Illinois 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 Illinois Colleges since 2013. For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 226,470, which is 79.78 % of all undergraduate students. 163,438 students which is 61.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount: $7,391.

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	226,435 (77%)	$11,057	122,749 (42%)	$3,930	192,733 (66%)	$7,818
2014-15	230,055 (77%)	$11,665	120,952 (43%)	$3,941	189,130 (67%)	$7,605
2015-16	227,607 (77%)	$12,011	115,302 (41%)	$4,054	180,433 (65%)	$7,809
2016-17	223,455 (76%)	$12,528	109,915 (40%)	$4,046	171,682 (62%)	$7,541
2017-18	220,624 (79%)	$13,909	107,790 (41%)	$4,242	162,303 (63%)	$7,591
2018-19	219,489 (81%)	$14,635	107,175 (40%)	$4,404	153,928 (60%)	$7,216
2019-20	229,905 (83%)	$15,190	105,417 (39%)	$4,418	148,942 (58%)	$7,054
2020-21	229,621 (83%)	$16,125	104,263 (39%)	$4,634	139,550 (56%)	$7,110
2021-22	231,038 (85%)	$17,263	104,469 (39%)	$4,551	132,237 (56%)	$6,778
Average	226,470 (79.78%)	$13,820	110,892 (40.44%)	$4,247	163,438 (61.44%)	$7,391

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 41,482 (90.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $16,865. It can cover 88.82% of tuition & fees ($18,989) based on out-of-state rate. In addition, 27,703 (66.56 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,034).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	41,719 (88%)	$13,447	32,020 (71%)	$7,232
2014-15	42,298 (88%)	$13,770	31,790 (70%)	$7,032
2015-16	40,536 (87%)	$14,297	29,956 (71%)	$7,213
2016-17	40,062 (90%)	$15,309	28,934 (70%)	$7,320
2017-18	40,031 (90%)	$17,155	27,498 (68%)	$7,187
2018-19	40,469 (91%)	$18,213	26,690 (67%)	$6,931
2019-20	43,048 (93%)	$19,134	26,010 (63%)	$6,830
2020-21	42,162 (93%)	$19,758	22,791 (60%)	$6,720
2021-22	43,009 (92%)	$20,705	23,634 (59%)	$6,843
Average	41,482 (90.22%)	$16,865	27,703 (66.56%)	$7,034

^*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, 19,100 (47.44 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,596. In addition, 17,567 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (38.00 % 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	20,207 (47%)	$4,327	6,341 (21%)	$1,368	17,547 (37%)	$4,319	37,816 (77%)	$10,119
2014-15	19,831 (48%)	$4,396	6,260 (21%)	$1,277	17,035 (35%)	$4,172	38,842 (76%)	$10,677
2015-16	19,130 (48%)	$4,442	6,159 (21%)	$1,242	15,922 (34%)	$4,072	37,249 (77%)	$11,342
2016-17	18,289 (48%)	$4,389	6,126 (22%)	$1,236	16,306 (37%)	$3,993	36,924 (81%)	$12,161
2017-18	18,900 (48%)	$4,582	6,547 (23%)	$1,246	17,211 (37%)	$4,451	36,774 (81%)	$13,882
2018-19	18,846 (48%)	$4,631	7,058 (23%)	$1,156	17,546 (38%)	$4,439	37,897 (83%)	$14,960
2019-20	19,407 (46%)	$4,756	18,744 (43%)	$1,214	19,589 (40%)	$4,913	39,926 (83%)	$15,029
2020-21	18,022 (47%)	$4,839	19,791 (45%)	$1,189	18,286 (42%)	$4,990	40,021 (83%)	$15,979
2021-22	19,268 (47%)	$5,001	21,060 (45%)	$1,524	18,662 (42%)	$5,119	40,520 (86%)	$17,077
Average	19,100 (47.44%)	$4,596	10,898 (29.33%)	$1,272	17,567 (38.00%)	$4,496	38,441 (80.78%)	$13,470

^*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, 27,703 (66.56 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $27,703.

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	32,020 (71%)	$7,232	31,584 (71%)	$6,168	3,768 (9%)	$12,106
2014-15	31,790 (70%)	$7,032	31,410 (71%)	$6,015	3,746 (9%)	$11,635
2015-16	29,956 (71%)	$7,213	29,498 (72%)	$5,841	3,998 (11%)	$12,429
2016-17	28,934 (70%)	$7,320	28,476 (70%)	$6,044	3,794 (10%)	$12,846
2017-18	27,498 (68%)	$7,187	27,067 (68%)	$5,993	3,519 (9%)	$12,520
2018-19	26,690 (67%)	$6,931	26,186 (66%)	$5,632	3,819 (9%)	$12,519
2019-20	26,010 (63%)	$6,830	25,566 (63%)	$5,483	3,638 (9%)	$12,857
2020-21	22,791 (60%)	$6,720	22,252 (59%)	$5,464	3,045 (9%)	$13,469
2021-22	23,634 (59%)	$6,843	23,078 (59%)	$5,343	3,466 (9%)	$13,612
Average	27,703 (66.56%)	$7,034	27,235 (66.56%)	$5,776	3,644 (9.33%)	$12,666

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

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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