97.09 85.54 65.15 23.37 2.76 0.32 0.09 55.47

1 - 200 10,635 7,653 35,876 58,747 96,675 17,436 2,344 27 229,393R% 4.64 3.34 15.64 25.61 42.14 7.60 1.02 0.01 100.00

C% 3.87 2.07 5.84 15.44 18.25 6.08 0.92 0.07 8.35

201 - 400 2,407 1,293 17,723 19,098 88,071 34,881 8,386 130 171,989R% 1.40 0.75 10.30 11.10 51.21 20.28 4.88 0.08 100.00

C% 0.88 0.35 2.88 5.02 16.62 12.17 3.29 0.36 6.26

401 - 600 935 534 14,464 7,644 70,700 44,444 19,030 613 158,364R% 0.59 0.34 9.13 4.83 44.64 28.06 12.02 0.39 100.00

C% 0.34 0.14 2.35 2.01 13.34 15.50 7.47 1.68 5.76

601 - 800 686 401 11,439 6,313 50,305 47,011 30,326 1,633 148,114R% 0.46 0.27 7.72 4.26 33.96 31.74 20.47 1.10 100.00

C% 0.25 0.11 1.86 1.66 9.49 16.40 11.91 4.46 5.39

801 - 1,000 518 336 4,856 9,785 36,380 43,603 39,151 3,410 138,039R% 0.38 0.24 3.52 7.09 26.35 31.59 28.36 2.47 100.00

C% 0.19 0.09 0.79 2.57 6.87 15.21 15.37 9.32 5.02

1,001 - 1,200 283 207 1,872 10,516 27,178 35,937 45,838 5,826 127,657R% 0.22 0.16 1.47 8.24 21.29 28.15 35.91 4.56 100.00

C% 0.10 0.06 0.30 2.76 5.13 12.54 18.00 15.92 4.65

1,201 - 1,400 244 152 1,271 9,590 19,612 26,418 46,325 8,184 111,796R% 0.22 0.14 1.14 8.58 17.54 23.63 41.44 7.32 100.00

C% 0.09 0.04 0.21 2.52 3.70 9.21 18.19 22.37 4.07

1,401 - 1,600 173 128 939 7,783 13,058 20,734 43,219 10,934 96,968R% 0.18 0.13 0.97 8.03 13.47 21.38 44.57 11.28 100.00

C% 0.06 0.03 0.15 2.05 2.46 7.23 16.97 29.88 3.53

1,601 - 1,700 114 58 392 3,123 4,033 8,318 19,249 5,796 41,083R% 0.28 0.14 0.95 7.60 9.82 20.25 46.85 14.11 100.00

C% 0.04 0.02 0.06 0.82 0.76 2.90 7.56 15.84 1.50

TOTAL 274,984 369,401 614,392 380,536 529,816 286,693 254,690 36,587 2,747,099R% 10.01 13.45 22.37 13.85 19.29 10.44 9.27 1.33 100.00

C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Table 2-A - ALL RECIPIENTS

AWARD YEAR 1984-85

BY STUDENT AID INDEX AND FAMILY INCOME

TOTALSTUDENT AID INDEX

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

FAMILY INCOME

LESS THAN $1,001 $1,001 - 3,000 $3,001 - 6,000 $6,001 - 9,000 $9,001 - 15,000 $15,001 - 20,000 $20,001 - 30,000 $30,001+

0 38,705 69,175 178,244 135,636 92,389 7,051 758 29 521,987R% 7.41 13.25 34.15 25.98 17.70 1.35 0.15 0.01 100.00

C% 71.22 87.61 86.12 70.43 26.47 2.89 0.30 0.08 36.97

1 - 200 10,579 7,396 20,911 37,720 80,701 16,863 2,307 27 176,504R% 5.99 4.19 11.85 21.37 45.72 9.55 1.31 0.02 100.00

C% 19.47 9.37 10.10 19.59 23.12 6.92 0.92 0.07 12.50

201 - 400 2,330 1,117 3,386 7,112 65,936 33,760 8,322 130 122,093R% 1.91 0.91 2.77 5.83 54.00 27.65 6.82 0.11 100.00

C% 4.29 1.41 1.64 3.69 18.89 13.85 3.33 0.36 8.65

401 - 600 886 410 1,362 3,227 44,060 42,278 18,881 613 111,717R% 0.79 0.37 1.22 2.89 39.44 37.84 16.90 0.55 100.00

C% 1.63 0.52 0.66 1.68 12.62 17.35 7.56 1.68 7.91

601 - 800 652 300 961 2,553 24,355 43,579 30,069 1,631 104,100R% 0.63 0.29 0.92 2.45 23.40 41.86 28.88 1.57 100.00

C% 1.20 0.38 0.46 1.33 6.98 17.88 12.04 4.47 7.37

801 - 1,000 466 247 836 2,139 14,174 38,316 38,645 3,403 98,226R% 0.47 0.25 0.85 2.18 14.43 39.01 39.34 3.46 100.00

C% 0.86 0.31 0.40 1.11 4.06 15.72 15.48 9.33 6.96

1,001 - 1,200 256 108 440 1,545 10,317 28,737 45,086 5,810 92,299R% 0.28 0.12 0.48 1.67 11.18 31.13 48.85 6.29 100.00

C% 0.47 0.14 0.21 0.80 2.96 11.79 18.06 15.93 6.54

1,201 - 1,400 221 100 395 1,296 8,205 17,133 45,189 8,158 80,697R% 0.27 0.12 0.49 1.61 10.17 21.23 56.00 10.11 100.00

C% 0.41 0.13 0.19 0.67 2.35 7.03 18.10 22.37 5.72

1,401 - 1,600 142 75 296 951 6,382 11,600 41,838 10,896 72,180R% 0.20 0.10 0.41 1.32 8.84 16.07 57.96 15.10 100.00

C% 0.26 0.09 0.14 0.49 1.83 4.76 16.76 29.88 5.11

1,601 - 1,700 111 33 148 398 2,572 4,426 18,561 5,770 32,019R% 0.35 0.10 0.46 1.24 8.03 13.82 57.97 18.02 100.00

C% 0.20 0.04 0.07 0.21 0.74 1.82 7.43 15.82 2.27

TOTAL 54,348 78,961 206,979 192,577 349,091 243,743 249,656 36,467 1,411,822R% 3.85 5.59 14.66 13.64 24.73 17.26 17.68 2.58 100.00

C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Table 2-B - DEPENDENT RECIPIENTS



AWARD YEAR 1984-85

STUDENT AID INDEX

FAMILY INCOMETOTAL

LESS THAN $1,001 $1,001 - 3,000 $3,001 - 6,000 $6,001 - 9,000 $9,001 - 15,000 $15,001 - 20,000 $20,001 - 30,000 $30,001+

0 220,284 289,464 347,316 112,301 31,415 860 64 5 1,001,709R% 21.99 28.90 34.67 11.21 3.14 0.09 0.01 0.00 100.00

C% 99.84 99.66 85.25 59.75 17.38 2.00 1.27 4.17 75.02

1 - 200 56 257 14,965 21,027 15,974 573 37 0 52,889R% 0.11 0.49 28.30 39.76 30.20 1.08 0.07 0.00 100.00

C% 0.03 0.09 3.67 11.19 8.84 1.33 0.74 0.00 3.96

201 - 400 77 176 14,337 11,986 22,135 1,121 64 0 49,896R% 0.15 0.35 28.73 24.02 44.36 2.25 0.13 0.00 100.00

C% 0.03 0.06 3.52 6.38 12.25 2.61 1.27 0.00 3.74

401 - 600 49 124 13,102 4,417 26,640 2,166 149 0 46,647R% 0.11 0.27 28.09 9.47 57.11 4.64 0.32 0.00 100.00

C% 0.02 0.04 3.22 2.35 14.74 5.04 2.96 0.00 3.49

601 - 800 34 101 10,478 3,760 25,950 3,432 257 2 44,014R% 0.08 0.23 23.81 8.54 58.96 7.80 0.58 0.00 100.00

C% 0.02 0.03 2.57 2.00 14.36 7.99 5.11 1.67 3.30

801 - 1,000 52 89 4,020 7,646 22,206 5,287 506 7 39,813R% 0.13 0.22 10.10 19.20 55.78 13.28 1.27 0.02 100.00

C% 0.02 0.03 0.99 4.07 12.29 12.31 10.05 5.83 2.98

1,001 - 1,200 27 99 1,432 8,971 16,861 7,200 752 16 35,358R% 0.08 0.28 4.05 25.37 47.69 20.36 2.13 0.05 100.00

C% 0.01 0.03 0.35 4.77 9.33 16.76 14.94 13.33 2.65

1,201 - 1,400 23 52 876 8,294 11,407 9,285 1,136 26 31,099R% 0.07 0.17 2.82 26.67 36.68 29.86 3.65 0.08 100.00

C% 0.01 0.02 0.22 4.41 6.31 21.62 22.57 21.67 2.33

1,401 - 1,600 31 53 643 6,832 6,676 9,134 1,381 38 24,788R% 0.13 0.21 2.59 27.56 26.93 36.85 5.57 0.15 100.00

C% 0.01 0.02 0.16 3.63 3.69 21.27 27.43 31.67 1.86

1,601 - 1,700 3 25 244 2,725 1,461 3,892 688 26 9,064R% 0.03 0.28 2.69 30.06 16.12 42.94 7.59 0.29 100.00

C% 0.00 0.01 0.06 1.45 0.81 9.06 13.67 21.67 0.68

TOTAL 220,636 290,440 407,413 187,959 180,725 42,950 5,034 120 1,335,277R% 16.52 21.75 30.51 14.08 13.53 3.22 0.38 0.01 100.00

C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Table 2-C - INDEPENDENT RECIPIENTS



AWARD YEAR 1984-85

STUDENT AID INDEX

FAMILY INCOMETOTAL

TABLE 3


By Family Income and Grant Level

Award Period 1984-1985

3A Total

3B Dependent

3C Independent

Tables 3A, 3B, and 3C show the distribution of Pell Grant recipients by

family income and grant level.' The grant levels shown are in ranges of $400

for' the first two intervals, $200 for the next four intervals, and $299 f?r

the seventh interval. The final grant .level category indicates the number of

students receiving $1,900, the maximum Pell Grant.

Approximately one-third of the Pell Grant recipients received grants less

than $800; one-third were awarded grants betwe'en $800 and $1,400; and the

remaining third received grants greater than $1,400. A majority of those

receiving large grants ($1,400 or more) were independent while a majority who

were awarded grants less than $800 were dependent.'.!

A comparison with the data from 1983-84 shows that the Pell Grant program

awarded a greater. number of grants over $1,400 in 1984-85. It should be

noted, however, that the maximum Pell Grant rose from $1,800 to $1,900 between

these two years. This change is reflected in an increase in the average grant

size to $1,111 as indicated in Table 1.

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• Recipients receiving grants of $1,400 or more:

1984-1985

Total

Dependent

Independent

Total

Dependent

Independent

=

=

=

=

889,088

439,399

449,689

1983-1984

776,033

401,6"41

374,392



(33.7% of independent recipients)



(28;6% of independent recipients).~

• Students receiving grants of less than $800:

1984-1985

Total =

Dependent =

Independent

867,599 (31.6% of all recipients)

449,102 (31.8%. of dependent recipients)

418,497 \,1 (31.3% of independent recipients)

1983-1984

.Total

Dependent

Independent =


449,991 (31.0% of dependent recipients)

415,859 (31.8% of independent recipients)

The data from these tables also show that the greater the recipient's

family income, the lower the potential for a large Pell Grant. Among the

recipients who received the maximum award, 74 percent had family incomes of

$6,000 or less, and only .8 percent had family incomes greater than $15,000.

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Likewise, students with relatively large incomes were more likely to

receive a modest sized grant. The data show that 53 percent of recipients

with incomes over $15,000 were awarded grants less than $800 while 23 percent

of the $6,000 and under group received grants in this range,

As the data from Table 8 indicate, educational cost is an important deter

minant of grant size. Many lqw income students who received modest sized

grants attended low cost institutions.

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FAMILY INCOME $1 - 399 $400 - 799 $800 - 999 $1,000 - 1,199 $1,200 - 1,399 $1,400 - 1,599 $1,600 - 1,899 $1,900 TOTAL

LESS THAN $1,001 19,202 46,324 36,301 20,262 32,568 28,339 41,051 50,937 274,984R% 6.98 16.85 13.20 7.37 11.84 10.31 14.93 18.52 100.00C% 7.09 7.76 9.51 7.24 9.90 10.23 13.42 16.64 10.01

$1,001 - 3,000 18,450 61,377 53,979 27,790 45,571 38,796 51,578 71,860 369,401R% 4.99 16.62 14.61 7.52 12.34 10.50 13.96 19.45 100.00C% 6.81 10.29 14.15 9.93 13.86 14.01 16.86 23.47 13.45

$3,001 - 6,000 33,456 109,962 89,162 52,872 80,844 68,256 76,872 102,968 614,392R% 5.45 17.90 14.51 8.61 13.16 11.11 12.51 16.76 100.00C% 12.35 18.43 23.37 18.88 24.58 24.64 25.12 33.63 22.37

$6,001 - 9,000 32,490 75,012 52,909 36,359 43,362 39,137 51,554 49,713 380,536R% 8.54 19.71 13.90 9.55 11.39 10.28 13.55 13.06 100.00C% 11.99 12.57 13.87 12.99 13.19 14.13 16.85 16.24 13.85

$9,001 - 15,000 50,407 116,099 65,668 64,203 69,810 67,169 68,158 28,302 529,816R% 9.51 21.91 12.39 12.12 13.18 12.68 12.86 5.34 100.00C% 18.60 19.46 17.21 22.93 21.23 24.25 22.27 9.24 19.29

$15,001 - 20,000 42,442 76,021 42,100 45,261 37,505 27,018 14,302 2,045 286,694R% 14.80 26.52 14.68 15.79 13.08 9.42 4.99 0.71 100.00C% 15.66 12.74 11.03 16.17 11.40 9.76 4.67 0.67 10.44

$20,001 - 30,000 60,476 96,265 37,540 31,193 18,459 8,033 2,427 297 254,690R% 23.74 37.80 14.74 12.25 7.25 3.15 0.95 0.12 100.00C% 22.32 16.14 9.84 11.14 5.61 2.90 0.79 0.10 9.27

$30,001 + 14,083 15,533 3,918 2,030 747 211 50 15 36,587R% 38.49 42.45 10.71 5.55 2.04 0.58 0.14 0.04 100.00C% 5.20 2.60 1.03 0.73 0.23 0.08 0.02 0.00 1.33

TOTAL 271,006 596,593 381,577 279,970 328,866 276,959 305,992 306,137 2,747,100R% 9.87 21.72 13.89 10.19 11.97 10.08 11.14 11.14 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS BY FAMILY INCOME AND GRANT LEVELALL RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85

GRANT LEVEL

TABLE 3-A


LESS THAN $1,001 2,020 6,803 5,722 4,534 6,354 7,193 11,572 10,150 54,348R% 3.72 12.52 10.53 8.34 11.69 13.24 21.29 18.68 100.00C% 1.45 2.19 3.04 2.71 3.79 4.61 7.10 8.42 3.85

$1,001 - 3,000 3,791 12,386 10,250 7,655 9,204 10,139 12,172 13,364 78,961R% 4.80 15.69 12.98 9.69 11.66 12.84 15.42 16.92 100.00C% 2.73 3.99 5.45 4.58 5.48 6.50 7.47 11.09 5.59

$3,001 - 6,000 9,690 32,543 27,365 18,559 24,197 25,618 30,093 38,914 206,979R% 4.68 15.72 13.22 8.97 11.69 12.38 14.54 18.80 100.00C% 6.97 10.49 14.54 11.09 14.42 16.44 18.46 32.30 14.66

$6,001 - 9,000 8,754 28,358 24,696 18,420 22,738 23,901 33,367 32,343 192,577R% 4.55 14.73 12.82 9.57 11.81 12.41 17.33 16.79 100.00C% 6.30 9.14 13.13 11.01 13.55 15.33 20.47 26.84 13.64

$9,001 - 15,000 19,823 59,107 40,546 42,207 50,051 54,365 59,443 23,549 349,091R% 5.68 16.93 11.61 12.09 14.34 15.57 17.03 6.75 100.00C% 14.27 19.06 21.55 25.23 29.82 34.88 36.46 19.54 24.73

$15,001 - 20,000 23,141 60,775 38,443 42,931 36,191 26,446 13,940 1,877 243,744R% 9.49 24.93 15.77 17.61 14.85 10.85 5.72 0.77 100.00C% 16.65 19.60 20.43 25.66 21.56 16.97 8.55 1.56 17.26

$20,001 - 30,000 57,714 94,690 37,223 30,990 18,360 7,995 2,405 279 249,656R% 23.12 37.93 14.91 12.41 7.35 3.20 0.96 0.11 100.00C% 41.54 30.53 19.78 18.52 10.94 5.13 1.48 0.23 17.68

$30,001 + 14,015 15,492 3,913 2,026 747 211 49 14 36,467R% 38.43 42.48 10.73 5.56 2.05 0.58 0.13 0.04 100.00C% 10.09 4.99 2.08 1.21 0.45 0.14 0.03 0.01 2.58

TOTAL 138,948 310,154 188,158 167,322 167,842 155,868 163,041 120,490 1,411,823R% 9.84 21.97 13.33 11.85 11.89 11.04 11.55 8.53 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 3-B

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS BY FAMILY INCOME AND GRANT LEVELDEPENDENT RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85

GRANT LEVEL


LESS THAN $1,001 17,182 39,521 30,579 15,728 26,214 21,146 29,479 40,787 220,636R% 7.79 17.91 13.86 7.13 11.88 9.58 13.36 18.49 100.00C% 13.01 13.80 15.81 13.96 16.28 17.46 20.62 21.97 16.52

$1,001 - 3,000 14,659 48,991 43,729 20,135 36,367 28,657 39,406 58,496 290,440R% 5.05 16.87 15.06 6.93 12.52 9.87 13.57 20.14 100.00C% 11.10 17.10 22.61 17.87 22.58 23.67 27.57 31.51 21.75

$3,001 - 6,000 23,766 77,419 61,797 34,313 56,647 42,638 46,779 64,054 407,413R% 5.83 19.00 15.17 8.42 13.90 10.47 11.48 15.72 100.00C% 18.00 27.03 31.95 30.46 35.18 35.21 32.72 34.50 30.51

$6,001 - 9,000 23,736 46,654 28,213 17,939 20,624 15,236 18,187 17,370 187,959R% 12.63 24.82 15.01 9.54 10.97 8.11 9.68 9.24 100.00C% 17.97 16.29 14.59 15.92 12.81 12.58 12.72 9.36 14.08

$9,001 - 15,000 30,584 56,992 25,122 21,996 19,759 12,804 8,715 4,753 180,725R% 16.92 31.54 13.90 12.17 10.93 7.08 4.82 2.63 100.00C% 23.16 19.90 12.99 19.53 12.27 10.57 6.10 2.56 13.53

$15,001 - 20,000 19,301 15,246 3,657 2,330 1,314 572 362 168 42,950R% 44.94 35.50 8.51 5.42 3.06 1.33 0.84 0.39 100.00C% 14.62 5.32 1.89 2.07 0.82 0.47 0.25 0.09 3.22

$20,001 - 30,000 2,762 1,575 317 203 99 38 22 18 5,034R% 54.87 31.29 6.30 4.03 1.97 0.75 0.44 0.36 100.00C% 2.09 0.55 0.16 0.18 0.06 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.38

$30,001 + 68 41 5 4 0 0 1 1 120R% 56.67 34.17 4.17 3.33 0.00 0.00 0.83 0.83 100.00C% 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01

TOTAL 132,058 286,439 193,419 112,648 161,024 121,091 142,951 185,647 1,335,277R% 9.89 21.45 14.49 8.44 12.06 9.07 10.71 13.90 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 3-C

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS BY FAMILY INCOME AND GRANT LEVELINDEPENDENT RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85

GRANT LEVEL

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TABLE 4


By Student Aid Index and Grant Level


4A Total

4B Dependent

4C Independent

The Student Aid Index (SAl) when combined with the student's educational cQst

and enrollment status determine the amount of a Pell Grant. Tables 4A, 4B, and

4C illustrate that the lower the index the larger the potential grant.' For

example, nearly 100 percent of the students receiving the maximum award of $1,900

had zero ·SAls, while only 40 percent of the reCipients who were awarded less than

$800 had the .minimumSAI. It is likely that students with zero SAIs who received

small grants a~tended low cost institutions or were enrolled on a part-time

basis.

The step-shaped line drawn diagonally through the three tables delineates

valid versus invalid awards. All cells to the right of the line should contain

zeroes, 'as these are invalid combinations of ,SAl and grant level. For example,

the maximum grant shown on the 1984-85 Payment Schedule for a full-time student

with an SAl of 1300 is $650. Grants which exceed $650 for this SAl most likely

represent overawards that are the result of the- student attending more than one

institution during the award year.

The data suggest a continuing decline in such invalid awards over the past

four award years. During 1984-85 1,278 students were in the cells to the right

of diagonal line. These students represented only .05 percent of all

recipients. In 1983-84 there were 16,893 invalid awards constituting .6 percent

of all recipients. In 1982-83, 17,167 students or .7 percent of all recipients

were overawarded. And in 1981-82 21,684 students or .8 percent of all recipients

received such invalid awards. The substantial decline in these invalid awards

between 1983-84 and 1984-85 may be the result of the new system schools use to

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report and reconcile disbursement data to the Department of Education. Under

this system, reporting and adjustment of data occurs throughout the year rather

than at the end of the award year as was the case with the old system.

."

