How Montana State University-Northern'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 Montana State University-Northern since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 743, which is 68.56 % of all undergraduate students. 545 students which is 49.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,908.

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	828 (66%)	$3,903	592 (47%)	$3,869	743 (59%)	$6,348
2014-15	798 (69%)	$4,179	541 (47%)	$4,096	644 (55%)	$6,051
2015-16	757 (66%)	$4,212	537 (47%)	$4,021	620 (54%)	$5,941
2016-17	737 (65%)	$4,236	519 (46%)	$4,079	627 (55%)	$6,042
2017-18	681 (66%)	$4,230	511 (49%)	$4,370	596 (57%)	$5,822
2018-19	654 (63%)	$6,298	478 (46%)	$4,556	530 (51%)	$5,791
2019-20	748 (73%)	$4,344	434 (42%)	$4,535	454 (44%)	$5,991
2020-21	791 (80%)	$6,979	362 (37%)	$4,780	374 (38%)	$5,748
2021-22	693 (69%)	$5,937	363 (36%)	$4,930	316 (32%)	$5,437
Average	743 (68.56%)	$4,924	482 (44.11%)	$4,360	545 (49.44%)	$5,908

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 151 (76.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,087. It can cover 27.25% of tuition & fees ($18,665) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 104 (52.56 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,186).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	138 (77%)	$4,619	106 (59%)	$4,771
2014-15	155 (78%)	$4,929	99 (50%)	$5,359
2015-16	167 (76%)	$4,798	121 (55%)	$5,116
2016-17	169 (75%)	$4,397	141 (62%)	$6,052
2017-18	149 (69%)	$4,687	125 (58%)	$5,495
2018-19	132 (73%)	$5,785	96 (53%)	$4,968
2019-20	119 (67%)	$4,545	85 (48%)	$5,441
2020-21	175 (92%)	$6,857	86 (45%)	$4,914
2021-22	151 (84%)	$5,162	77 (43%)	$4,556
Average	151 (76.78%)	$5,087	104 (52.56%)	$5,186

^*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, 94 (47.89 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,422.

In addition, 27 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (14.13 % 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	82 (46%)	$4,024	17 (9%)	$800	75 (42%)	$1,783	57 (32%)	$2,809
2014-15	86 (43%)	$4,000	14 (7%)	$593	65 (33%)	$1,945	82 (41%)	$3,479
2015-16	111 (51%)	$4,178	19 (9%)	$700	30 (14%)	$3,514	100 (46%)	$2,189
2016-17	98 (43%)	$4,153	9 (4%)	$816	22 (10%)	$4,506	101 (45%)	$2,274
2017-18	101 (47%)	$4,264	14 (6%)	$807	9 (4%)	$5,047	78 (36%)	$2,703
2018-19	101 (56%)	$4,744	34 (19%)	$758	2 (1%)	$1,734	70 (39%)	$3,647
2019-20	84 (47%)	$4,805	95 (54%)	$1,440	-	-	1 (1%)	$500
2020-21	79 (42%)	$4,812	142 (75%)	$3,403	7 (4%)	$2,269	107 (56%)	$2,997
2021-22	100 (56%)	$4,818	48 (27%)	$962	9 (5%)	$1,580	75 (42%)	$3,163
Average	94 (47.89%)	$4,422	44 (23.33%)	$1,142	27 (14.13%)	$2,797	75 (37.56%)	$2,640

^*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, 104 (52.56 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $104.

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	106 (59%)	$4,771	105 (59%)	$4,726	2 (1%)	$4,750
2014-15	99 (50%)	$5,359	99 (50%)	$5,319	1 (1%)	$4,000
2015-16	121 (55%)	$5,116	121 (55%)	$4,952	3 (1%)	$6,600
2016-17	141 (62%)	$6,052	138 (61%)	$5,696	9 (4%)	$7,470
2017-18	125 (58%)	$5,495	123 (57%)	$5,165	8 (4%)	$6,448
2018-19	96 (53%)	$4,968	96 (53%)	$4,749	3 (2%)	$6,986
2019-20	85 (48%)	$5,441	84 (47%)	$5,108	2 (1%)	$16,707
2020-21	86 (45%)	$4,914	86 (45%)	$4,649	2 (1%)	$11,383
2021-22	77 (43%)	$4,556	77 (43%)	$4,556	-	-
Average	104 (52.56%)	$5,186	103 (52.22%)	$4,991	4 (1.88%)	$8,043

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Montana State University-Northern

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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