How Harding'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 Harding University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,545, which is 86.44 % of all undergraduate students. 2,130 students which is 51.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,261.

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	3,791 (86%)	$9,676	1,179 (27%)	$4,041	2,447 (55%)	$7,448
2014-15	3,898 (87%)	$9,767	1,159 (26%)	$4,010	2,501 (56%)	$7,504
2015-16	3,812 (86%)	$10,354	1,197 (27%)	$3,961	2,480 (56%)	$7,592
2016-17	3,801 (86%)	$9,897	1,167 (26%)	$4,116	2,434 (55%)	$7,507
2017-18	3,536 (85%)	$10,789	1,056 (25%)	$4,313	2,258 (54%)	$7,249
2018-19	3,353 (84%)	$10,077	901 (23%)	$4,479	2,042 (51%)	$6,966
2019-20	3,218 (85%)	$10,684	864 (23%)	$4,520	1,895 (50%)	$7,060
2020-21	3,209 (90%)	$12,213	761 (21%)	$4,697	1,631 (46%)	$7,200
2021-22	3,287 (89%)	$12,751	726 (20%)	$4,657	1,485 (40%)	$6,821
Average	3,545 (86.44%)	$10,690	1,001 (24.22%)	$4,310	2,130 (51.44%)	$7,261

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 877 (96.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $11,031. It can cover 44.32% of tuition & fees ($24,888).

In addition, 503 (54.67 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,227).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,001 (97%)	$9,927	583 (57%)	$7,088
2014-15	1,030 (97%)	$9,691	626 (59%)	$7,305
2015-16	936 (95%)	$9,273	606 (61%)	$7,262
2016-17	962 (95%)	$9,509	583 (58%)	$7,708
2017-18	904 (96%)	$10,288	553 (59%)	$7,378
2018-19	829 (97%)	$10,924	453 (53%)	$7,369
2019-20	775 (96%)	$12,216	421 (52%)	$7,074
2020-21	727 (97%)	$12,769	345 (46%)	$7,026
2021-22	725 (97%)	$14,682	353 (47%)	$6,837
Average	877 (96.33%)	$11,031	503 (54.67%)	$7,227

^*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, 217 (23.56 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,309.

In addition, 215 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (23.44 % 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	280 (27%)	$3,880	117 (11%)	$504	248 (24%)	$4,089	938 (91%)	$8,292
2014-15	257 (24%)	$4,051	117 (11%)	$468	238 (22%)	$2,798	1,022 (96%)	$8,043
2015-16	245 (25%)	$4,096	112 (11%)	$462	220 (22%)	$2,708	916 (93%)	$7,674
2016-17	263 (26%)	$4,108	107 (11%)	$921	243 (24%)	$2,045	958 (95%)	$7,800
2017-18	220 (23%)	$4,242	91 (10%)	$1,182	238 (25%)	$1,674	895 (95%)	$8,783
2018-19	197 (23%)	$4,497	83 (10%)	$924	198 (23%)	$2,252	824 (96%)	$9,281
2019-20	180 (22%)	$4,425	69 (9%)	$793	196 (24%)	$1,999	772 (96%)	$10,653
2020-21	148 (20%)	$4,625	63 (8%)	$978	166 (22%)	$2,545	727 (97%)	$11,161
2021-22	162 (22%)	$4,857	68 (9%)	$692	184 (25%)	$2,459	724 (97%)	$12,925
Average	217 (23.56%)	$4,309	92 (10.00%)	$769	215 (23.44%)	$2,508	864 (95.11%)	$9,401

^*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, 503 (54.67 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $503.

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	583 (57%)	$7,088	583 (57%)	$6,511	38 (4%)	$8,851
2014-15	626 (59%)	$7,305	624 (59%)	$6,704	36 (3%)	$10,826
2015-16	606 (61%)	$7,262	606 (61%)	$6,563	47 (5%)	$9,010
2016-17	583 (58%)	$7,708	577 (57%)	$6,692	56 (6%)	$11,298
2017-18	553 (59%)	$7,378	550 (58%)	$6,574	37 (4%)	$12,547
2018-19	453 (53%)	$7,369	453 (53%)	$5,806	58 (7%)	$12,208
2019-20	421 (52%)	$7,074	417 (52%)	$5,948	46 (6%)	$10,829
2020-21	345 (46%)	$7,026	338 (45%)	$5,607	42 (6%)	$12,585
2021-22	353 (47%)	$6,837	350 (47%)	$5,490	41 (6%)	$11,996
Average	503 (54.67%)	$7,227	500 (54.33%)	$6,211	45 (5.22%)	$11,128

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Harding

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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