How CSU's Financial Aid Changes

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at Columbus State University since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 5,064, which is 74.45 % of all undergraduate students. 3,734 students which is 54.73% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,869.

Year	Grant or Scholarship^*		Pell Grants		Federal Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	4,277 (61%)	$4,961	3,326 (47%)	$3,968	4,203 (60%)	$7,089
2012-13	4,762 (68%)	$5,037	3,203 (46%)	$4,019	4,264 (61%)	$7,069
2013-14	4,866 (69%)	$5,076	3,286 (47%)	$4,005	4,171 (59%)	$7,151
2014-15	4,805 (70%)	$5,159	3,235 (47%)	$4,035	4,101 (60%)	$7,164
2015-16	4,718 (68%)	$5,172	3,127 (45%)	$4,099	4,007 (58%)	$7,036
2016-17	4,569 (67%)	$5,507	3,093 (46%)	$4,335	3,862 (57%)	$7,039
2017-18	5,186 (76%)	$6,401	3,084 (45%)	$4,174	3,766 (55%)	$7,006
2018-19	5,135 (77%)	$6,863	3,059 (46%)	$4,577	3,651 (55%)	$6,946
2019-20	5,480 (84%)	$6,786	2,894 (45%)	$4,442	3,329 (51%)	$6,710
2020-21	5,973 (87%)	$6,220	2,958 (43%)	$4,744	3,011 (44%)	$6,196
2021-22	5,933 (92%)	$7,104	2,788 (43%)	$4,695	2,713 (42%)	$6,150
Average	5,064 (74.45%)	$5,844	3,096 (45.45%)	$4,281	3,734 (54.73%)	$6,869

Freshmen (First-time, Full-time Undergraduate) Financial Aid Over Time

Overview

For the last 12 years, on average, 901 (86.91 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,205. It can cover 42.88% of tuition & fees ($16,805) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 615 (59.36 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,068).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	872 (77%)	$5,961	748 (66%)	$5,877
2012-13	904 (82%)	$5,979	715 (65%)	$6,165
2013-14	842 (82%)	$6,388	610 (59%)	$6,114
2014-15	766 (85%)	$6,208	556 (61%)	$5,716
2015-16	839 (81%)	$6,354	615 (60%)	$5,769
2016-17	845 (86%)	$7,711	591 (60%)	$5,886
2017-18	818 (88%)	$7,692	565 (61%)	$5,802
2018-19	867 (87%)	$8,075	575 (57%)	$6,431
2019-20	920 (96%)	$8,510	558 (58%)	$6,497
2020-21	1,159 (94%)	$7,234	639 (52%)	$6,188
2021-22	1,074 (98%)	$9,147	598 (54%)	$6,301
Average	901 (86.91%)	$7,205	615 (59.36%)	$6,068

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentage of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students.

Grants/Scholarship

The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For the last 12 years, on average, 546 (52.64 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,850.

In addition, 569 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (55.18 % of students).

Year	Federal (Pell) Grants		Other Federal		State/Local government		Institutional
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2011-12	586 (52%)	$4,524	26 (2%)	$1,550	557 (49%)	$4,019	106 (9%)	$2,528
2012-13	576 (52%)	$4,515	12 (1%)	$1,967	566 (51%)	$4,108	148 (13%)	$3,079
2013-14	532 (52%)	$4,616	32 (3%)	$1,099	566 (55%)	$4,163	135 (13%)	$3,939
2014-15	468 (52%)	$4,559	19 (2%)	$1,453	526 (58%)	$4,325	104 (11%)	$3,075
2015-16	503 (49%)	$4,691	55 (5%)	$817	576 (56%)	$4,521	118 (11%)	$2,729
2016-17	484 (50%)	$4,843	72 (7%)	$838	569 (58%)	$4,550	202 (21%)	$7,535
2017-18	487 (52%)	$4,672	72 (8%)	$974	547 (59%)	$4,715	170 (18%)	$8,045
2018-19	514 (51%)	$5,171	93 (9%)	$741	598 (60%)	$4,838	205 (20%)	$6,740
2019-20	501 (52%)	$5,168	449 (47%)	$1,528	593 (62%)	$5,020	224 (23%)	$7,041
2020-21	698 (57%)	$5,184	957 (78%)	$491	617 (50%)	$4,947	191 (16%)	$6,516
2021-22	658 (60%)	$5,404	1,044 (95%)	$2,141	540 (49%)	$4,952	297 (27%)	$4,575
Average	546 (52.64%)	$4,850	257 (23.36%)	$1,236	569 (55.18%)	$4,560	173 (16.55%)	$5,073

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentage of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students..

Student Loans

The following table describes number of students and average amount of loans by loan type. The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time.

For the last 12 years, on average, 615 (59.36 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $615.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2011-12	748 (66%)	$5,877	747 (66%)	$5,691	23 (2%)	$6,295
2012-13	715 (65%)	$6,165	714 (64%)	$5,840	45 (4%)	$5,282
2013-14	610 (59%)	$6,114	608 (59%)	$5,740	38 (4%)	$6,299
2014-15	556 (61%)	$5,716	556 (61%)	$5,692	2 (0%)	$6,822
2015-16	615 (60%)	$5,769	615 (60%)	$5,596	23 (2%)	$4,632
2016-17	591 (60%)	$5,886	590 (60%)	$5,678	27 (3%)	$4,755
2017-18	565 (61%)	$5,802	565 (61%)	$5,583	25 (3%)	$4,936
2018-19	575 (57%)	$6,431	563 (56%)	$5,624	66 (7%)	$8,054
2019-20	558 (58%)	$6,497	549 (57%)	$5,415	89 (9%)	$7,329
2020-21	639 (52%)	$6,188	618 (50%)	$4,926	122 (10%)	$7,458
2021-22	598 (54%)	$6,301	589 (54%)	$5,270	106 (10%)	$6,263
Average	615 (59.36%)	$6,068	610 (58.91%)	$5,550	51 (5.40%)	$6,193

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at CSU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

Freshmen (First-time, Full-time Undergraduate) Financial Aid Over Time