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STUDENT AID INDEX $1 - 399 $400 - 799 $800 - 999 $1,000 - 1,199 $1,200 - 1,399 $1,400 - 1,599 $1,600 - 1,899 $1,900 TOTAL

0 83,624 260,949 221,364 122,870 187,808 160,266 180,697 306,118 1,523,696R% 5.49 17.13 14.53 8.06 12.33 10.52 11.86 20.09 100.00C% 30.86 43.74 58.01 43.89 57.11 57.87 59.05 99.99 55.47

1 - 200 8,611 30,262 26,262 21,306 25,856 25,325 91,768 3 229,393R% 3.75 13.19 11.45 9.29 11.27 11.04 40.00 0.00 100.00C% 3.18 5.07 6.88 7.61 7.86 9.14 29.99 0.00 8.35

201 - 400 7,262 27,966 14,674 19,071 18,085 51,757 33,171 3 171,989R% 4.22 16.26 8.53 11.09 10.52 30.09 19.29 0.00 100.00C% 2.68 4.69 3.85 6.81 5.50 18.69 10.84 0.00 6.26

401 - 600 7,186 29,928 12,899 15,377 53,510 39,327 136 1 158,364R% 4.54 18.90 8.15 9.71 33.79 24.83 0.09 0.00 100.00C% 2.65 5.02 3.38 5.49 16.27 14.20 0.04 0.00 5.76

601 - 800 8,210 28,759 11,878 55,580 43,402 114 171 0 148,114R% 5.54 19.42 8.02 37.53 29.30 0.08 0.12 0.00 100.00C% 3.03 4.82 3.11 19.85 13.20 0.04 0.06 0.00 5.39

801 - 1,000 11,009 30,138 51,078 45,566 84 130 23 11 138,039R% 7.98 21.83 37.00 33.01 0.06 0.09 0.02 0.01 100.00C% 4.06 5.05 13.39 16.28 0.03 0.05 0.01 0.00 5.02

1,001 - 1,200 17,895 66,218 43,234 149 102 38 20 1 127,657R% 14.02 51.87 33.87 0.12 0.08 0.03 0.02 0.00 100.00C% 6.60 11.10 11.33 0.05 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.00 4.65

1,201 - 1,400 25,527 86,043 157 47 17 1 4 0 111,796R% 22.83 76.96 0.14 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00C% 9.42 14.42 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.07

1,401 - 1,600 60,634 36,303 26 1 2 1 1 0 96,968R% 62.53 37.44 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00C% 22.37 6.09 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.53

1,601 - 1,700 41,048 27 5 3 0 0 0 0 41,083R% 99.91 0.07 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00C% 15.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.50

TOTAL 271,006 596,593 381,577 279,970 328,866 276,959 305,991 306,137 2,747,099R% 9.87 21.72 13.89 10.19 11.97 10.08 11.14 11.14 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00


ALL RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85

TABLE 4-A

GRANT LEVEL

STUDENT AID INDEX AND GRANT LEVEL


0 22,452 78,556 69,160 47,476 61,073 63,536 59,262 120,472 521,987R% 4.30 15.05 13.25 9.10 11.70 12.17 11.35 23.08 100.00C% 16.16 25.33 36.76 28.37 36.39 40.76 36.35 99.99 36.97

1 - 200 5,374 20,087 18,685 16,369 19,001 19,917 77,068 3 176,504R% 3.04 11.38 10.59 9.27 10.77 11.28 43.66 0.00 100.00C% 3.87 6.48 9.93 9.78 11.32 12.78 47.27 0.00 12.50

201 - 400 3,601 16,384 9,489 13,142 12,321 40,715 26,439 2 122,093R% 2.95 13.42 7.77 10.76 10.09 33.35 21.65 0.00 100.00C% 2.59 5.28 5.04 7.85 7.34 26.12 16.22 0.00 8.65

401 - 600 3,222 17,184 8,194 10,487 41,031 31,498 100 1 111,717R% 2.88 15.38 7.33 9.39 36.73 28.19 0.09 0.00 100.00C% 2.32 5.54 4.35 6.27 24.45 20.21 0.06 0.00 7.91

601 - 800 3,391 15,878 7,315 43,045 34,259 77 135 0 104,100R% 3.26 15.25 7.03 41.35 32.91 0.07 0.13 0.00 100.00C% 2.44 5.12 3.89 25.73 20.41 0.05 0.08 0.00 7.37

801 - 1,000 4,714 16,618 40,059 36,653 57 96 18 11 98,226R% 4.80 16.92 40.78 37.31 0.06 0.10 0.02 0.01 100.00C% 3.39 5.36 21.29 21.91 0.03 0.06 0.01 0.01 6.96

1,001 - 1,200 9,007 47,940 35,110 112 87 27 15 1 92,299R% 9.76 51.94 38.04 0.12 0.09 0.03 0.02 0.00 100.00C% 6.48 15.46 18.66 0.07 0.05 0.02 0.01 0.00 6.54

1,201 - 1,400 13,058 67,465 125 34 12 1 2 0 80,697R% 16.18 83.60 0.15 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00C% 9.40 21.75 0.07 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.72

1,401 - 1,600 42,138 30,019 19 1 1 1 1 0 72,180R% 58.38 41.59 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00C% 30.33 9.68 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.11

1,601 - 1,700 31,991 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 32,019R% 99.91 0.07 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00C% 23.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.27

TOTAL 138,948 310,154 188,158 167,322 167,842 155,868 163,040 120,490 1,411,822R% 9.84 21.97 13.33 11.85 11.89 11.04 11.55 8.53 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 4-BDISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

DEPENDENT RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85

GRANT LEVEL



0 61,172 182,393 152,204 75,394 126,735 96,730 121,435 185,646 1,001,709R% 6.11 18.21 15.19 7.53 12.65 9.66 12.12 18.53 100.00C% 46.32 63.68 78.69 66.93 78.71 79.88 84.95 100.00 75.02

1 - 200 3,237 10,175 7,577 4,937 6,855 5,408 14,700 0 52,889R% 6.12 19.24 14.33 9.33 12.96 10.23 27.79 0.00 100.00C% 2.45 3.55 3.92 4.38 4.26 4.47 10.28 0.00 3.96

201 - 400 3,661 11,582 5,185 5,929 5,764 11,042 6,732 1 49,896R% 7.34 23.21 10.39 11.88 11.55 22.13 13.49 0.00 100.00C% 2.77 4.04 2.68 5.26 3.58 9.12 4.71 0.00 3.74

401 - 600 3,964 12,744 4,705 4,890 12,479 7,829 36 0 46,647R% 8.50 27.32 10.09 10.48 26.75 16.78 0.08 0.00 100.00C% 3.00 4.45 2.43 4.34 7.75 6.47 0.03 0.00 3.49

601 - 800 4,819 12,881 4,563 12,535 9,143 37 36 0 44,014R% 10.95 29.27 10.37 28.48 20.77 0.08 0.08 0.00 100.00C% 3.65 4.50 2.36 11.13 5.68 0.03 0.03 0.00 3.30

801 - 1,000 6,295 13,520 11,019 8,913 27 34 5 0 39,813R% 15.81 33.96 27.68 22.39 0.07 0.09 0.01 0.00 100.00C% 4.77 4.72 5.70 7.91 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.00 2.98

1,001 - 1,200 8,888 18,278 8,124 37 15 11 5 0 35,358R% 25.14 51.69 22.98 0.10 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.00 100.00C% 6.73 6.38 4.20 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 2.65

1,201 - 1,400 12,469 18,578 32 13 5 0 2 0 31,099R% 40.09 59.74 0.10 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 100.00C% 9.44 6.49 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.33

1,401 - 1,600 18,496 6,284 7 0 1 0 0 0 24,788R% 74.62 25.35 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00C% 14.01 2.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.86

1,601 - 1,700 9,057 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 9,064R% 99.92 0.04 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00C% 6.86 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.68

TOTAL 132,058 286,439 193,419 112,648 161,024 121,091 142,951 185,647 1,335,277R% 9.89 21.45 14.49 8.44 12.06 9.07 10.71 13.90 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 4-CDISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

INDEPENDENT RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85

GRANT LEVEL


TABLE 5


By Student Aid Index and Type of Institution

Award Period 1984,..1985

SA Total

5B Dependent

5C Independent

Table'S SA, 5B, and.5C show ,the 4istribution of Pell Grant recipientS by

SA.t and type of institution. The categories of institutions presented" od

these tables, are i-dentical to those reported on the Institutianal Payment

SUll1Il1ary and are defined in the glossary at the end of Chapter 6.

The tables show that participating Pell Grant institutions differed in the

numbers of students they attracted, and, in the relative pr,oportions of

independent and dependent stlldents enrolled. Approximately 52 percent of all

recipients attended institutions offering programs of at least fOllr years

duration. Most of these schools are large state universities and 4-year

colleges offering a baccalaureate degree. A IQajorityof the recipients

attend'ing these, schools were dependent. By comparison, most of the students

enrolled- in schools with programs -less than four years were independent.

These schools include 2-year community colleges and vocational/ technical

schools of fering less than 2-year programs.

A comparison with 1983-84 data shows that the Pell Grant program experi

enced a modest decrease in the nUIQber and percentage of recipients enrolled in

institutions offering programs lasting four or more years and a corresponding

increase in thpse enrolled in schools with programs less than four years in

duration.

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• Recipients attending institutions with programs lasting 4 years or

more:

1984-1985


Dependent = 891,077 (63.1% of all dependent recipients)

Independent = 544,041 (40.7% of all independent recipients)

1983-1984


Dependent = 912,488 (62.9% of all dependent recipients) .

Independent 542,202 (41.4% of all independent recipients)

• Recipients attending institutions. with programs lasting less than 4

years:

1984-1985

Total 1,311,981 (47.8% of all recipients )


Independent 791,236 (59.3% of all independent recipients)

1983-1984




Institutions with programs lasting four years or more were less likely to

attract students with zero SAls than schools with less lengthy programs.

Students with zero SAls comprised 47 percent of the recipient pool at four

year or more institutions and 65 percent of the recipients attending schools

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with programs of three years or less .in length. Likewise, schools with

lengthy programs were more likely to attract students with large SArs.

Students with SArs over 1,000 represented 17 percent of all recipients at four

year or more institutions and 10 percent of the recipient pool at institutions

with shorter programs.

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STUDENT AID INDEX

FIVE YEARS OR MORE

FOUR-YEAR NO GRADUATE

THREE YEARS BUT LESS

THAN FOUR YEARS

TWO YEARS BUT LESS

THAN THREE YEARS

ONE YEAR BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS

SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE

YEAR

OTHER TOTAL

0 476,051 200,563 5,813 562,439 117,564 160,069 1,197 1,523,696R% 31.24 13.16 0.38 36.91 7.72 10.51 0.08 100.00C% 46.94 47.66 50.43 60.95 73.99 73.72 73.08 55.47

1 - 200 95,691 39,762 997 71,264 9,089 12,517 73 229,393R% 41.71 17.33 0.43 31.07 3.96 5.46 0.03 100.00C% 9.43 9.45 8.65 7.72 5.72 5.76 4.46 8.35

201 - 400 71,771 29,450 723 53,833 6,695 9,441 76 171,989R% 41.73 17.12 0.42 31.30 3.89 5.49 0.04 100.00C% 7.08 7.00 6.27 5.83 4.21 4.35 4.64 6.26

401 - 600 67,286 27,716 698 48,999 5,745 7,844 76 158,364R% 42.49 17.50 0.44 30.94 3.63 4.95 0.05 100.00C% 6.63 6.59 6.05 5.31 3.62 3.61 4.64 5.76

601 - 800 64,688 26,373 683 44,359 5,089 6,870 52 148,114R% 43.67 17.81 0.46 29.95 3.44 4.64 0.04 100.00C% 6.38 6.27 5.92 4.81 3.20 3.16 3.17 5.39

801 - 1,000 61,353 24,848 638 40,963 4,259 5,932 46 138,039R% 44.45 18.00 0.46 29.67 3.09 4.30 0.03 100.00C% 6.05 5.90 5.53 4.44 2.68 2.73 2.81 5.02

1,001 - 1,200 58,020 23,491 648 36,482 3,759 5,211 46 127,657R% 45.45 18.40 0.51 28.58 2.94 4.08 0.04 100.00C% 5.72 5.58 5.62 3.95 2.37 2.40 2.81 4.65

1,201 - 1,400 51,806 21,275 615 30,769 3,046 4,247 38 111,796R% 46.34 19.03 0.55 27.52 2.72 3.80 0.03 100.00C% 5.11 5.06 5.33 3.33 1.92 1.96 2.32 4.07

1,401 - 1,600 46,785 18,971 493 24,565 2,640 3,493 21 96,968R% 48.25 19.56 0.51 25.33 2.72 3.60 0.02 100.00C% 4.61 4.51 4.28 2.66 1.66 1.61 1.28 3.53

1,601 - 1,700 20,804 8,414 220 9,131 997 1,504 13 41,083R% 50.64 20.48 0.54 22.23 2.43 3.66 0.03 100.00C% 2.05 2.00 1.91 0.99 0.63 0.69 0.79 1.50

TOTAL 1,014,255 420,863 11,528 922,804 158,883 217,128 1,638 2,747,099R% 36.92 15.32 0.42 33.59 5.78 7.90 0.06 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00



TABLE 5-A

TYPE OF INSTITUTION

BY STUDENT AID INDEX AND TYPE OF INSTITUTION

STUDENT AID INDEX

FIVE YEARS OR MORE



THAN FOUR YEARS

TWO YEARS BUT LESS

THAN THREE YEARS



YEAR

OTHER TOTAL

0 192,448 87,483 1,661 168,221 34,741 37,097 336 521,987R% 36.87 16.76 0.32 32.23 6.66 7.11 0.06 100.00C% 30.76 32.95 29.72 42.85 60.78 57.18 63.04 36.97

1 - 200 79,977 33,117 760 49,908 5,640 7,059 43 176,504R% 45.31 18.76 0.43 28.28 3.20 4.00 0.02 100.00C% 12.78 12.48 13.60 12.71 9.87 10.88 8.07 12.50

201 - 400 56,411 23,302 481 33,678 3,652 4,530 39 122,093R% 46.20 19.09 0.39 27.58 2.99 3.71 0.03 100.00C% 9.02 8.78 8.61 8.58 6.39 6.98 7.32 8.65

401 - 600 52,777 21,853 468 29,727 3,064 3,793 35 111,717R% 47.24 19.56 0.42 26.61 2.74 3.40 0.03 100.00C% 8.44 8.23 8.38 7.57 5.36 5.85 6.57 7.91

601 - 800 50,801 20,742 452 26,323 2,616 3,142 24 104,100R% 48.80 19.93 0.43 25.29 2.51 3.02 0.02 100.00C% 8.12 7.81 8.09 6.71 4.58 4.84 4.50 7.37

801 - 1,000 48,772 19,855 429 24,295 2,200 2,659 16 98,226R% 49.65 20.21 0.44 24.73 2.24 2.71 0.02 100.00C% 7.80 7.48 7.68 6.19 3.85 4.10 3.00 6.96

1,001 - 1,200 46,693 18,961 440 21,799 1,939 2,450 17 92,299R% 50.59 20.54 0.48 23.62 2.10 2.65 0.02 100.00C% 7.46 7.14 7.87 5.55 3.39 3.78 3.19 6.54

1,201 - 1,400 41,696 17,215 414 17,972 1,463 1,924 13 80,697R% 51.67 21.33 0.51 22.27 1.81 2.38 0.02 100.00C% 6.66 6.48 7.41 4.58 2.56 2.97 2.44 5.72

1,401 - 1,600 38,444 15,737 341 14,769 1,330 1,554 5 72,180R% 53.26 21.80 0.47 20.46 1.84 2.15 0.01 100.00C% 6.15 5.93 6.10 3.76 2.33 2.40 0.94 5.11

1,601 - 1,700 17,595 7,198 142 5,893 518 668 5 32,019R% 54.95 22.48 0.44 18.40 1.62 2.09 0.02 100.00C% 2.81 2.71 2.54 1.50 0.91 1.03 0.94 2.27

TOTAL 625,614 265,463 5,588 392,585 57,163 64,876 533 1,411,822R% 44.31 18.80 0.40 27.81 4.05 4.60 0.04 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 5-BDISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

BY STUDENT AID INDEX AND TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDEPENDENT RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85

TYPE OF INSTITUTION

STUDENT AID INDEX

FIVE YEARS OR MORE



THAN FOUR YEARS

TWO YEARS BUT LESS

THAN THREE YEARS



YEAR

OTHER TOTAL

0 283,603 113,080 4,152 394,218 82,823 122,972 861 1,001,709R% 28.31 11.29 0.41 39.35 8.27 12.28 0.09 100.00C% 72.97 72.77 69.90 74.35 81.42 80.77 77.92 75.02

1 - 200 15,714 6,645 237 21,356 3,449 5,458 30 52,889R% 29.71 12.56 0.45 40.38 6.52 10.32 0.06 100.00C% 4.04 4.28 3.99 4.03 3.39 3.58 2.71 3.96

201 - 400 15,360 6,148 242 20,155 3,043 4,911 37 49,896R% 30.78 12.32 0.49 40.39 6.10 9.84 0.07 100.00C% 3.95 3.96 4.07 3.80 2.99 3.23 3.35 3.74

401 - 600 14,509 5,863 230 19,272 2,681 4,051 41 46,647R% 31.10 12.57 0.49 41.31 5.75 8.68 0.09 100.00C% 3.73 3.77 3.87 3.63 2.64 2.66 3.71 3.49

601 - 800 13,887 5,631 231 18,036 2,473 3,728 28 44,014R% 31.55 12.79 0.52 40.98 5.62 8.47 0.06 100.00C% 3.57 3.62 3.89 3.40 2.43 2.45 2.53 3.30

801 - 1,000 12,581 4,993 209 16,668 2,059 3,273 30 39,813R% 31.60 12.54 0.52 41.87 5.17 8.22 0.08 100.00C% 3.24 3.21 3.52 3.14 2.02 2.15 2.71 2.98

1,001 - 1,200 11,327 4,530 208 14,683 1,820 2,761 29 35,358R% 32.04 12.81 0.59 41.53 5.15 7.81 0.08 100.00C% 2.91 2.92 3.50 2.77 1.79 1.81 2.62 2.65

1,201 - 1,400 10,110 4,060 201 12,797 1,583 2,323 25 31,099R% 32.51 13.06 0.65 41.15 5.09 7.47 0.08 100.00C% 2.60 2.61 3.38 2.41 1.56 1.53 2.26 2.33

1,401 - 1,600 8,341 3,234 152 9,796 1,310 1,939 16 24,788R% 33.65 13.05 0.61 39.52 5.28 7.82 0.06 100.00C% 2.15 2.08 2.56 1.85 1.29 1.27 1.45 1.86

1,601 - 1,700 3,209 1,216 78 3,238 479 836 8 9,064R% 35.40 13.42 0.86 35.72 5.28 9.22 0.09 100.00C% 0.83 0.78 1.31 0.61 0.47 0.55 0.72 0.68

TOTAL 388,641 155,400 5,940 530,219 101,720 152,252 1,105 1,335,277R% 29.11 11.64 0.44 39.71 7.62 11.40 0.08 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 5-CDISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

BY STUDENT AID INDEX AND TYPE OF INSTITUTIONINDEPENDENT RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85

TYPE OF INSTITUTION

.'

TABLE 6


By Family Income and Type of Institution


6A- Total

6B Dependent

6C Independent

Tables 6A, 6B, and 6C show ~he, distribution of Pell Grant recipients by

falllily inc.ome and type-of institution.

Tile data indicate. that recipients in higher incomecategor:les. were enroll

ed in programs of longer duration than lower income recipients. Approximately

69 percent of recipients with incomes over $15,000 attended institutions

offering programs lasting four or more years. Almost all of tilis group (95

percent) were dependent. Only 45' percent of recipients reporting incomes of

$6,000 and less were enrolled in this type of school. Over two..hirds of this

group (68 percent) were independent.

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FAMILY INCOME FIVE YEARS OR MORE



THAN FOUR YEARS

TWO YEARS BUT LESS

THAN THREE YEARS



YEAR

OTHER TOTAL

LESS THAN $1,001 102,508 37,515 1,036 96,882 14,388 22,350 305 274,984R% 37.28 13.64 0.38 35.23 5.23 8.13 0.11 100.00C% 10.11 8.91 8.99 10.50 9.06 10.29 18.62 10.01

$1,001 - 3,000 123,184 46,112 1,412 125,613 31,149 41,656 275 369,401R% 33.35 12.48 0.38 34.00 8.43 11.28 0.07 100.00C% 12.15 10.96 12.25 13.61 19.60 19.18 16.79 13.45

$3,001 - 6,000 183,428 78,539 2,627 230,598 51,035 67,791 374 614,392R% 29.86 12.78 0.43 37.53 8.31 11.03 0.06 100.00C% 18.08 18.66 22.79 24.99 32.12 31.22 22.83 22.37

$6,001 - 9,000 124,211 53,993 1,537 142,479 24,096 33,966 254 380,536R% 32.64 14.19 0.40 37.44 6.33 8.93 0.07 100.00C% 12.25 12.83 13.33 15.44 15.17 15.64 15.51 13.85

$9,001 - 15,000 201,668 87,520 2,325 181,097 23,791 33,122 293 529,816R% 38.06 16.52 0.44 34.18 4.49 6.25 0.06 100.00C% 19.88 20.80 20.17 19.62 14.97 15.25 17.89 19.29

$15,001 - 20,000 128,186 54,749 1,315 82,129 8,839 11,385 91 286,694R% 44.71 19.10 0.46 28.65 3.08 3.97 0.03 100.00C% 12.64 13.01 11.41 8.90 5.56 5.24 5.56 10.44

$20,001 - 30,000 129,788 54,131 1,134 58,024 5,203 6,366 44 254,690R% 50.96 21.25 0.45 22.78 2.04 2.50 0.02 100.00C% 12.80 12.86 9.84 6.29 3.27 2.93 2.69 9.27

$30,001 + 21,283 8,304 142 5,982 382 492 2 36,587R% 58.17 22.70 0.39 16.35 1.04 1.34 0.01 100.00C% 2.10 1.97 1.23 0.65 0.24 0.23 0.12 1.33

TOTAL 1,014,256 420,863 11,528 922,804 158,883 217,128 1,638 2,747,100R% 36.92 15.32 0.42 33.59 5.78 7.90 0.06 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00



TABLE 6-A

BY FAMILY INCOME AND TYPE OF INSTITUTION

TYPE OF INSTITUTION




THAN FOUR YEARS

TWO YEARS BUT LESS

THAN THREE YEARS



YEAR

OTHER TOTAL

LESS THAN $1,001 24,569 9,602 265 15,751 2,004 2,138 19 54,348R% 45.21 17.67 0.49 28.98 3.69 3.93 0.03 100.00C% 3.93 3.62 4.74 4.01 3.51 3.30 3.56 3.85

$1,001 - 3,000 29,314 13,230 260 24,456 5,895 5,737 69 78,961R% 37.12 16.76 0.33 30.97 7.47 7.27 0.09 100.00C% 4.69 4.98 4.65 6.23 10.31 8.84 12.95 5.59

$3,001 - 6,000 73,488 34,507 733 66,891 15,277 15,951 132 206,979R% 35.51 16.67 0.35 32.32 7.38 7.71 0.06 100.00C% 11.75 13.00 13.12 17.04 26.73 24.59 24.77 14.66

$6,001 - 9,000 76,848 33,093 675 60,315 10,003 11,569 74 192,577R% 39.91 17.18 0.35 31.32 5.19 6.01 0.04 100.00C% 12.28 12.47 12.08 15.36 17.50 17.83 13.88 13.64

$9,001 - 15,000 154,898 64,680 1,377 100,438 12,304 15,250 144 349,091R% 44.37 18.53 0.39 28.77 3.52 4.37 0.04 100.00C% 24.76 24.36 24.64 25.58 21.52 23.51 27.02 24.73

$15,001 - 20,000 116,693 48,772 1,042 63,071 6,353 7,761 52 243,744R% 47.88 20.01 0.43 25.88 2.61 3.18 0.02 100.00C% 18.65 18.37 18.65 16.07 11.11 11.96 9.76 17.26

$20,001 - 30,000 128,554 53,304 1,095 55,729 4,947 5,986 41 249,656R% 51.49 21.35 0.44 22.32 1.98 2.40 0.02 100.00C% 20.55 20.08 19.60 14.20 8.65 9.23 7.69 17.68

$30,001 + 21,251 8,275 141 5,934 380 484 2 36,467R% 58.27 22.69 0.39 16.27 1.04 1.33 0.01 100.00C% 3.40 3.12 2.52 1.51 0.66 0.75 0.38 2.58

TOTAL 625,615 265,463 5,588 392,585 57,163 64,876 533 1,411,823R% 44.31 18.80 0.40 27.81 4.05 4.60 0.04 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 6-B

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTSBY FAMILY INCOME AND TYPE OF INSTITUTION


TYPE OF INSTITUTION




THAN FOUR YEARS

TWO YEARS BUT LESS

THAN THREE YEARS



YEAR

OTHER TOTAL

LESS THAN $1,001 77,939 27,913 771 81,131 12,384 20,212 286 220,636R% 35.32 12.65 0.35 36.77 5.61 9.16 0.13 100.00C% 20.05 17.96 12.98 15.30 12.17 13.28 25.88 16.52

$1,001 - 3,000 93,870 32,882 1,152 101,157 25,254 35,919 206 290,440R% 32.32 11.32 0.40 34.83 8.70 12.37 0.07 100.00C% 24.15 21.16 19.39 19.08 24.83 23.59 18.64 21.75

$3,001 - 6,000 109,940 44,032 1,894 163,707 35,758 51,840 242 407,413R% 26.98 10.81 0.46 40.18 8.78 12.72 0.06 100.00C% 28.29 28.33 31.89 30.88 35.15 34.05 21.90 30.51

$6,001 - 9,000 47,363 20,900 862 82,164 14,093 22,397 180 187,959R% 25.20 11.12 0.46 43.71 7.50 11.92 0.10 100.00C% 12.19 13.45 14.51 15.50 13.85 14.71 16.29 14.08

$9,001 - 15,000 46,770 22,840 948 80,659 11,487 17,872 149 180,725R% 25.88 12.64 0.52 44.63 6.36 9.89 0.08 100.00C% 12.03 14.70 15.96 15.21 11.29 11.74 13.48 13.53

$15,001 - 20,000 11,493 5,977 273 19,058 2,486 3,624 39 42,950R% 26.76 13.92 0.64 44.37 5.79 8.44 0.09 100.00C% 2.96 3.85 4.60 3.59 2.44 2.38 3.53 3.22

$20,001 - 30,000 1,234 827 39 2,295 256 380 3 5,034R% 24.51 16.43 0.77 45.59 5.09 7.55 0.06 100.00C% 0.32 0.53 0.66 0.43 0.25 0.25 0.27 0.38

$30,001 + 32 29 1 48 2 8 0 120R% 26.67 24.17 0.83 40.00 1.67 6.67 0.00 100.00C% 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01

TOTAL 388,641 155,400 5,940 530,219 101,720 152,252 1,105 1,335,277R% 29.11 11.64 0.44 39.71 7.62 11.40 0.08 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 6-C

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTSBY FAMILY INCOME AND TYPE OF INSTITUTION


TYPE OF INSTITUTION

.. ,"

TABLE 7

Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients by Student

Aid Index and Educational Cost


7A - Total

7B - Dependent

7C Independent

Tables 7A, lB,and 7C show the distribution of Pell Gr.ant recipients by

Student Aid Index and aducational cost.

