... undergraduates received a Pell grant, with an average grant of $3,800 and a maximum award of $5,550. In the aggregate, the Pell program awarded over $35 billion in 2010-2011.6o Stafford loans are ... U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis. 57 U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis. 14 wages, such as experience. By 2004, this gap had risen to 90 percent and ... through the widespread availability of affordable public education. Over the past several decades, the extent of this support has changed in a fundamental way. States and local governments have...