Percentage of Students Offered Pell Grants

Description The percentage of students who are offered a non-zero Pell Grant in an academic year.
Data Source(s) WVM Data Warehouse
Calculations In an academic year, the count of students who were offered a Pell grant divided by the headcount of credit students in a year.
Denominator Headcount of credit students
Value Type Percentage
Notes
  • Students offered a Pell Grant refers to those who were offered a Pell award, regardless of whether they accepted or received the funds.

  • Non-credit and dually enrolled students were excluded since they are ineligible to be offered a Pell award.

  • Students must be either a U.S. Citizen, Non-U.S. Citizen (Permanent Resident), or Non-U.S. Citizen (Refugee/Asylee). Other citizenship statuses are not eligible for a Pell Grant award.

  • Students must have been offered a non-zero Pell award amount to be included.

  • To be counted in the headcount, students must have enrolled in at least one term during the academic year.

  • Academic year starts in the summer and ends in spring term academic year (e.g., For 2024-2025, it starts in summer 2024 and ends in spring 2025).

Back to top
Last Updated 12/11/25