Georgia 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 Georgia Colleges since 2013. For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 258,179, which is 80.78 % of all undergraduate students. 158,455 students which is 54.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount: $6,913.

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	225,440 (79%)	$8,183	141,246 (53%)	$4,119	170,158 (62%)	$7,130
2014-15	245,047 (80%)	$8,737	149,264 (53%)	$4,135	179,149 (61%)	$7,186
2015-16	243,851 (78%)	$9,050	142,142 (48%)	$4,163	172,301 (58%)	$7,028
2016-17	240,005 (76%)	$8,808	137,319 (47%)	$4,211	167,995 (56%)	$6,999
2017-18	256,382 (79%)	$9,495	136,362 (46%)	$4,292	162,368 (55%)	$6,903
2018-19	260,080 (80%)	$9,966	133,621 (45%)	$4,555	154,776 (52%)	$6,882
2019-20	275,239 (83%)	$10,278	131,811 (44%)	$4,673	152,303 (52%)	$6,756
2020-21	284,976 (84%)	$10,358	128,902 (44%)	$4,742	137,473 (50%)	$6,735
2021-22	292,588 (88%)	$11,087	127,004 (43%)	$4,845	129,575 (48%)	$6,597
Average	258,179 (80.78%)	$9,551	136,408 (47.00%)	$4,415	158,455 (54.89%)	$6,913

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 51,559 (88.56 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $10,986. It can cover 69.51% of tuition & fees ($15,805) based on out-of-state rate. In addition, 29,283 (60.56 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,702).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	44,992 (87%)	$9,064	29,501 (65%)	$6,712
2014-15	48,330 (88%)	$9,217	30,511 (64%)	$6,664
2015-16	49,519 (87%)	$9,887	31,247 (63%)	$6,502
2016-17	50,615 (87%)	$10,219	30,897 (62%)	$6,946
2017-18	51,603 (88%)	$10,981	30,140 (62%)	$6,628
2018-19	53,099 (88%)	$11,825	29,587 (60%)	$6,688
2019-20	54,109 (89%)	$12,177	28,530 (60%)	$6,900
2020-21	54,470 (89%)	$12,111	26,421 (54%)	$6,767
2021-22	57,290 (94%)	$13,395	26,709 (55%)	$6,507
Average	51,559 (88.56%)	$10,986	29,283 (60.56%)	$6,702

^*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, 25,579 (54.22 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,748. In addition, 34,401 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (54.67 % 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	25,139 (58%)	$4,439	3,371 (13%)	$1,052	28,474 (51%)	$3,051	14,022 (45%)	$6,545
2014-15	25,779 (58%)	$4,462	3,327 (12%)	$1,273	32,251 (53%)	$3,207	14,633 (43%)	$6,655
2015-16	26,093 (55%)	$4,504	3,612 (14%)	$1,179	33,739 (55%)	$3,428	14,666 (45%)	$6,843
2016-17	25,231 (55%)	$4,504	4,137 (13%)	$1,231	33,917 (55%)	$3,376	16,159 (50%)	$8,243
2017-18	25,535 (55%)	$4,566	3,778 (14%)	$1,146	34,783 (55%)	$3,639	16,769 (48%)	$8,818
2018-19	25,713 (53%)	$4,914	4,343 (14%)	$1,245	35,961 (55%)	$3,690	18,287 (49%)	$9,357
2019-20	25,078 (51%)	$5,053	21,458 (39%)	$1,565	36,056 (56%)	$3,889	17,601 (47%)	$9,442
2020-21	25,631 (51%)	$5,161	20,543 (40%)	$1,626	36,981 (57%)	$3,908	17,708 (49%)	$9,103
2021-22	26,015 (52%)	$5,133	33,937 (52%)	$2,029	37,446 (55%)	$3,925	18,600 (53%)	$10,081
Average	25,579 (54.22%)	$4,748	10,945 (23.44%)	$1,372	34,401 (54.67%)	$3,568	16,494 (47.67%)	$8,343

^*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, 29,283 (60.56 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $29,283.

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	29,501 (65%)	$6,712	29,314 (65%)	$6,189	1,894 (5%)	$8,785
2014-15	30,511 (64%)	$6,664	30,247 (64%)	$6,130	1,994 (6%)	$8,956
2015-16	31,247 (63%)	$6,502	30,935 (63%)	$5,841	2,331 (6%)	$9,623
2016-17	30,897 (62%)	$6,946	30,515 (62%)	$6,013	2,865 (10%)	$9,141
2017-18	30,140 (62%)	$6,628	29,749 (61%)	$5,833	2,956 (9%)	$8,393
2018-19	29,587 (60%)	$6,688	29,157 (59%)	$5,749	3,291 (9%)	$8,776
2019-20	28,530 (60%)	$6,900	28,066 (59%)	$5,793	3,497 (9%)	$9,431
2020-21	26,421 (54%)	$6,767	25,863 (53%)	$5,652	2,926 (8%)	$9,766
2021-22	26,709 (55%)	$6,507	26,112 (54%)	$5,374	3,238 (7%)	$10,983
Average	29,283 (60.56%)	$6,702	28,884 (60.00%)	$5,842	2,777 (7.67%)	$9,317

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

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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