You can't qualify for a Pell Grant if you're incarcerated or are convicted of sexual offenses. Your eligibility depends on your Expected Family Contribution, which is based on your parents' net ...

The Student Aid Index (SAI) replaced the Expected Family Contribution (EFC ... The SAI is also used to calculate Pell Grant ...

Most notably, a student's EFC needed to be below a specific threshold to qualify for the Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) and the Pennsylvania State Grant.

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"North Carolina public HBCUs would suffer disproportionately from any reductions in Pell funding," says Todd Simmons, ...

The 96 percent Pell Grant graduation rate BC achieved this past academic ... between the cost of attending a specific college or university and the expected family contribution. Pell recipients ...

That number doesn’t include books or housing. A full Pell Grant covers about 57% of that tuition cost, so the student would still have to find another way to pay the remainder. But even a few ...

The student aid index (SAI) replaces the expected family contribution (EFC ... s financial need would be assessed as $20,500.

Boston College placed fourth in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of private colleges and universities with the best six-year graduation rates for Pell Grant students Boston College placed ...

The Pell Grant last faced a shortfall in 2011, which prompted Congress to cut program costs by more than $50 billion over the following decade, according to TICAS.

The federal Pell Grant program faces a looming $2.7 million budget shortfall, according to a January report from the Congressional Budget Office. Established in 1972, the Pell Grant gives ...