Educational costs for calculating a Pell Grant award normally include:

(1) the student's tuition and fees; (2) room and board charges if pn campus, a

living allowance of $1,100 if the student lives at home with parents, or a

living allowance of at least $1.100 but not more than $1.&00 if the student

lives off campuS and not wi th parents; and (3) a books and. supplies allowance

of $400. For thi·s reason. as Table 7A indicates, few recipients had. costs

below $1.500-....the sUm of the $400 books and supplies allowance and the $1.100

off ca~pus allpwa~ce. These recipients were most likely -incarcerated or

students taking correspondence courses. The room, board, books, and supplies

allowances for this special group of students are less generous.

The tables also show that over half of all recipients attended

institutions where costs were greater than $3.300. Relatively few· (15.1

percent) had costs of $2,400 or less.

A comparison with 1983-84 data shows a substantial increase in costs for

Pell Grant recipients. Over 300.000 more recipien~s were enrolled in schools

where the costs were pver $3,300 in 1984-85, while the number attending

institutions with costs less than $2.400 declined by nearly 400.000. In

particular, the number of independent recipients attending high cost schools

increased markedly from under 500.000 in 1983-84 to over 700.000 in 1984-85.

2-29

• Recipients with educational costs greater than $3,300:

1984-1985

rotal = ·1,486,660 (54.1% of all recipients)

Dependent 773,806 (54.8% of all dependent recipients)


1983-1984

rotal = 1,144,868 (41.5% of all recipients)


Independent = _.. 491,442 (37.5% of all independent redpi!'nts)

• Recipients with educational costs of $2,400 or less:

Total

Dependent

Independent

Total

Dependent =

Independent =

1984-1985

413,751 (15,,1% of all reeipients)

239,980 (17.0% of all dependent recipients)

173,771 (13.0% of .all independent recipients)

1983-1984


357,576 (24.7"1. of aU dependent reeipients)

445,246 (34.0% of all independent reeipientS) .

Table 7A shows that educational cost tends to increase in tandem with

SAl. About 53 percent of the zero SAL reeipients attended institutions. with

educational costs over $3,300 as compared to 56 percent of the recipients with

indexes between 800 and 1,400 and 60 percent of recipients with SAL's over

1,400.

2-30

UNDER $400

$400 - 1,500

$1,501 - 1,800

$1,801 - 2,100

$2,101 - 2,400

$2,401 - 2,700

$2,701 - 3,000

$3,001 - 3,300

$3,301 - 3,800

OVER $3,800 TOTAL

0 1,239 12,648 28,913 86,598 105,731 154,573 167,203 153,868 223,638 589,285 1,523,696R% 0.08 0.83 1.90 5.68 6.94 10.14 10.97 10.10 14.68 38.67 100.00C% 56.14 86.19 56.49 58.73 53.34 56.24 55.20 57.22 57.49 53.69 55.47

1 - 200 185 581 5,683 12,988 18,143 21,860 26,320 21,338 30,929 91,366 229,393R% 0.08 0.25 2.48 5.66 7.91 9.53 11.47 9.30 13.48 39.83 100.00C% 8.38 3.96 11.10 8.81 9.15 7.95 8.69 7.93 7.95 8.32 8.35

201 - 400 145 368 3,743 9,412 13,449 16,919 19,843 16,309 23,469 68,332 171,989R% 0.08 0.21 2.18 5.47 7.82 9.84 11.54 9.48 13.65 39.73 100.00C% 6.57 2.51 7.31 6.38 6.78 6.16 6.55 6.06 6.03 6.23 6.26

401 - 600 129 312 3,299 8,304 12,482 15,800 18,503 15,110 21,096 63,329 158,364R% 0.08 0.20 2.08 5.24 7.88 9.98 11.68 9.54 13.32 39.99 100.00C% 5.85 2.13 6.44 5.63 6.30 5.75 6.11 5.62 5.42 5.77 5.76

601 - 800 123 271 2,720 7,574 11,406 14,814 17,000 13,998 19,768 60,440 148,114R% 0.08 0.18 1.84 5.11 7.70 10.00 11.48 9.45 13.35 40.81 100.00C% 5.57 1.85 5.31 5.14 5.75 5.39 5.61 5.21 5.08 5.51 5.39

801 - 1,000 101 185 2,377 6,750 10,707 14,090 14,924 12,915 18,489 57,501 138,039R% 0.07 0.13 1.72 4.89 7.76 10.21 10.81 9.36 13.39 41.66 100.00C% 4.58 1.26 4.64 4.58 5.40 5.13 4.93 4.80 4.75 5.24 5.02

1,001 - 1,200 92 182 2,075 5,845 9,542 12,868 13,640 11,938 17,276 54,199 127,657R% 0.07 0.14 1.63 4.58 7.47 10.08 10.68 9.35 13.53 42.46 100.00C% 4.17 1.24 4.05 3.96 4.81 4.68 4.50 4.44 4.44 4.94 4.65

1,201 - 1,400 97 127 1,619 4,815 7,874 11,108 11,614 10,586 15,040 48,916 111,796R% 0.09 0.11 1.45 4.31 7.04 9.94 10.39 9.47 13.45 43.75 100.00C% 4.40 0.87 3.16 3.27 3.97 4.04 3.83 3.94 3.87 4.46 4.07

1,401 - 1,600 71 0 735 3,834 6,522 9,171 9,822 8,974 13,491 44,348 96,968R% 0.07 0.00 0.76 3.95 6.73 9.46 10.13 9.25 13.91 45.73 100.00C% 3.22 0.00 1.44 2.60 3.29 3.34 3.24 3.34 3.47 4.04 3.53

1,601 - 1,700 25 0 23 1,330 2,377 3,661 4,032 3,887 5,840 19,908 41,083R% 0.06 0.00 0.06 3.24 5.79 8.91 9.81 9.46 14.22 48.46 100.00C% 1.13 0.00 0.04 0.90 1.20 1.33 1.33 1.45 1.50 1.81 1.50

TOTAL 2,207 14,674 51,187 147,450 198,233 274,864 302,901 268,923 389,036 1,097,624 2,747,099R% 0.08 0.53 1.86 5.37 7.22 10.01 11.03 9.79 14.16 39.96 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Table 7-A

ALL RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85BY STUDENT AID INDEX AND EDUCATIONAL COST

STUDENT AID INDEX


EDUCATIONAL COST

UNDER $400

$400 - 1,500

$1,501 - 1,800

$1,801 - 2,100

$2,101 - 2,400

$2,401 - 2,700

$2,701 - 3,000

$3,001 - 3,300

$3,301 - 3,800

OVER $3,800 TOTAL

0 604 2,910 18,952 37,532 46,310 41,943 63,014 50,157 68,475 192,090 521,987R% 0.12 0.56 3.63 7.19 8.87 8.04 12.07 9.61 13.12 36.80 100.00C% 44.25 68.65 50.50 45.89 40.25 36.50 40.05 39.88 37.12 32.60 36.97

1 - 200 146 435 5,146 10,350 14,670 14,970 20,105 15,195 22,638 72,849 176,504R% 0.08 0.25 2.92 5.86 8.31 8.48 11.39 8.61 12.83 41.27 100.00C% 10.70 10.26 13.71 12.66 12.75 13.03 12.78 12.08 12.27 12.36 12.50

201 - 400 116 257 3,183 7,014 10,037 10,175 13,930 10,364 15,733 51,284 122,093R% 0.10 0.21 2.61 5.74 8.22 8.33 11.41 8.49 12.89 42.00 100.00C% 8.50 6.06 8.48 8.58 8.72 8.86 8.85 8.24 8.53 8.70 8.65

401 - 600 104 199 2,765 6,007 9,156 9,124 12,591 9,478 14,087 48,206 111,717R% 0.09 0.18 2.48 5.38 8.20 8.17 11.27 8.48 12.61 43.15 100.00C% 7.62 4.69 7.37 7.34 7.96 7.94 8.00 7.54 7.64 8.18 7.91

601 - 800 92 152 2,191 5,293 8,190 8,652 11,396 8,869 13,235 46,030 104,100R% 0.09 0.15 2.10 5.08 7.87 8.31 10.95 8.52 12.71 44.22 100.00C% 6.74 3.59 5.84 6.47 7.12 7.53 7.24 7.05 7.17 7.81 7.37

801 - 1,000 77 109 1,877 4,672 7,704 8,111 9,961 8,288 12,732 44,695 98,226R% 0.08 0.11 1.91 4.76 7.84 8.26 10.14 8.44 12.96 45.50 100.00C% 5.64 2.57 5.00 5.71 6.70 7.06 6.33 6.59 6.90 7.58 6.96

1,001 - 1,200 76 120 1,623 4,044 6,906 7,578 9,096 7,710 12,314 42,832 92,299R% 0.08 0.13 1.76 4.38 7.48 8.21 9.85 8.35 13.34 46.41 100.00C% 5.57 2.83 4.32 4.94 6.00 6.60 5.78 6.13 6.67 7.27 6.54

1,201 - 1,400 71 57 1,239 3,260 5,502 6,433 7,675 6,880 10,854 38,726 80,697R% 0.09 0.07 1.54 4.04 6.82 7.97 9.51 8.53 13.45 47.99 100.00C% 5.20 1.34 3.30 3.99 4.78 5.60 4.88 5.47 5.88 6.57 5.72

1,401 - 1,600 56 0 541 2,637 4,763 5,546 6,608 6,078 9,928 36,023 72,180R% 0.08 0.00 0.75 3.65 6.60 7.68 9.15 8.42 13.75 49.91 100.00C% 4.10 0.00 1.44 3.22 4.14 4.83 4.20 4.83 5.38 6.11 5.11

1,601 - 1,700 23 0 14 975 1,823 2,370 2,973 2,766 4,490 16,585 32,019R% 0.07 0.00 0.04 3.05 5.69 7.40 9.29 8.64 14.02 51.80 100.00C% 1.68 0.00 0.04 1.19 1.58 2.06 1.89 2.20 2.43 2.81 2.27

TOTAL 1,365 4,239 37,531 81,784 115,061 114,902 157,349 125,785 184,486 589,320 1,411,822R% 0.10 0.30 2.66 5.79 8.15 8.14 11.15 8.91 13.07 41.74 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Table 7-B

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTSBY STUDENT AID INDEX AND EDUCATIONAL COSTDEPENDENT RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85

STUDENT AID INDEX

EDUCATIONAL COST

UNDER $400

$400 - 1,500

$1,501 - 1,800

$1,801 - 2,100

$2,101 - 2,400

$2,401 - 2,700

$2,701 - 3,000

$3,001 - 3,300

$3,301 - 3,800

OVER $3,800 TOTAL

0 635 9,738 9,961 49,066 59,421 112,630 104,189 103,711 155,163 397,195 1,001,709R% 0.06 0.97 0.99 4.90 5.93 11.24 10.40 10.35 15.49 39.65 100.00C% 75.42 93.32 72.94 74.72 71.44 70.41 71.58 72.46 75.86 78.14 75.02

1 - 200 39 146 537 2,638 3,473 6,890 6,215 6,143 8,291 18,517 52,889R% 0.07 0.28 1.02 4.99 6.57 13.03 11.75 11.61 15.68 35.01 100.00C% 4.63 1.40 3.93 4.02 4.18 4.31 4.27 4.29 4.05 3.64 3.96

201 - 400 29 111 560 2,398 3,412 6,744 5,913 5,945 7,736 17,048 49,896R% 0.06 0.22 1.12 4.81 6.84 13.52 11.85 11.91 15.50 34.17 100.00C% 3.44 1.06 4.10 3.65 4.10 4.22 4.06 4.15 3.78 3.35 3.74

401 - 600 25 113 534 2,297 3,326 6,676 5,912 5,632 7,009 15,123 46,647R% 0.05 0.24 1.14 4.92 7.13 14.31 12.67 12.07 15.03 32.42 100.00C% 2.97 1.08 3.91 3.50 4.00 4.17 4.06 3.93 3.43 2.98 3.49

601 - 800 31 119 529 2,281 3,216 6,162 5,604 5,129 6,533 14,410 44,014R% 0.07 0.27 1.20 5.18 7.31 14.00 12.73 11.65 14.84 32.74 100.00C% 3.68 1.14 3.87 3.47 3.87 3.85 3.85 3.58 3.19 2.83 3.30

801 - 1,000 24 76 500 2,078 3,003 5,979 4,963 4,627 5,757 12,806 39,813R% 0.06 0.19 1.26 5.22 7.54 15.02 12.47 11.62 14.46 32.17 100.00C% 2.85 0.73 3.66 3.16 3.61 3.74 3.41 3.23 2.81 2.52 2.98

1,001 - 1,200 16 62 452 1,801 2,636 5,290 4,544 4,228 4,962 11,367 35,358R% 0.05 0.18 1.28 5.09 7.46 14.96 12.85 11.96 14.03 32.15 100.00C% 1.90 0.59 3.31 2.74 3.17 3.31 3.12 2.95 2.43 2.24 2.65

1,201 - 1,400 26 70 380 1,555 2,372 4,675 3,939 3,706 4,186 10,190 31,099R% 0.08 0.23 1.22 5.00 7.63 15.03 12.67 11.92 13.46 32.77 100.00C% 3.09 0.67 2.78 2.37 2.85 2.92 2.71 2.59 2.05 2.00 2.33

1,401 - 1,600 15 0 194 1,197 1,759 3,625 3,214 2,896 3,563 8,325 24,788R% 0.06 0.00 0.78 4.83 7.10 14.62 12.97 11.68 14.37 33.58 100.00C% 1.78 0.00 1.42 1.82 2.11 2.27 2.21 2.02 1.74 1.64 1.86

1,601 - 1,700 2 0 9 355 554 1,291 1,059 1,121 1,350 3,323 9,064R% 0.02 0.00 0.10 3.92 6.11 14.24 11.68 12.37 14.89 36.66 100.00C% 0.24 0.00 0.07 0.54 0.67 0.81 0.73 0.78 0.66 0.65 0.68

TOTAL 842 10,435 13,656 65,666 83,172 159,962 145,552 143,138 204,550 508,304 1,335,277R% 0.06 0.78 1.02 4.92 6.23 11.98 10.90 10.72 15.32 38.07 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Table 7-C

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTSBY STUDENT AID INDEX AND EDUCATIONAL COST


STUDENT AID INDEX

EDUCATIONAL COST

TABLE 8


B~ Family Income and Educational Cost


8A - Total

8B Dependent

8C Independent

Tables 8A, 8B, arid 8C show the distribution of Pell Grant recipients by

family income and educational costs. The data indicate that in 1984-8~ tPere

was ,no noticeable relationship between income and educational cost. Low cost

schools, fo~ example, attracted low income students at approximately the same

rate as high income students. In 1983-84, by comparison, enrollment appeared

to vary by family income. A larger portion of the $15,000 and greater income

gro9P attended high cost schools than low cost schools. Likewise, a greate~

percentage of the group with incomes of $6,000 and less attended low cost

schools than high cost schools.

• Recipients with incomes of $6,000 or less with educational costs

of:

$2,400 or less

Greater than $3,300

1984-1965

174,554 (13.9% of recipients with incomes

of $6,000 or less)


of $6,000 or less)

$2,400 or less =

Greater than $3,300 =

1983~1984


of $6,000 or less.)

503,243 (39.5i. of recipients with i~comes

of $6,000 or less)

• Recipients with incomes greater than $15,000 with education. costs

of:

1984-1985

$2,400 or less

Greater than $3,300

=

=

82,281

334,260

1983-1984

..(14.2i.of recipients with incomes

greater than $15,000)

(57.8i.of recipients with incomes


$2,400 or less

Greater than $3,300


greater than ~~5,OOO)



Independent recipient;.s tended. to be in the lower in~ome and educational

cost ranges more often and dependent recipients were more often in the higher

ranges. This was also true in the 1983-84 school year.

2-35

• Recipients with educational costs of $2,400 or less and incomes of

$6,000 or less:

1984-85 Dependent = 63,781 ( 4.5% of all dependent recipients)

1984-85 Independent 110,773 ( 8.3% of all independent recipients)

1983-84 Dependent = 92,150 ( 6.4% of all dependent recipi~nts)

1983-84 Independent = 298,831 (22.8% of all independent recipients)

• Recipients with educational costs greater than $3,300 and incomes

greater than $15,000:

1984--85 DependeIit·

1984-85 Independent

1983-84 Dependent

1983-84 Independent

= 312,122

= 22,138

265,657

11 ,163

(22.1% of all dependent recipi.ents)

(1.7% of all independent recipients) ..

(18.3% of all dependent recipients)

(0.9% of all independent recipients)

2-36

FAMILY INCOME UNDER $400

$400 - 1,500

$1,501 - 1,800

$1,801 - 2,100

$2,101 - 2,400

$2,401 - 2,700

$2,701 - 3,000

$3,001 - 3,300

$3,301 - 3,800

OVER $3,800 TOTAL

LESS THAN $1,001 219 7,921 4,528 14,644 15,904 29,490 28,222 28,447 44,849 100,760 274,984R% 0.08 2.88 1.65 5.33 5.78 10.72 10.26 10.34 16.31 36.64 100.00C% 9.92 53.98 8.85 9.93 8.02 10.73 9.32 10.58 11.53 9.18 10.01

$1,001 - 3,000 254 1,407 4,783 17,324 23,596 38,239 36,944 38,287 60,764 147,803 369,401R% 0.07 0.38 1.29 4.69 6.39 10.35 10.00 10.36 16.45 40.01 100.00C% 11.51 9.59 9.34 11.75 11.90 13.91 12.20 14.24 15.62 13.47 13.45

$3,001 - 6,000 443 2,005 9,172 31,363 40,991 63,018 70,878 64,033 87,102 245,387 614,392R% 0.07 0.33 1.49 5.10 6.67 10.26 11.54 10.42 14.18 39.94 100.00C% 20.07 13.66 17.92 21.27 20.68 22.93 23.40 23.81 22.39 22.36 22.37

$6,001 - 9,000 340 1,212 9,467 25,905 29,650 39,580 44,186 37,781 50,877 141,538 380,536R% 0.09 0.32 2.49 6.81 7.79 10.40 11.61 9.93 13.37 37.19 100.00C% 15.41 8.26 18.49 17.57 14.96 14.40 14.59 14.05 13.08 12.89 13.85

$9,001 - 15,000 439 1,449 13,236 30,930 44,288 54,869 61,415 49,869 69,191 204,130 529,816R% 0.08 0.27 2.50 5.84 8.36 10.36 11.59 9.41 13.06 38.53 100.00C% 19.89 9.87 25.86 20.98 22.34 19.96 20.28 18.54 17.79 18.60 19.29

$15,001 - 20,000 265 462 5,858 14,815 23,006 26,286 32,649 25,176 36,655 121,522 286,694R% 0.09 0.16 2.04 5.17 8.02 9.17 11.39 8.78 12.79 42.39 100.00C% 12.01 3.15 11.44 10.05 11.61 9.56 10.78 9.36 9.42 11.07 10.44

$20,001 - 30,000 227 209 3,850 11,300 18,497 20,751 25,336 22,180 34,278 118,062 254,690R% 0.09 0.08 1.51 4.44 7.26 8.15 9.95 8.71 13.46 46.36 100.00C% 10.29 1.42 7.52 7.66 9.33 7.55 8.36 8.25 8.81 10.76 9.27

$30,001 + 20 9 293 1,169 2,301 2,631 3,271 3,150 5,321 18,422 36,587R% 0.05 0.02 0.80 3.20 6.29 7.19 8.94 8.61 14.54 50.35 100.00C% 0.91 0.06 0.57 0.79 1.16 0.96 1.08 1.17 1.37 1.68 1.33

TOTAL 2,207 14,674 51,187 147,450 198,233 274,864 302,901 268,923 389,037 1,097,624 2,747,100R% 0.08 0.53 1.86 5.37 7.22 10.01 11.03 9.79 14.16 39.96 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

EDUCATIONAL COST

ALL RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85BY FAMILY INCOME AND EDUCATIONAL COSTDISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

TABLE 8-A


$400 - 1,500

$1,501 - 1,800

$1,801 - 2,100

$2,101 - 2,400

$2,401 - 2,700

$2,701 - 3,000

$3,001 - 3,300

$3,301 - 3,800

OVER $3,800 TOTAL

LESS THAN $1,001 66 246 1,348 3,130 3,935 4,664 5,668 6,051 8,362 20,878 54,348R% 0.12 0.45 2.48 5.76 7.24 8.58 10.43 11.13 15.39 38.42 100.00C% 4.84 5.80 3.59 3.83 3.42 4.06 3.60 4.81 4.53 3.54 3.85

$1,001 - 3,000 73 497 2,203 5,855 7,183 6,384 8,896 8,767 11,919 27,184 78,961R% 0.09 0.63 2.79 7.42 9.10 8.09 11.27 11.10 15.09 34.43 100.00C% 5.35 11.72 5.87 7.16 6.24 5.56 5.65 6.97 6.46 4.61 5.59

$3,001 - 6,000 202 1,171 6,262 13,787 17,823 16,131 25,270 19,435 27,260 79,638 206,979R% 0.10 0.57 3.03 6.66 8.61 7.79 12.21 9.39 13.17 38.48 100.00C% 14.80 27.62 16.68 16.86 15.49 14.04 16.06 15.45 14.78 13.51 14.66

$6,001 - 9,000 221 771 7,465 12,952 16,573 15,638 23,207 17,261 23,932 74,557 192,577R% 0.11 0.40 3.88 6.73 8.61 8.12 12.05 8.96 12.43 38.72 100.00C% 16.19 18.19 19.89 15.84 14.40 13.61 14.75 13.72 12.97 12.65 13.64

$9,001 - 15,000 316 955 10,861 21,130 29,840 29,444 39,254 29,336 43,554 144,401 349,091R% 0.09 0.27 3.11 6.05 8.55 8.43 11.24 8.40 12.48 41.36 100.00C% 23.15 22.53 28.94 25.84 25.93 25.63 24.95 23.32 23.61 24.50 24.73

$15,001 - 20,000 245 388 5,319 12,707 19,373 20,003 27,134 20,202 30,552 107,821 243,744R% 0.10 0.16 2.18 5.21 7.95 8.21 11.13 8.29 12.53 44.24 100.00C% 17.95 9.15 14.17 15.54 16.84 17.41 17.24 16.06 16.56 18.30 17.26

$20,001 - 30,000 222 202 3,782 11,059 18,043 20,020 24,671 21,595 33,600 116,462 249,656R% 0.09 0.08 1.51 4.43 7.23 8.02 9.88 8.65 13.46 46.65 100.00C% 16.26 4.77 10.08 13.52 15.68 17.42 15.68 17.17 18.21 19.76 17.68

$30,001 + 20 9 291 1,164 2,291 2,618 3,249 3,138 5,308 18,379 36,467R% 0.05 0.02 0.80 3.19 6.28 7.18 8.91 8.61 14.56 50.40 100.00C% 1.47 0.21 0.78 1.42 1.99 2.28 2.06 2.49 2.88 3.12 2.58

TOTAL 1,365 4,239 37,531 81,784 115,061 114,902 157,349 125,785 184,487 589,320 1,411,823R% 0.10 0.30 2.66 5.79 8.15 8.14 11.15 8.91 13.07 41.74 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 8-B

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTSBY FAMILY INCOME AND EDUCATIONAL COST


EDUCATIONAL COST


$400 - 1,500

$1,501 - 1,800

$1,801 - 2,100

$2,101 - 2,400

$2,401 - 2,700

$2,701 - 3,000

$3,001 - 3,300

$3,301 - 3,800

OVER $3,800 TOTAL

LESS THAN $1,001 153 7,675 3,180 11,514 11,969 24,826 22,554 22,396 36,487 79,882 220,636R% 0.07 3.48 1.44 5.22 5.42 11.25 10.22 10.15 16.54 36.21 100.00C% 18.17 73.55 23.29 17.53 14.39 15.52 15.50 15.65 17.84 15.72 16.52

$1,001 - 3,000 181 910 2,580 11,469 16,413 31,855 28,048 29,520 48,845 120,619 290,440R% 0.06 0.31 0.89 3.95 5.65 10.97 9.66 10.16 16.82 41.53 100.00C% 21.50 8.72 18.89 17.47 19.73 19.91 19.27 20.62 23.88 23.73 21.75

$3,001 - 6,000 241 834 2,910 17,576 23,168 46,887 45,608 44,598 59,842 165,749 407,413R% 0.06 0.20 0.71 4.31 5.69 11.51 11.19 10.95 14.69 40.68 100.00C% 28.62 7.99 21.31 26.77 27.86 29.31 31.33 31.16 29.26 32.61 30.51

$6,001 - 9,000 119 441 2,002 12,953 13,077 23,942 20,979 20,520 26,945 66,981 187,959R% 0.06 0.23 1.07 6.89 6.96 12.74 11.16 10.92 14.34 35.64 100.00C% 14.13 4.23 14.66 19.73 15.72 14.97 14.41 14.34 13.17 13.18 14.08

$9,001 - 15,000 123 494 2,375 9,800 14,448 25,425 22,161 20,533 25,637 59,729 180,725R% 0.07 0.27 1.31 5.42 7.99 14.07 12.26 11.36 14.19 33.05 100.00C% 14.61 4.73 17.39 14.92 17.37 15.89 15.23 14.34 12.53 11.75 13.53

$15,001 - 20,000 20 74 539 2,108 3,633 6,283 5,515 4,974 6,103 13,701 42,950R% 0.05 0.17 1.25 4.91 8.46 14.63 12.84 11.58 14.21 31.90 100.00C% 2.38 0.71 3.95 3.21 4.37 3.93 3.79 3.47 2.98 2.70 3.22

$20,001 - 30,000 5 7 68 241 454 731 665 585 678 1,600 5,034R% 0.10 0.14 1.35 4.79 9.02 14.52 13.21 11.62 13.47 31.78 100.00C% 0.59 0.07 0.50 0.37 0.55 0.46 0.46 0.41 0.33 0.31 0.38

$30,001 + 0 0 2 5 10 13 22 12 13 43 120R% 0.00 0.00 1.67 4.17 8.33 10.83 18.33 10.00 10.83 35.83 100.00C% 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01

TOTAL 842 10,435 13,656 65,666 83,172 159,962 145,552 143,138 204,550 508,304 1,335,277R% 0.06 0.78 1.02 4.92 6.23 11.98 10.90 10.72 15.32 38.07 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 8-C

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTSBY FAMILY INCOME AND EDUCATIONAL COST


EDUCATIONAL COST

TABLE 9

Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients By

Family Income and Net Asset Level


9A Total

9B - Dependent

9C ~ Independent

Tables 9A, 9B, and9C show the distribution of Pe11 Grant recipients by

family income and net-asset level. ."

