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Minnesota Indian Scholarship Data

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Financial Aid Data & Trends
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The Minnesota Indian Scholarship Program provides postsecondary financial assistance to eligible Minnesota resident students who are of one-fourth or more American Indian ancestry and demonstrate financial need for an award. In Fiscal Year 2008, administration of the program was transferred from the Minnesota Department of Education to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. 

State Financial Aid Program Administrator
Nicole Strowbridge
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Award YearAppropriation*Number of AwardeesTotal Dollars SpentAverage Award
1956-57$5,00010$5,000$500
1957-58$7,50025$7,500$300
1958-59$10,50031$10,500$339
1959-60$7,500data not available
1960-61$7,50040$7,500$188
1961-62$12,00070$12,000$171
1962-63$15,00057$15,000$263
1963-64$20,00057$20,000$351
1964-65$20,00064$20,000$313
1965-66$24,96176$24,961$328
1966-67$25,00070$25,000$357
1967-68$35,00095$35,000$368
1968-69$40,000243$40,000$165
1969-70$60,000331$60,000$181
1970-71$75,000375$75,000$200
1971-72$190,161689$190,161$276
1972-73$269,839965$269,839$280
1973-74$225,000916$225,000$246
1974-75$235,000968$235,000$243
1975-76$400,000900$400,000$444
1976-77$400,0001,032$400,000$388
1977-78$500,0001,100$500,000$455
1978-79$500,000983$500,000$509
1979-80$500,0001,005$500,000$498
1980-81$625,000903$625,000$692
1981-82$600,0001,111$600,000$540
1982-83$625,000800$625,000$781
1983-84$1,500,0001,543$1,500,000$972
1984-85$1,500,0001,097$1,500,000$1,367
1985-86$1,500,0001,271$1,500,000$1,180
1986-87$1,581,8001,242$1,581,800$1,274
1987-88$1,581,8001,410$1,581,800$1,122
1988-89$1,582,8001,445$1,582,800$1,095
1989-90$1,582,0001,331$1,582,000$1,189
1990-91$1,582,0001,285$1,582,000$1,231
1991-92$1,500,0001,231$1,500,000$1,219
1992-93$1,500,0001,201$1,500,000$1,249
1993-94$1,500,000data not available
1994-95$1,600,000data not available
1995-96$1,600,000859$1,600,000$1,863
1996-97$1,600,000872$1,631,131$1,871
1997-98$1,600,000910$1,600,000$1,758
1998-99$1,875,0001,019$1,875,000$1,840
1999-00$1,875,0001,018$1,875,000$1,842
2000-01$1,875,000data not available
2001-02$1,875,000897$1,875,000$2,090
2002-03$1,875,000691$1,875,000$2,713
2003-04$1,875,000639$1,875,000$2,934
2004-05$1,875,000481$1,530,123$3,181
2005-06$1,875,000637$2,194,247$3,445
2006-07$1,875,000538$1,804,381$3,354
2007-08$1,875,000595$1,872,932$3,148
2008-09$1,875,000570$1,856,865$3,258
2009-10$2,000,000617$1,935,798$3,137
2010-11$2,043,074***626$2,037,081$3,254
2011-12$1,775,000540$1,736,794$3,216
2012-13$2,450,000750$2,385,228$3,180
2013-14$3,000,000876$2,789,765$3,186
2014-15$3,100,001086$3479,046$3,203
2015-16$3,500,001054$3,478,882$3,301
2016-17$3,500,000919$3,023,286$3,209
2017-18$3,500,000849$2,757,787$3,248
2018-19$3,500,000877$2,848,570$3,248
2019-20$3,500,000904$2,917,024$3,227
2020-21$3,500,000760$2,493,376$3,281
2021-22$3,500,000790$2,721,841$3,445
2022-23$3,500,000829$2,869,866$3,462
2023-24$3,500,000972$3,136,695$3,227

*Does not include appropriation set aside for the Office of Higher Education administration.

**If actual dollars spent data not available, annual appropriation is listed.

*** Amount includes carryover of unused funds in previous fiscal year.