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 598, which is 92.44 % of all undergraduate students. 92 students which is 14.00% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $3,710.

For full-time, first-time beginning students (freshmen), 88.89% of students received grants or scholarships and 2% 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 598, which is 92.44 % of all undergraduate students. 92 students which is 14.00% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $3,710.

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	884 (88%)	$5,325	849 (84%)	$4,473	102 (10%)	$3,231
2014-15	840 (94%)	$5,530	812 (91%)	$4,611	132 (15%)	$2,798
2015-16	805 (91%)	$5,023	781 (88%)	$4,663	121 (14%)	$3,159
2016-17	674 (89%)	$5,490	665 (88%)	$4,544	120 (16%)	$3,335
2017-18	587 (89%)	$6,214	567 (86%)	$5,418	102 (15%)	$3,565
2018-19	497 (91%)	$6,775	480 (88%)	$5,899	98 (18%)	$3,836
2019-20	494 (95%)	$6,950	458 (88%)	$5,607	74 (14%)	$3,781
2020-21	336 (96%)	$7,375	285 (82%)	$5,652	45 (13%)	$4,790
2021-22	267 (99%)	$9,036	219 (81%)	$5,795	31 (11%)	$4,899
Average	598 (92.44%)	$6,413	568 (86.22%)	$5,185	92 (14.00%)	$3,710

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 89 (88.89 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,073. It can cover 100.24% of tuition & fees ($7,056).

In addition, 1 (1.60 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $3,670).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	145 (69%)	$4,760	1 (0%)	$8,412
2014-15	123 (69%)	$5,127	1 (1%)	$1,732
2015-16	159 (98%)	$5,432	-	-
2016-17	90 (95%)	$5,311	1 (1%)	$1,980
2017-18	85 (93%)	$7,125	2 (2%)	$3,464
2018-19	66 (97%)	$7,593	-	-
2019-20	73 (97%)	$8,884	1 (1%)	$1,732
2020-21	28 (85%)	$8,924	1 (3%)	$4,702
2021-22	31 (97%)	$10,502	-	-
Average	89 (88.89%)	$7,073	1 (1.60%)	$3,670

^*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, 88 (87.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,745.

In addition, 23 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (18.78 % 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	142 (68%)	$4,719	3 (1%)	$465	64 (30%)	$291	-	-
2014-15	123 (69%)	$4,758	4 (2%)	$163	59 (33%)	$256	74 (41%)	$400
2015-16	158 (97%)	$5,122	13 (8%)	$208	26 (16%)	$288	115 (71%)	$384
2016-17	89 (94%)	$4,837	16 (17%)	$225	3 (3%)	$567	66 (69%)	$640
2017-18	84 (92%)	$6,326	47 (52%)	$395	18 (20%)	$594	70 (77%)	$643
2018-19	66 (97%)	$6,640	33 (49%)	$461	10 (15%)	$597	61 (90%)	$683
2019-20	72 (96%)	$7,047	66 (88%)	$1,288	14 (19%)	$600	67 (89%)	$712
2020-21	27 (82%)	$6,013	28 (85%)	$2,430	9 (27%)	$600	23 (70%)	$612
2021-22	29 (91%)	$6,245	31 (97%)	$4,128	2 (6%)	$600	2 (6%)	$7,642
Average	88 (87.33%)	$5,745	27 (44.33%)	$1,085	23 (18.78%)	$488	60 (64.13%)	$1,465

^*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, 1 (1.60 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $1.

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	1 (0%)	$8,412	1 (0%)	$8,412	-	-
2014-15	1 (1%)	$1,732	1 (1%)	$1,732	-	-
2015-16	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016-17	1 (1%)	$1,980	1 (1%)	$1,980	-	-
2017-18	2 (2%)	$3,464	2 (2%)	$3,464	-	-
2018-19	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019-20	1 (1%)	$1,732	1 (1%)	$1,732	-	-
2020-21	1 (3%)	$4,702	1 (3%)	$4,702	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Average	1 (1.60%)	$3,670	1 (1.60%)	$3,670	-	-

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