The net asset level equals the sum of the market value of the recipi

ent's (independent) or parent's (dependent) home, real estate, investments,

business, farm, and cash, checking and savings accounts, minus the sum 'of the

unpaid debts on these items. The 1984-85" Pell Grant SAl formula included a

series of asse-t reserves '-to "protect'H a portion of the student '5 (or the

dependent student's parents) assets_ These asset reserves were applied

against the various categories of assets and allowed each appliCant a portion

of his or her reported assets from which no contribution was required. The

asset reserves were included for all applicants except single independents

(those with a family size of one). The level of the reserves ranged from

$25,000 for home assets to a totai of $100,000 for those reporting farm and/or

business assets. Given the types of asset·, reserves allowed, assets usually

had a small impact on the size of a recipient's grant.

The tables show that Pell Grants are directed toward students with few

net assets. In 1984-85, over two thirds of all recipients reported net assets

of $7,500 or less. The majority of recipients reporting low net assets were

independent. Approximately one in seven recipients reported net assets above

$25,000. Nearly everyone of these students was dependent. The distribution

of Pell recipients by net assets did not change substantially between 1983-84

and 1984-85.

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e< Recipients with net assets of $7,500 or less:

1984-1985

Total : = 1,930,434 (70.3% of all recipients)


<Independent 1,260,020 (94.4% of all independent recipients)

1983-1984


Dependent = 672;877 (46.4% of all dependent recipi.ents)

Independe nt = 1,234,348 (94.2% of all independent recipients)

• Recipients with net assets over $25,000:

1984-1985

Total

Dependent

Independent

=

409,277

389,403

19,874

1983-1984


(27.6% of all dependent recipients)

(1.5% of all independent recipients)

Total 418,840 (15.2% of all recipients)



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The tables also show that Pell Grants are targeted toward recipients who

report both low net assets and low family income. In 1984-85, approximately

40 percent of all Pell Grant awa.rds went to students with net aSSets of $7,500

or less and incomes of $6,000 or less. About 81 percent of this low asset and

income group Were- independent.

Likewise, few students received grants who reported both a relatively

large amount of net assets and income. Students with net assets over $25,000

and income over $15,000 constituted approximately 7 percent of allPell Grant

recipients in 1984-85. Almost all of these recipients were dependent.

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FAMILY INCOME $0 $1 - 7,500

$7,501 - 15,000

$15,001 - 25,000

$25,001 - 35,000

$35,001 - 50,000

$50,001 - 75,000

$75,001 - $100,000 $100,000+ TOTAL

LESS THAN $1,001 170,911 69,438 6,129 5,090 3,811 4,207 4,680 3,098 7,867 275,231R% 62.10 25.23 2.23 1.85 1.38 1.53 1.70 1.13 2.86 100.00C% 15.17 8.64 3.11 2.42 2.38 3.22 6.37 13.44 36.05 10.02

$1,001 - 3,000 223,610 114,095 11,912 6,971 4,015 3,391 2,479 1,174 1,698 369,345R% 60.54 30.89 3.23 1.89 1.09 0.92 0.67 0.32 0.46 100.00C% 19.84 14.20 6.04 3.32 2.51 2.59 3.37 5.09 7.78 13.44

$3,001 - 6,000 341,964 187,922 28,508 20,448 11,996 10,197 7,128 2,983 3,181 614,327R% 55.66 30.59 4.64 3.33 1.95 1.66 1.16 0.49 0.52 100.00C% 30.34 23.39 14.45 9.73 7.49 7.80 9.70 12.94 14.58 22.36

$6,001 - 9,000 162,974 119,453 27,564 23,738 16,038 14,376 9,968 3,430 2,946 380,487R% 42.83 31.39 7.24 6.24 4.22 3.78 2.62 0.90 0.77 100.00C% 14.46 14.87 13.98 11.29 10.02 10.99 13.57 14.88 13.50 13.85

$9,001 - 15,000 147,829 172,207 51,096 53,344 39,525 35,893 20,432 5,828 3,619 529,773R% 27.90 32.51 9.64 10.07 7.46 6.78 3.86 1.10 0.68 100.00C% 13.12 21.43 25.91 25.38 24.68 27.44 27.81 25.29 16.58 19.28

$15,001 - 20,000 50,574 79,420 33,776 41,938 34,697 27,842 13,572 3,384 1,472 286,675R% 17.64 27.70 11.78 14.63 12.10 9.71 4.73 1.18 0.51 100.00C% 4.49 9.89 17.13 19.95 21.67 21.28 18.48 14.68 6.74 10.44

$20,001 - 30,000 26,893 55,141 33,695 50,428 42,424 29,309 13,009 2,834 944 254,677R% 10.56 21.65 13.23 19.80 16.66 11.51 5.11 1.11 0.37 100.00C% 2.39 6.86 17.08 23.99 26.49 22.41 17.71 12.30 4.33 9.27

$30,001 + 2,253 5,750 4,541 8,211 7,629 5,595 2,193 315 98 36,585R% 6.16 15.72 12.41 22.44 20.85 15.29 5.99 0.86 0.27 100.00C% 0.20 0.72 2.30 3.91 4.76 4.28 2.99 1.37 0.45 1.33

TOTAL 1,127,008 803,426 197,221 210,168 160,135 130,810 73,461 23,046 21,825 2,747,100R% 41.03 29.25 7.18 7.65 5.83 4.76 2.67 0.84 0.79 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

NET ASSET LEVEL

ALL RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85BY FAMILY INCOME AND NET ASSET LEVELDISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

TABLE 9-A


$7,501 - 15,000

$15,001 - 25,000

$25,001 - 35,000

$35,001 - 50,000

$50,001 - 75,000

$75,001 - $100,000 $100,000+ TOTAL

LESS THAN $1,001 17,518 7,082 3,962 3,821 3,277 3,820 4,384 2,967 7,664 54,495R% 32.15 13.00 7.27 7.01 6.01 7.01 8.04 5.44 14.06 100.00C% 4.67 2.40 2.42 2.03 2.19 3.06 6.18 13.24 35.88 3.86

$1,001 - 3,000 39,497 13,354 9,007 5,628 3,391 3,020 2,279 1,113 1,656 78,945R% 50.03 16.92 11.41 7.13 4.30 3.83 2.89 1.41 2.10 100.00C% 10.53 4.52 5.49 2.99 2.27 2.42 3.21 4.97 7.75 5.59

$3,001 - 6,000 98,617 36,425 22,829 16,905 10,361 9,202 6,663 2,849 3,096 206,947R% 47.65 17.60 11.03 8.17 5.01 4.45 3.22 1.38 1.50 100.00C% 26.29 12.33 13.92 8.99 6.92 7.36 9.39 12.71 14.49 14.66

$6,001 - 9,000 68,799 40,257 21,269 19,616 13,980 13,033 9,400 3,310 2,880 192,544R% 35.73 20.91 11.05 10.19 7.26 6.77 4.88 1.72 1.50 100.00C% 18.34 13.63 12.97 10.44 9.34 10.43 13.24 14.77 13.48 13.64

$9,001 - 15,000 83,359 81,716 39,926 45,468 35,696 33,904 19,739 5,686 3,562 349,056R% 23.88 23.41 11.44 13.03 10.23 9.71 5.65 1.63 1.02 100.00C% 22.23 27.67 24.34 24.19 23.85 27.13 27.81 25.37 16.67 24.72

$15,001 - 20,000 39,228 57,610 29,519 38,591 33,305 27,275 13,386 3,350 1,464 243,728R% 16.09 23.64 12.11 15.83 13.66 11.19 5.49 1.37 0.60 100.00C% 10.46 19.50 18.00 20.53 22.25 21.82 18.86 14.95 6.85 17.26

$20,001 - 30,000 25,791 53,193 32,998 49,759 42,069 29,135 12,937 2,819 942 249,643R% 10.33 21.31 13.22 19.93 16.85 11.67 5.18 1.13 0.38 100.00C% 6.88 18.01 20.12 26.47 28.11 23.31 18.23 12.58 4.41 17.68

$30,001 + 2,239 5,729 4,517 8,191 7,600 5,587 2,190 314 98 36,465R% 6.14 15.71 12.39 22.46 20.84 15.32 6.01 0.86 0.27 100.00C% 0.60 1.94 2.75 4.36 5.08 4.47 3.09 1.40 0.46 2.58

TOTAL 375,048 295,366 164,027 187,979 149,679 124,976 70,978 22,408 21,362 1,411,823R% 26.56 20.92 11.62 13.31 10.60 8.85 5.03 1.59 1.51 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 9-B

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTSBY FAMILY INCOME AND NET ASSET LEVEL


NET ASSET LEVEL


$7,501 - 15,000

$15,001 - 25,000

$25,001 - 35,000

$35,001 - 50,000

$50,001 - 75,000

$75,001 - $100,000 $100,000+ TOTAL

LESS THAN $1,001 153,393 62,356 2,167 1,269 534 387 296 131 203 220,736R% 69.49 28.25 0.98 0.57 0.24 0.18 0.13 0.06 0.09 100.00C% 20.40 12.27 6.53 5.72 5.11 6.63 11.92 20.53 43.84 16.53

$1,001 - 3,000 184,113 100,741 2,905 1,343 624 371 200 61 42 290,400R% 63.40 34.69 1.00 0.46 0.21 0.13 0.07 0.02 0.01 100.00C% 24.48 19.83 8.75 6.05 5.97 6.36 8.05 9.56 9.07 21.75

$3,001 - 6,000 243,347 151,497 5,679 3,543 1,635 995 465 134 85 407,380R% 59.73 37.19 1.39 0.87 0.40 0.24 0.11 0.03 0.02 100.00C% 32.36 29.82 17.11 15.97 15.64 17.06 18.73 21.00 18.36 30.51

$6,001 - 9,000 94,175 79,196 6,295 4,122 2,058 1,343 568 120 66 187,943R% 50.11 42.14 3.35 2.19 1.10 0.71 0.30 0.06 0.04 100.00C% 12.52 15.59 18.96 18.58 19.68 23.02 22.88 18.81 14.25 14.08

$9,001 - 15,000 64,470 90,491 11,170 7,876 3,829 1,989 693 142 57 180,717R% 35.67 50.07 6.18 4.36 2.12 1.10 0.38 0.08 0.03 100.00C% 8.57 17.81 33.65 35.50 36.62 34.09 27.91 22.26 12.31 13.53

$15,001 - 20,000 11,346 21,810 4,257 3,347 1,392 567 186 34 8 42,947R% 26.42 50.78 9.91 7.79 3.24 1.32 0.43 0.08 0.02 100.00C% 1.51 4.29 12.82 15.08 13.31 9.72 7.49 5.33 1.73 3.22

$20,001 - 30,000 1,102 1,948 697 669 355 174 72 15 2 5,034R% 21.89 38.70 13.85 13.29 7.05 3.46 1.43 0.30 0.04 100.00C% 0.15 0.38 2.10 3.02 3.40 2.98 2.90 2.35 0.43 0.38

$30,001 + 14 21 24 20 29 8 3 1 0 120R% 11.67 17.50 20.00 16.67 24.17 6.67 2.50 0.83 0.00 100.00C% 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.09 0.28 0.14 0.12 0.16 0.00 0.01

TOTAL 751,960 508,060 33,194 22,189 10,456 5,834 2,483 638 463 1,335,277R% 56.31 38.05 2.49 1.66 0.78 0.44 0.19 0.05 0.03 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 9-C

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTSBY FAMILY INCOME AND NET ASSET LEVEL


NET ASSET LEVEL

TABLE 10

Distribution of .Pell Grant Recipients

By Age and Family Income


lOA Total

lOB Dependent

10C Independent

Tables lOA, lOB, and 10C show the distribution of Pell Grant recipients by

age and family income. It should be noted that these tables are each-cwo·

pages in. length.

Pell Grants Were awarded, to an older student population in 1984-85 than in

1983:"84. In 1983-84, 64 percent of all recipients were .22 years old or

younger; in 1984-85, 57 percent were in this age group. In 1983-84, students

who were 30 years and older comprised 14 percent· of all recipients; in 1984

85, they comprised 17 percent•. Dependents in both years represented the

majority of the 22 and under group, while nearly everyone in the 30. and older

group were independent.

The tables a1so show a- relatiQnship between age and family income.

Proportionately more recipients 22 years or younger reported relatively large

incomes than recipients 30 years or older. Approximately 31 percent of the 22

years and younger group and 7 percent of the 30 and over group had incomes

over $15,000. This occurred because many younger applicants were dependent

and reported their parents' incomes, while most of those 30 years or older

were independent and reported their own incomes. Likewise, those recipients

reporting incomes of $6,000 or less (Who constituted 46 percent of the total

recipient population) accounted for a higher proportion of the 30 or older age

group than of the 22 or younger group. Approximately 56 percent of all

recipients 30 years or older and about 36 percent of all recipients 22 or

younger reported in this income category. The relationships between age and

income were similar in the 1983-84 school year.

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AGE LESS THAN $1,001

$1,001 - 3,000

$3,001 - 6,000

$6,001 - 9,000

$9,001 - 15,000

$15,001 - 20,000

$20,001 - 30,000 $30,001+ TOTAL

UNDER 17 938 1,396 2,313 1,326 1,467 614 493 70 8,617R% 10.9 16.2 26.8 15.4 17.0 7.1 5.7 0.8 100.0C% 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

17 1,166 1,289 2,855 2,264 2,711 1,421 1,286 146 13,138R% 8.9 9.8 21.7 17.2 20.6 10.8 9.8 1.1 100.0C% 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5

18 10,507 11,721 26,046 24,205 44,405 32,295 33,346 4,236 186,761R% 5.6 6.3 13.9 13.0 23.8 17.3 17.9 2.3 100.0C% 3.8 3.2 4.2 6.4 8.4 11.3 13.1 11.6 6.8

19 25,654 28,403 54,979 48,656 90,174 64,488 67,007 8,331 387,692R% 6.6 7.3 14.2 12.6 23.3 16.6 17.3 2.1 100.0C% 9.3 7.7 8.9 12.8 17.0 22.5 26.3 22.8 14.1

20 29,904 37,323 59,785 45,121 78,013 53,813 55,041 8,207 367,207R% 8.1 10.2 16.3 12.3 21.2 14.7 15.0 2.2 100.0C% 10.9 10.1 9.7 11.9 14.7 18.8 21.6 22.4 13.4

21 31,506 42,989 62,366 39,562 63,014 41,095 43,257 7,136 330,925R% 9.5 13.0 18.8 12.0 19.0 12.4 13.1 2.2 100.0C% 11.4 11.6 10.2 10.4 11.9 14.3 17.0 19.5 12.0

22 28,656 41,613 59,160 32,945 46,484 27,597 27,713 4,863 269,031R% 10.7 15.5 22.0 12.2 17.3 10.3 10.3 1.8 100.0C% 10.4 11.3 9.6 8.7 8.8 9.6 10.9 13.3 9.8

23 22,043 32,803 47,754 24,269 29,777 13,907 11,933 2,106 184,592R% 11.9 17.8 25.9 13.1 16.1 7.5 6.5 1.1 100.0C% 8.0 8.9 7.8 6.4 5.6 4.9 4.7 5.8 6.7

24 16,780 25,133 38,283 18,449 20,108 7,612 4,706 777 131,848R% 12.7 19.1 29.0 14.0 15.3 5.8 3.6 0.6 100.0C% 6.1 6.8 6.2 4.8 3.8 2.7 1.8 2.1 4.8

25 13,573 20,127 31,620 15,310 15,791 4,682 2,180 296 103,579R% 13.1 19.4 30.5 14.8 15.2 4.5 2.1 0.3 100.0C% 4.9 5.4 5.1 4.0 3.0 1.6 0.9 0.8 3.8

26 11,905 17,361 27,634 13,200 13,895 3,908 1,172 121 89,196R% 13.3 19.5 31.0 14.8 15.6 4.4 1.3 0.1 100.0C% 4.3 4.7 4.5 3.5 2.6 1.4 0.5 0.3 3.2

27 10,816 15,070 24,734 12,181 12,716 3,386 734 64 79,701R% 13.6 18.9 31.0 15.3 16.0 4.2 0.9 0.1 100.0C% 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.2 2.4 1.2 0.3 0.2 2.9

28 9,592 13,241 22,346 11,277 11,864 2,993 562 34 71,909R% 13.3 18.4 31.1 15.7 16.5 4.2 0.8 0.0 100.0C% 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.0 2.2 1.0 0.2 0.1 2.6

29 8,202 11,164 19,402 10,335 10,956 2,896 423 28 63,406R% 12.9 17.6 30.6 16.3 17.3 4.6 0.7 0.0 100.0C% 3.0 3.0 3.2 2.7 2.1 1.0 0.2 0.1 2.3

30 7,361 9,668 17,508 9,630 10,270 2,785 316 13 57,551R% 12.8 16.8 30.4 16.7 17.8 4.8 0.5 0.0 100.0C% 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.5 1.9 1.0 0.1 0.0 2.1

31-40 36,071 45,527 90,772 55,473 59,838 17,394 2,618 55 307,748R% 11.7 14.8 29.5 18.0 19.4 5.7 0.9 0.0 100.0C% 13.1 12.3 14.8 14.6 11.3 6.1 1.0 0.2 11.2

OVER 40 10,557 14,517 26,770 16,284 18,290 5,789 1,890 102 94,199R% 11.2 15.4 28.4 17.3 19.4 6.1 2.0 0.1 100.0C% 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.3 3.5 2.0 0.7 0.3 3.4

UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0R% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0C% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

TOTAL 275,231 369,345 614,327 380,487 529,773 286,675 254,677 36,585 2,747,100R% 10.0 13.4 22.4 13.9 19.3 10.4 9.3 1.3 100.0C% 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS BY AGE AND FAMILY INCOMEALL RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85

FAMILY INCOME

TABLE 10-A


$1,001 - 3,000

$3,001 - 6,000

$6,001 - 9,000

$9,001 - 15,000

$15,001 - 20,000

$20,001 - 30,000 $30,001+ TOTAL

UNDER 17 73 425 1,133 834 1,098 542 484 70 4,659R% 1.6 9.1 24.3 17.9 23.6 11.6 10.4 1.5 100.0C% 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

17 297 816 2,608 2,218 2,682 1,419 1,286 146 11,472R% 2.6 7.1 22.7 19.3 23.4 12.4 11.2 1.3 100.0C% 0.5 1.0 1.3 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.8

18 5,559 8,073 23,864 23,827 44,188 32,278 33,346 4,236 175,371R% 3.2 4.6 13.6 13.6 25.2 18.4 19.0 2.4 100.0C% 10.2 10.2 11.5 12.4 12.7 13.2 13.4 11.6 12.4

19 13,316 17,085 46,907 46,937 89,062 64,391 67,005 8,331 353,034R% 3.8 4.8 13.3 13.3 25.2 18.2 19.0 2.4 100.0C% 24.4 21.6 22.7 24.4 25.5 26.4 26.8 22.8 25.0

20 11,923 15,924 41,140 40,131 74,576 53,465 55,039 8,207 300,405R% 4.0 5.3 13.7 13.4 24.8 17.8 18.3 2.7 100.0C% 21.9 20.2 19.9 20.8 21.4 21.9 22.0 22.5 21.3

21 9,225 12,191 31,135 29,749 56,522 40,260 43,249 7,136 229,467R% 4.0 5.3 13.6 13.0 24.6 17.5 18.8 3.1 100.0C% 16.9 15.4 15.0 15.5 16.2 16.5 17.3 19.6 16.3

22 5,971 8,676 21,309 20,002 36,834 26,177 27,691 4,863 151,523R% 3.9 5.7 14.1 13.2 24.3 17.3 18.3 3.2 100.0C% 11.0 11.0 10.3 10.4 10.6 10.7 11.1 13.3 10.7

23 3,030 5,164 12,523 10,693 18,658 12,068 11,884 2,106 76,126R% 4.0 6.8 16.5 14.0 24.5 15.9 15.6 2.8 100.0C% 5.6 6.5 6.1 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.8 5.8 5.4

24 1,571 3,100 7,273 5,715 8,988 5,426 4,650 777 37,500R% 4.2 8.3 19.4 15.2 24.0 14.5 12.4 2.1 100.0C% 2.9 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.6 2.2 1.9 2.1 2.7

25 926 1,933 4,549 3,392 4,891 2,552 2,099 296 20,638R% 4.5 9.4 22.0 16.4 23.7 12.4 10.2 1.4 100.0C% 1.7 2.4 2.2 1.8 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.5

26 637 1,312 3,021 2,148 3,132 1,605 1,053 120 13,028R% 4.9 10.1 23.2 16.5 24.0 12.3 8.1 0.9 100.0C% 1.2 1.7 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.9

27 481 928 2,355 1,545 2,101 966 620 63 9,059R% 5.3 10.2 26.0 17.1 23.2 10.7 6.8 0.7 100.0C% 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6

28 337 755 1,709 1,075 1,460 657 397 34 6,424R% 5.2 11.8 26.6 16.7 22.7 10.2 6.2 0.5 100.0C% 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5

29 246 545 1,332 851 1,016 492 259 27 4,768R% 5.2 11.4 27.9 17.8 21.3 10.3 5.4 0.6 100.0C% 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3

30 221 416 1,024 661 827 344 149 12 3,654R% 6.0 11.4 28.0 18.1 22.6 9.4 4.1 0.3 100.0C% 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3

31-40 612 1,408 4,179 2,332 2,611 945 365 29 12,481R% 4.9 11.3 33.5 18.7 20.9 7.6 2.9 0.2 100.0C% 1.1 1.8 2.0 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.9

OVER 40 70 194 886 434 410 141 67 12 2,214R% 3.2 8.8 40.0 19.6 18.5 6.4 3.0 0.5 100.0C% 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2

UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0R% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0C% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

TOTAL 54,495 78,945 206,947 192,544 349,056 243,728 249,643 36,465 1,411,823R% 3.9 5.6 14.7 13.6 24.7 17.3 17.7 2.6 100.0C% 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

TABLE 10-BDISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS BY AGE AND FAMILY INCOME


FAMILY INCOME


$1,001 - 3,000

$3,001 - 6,000

$6,001 - 9,000

$9,001 - 15,000

$15,001 - 20,000

$20,001 - 30,000 $30,001+ TOTAL

UNDER 17 865 971 1,180 492 369 72 9 0 3,958R% 21.9 24.5 29.8 12.4 9.3 1.8 0.2 0.0 100.0C% 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3

17 869 473 247 46 29 2 0 0 1,666R% 52.2 28.4 14.8 2.8 1.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 100.0C% 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

18 4,948 3,648 2,182 378 217 17 0 0 11,390R% 43.4 32.0 19.2 3.3 1.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 100.0C% 2.2 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9

