Trends in Higher Education


The 31% of FTE undergraduate students in two-year public colleges received 30% of Pell Grant funds in 2007-08, but only 14% of Academic Competitiveness Grants (ACG). The 9% of undergraduates in for-profit institutions received over 20% of Pell Grants, but only 2% of ACG funds.



Note: Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

Note: FTE enrollment is based on a formula that counts a part-time student as one-third of a full-time student. Total FTEs include both graduate and undergraduate students. Private not-for-profit two-year institutions, which represent 1% of all undergraduate enrollment,
are excluded.
Source: NCES, unpublished data provided by IPEDS staff.

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