Key Numbers

NEED has awarded $20 million in grants to nearly 19,000 students over the past 49 years.

Key Numbers for the 2010−2011 school year:

• 106: number of post-secondary institutions throughout the United States where 2010-2011 NEED recipients are enrolled. 47 (44%) of these institutions are located within Pennsylvania.
• 86% of students are enrolled in post-secondary education in Pennsylvania
• 14% of students are enrolled in post-secondary education out of state
• 44% of grants were awarded to freshman
• 25% of grants were awarded to sophomores
• 17% of grants were awarded to juniors
• 12% of grants were awarded to seniors

For the Average NEED Freshman:

• 53% were accepted by their first choice school.
• 80% have a grade point average of a 3.50 to 4.00
• 63% intend to earn a Master’s degree or higher
• 73% participated in NEED’s Access to College and Career Education (A.C.E.) Program when it was offered in their school
• 34% are first-generation
• 58% live with one parent
• 42% live with both parents

Other Figures

• 74 Students that went on the 5th Annual NEED HBCU Tour in Spring of 2011.
• 12: Number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities visited on the HBCU Tour.
• 880: Number of attendees at the 48th Annual NEED Benefit Dinner on March 15, 2011.
• 11: Number of local corporations that participated in the Workforce Diversity Internship Fair.