How CSU'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 Charleston Southern University since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,716, which is 92.64 % of all undergraduate students. 2,088 students which is 70.82% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,534.

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	2,771 (95%)	$20,764	1,438 (49%)	$3,906	2,260 (78%)	$8,299
2012-13	2,660 (96%)	$21,115	1,297 (47%)	$4,118	2,056 (74%)	$7,894
2013-14	2,615 (90%)	$14,321	1,374 (47%)	$4,120	2,110 (72%)	$7,747
2014-15	2,644 (89%)	$14,828	1,465 (49%)	$4,009	2,686 (91%)	$7,710
2015-16	2,820 (89%)	$15,858	1,572 (49%)	$3,983	2,642 (83%)	$6,869
2016-17	3,116 (97%)	$15,185	1,496 (47%)	$4,041	2,553 (80%)	$9,268
2017-18	3,045 (99%)	$16,189	1,472 (48%)	$4,174	2,362 (77%)	$8,031
2018-19	2,685 (91%)	$17,574	1,320 (45%)	$4,266	1,741 (59%)	$6,817
2019-20	2,535 (88%)	$18,390	1,069 (37%)	$4,536	1,622 (56%)	$6,897
2020-21	2,433 (91%)	$19,065	999 (37%)	$4,494	1,498 (56%)	$6,728
2021-22	2,552 (94%)	$21,261	965 (35%)	$4,727	1,436 (53%)	$6,612
Average	2,716 (92.64%)	$17,686	1,315 (44.55%)	$4,216	2,088 (70.82%)	$7,534

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 646 (99.09 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $19,951. It can cover 64.29% of tuition & fees ($31,030).

In addition, 461 (70.55 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,814).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	690 (99%)	$16,091	666 (96%)	$5,389
2012-13	623 (100%)	$16,194	487 (78%)	$7,299
2013-14	641 (98%)	$16,938	503 (77%)	$8,196
2014-15	647 (99%)	$17,979	572 (88%)	$6,740
2015-16	738 (99%)	$20,311	493 (66%)	$6,235
2016-17	712 (99%)	$19,077	497 (69%)	$7,066
2017-18	636 (100%)	$20,441	460 (72%)	$5,974
2018-19	574 (99%)	$20,886	319 (55%)	$7,494
2019-20	573 (99%)	$22,698	351 (61%)	$6,664
2020-21	599 (99%)	$22,425	356 (59%)	$7,167
2021-22	671 (99%)	$26,417	369 (55%)	$6,733
Average	646 (99.09%)	$19,951	461 (70.55%)	$6,814

^*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, 282 (43.18 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,414.

In addition, 477 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (72.91 % 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	339 (49%)	$4,129	138 (20%)	$830	516 (74%)	$5,441	689 (99%)	$9,842
2012-13	279 (45%)	$4,147	120 (19%)	$1,100	467 (75%)	$5,984	617 (99%)	$9,733
2013-14	313 (48%)	$4,161	90 (14%)	$1,233	460 (70%)	$6,014	635 (97%)	$10,515
2014-15	323 (50%)	$4,121	132 (20%)	$993	506 (78%)	$6,081	647 (99%)	$10,963
2015-16	348 (46%)	$4,489	65 (9%)	$894	571 (76%)	$6,740	735 (98%)	$12,954
2016-17	319 (44%)	$4,476	101 (14%)	$911	516 (71%)	$6,583	712 (99%)	$12,171
2017-18	284 (45%)	$4,390	66 (10%)	$885	473 (74%)	$6,791	636 (100%)	$13,338
2018-19	232 (40%)	$4,491	93 (16%)	$917	403 (69%)	$6,852	572 (98%)	$14,161
2019-20	215 (37%)	$4,778	74 (13%)	$943	401 (69%)	$8,032	569 (98%)	$15,269
2020-21	235 (39%)	$4,489	88 (15%)	$870	436 (72%)	$6,960	593 (98%)	$15,626
2021-22	214 (32%)	$4,881	369 (55%)	$2,372	503 (74%)	$7,349	669 (99%)	$18,101
Average	282 (43.18%)	$4,414	121 (18.64%)	$1,086	477 (72.91%)	$6,621	643 (98.55%)	$12,970

^*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, 461 (70.55 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $461.

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	666 (96%)	$5,389	665 (96%)	$4,984	37 (5%)	$7,426
2012-13	487 (78%)	$7,299	483 (77%)	$6,487	45 (7%)	$9,363
2013-14	503 (77%)	$8,196	499 (76%)	$6,227	111 (17%)	$9,147
2014-15	572 (88%)	$6,740	570 (87%)	$6,238	38 (6%)	$7,884
2015-16	493 (66%)	$6,235	492 (66%)	$5,578	33 (4%)	$9,977
2016-17	497 (69%)	$7,066	489 (68%)	$5,865	57 (8%)	$11,292
2017-18	460 (72%)	$5,974	426 (67%)	$5,706	34 (5%)	$9,339
2018-19	319 (55%)	$7,494	311 (53%)	$6,067	48 (8%)	$10,493
2019-20	351 (61%)	$6,664	351 (61%)	$5,597	39 (7%)	$9,604
2020-21	356 (59%)	$7,167	337 (56%)	$5,238	72 (12%)	$10,921
2021-22	369 (55%)	$6,733	363 (54%)	$5,058	62 (9%)	$10,457
Average	461 (70.55%)	$6,814	453 (69.18%)	$5,731	52 (8.00%)	$9,628

Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at CSU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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