How CSU'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 Chicago State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,115, which is 80.67 % of all undergraduate students. 2,132 students which is 78.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $10,082.

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	3,555 (82%)	$7,221	3,089 (71%)	$4,470	3,777 (87%)	$10,040
2014-15	3,360 (86%)	$6,784	2,769 (71%)	$4,480	3,610 (92%)	$9,644
2015-16	2,810 (81%)	$7,140	2,315 (67%)	$4,766	2,952 (85%)	$9,887
2016-17	1,857 (79%)	$7,680	1,492 (63%)	$4,859	2,038 (87%)	$11,320
2017-18	1,641 (81%)	$9,394	1,301 (64%)	$4,954	1,656 (82%)	$10,047
2018-19	1,600 (79%)	$9,851	1,284 (63%)	$5,898	1,621 (80%)	$9,116
2019-20	1,787 (85%)	$8,965	1,301 (62%)	$4,721	1,698 (81%)	$10,340
2020-21	1,019 (60%)	$13,625	756 (45%)	$6,155	867 (51%)	$8,928
2021-22	1,402 (93%)	$12,049	906 (60%)	$5,259	968 (64%)	$11,417
Average	2,115 (80.67%)	$9,190	1,690 (62.89%)	$5,062	2,132 (78.78%)	$10,082

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 156 (96.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $12,291. It can cover 96.37% of tuition & fees ($12,754) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 142 (87.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,325).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	224 (97%)	$9,105	212 (91%)	$6,980
2014-15	253 (100%)	$9,121	253 (100%)	$6,421
2015-16	161 (99%)	$9,599	158 (98%)	$5,057
2016-17	73 (96%)	$11,044	67 (88%)	$5,815
2017-18	118 (100%)	$12,050	107 (91%)	$5,483
2018-19	139 (98%)	$13,359	135 (95%)	$4,833
2019-20	161 (89%)	$13,381	142 (78%)	$5,229
2020-21	137 (95%)	$17,067	133 (92%)	$3,945
2021-22	137 (93%)	$15,891	75 (51%)	$4,166
Average	156 (96.33%)	$12,291	142 (87.11%)	$5,325

^*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, 129 (78.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,547.

In addition, 99 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (59.56 % 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	196 (84%)	$5,104	19 (8%)	$1,307	147 (63%)	$3,029	106 (46%)	$5,369
2014-15	213 (84%)	$5,038	23 (9%)	$2,310	152 (60%)	$2,930	142 (56%)	$5,184
2015-16	130 (80%)	$5,291	19 (12%)	$3,213	98 (60%)	$2,989	110 (68%)	$4,578
2016-17	55 (72%)	$5,336	14 (18%)	$2,234	32 (42%)	$3,387	46 (61%)	$8,110
2017-18	93 (79%)	$5,504	22 (19%)	$2,443	58 (49%)	$3,452	61 (52%)	$10,755
2018-19	125 (88%)	$6,037	12 (8%)	$1,292	87 (61%)	$3,906	62 (44%)	$12,047
2019-20	134 (74%)	$5,559	50 (28%)	$1,377	106 (59%)	$4,297	101 (56%)	$8,762
2020-21	115 (80%)	$5,939	71 (49%)	$1,027	117 (81%)	$4,587	135 (94%)	$7,745
2021-22	99 (67%)	$6,115	54 (37%)	$1,102	90 (61%)	$5,180	130 (88%)	$8,047
Average	129 (78.67%)	$5,547	32 (20.89%)	$1,812	99 (59.56%)	$3,751	99 (62.78%)	$7,844

^*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, 142 (87.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $142.

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	212 (91%)	$6,980	212 (91%)	$6,848	2 (1%)	$14,000
2014-15	253 (100%)	$6,421	253 (100%)	$6,351	2 (1%)	$8,790
2015-16	158 (98%)	$5,057	158 (98%)	$5,057	-	-
2016-17	67 (88%)	$5,815	66 (87%)	$5,751	1 (1%)	$10,000
2017-18	107 (91%)	$5,483	107 (91%)	$5,326	2 (2%)	$8,394
2018-19	135 (95%)	$4,833	135 (95%)	$4,833	-	-
2019-20	142 (78%)	$5,229	142 (78%)	$5,229	-	-
2020-21	133 (92%)	$3,945	133 (92%)	$3,945	-	-
2021-22	75 (51%)	$4,166	75 (51%)	$4,166	-	-
Average	142 (87.11%)	$5,325	142 (87.00%)	$5,278	2 (1.25%)	$10,296

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at CSU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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