Arkansas Colleges Financial Aid Trends

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at Arkansas Colleges since 2013. For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 75,843, which is 83.33 % of all undergraduate students. 46,610 students which is 55.56% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount: $6,946.

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	80,068 (82%)	$10,175	43,827 (49%)	$4,087	52,331 (58%)	$7,010
2014-15	80,658 (83%)	$10,582	44,100 (50%)	$4,184	52,084 (59%)	$7,120
2015-16	78,290 (81%)	$10,255	40,654 (46%)	$4,074	49,593 (54%)	$7,206
2016-17	75,357 (83%)	$9,791	39,382 (46%)	$4,265	49,658 (56%)	$7,116
2017-18	74,139 (83%)	$10,920	39,183 (47%)	$4,567	49,315 (58%)	$6,931
2018-19	72,756 (82%)	$11,081	37,284 (47%)	$4,632	46,383 (56%)	$6,906
2019-20	77,005 (84%)	$11,465	35,226 (46%)	$4,753	43,995 (55%)	$6,818
2020-21	74,719 (86%)	$12,262	32,342 (46%)	$4,738	39,656 (53%)	$6,734
2021-22	69,597 (86%)	$11,929	30,032 (43%)	$4,803	36,475 (51%)	$6,677
Average	75,843 (83.33%)	$10,940	38,003 (46.67%)	$4,456	46,610 (55.56%)	$6,946

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 15,684 (93.89 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $11,134. It can cover 69.62% of tuition & fees ($15,992) based on out-of-state rate. In addition, 9,616 (61.22 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,397).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	16,967 (94%)	$9,909	10,687 (64%)	$6,296
2014-15	17,253 (95%)	$10,028	10,960 (65%)	$6,300
2015-16	16,848 (93%)	$10,556	10,717 (62%)	$6,277
2016-17	15,618 (93%)	$10,469	10,160 (63%)	$6,648
2017-18	15,516 (93%)	$11,108	9,851 (62%)	$6,277
2018-19	15,129 (93%)	$11,441	9,462 (61%)	$6,420
2019-20	16,085 (94%)	$11,879	9,206 (61%)	$6,374
2020-21	13,896 (95%)	$12,285	7,864 (59%)	$6,413
2021-22	13,846 (95%)	$12,530	7,635 (54%)	$6,572
Average	15,684 (93.89%)	$11,134	9,616 (61.22%)	$6,397

^*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, 7,699 (52.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,674. In addition, 8,895 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (44.00 % 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	9,180 (55%)	$4,298	1,623 (14%)	$778	9,827 (52%)	$2,408	12,672 (75%)	$7,366
2014-15	9,349 (57%)	$4,422	1,362 (14%)	$1,022	10,058 (49%)	$2,340	11,059 (71%)	$7,958
2015-16	8,725 (52%)	$4,408	1,561 (12%)	$870	9,961 (49%)	$2,342	10,371 (68%)	$8,185
2016-17	7,737 (51%)	$4,446	1,717 (14%)	$1,146	9,180 (45%)	$1,588	10,579 (70%)	$8,263
2017-18	7,604 (51%)	$4,660	1,855 (17%)	$1,005	9,095 (44%)	$1,462	10,873 (71%)	$8,811
2018-19	7,460 (52%)	$4,753	1,927 (17%)	$1,037	8,880 (41%)	$1,568	11,223 (70%)	$9,114
2019-20	7,267 (52%)	$4,960	7,909 (39%)	$1,122	8,779 (43%)	$1,522	11,180 (75%)	$9,449
2020-21	6,111 (53%)	$4,919	6,520 (45%)	$1,646	7,427 (38%)	$1,588	11,157 (78%)	$9,819
2021-22	5,858 (46%)	$5,198	6,760 (46%)	$1,970	6,849 (35%)	$1,633	11,264 (80%)	$10,322
Average	7,699 (52.11%)	$4,674	3,470 (24.22%)	$1,177	8,895 (44.00%)	$1,828	11,153 (73.11%)	$8,810

^*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, 9,616 (61.22 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $9,616.

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	10,687 (64%)	$6,296	10,599 (63%)	$5,929	510 (7%)	$6,925
2014-15	10,960 (65%)	$6,300	10,863 (64%)	$5,833	559 (6%)	$8,261
2015-16	10,717 (62%)	$6,277	10,562 (60%)	$5,698	761 (7%)	$8,499
2016-17	10,160 (63%)	$6,648	10,025 (62%)	$6,034	800 (7%)	$8,174
2017-18	9,851 (62%)	$6,277	9,738 (61%)	$5,794	801 (5%)	$8,188
2018-19	9,462 (61%)	$6,420	9,319 (60%)	$5,781	1,026 (8%)	$7,925
2019-20	9,206 (61%)	$6,374	9,058 (60%)	$5,785	915 (7%)	$8,882
2020-21	7,864 (59%)	$6,413	7,669 (57%)	$5,863	806 (6%)	$9,164
2021-22	7,635 (54%)	$6,572	7,444 (53%)	$5,724	964 (7%)	$10,964
Average	9,616 (61.22%)	$6,397	9,475 (60.00%)	$5,827	794 (6.67%)	$8,554

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Grants, Scholarships, and Student Loan Stats Trends for Arkansas Colleges

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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