How Metropolitan State'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 Metropolitan State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 4,553, which is 64.89 % of all undergraduate students. 3,235 students which is 44.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,400.

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	4,129 (54%)	$3,639	3,312 (43%)	$3,249	4,022 (52%)	$7,611
2014-15	4,124 (54%)	$3,713	3,369 (44%)	$3,243	3,948 (52%)	$7,414
2015-16	3,997 (53%)	$3,893	3,332 (44%)	$3,217	3,824 (50%)	$7,571
2016-17	3,947 (52%)	$4,043	3,201 (42%)	$3,279	3,609 (48%)	$7,596
2017-18	4,133 (56%)	$4,289	3,297 (45%)	$3,378	3,395 (46%)	$7,376
2018-19	4,044 (58%)	$4,492	3,192 (45%)	$3,576	3,088 (44%)	$7,203
2019-20	5,177 (76%)	$3,892	3,066 (45%)	$3,700	2,834 (42%)	$7,096
2020-21	5,541 (83%)	$3,778	2,815 (42%)	$3,795	2,397 (36%)	$7,383
2021-22	5,886 (98%)	$4,570	2,673 (45%)	$3,761	2,000 (33%)	$7,348
Average	4,553 (64.89%)	$4,034	3,140 (43.89%)	$3,466	3,235 (44.78%)	$7,400

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 81 (85.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,550. It can cover 66.97% of tuition & fees ($9,780) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 25 (28.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,084).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	46 (72%)	$5,099	22 (34%)	$4,646
2014-15	47 (77%)	$6,035	20 (33%)	$5,297
2015-16	59 (81%)	$6,354	23 (32%)	$5,809
2016-17	62 (78%)	$6,432	16 (20%)	$6,109
2017-18	72 (85%)	$6,227	33 (39%)	$4,833
2018-19	106 (83%)	$6,828	25 (20%)	$4,628
2019-20	123 (92%)	$6,860	34 (25%)	$4,819
2020-21	110 (97%)	$6,790	33 (29%)	$4,675
2021-22	102 (100%)	$8,322	23 (23%)	$4,941
Average	81 (85.00%)	$6,550	25 (28.33%)	$5,084

^*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, 69 (73.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,020.

In addition, 72 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (76.44 % 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	41 (64%)	$4,693	2 (3%)	$700	43 (67%)	$947	-	-
2014-15	45 (74%)	$4,912	13 (21%)	$1,000	45 (74%)	$1,102	-	-
2015-16	57 (78%)	$4,928	8 (11%)	$912	56 (77%)	$1,548	-	-
2016-17	61 (76%)	$4,817	16 (20%)	$600	58 (73%)	$1,643	-	-
2017-18	64 (75%)	$4,815	13 (15%)	$887	64 (75%)	$1,940	3 (4%)	$1,515
2018-19	98 (77%)	$5,243	14 (11%)	$1,009	103 (80%)	$1,886	1 (1%)	$1,593
2019-20	94 (70%)	$5,559	113 (84%)	$727	104 (78%)	$2,130	16 (12%)	$1,090
2020-21	84 (74%)	$5,058	96 (85%)	$1,278	92 (81%)	$2,129	2 (2%)	$1,732
2021-22	76 (75%)	$5,159	102 (100%)	$2,402	85 (83%)	$2,491	-	-
Average	69 (73.67%)	$5,020	42 (38.89%)	$1,057	72 (76.44%)	$1,757	6 (4.75%)	$1,483

^*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, 25 (28.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $25.

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	22 (34%)	$4,646	22 (34%)	$4,646	-	-
2014-15	20 (33%)	$5,297	20 (33%)	$5,168	1 (2%)	$2,584
2015-16	23 (32%)	$5,809	23 (32%)	$5,809	-	-
2016-17	16 (20%)	$6,109	16 (20%)	$4,922	1 (1%)	$19,000
2017-18	33 (39%)	$4,833	33 (39%)	$4,420	2 (2%)	$6,810
2018-19	25 (20%)	$4,628	25 (20%)	$4,628	-	-
2019-20	34 (25%)	$4,819	33 (25%)	$4,056	3 (2%)	$10,000
2020-21	33 (29%)	$4,675	33 (29%)	$4,675	-	-
2021-22	23 (23%)	$4,941	23 (23%)	$4,941	-	-
Average	25 (28.33%)	$5,084	25 (28.33%)	$4,807	2 (1.75%)	$9,599

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Metropolitan State

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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