[imjustsaying]

I'm just going to go out on a limb and say that most of the people going to ITT-esque schools are getting Pell Grants (free money, not loans) first and foremost to cover their costs.

I didn't even know this was a thing until after I graduated (I never got a Pell Grant because my parents made too much money).

Some schools have over 90% of their students funding their entire costs through Pell Grants (look at University of Puerto Rico or Interamerican University of Puerto Rico for some extreme examples).

[saalweachter]

It looks like ITT does/did have a large proportion of students with Pell Grants -- 23,500 out of 57,000 students. The tuition figures I can find for ITT are $18,000 / year, while the average Pell Grant to an ITT student was $1800 / year.

So 40% of ITT students got 10% of their tuition from ITT, and ITT got 4% of its revenue from Pell Grants.

[munchbunny]

The 10% number is really interesting, where are these students getting the other 90%?

To me it feels like it can't have just been paid in cash, because if you have $16,000 per year just lying around... you are probably in a situation where you can find better options than ITT.