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Table 03. 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 2018–19
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 17,272,222 5,867,806 34.0 $4,416
 Full-time, first-time undergraduates 2,673,591 1,156,267 43.2 4,815
 Other undergraduates 14,598,631 4,711,539 32.3 4,318
Public 13,205,416 4,294,078 32.5 4,399
 4-year 7,606,545 2,546,968 33.5 4,578
  Full-time, first-time undergraduates 1,208,851 447,676 37.0 4,899
  Other undergraduates 6,397,694 2,099,292 32.8 4,509
 2-year 5,518,801 1,727,668 31.3 4,138
  Full-time, first-time undergraduates 597,553 307,449 51.5 4,872
  Other undergraduates 4,921,248 1,420,219 28.9 3,980
 Less-than-2-year 80,070 19,442 24.3 4,161
  Full-time, first-time undergraduates 16,386 7,960 48.6 4,277
  Other undergraduates 63,684 11,482 18.0 4,081
     
Private nonprofit 2,841,721 911,065 32.1 4,572
 4-year 2,766,956 862,108 31.2 4,539
  Full-time, first-time undergraduates 528,415 169,781 32.1 4,791
  Other undergraduates 2,238,541 692,327 30.9 4,478
 2-year 61,601 41,844 67.9 5,262
  Full-time, first-time undergraduates 33,193 26,623 80.2 5,771
  Other undergraduates 28,408 15,221 53.6 4,371
 Less-than-2-year 13,164 7,113 54.0 4,441
  Full-time, first-time undergraduates 6,852 4,299 62.7 4,215
  Other undergraduates 6,312 2,814 44.6 4,785
     
Private for-profit 1,225,085 662,663 54.1 4,314
 4-year 613,395 307,214 50.1 4,385
  Full-time, first-time undergraduates 50,712 33,021 65.1 4,820
  Other undergraduates 562,683 274,193 48.7 4,332
 2-year 275,720 161,030 58.4 4,338
  Full-time, first-time undergraduates 103,288 71,091 68.8 4,470
  Other undergraduates 172,432 89,939 52.2 4,234
 Less-than-2-year 335,970 194,419 57.9 4,183
  Full-time, first-time undergraduates 128,341 88,367 68.9 4,301
  Other undergraduates 207,629 106,052 51.1 4,084

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, these four 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 collection year’s archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2019.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Winter 2019–20, Student Financial Aid component (final data).