How Cal State LA'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-Los Angeles since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 17,608, which is 79.55 % of all undergraduate students. 6,357 students which is 29.55% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,244.

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	11,709 (67%)	$9,272	11,178 (64%)	$4,322	6,613 (38%)	$6,127
2012-13	12,587 (69%)	$9,061	11,677 (64%)	$4,334	7,106 (39%)	$6,097
2013-14	14,157 (72%)	$9,194	12,988 (66%)	$4,444	7,062 (36%)	$5,904
2014-15	16,838 (81%)	$8,505	14,007 (68%)	$4,522	6,626 (32%)	$5,844
2015-16	19,000 (81%)	$8,420	15,942 (68%)	$4,567	7,653 (33%)	$5,950
2016-17	19,898 (83%)	$8,703	16,126 (67%)	$4,644	7,859 (33%)	$6,127
2017-18	20,625 (83%)	$9,276	17,053 (69%)	$4,875	7,265 (29%)	$6,451
2018-19	20,234 (84%)	$9,805	16,481 (68%)	$4,994	6,203 (26%)	$6,339
2019-20	19,504 (86%)	$10,159	15,473 (68%)	$5,076	5,076 (22%)	$6,353
2020-21	19,072 (84%)	$10,023	15,106 (66%)	$5,052	4,035 (18%)	$6,643
2021-22	20,060 (85%)	$10,096	15,592 (66%)	$5,019	4,433 (19%)	$6,853
Average	17,608 (79.55%)	$9,319	14,693 (66.73%)	$4,714	6,357 (29.55%)	$6,244

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 2,903 (86.55 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $10,479. It can cover 56.04% of tuition & fees ($18,698) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 702 (21.73 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,189).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	1,898 (80%)	$10,609	873 (37%)	$3,851
2012-13	2,093 (76%)	$9,979	888 (32%)	$4,057
2013-14	2,243 (77%)	$10,825	693 (24%)	$3,626
2014-15	2,649 (84%)	$10,366	673 (21%)	$3,747
2015-16	3,139 (85%)	$9,276	922 (25%)	$3,798
2016-17	3,234 (88%)	$9,553	891 (24%)	$3,945
2017-18	3,156 (93%)	$10,252	693 (20%)	$4,282
2018-19	3,495 (93%)	$11,279	544 (14%)	$4,356
2019-20	3,024 (94%)	$11,315	444 (14%)	$4,598
2020-21	3,477 (91%)	$10,909	430 (11%)	$4,592
2021-22	3,527 (91%)	$10,907	672 (17%)	$5,227
Average	2,903 (86.55%)	$10,479	702 (21.73%)	$4,189

^*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, 2,465 (74.00 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,077.

In addition, 2,358 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (69.27 % 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	1,793 (76%)	$4,742	242 (10%)	$1,307	1,101 (46%)	$2,478	1,607 (68%)	$5,345
2012-13	1,993 (72%)	$4,713	136 (5%)	$1,279	1,292 (47%)	$2,215	1,583 (57%)	$5,343
2013-14	2,120 (73%)	$4,861	198 (7%)	$1,160	1,644 (57%)	$2,303	1,848 (64%)	$5,389
2014-15	2,285 (73%)	$4,935	225 (7%)	$1,203	2,097 (67%)	$2,199	2,132 (68%)	$5,300
2015-16	2,619 (71%)	$4,884	547 (15%)	$1,120	2,236 (61%)	$2,237	2,071 (56%)	$5,172
2016-17	2,586 (70%)	$5,035	266 (7%)	$1,128	2,478 (67%)	$2,268	2,206 (60%)	$5,419
2017-18	2,624 (77%)	$5,239	81 (2%)	$446	2,929 (86%)	$2,199	2,259 (66%)	$5,370
2018-19	2,885 (77%)	$5,356	146 (4%)	$539	3,247 (86%)	$2,321	2,856 (76%)	$5,726
2019-20	2,514 (78%)	$5,457	246 (8%)	$370	2,720 (84%)	$2,254	2,511 (78%)	$5,685
2020-21	2,849 (74%)	$5,332	270 (7%)	$885	3,125 (82%)	$2,296	2,723 (71%)	$5,628
2021-22	2,842 (73%)	$5,295	223 (6%)	$776	3,073 (79%)	$2,331	2,989 (77%)	$5,381
Average	2,465 (74.00%)	$5,077	235 (7.09%)	$928	2,358 (69.27%)	$2,282	2,253 (67.36%)	$5,433

^*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, 702 (21.73 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $702.

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	873 (37%)	$3,851	869 (37%)	$3,672	22 (1%)	$7,771
2012-13	888 (32%)	$4,057	882 (32%)	$3,777	29 (1%)	$9,366
2013-14	693 (24%)	$3,626	690 (24%)	$3,460	16 (1%)	$7,858
2014-15	673 (21%)	$3,747	670 (21%)	$3,467	26 (1%)	$7,636
2015-16	922 (25%)	$3,798	906 (25%)	$3,605	23 (1%)	$10,240
2016-17	891 (24%)	$3,945	879 (24%)	$3,691	31 (1%)	$8,721
2017-18	693 (20%)	$4,282	687 (20%)	$4,122	18 (1%)	$7,516
2018-19	544 (14%)	$4,356	538 (14%)	$4,132	15 (0%)	$9,771
2019-20	444 (14%)	$4,598	439 (14%)	$4,379	15 (0%)	$7,931
2020-21	430 (11%)	$4,592	427 (11%)	$4,458	8 (0%)	$8,862
2021-22	672 (17%)	$5,227	669 (17%)	$4,702	25 (1%)	$14,686
Average	702 (21.73%)	$4,189	696 (21.73%)	$3,951	21 (1.00%)	$9,123

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