How PLU'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 Pacific Lutheran University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,626, which is 95.89 % of all undergraduate students. 1,534 students which is 55.56% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $9,921.

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	2,921 (93%)	$29,490	900 (29%)	$4,067	2,096 (67%)	$8,002
2014-15	2,795 (96%)	$20,113	944 (32%)	$4,017	1,692 (58%)	$9,410
2015-16	2,689 (94%)	$22,774	851 (30%)	$4,427	1,696 (59%)	$7,555
2016-17	2,624 (96%)	$23,342	840 (31%)	$4,237	1,636 (60%)	$11,501
2017-18	2,562 (96%)	$25,256	837 (31%)	$4,413	1,515 (57%)	$11,169
2018-19	2,683 (98%)	$27,438	911 (33%)	$4,587	1,526 (56%)	$10,198
2019-20	2,600 (96%)	$29,162	871 (32%)	$4,660	1,406 (52%)	$10,449
2020-21	2,455 (97%)	$31,002	825 (32%)	$4,892	1,193 (47%)	$10,201
2021-22	2,304 (97%)	$33,815	809 (34%)	$4,964	1,046 (44%)	$10,804
Average	2,626 (95.89%)	$26,932	865 (31.56%)	$4,474	1,534 (55.56%)	$9,921

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 603 (98.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $28,817. It can cover 57.32% of tuition & fees ($50,272).

In addition, 351 (57.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,275).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	636 (98%)	$21,784	422 (65%)	$7,535
2014-15	564 (98%)	$23,284	385 (67%)	$6,456
2015-16	627 (98%)	$25,658	335 (52%)	$7,602
2016-17	668 (99%)	$26,984	417 (62%)	$7,342
2017-18	609 (98%)	$29,317	350 (57%)	$7,248
2018-19	645 (99%)	$30,044	375 (58%)	$7,513
2019-20	594 (100%)	$31,432	353 (59%)	$7,307
2020-21	579 (99%)	$34,413	275 (47%)	$6,921
2021-22	507 (99%)	$36,435	249 (49%)	$7,547
Average	603 (98.67%)	$28,817	351 (57.33%)	$7,275

^*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, 202 (33.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,432.

In addition, 180 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (30.00 % 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	192 (30%)	$4,068	191 (29%)	$767	110 (17%)	$9,199	634 (98%)	$18,794
2014-15	187 (33%)	$4,054	188 (33%)	$759	125 (22%)	$8,751	561 (98%)	$19,853
2015-16	171 (27%)	$4,372	171 (27%)	$734	110 (17%)	$9,129	627 (98%)	$22,664
2016-17	206 (30%)	$4,335	206 (30%)	$799	233 (34%)	$7,966	665 (98%)	$22,725
2017-18	198 (32%)	$4,471	199 (32%)	$960	214 (35%)	$8,360	604 (98%)	$24,816
2018-19	226 (35%)	$4,511	223 (34%)	$712	175 (27%)	$9,218	645 (99%)	$25,716
2019-20	223 (37%)	$4,701	248 (42%)	$938	182 (31%)	$10,337	592 (99%)	$26,197
2020-21	204 (35%)	$4,712	211 (36%)	$1,044	238 (41%)	$8,499	577 (98%)	$28,979
2021-22	207 (41%)	$4,662	229 (45%)	$1,434	233 (46%)	$8,681	499 (98%)	$30,374
Average	202 (33.33%)	$4,432	207 (34.22%)	$905	180 (30.00%)	$8,904	600 (98.22%)	$24,458

^*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, 351 (57.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $351.

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	422 (65%)	$7,535	419 (65%)	$6,194	46 (7%)	$12,707
2014-15	385 (67%)	$6,456	352 (61%)	$5,576	40 (7%)	$13,069
2015-16	335 (52%)	$7,602	335 (52%)	$6,267	36 (6%)	$12,426
2016-17	417 (62%)	$7,342	416 (61%)	$6,027	42 (6%)	$13,194
2017-18	350 (57%)	$7,248	342 (55%)	$5,485	48 (8%)	$13,770
2018-19	375 (58%)	$7,513	369 (57%)	$5,240	65 (10%)	$13,601
2019-20	353 (59%)	$7,307	343 (58%)	$5,190	48 (8%)	$16,651
2020-21	275 (47%)	$6,921	265 (45%)	$5,091	35 (6%)	$15,835
2021-22	249 (49%)	$7,547	237 (46%)	$5,260	35 (7%)	$18,077
Average	351 (57.33%)	$7,275	342 (55.56%)	$5,592	44 (7.22%)	$14,370

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at PLU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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