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Minnesota State Grant Data

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Financial Aid Data & Trends
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The Minnesota State Grant Program is the state's largest financial aid program providing need-based grant assistance to Minnesota resident undergraduates attending public and private postsecondary institutions in Minnesota. During Fiscal Year 2024, the Minnesota State Grant Program awarded $244 million to 71,530 grant recipients. See Minnesota statute and administrative rules governing the program.

State Grant Research Manager
Nicole Whelan

Average Combined Federal Pell and Minnesota State Grant Award Received by State Grant Recipients, Fiscal Year 2024

2024 State Grant End of Year Grap

State Grant and Federal Pell Grant Spending Trends

The Minnesota State Grant columns are the number of Minnesota resident undergraduates receiving a state grant along with the total dollars awarded. The Federal Pell Grant columns are the number of undergraduates attending Minnesota institutions receiving a Pell Grant and total Pell Grant dollars awarded.

Note: The Minnesota State Grant Program received its first state appropriation in 1984. A Minnesota Scholarship program existed in prior years. 

Minnesota State Grant & Federal Pell Grant Recipients & Awards by Year

 
Minnesota State Grant
Federal Pell Grant
Fiscal YearNumber of RecipientsAmount Awarded
(millions)
Number of RecipientsAmount Awarded
(millions)
1978 $17.41  
1979 $22.22  
198032,532$20.60  
198138,317$26.60  
198242,881$26.30  
198341,058$24.30  
198452,130$46.30  
198553,036$44.40  
198655,858$45.60  
198762,987$63.40 $78.32
198863,229$64.60  
198951,569$55.60 $103.98
199046,523$54.70  
199159,188$71.40 $109.14
199262,613$76.60  
199362,079$82.62 $122.41
199471,801$91.00  
199570,565$88.60 $92.96
199663,084$88.28  
199761,523$89.22 $89.58
199860,467$91.43  
199961,660$108.95 $102.73
200062,802$109.5458,185$98.20
200165,246$115.7660,806$111.11
200271,274$125.6467,552$138.45
200372,396$133.5974,917$163.10
200469,620$115.3278,757$174.00
200573,410$124.4480,806$177.70
200671,108$124.2977,317$168.69
200780,182$156.1078,658$176.92
200883,246$148.6789,583$214.60
200984,518$143.52100,329$269.19
2010103,544$168.50144,913$468.80
201188,823$119.89181,614$606.16
201295,510$142.73177,385$563.84
201399,440$161.42177,217$551.53
201499,501$172.51161,732$526.54
201599,324$177.03150,639$495.28
201682,416$173.49136,543$451.24
201781,023$187.08124,428$407.50
201880,793$194.02120,700$425.05
201979,805$207.70117,417$425.52
202077,544$207.90114,682$417.38
202171,889$200.60104,276$388.54
202269,495$201.89102,277$379.22
202367,584$214.1499,051$383.89
202471,530$243.64107,521$446.06

*Historical data not currently available