How McNeese'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 McNeese State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 5,260, which is 75.78 % of all undergraduate students. 2,614 students which is 37.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,198.

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	5,318 (70%)	$6,239	2,733 (36%)	$4,192	3,098 (41%)	$6,504
2014-15	5,474 (73%)	$6,425	2,611 (35%)	$4,124	2,920 (39%)	$6,413
2015-16	5,515 (75%)	$7,219	2,474 (33%)	$4,137	2,809 (38%)	$6,350
2016-17	4,923 (71%)	$6,691	2,199 (32%)	$4,253	2,676 (39%)	$6,274
2017-18	5,061 (73%)	$7,271	2,126 (31%)	$4,515	2,504 (36%)	$6,404
2018-19	5,245 (75%)	$6,822	2,259 (32%)	$4,675	2,495 (36%)	$6,357
2019-20	5,596 (84%)	$6,283	2,064 (31%)	$4,768	2,536 (38%)	$6,373
2020-21	5,970 (89%)	$7,304	2,081 (31%)	$4,844	2,150 (32%)	$6,320
2021-22	4,234 (72%)	$8,886	1,820 (31%)	$4,911	2,338 (40%)	$4,785
Average	5,260 (75.78%)	$7,016	2,263 (32.44%)	$4,491	2,614 (37.67%)	$6,198

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,108 (88.89 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,080. It can cover 81.13% of tuition & fees ($9,960) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 485 (38.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,780).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,192 (91%)	$6,690	514 (39%)	$4,924
2014-15	1,112 (90%)	$7,137	472 (38%)	$4,787
2015-16	1,192 (84%)	$7,396	537 (38%)	$4,886
2016-17	1,063 (86%)	$6,649	499 (40%)	$4,636
2017-18	1,147 (87%)	$8,421	456 (35%)	$4,954
2018-19	1,233 (94%)	$8,362	549 (42%)	$5,181
2019-20	1,039 (86%)	$8,499	558 (46%)	$5,101
2020-21	1,124 (94%)	$10,030	363 (30%)	$5,041
2021-22	871 (88%)	$9,540	421 (42%)	$3,510
Average	1,108 (88.89%)	$8,080	485 (38.89%)	$4,780

^*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, 469 (37.44 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,660.

In addition, 907 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (73.00 % 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	517 (39%)	$4,298	76 (6%)	$477	913 (70%)	$4,007	471 (36%)	$4,369
2014-15	482 (39%)	$4,381	89 (7%)	$474	863 (70%)	$4,181	539 (43%)	$4,034
2015-16	547 (39%)	$4,434	100 (7%)	$459	912 (64%)	$4,554	484 (34%)	$4,527
2016-17	445 (36%)	$4,452	83 (7%)	$488	827 (67%)	$3,391	515 (42%)	$4,353
2017-18	436 (33%)	$4,777	107 (8%)	$467	956 (73%)	$4,698	834 (63%)	$3,640
2018-19	554 (42%)	$4,759	113 (9%)	$464	1,029 (79%)	$4,688	676 (52%)	$4,138
2019-20	442 (37%)	$4,871	151 (13%)	$503	942 (78%)	$4,587	594 (49%)	$3,839
2020-21	458 (38%)	$4,982	1,006 (84%)	$936	967 (81%)	$4,921	708 (59%)	$4,650
2021-22	343 (34%)	$4,986	116 (12%)	$520	750 (75%)	$4,868	517 (52%)	$5,587
Average	469 (37.44%)	$4,660	205 (17.00%)	$532	907 (73.00%)	$4,433	593 (47.78%)	$4,349

^*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, 485 (38.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $485.

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	514 (39%)	$4,924	513 (39%)	$4,834	8 (1%)	$6,391
2014-15	472 (38%)	$4,787	470 (38%)	$4,719	6 (0%)	$6,894
2015-16	537 (38%)	$4,886	534 (38%)	$4,693	15 (1%)	$7,870
2016-17	499 (40%)	$4,636	496 (40%)	$4,546	9 (1%)	$6,484
2017-18	456 (35%)	$4,954	452 (34%)	$4,808	12 (1%)	$7,150
2018-19	549 (42%)	$5,181	545 (42%)	$4,869	24 (2%)	$7,953
2019-20	558 (46%)	$5,101	546 (45%)	$4,948	17 (1%)	$8,496
2020-21	363 (30%)	$5,041	359 (30%)	$4,643	17 (1%)	$9,603
2021-22	421 (42%)	$3,510	420 (42%)	$3,220	13 (1%)	$9,642
Average	485 (38.89%)	$4,780	482 (38.67%)	$4,587	13 (1.13%)	$7,831

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at McNeese

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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