How Capella'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 Capella University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 6,380, which is 67.67 % of all undergraduate students. 5,970 students which is 64.00% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $8,511.

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	6,589 (83%)	$4,123	4,375 (55%)	$3,226	6,727 (85%)	$8,849
2014-15	7,339 (84%)	$4,166	4,677 (53%)	$3,318	7,262 (83%)	$8,751
2015-16	7,198 (92%)	$4,091	4,482 (57%)	$3,379	7,023 (90%)	$8,790
2016-17	5,827 (62%)	$4,048	4,174 (44%)	$3,235	6,793 (72%)	$8,228
2017-18	6,215 (67%)	$5,051	3,953 (43%)	$4,313	6,004 (65%)	$9,835
2018-19	5,996 (61%)	$3,781	4,093 (42%)	$3,601	5,990 (61%)	$8,595
2019-20	6,789 (65%)	$4,506	4,256 (41%)	$3,403	4,190 (40%)	$8,228
2020-21	6,181 (52%)	$3,506	3,960 (34%)	$3,107	3,870 (33%)	$8,282
2021-22	5,290 (43%)	$3,309	4,430 (36%)	$3,530	5,868 (47%)	$7,038
Average	6,380 (67.67%)	$4,065	4,267 (45.00%)	$3,457	5,970 (64.00%)	$8,511

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 6 (85.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,483. It can cover 31.05% of tuition & fees ($14,436).

In addition, 6 (82.56 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,722).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	2 (100%)	$3,437	2 (100%)	$3,025
2014-15	2 (67%)	$5,559	3 (100%)	$5,102
2015-16	2 (50%)	$2,524	2 (50%)	$1,685
2016-17	4 (100%)	$4,169	3 (75%)	$7,374
2017-18	2 (100%)	$6,765	1 (50%)	$6,839
2018-19	14 (93%)	$3,760	15 (100%)	$6,791
2019-20	11 (100%)	$4,293	9 (82%)	$6,804
2020-21	10 (100%)	$3,202	10 (100%)	$7,943
2021-22	8 (57%)	$6,637	12 (86%)	$5,934
Average	6 (85.22%)	$4,483	6 (82.56%)	$5,722

^*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, 5 (73.00 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $3,697.

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	2 (100%)	$2,588	-	-	-	-	2 (100%)	$850
2014-15	2 (67%)	$4,059	-	-	-	-	2 (67%)	$1,500
2015-16	2 (50%)	$1,227	-	-	-	-	1 (25%)	$2,594
2016-17	4 (100%)	$3,294	1 (25%)	$500	-	-	2 (50%)	$1,500
2017-18	1 (50%)	$5,920	1 (50%)	$1,000	-	-	2 (100%)	$3,305
2018-19	12 (80%)	$3,801	4 (27%)	$750	-	-	5 (33%)	$805
2019-20	8 (73%)	$4,528	2 (18%)	$2,000	-	-	4 (36%)	$1,750
2020-21	8 (80%)	$2,781	-	-	-	-	5 (50%)	$1,953
2021-22	8 (57%)	$5,075	2 (14%)	$6,250	-	-	-	-
Average	5 (73.00%)	$3,697	2 (26.80%)	$2,100	-	-	3 (57.63%)	$1,782

^*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, 6 (82.56 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $6.

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	2 (100%)	$3,025	2 (100%)	$3,025	-	-
2014-15	3 (100%)	$5,102	3 (100%)	$5,102	-	-
2015-16	2 (50%)	$1,685	2 (50%)	$1,685	-	-
2016-17	3 (75%)	$7,374	3 (75%)	$7,374	-	-
2017-18	1 (50%)	$6,839	1 (50%)	$6,839	-	-
2018-19	15 (100%)	$6,791	15 (100%)	$6,791	-	-
2019-20	9 (82%)	$6,804	9 (82%)	$6,804	-	-
2020-21	10 (100%)	$7,943	10 (100%)	$7,943	-	-
2021-22	12 (86%)	$5,934	12 (86%)	$5,934	-	-
Average	6 (82.56%)	$5,722	6 (82.56%)	$5,722	-	-

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Capella

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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