Presentation by Alice Burns, an analyst in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, and by Ben Layton and Lyle Nelson, both of CBO’s Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division, at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting.

    

In 2016, students pursuing higher education received about $91 billion in financial support from federal spending programs and tax expenditures. This report examines the distribution of that assistance among households, by income group.