How Fitchburg State's Financial Aid Changes

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at Fitchburg State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,498, which is 61.78 % of all undergraduate students. 2,592 students which is 63.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,293.

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	2,754 (65%)	$5,056	1,518 (36%)	$3,837	2,994 (71%)	$6,203
2014-15	2,991 (71%)	$4,848	1,617 (38%)	$3,936	2,996 (71%)	$6,338
2015-16	2,476 (58%)	$5,877	1,462 (34%)	$4,109	2,855 (67%)	$7,544
2016-17	2,473 (59%)	$5,952	1,503 (36%)	$4,121	2,824 (68%)	$7,974
2017-18	2,531 (61%)	$6,146	1,605 (39%)	$4,387	2,788 (68%)	$8,185
2018-19	2,439 (59%)	$6,403	1,506 (36%)	$4,471	2,690 (65%)	$8,424
2019-20	2,334 (58%)	$6,516	1,433 (35%)	$4,526	2,503 (62%)	$8,356
2020-21	2,387 (63%)	$6,198	1,287 (34%)	$4,563	1,999 (52%)	$6,285
2021-22	2,094 (62%)	$6,904	1,105 (33%)	$4,604	1,677 (50%)	$6,324
Average	2,498 (61.78%)	$5,989	1,448 (35.67%)	$4,284	2,592 (63.78%)	$7,293

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 511 (72.44 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,383. It can cover 37.27% of tuition & fees ($17,126) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 529 (73.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,994).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	535 (68%)	$5,450	621 (79%)	$6,471
2014-15	495 (69%)	$6,225	563 (78%)	$6,689
2015-16	526 (67%)	$5,598	609 (78%)	$7,174
2016-17	543 (72%)	$6,210	611 (81%)	$7,001
2017-18	518 (69%)	$6,975	583 (78%)	$7,134
2018-19	511 (72%)	$6,809	526 (74%)	$7,243
2019-20	474 (71%)	$6,917	492 (73%)	$7,392
2020-21	573 (88%)	$6,170	422 (65%)	$6,441
2021-22	424 (76%)	$7,093	331 (59%)	$7,405
Average	511 (72.44%)	$6,383	529 (73.89%)	$6,994

^*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, 297 (41.89 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,462.

In addition, 426 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (60.11 % 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	303 (38%)	$4,019	222 (28%)	$294	438 (55%)	$2,130	341 (43%)	$2,053
2014-15	306 (43%)	$4,322	228 (32%)	$264	417 (58%)	$2,538	301 (42%)	$2,127
2015-16	293 (38%)	$4,243	213 (27%)	$427	426 (55%)	$2,356	330 (42%)	$1,839
2016-17	324 (43%)	$4,346	225 (30%)	$339	448 (59%)	$2,237	446 (59%)	$1,986
2017-18	352 (47%)	$4,477	270 (36%)	$364	466 (62%)	$2,355	418 (56%)	$2,013
2018-19	321 (45%)	$4,563	219 (31%)	$416	422 (59%)	$2,510	424 (59%)	$2,038
2019-20	283 (42%)	$4,724	43 (6%)	$344	388 (58%)	$2,808	377 (56%)	$2,221
2020-21	284 (44%)	$4,667	179 (27%)	$581	489 (75%)	$2,255	342 (52%)	$2,933
2021-22	208 (37%)	$4,794	120 (21%)	$912	338 (60%)	$3,045	320 (57%)	$2,723
Average	297 (41.89%)	$4,462	191 (26.44%)	$438	426 (60.11%)	$2,470	367 (51.78%)	$2,215

^*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, 529 (73.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $529.

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	621 (79%)	$6,471	618 (78%)	$5,531	73 (9%)	$8,227
2014-15	563 (78%)	$6,689	561 (78%)	$5,585	89 (12%)	$7,109
2015-16	609 (78%)	$7,174	596 (76%)	$5,390	122 (16%)	$9,476
2016-17	611 (81%)	$7,001	605 (80%)	$5,419	108 (14%)	$9,249
2017-18	583 (78%)	$7,134	570 (76%)	$5,444	107 (14%)	$9,868
2018-19	526 (74%)	$7,243	504 (71%)	$5,284	118 (17%)	$9,716
2019-20	492 (73%)	$7,392	472 (70%)	$5,204	103 (15%)	$11,460
2020-21	422 (65%)	$6,441	405 (62%)	$4,912	59 (9%)	$12,352
2021-22	331 (59%)	$7,405	312 (56%)	$5,105	67 (12%)	$12,811
Average	529 (73.89%)	$6,994	516 (71.89%)	$5,319	94 (13.11%)	$10,030

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Fitchburg State

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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