Mississippi 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 Mississippi Colleges since 2013. For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 59,677, which is 82.89 % of all undergraduate students. 40,038 students which is 62.11% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount: $7,763.

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	57,563 (80%)	$7,895	33,201 (53%)	$4,120	44,031 (66%)	$7,966
2014-15	59,124 (82%)	$8,126	33,079 (54%)	$4,281	43,791 (68%)	$7,899
2015-16	60,075 (84%)	$8,258	32,795 (56%)	$4,299	43,715 (67%)	$7,890
2016-17	61,513 (83%)	$8,535	32,557 (54%)	$4,299	43,342 (64%)	$7,846
2017-18	60,350 (83%)	$9,087	32,393 (54%)	$4,750	41,908 (64%)	$7,811
2018-19	59,792 (84%)	$9,674	31,339 (55%)	$4,862	39,862 (62%)	$7,797
2019-20	60,351 (84%)	$10,237	30,302 (53%)	$4,973	38,595 (61%)	$7,895
2020-21	59,834 (85%)	$10,793	27,662 (51%)	$5,134	33,737 (55%)	$7,450
2021-22	58,494 (81%)	$11,387	26,120 (47%)	$5,316	31,360 (52%)	$7,310
Average	59,677 (82.89%)	$9,332	31,050 (53.00%)	$4,670	40,038 (62.11%)	$7,763

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 11,263 (93.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $10,948. It can cover 81.00% of tuition & fees ($13,516) based on out-of-state rate. In addition, 6,904 (62.22 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,611).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	11,261 (91%)	$9,582	7,386 (64%)	$6,461
2014-15	11,390 (93%)	$10,237	7,387 (66%)	$6,628
2015-16	11,809 (92%)	$9,646	7,503 (68%)	$5,897
2016-17	12,321 (94%)	$10,630	7,669 (66%)	$6,929
2017-18	11,614 (93%)	$11,260	7,655 (68%)	$6,513
2018-19	11,534 (95%)	$11,130	7,129 (61%)	$6,857
2019-20	11,102 (96%)	$11,672	6,482 (61%)	$7,094
2020-21	9,898 (95%)	$11,917	5,311 (57%)	$6,321
2021-22	10,442 (91%)	$12,458	5,610 (49%)	$6,796
Average	11,263 (93.33%)	$10,948	6,904 (62.22%)	$6,611

^*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, 5,167 (56.56 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,843. In addition, 3,853 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (29.00 % 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	5,545 (57%)	$4,462	1,625 (24%)	$1,124	4,052 (33%)	$1,581	8,179 (66%)	$7,596
2014-15	5,476 (58%)	$4,478	1,710 (24%)	$1,079	4,118 (35%)	$1,839	8,752 (71%)	$8,051
2015-16	5,531 (59%)	$4,461	1,745 (23%)	$1,117	3,837 (30%)	$2,066	8,955 (68%)	$8,217
2016-17	5,507 (57%)	$4,653	2,160 (28%)	$1,057	4,017 (27%)	$1,945	9,711 (70%)	$8,486
2017-18	5,690 (59%)	$4,866	1,770 (21%)	$1,297	3,876 (26%)	$2,072	9,308 (71%)	$8,718
2018-19	5,339 (59%)	$5,018	1,394 (26%)	$1,225	4,013 (28%)	$2,293	9,184 (73%)	$9,058
2019-20	4,932 (55%)	$5,255	4,734 (46%)	$1,190	3,861 (28%)	$2,829	8,929 (72%)	$9,001
2020-21	4,129 (55%)	$5,145	3,815 (50%)	$2,020	3,319 (26%)	$2,476	8,051 (70%)	$8,778
2021-22	4,351 (50%)	$5,246	4,747 (45%)	$2,187	3,580 (28%)	$2,427	8,652 (70%)	$9,365
Average	5,167 (56.56%)	$4,843	2,633 (31.89%)	$1,366	3,853 (29.00%)	$2,170	8,858 (70.11%)	$8,586

^*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, 6,904 (62.22 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $6,904.

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	7,386 (64%)	$6,461	7,314 (63%)	$6,050	444 (4%)	$8,013
2014-15	7,387 (66%)	$6,628	7,310 (65%)	$6,258	478 (3%)	$8,671
2015-16	7,503 (68%)	$5,897	7,383 (67%)	$5,381	657 (5%)	$9,310
2016-17	7,669 (66%)	$6,929	7,546 (65%)	$6,246	888 (7%)	$8,430
2017-18	7,655 (68%)	$6,513	7,484 (67%)	$5,824	749 (5%)	$9,630
2018-19	7,129 (61%)	$6,857	6,928 (64%)	$6,257	763 (5%)	$10,343
2019-20	6,482 (61%)	$7,094	6,315 (61%)	$5,990	824 (7%)	$11,351
2020-21	5,311 (57%)	$6,321	5,132 (56%)	$5,240	630 (6%)	$12,023
2021-22	5,610 (49%)	$6,796	5,423 (52%)	$5,586	698 (5%)	$13,168
Average	6,904 (62.22%)	$6,611	6,759 (62.22%)	$5,870	681 (5.22%)	$10,104

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

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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