How GSW'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 Georgia Southwestern State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,824, which is 72.00 % of all undergraduate students. 1,280 students which is 50.22% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,345.

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	1,777 (67%)	$4,882	1,266 (47%)	$4,138	1,575 (59%)	$6,983
2014-15	1,733 (69%)	$5,154	1,168 (46%)	$4,216	1,491 (59%)	$6,806
2015-16	1,680 (69%)	$5,456	1,086 (45%)	$4,219	1,414 (58%)	$6,468
2016-17	1,672 (65%)	$5,711	1,098 (43%)	$4,439	1,438 (56%)	$6,220
2017-18	1,689 (65%)	$6,408	1,039 (40%)	$4,476	1,314 (50%)	$6,192
2018-19	1,618 (66%)	$6,786	999 (40%)	$4,570	1,184 (48%)	$6,014
2019-20	1,790 (72%)	$6,741	949 (38%)	$4,863	1,127 (45%)	$6,108
2020-21	2,114 (80%)	$6,062	1,024 (39%)	$5,007	1,065 (40%)	$6,142
2021-22	2,343 (95%)	$5,959	954 (39%)	$5,036	911 (37%)	$6,168
Average	1,824 (72.00%)	$5,907	1,065 (41.89%)	$4,552	1,280 (50.22%)	$6,345

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 371 (91.11 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,437. It can cover 47.36% of tuition & fees ($15,702) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 239 (58.67 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,537).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	304 (87%)	$6,069	212 (60%)	$6,224
2014-15	329 (85%)	$6,569	247 (64%)	$5,710
2015-16	321 (86%)	$6,539	218 (58%)	$5,505
2016-17	433 (91%)	$7,296	298 (63%)	$5,568
2017-18	384 (86%)	$7,284	259 (58%)	$5,389
2018-19	367 (90%)	$8,111	228 (56%)	$5,352
2019-20	370 (97%)	$7,984	220 (58%)	$5,212
2020-21	454 (98%)	$7,607	264 (57%)	$5,592
2021-22	375 (100%)	$9,472	201 (54%)	$5,285
Average	371 (91.11%)	$7,437	239 (58.67%)	$5,537

^*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, 209 (51.44 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,863.

In addition, 252 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (62.11 % 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	159 (45%)	$4,580	30 (9%)	$547	211 (60%)	$3,965	114 (32%)	$2,312
2014-15	186 (48%)	$4,511	38 (10%)	$584	257 (67%)	$4,005	141 (37%)	$1,918
2015-16	174 (47%)	$4,568	48 (13%)	$575	238 (64%)	$4,246	135 (36%)	$1,970
2016-17	242 (51%)	$4,872	31 (7%)	$729	318 (67%)	$4,212	153 (32%)	$4,041
2017-18	213 (48%)	$4,659	15 (3%)	$684	277 (62%)	$4,326	141 (32%)	$4,228
2018-19	213 (52%)	$4,786	43 (11%)	$708	276 (68%)	$4,436	153 (38%)	$4,591
2019-20	201 (53%)	$5,125	323 (85%)	$673	240 (63%)	$4,567	181 (47%)	$3,373
2020-21	267 (58%)	$5,200	379 (82%)	$530	254 (55%)	$4,631	162 (35%)	$4,249
2021-22	228 (61%)	$5,468	374 (100%)	$1,708	198 (53%)	$4,626	150 (40%)	$5,003
Average	209 (51.44%)	$4,863	142 (35.56%)	$749	252 (62.11%)	$4,335	148 (36.56%)	$3,521

^*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, 239 (58.67 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $239.

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	212 (60%)	$6,224	212 (60%)	$5,754	18 (5%)	$5,533
2014-15	247 (64%)	$5,710	247 (64%)	$5,450	10 (3%)	$6,412
2015-16	218 (58%)	$5,505	215 (57%)	$5,199	15 (4%)	$5,488
2016-17	298 (63%)	$5,568	296 (62%)	$5,190	20 (4%)	$6,145
2017-18	259 (58%)	$5,389	258 (58%)	$5,174	10 (2%)	$6,092
2018-19	228 (56%)	$5,352	227 (56%)	$4,970	14 (3%)	$6,582
2019-20	220 (58%)	$5,212	220 (58%)	$4,959	13 (3%)	$4,276
2020-21	264 (57%)	$5,592	262 (57%)	$5,198	14 (3%)	$8,163
2021-22	201 (54%)	$5,285	197 (53%)	$5,004	8 (2%)	$9,561
Average	239 (58.67%)	$5,537	237 (58.33%)	$5,211	14 (3.22%)	$6,472

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at GSW

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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