How Fresno State'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 California State University-San Marcos since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 8,662, which is 64.00 % of all undergraduate students. 4,593 students which is 34.56% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,310.

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	5,894 (55%)	$8,576	4,879 (45%)	$4,271	4,410 (41%)	$6,449
2014-15	7,926 (69%)	$7,399	5,475 (47%)	$4,357	4,646 (40%)	$6,323
2015-16	7,792 (64%)	$8,052	5,790 (48%)	$4,393	4,614 (38%)	$6,271
2016-17	8,307 (66%)	$7,940	6,094 (48%)	$4,334	4,916 (39%)	$6,351
2017-18	9,097 (62%)	$8,581	6,811 (47%)	$4,559	5,018 (34%)	$6,266
2018-19	9,546 (64%)	$8,332	7,032 (47%)	$4,570	4,969 (33%)	$6,256
2019-20	9,941 (67%)	$8,250	6,961 (47%)	$4,676	4,858 (33%)	$6,290
2020-21	9,673 (64%)	$8,538	6,802 (45%)	$4,718	3,988 (27%)	$6,496
2021-22	9,779 (65%)	$8,305	6,783 (45%)	$4,657	3,919 (26%)	$6,091
Average	8,662 (64.00%)	$8,219	6,292 (46.56%)	$4,504	4,593 (34.56%)	$6,310

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,517 (69.44 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,939. It can cover 45.57% of tuition & fees ($19,614) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 776 (35.67 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,546).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,223 (58%)	$9,500	880 (42%)	$5,697
2014-15	1,567 (74%)	$8,197	917 (43%)	$5,555
2015-16	1,476 (70%)	$8,617	776 (37%)	$5,496
2016-17	1,415 (69%)	$8,431	800 (39%)	$5,604
2017-18	1,747 (73%)	$9,154	885 (37%)	$5,386
2018-19	1,653 (70%)	$9,138	849 (36%)	$5,496
2019-20	1,579 (74%)	$9,192	768 (36%)	$5,834
2020-21	1,491 (70%)	$9,298	479 (23%)	$5,241
2021-22	1,499 (67%)	$8,922	628 (28%)	$5,606
Average	1,517 (69.44%)	$8,939	776 (35.67%)	$5,546

^*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, 1,052 (48.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,900.

In addition, 1,322 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (60.44 % 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	981 (47%)	$4,720	200 (10%)	$676	994 (47%)	$2,663	875 (42%)	$4,806
2014-15	1,048 (49%)	$4,796	198 (9%)	$1,165	1,272 (60%)	$2,305	908 (43%)	$5,128
2015-16	1,017 (48%)	$4,815	287 (14%)	$584	1,315 (62%)	$2,443	862 (41%)	$5,153
2016-17	934 (45%)	$4,777	80 (4%)	$1,392	1,264 (61%)	$2,287	859 (42%)	$5,199
2017-18	1,215 (51%)	$4,862	50 (2%)	$2,201	1,535 (64%)	$2,402	1,130 (47%)	$5,564
2018-19	1,162 (49%)	$4,935	61 (3%)	$3,130	1,503 (64%)	$2,427	1,010 (43%)	$5,477
2019-20	1,084 (51%)	$5,141	38 (2%)	$2,657	1,333 (63%)	$2,396	1,043 (49%)	$5,413
2020-21	1,016 (48%)	$5,081	32 (2%)	$1,984	1,323 (62%)	$2,360	1,009 (48%)	$5,466
2021-22	1,013 (45%)	$4,975	63 (3%)	$2,620	1,358 (61%)	$2,268	961 (43%)	$5,295
Average	1,052 (48.11%)	$4,900	112 (5.44%)	$1,823	1,322 (60.44%)	$2,395	962 (44.22%)	$5,278

^*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, 776 (35.67 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $776.

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	880 (42%)	$5,697	871 (41%)	$5,073	42 (2%)	$14,167
2014-15	917 (43%)	$5,555	910 (43%)	$5,087	40 (2%)	$11,621
2015-16	776 (37%)	$5,496	764 (36%)	$4,927	40 (2%)	$12,512
2016-17	800 (39%)	$5,604	789 (38%)	$4,960	52 (3%)	$10,951
2017-18	885 (37%)	$5,386	874 (36%)	$4,899	43 (2%)	$11,276
2018-19	849 (36%)	$5,496	828 (35%)	$4,796	56 (2%)	$12,421
2019-20	768 (36%)	$5,834	755 (35%)	$4,837	70 (3%)	$11,837
2020-21	479 (23%)	$5,241	470 (22%)	$4,734	22 (1%)	$12,988
2021-22	628 (28%)	$5,606	617 (28%)	$4,800	43 (2%)	$12,997
Average	776 (35.67%)	$5,546	764 (34.89%)	$4,901	45 (2.11%)	$12,308

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Fresno State

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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