How Benedictine'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 Benedictine University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,489, which is 84.78 % of all undergraduate students. 1,807 students which is 60.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,294.

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	2,910 (76%)	$12,490	1,405 (37%)	$4,263	2,300 (60%)	$7,429
2014-15	3,017 (79%)	$13,330	1,478 (39%)	$4,215	2,343 (61%)	$7,359
2015-16	2,674 (80%)	$14,678	1,258 (38%)	$4,352	2,096 (63%)	$7,509
2016-17	2,637 (83%)	$15,519	1,176 (37%)	$4,372	1,997 (63%)	$7,611
2017-18	2,462 (85%)	$16,566	1,178 (41%)	$4,494	1,862 (65%)	$7,590
2018-19	2,398 (88%)	$17,572	1,144 (42%)	$4,555	1,720 (63%)	$7,268
2019-20	2,219 (89%)	$18,140	1,017 (41%)	$4,810	1,505 (60%)	$7,072
2020-21	2,082 (91%)	$18,632	891 (39%)	$4,943	1,259 (55%)	$7,006
2021-22	2,001 (92%)	$19,080	939 (43%)	$5,270	1,177 (54%)	$6,800
Average	2,489 (84.78%)	$16,223	1,165 (39.67%)	$4,586	1,807 (60.44%)	$7,294

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 469 (97.56 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $18,290. It can cover 56.20% of tuition & fees ($32,546).

In addition, 333 (68.67 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,587).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	605 (97%)	$14,716	428 (69%)	$6,333
2014-15	650 (97%)	$15,372	499 (75%)	$6,325
2015-16	443 (99%)	$17,475	333 (74%)	$6,482
2016-17	547 (99%)	$18,272	398 (72%)	$6,779
2017-18	417 (99%)	$18,891	291 (69%)	$7,122
2018-19	451 (100%)	$20,660	306 (68%)	$6,641
2019-20	303 (88%)	$19,122	198 (58%)	$7,033
2020-21	400 (100%)	$20,018	265 (66%)	$6,278
2021-22	408 (99%)	$20,083	277 (67%)	$6,294
Average	469 (97.56%)	$18,290	333 (68.67%)	$6,587

^*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, 205 (42.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,660.

In addition, 169 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (34.78 % 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	272 (44%)	$4,374	86 (14%)	$703	256 (41%)	$4,282	592 (95%)	$11,076
2014-15	288 (43%)	$4,282	69 (10%)	$868	247 (37%)	$4,226	646 (97%)	$11,849
2015-16	186 (42%)	$4,611	66 (15%)	$789	169 (38%)	$4,257	441 (98%)	$13,860
2016-17	224 (41%)	$4,602	69 (13%)	$832	186 (34%)	$4,334	545 (99%)	$14,863
2017-18	184 (44%)	$4,493	32 (8%)	$816	154 (37%)	$4,497	417 (99%)	$15,185
2018-19	197 (43%)	$4,643	72 (16%)	$892	138 (30%)	$4,424	451 (100%)	$17,136
2019-20	153 (44%)	$5,016	71 (21%)	$834	105 (31%)	$5,140	303 (88%)	$14,613
2020-21	178 (44%)	$4,931	116 (29%)	$1,092	142 (35%)	$4,755	400 (100%)	$15,819
2021-22	165 (40%)	$4,991	78 (19%)	$794	125 (30%)	$5,102	408 (99%)	$16,349
Average	205 (42.78%)	$4,660	73 (16.11%)	$847	169 (34.78%)	$4,557	467 (97.22%)	$14,528

^*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, 333 (68.67 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $333.

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	428 (69%)	$6,333	428 (69%)	$5,766	23 (4%)	$10,567
2014-15	499 (75%)	$6,325	496 (74%)	$5,597	34 (5%)	$11,183
2015-16	333 (74%)	$6,482	332 (74%)	$5,532	26 (6%)	$12,377
2016-17	398 (72%)	$6,779	398 (72%)	$5,591	39 (7%)	$12,125
2017-18	291 (69%)	$7,122	289 (69%)	$5,625	33 (8%)	$13,543
2018-19	306 (68%)	$6,641	304 (67%)	$5,524	23 (5%)	$15,335
2019-20	198 (58%)	$7,033	198 (58%)	$5,535	21 (6%)	$14,125
2020-21	265 (66%)	$6,278	264 (66%)	$5,199	21 (5%)	$13,856
2021-22	277 (67%)	$6,294	277 (67%)	$5,213	19 (5%)	$15,763
Average	333 (68.67%)	$6,587	332 (68.44%)	$5,509	27 (5.67%)	$13,208

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Benedictine

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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