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Minnesota State Grant

Minnesota's State Grant program provides need-based aid to Minnesota college students. By helping thousands of students from low- and middle-income families afford college, the state makes a strategic investment in our state's future workforce.

Video: The Minnesota State Grant: Why it matters

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  • State Grant Background & 2019 Legislative Request

  • Need-based aid for college students: Why it matters

  • Need-based aid for college students: How it pays off

Background:

Statewide impact2017-18 State Grant spending by sector

  • More than 80,000 students receive a State Grant — that’s one in four Minnesota undergrads.
  • Students attend part-time and full-time, pursing certificates, associate degrees and bachelor’s degrees.
  • Students attend both public and private nonprofit institutions.
  • 92% of recipients’ families earn less than $80,000.

Benefits

It holds down student debt and fosters student choice. The program also helps increase degree completion and close our state’s attainment gaps. Our whole state benefits — not only from increasing equity but by strengthening our workforce, given how our economic vitality depends on more people continuing their educations beyond high school and earning degrees.

A 2018 article from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis put it well: “In the arena of financial aid, assistance to those who need it most will boost the national economy. And need-based aid for college helps achieve the separate social goal of greater equity.”

Video: St. Catherine University students say "thanks"

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Easing the burden
Carlos Rivera

"I wanted to go to a good college without putting a huge burden on my family, since my sister will also be in college soon. Without the State Grant, I would be more worried that we couldn't keep up with payments. That added burden would mean I wouldn't be able to focus as much on my studies."

Carlos Rivera
St. Olaf College ’15, St. Paul, Minn.
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