How ATU'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 Arkansas Tech University since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 7,477, which is 71.18 % of all undergraduate students. 4,254 students which is 40.27% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,661.

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	7,324 (75%)	$6,567	4,437 (46%)	$4,092	4,484 (46%)	$6,606
2012-13	7,572 (75%)	$6,455	4,600 (46%)	$4,078	4,776 (47%)	$6,103
2013-14	7,716 (74%)	$6,111	4,661 (44%)	$4,061	4,735 (45%)	$6,232
2014-15	7,892 (71%)	$6,375	4,772 (43%)	$4,120	4,891 (44%)	$6,900
2015-16	7,993 (71%)	$6,260	4,680 (42%)	$4,091	4,926 (44%)	$6,852
2016-17	7,728 (70%)	$6,352	4,345 (39%)	$4,130	4,700 (43%)	$6,859
2017-18	7,565 (70%)	$6,752	4,264 (40%)	$4,404	4,438 (41%)	$6,985
2018-19	7,351 (66%)	$7,086	4,022 (36%)	$4,557	4,046 (36%)	$6,750
2019-20	7,518 (68%)	$7,375	4,030 (37%)	$4,592	3,890 (35%)	$6,742
2020-21	7,241 (72%)	$8,276	3,592 (36%)	$4,545	3,258 (32%)	$6,606
2021-22	6,342 (71%)	$9,067	3,068 (34%)	$4,776	2,654 (30%)	$6,638
Average	7,477 (71.18%)	$6,971	4,225 (40.27%)	$4,313	4,254 (40.27%)	$6,661

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 1,622 (93.27 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,363. It can cover 50.77% of tuition & fees ($14,502) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 894 (51.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,030).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	1,626 (93%)	$7,295	860 (49%)	$5,039
2012-13	1,575 (93%)	$7,541	827 (49%)	$4,709
2013-14	1,571 (94%)	$6,584	879 (52%)	$5,217
2014-15	1,758 (94%)	$7,295	1,014 (54%)	$5,778
2015-16	1,789 (92%)	$6,641	1,104 (57%)	$5,950
2016-17	1,673 (92%)	$6,352	995 (55%)	$6,446
2017-18	1,611 (92%)	$6,739	1,004 (57%)	$6,860
2018-19	1,542 (94%)	$7,807	814 (50%)	$6,300
2019-20	1,880 (95%)	$7,871	1,003 (50%)	$6,596
2020-21	1,566 (94%)	$8,425	740 (44%)	$6,728
2021-22	1,249 (93%)	$8,440	589 (44%)	$6,707
Average	1,622 (93.27%)	$7,363	894 (51.00%)	$6,030

^*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, 951 (54.55 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,524.

In addition, 1,126 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (64.36 % 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	985 (56%)	$4,074	78 (4%)	$365	1,137 (65%)	$4,168	637 (36%)	$4,839
2012-13	960 (57%)	$4,237	69 (4%)	$349	1,133 (67%)	$4,132	663 (39%)	$4,682
2013-14	968 (58%)	$4,346	144 (9%)	$309	1,111 (66%)	$2,000	934 (56%)	$4,144
2014-15	1,068 (57%)	$4,393	152 (8%)	$376	1,310 (70%)	$2,054	1,300 (70%)	$4,143
2015-16	1,070 (55%)	$4,243	203 (10%)	$367	1,332 (69%)	$2,084	767 (40%)	$5,854
2016-17	978 (54%)	$4,409	189 (10%)	$388	1,185 (65%)	$1,237	818 (45%)	$5,837
2017-18	961 (55%)	$4,699	313 (18%)	$239	1,115 (63%)	$1,144	883 (50%)	$5,652
2018-19	894 (55%)	$4,838	272 (17%)	$342	1,024 (63%)	$1,308	1,263 (77%)	$4,973
2019-20	1,097 (55%)	$4,812	182 (9%)	$367	1,289 (65%)	$1,392	1,490 (75%)	$5,139
2020-21	804 (48%)	$4,719	1,005 (60%)	$1,432	993 (59%)	$1,445	1,265 (76%)	$5,159
2021-22	673 (50%)	$4,999	678 (51%)	$2,461	753 (56%)	$1,858	943 (71%)	$4,358
Average	951 (54.55%)	$4,524	299 (18.18%)	$636	1,126 (64.36%)	$2,075	997 (57.73%)	$4,980

^*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, 894 (51.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $894.

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	860 (49%)	$5,039	859 (49%)	$4,993	9 (1%)	$4,888
2012-13	827 (49%)	$4,709	825 (49%)	$4,593	19 (1%)	$5,531
2013-14	879 (52%)	$5,217	876 (52%)	$5,058	24 (1%)	$6,457
2014-15	1,014 (54%)	$5,778	1,013 (54%)	$5,694	15 (1%)	$6,079
2015-16	1,104 (57%)	$5,950	1,098 (57%)	$5,794	36 (2%)	$5,737
2016-17	995 (55%)	$6,446	988 (54%)	$6,166	41 (2%)	$7,859
2017-18	1,004 (57%)	$6,860	998 (57%)	$6,501	64 (4%)	$6,239
2018-19	814 (50%)	$6,300	805 (49%)	$6,000	85 (5%)	$3,505
2019-20	1,003 (50%)	$6,596	996 (50%)	$6,077	78 (4%)	$7,220
2020-21	740 (44%)	$6,728	724 (43%)	$6,090	66 (4%)	$8,627
2021-22	589 (44%)	$6,707	582 (44%)	$5,958	55 (4%)	$8,774
Average	894 (51.00%)	$6,030	888 (50.73%)	$5,720	45 (2.64%)	$6,447

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