How BYU'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 Brigham Young University since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 21,977, which is 71.91 % of all undergraduate students. 4,793 students which is 15.73% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,859.

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	21,450 (70%)	$6,430	10,848 (35%)	$4,154	6,179 (20%)	$6,104
2012-13	21,606 (70%)	$6,457	11,112 (36%)	$4,240	5,958 (19%)	$6,106
2013-14	19,684 (71%)	$6,629	10,279 (37%)	$4,287	5,333 (19%)	$6,071
2014-15	19,360 (71%)	$6,691	10,093 (37%)	$4,331	4,904 (18%)	$5,949
2015-16	21,734 (72%)	$6,665	10,612 (35%)	$4,364	5,067 (17%)	$5,823
2016-17	22,807 (74%)	$6,752	11,287 (36%)	$4,415	4,866 (16%)	$5,748
2017-18	22,773 (73%)	$6,997	11,707 (37%)	$5,046	4,615 (15%)	$5,752
2018-19	23,294 (74%)	$7,143	11,472 (36%)	$5,129	4,403 (14%)	$5,743
2019-20	23,520 (76%)	$6,914	10,964 (35%)	$5,315	4,177 (13%)	$5,659
2020-21	23,476 (70%)	$6,835	10,786 (32%)	$5,267	3,818 (11%)	$5,739
2021-22	22,046 (70%)	$7,132	10,250 (32%)	$5,353	3,402 (11%)	$5,759
Average	21,977 (71.91%)	$6,786	10,855 (35.27%)	$4,718	4,793 (15.73%)	$5,859

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 2,618 (50.18 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,030. It can cover 77.43% of tuition & fees ($6,496).

In addition, 596 (11.45 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,286).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	2,838 (51%)	$4,300	807 (15%)	$5,234
2012-13	2,659 (49%)	$4,350	744 (14%)	$5,546
2013-14	2,164 (50%)	$4,443	298 (7%)	$5,057
2014-15	2,061 (51%)	$4,629	512 (13%)	$5,236
2015-16	2,631 (52%)	$4,589	594 (12%)	$4,994
2016-17	2,686 (52%)	$4,843	627 (12%)	$5,131
2017-18	2,567 (48%)	$5,056	636 (12%)	$5,104
2018-19	2,857 (51%)	$5,164	692 (12%)	$5,198
2019-20	2,996 (54%)	$5,764	626 (11%)	$5,505
2020-21	2,933 (48%)	$5,867	587 (10%)	$5,687
2021-22	2,411 (46%)	$6,325	436 (8%)	$5,457
Average	2,618 (50.18%)	$5,030	596 (11.45%)	$5,286

^*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, 755 (14.45 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,316.

In addition, 225 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (7.33 % 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	990 (18%)	$3,983	-	-	35 (1%)	$2,036	2,516 (45%)	$3,255
2012-13	930 (17%)	$3,787	-	-	64 (1%)	$1,767	2,281 (42%)	$3,477
2013-14	652 (15%)	$4,006	-	-	17 (0%)	$1,570	1,926 (44%)	$3,622
2014-15	643 (16%)	$4,024	-	-	21 (1%)	$2,857	1,898 (47%)	$3,632
2015-16	717 (14%)	$4,042	-	-	5 (0%)	$2,576	2,371 (47%)	$3,865
2016-17	765 (15%)	$4,105	-	-	14 (0%)	$2,555	2,434 (47%)	$4,040
2017-18	719 (13%)	$4,486	-	-	10 (0%)	$2,321	2,396 (45%)	$4,061
2018-19	791 (14%)	$4,534	-	-	22 (0%)	$2,244	2,751 (49%)	$4,041
2019-20	758 (14%)	$4,718	-	-	996 (18%)	$2,816	2,880 (52%)	$3,781
2020-21	749 (12%)	$4,867	-	-	644 (11%)	$2,565	2,726 (45%)	$4,370
2021-22	589 (11%)	$4,919	-	-	642 (12%)	$1,947	2,322 (44%)	$4,781
Average	755 (14.45%)	$4,316	-	-	225 (7.33%)	$2,296	2,409 (46.09%)	$3,902

^*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, 596 (11.45 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $596.

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	807 (15%)	$5,234	795 (14%)	$5,078	33 (1%)	$5,656
2012-13	744 (14%)	$5,546	730 (13%)	$5,358	30 (1%)	$7,169
2013-14	298 (7%)	$5,057	297 (7%)	$4,847	9 (0%)	$7,492
2014-15	512 (13%)	$5,236	510 (13%)	$5,198	4 (0%)	$7,423
2015-16	594 (12%)	$4,994	594 (12%)	$4,977	1 (0%)	$10,000
2016-17	627 (12%)	$5,131	627 (12%)	$5,127	1 (0%)	$2,000
2017-18	636 (12%)	$5,104	632 (12%)	$5,073	4 (0%)	$10,005
2018-19	692 (12%)	$5,198	692 (12%)	$5,198	-	-
2019-20	626 (11%)	$5,505	619 (11%)	$4,987	43 (1%)	$8,344
2020-21	587 (10%)	$5,687	581 (10%)	$5,278	29 (0%)	$9,371
2021-22	436 (8%)	$5,457	431 (8%)	$5,168	23 (0%)	$6,604
Average	596 (11.45%)	$5,286	592 (11.27%)	$5,117	18 (1.00%)	$7,406

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