How The U'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 University of Utah since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 14,681, which is 59.64 % of all undergraduate students. 7,463 students which is 30.82% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,451.

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	11,504 (47%)	$5,914	7,839 (32%)	$3,831	8,485 (35%)	$7,340
2012-13	12,117 (49%)	$6,211	8,010 (32%)	$3,857	8,835 (36%)	$7,457
2013-14	12,253 (50%)	$6,726	7,572 (31%)	$3,931	8,312 (34%)	$7,583
2014-15	12,217 (51%)	$6,660	7,139 (30%)	$3,945	8,007 (34%)	$7,491
2015-16	13,151 (55%)	$6,916	6,906 (29%)	$3,994	7,775 (33%)	$7,402
2016-17	13,292 (56%)	$7,231	6,482 (27%)	$4,019	7,769 (33%)	$7,502
2017-18	14,346 (58%)	$7,505	6,842 (28%)	$4,394	7,627 (31%)	$7,592
2018-19	14,898 (60%)	$7,695	6,360 (26%)	$4,512	7,092 (29%)	$7,677
2019-20	14,842 (61%)	$8,345	5,830 (24%)	$4,579	6,750 (28%)	$7,730
2020-21	17,319 (70%)	$8,539	5,495 (22%)	$4,663	5,844 (24%)	$7,707
2021-22	25,556 (99%)	$6,313	5,546 (21%)	$4,699	5,592 (22%)	$6,482
Average	14,681 (59.64%)	$7,096	6,729 (27.45%)	$4,220	7,463 (30.82%)	$7,451

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 2,666 (72.55 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,223. It can cover 27.56% of tuition & fees ($29,837) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 958 (27.27 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $8,980).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	1,500 (52%)	$7,266	790 (28%)	$7,549
2012-13	1,560 (51%)	$7,750	840 (27%)	$6,918
2013-14	1,513 (54%)	$7,865	751 (27%)	$8,236
2014-15	1,933 (68%)	$7,725	921 (32%)	$8,497
2015-16	2,435 (79%)	$7,259	937 (30%)	$8,001
2016-17	2,552 (77%)	$7,990	1,040 (31%)	$8,997
2017-18	2,916 (76%)	$7,816	1,164 (30%)	$10,238
2018-19	3,030 (76%)	$8,314	1,115 (28%)	$10,835
2019-20	3,226 (80%)	$9,336	1,106 (27%)	$10,495
2020-21	3,635 (86%)	$9,431	862 (20%)	$10,728
2021-22	5,028 (99%)	$9,696	1,014 (20%)	$8,287
Average	2,666 (72.55%)	$8,223	958 (27.27%)	$8,980

^*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, 800 (22.73 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,522.

In addition, 715 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (19.91 % 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	682 (24%)	$4,244	84 (3%)	$896	217 (8%)	$2,090	1,156 (40%)	$6,467
2012-13	749 (24%)	$4,032	125 (4%)	$820	395 (13%)	$1,840	1,091 (35%)	$7,553
2013-14	698 (25%)	$4,210	135 (5%)	$783	411 (15%)	$1,969	1,140 (41%)	$7,059
2014-15	774 (27%)	$4,296	136 (5%)	$788	502 (18%)	$3,292	1,696 (59%)	$5,806
2015-16	756 (24%)	$4,430	150 (5%)	$790	959 (31%)	$2,231	2,228 (72%)	$5,416
2016-17	736 (22%)	$4,344	169 (5%)	$804	718 (22%)	$3,556	2,366 (71%)	$6,131
2017-18	866 (22%)	$4,575	167 (4%)	$795	903 (23%)	$3,335	2,682 (70%)	$5,849
2018-19	795 (20%)	$4,901	176 (4%)	$950	895 (22%)	$3,785	2,797 (70%)	$6,343
2019-20	757 (19%)	$4,963	333 (8%)	$874	999 (25%)	$3,813	2,928 (72%)	$7,603
2020-21	1,015 (24%)	$4,850	480 (11%)	$1,369	1,178 (28%)	$2,749	3,267 (78%)	$7,795
2021-22	976 (19%)	$4,897	5,008 (99%)	$735	692 (14%)	$1,822	3,739 (74%)	$10,439
Average	800 (22.73%)	$4,522	633 (13.91%)	$873	715 (19.91%)	$2,771	2,281 (62.00%)	$6,951

^*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, 958 (27.27 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $958.

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	790 (28%)	$7,549	770 (27%)	$6,664	62 (2%)	$13,423
2012-13	840 (27%)	$6,918	825 (27%)	$6,115	61 (2%)	$12,568
2013-14	751 (27%)	$8,236	731 (26%)	$6,921	68 (2%)	$16,561
2014-15	921 (32%)	$8,497	906 (32%)	$6,841	100 (3%)	$16,274
2015-16	937 (30%)	$8,001	909 (29%)	$6,712	96 (3%)	$14,537
2016-17	1,040 (31%)	$8,997	1,006 (30%)	$7,259	130 (4%)	$15,803
2017-18	1,164 (30%)	$10,238	1,143 (30%)	$7,931	171 (4%)	$16,678
2018-19	1,115 (28%)	$10,835	1,072 (27%)	$8,021	184 (5%)	$18,927
2019-20	1,106 (27%)	$10,495	1,069 (26%)	$7,744	181 (4%)	$18,392
2020-21	862 (20%)	$10,728	814 (19%)	$7,729	152 (4%)	$19,449
2021-22	1,014 (20%)	$8,287	953 (19%)	$5,117	171 (3%)	$20,624
Average	958 (27.27%)	$8,980	927 (26.55%)	$7,005	125 (3.27%)	$16,658

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