Pell Grants turn 50

For half a century, Pell Grants have been an important source of financial aid for Iowa Staters. This June, the federal Pell Grant marked its 50th anniversary celebrating more than 80 million low- and moderate-income student recipients. During the 2021-22 academic year at Iowa State, 5,188, or one in five, undergraduates — 74% of them Iowa residents — received a Pell Grant, totaling more than $23.5 million in student aid. In the last 10 academic years, 28,766 Iowa State students received more than $255 million in Pell Grant aid.