How Columbia'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 Columbia College since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 7,517, which is 57.55 % of all undergraduate students. 6,766 students which is 50.64% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,715.

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	10,126 (59%)	$5,349	9,010 (52%)	$4,293	9,901 (57%)	$7,932
2012-13	9,990 (59%)	$4,629	8,946 (53%)	$3,779	9,898 (58%)	$7,824
2013-14	9,651 (60%)	$4,672	8,676 (54%)	$3,767	9,215 (58%)	$7,739
2014-15	9,397 (60%)	$4,471	8,449 (54%)	$3,617	8,714 (56%)	$7,612
2015-16	8,275 (60%)	$4,592	7,395 (53%)	$3,512	7,501 (54%)	$7,527
2016-17	8,693 (56%)	$4,572	7,471 (48%)	$3,444	7,553 (48%)	$7,745
2017-18	6,974 (55%)	$5,375	5,875 (46%)	$4,108	6,065 (48%)	$7,735
2018-19	6,300 (55%)	$5,577	5,203 (46%)	$4,032	5,090 (45%)	$7,793
2019-20	5,515 (59%)	$5,861	4,190 (45%)	$4,031	4,335 (46%)	$7,695
2020-21	4,214 (54%)	$6,383	3,347 (43%)	$4,045	3,452 (44%)	$7,643
2021-22	3,557 (56%)	$6,859	2,716 (43%)	$4,185	2,700 (43%)	$7,617
Average	7,517 (57.55%)	$5,304	6,480 (48.82%)	$3,892	6,766 (50.64%)	$7,715

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 409 (84.45 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $9,497. It can cover 39.04% of tuition & fees ($24,326).

In addition, 304 (60.45 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,377).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	714 (79%)	$6,061	619 (68%)	$6,404
2012-13	621 (81%)	$6,223	487 (64%)	$6,301
2013-14	556 (83%)	$6,545	437 (65%)	$6,158
2014-15	507 (81%)	$6,158	387 (62%)	$5,977
2015-16	427 (76%)	$7,053	291 (52%)	$6,052
2016-17	381 (85%)	$9,842	271 (61%)	$6,219
2017-18	284 (85%)	$12,040	185 (55%)	$6,362
2018-19	275 (86%)	$11,356	193 (61%)	$6,815
2019-20	244 (92%)	$12,284	155 (58%)	$6,563
2020-21	240 (91%)	$13,178	168 (64%)	$6,707
2021-22	250 (90%)	$13,725	152 (55%)	$6,584
Average	409 (84.45%)	$9,497	304 (60.45%)	$6,377

^*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, 304 (57.91 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,449.

In addition, 112 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (24.18 % 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	627 (69%)	$4,561	9 (1%)	$913	195 (21%)	$2,082	132 (15%)	$7,981
2012-13	530 (70%)	$3,811	28 (4%)	$749	158 (21%)	$1,783	159 (21%)	$9,699
2013-14	470 (70%)	$3,865	47 (7%)	$615	128 (19%)	$1,933	158 (24%)	$9,787
2014-15	419 (67%)	$3,740	13 (2%)	$891	122 (19%)	$1,467	138 (22%)	$9,885
2015-16	327 (58%)	$3,675	40 (7%)	$755	99 (18%)	$1,760	154 (27%)	$10,424
2016-17	234 (52%)	$4,245	21 (5%)	$515	121 (27%)	$1,965	221 (49%)	$11,348
2017-18	177 (53%)	$4,931	16 (5%)	$825	102 (30%)	$1,774	187 (56%)	$12,580
2018-19	166 (52%)	$4,784	22 (7%)	$2,671	86 (27%)	$1,910	161 (50%)	$13,080
2019-20	128 (48%)	$4,951	166 (63%)	$1,145	71 (27%)	$1,996	157 (59%)	$12,940
2020-21	142 (54%)	$5,069	62 (23%)	$1,244	87 (33%)	$1,745	162 (61%)	$13,667
2021-22	123 (44%)	$5,303	39 (14%)	$1,385	66 (24%)	$2,175	174 (63%)	$14,837
Average	304 (57.91%)	$4,449	42 (12.55%)	$1,064	112 (24.18%)	$1,872	164 (40.64%)	$11,475

^*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, 304 (60.45 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $304.

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	619 (68%)	$6,404	619 (68%)	$6,245	8 (1%)	$12,336
2012-13	487 (64%)	$6,301	486 (64%)	$6,160	12 (2%)	$6,251
2013-14	437 (65%)	$6,158	436 (65%)	$5,754	13 (2%)	$14,023
2014-15	387 (62%)	$5,977	386 (62%)	$5,819	7 (1%)	$9,536
2015-16	291 (52%)	$6,052	291 (52%)	$5,561	13 (2%)	$10,995
2016-17	271 (61%)	$6,219	269 (60%)	$5,799	14 (3%)	$8,961
2017-18	185 (55%)	$6,362	185 (55%)	$5,826	12 (4%)	$8,257
2018-19	193 (61%)	$6,815	189 (59%)	$5,799	18 (6%)	$12,177
2019-20	155 (58%)	$6,563	153 (58%)	$5,411	12 (5%)	$15,773
2020-21	168 (64%)	$6,707	167 (63%)	$5,846	10 (4%)	$15,055
2021-22	152 (55%)	$6,584	151 (55%)	$5,655	14 (5%)	$10,484
Average	304 (60.45%)	$6,377	303 (60.09%)	$5,807	12 (3.18%)	$11,259

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