How Hunter College'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 CUNY Hunter College since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 10,922, which is 63.82 % of all undergraduate students. 1,964 students which is 11.73% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,998.

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	8,189 (50%)	$6,092	6,604 (40%)	$4,311	2,585 (16%)	$6,439
2012-13	8,466 (51%)	$6,270	6,846 (41%)	$4,359	2,684 (16%)	$6,257
2013-14	8,382 (50%)	$6,322	7,024 (42%)	$4,380	3,036 (18%)	$5,228
2014-15	9,461 (56%)	$7,212	7,161 (42%)	$4,549	2,130 (13%)	$6,441
2015-16	9,581 (58%)	$7,278	7,294 (44%)	$4,522	2,015 (12%)	$6,171
2016-17	9,775 (58%)	$7,446	7,431 (44%)	$4,608	1,920 (11%)	$5,904
2017-18	10,681 (63%)	$8,109	8,002 (48%)	$4,925	1,732 (10%)	$5,937
2018-19	11,351 (66%)	$8,241	8,668 (50%)	$5,025	1,648 (10%)	$5,817
2019-20	12,600 (74%)	$8,175	8,508 (50%)	$5,197	1,463 (9%)	$5,793
2020-21	13,756 (77%)	$7,583	8,307 (46%)	$5,397	1,210 (7%)	$5,942
2021-22	17,895 (99%)	$6,854	9,448 (52%)	$5,205	1,181 (7%)	$6,045
Average	10,922 (63.82%)	$7,235	7,754 (45.36%)	$4,771	1,964 (11.73%)	$5,998

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 1,938 (81.64 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,266. It can cover 53.91% of tuition & fees ($15,332) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 152 (6.64 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,064).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	1,380 (65%)	$6,882	205 (10%)	$4,804
2012-13	1,246 (65%)	$7,260	163 (8%)	$4,911
2013-14	1,220 (64%)	$7,469	141 (7%)	$4,952
2014-15	1,783 (87%)	$7,440	162 (8%)	$5,773
2015-16	1,789 (83%)	$8,136	174 (8%)	$5,638
2016-17	1,762 (80%)	$8,039	180 (8%)	$5,685
2017-18	1,955 (84%)	$9,483	118 (5%)	$7,176
2018-19	2,186 (84%)	$9,024	163 (6%)	$7,718
2019-20	2,359 (93%)	$9,347	132 (5%)	$5,836
2020-21	2,407 (93%)	$8,519	109 (4%)	$7,024
2021-22	3,227 (100%)	$9,325	129 (4%)	$7,182
Average	1,938 (81.64%)	$8,266	152 (6.64%)	$6,064

^*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, 1,311 (55.55 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,117.

In addition, 1,722 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (73.00 % 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	1,052 (49%)	$4,748	106 (5%)	$413	1,141 (54%)	$3,402	125 (6%)	$4,619
2012-13	955 (50%)	$4,758	244 (13%)	$391	1,085 (56%)	$3,550	114 (6%)	$4,875
2013-14	972 (51%)	$4,862	156 (8%)	$323	1,075 (56%)	$3,547	99 (5%)	$5,296
2014-15	1,085 (53%)	$4,905	206 (10%)	$266	1,731 (85%)	$3,892	353 (17%)	$3,263
2015-16	1,150 (53%)	$5,065	79 (4%)	$481	1,665 (77%)	$4,465	404 (19%)	$3,116
2016-17	1,120 (51%)	$5,031	64 (3%)	$234	1,644 (75%)	$4,471	365 (17%)	$3,192
2017-18	1,388 (60%)	$5,301	68 (3%)	$483	1,869 (80%)	$5,306	374 (16%)	$3,295
2018-19	1,574 (61%)	$5,223	374 (14%)	$233	1,982 (77%)	$5,040	452 (17%)	$3,162
2019-20	1,552 (61%)	$5,460	2,168 (86%)	$724	2,045 (81%)	$5,186	433 (17%)	$3,231
2020-21	1,448 (56%)	$5,481	2,225 (86%)	$701	2,071 (80%)	$3,817	1,772 (68%)	$1,753
2021-22	2,124 (66%)	$5,457	3,202 (99%)	$1,602	2,637 (82%)	$4,005	2,311 (72%)	$1,216
Average	1,311 (55.55%)	$5,117	808 (30.09%)	$532	1,722 (73.00%)	$4,244	618 (23.64%)	$3,365

^*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, 152 (6.64 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $152.

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	205 (10%)	$4,804	205 (10%)	$4,804	-	-
2012-13	163 (8%)	$4,911	163 (8%)	$4,911	-	-
2013-14	141 (7%)	$4,952	141 (7%)	$4,952	-	-
2014-15	162 (8%)	$5,773	151 (7%)	$4,877	20 (1%)	$9,939
2015-16	174 (8%)	$5,638	165 (8%)	$4,615	19 (1%)	$11,552
2016-17	180 (8%)	$5,685	166 (8%)	$4,638	28 (1%)	$9,051
2017-18	118 (5%)	$7,176	104 (4%)	$4,744	27 (1%)	$13,088
2018-19	163 (6%)	$7,718	146 (6%)	$4,591	36 (1%)	$16,327
2019-20	132 (5%)	$5,836	119 (5%)	$4,286	20 (1%)	$13,020
2020-21	109 (4%)	$7,024	94 (4%)	$4,522	25 (1%)	$13,619
2021-22	129 (4%)	$7,182	114 (4%)	$4,435	23 (1%)	$18,301
Average	152 (6.64%)	$6,064	143 (6.45%)	$4,670	25 (1.00%)	$13,112

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