How Eastern'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 University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,854, which is 89.67 % of all undergraduate students. 1,450 students which is 69.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,400.

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	2,313 (85%)	$13,464	1,063 (39%)	$3,874	1,912 (70%)	$7,854
2014-15	2,237 (88%)	$14,336	1,039 (41%)	$4,105	1,828 (72%)	$7,910
2015-16	1,971 (90%)	$15,089	954 (44%)	$4,198	1,593 (73%)	$7,835
2016-17	1,893 (91%)	$16,049	927 (45%)	$4,095	1,521 (73%)	$7,465
2017-18	1,707 (90%)	$17,100	841 (45%)	$4,181	1,370 (73%)	$7,280
2018-19	1,712 (91%)	$18,216	832 (44%)	$4,386	1,324 (70%)	$7,200
2019-20	1,643 (94%)	$18,997	758 (43%)	$4,207	1,264 (72%)	$7,163
2020-21	1,639 (87%)	$18,395	729 (39%)	$4,196	1,183 (63%)	$6,961
2021-22	1,573 (91%)	$18,732	618 (36%)	$4,202	1,058 (61%)	$6,931
Average	1,854 (89.67%)	$16,709	862 (41.78%)	$4,160	1,450 (69.67%)	$7,400

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 376 (99.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $22,134. It can cover 59.15% of tuition & fees ($37,420).

In addition, 283 (75.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $8,526).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	433 (100%)	$17,889	332 (77%)	$8,586
2014-15	409 (100%)	$18,499	318 (78%)	$8,926
2015-16	373 (100%)	$21,137	284 (76%)	$8,316
2016-17	420 (100%)	$20,600	312 (74%)	$8,810
2017-18	361 (100%)	$21,968	280 (78%)	$7,991
2018-19	396 (99%)	$23,706	306 (77%)	$8,178
2019-20	327 (99%)	$24,625	250 (76%)	$9,348
2020-21	342 (100%)	$25,238	256 (75%)	$8,343
2021-22	323 (100%)	$25,542	211 (65%)	$8,240
Average	376 (99.78%)	$22,134	283 (75.11%)	$8,526

^*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, 156 (41.22 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,571.

In addition, 134 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (35.22 % 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 (41%)	$4,259	112 (26%)	$471	162 (37%)	$3,744	433 (100%)	$14,635
2014-15	163 (40%)	$4,641	93 (23%)	$473	152 (37%)	$3,369	409 (100%)	$15,290
2015-16	161 (43%)	$4,564	109 (29%)	$486	140 (37%)	$3,901	373 (100%)	$17,560
2016-17	165 (39%)	$4,476	103 (24%)	$466	142 (34%)	$3,563	420 (100%)	$17,522
2017-18	150 (42%)	$4,752	100 (28%)	$476	124 (34%)	$3,759	358 (99%)	$18,726
2018-19	192 (48%)	$4,674	148 (37%)	$568	144 (36%)	$3,570	395 (99%)	$19,980
2019-20	142 (43%)	$4,453	256 (78%)	$1,326	122 (37%)	$3,757	327 (99%)	$20,252
2020-21	146 (43%)	$4,617	142 (42%)	$1,782	124 (36%)	$3,599	340 (99%)	$21,347
2021-22	105 (32%)	$4,707	103 (32%)	$691	95 (29%)	$4,386	323 (100%)	$22,502
Average	156 (41.22%)	$4,571	130 (35.44%)	$749	134 (35.22%)	$3,739	375 (99.56%)	$18,646

^*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, 283 (75.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $283.

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	332 (77%)	$8,586	328 (76%)	$6,236	67 (15%)	$12,019
2014-15	318 (78%)	$8,926	316 (77%)	$6,473	57 (14%)	$13,912
2015-16	284 (76%)	$8,316	282 (75%)	$6,167	46 (12%)	$13,534
2016-17	312 (74%)	$8,810	310 (73%)	$6,163	62 (15%)	$13,517
2017-18	280 (78%)	$7,991	275 (76%)	$5,682	54 (15%)	$12,500
2018-19	306 (77%)	$8,178	302 (76%)	$5,778	58 (15%)	$13,059
2019-20	250 (76%)	$9,348	246 (75%)	$5,670	65 (20%)	$14,493
2020-21	256 (75%)	$8,343	251 (73%)	$5,419	57 (17%)	$13,606
2021-22	211 (65%)	$8,240	205 (63%)	$5,249	50 (15%)	$13,254
Average	283 (75.11%)	$8,526	279 (73.78%)	$5,871	57 (15.33%)	$13,322

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Eastern

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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