How CNU'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 Christopher Newport University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,638, which is 54.00 % of all undergraduate students. 2,260 students which is 46.00% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,362.

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	2,637 (52%)	$5,000	831 (16%)	$3,998	2,564 (50%)	$6,460
2014-15	2,630 (52%)	$4,999	776 (15%)	$3,977	2,522 (49%)	$6,551
2015-16	2,615 (52%)	$5,577	785 (16%)	$4,058	2,484 (49%)	$6,400
2016-17	2,618 (53%)	$5,936	724 (15%)	$4,131	2,354 (48%)	$6,356
2017-18	2,599 (52%)	$6,351	725 (15%)	$4,209	2,337 (47%)	$6,281
2018-19	2,735 (56%)	$6,565	675 (14%)	$4,384	2,246 (46%)	$6,379
2019-20	2,668 (55%)	$7,383	615 (13%)	$4,497	2,163 (45%)	$6,380
2020-21	2,695 (57%)	$7,808	639 (13%)	$4,670	1,976 (42%)	$6,201
2021-22	2,542 (57%)	$8,733	644 (14%)	$4,701	1,695 (38%)	$6,249
Average	2,638 (54.00%)	$6,484	713 (14.56%)	$4,292	2,260 (46.00%)	$6,362

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 716 (59.44 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,817. It can cover 18.77% of tuition & fees ($30,988) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 588 (48.56 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $8,486).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	710 (56%)	$4,461	644 (50%)	$7,363
2014-15	680 (55%)	$4,259	645 (53%)	$7,621
2015-16	729 (60%)	$4,748	647 (53%)	$7,933
2016-17	706 (57%)	$5,737	600 (49%)	$8,356
2017-18	729 (56%)	$6,078	644 (50%)	$7,998
2018-19	731 (60%)	$5,415	589 (48%)	$9,975
2019-20	740 (60%)	$6,336	612 (49%)	$9,325
2020-21	750 (65%)	$7,294	502 (44%)	$8,923
2021-22	669 (66%)	$8,022	412 (41%)	$8,879
Average	716 (59.44%)	$5,817	588 (48.56%)	$8,486

^*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, 165 (13.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,331.

In addition, 364 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (30.11 % 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	176 (14%)	$4,018	3 (0%)	$511	357 (28%)	$4,479	459 (36%)	$1,873
2014-15	173 (14%)	$4,116	10 (1%)	$2,370	363 (30%)	$3,465	447 (36%)	$2,019
2015-16	181 (15%)	$4,221	6 (0%)	$3,000	359 (29%)	$4,176	544 (44%)	$2,170
2016-17	153 (12%)	$4,080	6 (0%)	$3,000	362 (29%)	$4,223	583 (47%)	$3,223
2017-18	173 (13%)	$4,326	9 (1%)	$3,000	381 (29%)	$4,752	574 (44%)	$3,214
2018-19	145 (12%)	$4,356	10 (1%)	$4,035	386 (31%)	$3,058	574 (47%)	$3,669
2019-20	161 (13%)	$4,484	14 (1%)	$6,485	378 (31%)	$4,554	638 (52%)	$3,376
2020-21	168 (15%)	$4,678	24 (2%)	$7,266	366 (32%)	$5,211	686 (59%)	$3,795
2021-22	155 (15%)	$4,700	17 (2%)	$5,757	320 (32%)	$5,570	552 (55%)	$4,997
Average	165 (13.67%)	$4,331	11 (1.33%)	$3,936	364 (30.11%)	$4,388	562 (46.67%)	$3,148

^*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, 588 (48.56 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $588.

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	644 (50%)	$7,363	625 (49%)	$5,454	101 (8%)	$13,197
2014-15	645 (53%)	$7,621	634 (52%)	$5,519	109 (9%)	$12,996
2015-16	647 (53%)	$7,933	629 (51%)	$5,359	127 (10%)	$13,876
2016-17	600 (49%)	$8,356	578 (47%)	$5,301	125 (10%)	$15,598
2017-18	644 (50%)	$7,998	626 (48%)	$5,281	122 (9%)	$15,121
2018-19	589 (48%)	$9,975	555 (45%)	$5,288	169 (14%)	$17,397
2019-20	612 (49%)	$9,325	583 (47%)	$5,444	141 (11%)	$17,964
2020-21	502 (44%)	$8,923	487 (42%)	$5,122	108 (9%)	$18,379
2021-22	412 (41%)	$8,879	387 (38%)	$5,174	91 (9%)	$18,195
Average	588 (48.56%)	$8,486	567 (46.56%)	$5,327	121 (9.89%)	$15,858

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at CNU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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