How ECU'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 East Carolina University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 12,353, which is 54.33 % of all undergraduate students. 11,797 students which is 51.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,576.

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	10,899 (51%)	$7,609	7,220 (34%)	$4,190	12,219 (57%)	$6,842
2014-15	11,199 (50%)	$7,651	7,632 (34%)	$4,238	12,567 (56%)	$6,801
2015-16	11,600 (50%)	$7,641	7,633 (33%)	$4,220	12,678 (55%)	$6,710
2016-17	11,830 (52%)	$7,681	7,701 (34%)	$4,224	12,694 (55%)	$6,659
2017-18	11,823 (51%)	$7,795	8,046 (35%)	$4,598	12,897 (55%)	$6,637
2018-19	12,112 (52%)	$8,192	7,922 (34%)	$4,753	12,170 (53%)	$6,471
2019-20	13,586 (59%)	$7,722	7,594 (33%)	$4,756	11,266 (49%)	$6,411
2020-21	13,950 (61%)	$7,604	7,353 (32%)	$4,831	10,226 (44%)	$6,344
2021-22	14,175 (63%)	$8,597	7,126 (32%)	$4,983	9,453 (42%)	$6,306
Average	12,353 (54.33%)	$7,832	7,581 (33.44%)	$4,533	11,797 (51.78%)	$6,576

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 2,298 (54.56 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,096. It can cover 34.25% of tuition & fees ($23,638) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 2,596 (61.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,289).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	2,325 (52%)	$7,953	2,903 (65%)	$7,066
2014-15	2,157 (52%)	$8,004	2,724 (65%)	$7,124
2015-16	2,003 (47%)	$7,980	2,609 (61%)	$7,041
2016-17	2,195 (51%)	$8,225	2,692 (63%)	$7,416
2017-18	2,163 (50%)	$8,500	2,864 (66%)	$7,407
2018-19	2,157 (53%)	$8,194	2,572 (63%)	$7,254
2019-20	2,768 (64%)	$7,231	2,541 (59%)	$7,504
2020-21	2,529 (63%)	$7,761	2,153 (53%)	$7,134
2021-22	2,382 (59%)	$9,020	2,307 (57%)	$7,654
Average	2,298 (54.56%)	$8,096	2,596 (61.33%)	$7,289

^*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, 1,464 (34.89 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,658.

In addition, 1,388 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (33.00 % 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	1,525 (34%)	$4,362	256 (6%)	$1,143	1,522 (34%)	$2,583	2,212 (50%)	$3,442
2014-15	1,458 (35%)	$4,368	92 (2%)	$1,318	1,408 (34%)	$2,541	1,991 (48%)	$3,615
2015-16	1,352 (32%)	$4,402	97 (2%)	$1,409	1,321 (31%)	$2,675	1,762 (42%)	$3,611
2016-17	1,440 (34%)	$4,403	81 (2%)	$1,339	1,321 (31%)	$2,798	2,076 (49%)	$3,810
2017-18	1,618 (38%)	$4,684	120 (3%)	$1,579	1,498 (35%)	$2,757	1,743 (40%)	$3,721
2018-19	1,460 (36%)	$4,752	172 (4%)	$1,500	1,348 (33%)	$2,771	1,866 (45%)	$3,613
2019-20	1,454 (34%)	$4,845	1,808 (42%)	$1,065	1,387 (32%)	$2,818	2,112 (49%)	$3,379
2020-21	1,412 (35%)	$4,957	1,159 (29%)	$1,845	1,324 (33%)	$2,833	1,789 (44%)	$3,766
2021-22	1,455 (36%)	$5,147	1,079 (27%)	$3,298	1,362 (34%)	$3,034	1,530 (38%)	$4,121
Average	1,464 (34.89%)	$4,658	540 (13.00%)	$1,611	1,388 (33.00%)	$2,757	1,898 (45.00%)	$3,675

^*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, 2,596 (61.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $2,596.

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	2,903 (65%)	$7,066	2,865 (64%)	$5,900	294 (7%)	$12,280
2014-15	2,724 (65%)	$7,124	2,691 (64%)	$5,621	310 (7%)	$13,804
2015-16	2,609 (61%)	$7,041	2,575 (61%)	$5,350	347 (8%)	$13,238
2016-17	2,692 (63%)	$7,416	2,641 (62%)	$5,669	361 (8%)	$13,829
2017-18	2,864 (66%)	$7,407	2,818 (65%)	$5,609	411 (10%)	$13,161
2018-19	2,572 (63%)	$7,254	2,524 (61%)	$5,381	367 (9%)	$13,832
2019-20	2,541 (59%)	$7,504	2,475 (57%)	$5,325	431 (10%)	$13,663
2020-21	2,153 (53%)	$7,134	2,073 (51%)	$5,180	328 (8%)	$14,093
2021-22	2,307 (57%)	$7,654	2,236 (56%)	$5,206	371 (9%)	$16,220
Average	2,596 (61.33%)	$7,289	2,544 (60.11%)	$5,471	358 (8.44%)	$13,791

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at ECU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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