How Centenary'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 Centenary University since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,158, which is 78.64 % of all undergraduate students. 964 students which is 64.55% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,094.

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	1,372 (72%)	$14,780	530 (28%)	$4,039	1,202 (63%)	$7,725
2012-13	1,342 (66%)	$14,697	559 (27%)	$4,150	1,185 (58%)	$8,043
2013-14	1,256 (74%)	$17,105	545 (32%)	$4,187	1,071 (63%)	$7,676
2014-15	1,177 (75%)	$18,134	526 (33%)	$4,206	1,009 (64%)	$7,511
2015-16	1,120 (72%)	$18,663	489 (32%)	$4,877	1,111 (72%)	$8,212
2016-17	1,169 (79%)	$20,191	497 (34%)	$4,352	957 (65%)	$7,226
2017-18	1,124 (82%)	$21,869	511 (37%)	$4,425	909 (66%)	$7,134
2018-19	1,077 (86%)	$23,081	475 (38%)	$4,663	824 (66%)	$6,799
2019-20	1,065 (83%)	$23,381	463 (36%)	$4,734	811 (63%)	$6,894
2020-21	1,002 (84%)	$21,694	450 (38%)	$4,559	923 (77%)	$4,749
2021-22	1,035 (92%)	$25,742	399 (35%)	$4,727	598 (53%)	$6,063
Average	1,158 (78.64%)	$19,940	495 (33.64%)	$4,447	964 (64.55%)	$7,094

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 231 (99.27 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $23,244. It can cover 61.60% of tuition & fees ($37,732).

In addition, 188 (80.36 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,796).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	282 (97%)	$16,617	258 (89%)	$8,143
2012-13	279 (99%)	$17,760	223 (79%)	$8,734
2013-14	206 (100%)	$19,627	169 (82%)	$7,928
2014-15	227 (99%)	$22,262	188 (82%)	$9,351
2015-16	225 (100%)	$24,071	220 (98%)	$8,437
2016-17	236 (100%)	$26,882	197 (83%)	$8,482
2017-18	210 (100%)	$24,473	156 (74%)	$7,523
2018-19	223 (100%)	$25,894	155 (69%)	$7,588
2019-20	196 (98%)	$26,038	165 (83%)	$6,775
2020-21	229 (100%)	$24,470	203 (88%)	$4,717
2021-22	229 (99%)	$27,592	132 (57%)	$8,079
Average	231 (99.27%)	$23,244	188 (80.36%)	$7,796

^*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, 98 (42.36 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,650.

In addition, 87 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (37.55 % 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	96 (33%)	$4,156	33 (11%)	$2,271	89 (31%)	$8,309	279 (96%)	$12,447
2012-13	108 (38%)	$4,366	42 (15%)	$1,845	93 (33%)	$9,266	279 (99%)	$12,704
2013-14	96 (47%)	$4,342	22 (11%)	$1,466	83 (40%)	$9,182	206 (100%)	$13,747
2014-15	97 (42%)	$4,577	22 (10%)	$1,432	76 (33%)	$9,644	227 (99%)	$16,939
2015-16	104 (46%)	$5,261	33 (15%)	$3,840	95 (42%)	$8,173	223 (99%)	$17,783
2016-17	112 (47%)	$4,664	36 (15%)	$1,315	98 (41%)	$9,435	236 (100%)	$20,550
2017-18	96 (46%)	$4,464	24 (11%)	$1,375	91 (43%)	$8,982	210 (100%)	$18,383
2018-19	102 (46%)	$4,742	38 (17%)	$1,224	95 (42%)	$10,577	223 (100%)	$19,011
2019-20	77 (39%)	$4,963	165 (83%)	$528	74 (37%)	$9,655	196 (98%)	$19,998
2020-21	96 (42%)	$4,878	39 (17%)	$1,694	76 (33%)	$10,188	221 (96%)	$19,434
2021-22	92 (40%)	$4,734	63 (27%)	$5,695	87 (38%)	$7,758	229 (99%)	$21,176
Average	98 (42.36%)	$4,650	47 (21.09%)	$2,062	87 (37.55%)	$9,197	230 (98.73%)	$17,470

^*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, 188 (80.36 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $188.

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	258 (89%)	$8,143	207 (71%)	$5,924	51 (18%)	$17,148
2012-13	223 (79%)	$8,734	223 (79%)	$5,602	42 (15%)	$16,629
2013-14	169 (82%)	$7,928	169 (82%)	$5,694	24 (12%)	$15,729
2014-15	188 (82%)	$9,351	186 (81%)	$5,853	39 (17%)	$17,161
2015-16	220 (98%)	$8,437	220 (98%)	$6,934	26 (12%)	$12,718
2016-17	197 (83%)	$8,482	191 (81%)	$5,662	38 (16%)	$15,512
2017-18	156 (74%)	$7,523	155 (74%)	$5,826	21 (10%)	$12,887
2018-19	155 (69%)	$7,588	154 (69%)	$5,265	25 (11%)	$14,615
2019-20	165 (83%)	$6,775	138 (69%)	$5,306	27 (14%)	$14,286
2020-21	203 (88%)	$4,717	203 (88%)	$3,369	19 (8%)	$14,405
2021-22	132 (57%)	$8,079	126 (54%)	$5,109	26 (11%)	$16,257
Average	188 (80.36%)	$7,796	179 (76.91%)	$5,504	31 (13.09%)	$15,213

Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Centenary

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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

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