19 12,338 11,318 8,072 1,719 1,112 97 2 0 34,658R% 35.6 32.7 23.3 5.0 3.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 100.0C% 5.6 3.9 2.0 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.6

20 17,981 21,399 18,645 4,990 3,437 348 2 0 66,802R% 26.9 32.0 27.9 7.5 5.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 100.0C% 8.1 7.4 4.6 2.7 1.9 0.8 0.0 0.0 5.0

21 22,281 30,798 31,231 9,813 6,492 835 8 0 101,458R% 22.0 30.4 30.8 9.7 6.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 100.0C% 10.1 10.6 7.7 5.2 3.6 1.9 0.2 0.0 7.6

22 22,685 32,937 37,851 12,943 9,650 1,420 22 0 117,508R% 19.3 28.0 32.2 11.0 8.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 100.0C% 10.3 11.3 9.3 6.9 5.3 3.3 0.4 0.0 8.8

23 19,013 27,639 35,231 13,576 11,119 1,839 49 0 108,466R% 17.5 25.5 32.5 12.5 10.3 1.7 0.0 0.0 100.0C% 8.6 9.5 8.6 7.2 6.2 4.3 1.0 0.0 8.1

24 15,209 22,033 31,010 12,734 11,120 2,186 56 0 94,348R% 16.1 23.4 32.9 13.5 11.8 2.3 0.1 0.0 100.0C% 6.9 7.6 7.6 6.8 6.2 5.1 1.1 0.0 7.1

25 12,647 18,194 27,071 11,918 10,900 2,130 81 0 82,941R% 15.2 21.9 32.6 14.4 13.1 2.6 0.1 0.0 100.0C% 5.7 6.3 6.6 6.3 6.0 5.0 1.6 0.0 6.2

26 11,268 16,049 24,613 11,052 10,763 2,303 119 1 76,168R% 14.8 21.1 32.3 14.5 14.1 3.0 0.2 0.0 100.0C% 5.1 5.5 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.4 2.4 0.8 5.7

27 10,335 14,142 22,379 10,636 10,615 2,420 114 1 70,642R% 14.6 20.0 31.7 15.1 15.0 3.4 0.2 0.0 100.0C% 4.7 4.9 5.5 5.7 5.9 5.6 2.3 0.8 5.3

28 9,255 12,486 20,637 10,202 10,404 2,336 165 0 65,485R% 14.1 19.1 31.5 15.6 15.9 3.6 0.3 0.0 100.0C% 4.2 4.3 5.1 5.4 5.8 5.4 3.3 0.0 4.9

29 7,956 10,619 18,070 9,484 9,940 2,404 164 1 58,638R% 13.6 18.1 30.8 16.2 17.0 4.1 0.3 0.0 100.0C% 3.6 3.7 4.4 5.0 5.5 5.6 3.3 0.8 4.4

30 7,140 9,252 16,484 8,969 9,443 2,441 167 1 53,897R% 13.2 17.2 30.6 16.6 17.5 4.5 0.3 0.0 100.0C% 3.2 3.2 4.0 4.8 5.2 5.7 3.3 0.8 4.0

31-40 35,459 44,119 86,593 53,141 57,227 16,449 2,253 26 295,267R% 12.0 14.9 29.3 18.0 19.4 5.6 0.8 0.0 100.0C% 16.1 15.2 21.3 28.3 31.7 38.3 44.8 21.7 22.1

OVER 40 10,487 14,323 25,884 15,850 17,880 5,648 1,823 90 91,985R% 11.4 15.6 28.1 17.2 19.4 6.1 2.0 0.1 100.0C% 4.8 4.9 6.4 8.4 9.9 13.2 36.2 75.0 6.9

UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0R% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0C% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

TOTAL 220,736 290,400 407,380 187,943 180,717 42,947 5,034 120 1,335,277R% 16.5 21.7 30.5 14.1 13.5 3.2 0.4 0.0 100.0C% 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

TABLE 10-CDISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS BY AGE AND FAMILY INCOME


FAMILY INCOME

CHAPTJ::R 3

MISCELLANEOUS


TABLE U


by Family Income and Dependent Student Earnings


Table 11 presents a distribution of Pell Grant recipients by family income

and dependent student earnings. Dependent student earnings include the sum of

the student' s and spouse's 1983 taxable and nontaxable income, minus the

amount of 1983 Federai taxes paid. Dependent reCipients who did.not' repo,rt

earnlngs--about 55 percent of all dependents~-are not included in the table.

ApproximatelY 80 percent of dependents reporting earnings, (36 percent of

all dependetits) had earnings of $1 to $4,000, while :?Opercent (9 percent of

all dependents) reported earnings over $4,000.

Depetident recipients who reported earnings tended to have higher family

incomes than dependents with no earnings. Approximately 43 percent of

students with earnings had family incomes over $15,000 compared with

33 percent who did not report earnings.

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FAMILY INCOME $1 - 500 $501 - 1,000

$1,001 - 1,500

$1,001 - 2,000

$2,001 - 3,200

$3,201 - 4,000

$4,001 - 5,000

$5,000 - 7,500

$7,501 - 10,000 $10,000 + TOTAL

LESS THAN $1,001 2,833 3,449 2,923 2,668 4,966 2,271 1,835 2,318 919 564 24,746R% 11.45 13.94 11.81 10.78 20.07 9.18 7.42 9.37 3.71 2.28 100.00C% 4.84 4.03 3.62 3.57 3.47 3.37 3.61 4.56 0.00 5.99 3.89

$1,001 - 3,000 2,592 3,679 3,331 3,068 5,856 2,520 2,155 2,793 1,046 512 27,552R% 9.41 13.35 12.09 11.14 21.25 9.15 7.82 10.14 3.80 1.86 100.00C% 4.43 4.30 4.12 4.10 4.09 3.74 4.24 5.49 0.00 5.43 4.33

$3,001 - 6,000 6,677 9,848 8,487 7,497 14,222 7,394 6,710 8,025 2,571 1,381 72,812R% 9.17 13.53 11.66 10.30 19.53 10.15 9.22 11.02 3.53 1.90 100.00C% 11.42 11.51 10.50 10.02 9.94 10.96 13.20 15.78 0.00 14.66 11.44

$6,001 - 9,000 6,851 10,459 9,347 8,190 15,894 7,771 6,814 7,897 2,431 1,073 76,727R% 8.93 13.63 12.18 10.67 20.72 10.13 8.88 10.29 3.17 1.40 100.00C% 11.72 12.22 11.57 10.95 11.11 11.52 13.40 15.53 0.00 11.39 12.05

$9,001 - 15,000 14,131 21,311 19,967 18,502 35,468 17,699 13,954 12,692 3,947 2,688 160,359R% 8.81 13.29 12.45 11.54 22.12 11.04 8.70 7.91 2.46 1.68 100.00C% 24.16 24.91 24.71 24.73 24.79 26.24 27.45 24.96 0.00 28.53 25.19

$15,001 - 20,000 11,224 16,301 15,931 15,034 28,822 13,591 9,257 8,085 2,233 1,616 122,094R% 9.19 13.35 13.05 12.31 23.61 11.13 7.58 6.62 1.83 1.32 100.00C% 19.19 19.05 19.72 20.10 20.14 20.15 18.21 15.90 0.00 17.15 19.18

$20,001 - 30,000 12,328 17,774 17,955 17,032 32,473 14,018 8,700 7,817 1,860 1,421 131,378R% 9.38 13.53 13.67 12.96 24.72 10.67 6.62 5.95 1.42 1.08 100.00C% 21.08 20.77 22.22 22.77 22.69 20.79 17.11 15.37 0.00 15.08 20.64

$30,001 + 1,844 2,739 2,858 2,823 5,385 2,176 1,418 1,219 269 168 20,899R% 8.82 13.11 13.68 13.51 25.77 10.41 6.79 5.83 1.29 0.80 100.00C% 3.15 3.20 3.54 3.77 3.76 3.23 2.79 2.40 0.00 1.78 3.28

TOTAL 58,480 85,560 80,799 74,814 143,086 67,440 50,843 50,846 15,276 9,423 636,567R% 9.19 13.44 12.69 11.75 22.48 10.59 7.99 7.99 2.40 1.48 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 11

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS BY FAMILY INCOME AND DEPENDENT STUDENT EARNINGSAWARD YEAR 1984-85

DEPENDENT STUDENT EARNINGS

TABLE 12

Summary Statistics for Pell Grant Applicants

Reporting Veteran's Benefits


Table 12 presents. data on Pell Grant applicapts reporting Veteran's Educa

tional Benefits (VEB). During aliard p~riod 1984-85, 123,721 applicants,

constituting approKimately 2 percent of all Pell Grant applicants, reported

VEB on an official application. Four of every five (79 percent) applicants

reporting VEB were independent.

In 1983-84, 126,852 applicants reported VEB on an official application.

The 2.5 percent decrease in applicants reportingVEB in 1984-85 -- and similar

decreases in 1983-84 and 1982-83 -- is a result of the phaseout of the GI Bill

education program.

Over B percent of the applications listing VEB were returned for insuffi

cient data and never resubmitted for processing. By comparison, about 10

percent of the entire Pell Grant population were in this category. Almost 69

percent of all applicants with VEB were qualified to receive Pell Grants, with

a higher proportion of independent.(71 percent) than dependent (59 percent)

applicants in this group. This continues the 1983-84 pattern in which

independent applicants were more likely to qualify than dependents.

As in 1983-84, approximately 81 percent of the qualified applicants who

reported VEB received a Pel1 Grant, with dependent and independent applicants

approKimately equally likely to receive a grant.

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• Qualified applicants reporting VEB who received grants:

1984-1985

Dependent

Independent

Total

Dependent

Independent

69,127

12,952

56,175

1983-1984

72,695

11,707

60,988

(81.3% of all qualified applicants with

VEB)

(82.5% of qualified dependent

appl~cants with VEB)

(81.1% of qualified independent

applicants with VEB)


VEB)



(82.1% of ~ualified independent


Veterans were selected for validation at a lower rate than the general

Pell Grant population. Approximately 22 percent of qualified veterans were

selected compared_to 29 percent of all qualified Pell Grant applicants.

Dependent applicants reporting VEB were selected for validation at a slightly

higher rate than independent applicants. This ye~r the rate at which

applicants reporting YEB are selectedfor validation is about the same as the

rate in 1983-84.

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• Applicants reporting VEB who were selected for validation:

1984-1985

Total

Dependent

Independent

Total

Dependent

Independent

18,972

4,326

14,646

1983-:-1984

18,315

3,336

14,979


VEB)

(27.6% of all qualified dependent


(21.1% of all. qualified independent


(20.7% of all qualified applicants

with VEB)

(23.4% of all qualified dependent

applicantS with VEB)


with VEB)

The average grant for recipients reporting VEB was $1,091, slightly less

than the general Pell Grant population average of $1,111. In 1983-84, the

average grant for-recipients repor~ing VEB was $1,037 and the average grant

for all Pell Grant recipients was $1,083.

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DEPENDENT INDEPENDENT TOTAL

NUMBER OF APPLICANTS

26,305 97,416 123,721


23,188 90,155 113,343

NUMBER AND PERCENT OFQUALIFIED 15,701 69,275 84,976APPLICANTS 59.69 71.11 68.68

NUMBER AND PERCENT OFNON-QUALIFIED 7,487 20,880 28,367APPLICANTS 28.46 21.43 22.93

NUMBER AND PERCENT OF

3,117 7,261 10,378

11.85 7.45 8.39


1,597 4,201 5,798

NUMBER OF APPLICANTSSELECTED FOR VALIDATION 4,326 14,646 18,972

NUMBER OF PELL GRANTRECIPIENTS 12,952 56,175 69,127

TOTAL EXPENDITURES $13,867,859 $61,549,771 $75,417,630

AVERAGE GRANT $1,071 $1,096 $1,091

SUBMITTING UNOFFICIAL APPLICATIONS

NEVER RE-SUBMITTED FOR PROCESSING

SUBMITTING OFFICIAL APPLICATIONS

SUBMITTING VALID APPLICATIONS

TABLE 12SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR PELL GRANT APPLICANTS

REPORTING VETERAN'S BENEFITSAWARD YEAR 1984-85

APPLICATIONS RETURNED FOR INSUFFICIENT DATA

TABLE 13

Summary Statistics for Pell Grant Applicants

Reporting Student Social Security Benefits


Table 13 displays information on Pell Grant applicants reporting student

Social Security Benefits (SSB).

During award pedod 1984-85,83,848 applicants, constituting 1.5 percent

of the Pell Grant applicant pop~lation, reported SSB on an official

application. This is.a substantial decrease from 1983-84 when 165,077

applicants (3 percent) reported SSB, and reflects the phase-out of the Social

Security educational benefits program.

Seventy-four percent of the applicants reporting SSB were dependent. By

comparison, dependent applicants accounted for only 21 percent of those

reporting Veteran's Educational Benefits. (See Table 12)

The applications of 7 percent of those reporting SSB were returned for

insufficient data and never resubmitted for processing_ By comparison) 10

percent of the applications of all Pell Grant applications were in this

category. Almost 73 percent of all applicants with SSB were qualified to

receive Pell Grants, with a higher proportion of independent (85 percent) than

dependent (68 percent) applicants in this category. By compacison, 64 peccent .

of the total applicant population qualified for a grant.

Approximately 83 percent of the qualified applicants who reported SSB

received Pell Grants, with a higher proportion of qualified dependent than

independent students eventually receiving awards. This is similar to the

1983-84 data.

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• Qualified applicants reporting SSB who received a grant:

1984-1985

Total

Dependent

Independent

Total

Dependent

Independent

50,374

35,879

14,495

1983-1984

104,596

78,574

26,022

(82•.8% of all qualified applicants with

SSB)

(85.1% of qualified dependent appli

cants with SSB)


applicants wi th SSB)

..(84.6% of all qualified applicants

with SSB)


cants withSSB)


applicants with SSB)

Applicants who reported SSB were selected for validation at about the same

rate as applicants in general. Over 29 percent of all qualified Pel1 Grant

applicants were selected for validation compared to 30 percent of all

applicants with SSB. A review of Table 12 reveals that applicants with SSB

were selected for validation at a higher rate than applicants with VEB.

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,--_.

• Applicants reporting SSB who were selected for validation:

1984-1985

Total

Dependent

Independent

Total

Dependent

Inde pendent

18,307

11,829

6,478

1983';'1984

20,297

14,480

5,817


SSB)


cants with SSB)

(34.7% of qualified independent app1i

.cants with.SSB)

, .


withSSB)



(l8.0% of qualified independent


The average grant for Pell Grant recipients reporting SSB was $1,236. By

comparison, the average grant for_the entire recipient population was

$1,111. As with the Pell Grant population in general, independent recipients

reporting SSB received larger grants on average ($1,347) than their dependent

counterparts ($1,191).

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DEPENDENT INDEPENDENT TOTAL


61,980 21,868 83,848


57,978 20,101 78,079

NUMBER AND PERCENT OFQUALIFIED 42,185 18,685 60,870APPLICANTS 68.06 85.44 72.60

NUMBER AND PERCENT OFNON-QUALIFIED 15,793 1,416 17,209APPLICANTS 25.48 6.48 20.52


4,002 1,767 5,769

6.46 8.08 6.88


4,163 1,382 5,545

NUMBER OF APPLICANTSSELECTED FOR VALIDATION 11,829 6,478 18,307

NUMBER OF PELL GRANTRECIPIENTS 35,879 14,495 50,374

TOTAL EXPENDITURES $42,729,842 $19,527,100 $62,256,942

AVERAGE GRANT $1,191 $1,347 $1,236





TABLE 13SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR PELL GRANT APPLICANTS

REPORTING STUDENT SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITSAWARD YEAR 1984-85


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TABLE 14

Distribution of Pell Grant Applicants By

Eligibility Status and Income Range


Table- 14 presents a distribut.ion of Pell Grant_ applicants by eligibility

status and income range. This table is based on data from a 1984-85

Management Inf.ormation System repor.t from the Pell._ Grant -Application

Processirig System. It employs income categories which differ from those on

the other tables in this report.

Table 14 shows that 7 of every 10 appltcants were qualified to receive- a

Pell Grant in 1984-85. Independent applicants qualified at a much higher rate

than dependent applicants. Although dependent applicants outnumbered

independent appli.cants by nearly 700,000, over 140,000 more independents than

dependents were qualified to receive a Pell Grant.

) Table 14 also shows that low income applicants were much more likely to be

q-ualified. Over one-half of all qualified applicants reported a family income

of $7,500 or less; only one-fifth had an income of over $15,000. While

qualified dependent applicants were evenly distributed across income ranges,

qualified independents were clustered in the low income ranges. Seventy-eight

percent of all qualified independe~ts had incomes of $7,500 or less; only 4

percent reported incomes over $15,000.

A review of 1983-84 data shows that the distribution of applicants by

income changed little between years.

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.. Qualified applicants with family incomes of $7,500 or less:

1984-1985

Total

Dependent

Independent

1,939,790 (55.2% of all qualified applicants)

518,293 (30.7% of qualified dependents)

1,421,497 (77.7% of qualified independents)

1983-1984

Total

Dependent

. Independent

1,964,1l5

554,684

1,409,431

(55,5% of all qualified applicants)

(31.6% of qualified dependent>s).·

(78.9% of· qualified independents)

.. Qualified applicants with family incomes of over $15,000:

1984-85

Total

Dependent

Independent

Total

Dependent

Independent

711,824

638,479

73,345

198~-84

698,233

642,834

55,399

(20.2% of all qualified applicants)

(37.8% of qualified dependents)

(4.0% of qualified independents)

(19.7% of all qualified applicants)

(36.6% of qualified dependents)

(3.1% of qualified independents)

Nearly all applicants who reported low family incomes qualified for a Pel I

Grant. The small percentage who did not qualify most likely reported a large

amount of net assets. . Just over one-third of the applicants in the over

$15,000 income group qualified. Most who qualified with high incomes were

likely to report a large household size, more than one family member in

college, few liquid assets, and/or very high medical and dental expenses.

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• Qualified applicants as part of all applicants with family incQmes of

$7,500 or less:

1984-1985

Total

Dependent

Independent

1,939,790 (98.9% of all applicants with incomes

of $7,500 or less)

518,293 (98.5% of dependent applicants with

incomes of $7,500 or less)

1,421,497 (99.0% .of independent applicants with


. 1983-1984 ..

Total

Dependent

Independent

1,964,115 (98.3% of all applicants with incomeS

of $7,5.00 or less)

554,684 (98.3% of dependent applicants with

incomes of $7,500 or lesS)

1,409,431 (98.4% of independent applicants with·


• Qualified applicants as a percentage of all applicants with family

.incomes over $15,000:

1984-1985

Total

Dependent

Independent

711,824

638,479

73,345

(36.6% of all applicants with incomes

of $15,000 or more)

(37.5% of dependent applicants with

incomes of $15,000 or more)

(30.5% of independent applicants with


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Total

Dependent

Independent

1983-1984

698,233 (39.3% of all applicants with incomes

of $15,000 or more)

642,834 (37.7% of dependent. applicants with

incomes of $15,000 or mOre)

55,399 (25.9% of independent applicants with


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ALL APPLICANTS

$0 - 4,000 $4,001 - 7,500

$7,501 - 10,000

$10,001 - 12,000

$12,001 - 15,000

$15,001 - 20,000

$20,001 - 25,000

$25,001 - 30,000

$30,001 - 35,000 $35,000 + TOTAL

TOTAL QUALIFIEDAPPLICANTS 1,134,980 804,810 330,312 229,352 305,558 355,566 209,200 101,353 33,940 11,765 3,516,836

PERCENT OF TOTALQUALIFIED APPLICANTS 32.3 22.9 9.4 6.5 8.7 10.1 5.9 2.9 1.0 0.3 100.0

TOTAL APPLICANTS 1,140,048 821,709 397,402 268,287 358,688 480,327 375,626 319,823 244,091 524,424 4,930,425

PERCENT OF TOTAL APPLICANTS 23.1 16.7 8.1 5.4 7.3 9.7 7.6 6.5 5.0 10.6 100.0

DEPENDENT APPLICANTS

$0 - 4,000 $4,001 - 7,500

$7,501 - 10,000

$10,001 - 12,000

$12,001 - 15,000

$15,001 - 20,000

$20,001 - 25,000

$25,001 - 30,000

$30,001 - 35,000 $35,000 + TOTAL

TOTAL QUALIFIEDAPPLICANTS 222,126 296,167 188,022 140,965 202,125 290,908 201,856 100,304 33,725 11,686 1,687,884


TOTAL APPLICANTS 224,488 301,753 197,815 153,170 228,693 356,710 316,778 288,514 229,778 511,861 2,809,560


INDEPENDENT APPLICANTS

$0 - 4,000 $4,001 - 7,500

$7,501 - 10,000

$10,001 - 12,000

$12,001 - 15,000

$15,001 - 20,000

$20,001 - 25,000

$25,001 - 30,000

$30,001 - 35,000 $35,000 + TOTAL

TOTAL QUALIFIEDAPPLICANTS 912,854 508,643 142,290 88,387 103,433 64,658 7,344 1,049 215 79 1,828,952


TOTAL APPLICANTS 915,560 519,956 199,587 115,117 129,995 123,617 58,848 31,309 14,313 12,563 2,120,865


INCOME RANGE

INCOME RANGE

TABLE 14DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT APPLICANTS

ALL APPLICANTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85BY ELIGIBILITY STATUS AND INCOME RANGE

INCOME RANGE

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TABLE 15

Pell Grant Recipient Enrollment Status

By Type and Control of Institution

Award Period 19B4-85

Table 15 shows the distribution of Pell Grant recipients by enrollment

status and type and control of institution attended.

The table shows that 83 percent of recipients were full time students,

2.6 percent were three-quarter time students in 1984-85, and 3.4 percept ,were

half-time students. Approximately 11 percent of recipients had no reported

enrollment status otchanged their status within the award year. (For

example, went from full-time status during the fall semester to half-time

status during the spring). These students have been excluded from Table 15.-

Full-time recipients tended to be~ dependent (55 percent) more often than

independent (45 percent). However, a greater proportion of three quarter time

recipients were independent (68 percent) than dependent (32 percent). Half

time ~ecipients also Were more than three times more likely to be independent

(76 percent) than dependent (24 percent).

In addition, full-time recipients were more likely to attend institutions

which offer programs of four years or more (56 percent) as opposed to

three-quarter-time recipients (32 percent) or half~time recipients

(29 percent).

Attendance patterns also vary considerably by whether the school was

public, private, non-profit or profit-making. Of total full-time recipients,

59 percent attended public institutions', 21 percent attended private,

nonprofit institutions and 20 percent attended private, profit~making

institutions. The proportions change with_ three-quarter time and half-time

students. Sixty-nine percent of three-quarter time students attended public

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schools, 16 percent were enrolled in. private, non-profit schools, ind 16

percent attended profit-making schools. Of the half-time students, 71 percent

attended public institutions, 13 percent attended private, nonprofit

institutions, and 16 percent attended private, profit-making institutions.

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TOTAL DEPENDENTS INDEPENDENTS TOTAL DEPENDENTS INDEPENDENTS TOTAL DEPENDENTS INDEPENDENTS

TOTAL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 1,344,022 759,219 584,803 48,526 15,520 33,006 66,384 15,152 51,232

FIVE YEARS OR MORE 710,780 443,245 267,535 10,461 3,794 6,667 12,658 2,900 9,758

FOUR-YEAR NO GRADUATE 131,722 83,921 47,801 2,593 910 1,683 3,962 873 3,089

1,630 582 1,048 167 24 143 234 26 208

TWO YEARS BUT LESS THAN THREE YEARS 478,984 224,763 254,221 34,884 10,657 24,227 48,762 11,147 37,615

ONE YEAR BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS 14,623 4,561 10,062 295 103 192 586 147 439

SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 6,283 2,147 4,136 126 32 94 182 59 123

TOTAL PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT 475,935 323,257 152,678 10,952 3,718 7,234 12,634 2,809 9,825

FIVE YEARS OR MORE 191,449 136,002 55,447 4,410 1,755 2,655 4,329 1,070 3,259

FOUR-YEAR NO GRADUATE 227,925 155,935 71,990 4,651 1,502 3,149 5,967 1,233 4,734

4,523 2,745 1,778 67 24 43 134 38 96

TWO YEARS BUT LESS THAN THREE YEARS 41,606 24,495 17,111 1,524 338 1,186 1,962 396 1,566


SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 2,218 688 1,530 101 17 84 90 23 67

TOTAL PRIVATE, PROFIT-MAKING 451,842 163,748 288,094 11,159 3,530 7,629 14,624 4,449 10,175

FIVE YEARS OR MORE 1,276 350 926 79 9 70 21 1 20

FOUR-YEAR NO GRADUATE 16,171 9,048 7,123 535 151 384 150 70 80

3,638 1,724 1,914 54 30 24 120 38 82

TWO YEARS BUT LESS THAN THREE YEARS 145,197 60,120 85,077 2,148 728 1,420 3,110 941 2,169

ONE YEAR BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS 114,651 41,602 73,049 2,672 916 1,756 3,825 1,282 2,543

SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 170,909 50,904 120,005 5,671 1,696 3,975 7,398 2,117 5,281

TOTAL 2,271,799 1,246,224 1,025,575 70,637 22,768 47,869 93,642 22,410 71,232

FULL TIME THREE QUARTER TIME HALF TIME

THREE YEARS BUT LESS THAN FOUR YEARS



TABLE 15PELL GRANT RECIPIENT ENROLLMENT STATUS

BY TYPE AND CONTROL OF INSTITUTIONALL INSTITUTIONS - AWARD PERIOD 1984-85

TYPE OF INSTITUTION

GHAPTER 4

DISTRIBUTION OF VALIDATED PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS·

BY INCOME AND GRANT LEVEL

AWARD PERIOD 1984-1985..

