How FDU-Metropolitan'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 Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,501, which is 43.33 % of all undergraduate students. 1,995 students which is 34.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $8,038.

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	2,722 (44%)	$20,324	1,688 (28%)	$4,453	2,358 (39%)	$8,252
2014-15	2,654 (44%)	$21,749	1,692 (28%)	$4,485	2,357 (39%)	$8,241
2015-16	2,570 (45%)	$22,609	1,602 (28%)	$4,505	2,184 (38%)	$7,795
2016-17	2,420 (45%)	$23,749	1,517 (28%)	$4,583	2,054 (38%)	$7,777
2017-18	3,119 (57%)	$22,490	1,590 (29%)	$4,738	2,568 (47%)	$10,017
2018-19	2,372 (41%)	$28,559	1,476 (25%)	$4,859	1,909 (33%)	$7,615
2019-20	2,290 (36%)	$29,800	1,380 (22%)	$4,877	1,712 (27%)	$7,740
2020-21	2,228 (39%)	$31,567	1,337 (23%)	$5,135	1,514 (26%)	$7,542
2021-22	2,136 (39%)	$30,996	1,191 (21%)	$5,167	1,300 (23%)	$7,359
Average	2,501 (43.33%)	$25,760	1,497 (25.78%)	$4,756	1,995 (34.44%)	$8,038

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 523 (97.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $32,419. It can cover 86.02% of tuition & fees ($37,686).

In addition, 349 (64.56 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,279).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	553 (96%)	$26,960	421 (73%)	$8,066
2014-15	573 (95%)	$28,448	453 (75%)	$7,786
2015-16	506 (96%)	$28,677	361 (69%)	$8,146
2016-17	477 (99%)	$31,560	341 (71%)	$7,357
2017-18	656 (99%)	$35,323	446 (67%)	$7,244
2018-19	529 (100%)	$35,131	353 (66%)	$7,538
2019-20	460 (96%)	$38,566	257 (54%)	$7,246
2020-21	511 (100%)	$37,049	267 (52%)	$5,754
2021-22	440 (98%)	$30,059	241 (54%)	$6,372
Average	523 (97.67%)	$32,419	349 (64.56%)	$7,279

^*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, 313 (58.22 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,217.

In addition, 271 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (50.44 % 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	326 (56%)	$4,926	70 (12%)	$2,735	266 (46%)	$9,893	511 (88%)	$20,509
2014-15	365 (60%)	$4,960	53 (9%)	$2,141	324 (54%)	$10,101	553 (91%)	$20,079
2015-16	297 (57%)	$4,998	43 (8%)	$3,099	268 (51%)	$10,428	479 (91%)	$21,082
2016-17	313 (65%)	$5,057	123 (25%)	$1,291	271 (56%)	$10,916	451 (93%)	$22,958
2017-18	392 (59%)	$5,265	231 (35%)	$1,658	327 (49%)	$10,731	651 (98%)	$26,446
2018-19	297 (56%)	$5,275	186 (35%)	$995	262 (49%)	$10,650	525 (99%)	$26,746
2019-20	273 (57%)	$5,307	174 (36%)	$750	254 (53%)	$11,013	459 (96%)	$29,115
2020-21	312 (61%)	$5,627	212 (41%)	$750	272 (53%)	$11,373	492 (96%)	$28,300
2021-22	239 (53%)	$5,536	140 (31%)	$809	195 (43%)	$11,260	436 (97%)	$22,004
Average	313 (58.22%)	$5,217	137 (25.78%)	$1,581	271 (50.44%)	$10,707	506 (94.33%)	$24,138

^*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, 349 (64.56 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $349.

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	421 (73%)	$8,066	417 (72%)	$6,174	45 (8%)	$18,244
2014-15	453 (75%)	$7,786	450 (74%)	$6,131	49 (8%)	$15,674
2015-16	361 (69%)	$8,146	352 (67%)	$5,837	52 (10%)	$17,033
2016-17	341 (71%)	$7,357	336 (70%)	$5,715	33 (7%)	$17,826
2017-18	446 (67%)	$7,244	435 (66%)	$5,547	56 (8%)	$14,605
2018-19	353 (66%)	$7,538	346 (65%)	$5,481	50 (9%)	$15,290
2019-20	257 (54%)	$7,246	250 (52%)	$5,196	30 (6%)	$18,769
2020-21	267 (52%)	$5,754	259 (51%)	$5,228	10 (2%)	$18,217
2021-22	241 (54%)	$6,372	239 (53%)	$5,240	14 (3%)	$20,232
Average	349 (64.56%)	$7,279	343 (63.33%)	$5,617	38 (6.78%)	$17,321

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at FDU-Metropolitan

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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