Unlike other forms of financial aid, Pell Grants are not loans. Recipients don’t have to repay the money that they receive from the grant. The maximum Pell Grant award for 2025-26 has been set a ...

Nearly half of all first-generation college students receive Pell Grants. Pell Grant eligibility is determined from the information that is reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid ...

While Pell Grant eligibility will widen beginning July 1 ... Students must first submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, commonly known as FAFSA. This presents some challenges, according to ...

Qualifying students must either be Federal Pell Grant eligible or have a family-adjusted gross income (AGI) of $80,000 or less on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Students filing ...

The Pell Grant program is projected to face a $2.7 billion ... employment opportunities post-release. Pell Grants are a form of federal financial aid awarded to undergraduate students who ...

Student loan and Pell grant programs will still be run by the U.S. Department of Education, the White House said on Thursday, ...

Not only do more students now qualify for a Pell Grant because of changes to the financial aid application, but more students are also enrolling in college — a reversal from the significant ...

Expected federal government cuts to the U.S. Department of Education and a projected budget shortfall for Pell Grants, which are given to low-income students, could have an impact on high education ...

Something's not adding up here, New Jersey. Today, U.S. Senator Andy Kim, a graduate of Oxford, said he went to college ...

Some fear the Pell Grant, the popular college aid program created by a Rhode Island senator, could be in jeopardy amid massive upheaval in Washington NEWPORT, R.I. – When Claiborne Pell returned ...