National Center for Education Statistics

Table 3. Number of undergraduates enrolled, number and percentage awarded a Federal Pell grant, and average Federal Pell grant amount at Title IV institutions, by control and level of institution and type of undergraduate: United States, academic year 2016–17
Table 3. Number of undergraduates enrolled, number and percentage awarded a Federal Pell grant, and average Federal Pell grant amount at Title IV institutions, by control and level of institution and type of undergraduate: United States, academic year 2016–17
Control and level of institution and type of undergraduate		Number enrolled	Number awarded a Federal Pell grant	Percent awarded a Federal Pell grant	Average Federal Pell grant amount1
All institutions		17,595,331	6,146,681	34.9	$4,046
Full-time, first-time undergraduates		2,718,152	1,189,338	43.8	4,471
Other undergraduates		14,877,179	4,957,343	33.3	3,944
Public		13,291,495	4,414,959	33.2	4,030
4-year		7,357,644	2,463,546	33.5	4,189
Full-time, first-time undergraduates		1,159,954	418,547	36.1	4,536
Other undergraduates		6,197,690	2,044,999	33.0	4,118
2-year		5,861,139	1,931,511	33.0	3,828
Full-time, first-time undergraduates		620,502	317,753	51.2	4,428
Other undergraduates		5,240,637	1,613,758	30.8	3,710
Less-than-2-year		72,712	19,902	27.4	3,812
Full-time, first-time undergraduates		19,015	8,368	44.0	3,998
Other undergraduates		53,697	11,534	21.5	3,678
Private nonprofit		2,884,992	930,024	32.2	4,210
4-year		2,767,510	849,956	30.7	4,129
Full-time, first-time undergraduates		508,500	157,976	31.1	4,433
Other undergraduates		2,259,010	691,980	30.6	4,060
2-year		97,154	68,679	70.7	5,162
Full-time, first-time undergraduates		61,657	49,910	80.9	5,613
Other undergraduates		35,497	18,769	52.9	3,962
Less-than-2-year		20,328	11,389	56.0	4,492
Full-time, first-time undergraduates		9,146	5,943	65.0	4,503
Other undergraduates		11,182	5,446	48.7	4,481
Private for-profit		1,418,844	801,698	56.5	3,948
4-year		732,920	378,654	51.7	3,886
Full-time, first-time undergraduates		57,680	36,485	63.3	4,513
Other undergraduates		675,240	342,169	50.7	3,819
2-year		346,387	218,704	63.1	4,054
Full-time, first-time undergraduates		140,912	96,530	68.5	4,159
Other undergraduates		205,475	122,174	59.5	3,971
Less-than-2-year		339,537	204,340	60.2	3,951
Full-time, first-time undergraduates		140,786	97,826	69.5	4,137
Other undergraduates		198,751	106,514	53.6	3,780

1Average Federal Pell grant amount was calculated by dividing the total amount of the Federal Pell grants awarded by the total number of students awarded Federal Pell grants.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The four U.S. service academies that are not Title IV eligible are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public. However, the U.S. service academies are not included in this table. Percentages in the "Percent awarded a Federal Pell grant" column of this table use the corresponding count in the "Number enrolled" column as the denominator. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/public/glossary. The glossary is primarily focused on terms used in the current IPEDS collection and may not reflect the definitions in effect when the data in this table were collected.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Winter 2017–18, Student Financial Aid component (final data).