How CSM'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 College of Southern Maryland since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,952, which is 42.56 % of all undergraduate students. 904 students which is 13.00% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,118.

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	2,970 (34%)	$4,094	2,184 (25%)	$4,659	1,016 (12%)	$5,277
2014-15	2,879 (34%)	$3,881	2,009 (24%)	$4,570	960 (11%)	$5,370
2015-16	2,801 (34%)	$3,801	1,882 (23%)	$4,652	838 (10%)	$4,954
2016-17	2,676 (35%)	$3,708	1,736 (23%)	$4,653	790 (10%)	$4,759
2017-18	2,176 (30%)	$4,227	1,530 (21%)	$4,951	680 (9%)	$4,903
2018-19	2,109 (31%)	$4,455	1,439 (21%)	$5,117	534 (8%)	$4,789
2019-20	2,648 (42%)	$3,960	1,346 (21%)	$5,157	454 (7%)	$4,658
2020-21	2,669 (43%)	$4,299	1,288 (21%)	$5,198	306 (5%)	$4,837
2021-22	5,640 (100%)	$2,895	1,374 (24%)	$5,312	2,560 (45%)	$6,519
Average	2,952 (42.56%)	$3,924	1,643 (22.56%)	$4,919	904 (13.00%)	$5,118

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 485 (50.11 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,250. It can cover 44.97% of tuition & fees ($9,450) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 171 (18.44 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,833).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	496 (39%)	$4,444	188 (15%)	$4,909
2014-15	395 (34%)	$4,201	185 (16%)	$4,847
2015-16	446 (37%)	$4,053	159 (13%)	$4,524
2016-17	458 (39%)	$4,090	140 (12%)	$4,389
2017-18	400 (39%)	$4,334	140 (14%)	$4,430
2018-19	394 (39%)	$4,196	103 (10%)	$4,692
2019-20	645 (70%)	$4,105	100 (11%)	$5,331
2020-21	446 (54%)	$4,644	60 (7%)	$4,964
2021-22	681 (100%)	$4,183	461 (68%)	$5,407
Average	485 (50.11%)	$4,250	171 (18.44%)	$4,833

^*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, 279 (27.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,988.

In addition, 188 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (19.56 % 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	394 (31%)	$4,691	25 (2%)	$2,196	212 (17%)	$893	90 (7%)	$1,240
2014-15	290 (25%)	$4,542	16 (1%)	$2,000	144 (12%)	$1,064	98 (8%)	$1,602
2015-16	313 (26%)	$4,753	15 (1%)	$2,000	138 (11%)	$909	128 (11%)	$1,286
2016-17	321 (28%)	$4,734	17 (1%)	$2,049	164 (14%)	$843	141 (12%)	$1,282
2017-18	277 (27%)	$5,001	21 (2%)	$1,369	135 (13%)	$981	152 (15%)	$1,232
2018-19	248 (24%)	$5,120	24 (2%)	$1,541	147 (14%)	$963	156 (15%)	$1,314
2019-20	271 (30%)	$5,242	546 (60%)	$843	242 (26%)	$1,839	171 (19%)	$1,881
2020-21	210 (25%)	$5,379	256 (31%)	$1,107	204 (25%)	$1,880	183 (22%)	$1,501
2021-22	190 (28%)	$5,432	681 (100%)	$1,150	302 (44%)	$1,656	153 (22%)	$3,483
Average	279 (27.11%)	$4,988	178 (22.22%)	$1,584	188 (19.56%)	$1,225	141 (14.56%)	$1,647

^*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, 171 (18.44 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $171.

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	188 (15%)	$4,909	182 (14%)	$4,829	7 (1%)	$6,286
2014-15	185 (16%)	$4,847	179 (15%)	$4,767	7 (1%)	$6,189
2015-16	159 (13%)	$4,524	154 (13%)	$4,434	6 (0%)	$6,071
2016-17	140 (12%)	$4,389	127 (11%)	$4,225	14 (1%)	$5,565
2017-18	140 (14%)	$4,430	134 (13%)	$4,344	6 (1%)	$6,372
2018-19	103 (10%)	$4,692	93 (9%)	$4,441	10 (1%)	$7,020
2019-20	100 (11%)	$5,331	93 (10%)	$4,996	8 (1%)	$8,557
2020-21	60 (7%)	$4,964	58 (7%)	$4,954	2 (0%)	$5,250
2021-22	461 (68%)	$5,407	459 (67%)	$5,397	2 (0%)	$7,858
Average	171 (18.44%)	$4,833	164 (17.67%)	$4,710	7 (1.00%)	$6,574

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at CSM

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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