Financial Aid at Portland State

Average Amount Received	% Received Financial Aid
$8,819	60%

10,669 students (60% of total 17,753 undergraduate students) have awarded federal, state, local, institutional or other sources of grant aid at Portland State University.

The average amount of the aid awarded is $8,819. For the first-time, full-time beginning students (freshmen), 89% of total 1,604 enrolled students have received any kind of financial aid and its average amount of aid received is $9,750.

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All Undergraduate Financial Aid

At Portland State University, 10,669 undergraduate students (60% of total 17,753 students) have received financial aid including grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans.The average amount of aid received is $8,819.

Financial Aid Statistics (All Undergraduate Students)
Type of Aid	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Grant or Scholarship	10,669	60%	$94,094,133	$8,819
Pell Grants	7,051	40%	$31,622,922	$4,485
Federal Student Loan	6,139	35%	$43,313,025	$7,055

Beginning Undergraduate Students (Freshmen) Financial Aid

1,427 beginning undergraduate students (89% of total 1,604 enrolled freshmen) have received financial aid including grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at Portland State University. The average amount of aid received is $9,750.

Financial Aid Statistics (First-time Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students)
Type of Aid	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Any Financial Aid	1,427	89%	-	-
Grants or Scholarships	1,382	86%	$13,474,063	$9,750
Federal Grants	1,184	74%	$7,265,352	$6,136
Pell Grants	909	57%	$4,261,297	$4,688
Other Federal Grants	1,181	74%	$3,004,055	$2,544
State/Local Grants	799	50%	$2,561,572	$3,206
Institutional Grants	882	55%	$3,647,139	$4,135
Student Loan Aid	606	38%	$3,556,266	$5,868
Federal Student Loans	597	37%	$2,746,135	$4,600
Other Student Loans	53	3%	$810,131	$15,285

Grants and Scholarship Aid By Income Level (Paying In-State Tuition)

The next table shows the number of students awarded and the average grants/scholarship aid amount by income level for the academic year 2021-2022 at Portland State University.

The sources of grants and scholarship aid are the federal government, state/local government, or the institution. For the statistics, only students who paid the in-state or in-district tuition rate are considered.

Grants of Scholarship Aid Statistics By Income Level
Income Level	Number of Students	Number of Students Awarded	Total Amount Aid Awarded	Average Amount Aid Awarded
All level	971	925	$4,620,071	$4,758
0-30,000	367	362	$1,721,491	$4,691
30,001-48,000	219	218	$1,171,473	$5,349
48,001-75,000	211	205	$1,225,961	$5,810
75,001-110,000	100	86	$365,400	$3,654
110,001 or more	74	54	$135,746	$1,834

Financial Aid at Portland State

All Undergraduate Financial Aid

Beginning Undergraduate Students (Freshmen) Financial Aid

Grants and Scholarship Aid By Income Level (Paying In-State Tuition)

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