How GovState'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 Governors State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,175, which is 67.67 % of all undergraduate students. 1,925 students which is 58.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $8,080.

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	1,855 (59%)	$3,361	1,631 (51%)	$2,157	2,418 (76%)	$3,702
2014-15	2,091 (58%)	$6,925	1,902 (53%)	$4,829	2,232 (62%)	$8,803
2015-16	1,620 (45%)	$6,016	1,221 (34%)	$4,967	2,630 (74%)	$11,306
2016-17	2,162 (61%)	$8,748	1,831 (52%)	$4,602	2,106 (60%)	$9,574
2017-18	2,239 (67%)	$8,684	1,796 (54%)	$5,204	1,997 (60%)	$8,639
2018-19	2,016 (62%)	$8,641	1,780 (55%)	$5,536	1,818 (56%)	$7,877
2019-20	2,187 (68%)	$9,608	1,717 (54%)	$5,361	1,670 (52%)	$8,248
2020-21	2,693 (89%)	$8,427	1,526 (51%)	$5,791	1,356 (45%)	$7,480
2021-22	2,709 (100%)	$7,902	1,439 (53%)	$4,442	1,100 (41%)	$7,093
Average	2,175 (67.67%)	$7,590	1,649 (50.78%)	$4,765	1,925 (58.44%)	$8,080

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 177 (83.88 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $9,486. It can cover 83.80% of tuition & fees ($11,320) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 142 (67.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,449).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	-	-	-	-
2014-15	187 (77%)	$7,428	192 (79%)	$7,272
2015-16	162 (80%)	$8,044	177 (87%)	$6,212
2016-17	177 (81%)	$7,566	154 (71%)	$10,070
2017-18	158 (79%)	$9,021	155 (78%)	$9,334
2018-19	155 (79%)	$10,002	138 (71%)	$8,399
2019-20	208 (87%)	$11,047	150 (63%)	$7,440
2020-21	182 (88%)	$10,791	85 (41%)	$5,645
2021-22	189 (100%)	$11,987	87 (46%)	$5,223
Average	177 (83.88%)	$9,486	142 (67.00%)	$7,449

^*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, 147 (69.13 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,186.

In addition, 136 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (64.50 % 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014-15	175 (72%)	$5,119	-	-	123 (51%)	$3,507	50 (21%)	$1,234
2015-16	141 (69%)	$4,958	48 (24%)	$869	99 (49%)	$4,818	96 (47%)	$890
2016-17	152 (70%)	$4,839	-	-	117 (54%)	$4,147	85 (39%)	$1,393
2017-18	140 (70%)	$5,119	55 (28%)	$1,298	120 (60%)	$4,702	15 (8%)	$4,871
2018-19	153 (78%)	$5,498	38 (19%)	$650	137 (70%)	$4,787	45 (23%)	$634
2019-20	168 (70%)	$5,405	87 (36%)	$1,180	182 (76%)	$6,681	87 (36%)	$817
2020-21	116 (56%)	$5,339	151 (73%)	$1,306	148 (72%)	$6,784	73 (35%)	$1,964
2021-22	128 (68%)	$5,210	189 (100%)	$2,174	158 (84%)	$6,361	81 (43%)	$2,257
Average	147 (69.13%)	$5,186	95 (46.67%)	$1,246	136 (64.50%)	$5,223	67 (31.50%)	$1,758

^*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, 142 (67.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $142.

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	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014-15	192 (79%)	$7,272	192 (79%)	$7,272	-	-
2015-16	177 (87%)	$6,212	177 (87%)	$6,212	-	-
2016-17	154 (71%)	$10,070	153 (70%)	$9,935	3 (1%)	$10,250
2017-18	155 (78%)	$9,334	153 (77%)	$6,845	38 (19%)	$10,512
2018-19	138 (71%)	$8,399	136 (70%)	$5,806	40 (21%)	$9,236
2019-20	150 (63%)	$7,440	149 (62%)	$7,246	5 (2%)	$7,285
2020-21	85 (41%)	$5,645	85 (41%)	$5,514	2 (1%)	$5,587
2021-22	87 (46%)	$5,223	87 (46%)	$5,051	3 (2%)	$4,981
Average	142 (67.00%)	$7,449	142 (66.50%)	$6,735	15 (7.67%)	$7,975

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at GovState

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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