How EIU'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 Eastern Illinois University since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 4,795, which is 66.82 % of all undergraduate students. 4,110 students which is 55.73% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,254.

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	5,493 (57%)	$7,113	3,762 (39%)	$3,952	6,394 (66%)	$10,053
2012-13	5,576 (62%)	$7,165	3,521 (39%)	$3,941	6,012 (67%)	$9,417
2013-14	5,674 (68%)	$7,292	3,304 (40%)	$4,055	5,567 (67%)	$7,250
2014-15	5,590 (73%)	$7,617	3,074 (40%)	$4,184	5,073 (66%)	$7,176
2015-16	5,416 (75%)	$7,539	2,935 (41%)	$4,141	4,585 (64%)	$6,929
2016-17	4,446 (75%)	$8,026	2,409 (40%)	$4,155	3,650 (61%)	$6,657
2017-18	3,887 (70%)	$9,025	2,203 (40%)	$4,560	3,057 (55%)	$6,742
2018-19	3,730 (62%)	$9,252	2,150 (36%)	$4,589	2,893 (48%)	$6,527
2019-20	4,037 (65%)	$9,421	2,179 (35%)	$4,595	2,792 (45%)	$6,416
2020-21	4,325 (62%)	$9,617	2,210 (32%)	$4,702	2,679 (38%)	$6,401
2021-22	4,567 (66%)	$10,243	2,146 (31%)	$4,732	2,508 (36%)	$6,230
Average	4,795 (66.82%)	$8,392	2,718 (37.55%)	$4,328	4,110 (55.73%)	$7,254

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 922 (92.73 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,519. It can cover 53.65% of tuition & fees ($15,879) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 710 (70.27 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,221).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	1,107 (81%)	$5,595	1,007 (74%)	$11,204
2012-13	1,097 (85%)	$6,050	951 (73%)	$9,386
2013-14	1,208 (91%)	$6,632	966 (73%)	$7,220
2014-15	1,042 (93%)	$7,605	823 (73%)	$7,005
2015-16	1,062 (94%)	$7,504	791 (70%)	$7,163
2016-17	716 (93%)	$8,497	558 (72%)	$6,872
2017-18	608 (92%)	$9,641	455 (69%)	$6,087
2018-19	752 (94%)	$9,286	584 (73%)	$6,193
2019-20	893 (98%)	$10,368	638 (70%)	$6,098
2020-21	883 (99%)	$10,756	558 (63%)	$6,165
2021-22	770 (100%)	$11,773	482 (63%)	$6,041
Average	922 (92.73%)	$8,519	710 (70.27%)	$7,221

^*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, 486 (49.55 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,509.

In addition, 481 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (49.45 % 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	557 (41%)	$4,185	78 (6%)	$1,809	570 (42%)	$4,199	479 (35%)	$2,772
2012-13	534 (41%)	$4,200	36 (3%)	$2,371	557 (43%)	$4,210	744 (57%)	$2,638
2013-14	550 (41%)	$4,359	41 (3%)	$3,386	500 (38%)	$3,978	887 (67%)	$3,931
2014-15	518 (46%)	$4,527	31 (3%)	$1,683	479 (43%)	$3,848	785 (70%)	$4,693
2015-16	553 (49%)	$4,358	52 (5%)	$1,082	482 (43%)	$3,950	821 (72%)	$4,384
2016-17	394 (51%)	$4,407	44 (6%)	$1,306	363 (47%)	$3,795	567 (74%)	$5,137
2017-18	365 (55%)	$4,667	52 (8%)	$939	350 (53%)	$4,167	488 (74%)	$5,433
2018-19	454 (57%)	$4,528	38 (5%)	$1,076	455 (57%)	$4,277	614 (77%)	$4,789
2019-20	521 (57%)	$4,788	762 (83%)	$568	562 (62%)	$4,534	716 (78%)	$5,284
2020-21	484 (54%)	$4,712	861 (97%)	$933	519 (58%)	$4,435	744 (84%)	$5,526
2021-22	412 (53%)	$4,865	754 (98%)	$2,051	450 (58%)	$4,675	664 (86%)	$5,136
Average	486 (49.55%)	$4,509	250 (28.82%)	$1,564	481 (49.45%)	$4,188	683 (70.36%)	$4,520

^*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, 710 (70.27 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $710.

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	1,007 (74%)	$11,204	999 (73%)	$10,577	61 (4%)	$11,731
2012-13	951 (73%)	$9,386	944 (73%)	$8,404	88 (7%)	$11,273
2013-14	966 (73%)	$7,220	955 (72%)	$6,236	98 (7%)	$10,396
2014-15	823 (73%)	$7,005	813 (73%)	$6,273	71 (6%)	$9,367
2015-16	791 (70%)	$7,163	782 (69%)	$5,938	88 (8%)	$11,619
2016-17	558 (72%)	$6,872	550 (71%)	$5,884	55 (7%)	$10,874
2017-18	455 (69%)	$6,087	450 (68%)	$5,492	32 (5%)	$9,321
2018-19	584 (73%)	$6,193	579 (73%)	$5,353	52 (7%)	$9,952
2019-20	638 (70%)	$6,098	631 (69%)	$5,276	55 (6%)	$10,205
2020-21	558 (63%)	$6,165	550 (62%)	$5,140	58 (7%)	$10,570
2021-22	482 (63%)	$6,041	476 (62%)	$4,951	46 (6%)	$12,064
Average	710 (70.27%)	$7,221	703 (69.55%)	$6,320	64 (6.36%)	$10,670

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