How Lesley'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 Lesley University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,572, which is 79.22 % of all undergraduate students. 1,258 students which is 63.11% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,966.

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	1,557 (80%)	$14,182	527 (27%)	$3,984	1,240 (64%)	$7,228
2014-15	1,440 (75%)	$7,172	509 (26%)	$4,018	1,251 (65%)	$7,307
2015-16	1,151 (58%)	$8,931	557 (28%)	$4,022	1,331 (67%)	$7,143
2016-17	1,629 (83%)	$10,219	595 (30%)	$4,114	1,425 (72%)	$7,183
2017-18	1,532 (73%)	$10,378	489 (23%)	$4,519	1,454 (69%)	$7,012
2018-19	1,815 (82%)	$11,638	659 (30%)	$4,673	1,462 (66%)	$7,006
2019-20	1,810 (85%)	$12,004	666 (31%)	$4,434	1,256 (59%)	$6,691
2020-21	1,644 (88%)	$12,682	603 (32%)	$4,565	996 (54%)	$6,490
2021-22	1,572 (89%)	$14,103	517 (29%)	$4,630	911 (52%)	$6,632
Average	1,572 (79.22%)	$11,257	569 (28.44%)	$4,329	1,258 (63.11%)	$6,966

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 326 (98.11 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $13,637. It can cover 41.60% of tuition & fees ($32,780).

In addition, 255 (76.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $10,191).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	314 (99%)	$15,969	261 (82%)	$10,723
2014-15	291 (98%)	$9,765	246 (83%)	$8,780
2015-16	353 (95%)	$11,609	256 (69%)	$10,842
2016-17	348 (97%)	$11,846	304 (85%)	$10,396
2017-18	364 (96%)	$13,229	322 (85%)	$10,234
2018-19	369 (99%)	$13,757	320 (86%)	$10,728
2019-20	305 (99%)	$13,964	227 (74%)	$11,342
2020-21	313 (100%)	$16,316	187 (60%)	$6,965
2021-22	278 (100%)	$16,279	170 (61%)	$11,709
Average	326 (98.11%)	$13,637	255 (76.11%)	$10,191

^*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, 98 (29.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,604.

In addition, 68 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (20.56 % 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	70 (22%)	$3,978	19 (6%)	$2,395	31 (10%)	$2,163	313 (99%)	$14,771
2014-15	70 (23%)	$4,415	40 (13%)	$2,783	93 (31%)	$1,971	290 (97%)	$7,717
2015-16	90 (24%)	$4,406	13 (3%)	$2,162	53 (14%)	$1,437	353 (95%)	$10,190
2016-17	105 (29%)	$4,432	8 (2%)	$2,369	59 (17%)	$2,013	346 (97%)	$10,171
2017-18	121 (32%)	$4,816	16 (4%)	$2,275	77 (20%)	$1,716	364 (96%)	$11,165
2018-19	121 (32%)	$5,060	9 (2%)	$3,994	86 (23%)	$1,745	365 (98%)	$11,721
2019-20	113 (37%)	$4,897	142 (46%)	$1,089	83 (27%)	$2,103	303 (98%)	$11,143
2020-21	117 (37%)	$4,861	107 (34%)	$706	85 (27%)	$1,461	313 (100%)	$13,861
2021-22	73 (26%)	$4,574	162 (58%)	$1,773	45 (16%)	$2,731	278 (100%)	$13,602
Average	98 (29.11%)	$4,604	57 (18.67%)	$2,172	68 (20.56%)	$1,927	325 (97.78%)	$11,593

^*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, 255 (76.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $255.

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	261 (82%)	$10,723	261 (82%)	$6,385	66 (21%)	$17,154
2014-15	246 (83%)	$8,780	246 (83%)	$5,855	56 (19%)	$12,847
2015-16	256 (69%)	$10,842	252 (68%)	$6,165	78 (21%)	$15,665
2016-17	304 (85%)	$10,396	304 (85%)	$5,793	63 (18%)	$22,211
2017-18	322 (85%)	$10,234	311 (82%)	$5,676	76 (20%)	$20,135
2018-19	320 (86%)	$10,728	314 (84%)	$5,293	85 (23%)	$20,834
2019-20	227 (74%)	$11,342	219 (71%)	$5,168	78 (25%)	$18,496
2020-21	187 (60%)	$6,965	185 (59%)	$5,124	23 (7%)	$15,411
2021-22	170 (61%)	$11,709	164 (59%)	$5,133	57 (21%)	$20,155
Average	255 (76.11%)	$10,191	251 (74.78%)	$5,621	65 (19.44%)	$18,101

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Lesley

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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