How NSU'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 Northwestern State University of Louisiana since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 7,543, which is 82.22 % of all undergraduate students. 4,472 students which is 49.11% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,233.

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	5,987 (76%)	$7,016	3,173 (40%)	$4,315	3,855 (49%)	$7,223
2014-15	6,160 (78%)	$7,438	3,155 (40%)	$4,392	3,837 (49%)	$7,322
2015-16	6,388 (79%)	$6,984	3,141 (39%)	$4,211	3,866 (48%)	$7,230
2016-17	7,084 (80%)	$7,161	3,544 (40%)	$4,187	4,466 (51%)	$7,214
2017-18	7,637 (81%)	$7,575	4,452 (47%)	$4,583	5,994 (63%)	$8,096
2018-19	8,201 (81%)	$7,594	4,128 (41%)	$4,888	4,882 (48%)	$7,383
2019-20	8,565 (86%)	$7,774	4,142 (42%)	$4,994	4,754 (48%)	$7,392
2020-21	9,218 (89%)	$6,649	3,918 (38%)	$5,003	4,863 (47%)	$6,471
2021-22	8,648 (90%)	$6,866	3,535 (37%)	$4,799	3,729 (39%)	$6,766
Average	7,543 (82.22%)	$7,229	3,688 (40.44%)	$4,597	4,472 (49.11%)	$7,233

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,195 (92.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $9,455. It can cover 48.11% of tuition & fees ($19,652) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 765 (59.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,917).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,043 (90%)	$8,449	676 (58%)	$5,863
2014-15	1,070 (94%)	$9,811	667 (59%)	$6,117
2015-16	1,125 (90%)	$8,405	713 (57%)	$5,915
2016-17	1,217 (93%)	$9,429	777 (59%)	$5,678
2017-18	1,198 (93%)	$10,065	731 (57%)	$5,921
2018-19	1,377 (93%)	$10,000	887 (60%)	$6,028
2019-20	1,312 (96%)	$10,089	799 (59%)	$6,121
2020-21	1,301 (93%)	$9,347	925 (66%)	$5,540
2021-22	1,111 (89%)	$9,499	707 (57%)	$6,068
Average	1,195 (92.33%)	$9,455	765 (59.11%)	$5,917

^*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, 680 (52.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,958.

In addition, 970 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (75.00 % 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	551 (48%)	$4,558	50 (4%)	$1,013	821 (71%)	$3,884	558 (48%)	$5,485
2014-15	602 (53%)	$4,753	46 (4%)	$2,462	849 (75%)	$4,069	657 (58%)	$6,193
2015-16	623 (50%)	$4,587	77 (6%)	$1,979	911 (73%)	$4,032	608 (49%)	$4,558
2016-17	664 (51%)	$4,679	90 (7%)	$1,736	1,004 (77%)	$4,414	844 (65%)	$4,480
2017-18	643 (50%)	$5,108	192 (15%)	$1,733	979 (76%)	$4,490	852 (66%)	$4,747
2018-19	779 (53%)	$5,102	146 (10%)	$1,444	1,152 (78%)	$4,209	957 (65%)	$4,949
2019-20	792 (58%)	$5,380	988 (72%)	$973	1,093 (80%)	$4,134	813 (60%)	$4,300
2020-21	766 (55%)	$5,292	945 (67%)	$482	973 (69%)	$3,832	760 (54%)	$5,162
2021-22	696 (56%)	$5,165	116 (9%)	$1,677	951 (76%)	$3,578	675 (54%)	$4,980
Average	680 (52.67%)	$4,958	294 (21.56%)	$1,500	970 (75.00%)	$4,071	747 (57.67%)	$4,984

^*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, 765 (59.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $765.

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	676 (58%)	$5,863	669 (58%)	$5,630	28 (2%)	$7,032
2014-15	667 (59%)	$6,117	662 (58%)	$5,866	30 (3%)	$6,542
2015-16	713 (57%)	$5,915	708 (57%)	$5,631	27 (2%)	$8,528
2016-17	777 (59%)	$5,678	771 (59%)	$5,368	36 (3%)	$7,593
2017-18	731 (57%)	$5,921	728 (57%)	$5,561	33 (3%)	$8,481
2018-19	887 (60%)	$6,028	873 (59%)	$5,649	44 (3%)	$9,433
2019-20	799 (59%)	$6,121	788 (58%)	$5,671	44 (3%)	$9,588
2020-21	925 (66%)	$5,540	915 (65%)	$4,878	61 (4%)	$10,829
2021-22	707 (57%)	$6,068	696 (56%)	$5,302	51 (4%)	$11,768
Average	765 (59.11%)	$5,917	757 (58.56%)	$5,506	39 (3.00%)	$8,866

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at NSU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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