How Limestone'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 Limestone University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,006, which is 79.33 % of all undergraduate students. 1,832 students which is 71.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $9,589.

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	2,423 (75%)	$7,913	1,684 (52%)	$3,398	2,347 (72%)	$9,384
2014-15	2,419 (77%)	$8,834	1,665 (53%)	$3,428	2,274 (72%)	$9,340
2015-16	2,376 (80%)	$9,504	1,569 (53%)	$3,427	2,212 (75%)	$9,773
2016-17	2,271 (77%)	$9,702	1,500 (51%)	$3,566	2,114 (72%)	$10,125
2017-18	2,057 (79%)	$10,488	1,346 (52%)	$3,671	1,880 (72%)	$10,491
2018-19	1,891 (80%)	$11,050	1,235 (52%)	$3,753	1,702 (72%)	$10,218
2019-20	1,742 (82%)	$12,181	1,097 (52%)	$3,831	1,563 (74%)	$10,365
2020-21	1,544 (85%)	$14,310	864 (48%)	$4,902	1,339 (74%)	$9,906
2021-22	1,331 (79%)	$15,479	702 (42%)	$4,921	1,055 (63%)	$6,696
Average	2,006 (79.33%)	$11,051	1,296 (50.56%)	$3,877	1,832 (71.78%)	$9,589

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 368 (99.11 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $16,682. It can cover 60.66% of tuition & fees ($27,500).

In addition, 301 (80.56 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $11,037).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	445 (99%)	$14,245	370 (83%)	$9,564
2014-15	443 (99%)	$14,720	368 (82%)	$10,245
2015-16	421 (100%)	$15,301	342 (81%)	$11,503
2016-17	373 (100%)	$15,257	313 (84%)	$11,740
2017-18	352 (99%)	$16,751	299 (84%)	$12,877
2018-19	364 (99%)	$17,747	316 (86%)	$12,167
2019-20	322 (99%)	$17,478	253 (78%)	$12,969
2020-21	320 (99%)	$19,625	249 (77%)	$11,046
2021-22	275 (98%)	$19,016	197 (70%)	$7,220
Average	368 (99.11%)	$16,682	301 (80.56%)	$11,037

^*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, 203 (54.00 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,714.

In addition, 204 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (54.56 % 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	247 (55%)	$4,423	68 (15%)	$859	255 (57%)	$4,929	243 (54%)	$16,178
2014-15	271 (60%)	$4,393	85 (19%)	$860	261 (58%)	$4,861	429 (96%)	$9,297
2015-16	226 (53%)	$4,419	97 (23%)	$813	229 (54%)	$4,981	410 (97%)	$10,302
2016-17	207 (55%)	$4,526	81 (22%)	$863	227 (61%)	$4,956	363 (97%)	$9,805
2017-18	195 (55%)	$4,535	78 (22%)	$890	206 (58%)	$5,454	347 (97%)	$11,006
2018-19	207 (56%)	$4,453	95 (26%)	$916	196 (53%)	$5,178	349 (95%)	$12,711
2019-20	177 (54%)	$4,734	61 (19%)	$1,892	163 (50%)	$5,776	308 (95%)	$12,121
2020-21	159 (49%)	$5,523	64 (20%)	$927	162 (50%)	$6,253	308 (95%)	$14,057
2021-22	137 (49%)	$5,420	62 (22%)	$923	140 (50%)	$6,581	266 (95%)	$13,189
Average	203 (54.00%)	$4,714	77 (20.89%)	$994	204 (54.56%)	$5,441	336 (91.22%)	$12,074

^*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, 301 (80.56 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $301.

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	370 (83%)	$9,564	370 (83%)	$9,021	23 (5%)	$8,735
2014-15	368 (82%)	$10,245	367 (82%)	$9,359	38 (8%)	$8,827
2015-16	342 (81%)	$11,503	340 (80%)	$10,565	30 (7%)	$11,404
2016-17	313 (84%)	$11,740	313 (84%)	$10,830	27 (7%)	$10,553
2017-18	299 (84%)	$12,877	298 (84%)	$11,281	34 (10%)	$14,373
2018-19	316 (86%)	$12,167	312 (85%)	$10,056	51 (14%)	$13,873
2019-20	253 (78%)	$12,969	251 (77%)	$11,381	26 (8%)	$16,328
2020-21	249 (77%)	$11,046	249 (77%)	$9,396	31 (10%)	$13,248
2021-22	197 (70%)	$7,220	194 (69%)	$5,612	21 (7%)	$15,891
Average	301 (80.56%)	$11,037	299 (80.11%)	$9,722	31 (8.44%)	$12,581

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Limestone

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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