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Pell Protector

Starting with the 2026–27 school year, you can't get a Pell Grant for a school year if your grants and scholarships from your state, your college, or a private group add up to your cost of attendance or more. Being even $1 under still counts as under.

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Find it on your financial aid offer or your school's website. It covers tuition, housing, food, books and more.

Your grants and scholarships

List every grant and scholarship for this school year. Loans and work-study are not grants, so leave them out.

Optional: Pell Grant amount · SAI

From your financial aid offer.

On your FAFSA Submission Summary. It can be negative.

Where you stand

Enter the cost of attendance to see where things stand.