TAIlLE 16

Distribution of Validated Pell Grant Recipients

By Income and Grant Level


Table 16 examines the relationship of family income to grant level for

validated recipients during 1984-8.5. Recipients· who were not selected for

validation--71 percent of the population--are not included on the table.

The table suggestS that low income students were less likely to be

selectedfor validation .than those reporting a high income. Approxima~ely 39

percent of all validated recipients repo·rted incomes .of $6,000 or less. By

comparison, 49 percent of-' the ·nonvalidated recipients had incomes in this

range. Likewise, the proportion of validated students reporting incomes

greater than $15,000 (27 percent) was greater than the proportion of

nonvalidatedstudents (19 percent) with incomes in this range •

.The distribution of validated and nonvalidated recipients by grant level

was very similar. Approximately 11 percent of both validated and nonvalidated

stddents received the maximum grant of $1,900. Likewise, the proportion of

validated students receiving grants less than $800 (29 percent) was similar to

the proportion of nonvalidated students with grants in this range (33

percent).

As with the recipient population in general, the higher the validated

recipients' family income the lower the potential grant. Validated recipients

with incomes over $15,000 comprised 27 percent of all validated students but

received. only 2 percent of all maximum awards disbursed to validated

students. Validated recipients with incomes of $6,000 or less, on the other

hand, made up 39 percent of the population and received 69 percent of the

maximum awards. The distribution of grant level and family income for

validated recipients in 1984-85 was consistent with the distribution in 1983

84.

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LESS THAN $1,001 3,401 11,780 9,861 7,620 11,543 9,946 15,849 16,274 86,274R% 3.94 13.65 11.43 8.83 13.38 11.53 18.37 18.86 100.00C% 5.17 7.22 9.30 8.07 11.31 11.59 16.76 19.34 10.84

$1,001 - 3,000 2,963 11,746 10,623 7,461 10,578 8,672 11,745 16,609 80,397R% 3.69 14.61 13.21 9.28 13.16 10.79 14.61 20.66 100.00C% 4.51 7.19 10.02 7.90 10.36 10.11 12.42 19.74 10.10

$3,001 - 6,000 5,949 22,861 19,183 13,972 19,477 16,348 19,397 24,768 141,955R% 4.19 16.10 13.51 9.84 13.72 11.52 13.66 17.45 100.00C% 9.05 14.00 18.09 14.79 19.08 19.05 20.51 29.44 17.83

$6,001 - 9,000 7,593 19,877 14,652 11,944 12,871 11,818 15,474 14,749 108,978R% 6.97 18.24 13.44 10.96 11.81 10.84 14.20 13.53 100.00C% 11.55 12.18 13.82 12.65 12.61 13.77 16.36 17.53 13.69

$9,001 - 15,000 11,589 32,409 20,013 21,399 23,041 22,829 23,466 10,221 164,967R% 7.03 19.65 12.13 12.97 13.97 13.84 14.22 6.20 100.00C% 17.63 19.85 18.87 22.66 22.57 26.60 24.82 12.15 20.72

$15,001 - 20,000 10,817 24,604 14,868 17,096 14,980 11,549 7,025 1,290 102,229R% 10.58 24.07 14.54 16.72 14.65 11.30 6.87 1.26 100.00C% 16.45 15.07 14.02 18.10 14.67 13.46 7.43 1.53 12.84

$20,001 - 30,000 18,710 34,297 15,096 13,885 9,181 4,551 1,579 210 97,509R% 19.19 35.17 15.48 14.24 9.42 4.67 1.62 0.22 100.00C% 28.46 21.01 14.24 14.70 8.99 5.30 1.67 0.25 12.25

$30,001 + 4,724 5,681 1,748 1,077 430 101 23 11 13,795R% 34.24 41.18 12.67 7.81 3.12 0.73 0.17 0.08 100.00C% 7.19 3.48 1.65 1.14 0.42 0.12 0.02 0.01 1.73

TOTAL 65,746 163,255 106,044 94,454 102,101 85,814 94,558 84,132 796,104R% 8.26 20.51 13.32 11.86 12.83 10.78 11.88 10.57 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 16

DISTRIBUTION OF VALIDATED PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS BY FAMILY INCOME AND GRANT LEVELALL VALIDATED RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85

GRANT LEVEL

CHAPTER 5

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR TilE MULTIPLE DATA ENTRY SYSTEM


,"

TABLE 17

Multiple Data Entry Summary Statistics


Table 17 displays summary· statistics by Multiple Data Entry (MDE) source

for all Pell Grant applicants;

During the 1984~85 award period, students could apply for a Pell Grant

using one of four applications: The Application for Federal Student Aid

(Pell); American College Testing (ACT) Program's Family Financial Statement;

College Scholarship· Service's (CSS) Financial. Aid Form; or the Pennsylvania

Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) form.· This arrangement is called. . . . .-

Multiple Data Entry (MDE).

Table 17 shows ·that CSS's system was used most frequently by students

submitting an officialPell Gr,mt application (41 percent) followed in order

by Pell (39 percent), ACT (1& percent) and PHEAA (4 percent).

Not all applicants receive Pell Grants. A student's application may be

returned for insufficient data and never resubmitted for processing. Or a

student might submit a valid application (one with complete and sufficient

data), but not qualify for a Pell Grant. Finally, a student might submit a

valid application ~ndqualify; but. not receive a grant because the student did

not enroll, did not submit a ~tudent Aid Report to the institution, or was

found ineligible by the institution for other reasons. (For example, the

institution determined that the student was not making satisfactory academic

progress).

Table 17 shows that the proportion of applicants who became recipients in

1984-85 differed according to··the application the student used. Students

using the Federal (Pell) application were least likely to "drop out."

Approximately 57 percent of the students using this form became recipients.

ACT applicants were next, with 50.7 percent becoming recipients, followed by

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followed by PHEAA with 43.8 percent and CSS with 43.2 percent. These

recipient to applicant ratios were similar in 1983-84.

The rate at which applications were returned for insufficient data and not

resubmitted to the processor did not differ markedly by form used. CSS appli

cants were most often in this category (12 percent); PHEAA applicants were

least often (6 percent).

The proportion of non-qualified applicants, however, did differ substan

tially by MOE application. Roughly one-third of the students submitting an

ACT, CSS, or PHEAA form did not qualify for a grant. Students using the

Federal (Pell) form, however, were much more successful: only 13 percent of

the applicants in this- group were non-qualified. As. Table 18 suggests,;, •.

students using the Federal form tended to have lower incomes than other

applicants, a likely explanation for the high rate at which they qualified •

. These data are consistent with data from 1983-84.

Although students using the Federal form were most likely to submit

qualified applications, they were least likely to receive a Pell Grant once a

qualified application had been obtained. Approximately 28 percent of the

qualified applicants who were processed thtoughthe Pell system never received

a Pell Grant. By comparison, 21 percent of the qualified PHEAA applicants, 17

percent of the qualified ACT applicants, and 19 percent of the qualified CSS

applicants never ~eceived a grant.

Table 17 also shows that average grant differed somewhat by application

source. The largest average grants went to students processed by PHEAA

($1,164), followed by CSS ($1,141), ACT ($1,116) and Pell ($1,083). These

data are consistent with 1983-84 findings.

The rate at which qualified applicants were selected for validation was

similar by MOE application. Students using the CSS system were most often

selected (35 percent of qualified applicants) and students applying with the

Pel1 application, who tend to .have lower incomes, were least often selected

(25 percent of qualified applicants).

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PELL ACT CSS PHEAA TOTAL


2,169,870 869,970 2,251,524 222,665 5,514,029


2,003,594 788,089 1,980,747 208,927 4,981,357

NUMBER AND PERCENT OFQUALIFIED 1,711,199 531,128 1,193,406 122,653 3,558,386APPLICANTS 78.86 61.05 53.00 55.08 64.53

NUMBER AND PERCENT OFNON-QUALIFIED 292,395 256,961 787,341 86,274 1,422,971APPLICANTS 13.48 29.54 34.97 38.75 25.81


166,276 81,881 270,777 13,738 532,672

7.66 9.41 12.03 6.17 9.66


125,510 47,681 81,271 45,023 299,485

NUMBER OF APPLICANTSSELECTED FOR VALIDATION 430,764 165,060 415,967 34,289 1,046,080

NUMBER OF PELL GRANTRECIPIENTS 1,236,706 441,048 971,815 97,531 2,747,100

TOTAL EXPENDITURES $1,338,864,986 $492,037,501 $1,108,534,578 $113,561,987 $3,052,999,052

AVERAGE GRANT $1,083 $1,116 $1,141 $1,164 $1,111





TABLE 17MULTIPLE DATA ENTRY SUMMARY STATISTICS

ALL APPLICANTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85


SOURCE

CSSPELL

f3F~E:AI<DOWN OF APT'JL.lCANTS F' MULTIPLE: DATA EJHRY

AI'W OUTCOMr,: OF APPLICATION F)ROCF:SSING

AWARD PE::RIOD 1984-'-85

474fY.\ ;- I 97.

1;136,706 577.

270,777 12:1

971,815 43.2:1

787,341 35:1

221,591 9,87.

166J!.76 7,77.

292139; 13.57.

~

<.nI.,.

ACT

l£GENO""!II _ """"'''''''~ aJ.IlJfIa> N'PUCN/r.l !'Of flEt!MNIl ___<J~ N'PUC!HI'S....~ HOT __• VAUll. """'"

PHEAA

441,048 50.77. 97,531 43.8:1

25,'22 1L~:I

81,881 9A:I13,738 6.2:1

25"1961 29.57. 8~274 38.7:1

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TABLE 18


Family Income and Multiple Data Entry Application


l8A - Total

18B - Dependent

18C - Independent

Tables l8A, l8B, and' l8C present the distribution of Pel! Grant rec~pie_nts

by family income and Multiple Data Entry application.

AlthoughCSS, was the source of mostPel1 Grant applications (see Table

17), the Federal (Pell) form was the most frequently used application by Pel!

Grant recipients., AsTable 18 shows, 45 percent used the Federal form, 35

percent CS,S's, form, 16 percent ACT's form, and 3.5 percent PilEAA's form.

Students using the Federal form were mostly independent, while the majority of

recipients processed byCSS, ACT, and PilEAA were dependent. In4ependents

,comprised 59 percent of all recipients using the Federal form, 43 percent of

ACT "recipients, 40 percent of CSS recipients, and 30 percent of PREAA

recipients.

The data also show that, as in 1983-84, recipients using the Federal form

were'most likely to, report a low family income and least likely to report a

relatively high income. PREAA applicants tended to report the highest

incomes.

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FAMILY INCOME PELL ACT CSS PHEAA TOTAL

LESS THAN $1,001 133,782 44,982 89,954 6,513 275,231R% 48.61 16.34 32.68 2.37 100.00C% 10.82 10.20 9.26 6.68 10.02

$1,001 - 3,000 201,860 52,061 107,612 7,812 369,345R% 54.65 14.10 29.14 2.12 100.00C% 16.32 11.80 11.07 8.01 13.44

$3,001 - 6,000 333,984 82,477 180,318 17,548 614,327R% 54.37 13.43 29.35 2.86 100.00C% 27.01 18.70 18.55 17.99 22.36

$6,001 - 9,000 188,052 57,207 124,482 10,746 380,487R% 49.42 15.04 32.72 2.82 100.00C% 15.21 12.97 12.81 11.02 13.85

$9,001 - 15,000 222,757 90,670 195,943 20,403 529,773R% 42.05 17.11 36.99 3.85 100.00C% 18.01 20.56 20.16 20.92 19.28

$15,001 - 20,000 92,006 53,920 125,839 14,910 286,675R% 32.09 18.81 43.90 5.20 100.00C% 7.44 12.23 12.95 15.29 10.44

$20,001 - 30,000 58,288 52,494 126,871 17,024 254,677R% 22.89 20.61 49.82 6.68 100.00C% 4.71 11.90 13.06 17.45 9.27

$30,001 + 5,977 7,237 20,796 2,575 36,585R% 16.34 19.78 56.84 7.04 100.00C% 0.48 1.64 2.14 2.64 1.33

TOTAL 1,236,706 441,048 971,815 97,531 2,747,100R% 45.02 16.06 35.38 3.55 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00



MULTIPLE DATA ENTRY APPLICATION

TABLE 18-A

BY FAMILY INCOME AND MULTIPLE DATA ENTRY APPLICATION


LESS THAN $1,001 17,770 14,304 20,858 1,563 54,495R% 32.61 26.25 38.28 2.87 100.00C% 3.53 5.64 3.56 2.27 3.86

$1,001 - 3,000 44,990 11,191 20,625 2,139 78,945R% 56.99 14.18 26.13 2.71 100.00C% 8.93 4.42 3.52 3.11 5.59

$3,001 - 6,000 110,092 27,554 61,644 7,657 206,947R% 53.20 13.31 29.79 3.70 100.00C% 21.84 10.87 10.53 11.13 14.66

$6,001 - 9,000 83,440 30,459 71,243 7,402 192,544R% 43.34 15.82 37.00 3.84 100.00C% 16.56 12.02 12.16 10.76 13.64

$9,001 - 15,000 118,926 63,644 149,933 16,553 349,056R% 34.07 18.23 42.95 4.74 100.00C% 23.60 25.11 25.60 24.07 24.72

$15,001 - 20,000 67,413 47,290 115,038 13,987 243,728R% 27.66 19.40 47.20 5.74 100.00C% 13.38 18.66 19.64 20.34 17.26

$20,001 - 30,000 55,442 51,752 125,553 16,896 249,643R% 22.21 20.73 50.29 6.77 100.00C% 11.00 20.42 21.44 24.57 17.68

$30,001 + 5,925 7,217 20,752 2,571 36,465R% 16.25 19.79 56.91 7.05 100.00C% 1.18 2.85 3.54 3.74 2.58

TOTAL 503,998 253,411 585,646 68,768 1,411,823R% 35.70 17.95 41.48 4.87 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 18-B

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS BY FAMILY INCOME AND MULTIPLE DATA ENTRY APPLICATION




LESS THAN $1,001 116,012 30,678 69,096 4,950 220,736R% 52.56 13.90 31.30 2.24 100.00C% 15.83 16.35 17.89 17.21 16.53

$1,001 - 3,000 156,870 40,870 86,987 5,673 290,400R% 54.02 14.07 29.95 1.95 100.00C% 21.41 21.78 22.53 19.72 21.75

$3,001 - 6,000 223,892 54,923 118,674 9,891 407,380R% 54.96 13.48 29.13 2.43 100.00C% 30.56 29.27 30.73 34.39 30.51

$6,001 - 9,000 104,612 26,748 53,239 3,344 187,943R% 55.66 14.23 28.33 1.78 100.00C% 14.28 14.26 13.79 11.63 14.08

$9,001 - 15,000 103,831 27,026 46,010 3,850 180,717R% 57.46 14.95 25.46 2.13 100.00C% 14.17 14.40 11.91 13.39 13.53

$15,001 - 20,000 24,593 6,630 10,801 923 42,947R% 57.26 15.44 25.15 2.15 100.00C% 3.36 3.53 2.80 3.21 3.22

$20,001 - 30,000 2,846 742 1,318 128 5,034R% 56.54 14.74 26.18 2.54 100.00C% 0.39 0.40 0.34 0.45 0.38

$30,001 + 52 20 44 4 120R% 43.33 16.67 36.67 3.33 100.00C% 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01

TOTAL 732,708 187,637 386,169 28,763 1,335,277R% 54.87 14.05 28.92 2.15 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 18-C

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS BY FAMILY INCOME AND MULTIPLE DATA ENTRY APPLICATION



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INSTITUTIONS PART~CIPATING IN THE PELL GRANT

PROGRAM - SUMMARY INFORMATION

1984-85

TABLE 19

Summary Statistics by Type of Institution


Table 19 displays summary data by type of institution for award period

1984-85.

The 2,181 schools which offered programs, of two to three years in duration

represented one-third of" all schools participating in the Pell Grant program,

the largest number of anyone type of institution. These institutions tend to

be public community colleges. Schools with six month to one year programs

constituted the second largest category. These schools, which tend to be

profit-making institutions offering vocational programs, represented one

fourth of all participating schools~ Four year institutions ranked third,

representing 15 percent of all schools in the program.

Although constituting only 12 percent of all institutions, five year

schools attracted 37 percent of all Pell Grant recipients. Most of the

schools in this category are large, state-funded universities. An average of

1,268 recipients were enrolled at these five year schools. This compares with

an average of 421 recipients at each four-year school without graduate

programs, 75 at each three- to four-year school, 423 at each two~ to three

year school, 193 at each one- to two-year school, 132 at each less than one

year school, and 36 at each school in the "Other" category. (Schools that did

nOt" report their institutional type to the Department of Education are

included in the "OtherU categor:r_)

Students attendingfour-year schools with no graduate program received the

highest average Pell Grants ($1,240). These institutions tend to be

privately-controlled with relatively high student costs. Those enrolled in

two- to three-year institutions were awarded the lowest average grants

($925). These schools tend to be publicly-controlled with relatively low

student costs. Total disbursements to students enrolled in five-year schools

in 1984-85. totalled over $1.2 billion, representing 40 percent of all Pell

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Grant expenditures, the largest among the institution types. TWo to three

year schools· received the next amount of Pell Grant funds (28 percent)

followed 'by four year schools (17 percent).

A comparison with data from 1983-84 shows. a 4.3 percent increase in the

number of institutions participating in the Pell Gnmt program, from 6,372 in

1983-84 to 6,646 in 1984-8).

A rise. in the number of schOols offering .programs less than three years

accounted for a majoritY" of the .overall increase. The number of institutions

i nthis category increased by 4.6 percent from 4,445 in 1983-84 to 4,649 in

1984-85, whi.lethe number of institutions with programs lasting three years or

longer increased 2.3 percent from-l,909 to 1,952. The number of institutions

in the "Other" category also increased--from 18 in 1983-84 to 45 in 1984-85~·

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TYPE OF INSTITUTION: NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS

TOTAL EXPENDITURES

NUMBER OF RECIPIENTS

AVERAGE GRANT

5 YEARS OR MORE 800 $1,218,860,338 1,014,256 $1,202

FOUR-YEAR NO GRADUATE PROGRAM 999 $521,899,797 420,863 $1,240

THREE YEARS BUT LESS THAN FOUR YEARS 153 $13,373,978 11,528 $1,160

TWO YEARS BUT LESS THAN THREE YEARS 2,181 $853,886,321 922,804 $925

ONE YEAR BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS 825 $185,551,802 158,883 $1,168

SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 1,643 $257,696,895 217,128 $1,187

OTHER 45 $1,729,921 1,638 $1,056

TOTAL 6,646 $3,052,999,052 2,747,100 $1,111

TABLE 19

SUMMARY STATISTICS BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION


TABLE 20

Pell Grant Expenditures, Recipients, and Average

Grant By Type and Control of Institution


20A - Total

20B - RDS

20C - ADS.

Table 20A summarizes information on Pell Grant expenditures, recipients,

and average grant by type and control of institution. Tables 20B and 20C show

the same summary asTable 20A, but for recipients enrolled in schools ~n4er

the Regular Disbursement System (RDS) and Alte.rnateDisbursement System (ADS),

respectively. As a point of reference, RDS institutions are responsible fOt"

computing Pell Grants and disbursing grants to their own students, whereas the

Department of Education complltes the grant for and disburses the funds to

students attending ADS schools. ADS schools tend to be small,non-traditional

schools, which do not have sufficient staff and resources to administer

financial aid programs. As in previous years, about 1 percent of all

recipients were enrolled in ADS institutions during award period 1984-85.

Table. 20A shows that 61 percent of all recipients attended public

institutions, 20 percent attended _private, non-profit schools and 19 percent

attended private profit~making schools. A higher percentage of dependent than

independent students--65 percent as opposed to 3S percent--were enrolled. in

private, non-profi.t schools. Likewise,_ dependents outnumbered independents in

public institutions--52 percent compared to 48 percent. However, the

proportion of independent students who attended private, profit-making

institutions was much greater than that of dependent students--64 percent as

opposed to 36 percent.

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The majority of RDS recipients were enrolled in public institutions where

as ADS recipients were enrolled· most often in private, non-profit

institutions. Recipients enrolled in profit-making schools comprised a

similar portion of theRDS and ADS populations. This distribution of RDS and

ADS recipients was similar in. 1983-84•

• ' Recipients enrolled in public institutions:

1984-85

RDS

ADS

RDS

ADS

.- 1,661,633

13,793

1,700,388

12,757

(61.2%' of RDS recipients)

(41.0% of ADS r.ecipients)

(62.4% of RDS recipients)

(35.8% of ADS recipients)

..

• Recipients enrolled in private, non-profit institutions-:

1984-85

RDS

ADS

RDS

ADS

529,320

14,045

1983-84

547,970

16,236





• Recipients enrolled in private, profit-making institutions:

1984-85

RDS

ADS

RDS

ADS

522,532

5,777

1983-84

474,928

6,627

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1--~ ---~~

There were 791,050 recipients enrolled in public schools with programs of

five-years' or more, comprising the largest group of recipients attending any

type of pUblic institution. By comparison, the largest group (254,313) of

recipients enrolled in private, non-profit schools went to four-year institu

tions without graduate programs. Most recipients (207,329) in private,

profit-makingschools were enrolled in institutions having programs six months

to a year in length. These figures show no major trend change frOm 1983-84.

Overall, the average Pell Grant was $l,Hl, with the highest average grant

($1,323) for students in one to two year programs in private" non-profit

institutions 'and the fowest· average grant ($763) for students enrolled in

programs of one year but-·less. than two ·years in public institutions. RDS • ~

recipients were awarded an average gral\t· of $1,114, an increase from 1983-84

when the average grant for RDS recipients was $1,086. The average grant for

ADS recipients in 1984-85 was $915, an increase from 1983-84 when the average

grant was $879.

