Massachusetts’ Largest Need-Based Grant is So Small:
A Closer Look at the MASSGrant
MARCH 2019
Executive Summary
Massachusetts has a complex higher education financial aid system offering a wide range of grants and tuition waivers that are difficult for students and families to navigate. While there is certainly a strong case to be made for merging and streamlining this system, we specifically focus our analysis on the effectiveness of its largest need-based grant, the MASSGrant.