How Penn State Lehigh Valley'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 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 692, which is 77.88 % of all undergraduate students. 484 students which is 54.38% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,523.

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	696 (76%)	$4,458	350 (38%)	$3,889	533 (58%)	$6,625
2012-13	686 (76%)	$4,724	324 (36%)	$3,954	529 (58%)	$6,556
2013-14	723 (81%)	$4,713	333 (37%)	$3,981	529 (60%)	$6,561
2014-15	712 (81%)	$5,266	329 (37%)	$4,298	487 (55%)	$6,905
2015-16	682 (79%)	$5,250	319 (37%)	$4,202	484 (56%)	$6,740
2016-17	679 (78%)	$5,753	316 (36%)	$4,431	452 (52%)	$6,284
2017-18	715 (79%)	$5,467	329 (37%)	$4,475	453 (50%)	$6,214
2018-19	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019-20	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021-22	640 (73%)	$9,173	317 (36%)	$5,172	404 (46%)	$6,297
Average	692 (77.88%)	$5,601	327 (36.75%)	$4,300	484 (54.38%)	$6,523

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 166 (72.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,401. It can cover 29.46% of tuition & fees ($25,118) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 141 (61.13 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,126).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	160 (63%)	$5,982	174 (69%)	$6,007
2012-13	149 (67%)	$6,870	144 (65%)	$6,001
2013-14	179 (77%)	$6,397	153 (66%)	$6,058
2014-15	155 (73%)	$6,641	130 (61%)	$6,229
2015-16	140 (68%)	$7,281	123 (60%)	$5,915
2016-17	184 (81%)	$8,148	137 (60%)	$5,972
2017-18	168 (69%)	$8,001	135 (56%)	$6,471
2018-19	-	-	-	-
2019-20	-	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-	-
2021-22	193 (78%)	$9,886	129 (52%)	$6,357
Average	166 (72.00%)	$7,401	141 (61.13%)	$6,126

^*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, 96 (42.13 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,523.

In addition, 92 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (40.38 % 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	98 (39%)	$4,049	24 (9%)	$1,175	105 (42%)	$2,999	90 (36%)	$2,414
2012-13	91 (41%)	$4,318	30 (14%)	$1,343	105 (48%)	$3,388	103 (47%)	$2,278
2013-14	103 (45%)	$3,964	19 (8%)	$1,192	93 (40%)	$3,239	129 (56%)	$3,200
2014-15	89 (42%)	$4,398	32 (15%)	$1,309	83 (39%)	$3,250	119 (56%)	$2,742
2015-16	86 (42%)	$4,597	28 (14%)	$1,154	86 (42%)	$3,785	104 (50%)	$2,559
2016-17	95 (42%)	$4,742	28 (12%)	$1,200	92 (41%)	$3,697	161 (71%)	$4,192
2017-18	106 (44%)	$4,551	36 (15%)	$1,127	99 (41%)	$3,322	141 (58%)	$3,491
2018-19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019-20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021-22	103 (42%)	$5,566	160 (65%)	$2,328	75 (30%)	$4,227	148 (60%)	$4,359
Average	96 (42.13%)	$4,523	45 (19.00%)	$1,354	92 (40.38%)	$3,488	124 (54.25%)	$3,154

^*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, 141 (61.13 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $141.

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	174 (69%)	$6,007	174 (69%)	$5,512	12 (5%)	$7,187
2012-13	144 (65%)	$6,001	143 (65%)	$5,195	15 (7%)	$8,092
2013-14	153 (66%)	$6,058	152 (66%)	$5,398	13 (6%)	$8,178
2014-15	130 (61%)	$6,229	127 (60%)	$5,287	15 (7%)	$9,225
2015-16	123 (60%)	$5,915	122 (59%)	$5,318	12 (6%)	$6,555
2016-17	137 (60%)	$5,972	134 (59%)	$5,156	13 (6%)	$9,783
2017-18	135 (56%)	$6,471	130 (54%)	$5,055	19 (8%)	$11,391
2018-19	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019-20	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021-22	129 (52%)	$6,357	126 (51%)	$5,174	17 (7%)	$9,884
Average	141 (61.13%)	$6,126	139 (60.38%)	$5,262	15 (6.50%)	$8,787

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