How Cornell'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 Cornell University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 7,556, which is 51.22 % of all undergraduate students. 4,395 students which is 29.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,915.

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	8,052 (56%)	$32,414	2,346 (16%)	$4,271	4,467 (31%)	$5,066
2014-15	7,826 (55%)	$33,376	2,207 (15%)	$4,354	4,326 (30%)	$5,286
2015-16	7,614 (53%)	$34,013	2,202 (15%)	$4,388	4,253 (30%)	$5,345
2016-17	7,707 (53%)	$34,976	2,261 (16%)	$4,411	4,330 (30%)	$5,006
2017-18	7,756 (52%)	$39,868	2,416 (16%)	$4,623	4,586 (31%)	$4,621
2018-19	7,138 (47%)	$45,719	2,555 (17%)	$4,820	5,282 (35%)	$4,648
2019-20	7,051 (47%)	$49,149	2,440 (16%)	$4,961	4,936 (33%)	$4,577
2020-21	7,206 (49%)	$52,178	2,561 (17%)	$5,122	3,779 (26%)	$4,829
2021-22	7,656 (49%)	$54,352	2,737 (18%)	$5,235	3,594 (23%)	$4,860
Average	7,556 (51.22%)	$41,783	2,414 (16.22%)	$4,687	4,395 (29.89%)	$4,915

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,620 (49.11 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $42,281. It can cover 64.05% of tuition & fees ($66,014).

In addition, 1,057 (31.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,773).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,623 (50%)	$33,064	1,001 (31%)	$7,306
2014-15	1,581 (49%)	$34,941	1,009 (31%)	$7,453
2015-16	1,562 (49%)	$35,445	954 (30%)	$8,030
2016-17	1,616 (49%)	$36,164	1,005 (30%)	$8,107
2017-18	1,634 (49%)	$41,405	1,055 (32%)	$7,448
2018-19	1,570 (48%)	$44,955	1,362 (41%)	$7,078
2019-20	1,489 (47%)	$47,664	1,226 (38%)	$7,639
2020-21	1,608 (50%)	$52,674	881 (27%)	$8,585
2021-22	1,901 (51%)	$54,219	1,022 (27%)	$8,309
Average	1,620 (49.11%)	$42,281	1,057 (31.89%)	$7,773

^*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, 527 (15.89 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,807.

In addition, 457 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (13.89 % 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	482 (15%)	$4,331	335 (10%)	$2,731	442 (14%)	$2,512	1,515 (47%)	$32,707
2014-15	483 (15%)	$4,471	366 (11%)	$2,725	464 (14%)	$2,838	1,497 (46%)	$33,913
2015-16	484 (15%)	$4,469	253 (8%)	$2,708	450 (14%)	$3,045	1,437 (45%)	$35,592
2016-17	466 (14%)	$4,556	294 (9%)	$2,706	458 (14%)	$3,243	1,476 (45%)	$36,611
2017-18	523 (16%)	$4,804	249 (7%)	$3,967	456 (14%)	$3,180	1,543 (46%)	$40,638
2018-19	537 (16%)	$4,955	249 (8%)	$4,000	427 (13%)	$3,619	1,517 (46%)	$43,096
2019-20	488 (15%)	$5,076	233 (7%)	$4,000	436 (14%)	$3,432	1,431 (45%)	$46,168
2020-21	578 (18%)	$5,234	280 (9%)	$3,980	445 (14%)	$3,540	1,569 (48%)	$50,341
2021-22	705 (19%)	$5,368	359 (10%)	$3,979	534 (14%)	$3,999	1,837 (49%)	$52,108
Average	527 (15.89%)	$4,807	291 (8.78%)	$3,422	457 (13.89%)	$3,268	1,536 (46.33%)	$41,242

^*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, 1,057 (31.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $1,057.

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	1,001 (31%)	$7,306	934 (29%)	$4,642	291 (9%)	$10,235
2014-15	1,009 (31%)	$7,453	948 (29%)	$4,696	325 (10%)	$9,441
2015-16	954 (30%)	$8,030	882 (28%)	$4,697	368 (12%)	$9,559
2016-17	1,005 (30%)	$8,107	881 (27%)	$3,640	679 (20%)	$7,276
2017-18	1,055 (32%)	$7,448	998 (30%)	$3,533	678 (20%)	$6,388
2018-19	1,362 (41%)	$7,078	1,324 (40%)	$4,105	648 (20%)	$6,488
2019-20	1,226 (38%)	$7,639	1,169 (37%)	$3,930	643 (20%)	$7,419
2020-21	881 (27%)	$8,585	835 (26%)	$3,924	513 (16%)	$8,357
2021-22	1,022 (27%)	$8,309	963 (26%)	$3,993	606 (16%)	$7,667
Average	1,057 (31.89%)	$7,773	993 (30.22%)	$4,129	528 (15.89%)	$8,092

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Cornell

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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