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Expenditure on Federal Pell Grants in the United States 1980 to 2017

Total expenditure on Federal Pell Grant Awards in the United States from 1980/81 to 2016/17 (in billion 2016 U.S. dollars)

The data displays the average expenditure in billion USD on Federal Pell Grant Awards in the U.S. from 1980 to 2017. In the academic year 1980/81, expenditure on Federal Pell grants totaled to 6.9 billion USD. By the academic year 2016/17, expenditure was up to 26.6 billion USD.

1980-81	6.9
1981-82	6
1982-83	6
1983-84	6.7
1984-85	7.1
1985-86	8
1986-87	7.6
1987-88	7.9
1988-89	9.1
1989-90	9.2
1990-91	9.1
1991-92	10.2
1992-93	10.6
1993-94	9.4
1994-95	9
1995-96	8.6
1996-97	8.9
1997-98	9.5
1998-99	10.7
1999-00	10.4
2000-01	11.1
2001-02	13.5
2002-03	15.6
2003-04	16.6
2004-05	16.7
2005-06	15.6
2006-07	15.2
2007-08	17
2008-09	20
2009-10	33.5
2010-11	39.4
2011-12	35.8
2012-13	33.7
2013-14	32.4
2014-15	30.9
2015-16	28.8
2016-17	26.6

Expenditure on Federal Pell Grants in the United States 1980 to 2017

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