How EIU'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 Eastern Illinois University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 4,630, which is 68.44 % of all undergraduate students. 3,645 students which is 53.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,703.

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	5,674 (68%)	$7,292	3,304 (40%)	$4,055	5,567 (67%)	$7,250
2014-15	5,590 (73%)	$7,617	3,074 (40%)	$4,184	5,073 (66%)	$7,176
2015-16	5,416 (75%)	$7,539	2,935 (41%)	$4,141	4,585 (64%)	$6,929
2016-17	4,446 (75%)	$8,026	2,409 (40%)	$4,155	3,650 (61%)	$6,657
2017-18	3,887 (70%)	$9,025	2,203 (40%)	$4,560	3,057 (55%)	$6,742
2018-19	3,730 (62%)	$9,252	2,150 (36%)	$4,589	2,893 (48%)	$6,527
2019-20	4,037 (65%)	$9,421	2,179 (35%)	$4,595	2,792 (45%)	$6,416
2020-21	4,325 (62%)	$9,617	2,210 (32%)	$4,702	2,679 (38%)	$6,401
2021-22	4,567 (66%)	$10,243	2,146 (31%)	$4,732	2,508 (36%)	$6,230
Average	4,630 (68.44%)	$8,670	2,512 (37.22%)	$4,413	3,645 (53.33%)	$6,703

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 882 (94.89 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $9,118. It can cover 58.58% of tuition & fees ($15,566) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 651 (69.56 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,538).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,208 (91%)	$6,632	966 (73%)	$7,220
2014-15	1,042 (93%)	$7,605	823 (73%)	$7,005
2015-16	1,062 (94%)	$7,504	791 (70%)	$7,163
2016-17	716 (93%)	$8,497	558 (72%)	$6,872
2017-18	608 (92%)	$9,641	455 (69%)	$6,087
2018-19	752 (94%)	$9,286	584 (73%)	$6,193
2019-20	893 (98%)	$10,368	638 (70%)	$6,098
2020-21	883 (99%)	$10,756	558 (63%)	$6,165
2021-22	770 (100%)	$11,773	482 (63%)	$6,041
Average	882 (94.89%)	$9,118	651 (69.56%)	$6,538

^*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, 472 (51.44 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,579.

In addition, 462 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (51.00 % 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	550 (41%)	$4,359	41 (3%)	$3,386	500 (38%)	$3,978	887 (67%)	$3,931
2014-15	518 (46%)	$4,527	31 (3%)	$1,683	479 (43%)	$3,848	785 (70%)	$4,693
2015-16	553 (49%)	$4,358	52 (5%)	$1,082	482 (43%)	$3,950	821 (72%)	$4,384
2016-17	394 (51%)	$4,407	44 (6%)	$1,306	363 (47%)	$3,795	567 (74%)	$5,137
2017-18	365 (55%)	$4,667	52 (8%)	$939	350 (53%)	$4,167	488 (74%)	$5,433
2018-19	454 (57%)	$4,528	38 (5%)	$1,076	455 (57%)	$4,277	614 (77%)	$4,789
2019-20	521 (57%)	$4,788	762 (83%)	$568	562 (62%)	$4,534	716 (78%)	$5,284
2020-21	484 (54%)	$4,712	861 (97%)	$933	519 (58%)	$4,435	744 (84%)	$5,526
2021-22	412 (53%)	$4,865	754 (98%)	$2,051	450 (58%)	$4,675	664 (86%)	$5,136
Average	472 (51.44%)	$4,579	293 (34.22%)	$1,447	462 (51.00%)	$4,184	698 (75.78%)	$4,924

^*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, 651 (69.56 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $651.

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	966 (73%)	$7,220	955 (72%)	$6,236	98 (7%)	$10,396
2014-15	823 (73%)	$7,005	813 (73%)	$6,273	71 (6%)	$9,367
2015-16	791 (70%)	$7,163	782 (69%)	$5,938	88 (8%)	$11,619
2016-17	558 (72%)	$6,872	550 (71%)	$5,884	55 (7%)	$10,874
2017-18	455 (69%)	$6,087	450 (68%)	$5,492	32 (5%)	$9,321
2018-19	584 (73%)	$6,193	579 (73%)	$5,353	52 (7%)	$9,952
2019-20	638 (70%)	$6,098	631 (69%)	$5,276	55 (6%)	$10,205
2020-21	558 (63%)	$6,165	550 (62%)	$5,140	58 (7%)	$10,570
2021-22	482 (63%)	$6,041	476 (62%)	$4,951	46 (6%)	$12,064
Average	651 (69.56%)	$6,538	643 (68.78%)	$5,616	62 (6.56%)	$10,485

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at EIU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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