How Benedict'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 Benedict College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,126, which is 97.44 % of all undergraduate students. 1,751 students which is 79.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $9,700.

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	2,471 (98%)	$22,193	2,082 (83%)	$4,789	2,264 (90%)	$11,517
2014-15	2,422 (99%)	$23,183	2,018 (83%)	$4,788	2,200 (90%)	$11,640
2015-16	2,424 (98%)	$22,629	1,988 (81%)	$4,734	2,139 (87%)	$11,765
2016-17	2,251 (99%)	$24,038	1,858 (81%)	$4,765	1,980 (87%)	$11,674
2017-18	1,935 (93%)	$11,565	1,724 (82%)	$4,913	1,809 (87%)	$11,799
2018-19	2,093 (97%)	$12,146	1,778 (82%)	$5,222	1,681 (78%)	$7,534
2019-20	1,986 (98%)	$13,915	1,557 (77%)	$5,199	1,415 (70%)	$7,158
2020-21	1,685 (97%)	$13,751	1,230 (71%)	$5,356	1,114 (64%)	$5,190
2021-22	1,870 (98%)	$12,476	1,303 (68%)	$5,269	1,154 (61%)	$9,024
Average	2,126 (97.44%)	$17,322	1,726 (78.67%)	$5,004	1,751 (79.33%)	$9,700

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 566 (96.44 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $13,528. It can cover 75.15% of tuition & fees ($18,000).

In addition, 452 (77.22 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $9,126).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	530 (96%)	$13,426	484 (87%)	$9,002
2014-15	526 (97%)	$14,042	499 (92%)	$10,739
2015-16	631 (96%)	$13,610	587 (89%)	$11,819
2016-17	582 (97%)	$13,067	532 (88%)	$11,286
2017-18	534 (96%)	$10,059	527 (94%)	$11,999
2018-19	704 (98%)	$14,364	474 (66%)	$6,673
2019-20	714 (99%)	$15,845	399 (56%)	$6,396
2020-21	336 (94%)	$15,242	220 (62%)	$8,009
2021-22	535 (95%)	$12,093	345 (61%)	$6,213
Average	566 (96.44%)	$13,528	452 (77.22%)	$9,126

^*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, 468 (79.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,105.

In addition, 196 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (33.00 % 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	460 (83%)	$4,879	83 (15%)	$1,381	161 (29%)	$3,847	481 (87%)	$8,602
2014-15	463 (85%)	$4,914	85 (16%)	$1,526	195 (36%)	$4,213	461 (85%)	$9,023
2015-16	539 (82%)	$4,737	88 (13%)	$1,446	235 (36%)	$4,075	534 (81%)	$9,269
2016-17	512 (85%)	$4,897	86 (14%)	$1,516	235 (39%)	$3,801	493 (82%)	$8,264
2017-18	473 (85%)	$5,040	73 (13%)	$1,372	-	-	327 (59%)	$8,831
2018-19	595 (83%)	$5,268	103 (14%)	$1,589	293 (41%)	$4,798	581 (81%)	$9,309
2019-20	510 (71%)	$5,324	96 (13%)	$2,039	195 (27%)	$5,450	653 (91%)	$11,239
2020-21	265 (74%)	$5,422	95 (27%)	$2,392	102 (29%)	$5,968	295 (83%)	$9,656
2021-22	397 (70%)	$5,461	105 (19%)	$1,930	150 (27%)	$6,647	336 (59%)	$9,233
Average	468 (79.78%)	$5,105	90 (16.00%)	$1,688	196 (33.00%)	$4,850	462 (78.67%)	$9,270

^*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, 452 (77.22 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $452.

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	484 (87%)	$9,002	472 (85%)	$8,930	13 (2%)	$10,914
2014-15	499 (92%)	$10,739	498 (92%)	$10,529	11 (2%)	$10,482
2015-16	587 (89%)	$11,819	582 (89%)	$11,671	17 (3%)	$8,552
2016-17	532 (88%)	$11,286	531 (88%)	$11,289	1 (0%)	$10,000
2017-18	527 (94%)	$11,999	525 (94%)	$11,982	2 (0%)	$16,463
2018-19	474 (66%)	$6,673	473 (66%)	$6,596	6 (1%)	$7,150
2019-20	399 (56%)	$6,396	399 (56%)	$6,256	4 (1%)	$14,025
2020-21	220 (62%)	$8,009	219 (62%)	$7,934	1 (0%)	$24,500
2021-22	345 (61%)	$6,213	343 (61%)	$6,128	3 (1%)	$13,829
Average	452 (77.22%)	$9,126	449 (77.00%)	$9,035	6 (1.67%)	$12,879

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Benedict

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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