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TOTAL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS $1,719,555,351 $887,643,718 $831,911,633 1,675,426 872,065 803,361 $1,026 $1,018 $1,036

FIVE YEARS OR MORE 924,468,952 528,397,513 396,071,439 791,050 474,236 316,814 1,169 1,114 1,250

FOUR-YEAR NO GRADUATE 171,446,133 101,312,978 70,133,155 147,697 90,007 57,690 1,161 1,126 1,216

2,403,897 721,293 1,682,604 2,525 760 1,765 952 949 953

TWO YEARS BUT LESS THAN THREE YEARS 601,861,092 251,133,815 350,727,277 709,751 299,321 410,430 848 839 855

ONE YEAR BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS 12,904,466 3,897,538 9,006,928 16,906 5,227 11,679 763 746 771

SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 6,225,844 2,083,186 4,142,658 7,138 2,370 4,768 872 879 869

OTHER 244,967 97,395 147,572 359 144 215 682 676 686

TOTAL PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT $699,842,404 $437,814,816 $262,027,588 543,365 350,542 192,823 $1,288 $1,249 $1,359



6,064,469 3,334,416 2,730,053 4,963 2,931 2,032 1,222 1,138 1,344

TWO YEARS BUT LESS THAN THREE YEARS 56,867,127 31,023,692 25,843,435 49,008 26,414 22,594 1,160 1,175 1,144

ONE YEAR BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS 12,446,388 5,102,637 7,343,751 9,409 3,927 5,482 1,323 1,299 1,340

SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 3,289,560 914,146 2,375,414 2,661 805 1,856 1,236 1,136 1,280

OTHER 139,923 37,357 102,566 118 29 89 1,186 1,288 1,152

TOTAL PRIVATE, PROFIT-MAKING $633,601,297 $223,137,432 $410,463,865 528,309 189,216 339,093 $1,199 $1,179 $1,210

FIVE YEARS OR MORE 410,721 26,472 384,249 313 22 291 1,312 1,203 1,320


4,905,612 2,236,278 2,669,334 4,040 1,897 2,143 1,214 1,179 1,246



SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 248,181,491 72,720,870 175,460,621 207,329 61,701 145,628 1,197 1,179 1,205

OTHER 1,345,031 409,346 935,685 1,161 360 801 1,159 1,137 1,168

TOTAL $3,052,999,052 $1,548,595,966 $1,504,403,086 2,747,100 1,411,823 1,335,277 $1,111 $1,097 $1,127

TABLE 20-APELL GRANT EXPENDITURES, RECIPIENTS, & AVERAGE GRANT BY TYPE & CONTROL OF INSTITUTION

ALL INSTITUTIONS - AWARD PERIOD 1984-85




TOTAL EXPENDITURES TOTAL RECIPIENTS AVERAGE GRANTTYPE OF INSTITUTION


TOTAL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS $1,710,644,560 $884,873,816 $825,770,744 1,661,633 867,391 794,242 $1,029 $1,020 $1,040



2,379,838 712,440 1,667,398 2,497 748 1,749 953 952 953


ONE YEAR BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS 11,407,493 3,491,542 7,915,951 14,482 4,467 10,015 788 782 790

SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 4,905,185 1,748,095 3,157,090 5,106 1,817 3,289 961 962 960

OTHER 235,698 94,387 141,311 345 140 205 683 674 689




5,970,991 3,271,354 2,699,637 4,871 2,864 2,007 1,226 1,142 1,345



SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 2,319,162 461,270 1,857,892 1,808 388 1,420 1,283 1,189 1,308

OTHER 121,340 29,927 91,413 103 22 81 1,178 1,360 1,129

TOTAL PRIVATE, PROFIT-MAKING $628,580,365 $221,474,841 $407,105,524 522,532 187,287 335,245 $1,203 $1,183 $1,214

FIVE YEARS OR MORE 410,721 26,472 384,249 313 22 291 1,312 1,203 1,320


4,905,612 2,236,278 2,669,334 4,040 1,897 2,143 1,214 1,179 1,246



SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 245,373,741 71,817,208 173,556,533 204,019 60,626 143,393 1,203 1,185 1,210

OTHER 1,323,500 402,752 920,748 1,140 353 787 1,161 1,141 1,170

TOTAL $3,022,246,565 $1,537,488,755 $1,484,757,810 2,713,485 1,399,083 1,314,402 $1,114 $1,099 $1,130




TABLE 20-BPELL GRANT EXPENDITURES, RECIPIENTS, & AVERAGE GRANT BY TYPE & CONTROL OF INSTITUTION

RDS INSTITUTIONS - AWARD PERIOD 1984-85

TYPE OF INSTITUTIONTOTAL EXPENDITURES TOTAL RECIPIENTS AVERAGE GRANT


TOTAL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS $8,910,791 $2,769,902 $6,140,889 13,793 4,674 9,119 $646 $593 $673

FIVE YEARS OR MORE 1,604 0 1,604 2 0 2 802 0 802


24,059 8,853 15,206 28 12 16 859 738 950


ONE YEAR BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS 1,496,973 405,996 1,090,977 2,424 760 1,664 618 534 656

SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 1,320,659 335,091 985,568 2,032 553 1,479 650 606 666

OTHER 9,269 3,008 6,261 14 4 10 662 752 626



FOUR-YEAR NO GRADUATE 1,998,889 976,946 1,021,943 1,591 840 751 1,256 1,163 1,361

93,478 63,062 30,416 92 67 25 1,016 941 1,217



SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 970,398 452,876 517,522 853 417 436 1,138 1,086 1,187

OTHER 18,583 7,430 11,153 15 7 8 1,239 1,061 1,394

TOTAL PRIVATE, PROFIT-MAKING $5,020,932 $1,662,591 $3,358,341 5,777 1,929 3,848 $869 $862 $873

FIVE YEARS OR MORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TWO YEARS BUT LESS THAN THREE YEARS 1,424,922 521,756 903,166 1,546 579 967 922 901 934


SIX MONTHS BUT LESS THAN ONE YEAR 2,807,750 903,662 1,904,088 3,310 1,075 2,235 848 841 852

OTHER 21,531 6,594 14,937 21 7 14 1,025 942 1,067

TOTAL $30,752,487 $11,107,211 $19,645,276 33,615 12,740 20,875 $915 $872 $941


TOTAL RECIPIENTS AVERAGE GRANT


TABLE 20-CPELL GRANT EXPENDITURES, RECIPIENTS, & AVERAGE GRANT BY TYPE & CONTROL OF INSTITUTION

ADS INSTITUTIONS - AWARD PERIOD 1984-85

TYPE OF INSTITUTIONTOTAL EXPENDITURES


TABLE 21

Distribution of Pell Grant Recipients, and Average

Grant By Grant Level and Type of Institution


21A Total

21B - Dependent

21e Independent

Tables 21A, 21B, and 21C present the distribution of Pell Grant recipients

by gr.ant level and tyee. of inst~tution.

The tables show that students who attended four-year schools. with no

graduate· program received the highest average grant ($1,240). Students·.- ~

attending: ,institutionswi"th five. ye-ar or more programs received the sec'and

highest average Pell Grants ($1,202). The lowest average· grant ($925) went to

students enrolled in schools offering two~ to three·-year programs.

During award period 1984-85, the average grant for independent recipients

was higher than that for dependent recipients ($1,127 for independent reci

pients, $1, 097 for dependent recipients). For all types of institutions,

·dependent applicants received lower average grants than independent appli-

cants.

Less than 6 percent of the students enrolled in institutions with programs

from two- to three-years in length received the maximum grant of $1,900 while

over 20 percent of the students attendi~g institutions with programs from one

to two- years in length received such awards.

Approximately 43 percent of all students enrolled in the relatively low

cost two- to three-year institutions received grants less than $800. In

contrast, only 25 percent of the students enrolled at four-year schools

without graduate programs, which tend to have high cOSts, received grants

below $800.

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GRANT LEVEL FIVE YEARS OR MORE

FOUR-YEAR NO

GRADUATE

THREE YEARS BUT LESS THAN

FOUR YEARS

TWO YEARS BUT LESS

THAN THREE YEARS



YEAR

OTHER TOTAL

$1 - 399 76,202 31,431 1,188 133,604 13,699 14,688 194 271,006R% 28.12 11.60 0.44 49.30 5.05 5.42 0.07 100.00C% 7.51 7.47 10.31 14.48 8.62 6.76 11.84 9.87

AVE-GRANT $340 $336 $316 $298 $368 $490 $408 $328$400 - 799 184,301 73,353 2,408 261,968 32,623 41,474 466 596,593

R% 30.89 12.30 0.40 43.91 5.47 6.95 0.08 100.00C% 18.17 17.43 20.89 28.39 20.53 19.10 28.45 21.72

AVE-GRANT $609 $606 $592 $594 $613 $628 $641 $604$800 - 999 104,717 51,102 1,349 142,771 30,263 51,160 215 381,577

R% 27.44 13.39 0.35 37.42 7.93 13.41 0.06 100.00C% 10.32 12.14 11.70 15.47 19.05 23.56 13.13 13.89

AVE-GRANT $903 $911 $910 $898 $922 $922 $921 $906$1,000 - 1,199 100,415 35,601 923 125,196 7,402 10,349 84 279,970

R% 35.87 12.72 0.33 44.72 2.64 3.70 0.03 100.00C% 9.90 8.46 8.01 13.57 4.66 4.77 5.13 10.19

AVE-GRANT $1,099 $1,100 $1,090 $1,093 $1,102 $1,100 $1,061 $1,097$1,200 - 1,399 131,489 37,033 1,204 114,931 19,293 24,746 170 328,866

R% 39.98 11.26 0.37 34.95 5.87 7.52 0.05 100.00C% 12.96 8.80 10.44 12.45 12.14 11.40 10.38 11.97

AVE-GRANT $1,297 $1,295 $1,286 $1,294 $1,282 $1,292 $1,294 $1,294$1,400 - 1,599 146,187 53,603 1,069 53,484 9,532 12,804 280 276,959

R% 52.78 19.35 0.39 19.31 3.44 4.62 0.10 100.00C% 14.41 12.74 9.27 5.80 6.00 5.90 17.09 10.08

AVE-GRANT $1,500 $1,479 $1,493 $1,487 $1,509 $1,502 $1,505 $1,494$1,600 - 1,899 168,993 62,188 1,714 39,642 13,811 19,556 88 305,992

R% 55.23 20.32 0.56 12.96 4.51 6.39 0.03 100.00C% 16.66 14.78 14.87 4.30 8.69 9.01 5.37 11.14

AVE-GRANT $1,729 $1,744 $1,759 $1,714 $1,742 $1,750 $1,766 $1,732$1,900 101,952 76,552 1,673 51,208 32,260 42,351 141 306,137

R% 33.30 25.01 0.55 16.73 10.54 13.83 0.05 100.00C% 10.05 18.19 14.51 5.55 20.30 19.51 8.61 11.14

AVE-GRANT $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900TOTAL 1,014,256 420,863 11,528 922,804 158,883 217,128 1,638 2,747,100

R% 36.92 15.32 0.42 33.59 5.78 7.90 0.06 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

AVE-GRANT $1,202 $1,240 $1,160 $925 $1,168 $1,187 $1,056 $1,111

DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS AND AVERAGE GRANT


TABLE 21-A

TYPE OF INSTITUTION

BY GRANT LEVEL AND TYPE OF INSTITUTION


FOUR-YEAR NO

GRADUATE


FOUR YEARS

TWO YEARS BUT LESS

THAN THREE YEARS



YEAR

OTHER TOTAL

$1 - 399 52,686 21,528 596 53,723 5,253 5,073 89 138,948R% 37.92 15.49 0.43 38.66 3.78 3.65 0.06 100.00C% 8.42 8.11 10.67 13.68 9.19 7.82 16.70 9.84

AVE-GRANT $333 $325 $298 $302 $382 $466 $458 $326$400 - 799 122,933 49,853 1,214 111,047 11,841 13,112 154 310,154

R% 39.64 16.07 0.39 35.80 3.82 4.23 0.05 100.00C% 19.65 18.78 21.73 28.29 20.71 20.21 28.89 21.97

AVE-GRANT $607 $609 $599 $595 $611 $625 $642 $604$800 - 999 65,916 29,414 683 69,286 9,724 13,083 52 188,158

R% 35.03 15.63 0.36 36.82 5.17 6.95 0.03 100.00C% 10.54 11.08 12.22 17.65 17.01 20.17 9.76 13.33

AVE-GRANT $903 $908 $904 $896 $915 $912 $911 $903$1,000 - 1,199 74,022 26,327 483 59,614 3,326 3,528 22 167,322

R% 44.24 15.73 0.29 35.63 1.99 2.11 0.01 100.00C% 11.83 9.92 8.64 15.18 5.82 5.44 4.13 11.85

AVE-GRANT $1,097 $1,098 $1,099 $1,090 $1,103 $1,102 $1,116 $1,095$1,200 - 1,399 83,016 26,097 623 43,280 6,788 7,944 94 167,842

R% 49.46 15.55 0.37 25.79 4.04 4.73 0.06 100.00C% 13.27 9.83 11.15 11.02 11.87 12.24 17.64 11.89

AVE-GRANT $1,294 $1,296 $1,294 $1,298 $1,285 $1,291 $1,298 $1,295$1,400 - 1,599 88,152 37,742 544 20,546 4,276 4,568 40 155,868

R% 56.56 24.21 0.35 13.18 2.74 2.93 0.03 100.00C% 14.09 14.22 9.74 5.23 7.48 7.04 7.50 11.04

AVE-GRANT $1,501 $1,479 $1,479 $1,483 $1,508 $1,501 $1,497 $1,494$1,600 - 1,899 92,214 38,566 924 16,687 6,859 7,748 43 163,041

R% 56.56 23.65 0.57 10.23 4.21 4.75 0.03 100.00C% 14.74 14.53 16.54 4.25 12.00 11.94 8.07 11.55

AVE-GRANT $1,734 $1,755 $1,772 $1,741 $1,742 $1,752 $1,779 $1,741$1,900 46,676 35,936 521 18,402 9,096 9,820 39 120,490

R% 38.74 29.82 0.43 15.27 7.55 8.15 0.03 100.00C% 7.46 13.54 9.32 4.69 15.91 15.14 7.32 8.53

AVE-GRANT $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900TOTAL 625,615 265,463 5,588 392,585 57,163 64,876 533 1,411,823

R% 44.31 18.80 0.40 27.81 4.05 4.60 0.04 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

AVE-GRANT $1,153 $1,200 $1,126 $917 $1,158 $1,167 $1,021 $1,097

TABLE 21-BDISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS AND AVERAGE GRANT

BY GRANT LEVEL AND TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDEPENDENT RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85

TYPE OF INSTITUTION


FOUR-YEAR NO

GRADUATE


FOUR YEARS

TWO YEARS BUT LESS

THAN THREE YEARS



YEAR

OTHER TOTAL

$1 - 399 23,516 9,903 592 79,881 8,446 9,615 105 132,058R% 17.81 7.50 0.45 60.49 6.40 7.28 0.08 100.00C% 6.05 6.37 9.97 15.07 8.30 6.32 9.50 9.89

AVE-GRANT $357 $362 $334 $295 $359 $502 $365 $330$400 - 799 61,368 23,500 1,194 150,921 20,782 28,362 312 286,439

R% 21.42 8.20 0.42 52.69 7.26 9.90 0.11 100.00C% 15.79 15.12 20.10 28.46 20.43 18.63 28.24 21.45

AVE-GRANT $614 $601 $585 $593 $614 $630 $641 $603$800 - 999 38,801 21,688 666 73,485 20,539 38,077 163 193,419

R% 20.06 11.21 0.34 37.99 10.62 19.69 0.08 100.00C% 9.98 13.96 11.21 13.86 20.19 25.01 14.75 14.49

AVE-GRANT $903 $915 $916 $899 $925 $926 $925 $910$1,000 - 1,199 26,393 9,274 440 65,582 4,076 6,821 62 112,648

R% 23.43 8.23 0.39 58.22 3.62 6.06 0.06 100.00C% 6.79 5.97 7.41 12.37 4.01 4.48 5.61 8.44

AVE-GRANT $1,105 $1,104 $1,080 $1,096 $1,101 $1,099 $1,042 $1,099$1,200 - 1,399 48,473 10,936 581 71,651 12,505 16,802 76 161,024

R% 30.10 6.79 0.36 44.50 7.77 10.43 0.05 100.00C% 12.47 7.04 9.78 13.51 12.29 11.04 6.88 12.06

AVE-GRANT $1,301 $1,293 $1,277 $1,291 $1,280 $1,292 $1,289 $1,294$1,400 - 1,599 58,035 15,861 525 32,938 5,256 8,236 240 121,091

R% 47.93 13.10 0.43 27.20 4.34 6.80 0.20 100.00C% 14.93 10.21 8.84 6.21 5.17 5.41 21.72 9.07

AVE-GRANT $1,499 $1,479 $1,507 $1,490 $1,510 $1,503 $1,507 $1,494$1,600 - 1,899 76,779 23,622 790 22,955 6,952 11,808 45 142,951

R% 53.71 16.52 0.55 16.06 4.86 8.26 0.03 100.00C% 19.76 15.20 13.30 4.33 6.83 7.76 4.07 10.71

AVE-GRANT $1,723 $1,726 $1,745 $1,694 $1,741 $1,748 $1,753 $1,722$1,900 55,276 40,616 1,152 32,806 23,164 32,531 102 185,647

R% 29.77 21.88 0.62 17.67 12.48 17.52 0.05 100.00C% 14.22 26.14 19.39 6.19 22.77 21.37 9.23 13.90

AVE-GRANT $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900 $1,900TOTAL 388,641 155,400 5,940 530,219 101,720 152,252 1,105 1,335,277

R% 29.11 11.64 0.44 39.71 7.62 11.40 0.08 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

AVE-GRANT $1,281 $1,308 $1,192 $931 $1,173 $1,195 $1,073 $1,127

TABLE 21-CDISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS AND AVERAGE GRANT

BY GRANT LEVEL AND TYPE OF INSTITUTIONINDEPENDENT RECIPIENTS - AWARD YEAR 1984-85

TYPE OF INSTITUTION

TABLE 22


By Educational Cost and Grant Level


22A Total

22B Dependent

22C Independent

Tables 22A, 22B, and 22C present the distribution of PeU Grant recipients

by educational cost and grant level.

."

As in Table 4,the step,.-shaped line drawn diagonally through the three

tables delineates valid versus invalid awards. All cells to the right of the

line should contain: ieros, as 'they are invalid combinations of educational

cost and grant level. ForexalDple, the lDaximulD grant shown on the 1984-85

Pa}'lllent Schedule for a full-time student with a cost of $1,800 is $925.

Grants which' exceed $925 for this educational cost are most likely overawards

that are the result of "the Pell Grant recipient attending lDore than one school

during the award year.

The tables show that, consistent with Pell award deterlDination rules, the

"higher the recipi~nt's educational cost, the greater the potential for receiv

ing a large Pell Grant. Of the recipients with educational costs over $3,300,

45 percent received a grant of $1,400 or greater, while" 24 percent" were

awarded a grant less than $800. By comparison, of the recipients with educa

tionalcosts of $3,000 or less, only 10 percent were awarded a grant of $1,400

or greater, while 43 percent were given a grant of less than $800,

The data also show that dependents were slightly more likely than

independents to attend high cost institutions, and also were more likely to

enroll in low cost institutions. Approximately, 55 percent of all dependents

attended schools

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where costs were greater than $3,300; 53 percent of all independents attended. . .

schools with costs in this range. About 17 percent of the dependent

population were enrolled in schools with costs less than $2,400; 13 percent of

the independents were enrolled in these low cost institutions.

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EDUCATIONAL COST $1 - 399 $400 - 799 $800 - 999 $1,000 - 1,199 $1,200 - 1,399 $1,400 - 1,599 $1,600 - 1,899 $1,900 TOTAL

LESS THAN $401 201 470 361 171 157 149 226 472 2,207R% 9.11 21.30 16.36 7.75 7.11 6.75 10.24 21.39 100.00C% 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.07 0.15 0.08

$401 - 1,500 9,193 5,355 41 27 29 21 6 2 14,674R% 62.65 36.49 0.28 0.18 0.20 0.14 0.04 0.01 100.00C% 3.39 0.90 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.53

$1,501 - 1,800 12,340 20,839 17,940 37 13 9 8 1 51,187R% 24.11 40.71 35.05 0.07 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.00 100.00C% 4.55 3.49 4.70 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.86

$1,801 - 2,100 25,424 48,331 37,474 36,031 115 52 19 4 147,450R% 17.24 32.78 25.41 24.44 0.08 0.04 0.01 0.00 100.00C% 9.38 8.10 9.82 12.87 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.00 5.37

$2,101 - 2,400 28,861 58,626 23,083 84,914 2,473 141 127 8 198,233R% 14.56 29.57 11.64 42.84 1.25 0.07 0.06 0.00 100.00C% 10.65 9.83 6.05 30.33 0.75 0.05 0.04 0.00 7.22

$2,401 - 2,700 32,421 75,129 30,216 22,203 114,350 313 219 13 274,864R% 11.80 27.33 10.99 8.08 41.60 0.11 0.08 0.00 100.00C% 11.96 12.59 7.92 7.93 34.77 0.11 0.07 0.00 10.01

$2,701 - 3,000 30,227 78,287 21,614 24,885 55,008 92,404 451 25 302,901R% 9.98 25.85 7.14 8.22 18.16 30.51 0.15 0.01 100.00C% 11.15 13.12 5.66 8.89 16.73 33.36 0.15 0.01 11.03

$3,001 - 3,300 22,962 55,232 24,522 23,251 20,741 82,955 39,217 43 268,923R% 8.54 20.54 9.12 8.65 7.71 30.85 14.58 0.02 100.00C% 8.47 9.26 6.43 8.30 6.31 29.95 12.82 0.01 9.79

$3,301 - 3,800 27,629 61,452 55,729 26,036 29,691 29,272 151,193 8,035 389,037R% 7.10 15.80 14.32 6.69 7.63 7.52 38.86 2.07 100.00C% 10.19 10.30 14.60 9.30 9.03 10.57 49.41 2.62 14.16

$3,801 + 81,748 192,872 170,597 62,415 106,289 71,643 114,526 297,534 1,097,624R% 7.45 17.57 15.54 5.69 9.68 6.53 10.43 27.11 100.00C% 30.16 32.33 44.71 22.29 32.32 25.87 37.43 97.19 39.96

TOTAL 271,006 596,593 381,577 279,970 328,866 276,959 305,992 306,137 2,747,100R% 9.87 21.72 13.89 10.19 11.97 10.08 11.14 11.14 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00



TABLE 22-A

GRANT LEVEL

BY EDUCATIONAL COST AND GRANT LEVEL


LESS THAN $401 112 290 182 115 116 112 161 277 1,365R% 8.21 21.25 13.33 8.42 8.50 8.21 11.79 20.29 100.00C% 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.10 0.23 0.10

$401 - 1,500 1,927 2,239 28 17 9 14 3 2 4,239R% 45.46 52.82 0.66 0.40 0.21 0.33 0.07 0.05 100.00C% 1.39 0.72 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.30

$1,501 - 1,800 7,436 15,109 14,947 21 10 6 2 0 37,531R% 19.81 40.26 39.83 0.06 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.00 100.00C% 5.35 4.87 7.94 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.66

$1,801 - 2,100 13,394 25,864 25,360 17,048 73 34 9 2 81,784R% 16.38 31.62 31.01 20.85 0.09 0.04 0.01 0.00 100.00C% 9.64 8.34 13.48 10.19 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.00 5.79

$2,101 - 2,400 14,129 31,671 13,641 54,311 1,164 73 68 4 115,061R% 12.28 27.53 11.86 47.20 1.01 0.06 0.06 0.00 100.00C% 10.17 10.21 7.25 32.46 0.69 0.05 0.04 0.00 8.15

$2,401 - 2,700 11,311 28,355 11,218 10,721 53,012 146 132 7 114,902R% 9.84 24.68 9.76 9.33 46.14 0.13 0.11 0.01 100.00C% 8.14 9.14 5.96 6.41 31.58 0.09 0.08 0.01 8.14

$2,701 - 3,000 13,314 38,504 11,632 13,558 30,422 49,690 215 14 157,349R% 8.46 24.47 7.39 8.62 19.33 31.58 0.14 0.01 100.00C% 9.58 12.41 6.18 8.10 18.13 31.88 0.13 0.01 11.15

$3,001 - 3,300 10,659 24,989 10,180 11,809 11,613 42,328 14,183 24 125,785R% 8.47 19.87 8.09 9.39 9.23 33.65 11.28 0.02 100.00C% 7.67 8.06 5.41 7.06 6.92 27.16 8.70 0.02 8.91

$3,301 - 3,800 15,027 31,555 23,727 14,875 14,707 16,840 64,513 3,243 184,487R% 8.15 17.10 12.86 8.06 7.97 9.13 34.97 1.76 100.00C% 10.81 10.17 12.61 8.89 8.76 10.80 39.57 2.69 13.07

$3,801 + 51,639 111,578 77,243 44,847 56,716 46,625 83,755 116,917 589,320R% 8.76 18.93 13.11 7.61 9.62 7.91 14.21 19.84 100.00C% 37.16 35.98 41.05 26.80 33.79 29.91 51.37 97.03 41.74

TOTAL 138,948 310,154 188,158 167,322 167,842 155,868 163,041 120,490 1,411,823R% 9.84 21.97 13.33 11.85 11.89 11.04 11.55 8.53 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 22-BDISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS BY EDUCATIONAL COST AND GRANT LEVEL


GRANT LEVEL


LESS THAN $401 89 180 179 56 41 37 65 195 842R% 10.57 21.38 21.26 6.65 4.87 4.39 7.72 23.16 100.00C% 0.07 0.06 0.09 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.11 0.06

$401 - 1,500 7,266 3,116 13 10 20 7 3 0 10,435R% 69.63 29.86 0.12 0.10 0.19 0.07 0.03 0.00 100.00C% 5.50 1.09 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.78

$1,501 - 1,800 4,904 5,730 2,993 16 3 3 6 1 13,656R% 35.91 41.96 21.92 0.12 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.01 100.00C% 3.71 2.00 1.55 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.02

$1,801 - 2,100 12,030 22,467 12,114 18,983 42 18 10 2 65,666R% 18.32 34.21 18.45 28.91 0.06 0.03 0.02 0.00 100.00C% 9.11 7.84 6.26 16.85 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.00 4.92

$2,101 - 2,400 14,732 26,955 9,442 30,603 1,309 68 59 4 83,172R% 17.71 32.41 11.35 36.79 1.57 0.08 0.07 0.00 100.00C% 11.16 9.41 4.88 27.17 0.81 0.06 0.04 0.00 6.23

$2,401 - 2,700 21,110 46,774 18,998 11,482 61,338 167 87 6 159,962R% 13.20 29.24 11.88 7.18 38.35 0.10 0.05 0.00 100.00C% 15.99 16.33 9.82 10.19 38.09 0.14 0.06 0.00 11.98

$2,701 - 3,000 16,913 39,783 9,982 11,327 24,586 42,714 236 11 145,552R% 11.62 27.33 6.86 7.78 16.89 29.35 0.16 0.01 100.00C% 12.81 13.89 5.16 10.06 15.27 35.27 0.17 0.01 10.90

$3,001 - 3,300 12,303 30,243 14,342 11,442 9,128 40,627 25,034 19 143,138R% 8.60 21.13 10.02 7.99 6.38 28.38 17.49 0.01 100.00C% 9.32 10.56 7.41 10.16 5.67 33.55 17.51 0.01 10.72

$3,301 - 3,800 12,602 29,897 32,002 11,161 14,984 12,432 86,680 4,792 204,550R% 6.16 14.62 15.65 5.46 7.33 6.08 42.38 2.34 100.00C% 9.54 10.44 16.55 9.91 9.31 10.27 60.64 2.58 15.32

$3,801 + 30,109 81,294 93,354 17,568 49,573 25,018 30,771 180,617 508,304R% 5.92 15.99 18.37 3.46 9.75 4.92 6.05 35.53 100.00C% 22.80 28.38 48.27 15.60 30.79 20.66 21.53 97.29 38.07

TOTAL 132,058 286,439 193,419 112,648 161,024 121,091 142,951 185,647 1,335,277R% 9.89 21.45 14.49 8.44 12.06 9.07 10.71 13.90 100.00C% 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

TABLE 22-CDISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS BY EDUCATIONAL COST AND GRANT LEVEL


GRANT LEVEL

TABLE 23


By State and Control of Institution


Table 23 .presents the distribution ofPell Grant recipients by state and

control of institution.

