Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at American University of Puerto Rico

Over the past 10 years (2013-2022), the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 471, which is 93.00 % of all undergraduate students. 63 students which is 12.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $3,943.

For full-time, first-time beginning students (freshmen), 90.33% of students received grants or scholarships and 3% of students received student loans.

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All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at American University of Puerto Rico since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 471, which is 93.00 % of all undergraduate students. 63 students which is 12.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $3,943.

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
2013-14	754 (88%)	$5,166	708 (83%)	$4,434	60 (7%)	$3,710
2014-15	703 (94%)	$5,341	646 (86%)	$4,466	107 (14%)	$3,535
2015-16	598 (91%)	$5,024	576 (87%)	$4,547	107 (16%)	$3,207
2016-17	534 (89%)	$5,247	517 (86%)	$4,550	72 (12%)	$3,634
2017-18	432 (92%)	$6,327	409 (87%)	$5,226	51 (11%)	$3,988
2018-19	364 (91%)	$6,684	343 (86%)	$5,486	46 (12%)	$3,742
2019-20	355 (96%)	$6,529	308 (83%)	$5,224	52 (14%)	$4,071
2020-21	270 (96%)	$6,586	215 (77%)	$5,216	38 (14%)	$4,569
2021-22	225 (100%)	$9,545	174 (77%)	$5,915	33 (15%)	$5,033
Average	471 (93.00%)	$6,272	433 (83.56%)	$5,007	63 (12.78%)	$3,943

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 69 (90.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,002. It can cover 99.24% of tuition & fees ($7,056).

In addition, 2 (2.50 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,044).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	87 (69%)	$5,208	-	-
2014-15	103 (76%)	$5,212	1 (1%)	$2,376
2015-16	105 (97%)	$5,409	-	-
2016-17	92 (94%)	$5,753	4 (4%)	$3,308
2017-18	62 (93%)	$6,742	-	-
2018-19	63 (94%)	$6,447	-	-
2019-20	43 (96%)	$7,936	1 (2%)	$3,464
2020-21	36 (97%)	$8,136	-	-
2021-22	28 (97%)	$12,179	1 (3%)	$7,028
Average	69 (90.33%)	$7,002	2 (2.50%)	$4,044

^*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.

Grants/Scholarship

The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For the last 10 years, on average, 66 (85.89 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,537.

In addition, 21 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (20.44 % 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
2013-14	85 (67%)	$5,065	7 (6%)	$171	47 (37%)	$294	2 (2%)	$3,761
2014-15	98 (73%)	$4,913	18 (13%)	$194	74 (55%)	$262	68 (50%)	$477
2015-16	103 (95%)	$5,074	32 (30%)	$184	28 (26%)	$283	59 (55%)	$534
2016-17	89 (91%)	$5,040	20 (20%)	$280	6 (6%)	$567	85 (87%)	$843
2017-18	59 (88%)	$5,611	46 (69%)	$459	6 (9%)	$594	54 (81%)	$1,154
2018-19	60 (90%)	$5,507	46 (69%)	$400	11 (16%)	$597	47 (70%)	$1,081
2019-20	39 (87%)	$6,070	33 (73%)	$1,657	5 (11%)	$600	32 (71%)	$1,463
2020-21	34 (92%)	$5,895	35 (95%)	$2,147	5 (14%)	$600	25 (68%)	$573
2021-22	26 (90%)	$6,661	28 (97%)	$4,673	3 (10%)	$600	22 (76%)	$1,599
Average	66 (85.89%)	$5,537	29 (52.44%)	$1,129	21 (20.44%)	$489	44 (62.22%)	$1,276

^*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..

Student Loans

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 10 years, on average, 2 (2.50 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $2.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2013-14	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014-15	1 (1%)	$2,376	1 (1%)	$2,376	-	-
2015-16	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016-17	4 (4%)	$3,308	4 (4%)	$3,308	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019-20	1 (2%)	$3,464	1 (2%)	$3,464	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021-22	1 (3%)	$7,028	1 (3%)	$7,028	-	-
Average	2 (2.50%)	$4,044	2 (2.50%)	$4,044	-	-

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