How GSU'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 Grambling State University since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,651, which is 89.45 % of all undergraduate students. 3,543 students which is 87.27% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $8,156.

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	3,990 (89%)	$13,049	3,314 (74%)	$4,659	3,881 (87%)	$8,022
2012-13	3,970 (90%)	$13,767	3,258 (73%)	$4,488	3,746 (84%)	$8,708
2013-14	3,848 (93%)	$5,424	3,251 (78%)	$4,564	3,727 (90%)	$8,229
2014-15	2,846 (87%)	$6,170	2,653 (81%)	$4,778	2,907 (89%)	$8,704
2015-16	2,972 (90%)	$6,685	2,708 (82%)	$4,849	3,085 (93%)	$7,689
2016-17	3,301 (85%)	$6,369	3,032 (78%)	$4,822	3,330 (86%)	$8,109
2017-18	3,535 (86%)	$7,210	3,213 (79%)	$5,456	3,517 (86%)	$8,081
2018-19	3,542 (86%)	$7,100	3,215 (78%)	$5,299	3,528 (86%)	$7,780
2019-20	3,554 (85%)	$7,381	3,167 (76%)	$5,476	3,533 (85%)	$7,765
2020-21	4,248 (94%)	$6,534	3,976 (88%)	$4,788	4,136 (92%)	$9,657
2021-22	4,355 (99%)	$6,958	3,290 (75%)	$5,340	3,583 (82%)	$6,977
Average	3,651 (89.45%)	$7,877	3,189 (78.36%)	$4,956	3,543 (87.27%)	$8,156

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 730 (93.91 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,118. It can cover 42.61% of tuition & fees ($16,706) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 712 (91.27 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,299).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	696 (94%)	$6,201	655 (88%)	$7,092
2012-13	715 (96%)	$5,964	676 (91%)	$7,802
2013-14	704 (99%)	$6,343	648 (91%)	$7,565
2014-15	375 (94%)	$7,317	362 (91%)	$7,693
2015-16	632 (99%)	$6,861	623 (98%)	$6,433
2016-17	763 (90%)	$6,930	757 (89%)	$6,914
2017-18	848 (94%)	$7,407	850 (94%)	$6,975
2018-19	817 (91%)	$7,572	826 (92%)	$6,818
2019-20	794 (93%)	$7,868	775 (90%)	$6,995
2020-21	1,003 (87%)	$7,397	970 (84%)	$6,320
2021-22	685 (96%)	$8,442	685 (96%)	$9,683
Average	730 (93.91%)	$7,118	712 (91.27%)	$7,299

^*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, 654 (83.91 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,136.

In addition, 287 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	606 (82%)	$4,785	103 (14%)	$1,706	335 (45%)	$1,569	201 (27%)	$3,559
2012-13	616 (83%)	$4,771	101 (14%)	$2,092	315 (42%)	$1,637	140 (19%)	$4,274
2013-14	619 (87%)	$4,846	67 (9%)	$1,781	349 (49%)	$1,726	149 (21%)	$4,996
2014-15	335 (84%)	$4,864	38 (10%)	$1,716	185 (46%)	$1,806	134 (34%)	$5,339
2015-16	543 (85%)	$4,979	182 (29%)	$1,685	227 (36%)	$2,018	131 (21%)	$6,627
2016-17	692 (82%)	$4,978	104 (12%)	$3,707	257 (30%)	$2,103	209 (25%)	$4,387
2017-18	780 (86%)	$5,570	114 (13%)	$1,699	316 (35%)	$2,451	212 (23%)	$4,566
2018-19	750 (84%)	$5,461	277 (31%)	$1,831	326 (36%)	$2,598	208 (23%)	$3,540
2019-20	712 (83%)	$5,637	137 (16%)	$1,830	285 (33%)	$2,856	265 (31%)	$4,411
2020-21	911 (79%)	$5,466	189 (16%)	$1,525	320 (28%)	$2,521	367 (32%)	$3,663
2021-22	627 (88%)	$5,138	58 (8%)	$5,050	238 (33%)	$1,891	389 (55%)	$4,674
Average	654 (83.91%)	$5,136	125 (15.64%)	$2,238	287 (37.55%)	$2,107	219 (28.27%)	$4,549

^*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, 712 (91.27 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $712.

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	655 (88%)	$7,092	654 (88%)	$7,029	11 (1%)	$4,411
2012-13	676 (91%)	$7,802	676 (91%)	$7,688	10 (1%)	$7,710
2013-14	648 (91%)	$7,565	645 (90%)	$7,533	3 (0%)	$14,567
2014-15	362 (91%)	$7,693	362 (91%)	$7,633	3 (1%)	$7,253
2015-16	623 (98%)	$6,433	623 (98%)	$6,380	7 (1%)	$4,761
2016-17	757 (89%)	$6,914	755 (89%)	$6,843	8 (1%)	$8,408
2017-18	850 (94%)	$6,975	849 (94%)	$6,951	5 (1%)	$5,520
2018-19	826 (92%)	$6,818	816 (91%)	$6,766	10 (1%)	$11,079
2019-20	775 (90%)	$6,995	773 (90%)	$6,849	11 (1%)	$11,499
2020-21	970 (84%)	$6,320	957 (83%)	$6,254	13 (1%)	$11,173
2021-22	685 (96%)	$9,683	678 (95%)	$9,668	7 (1%)	$11,170
Average	712 (91.27%)	$7,299	708 (90.91%)	$7,236	8 (1.00%)	$8,868

Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at GSU

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