The number of Pell Grant recipients enrolled in postsecondary institutions

varied greatlY from state to state. In general, the larger the population of

a s.tate, the. larger the number of Pell recipients enrolled at institutions

within that state. Of che fifty states, New York and California togethar had

526,825 recipients attending institutions in those states or 19 percent of the

total number. af Pell Grant recipients. (It should be noted that the category

"Ail Others," which includes Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the

U.S. Trust Territories, had 159,726 recipients.) In contrast, the following

eight states had fewer than 10,000 recipients each and together accounted for

less than 2 percent (42,850) of all Pell recipients: Alaska, Delaware,

District of Columbia, ·Hawaii,: Nevada, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Wyoming.

An examination of the general enrollment pattern sho~s that approximately

61 percent of the total recipient population attended public institutions,

20 percent attende~ private, non-profit institUtions, and 19 percent attended

private, profit-making institutions. However, there- was considerable variety

among states in the type of institution most often attended by Pell Grant

recipients.

In 27 states, over two-thirds of the recipients attended public institu

tions. States with the highest proportion of recipients enrolled in public

institutions included: Alaska, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North

Dakota, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Wyoming_

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In certain states, a large percentage of recipients attended private, non

profit institutions. For example, in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode

Island, Vermont, District of Columbia, and .the "All Others" category, over

one-third of the recipients were enrolled in private non-profit institutions.

In other states, students attending private profit-making institutions

comprised a relatively large proportion of the recipient population. In

Arizona, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri,

Nevada t New Jersey, New YOrk, and Ohio, for exa~ple, over one~uarter of all

recipients attended these schools.

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RECIPS AWARDS RECIPS AWARDS RECIPS AWARDS RECIPS AWARDS

ALABAMA 43,116 $39,159,487 8,015 $10,795,435 7,410 $9,127,280 58,541 $59,082,202ALASKA 1,252 1,264,087 187 246,259 65 57,095 1,504 1,567,441ARIZONA 23,521 23,120,283 1,031 1,322,132 25,512 28,810,296 50,064 53,252,711ARKANSAS 20,767 20,527,957 3,384 4,398,248 6,291 8,146,193 30,442 33,072,398CALIFORNIA 137,971 129,115,705 20,434 26,527,273 50,479 66,562,234 208,884 222,205,212COLORADO 20,650 23,094,463 1,518 1,912,756 6,275 6,943,673 28,443 31,950,892CONNECTICUT 8,341 8,212,973 4,317 5,204,535 6,044 5,669,898 18,702 19,087,406DELAWARE 3,378 3,604,370 679 754,425 168 178,896 4,225 4,537,691DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1,359 1,125,643 5,391 7,237,472 2,267 2,406,125 9,017 10,769,240FLORIDA 56,420 53,124,599 16,967 21,507,648 24,618 31,491,550 98,005 106,123,797GEORGIA 26,486 25,854,835 9,504 11,877,632 9,414 11,080,815 45,404 48,813,282HAWAII 3,262 3,275,386 1,341 1,848,325 690 776,185 5,293 5,899,896IDAHO 8,422 9,408,656 1,996 2,465,367 601 662,108 11,019 12,536,131ILLINOIS 85,860 83,286,339 28,428 34,765,449 28,795 37,074,545 143,083 155,126,333INDIANA 35,846 37,306,120 9,363 11,055,356 8,191 8,831,285 53,400 57,192,761IOWA 26,153 28,803,489 11,522 14,609,822 3,947 4,575,390 41,622 47,988,701KANSAS 22,009 22,986,874 5,703 6,698,063 2,289 2,596,641 30,001 32,281,578KENTUCKY 28,498 29,072,191 6,991 9,134,856 12,910 15,691,783 48,399 53,898,830LOUISIANA 37,326 37,845,549 3,907 5,143,391 10,254 12,425,366 51,487 55,414,306MAINE 8,607 9,983,804 1,976 2,389,271 1,121 1,277,144 11,704 13,650,219MARYLAND 28,770 29,171,494 3,019 3,821,570 4,852 5,428,973 36,641 38,422,037MASSACHUSETTS 29,468 31,354,485 24,654 29,672,214 4,541 5,281,177 58,663 66,307,876MICHIGAN 79,161 81,559,321 20,099 24,751,894 13,414 15,538,985 112,674 121,850,200MINNESOTA 47,266 53,915,818 9,026 11,106,179 4,020 4,363,104 60,312 69,385,101MISSISSIPPI 33,779 36,197,482 3,738 5,219,549 1,700 2,102,054 39,217 43,519,085MISSOURI 33,685 33,850,607 12,255 14,788,876 15,405 19,493,995 61,345 68,133,478MONTANA 10,489 11,283,682 1,188 1,281,378 233 202,948 11,910 12,768,008NEBRASKA 17,994 18,167,579 4,091 5,217,271 1,788 1,868,663 23,873 25,253,513NEVADA 3,311 3,164,370 54 82,533 2,054 2,305,969 5,419 5,552,872NEW HAMPSHIRE 3,971 4,635,343 2,520 2,774,832 739 788,555 7,230 8,198,730NEW JERSEY 35,252 37,974,528 7,866 10,433,710 15,037 17,477,969 58,155 65,886,207NEW MEXICO 14,694 14,327,663 766 1,000,285 1,307 1,610,120 16,767 16,938,068NEW YORK 157,144 179,951,048 78,294 102,982,367 82,503 94,944,480 317,941 377,877,895NORTH CAROLINA 38,155 36,064,851 12,131 16,065,439 5,115 5,804,894 55,401 57,935,184NORTH DAKOTA 10,741 12,312,801 1,764 2,214,559 616 705,645 13,121 15,233,005OHIO 70,363 75,171,552 19,663 24,146,112 34,805 41,892,528 124,831 141,210,192OKLAHOMA 25,574 24,975,226 4,451 5,796,258 4,774 5,749,411 34,799 36,520,895OREGON 28,259 31,647,882 3,343 4,422,502 3,337 3,842,214 34,939 39,912,598PENNSYLVANIA 64,501 73,424,970 33,142 40,001,415 30,539 35,347,474 128,182 148,773,859RHODE ISLAND 5,607 5,685,199 4,491 5,163,505 1,797 1,955,669 11,895 12,804,373SOUTH CAROLINA 22,119 22,047,731 6,920 9,382,471 4,565 5,304,075 33,604 36,734,277SOUTH DAKOTA 10,666 12,883,008 2,192 2,902,686 2,353 2,641,050 15,211 18,426,744TENNESSEE 32,760 31,664,235 13,253 17,274,554 11,146 14,228,025 57,159 63,166,814TEXAS 86,632 72,670,859 13,698 17,674,366 20,332 23,734,379 120,662 114,079,604UTAH 14,307 14,850,729 6,255 8,035,149 1,665 1,829,453 22,227 24,715,331VERMONT 3,497 3,885,122 2,424 2,974,779 105 102,715 6,026 6,962,616VIRGINIA 30,102 32,052,778 7,179 9,217,102 8,920 9,816,519 46,201 51,086,399WASHINGTON 30,642 31,073,932 6,329 8,650,664 4,768 6,072,577 41,739 45,797,173WEST VIRGINIA 13,470 14,674,299 2,904 3,473,366 4,570 5,472,375 20,944 23,620,040WISCONSIN 48,172 52,090,174 6,397 7,946,920 2,342 2,740,865 56,911 62,777,959WYOMING 3,654 3,678,789 0 0 482 537,387 4,136 4,216,176ALL OTHERS 41,977 42,974,984 86,605 121,474,184 31,144 40,032,548 159,726 204,481,716

TOTAL 1,675,426 $1,719,555,351 543,365 $699,842,404 528,309 $633,601,297 2,747,100 $3,052,999,052

TABLE 23DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

AWARD YEAR 1984-85BY STATE AND CONTROL OF INSTITUTION

PUBLIC PRIVATE NON-PROFIT PRIVATE PROFIT-MAKING TOTAL

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TABLE 24


Recipients' State of Legal Residence and

Control of Institution


:Table 24 shows a distribution of Pell recipients by the recipients' state

of legal residence and control of institution.

The larger a state's population, the larger the number of Pell recipients

legally residing in that state. During award period 1984-85, over 100,000·

recipients resided in each of the- following seven states: California,

Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, plus the "All Others"

category. The collective number.,'af recipients living in those seven sta'tes

a"dterritories equalled 1,373,203 ·and constituted 50 percent of the total

number of Pell Grant recipients. In contrast, each of the following eight

jurisdictions ha~ fewer than 10,000 recipients: Alaska, Delaware, District of

Columbia, Hawaii, Nevada, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Wyoming. The stud-ents

residing in these eight represented 1.5 percent of all recipients.

A comparison with the data from Table 23 shows that over 10 percent more

recipients Were enrolled in institutions in each of the following eleven

states than recipi~nts resided in them: Arizona, Arkansas, District of"

Columbia, Kentucky, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island,

Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia. On the other hand, the comparison

indicates that over 10 percent more r~cipients resided in each of the

folloWing four jurisdictions. than were enrolled in an institution in them:

Alaska, Nevada, New Jersey, and the !fAll Others lt category. In most states,

however, the number of recipients attending within a state is close to the

number of recipients residing in the state.

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RECIPS AWARDS RECIPS AWARDS RECIPS AWARDS RECIPS AWARDS

ALABAMA 41,147 $37,085,556 6,704 $8,748,497 8,765 $11,019,692 56,616 $56,853,745ALASKA 2,466 2,624,305 659 884,402 304 349,399 3,429 3,858,106ARIZONA 21,780 20,993,665 2,126 2,585,468 9,751 11,713,912 33,657 35,293,045ARKANSAS 19,484 19,233,884 3,201 4,140,494 3,972 4,496,758 26,657 27,871,136CALIFORNIA 137,449 129,463,066 21,332 27,934,078 55,386 72,173,698 214,167 229,570,842COLORADO 20,025 22,292,009 2,533 3,214,546 6,038 6,586,145 28,596 32,092,700CONNECTICUT 8,949 9,008,715 5,934 6,983,198 4,131 4,463,773 19,014 20,455,686DELAWARE 2,802 2,866,526 757 899,715 412 450,247 3,971 4,216,488DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2,129 2,112,313 1,500 2,048,093 2,891 3,151,917 6,520 7,312,323FLORIDA 57,095 54,275,124 17,904 22,887,496 21,962 27,935,176 96,961 105,097,796GEORGIA 26,855 26,437,834 8,890 11,045,955 8,613 9,843,645 44,358 47,327,434HAWAII 3,310 3,346,448 1,318 1,728,653 814 861,535 5,442 5,936,636IDAHO 8,594 9,577,729 1,844 2,325,250 941 1,065,423 11,379 12,968,402ILLINOIS 90,244 89,650,547 31,424 38,856,893 30,554 38,966,382 152,222 167,473,822INDIANA 35,042 36,333,246 8,788 10,424,802 8,782 9,569,418 52,612 56,327,466IOWA 26,400 29,092,528 10,298 13,072,939 3,861 4,476,196 40,559 46,641,663KANSAS 20,503 21,060,042 4,540 5,607,054 3,562 4,122,753 28,605 30,789,849KENTUCKY 27,273 27,282,042 6,591 8,498,131 8,900 10,038,297 42,764 45,818,470LOUISIANA 34,454 34,100,211 3,380 4,425,812 11,892 14,873,316 49,726 53,399,339MAINE 8,600 9,964,627 2,802 3,387,476 1,322 1,481,397 12,724 14,833,500MARYLAND 24,729 25,316,560 4,744 6,054,278 8,306 9,825,417 37,779 41,196,255MASSACHUSETTS 30,040 31,974,951 20,659 24,564,597 5,653 6,434,712 56,352 62,974,260MICHIGAN 79,217 82,122,542 21,525 26,655,696 15,356 17,324,683 116,098 126,102,921MINNESOTA 47,554 54,422,525 8,034 9,949,149 4,321 4,733,806 59,909 69,105,480MISSISSIPPI 32,446 34,579,092 3,806 5,287,993 3,300 4,341,053 39,552 44,208,138MISSOURI 33,433 33,314,082 9,939 11,988,604 13,676 17,387,347 57,048 62,690,033MONTANA 10,295 11,016,972 1,740 2,020,790 606 647,895 12,641 13,685,657NEBRASKA 17,819 18,170,641 3,594 4,537,007 2,086 2,210,485 23,499 24,918,133NEVADA 3,483 3,387,773 456 573,867 2,124 2,348,866 6,063 6,310,506NEW HAMPSHIRE 3,439 4,024,567 2,165 2,411,417 698 742,915 6,302 7,178,899NEW JERSEY 37,948 41,363,533 14,251 18,119,699 17,211 19,866,808 69,410 79,350,040NEW MEXICO 14,376 14,067,005 1,345 1,669,836 2,316 2,777,678 18,037 18,514,519NEW YORK 158,584 181,897,355 80,314 105,714,648 82,403 95,984,174 321,301 383,596,177NORTH CAROLINA 35,798 33,234,436 9,452 12,350,142 4,857 5,455,109 50,107 51,039,687NORTH DAKOTA 9,574 10,856,884 1,520 1,872,109 680 780,021 11,774 13,509,014OHIO 70,173 75,034,196 19,218 23,714,943 32,766 39,077,539 122,157 137,826,678OKLAHOMA 24,668 23,947,836 3,244 4,155,426 4,920 5,734,361 32,832 33,837,623OREGON 26,202 28,981,723 3,854 5,011,046 3,714 4,150,689 33,770 38,143,458PENNSYLVANIA 64,561 73,215,857 32,577 39,358,809 31,472 36,837,590 128,610 149,412,256RHODE ISLAND 5,591 5,641,474 3,117 3,567,253 1,527 1,669,642 10,235 10,878,369SOUTH CAROLINA 21,528 21,529,439 7,460 10,234,951 4,660 5,312,475 33,648 37,076,865SOUTH DAKOTA 10,931 13,095,684 2,350 3,071,485 1,156 1,322,706 14,437 17,489,875TENNESSEE 31,446 29,777,286 9,229 11,967,891 8,975 10,949,397 49,650 52,694,574TEXAS 82,879 69,245,235 12,684 16,089,157 21,825 25,494,765 117,388 110,829,157UTAH 12,907 13,182,612 3,554 4,519,577 1,575 1,681,269 18,036 19,383,458VERMONT 3,487 3,878,070 2,190 2,684,120 279 283,513 5,956 6,845,703VIRGINIA 28,595 30,161,583 6,594 8,427,214 7,366 8,130,276 42,555 46,719,073WASHINGTON 30,053 30,436,150 6,599 8,917,397 5,485 6,624,270 42,137 45,977,817WEST VIRGINIA 11,716 12,455,812 2,593 3,130,046 3,290 3,798,748 17,599 19,384,606WISCONSIN 46,875 50,384,369 6,978 8,718,938 2,761 3,237,382 56,614 62,340,689WYOMING 3,572 3,603,588 356 440,439 437 531,150 4,365 4,575,177ALL OTHERS 66,906 68,435,102 94,699 132,364,928 39,655 50,265,477 201,260 251,065,507

TOTAL 1,675,426 $1,719,555,351 543,365 $699,842,404 528,309 $633,601,297 2,747,100 $3,052,999,052

TABLE 24DISTRIBUTION OF PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

AWARD YEAR 1984-85BY RECIPIENTS' STATE OF LEGAL RESIDENCE AND CONTROL OF INSTITUTION

PUBLIC PRIVATE NON-PROFIT PRIVATE PROFIT-MAKING TOTAL

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

ADS: Alternate Disbursement System. One of' two methods by which Pell Grant

awards are ·paid. Because of size or other factors which affect a school's

ability to process award payments, a student is paid the PelI Grant directly

by the.Department o.f Education, instead of by the institution the. student

attends.

AFSA: Application for Federal Student Aid.. .

Educa.tionform that may be used to apply for

forms of Federal aid.

This is the Department of

a Pell Grant as well as other

Average Grant: The sum of all grant awards divided by the number of Pell Grant

recipients.

Award Period: That period of time from July 1 of one year to June 30 of the

next year. (The award period covered in this 1984~85 End-of-Year Report is

July 1, 1984 - June 30, 1985).

C%: Column Percent. The number of responses in each cell within a column as

a percent of the ~otal number of ~esponses in the column.

Control of Institution: This refers to whether an educational institution is

public, private non-profit, or private profit-mak~ng.

Dependent Recipient: An individual receiving a Pell Grant as well as

significant financial support from his or her parent. To be considered

dependent, an individual must meet at least one of the following criteria.

The individual must have:

(1) lived with a parent for SiK weeks or more at any time during

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1983 or 1984, or

(2) been listed as an exemption on the parent's Federal income tax

form in either 1983 or 1984, or

(3) received assistance worth more than $750 from the parent at any

time during 1983 or 1984.

Educational Cost: The total Cost of attending an institution offering

postsecondary educatio.n course work for a full academic year. Factors

included in calculating educational costs are: (l) tui tionand fees; (2)

living ·expenses, and (3) miscellaneous expenses, i.e., books, supplies •

.Qualified Applicant: Individual who has submitted an official application for

a Pen Grant and has been determined eligible to receive a grant .award based

on financial need, A qualified applicant has an SAl of 1700 or less.

Expenditures: Funds awarded to Pen Grant recipients through either the

regular or the alternate disbursement system for an award period.

Family Income: One of the primary factors considered in determining

eligibility for a Pell Grant. In this report family income is considered to

·be the sum of a family's adjusted gross income, non-taxable income (including

non-educational S9cial Security benefits and AFDC), and one-half of any GI

Bill benefits received by the student.

Independent Recipient: An individual receiving a Pell Grant who is not

dependent on his or her parent for financial support. To be considered

independent, an individual must not have:

(1) lived with a parent for more than six weeks in 1983 or 1984, or

(2) been listed as an exemption on the parent's income tax form in

either 1983 or 1984, or

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(3) received financial assistance worth over $750 from the parent at

any time during 1983 or 1984.

Married students are not required to answer the questions for

1983.

Institutional Payment Summary (IPS): A transmittal form which in 1984-85

replaced the Pell Grant Progress Report. The IPS is used by institutions to

report summary institutional and Pell Grant. expenditure data to the U.S.

Department of Education's Central Disbursement System.

MDt: . Multiple Data Entry. Process by which an individual can apply for a

Pell Grant using anyone ·of the following three different applicationform~.in

.addition to the U.S. Department of Education's Application for Federal Student

Aid (AFSA):

• The College Scholarship Service's Financial Aid Form (FAF);

• The American College Testing Program's Family Financial

Statement (FFS);

• The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency's

Application for State Grant and Pell Grant (PHEAA).

These three forms are known as multiple data entry fo·rms (or MDE forms)

because a student may use them to apply for Pell Grants as well as other kinds

of Federal education aid.

MISAA: Middle-Income Student Assistant Act. Law passed by Congress in 1978

which expanded eligibility for Pell Grants.

N: Number. The number of applicants, recipients, or other values found in

each table cell.

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~et Asset Level: Estimated monetary value of an applicant's (or applicant's

family if applicant is a dependent) property minus the applicant's

liabilities. Factors considered in estimating net asset level include the

value of the applicant's home; investments, business, farm, cash and savings,

and all debts against those assets.

Non-Qualified Applicant: Individual who has submitted an official application

for a Pell Grant but has been determined ineligible to receive a grant because

of insufflcient f.inancial need. A non-qualified applicant will have an SAL

greater than 1700.

Official Application: The first application to be processed by the central

processor.

Payment Document: Part 3 of the Student Aid Report showing an applicant's

name, address, Social· Security Number, date of birth, Student Aid Index,

t.ransaction number and" the date the Payment Document waS processed by the

institution. This is a machine readable document submitted by institutions to

the U.S. Department of Ed'ucation's Central Disbursement System.

Payment Schedule: A table showing a full-time student's Scheduled Award for a

given award period. The Payment Schedule also includes the Disbursement

Schedules which are tables showing the grant amounts three-quarter and half

time students would receive far an academic year.

Pell: Pell Grant. One of six major financial aid programs offered by the

Offic.e of Student Financial Assistance to assist individuals in furthering

their postsecondary education.

R%: Row Percent. The number of responses in each cell within a row as a

percent of the total number of responses in the row.

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RDS: Regular Disbursement System. Method by whiCh most. students are paid

Pell Grant awards. Institutions on the Regular Disbursement System receive

funds during the year, with the amount of funds received based on the pro

jected number of students attending the institution. Students then receive

Pell Grant payments directly from .. the. institution where the? are enrolled;

SAl' Student Aid Index·. Number given to applicant, based on applicant's

financial Strength as indicated by factors such as family income, net assets,

and hous.ehold size, which is combined with applicant's educational cost and

enrollment status (full-time, 3/4 time, half-time) to de·termine applicant's

grant level. For a given educational cost and enrollment status, a lower SAl

results in a higher grant level.

..SAR: Student Aid Report•. A report provided to an applicant Showing the

applicant's SAl.· The applicant must submit an SAR to the institution he or

sh~ plans -to a-ttend in orde.r to re,ceive an award.

Type of Institution, Institutions are classified in the following manner:

e- Five- -Year or -More - schools offering programs of at least five

years in duration.

• Four Year No Graduate - schools offering programs leading to an

und~rgraduate degree only.

• Three to' Four. Year - schools requiring at least three but less

than four years of course work, and awarding a degree or a

certificate of proficiency.

• Two to Three Year ~ schools requiring at least two but less than

three years of course work, and awarding a degree or a

certificate of proficiency. (Often these are community

colleges) •

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e One Year But Less Than Two Years - schools requiring course work

of at least one· but less than two years, and awarding degrees Or

certificates of proficiency.

e· Six Months But Less Than One Year - schools· requiring course

work of at.least six months' but less than one year, and awarding

degrees or certificates of proficiency. (Often these are

technical or secretarial schools).

The ab9'1J'e classifi,catidns-arealso., known as' "institution type. If

Unofficial Application: . Any.Pell Grant application form or MUll record (other

than a Special Condition Form) received by the central processor sUbs~qu~nt to

.processing the first application.

Valid Application: An application with sufficient data. to calculate an SAl.

Validation: The process by which Pell applicants are selected and required to

j present to the institution's financial aid administrator those forms (such as

a Federal Incom.e Tax Return and W-2 Statements) which confirm the accuracy of

the informacion they reported on their applications. Beginning in 1986-87,

this process is called "verification."

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