How Fairfield'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 Fairfield University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,437, which is 82.56 % of all undergraduate students. 2,114 students which is 50.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,694.

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	2,913 (75%)	$25,119	512 (13%)	$4,204	1,972 (51%)	$6,771
2014-15	2,998 (75%)	$21,701	502 (13%)	$4,360	2,086 (52%)	$6,904
2015-16	3,118 (79%)	$21,208	460 (12%)	$4,608	1,995 (50%)	$6,893
2016-17	3,276 (81%)	$22,323	473 (12%)	$4,500	2,136 (53%)	$6,650
2017-18	3,396 (83%)	$23,221	477 (12%)	$4,617	2,086 (51%)	$6,801
2018-19	3,518 (84%)	$24,092	459 (11%)	$4,937	2,094 (50%)	$6,628
2019-20	3,728 (87%)	$24,395	424 (10%)	$4,953	2,202 (51%)	$6,553
2020-21	3,864 (89%)	$24,742	425 (10%)	$4,356	2,223 (51%)	$6,512
2021-22	4,124 (90%)	$24,783	339 (7%)	$5,012	2,234 (49%)	$6,532
Average	3,437 (82.56%)	$23,509	452 (11.11%)	$4,616	2,114 (50.89%)	$6,694

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 980 (91.11 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $23,676. It can cover 42.01% of tuition & fees ($56,360).

In addition, 612 (57.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $9,306).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	823 (85%)	$20,700	546 (57%)	$9,750
2014-15	932 (88%)	$22,483	614 (58%)	$9,118
2015-16	874 (91%)	$22,154	531 (55%)	$9,171
2016-17	962 (91%)	$24,180	647 (61%)	$9,274
2017-18	878 (88%)	$24,034	544 (55%)	$9,106
2018-19	1,023 (94%)	$25,777	584 (54%)	$9,272
2019-20	1,111 (95%)	$23,973	680 (58%)	$9,475
2020-21	1,044 (94%)	$24,501	661 (59%)	$9,325
2021-22	1,176 (94%)	$25,279	704 (56%)	$9,262
Average	980 (91.11%)	$23,676	612 (57.00%)	$9,306

^*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, 111 (10.56 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,718.

In addition, 28 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (4.00 % 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	122 (13%)	$4,034	33 (3%)	$1,585	83 (9%)	$2,523	818 (85%)	$19,905
2014-15	139 (13%)	$4,553	47 (4%)	$777	83 (8%)	$2,859	929 (88%)	$21,580
2015-16	126 (13%)	$4,632	74 (8%)	$1,207	32 (3%)	$3,413	869 (90%)	$21,382
2016-17	140 (13%)	$4,483	83 (8%)	$864	4 (0%)	$4,097	954 (90%)	$23,633
2017-18	106 (11%)	$4,446	57 (6%)	$873	1 (0%)	$850	875 (88%)	$23,520
2018-19	113 (10%)	$4,809	73 (7%)	$1,543	1 (0%)	$1,000	1,023 (94%)	$25,134
2019-20	95 (8%)	$5,141	62 (5%)	$1,432	15 (1%)	$4,308	1,109 (95%)	$23,437
2020-21	84 (8%)	$5,149	47 (4%)	$1,793	17 (2%)	$3,699	1,043 (94%)	$23,969
2021-22	74 (6%)	$5,217	50 (4%)	$1,465	12 (1%)	$3,849	1,176 (94%)	$24,849
Average	111 (10.56%)	$4,718	58 (5.44%)	$1,282	28 (4.00%)	$2,955	977 (90.89%)	$23,045

^*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, 612 (57.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $612.

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	546 (57%)	$9,750	541 (56%)	$5,710	104 (11%)	$21,487
2014-15	614 (58%)	$9,118	607 (58%)	$5,917	92 (9%)	$21,813
2015-16	531 (55%)	$9,171	526 (55%)	$5,719	84 (9%)	$22,162
2016-17	647 (61%)	$9,274	640 (61%)	$5,332	111 (11%)	$23,314
2017-18	544 (55%)	$9,106	536 (54%)	$5,399	87 (9%)	$23,670
2018-19	584 (54%)	$9,272	582 (53%)	$5,420	96 (9%)	$23,543
2019-20	680 (58%)	$9,475	670 (57%)	$5,378	119 (10%)	$23,867
2020-21	661 (59%)	$9,325	658 (59%)	$5,418	97 (9%)	$26,796
2021-22	704 (56%)	$9,262	698 (56%)	$5,387	95 (8%)	$29,053
Average	612 (57.00%)	$9,306	606 (56.56%)	$5,520	98 (9.44%)	$23,967

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Fairfield

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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