Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at KaiStar

Over the past 10 years (2013-2022), the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 255, which is 73.11 % of all undergraduate students. 214 students which is 60.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $8,131.

For full-time, first-time beginning students (freshmen), 76.89% of students received grants or scholarships and 65% of students received student loans.

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All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 255, which is 73.11 % of all undergraduate students. 214 students which is 60.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $8,131.

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	407 (85%)	$6,830	353 (74%)	$4,697	399 (83%)	$10,773
2014-15	289 (70%)	$5,409	203 (49%)	$3,850	212 (52%)	$6,733
2015-16	257 (74%)	$6,681	179 (52%)	$4,091	236 (68%)	$6,420
2016-17	206 (62%)	$6,033	163 (49%)	$4,313	188 (57%)	$8,099
2017-18	209 (73%)	$6,967	157 (55%)	$5,243	185 (64%)	$7,669
2018-19	187 (71%)	$6,361	146 (55%)	$4,942	144 (54%)	$7,629
2019-20	216 (81%)	$7,493	139 (52%)	$5,577	161 (60%)	$8,318
2020-21	290 (78%)	$7,634	192 (52%)	$5,945	236 (64%)	$9,470
2021-22	235 (64%)	$7,220	150 (41%)	$5,446	163 (44%)	$8,066
Average	255 (73.11%)	$6,736	187 (53.22%)	$4,900	214 (60.67%)	$8,131

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 103 (76.89 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,141. It can cover 37.10% of tuition & fees ($19,250).

In addition, 86 (64.78 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,769).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	96 (88%)	$7,125	93 (85%)	$9,952
2014-15	120 (94%)	$6,205	98 (77%)	$7,792
2015-16	99 (93%)	$7,619	82 (77%)	$6,771
2016-17	90 (56%)	$6,345	82 (51%)	$6,002
2017-18	99 (73%)	$7,215	87 (64%)	$7,406
2018-19	93 (70%)	$6,377	74 (56%)	$7,280
2019-20	95 (75%)	$6,801	77 (61%)	$7,894
2020-21	137 (80%)	$8,024	118 (69%)	$9,145
2021-22	98 (63%)	$8,561	67 (43%)	$7,676
Average	103 (76.89%)	$7,141	86 (64.78%)	$7,769

^*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, 71 (53.00 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,238.

In addition, 61 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (45.22 % 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	81 (74%)	$4,667	18 (17%)	$406	65 (60%)	$3,110	38 (35%)	$2,541
2014-15	73 (57%)	$4,269	17 (13%)	$380	64 (50%)	$2,857	89 (70%)	$2,738
2015-16	59 (56%)	$5,333	15 (14%)	$495	54 (51%)	$4,266	71 (67%)	$2,843
2016-17	68 (43%)	$4,202	7 (4%)	$562	49 (31%)	$3,601	32 (20%)	$3,281
2017-18	70 (52%)	$5,679	12 (9%)	$726	55 (41%)	$4,113	37 (27%)	$2,211
2018-19	67 (50%)	$5,169	13 (10%)	$471	44 (33%)	$3,897	32 (24%)	$2,159
2019-20	62 (49%)	$5,627	31 (24%)	$1,328	43 (34%)	$3,558	69 (54%)	$1,493
2020-21	93 (54%)	$6,292	9 (5%)	$475	98 (57%)	$3,493	100 (58%)	$1,675
2021-22	66 (42%)	$5,902	21 (13%)	$455	78 (50%)	$3,935	58 (37%)	$2,292
Average	71 (53.00%)	$5,238	16 (12.11%)	$589	61 (45.22%)	$3,648	58 (43.56%)	$2,359

^*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, 86 (64.78 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $86.

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	93 (85%)	$9,952	93 (85%)	$9,952	-	-
2014-15	98 (77%)	$7,792	98 (77%)	$7,792	-	-
2015-16	82 (77%)	$6,771	82 (77%)	$6,771	-	-
2016-17	82 (51%)	$6,002	82 (51%)	$6,002	-	-
2017-18	87 (64%)	$7,406	87 (64%)	$7,406	-	-
2018-19	74 (56%)	$7,280	74 (56%)	$7,280	-	-
2019-20	77 (61%)	$7,894	77 (61%)	$7,894	-	-
2020-21	118 (69%)	$9,145	118 (69%)	$9,145	-	-
2021-22	67 (43%)	$7,676	67 (43%)	$7,676	-	-
Average	86 (64.78%)	$7,769	86 (64.78%)	$7,769	-	-

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