Delaware 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 Delaware Colleges since 2013. For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 26,410, which is 68.44 % of all undergraduate students. 19,426 students which is 53.22% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount: $6,662.

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	20,048 (69%)	$8,032	9,553 (39%)	$3,500	18,063 (57%)	$6,340
2014-15	26,959 (70%)	$7,827	14,133 (40%)	$3,676	19,949 (55%)	$6,665
2015-16	26,953 (70%)	$8,479	13,794 (41%)	$3,805	19,479 (56%)	$6,705
2016-17	27,218 (69%)	$8,620	13,989 (40%)	$3,772	19,112 (54%)	$6,632
2017-18	27,702 (68%)	$9,554	14,624 (41%)	$4,197	20,842 (54%)	$6,729
2018-19	28,063 (69%)	$9,372	14,198 (42%)	$4,314	20,863 (55%)	$7,074
2019-20	27,826 (69%)	$9,981	13,876 (40%)	$4,573	20,537 (56%)	$6,543
2020-21	26,122 (65%)	$9,597	12,376 (38%)	$4,413	17,794 (45%)	$6,560
2021-22	26,797 (67%)	$8,006	12,402 (39%)	$4,524	18,198 (47%)	$6,711
Average	26,410 (68.44%)	$8,830	13,216 (40.00%)	$4,086	19,426 (53.22%)	$6,662

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 6,420 (83.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $10,094. It can cover 52.87% of tuition & fees ($19,091) based on out-of-state rate. In addition, 3,773 (57.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,290).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	5,070 (83%)	$8,898	3,760 (62%)	$6,291
2014-15	6,467 (86%)	$9,214	3,962 (63%)	$6,752
2015-16	6,515 (82%)	$9,328	3,913 (57%)	$6,018
2016-17	6,507 (86%)	$9,674	3,689 (62%)	$5,578
2017-18	6,810 (87%)	$11,324	4,132 (62%)	$6,077
2018-19	7,114 (85%)	$11,109	4,101 (58%)	$5,978
2019-20	6,891 (85%)	$10,969	3,974 (61%)	$6,233
2020-21	6,060 (82%)	$11,139	2,919 (43%)	$6,696
2021-22	6,342 (78%)	$9,189	3,508 (45%)	$6,986
Average	6,420 (83.78%)	$10,094	3,773 (57.00%)	$6,290

^*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, 2,457 (46.22 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,270. In addition, 1,869 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (21.56 % 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	1,871 (42%)	$3,887	502 (13%)	$721	1,504 (19%)	$2,853	3,498 (56%)	$6,892
2014-15	2,566 (52%)	$3,997	566 (17%)	$711	1,696 (20%)	$2,889	4,457 (61%)	$7,700
2015-16	2,555 (50%)	$3,947	742 (16%)	$697	1,847 (23%)	$2,942	4,477 (58%)	$7,759
2016-17	2,626 (53%)	$3,625	504 (14%)	$726	1,908 (18%)	$3,007	4,166 (64%)	$7,546
2017-18	2,756 (49%)	$4,391	679 (15%)	$689	1,694 (20%)	$2,905	4,739 (60%)	$9,229
2018-19	2,715 (46%)	$4,444	579 (15%)	$746	2,089 (22%)	$2,736	4,695 (60%)	$8,878
2019-20	2,633 (46%)	$4,610	707 (24%)	$1,283	2,138 (19%)	$2,972	4,487 (59%)	$8,439
2020-21	2,137 (39%)	$4,649	673 (20%)	$1,553	2,032 (24%)	$3,439	4,008 (54%)	$8,902
2021-22	2,253 (39%)	$4,881	462 (11%)	$1,171	1,916 (29%)	$4,872	4,361 (50%)	$6,674
Average	2,457 (46.22%)	$4,270	602 (16.11%)	$922	1,869 (21.56%)	$3,179	4,321 (58.00%)	$8,002

^*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, 3,773 (57.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $3,773.

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	3,760 (62%)	$6,291	3,720 (61%)	$5,164	554 (9%)	$10,445
2014-15	3,962 (63%)	$6,752	3,914 (62%)	$5,819	540 (8%)	$11,050
2015-16	3,913 (57%)	$6,018	3,871 (57%)	$5,308	500 (5%)	$11,184
2016-17	3,689 (62%)	$5,578	3,637 (61%)	$4,632	552 (7%)	$11,337
2017-18	4,132 (62%)	$6,077	4,089 (61%)	$5,076	570 (6%)	$12,060
2018-19	4,101 (58%)	$5,978	4,042 (57%)	$4,906	632 (6%)	$11,313
2019-20	3,974 (61%)	$6,233	3,911 (60%)	$4,736	681 (9%)	$12,920
2020-21	2,919 (43%)	$6,696	2,864 (42%)	$5,548	420 (6%)	$12,646
2021-22	3,508 (45%)	$6,986	3,448 (44%)	$5,000	692 (8%)	$15,680
Average	3,773 (57.00%)	$6,290	3,722 (56.11%)	$5,132	571 (7.11%)	$12,071

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

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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