Profile of Successful Pell Grant Recipients. Time to Bachelor's Degree and Early Graduate School Enrollment. Statistical Analysis Report

摘要

Among students who completed a bachelors degree in 1999-2000, some 36 percent1 had received at least one Pell Grant during their undergraduate education. This report describes the characteristics of Pell Grant recipients who graduated from college and compares them with graduates who did not receive Pell Grants. The time it took to complete a bachelors degree (time to degree) and early graduate school enrollment (1 year after graduating from college) were the two major outcomes measured in this study. Although Pell Grant recipients had a longer median time to degree than nonrecipients (62 months vs. 52 months), receipt of a Pell Grant was actually associated with a shorter time to degree in the multivariate regression analysis, which controlled for several related variables simultaneously (e.g., parents education, undergraduate risk characteristics, and type of institution).