How Aurora'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 Aurora University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,500, which is 91.44 % of all undergraduate students. 2,491 students which is 65.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,204.

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	2,916 (90%)	$12,023	1,349 (42%)	$4,051	2,309 (71%)	$7,362
2014-15	3,014 (89%)	$12,025	1,406 (42%)	$4,214	2,366 (70%)	$7,448
2015-16	3,156 (88%)	$12,245	1,495 (42%)	$4,429	2,465 (69%)	$7,517
2016-17	3,387 (89%)	$12,656	1,580 (42%)	$4,360	2,610 (69%)	$7,327
2017-18	3,558 (90%)	$13,340	1,748 (44%)	$4,521	2,617 (67%)	$7,281
2018-19	3,667 (91%)	$13,936	1,822 (45%)	$4,564	2,606 (65%)	$7,237
2019-20	3,785 (92%)	$15,287	1,803 (44%)	$4,725	2,590 (63%)	$7,037
2020-21	3,903 (94%)	$15,546	1,818 (44%)	$4,821	2,473 (59%)	$6,882
2021-22	4,114 (100%)	$16,169	1,814 (44%)	$4,681	2,383 (58%)	$6,747
Average	3,500 (91.44%)	$13,692	1,648 (43.22%)	$4,485	2,491 (65.67%)	$7,204

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 728 (99.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $16,628. It can cover 58.92% of tuition & fees ($28,220).

In addition, 471 (65.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,008).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	699 (100%)	$14,543	493 (70%)	$6,113
2014-15	597 (100%)	$14,396	416 (69%)	$6,157
2015-16	617 (99%)	$14,605	422 (68%)	$5,971
2016-17	652 (100%)	$15,909	468 (72%)	$6,044
2017-18	801 (100%)	$16,309	523 (65%)	$6,043
2018-19	761 (100%)	$17,040	497 (65%)	$6,026
2019-20	811 (100%)	$18,577	508 (63%)	$6,194
2020-21	790 (99%)	$18,441	447 (56%)	$5,739
2021-22	822 (100%)	$19,830	467 (57%)	$5,788
Average	728 (99.78%)	$16,628	471 (65.00%)	$6,008

^*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, 341 (46.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,488.

In addition, 337 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (45.89 % 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	319 (46%)	$4,175	49 (7%)	$1,899	295 (42%)	$4,241	698 (100%)	$10,730
2014-15	273 (46%)	$4,042	53 (9%)	$2,286	252 (42%)	$4,292	597 (100%)	$10,533
2015-16	283 (45%)	$4,263	35 (6%)	$1,819	266 (43%)	$4,315	613 (98%)	$10,756
2016-17	298 (46%)	$4,360	56 (9%)	$1,958	300 (46%)	$4,250	651 (100%)	$11,810
2017-18	372 (46%)	$4,461	80 (10%)	$2,552	376 (47%)	$4,592	801 (100%)	$11,826
2018-19	376 (49%)	$4,554	58 (8%)	$2,541	400 (52%)	$4,721	759 (100%)	$12,146
2019-20	383 (47%)	$4,816	358 (44%)	$1,666	392 (48%)	$5,171	806 (99%)	$13,149
2020-21	363 (46%)	$4,896	337 (42%)	$1,784	362 (45%)	$5,002	789 (99%)	$13,155
2021-22	399 (49%)	$4,825	822 (100%)	$1,508	393 (48%)	$5,281	815 (99%)	$13,571
Average	341 (46.67%)	$4,488	205 (26.11%)	$2,001	337 (45.89%)	$4,652	725 (99.44%)	$11,964

^*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, 471 (65.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $471.

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	493 (70%)	$6,113	492 (70%)	$5,547	29 (4%)	$9,807
2014-15	416 (69%)	$6,157	415 (69%)	$5,559	27 (5%)	$9,417
2015-16	422 (68%)	$5,971	414 (66%)	$5,200	34 (5%)	$10,796
2016-17	468 (72%)	$6,044	463 (71%)	$5,252	37 (6%)	$10,731
2017-18	523 (65%)	$6,043	519 (65%)	$5,356	37 (5%)	$10,287
2018-19	497 (65%)	$6,026	493 (65%)	$5,073	42 (6%)	$11,765
2019-20	508 (63%)	$6,194	506 (62%)	$5,099	49 (6%)	$11,560
2020-21	447 (56%)	$5,739	443 (56%)	$4,944	31 (4%)	$12,101
2021-22	467 (57%)	$5,788	464 (56%)	$4,800	35 (4%)	$13,584
Average	471 (65.00%)	$6,008	468 (64.44%)	$5,203	36 (5.00%)	$11,116

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Aurora

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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