How Lehigh'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 Lehigh University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,793, which is 54.44 % of all undergraduate students. 2,017 students which is 39.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,020.

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	2,537 (51%)	$29,581	728 (15%)	$4,288	2,168 (44%)	$6,353
2014-15	2,560 (51%)	$30,952	748 (15%)	$4,287	2,154 (43%)	$6,317
2015-16	2,551 (50%)	$32,696	732 (14%)	$4,377	2,100 (41%)	$6,268
2016-17	2,523 (50%)	$35,317	714 (14%)	$4,408	2,038 (40%)	$6,052
2017-18	2,558 (50%)	$38,422	771 (15%)	$4,940	1,966 (39%)	$5,973
2018-19	2,586 (51%)	$41,181	804 (16%)	$5,094	1,923 (38%)	$5,867
2019-20	2,667 (52%)	$43,288	884 (17%)	$5,132	1,895 (37%)	$5,784
2020-21	4,188 (80%)	$28,703	940 (18%)	$5,243	1,895 (36%)	$5,725
2021-22	2,971 (55%)	$44,678	988 (18%)	$5,244	2,017 (37%)	$5,841
Average	2,793 (54.44%)	$36,091	812 (15.78%)	$4,779	2,017 (39.44%)	$6,020

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 665 (50.56 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $37,327. It can cover 60.03% of tuition & fees ($62,180).

In addition, 572 (43.67 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $8,939).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	595 (50%)	$29,161	550 (46%)	$8,013
2014-15	626 (48%)	$30,854	595 (46%)	$8,847
2015-16	601 (48%)	$32,913	584 (46%)	$9,358
2016-17	595 (48%)	$36,014	550 (44%)	$8,341
2017-18	618 (50%)	$38,909	526 (43%)	$8,852
2018-19	650 (51%)	$41,755	532 (42%)	$8,560
2019-20	723 (51%)	$42,249	562 (40%)	$8,803
2020-21	745 (54%)	$39,972	586 (43%)	$10,074
2021-22	829 (55%)	$44,116	660 (43%)	$9,603
Average	665 (50.56%)	$37,327	572 (43.67%)	$8,939

^*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, 219 (16.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,727.

In addition, 93 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (7.11 % 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	167 (14%)	$4,419	-	-	98 (8%)	$3,591	589 (49%)	$27,608
2014-15	182 (14%)	$4,257	7 (1%)	$3,529	92 (7%)	$2,997	609 (47%)	$29,950
2015-16	191 (15%)	$4,535	32 (3%)	$3,875	101 (8%)	$3,656	587 (47%)	$31,382
2016-17	184 (15%)	$4,556	28 (2%)	$3,929	92 (7%)	$3,718	588 (47%)	$34,248
2017-18	198 (16%)	$4,864	-	-	97 (8%)	$3,417	606 (49%)	$37,543
2018-19	225 (18%)	$4,844	35 (3%)	$4,000	104 (8%)	$3,280	635 (50%)	$40,267
2019-20	282 (20%)	$4,965	61 (4%)	$3,967	94 (7%)	$3,468	709 (50%)	$40,307
2020-21	258 (19%)	$5,035	56 (4%)	$3,964	74 (5%)	$3,679	737 (54%)	$37,972
2021-22	286 (19%)	$5,067	56 (4%)	$3,945	89 (6%)	$4,268	823 (54%)	$41,947
Average	219 (16.67%)	$4,727	39 (3.00%)	$3,887	93 (7.11%)	$3,564	654 (49.67%)	$35,692

^*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, 572 (43.67 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $572.

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	550 (46%)	$8,013	542 (45%)	$5,541	90 (8%)	$15,599
2014-15	595 (46%)	$8,847	576 (44%)	$5,541	117 (9%)	$17,712
2015-16	584 (46%)	$9,358	572 (45%)	$5,358	148 (12%)	$16,219
2016-17	550 (44%)	$8,341	535 (43%)	$5,016	136 (11%)	$14,002
2017-18	526 (43%)	$8,852	507 (41%)	$5,096	143 (12%)	$14,496
2018-19	532 (42%)	$8,560	514 (40%)	$4,879	153 (12%)	$13,372
2019-20	562 (40%)	$8,803	540 (38%)	$4,901	168 (12%)	$13,694
2020-21	586 (43%)	$10,074	567 (41%)	$4,954	256 (19%)	$12,089
2021-22	660 (43%)	$9,603	643 (42%)	$4,996	236 (16%)	$13,243
Average	572 (43.67%)	$8,939	555 (42.11%)	$5,142	161 (12.33%)	$14,492

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Lehigh

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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