How AAMU'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 Alabama A & M University since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,982, which is 84.36 % of all undergraduate students. 3,490 students which is 74.91% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,646.

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	3,490 (81%)	$7,414	3,004 (70%)	$4,622	3,400 (79%)	$7,875
2012-13	3,419 (82%)	$7,142	2,967 (71%)	$4,670	3,421 (82%)	$8,515
2013-14	3,379 (83%)	$7,316	2,980 (74%)	$4,587	3,356 (83%)	$7,992
2014-15	3,554 (84%)	$7,651	3,052 (72%)	$4,830	3,435 (82%)	$8,104
2015-16	3,651 (81%)	$7,686	3,171 (70%)	$4,617	3,454 (77%)	$10,095
2016-17	4,225 (87%)	$9,846	3,444 (71%)	$4,632	3,734 (77%)	$7,000
2017-18	4,401 (87%)	$9,704	3,561 (71%)	$5,005	3,781 (75%)	$7,027
2018-19	4,503 (88%)	$10,190	3,610 (70%)	$5,042	3,786 (74%)	$6,846
2019-20	4,600 (87%)	$9,872	3,741 (71%)	$5,324	3,957 (75%)	$7,109
2020-21	4,338 (85%)	$11,000	3,490 (69%)	$5,782	3,337 (66%)	$6,891
2021-22	4,246 (83%)	$10,797	3,338 (65%)	$5,519	2,733 (54%)	$6,652
Average	3,982 (84.36%)	$8,965	3,305 (70.36%)	$4,966	3,490 (74.91%)	$7,646

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 1,139 (87.45 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,817. It can cover 47.32% of tuition & fees ($18,634) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 949 (74.18 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,086).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	739 (86%)	$6,509	726 (85%)	$7,195
2012-13	908 (89%)	$6,745	912 (89%)	$7,824
2013-14	952 (89%)	$7,576	910 (85%)	$7,414
2014-15	1,124 (94%)	$8,245	977 (82%)	$7,431
2015-16	1,298 (88%)	$7,708	1,110 (75%)	$9,739
2016-17	1,212 (86%)	$8,057	1,051 (75%)	$6,301
2017-18	1,172 (91%)	$10,464	922 (72%)	$6,427
2018-19	1,219 (87%)	$10,891	997 (71%)	$6,446
2019-20	1,440 (85%)	$9,679	1,216 (72%)	$6,857
2020-21	1,280 (84%)	$11,047	905 (59%)	$6,164
2021-22	1,181 (83%)	$10,066	717 (51%)	$6,150
Average	1,139 (87.45%)	$8,817	949 (74.18%)	$7,086

^*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.

The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For the last 12 years, on average, 945 (73.27 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,077.

In addition, 41 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (3.09 % 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	674 (79%)	$4,810	50 (6%)	$1,197	55 (6%)	$887	186 (22%)	$7,850
2012-13	824 (81%)	$4,807	71 (7%)	$1,684	13 (1%)	$1,312	327 (32%)	$6,197
2013-14	857 (80%)	$4,818	62 (6%)	$2,009	15 (1%)	$1,250	519 (49%)	$5,666
2014-15	907 (76%)	$5,010	49 (4%)	$2,017	8 (1%)	$1,550	838 (70%)	$5,504
2015-16	1,086 (74%)	$4,692	68 (5%)	$1,865	22 (1%)	$1,102	828 (56%)	$5,747
2016-17	1,002 (71%)	$4,674	55 (4%)	$2,391	87 (6%)	$8,634	775 (55%)	$5,418
2017-18	909 (71%)	$4,957	61 (5%)	$2,054	62 (5%)	$7,281	870 (68%)	$8,255
2018-19	995 (71%)	$5,065	114 (8%)	$2,047	58 (4%)	$5,215	897 (64%)	$8,585
2019-20	1,169 (69%)	$5,485	109 (6%)	$2,159	44 (3%)	$1,326	915 (54%)	$7,904
2020-21	1,016 (67%)	$5,888	121 (8%)	$2,200	46 (3%)	$1,502	1,014 (66%)	$7,714
2021-22	955 (67%)	$5,639	85 (6%)	$1,993	36 (3%)	$1,989	822 (58%)	$7,617
Average	945 (73.27%)	$5,077	77 (5.91%)	$1,965	41 (3.09%)	$2,913	726 (54.00%)	$6,951

^*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..

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, 949 (74.18 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $949.

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	726 (85%)	$7,195	723 (84%)	$7,066	14 (2%)	$8,208
2012-13	912 (89%)	$7,824	911 (89%)	$7,719	13 (1%)	$7,965
2013-14	910 (85%)	$7,414	909 (85%)	$7,337	13 (1%)	$5,980
2014-15	977 (82%)	$7,431	966 (81%)	$7,391	20 (2%)	$6,027
2015-16	1,110 (75%)	$9,739	1,109 (75%)	$9,676	11 (1%)	$7,194
2016-17	1,051 (75%)	$6,301	1,046 (74%)	$6,131	24 (2%)	$8,736
2017-18	922 (72%)	$6,427	920 (71%)	$6,278	15 (1%)	$9,979
2018-19	997 (71%)	$6,446	992 (71%)	$6,307	18 (1%)	$9,498
2019-20	1,216 (72%)	$6,857	1,211 (72%)	$6,553	35 (2%)	$11,491
2020-21	905 (59%)	$6,164	905 (59%)	$6,164	-	-
2021-22	717 (51%)	$6,150	714 (50%)	$5,855	13 (1%)	$17,632
Average	949 (74.18%)	$7,086	946 (73.73%)	$6,952	18 (1.40%)	$9,271

Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at AAMU

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