How Fresno State'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 California State University-Fresno since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 15,520, which is 72.82 % of all undergraduate students. 6,027 students which is 28.55% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,128.

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	11,540 (60%)	$9,597	10,160 (53%)	$4,423	7,017 (37%)	$6,233
2012-13	12,265 (62%)	$9,343	10,663 (54%)	$4,458	7,154 (36%)	$6,265
2013-14	13,423 (66%)	$9,683	11,567 (57%)	$4,551	6,730 (33%)	$6,147
2014-15	15,445 (75%)	$8,560	11,554 (56%)	$4,639	6,524 (32%)	$5,966
2015-16	15,981 (74%)	$9,058	12,456 (58%)	$4,674	6,779 (32%)	$5,907
2016-17	16,041 (75%)	$9,145	12,358 (57%)	$4,624	6,267 (29%)	$6,004
2017-18	17,068 (77%)	$9,501	13,255 (60%)	$4,764	6,743 (30%)	$6,074
2018-19	17,398 (79%)	$9,632	13,152 (59%)	$4,836	5,990 (27%)	$6,035
2019-20	16,768 (78%)	$9,769	12,579 (58%)	$4,884	5,274 (24%)	$6,114
2020-21	17,404 (77%)	$9,722	13,001 (57%)	$4,880	3,972 (17%)	$6,324
2021-22	17,391 (78%)	$9,430	12,899 (58%)	$4,926	3,848 (17%)	$6,344
Average	15,520 (72.82%)	$9,404	12,149 (57.00%)	$4,696	6,027 (28.55%)	$6,128

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 2,632 (80.36 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $10,269. It can cover 54.45% of tuition & fees ($18,860) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 764 (23.64 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,914).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	2,008 (71%)	$10,584	849 (30%)	$4,942
2012-13	2,178 (72%)	$10,046	914 (30%)	$4,965
2013-14	2,259 (71%)	$10,802	812 (26%)	$5,085
2014-15	2,765 (82%)	$9,568	872 (26%)	$4,807
2015-16	2,943 (83%)	$10,006	963 (27%)	$4,741
2016-17	2,645 (82%)	$10,267	813 (25%)	$4,816
2017-18	2,873 (87%)	$10,233	927 (28%)	$4,841
2018-19	2,962 (85%)	$10,423	757 (22%)	$4,786
2019-20	2,758 (84%)	$10,745	620 (19%)	$5,081
2020-21	2,858 (82%)	$10,314	411 (12%)	$4,809
2021-22	2,702 (85%)	$9,968	463 (15%)	$5,178
Average	2,632 (80.36%)	$10,269	764 (23.64%)	$4,914

^*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, 2,043 (62.64 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,075.

In addition, 2,178 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (66.45 % 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	1,717 (61%)	$4,797	562 (20%)	$331	1,586 (56%)	$2,966	1,564 (55%)	$5,196
2012-13	1,881 (62%)	$4,839	155 (5%)	$298	1,750 (58%)	$2,320	1,513 (50%)	$5,731
2013-14	1,966 (62%)	$4,945	416 (13%)	$293	1,843 (58%)	$2,581	1,671 (53%)	$5,866
2014-15	2,056 (61%)	$4,970	301 (9%)	$300	2,389 (71%)	$2,530	1,805 (53%)	$5,597
2015-16	2,258 (64%)	$4,990	883 (25%)	$241	2,496 (71%)	$2,375	2,006 (57%)	$6,002
2016-17	2,034 (63%)	$5,004	262 (8%)	$1,013	2,247 (70%)	$2,484	1,843 (57%)	$6,040
2017-18	2,185 (66%)	$5,110	255 (8%)	$1,163	2,182 (66%)	$2,488	1,999 (60%)	$6,258
2018-19	2,157 (62%)	$5,230	256 (7%)	$1,184	2,718 (78%)	$2,607	1,942 (56%)	$6,284
2019-20	2,031 (62%)	$5,329	429 (13%)	$864	2,551 (78%)	$2,686	1,891 (58%)	$6,128
2020-21	2,149 (62%)	$5,263	268 (8%)	$1,084	2,651 (76%)	$2,462	2,012 (58%)	$5,641
2021-22	2,041 (64%)	$5,350	216 (7%)	$1,229	1,548 (49%)	$2,462	2,030 (64%)	$5,881
Average	2,043 (62.64%)	$5,075	364 (11.18%)	$727	2,178 (66.45%)	$2,542	1,843 (56.45%)	$5,875

^*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, 764 (23.64 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $764.

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	849 (30%)	$4,942	846 (30%)	$4,687	25 (1%)	$9,224
2012-13	914 (30%)	$4,965	910 (30%)	$4,653	33 (1%)	$9,187
2013-14	812 (26%)	$5,085	809 (26%)	$4,766	26 (1%)	$10,510
2014-15	872 (26%)	$4,807	867 (26%)	$4,594	22 (1%)	$9,466
2015-16	963 (27%)	$4,741	956 (27%)	$4,485	31 (1%)	$8,960
2016-17	813 (25%)	$4,816	795 (25%)	$4,497	40 (1%)	$8,518
2017-18	927 (28%)	$4,841	916 (28%)	$4,537	35 (1%)	$9,485
2018-19	757 (22%)	$4,786	746 (21%)	$4,325	41 (1%)	$9,673
2019-20	620 (19%)	$5,081	609 (19%)	$4,610	33 (1%)	$10,386
2020-21	411 (12%)	$4,809	405 (12%)	$4,620	13 (0%)	$8,114
2021-22	463 (15%)	$5,178	455 (14%)	$4,746	22 (1%)	$10,821
Average	764 (23.64%)	$4,914	756 (23.45%)	$4,593	29 (1.00%)	$9,486

Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Fresno State

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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