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Highest-Research Doctoral Institutions With the Greatest Percentage of Pell Grant Recipients, 2014-15

Almanac 2017 August 13, 2017

Seven campuses in the University of California system were among the 30 highest-research institutions with the largest share of first-year Pell Grant recipients. No private nonprofit universities made the top 30.


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Rank for Pell Grants
InstitutionsPell GrantsAny financial aid
1.Georgia State U.58.2%93.5%
2.U. of Illinois at Chicago55.4%82.8%
3.U. of California at Riverside51.9%91.1%
4.Florida International U.50.7%86.3%
5.Wayne State U.49.8%93.4%

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Seven campuses in the University of California system were among the 30 highest-research institutions with the largest share of first-year Pell Grant recipients. No private nonprofit universities made the top 30.


Return to the Almanac home page, or go to the Profession, Students, Finance, or States section. To purchase a copy of the Almanac in print or as a downloadable interactive PDF, visit the Chronicle Store.


Rank for Pell Grants
InstitutionsPell GrantsAny financial aid
1. Georgia State U. 58.2% 93.5%
2. U. of Illinois at Chicago 55.4% 82.8%
3. U. of California at Riverside 51.9% 91.1%
4. Florida International U. 50.7% 86.3%
5. Wayne State U. 49.8% 93.4%
6. U. of Texas at Arlington 45.0% 85.1%
7. U. of California at Irvine 42.6% 73.8%
8. U. of Houston 40.7% 86.0%
9. U. of California at Santa Cruz 40.5% 81.6%
10. U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee 39.6% 85.4%
11. U. of New Mexico 38.9% 95.9%
12. U. of North Texas 38.6% 78.1%
13. U. of California at Santa Barbara 38.3% 71.0%
14. U. of Alabama at Birmingham 38.0% 90.8%
15. U. of California at Davis 37.7% 75.5%
16. U. at Albany 37.4% 78.9%
17. U. of South Florida 36.0% 89.5%
18. U. of California at San Diego 33.4% 63.5%
19. Washington State U. 33.0% 83.8%
20. U. of Central Florida 32.8% 87.3%
21. Stony Brook U. 32.3% 75.6%
22. U. at Buffalo 31.0% 77.3%
23. U. of Louisville 30.3% 97.3%
24. U. of California at Los Angeles 30.0% 64.7%
25. Temple U. 29.8% 91.7%
26. Virginia Commonwealth U. 29.6% 79.0%
27. Oregon State U. 29.3% 81.6%
28. U. of Tennessee at Knoxville 29.3% 93.6%
29. Rutgers U. at New Brunswick 28.3% 68.6%
30. U. of Texas at Dallas 28.1% 81.0%
Median for 114 institutions 21.1% 77.2%

Note: Institutions are ranked by the percentage of full-time first-time undergraduates who received federal Pell Grants, which are awarded on the basis of financial need, in 2014-15. “Any financial aid” includes grants, loans, assistantships, scholarships, fellowships, tuition waivers or discounts, veteran’s benefits, employer aid and other money given by federal, state, local, institutional, or other sources, aside from friends or relatives. Only institutions that are classified as “Doctoral Research Universities: Highest Research Activity” by the 2015 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education are included in the table.

Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data

A version of this article appeared in the August 18, 2017, issue.
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