How Penn State Berks'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 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,176, which is 80.33 % of all undergraduate students. 1,733 students which is 63.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,738.

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	2,232 (82%)	$5,103	957 (35%)	$3,973	1,824 (67%)	$7,077
2014-15	2,340 (83%)	$5,131	1,008 (36%)	$4,098	1,908 (67%)	$7,028
2015-16	2,402 (83%)	$5,139	969 (33%)	$4,125	1,976 (68%)	$6,816
2016-17	2,363 (82%)	$5,123	958 (33%)	$4,301	1,889 (65%)	$6,533
2017-18	2,173 (80%)	$5,326	846 (31%)	$4,491	1,656 (61%)	$6,596
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	1,543 (72%)	$9,229	650 (31%)	$4,842	1,146 (54%)	$6,380
Average	2,176 (80.33%)	$5,842	898 (33.17%)	$4,305	1,733 (63.67%)	$6,738

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 454 (61.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,436. It can cover 27.88% of tuition & fees ($26,668) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 505 (67.83 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $8,253).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	517 (65%)	$7,390	574 (72%)	$7,473
2014-15	515 (61%)	$6,867	608 (72%)	$8,249
2015-16	483 (62%)	$7,144	586 (75%)	$7,775
2016-17	436 (60%)	$7,673	487 (67%)	$7,429
2017-18	378 (56%)	$7,014	436 (64%)	$8,204
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	394 (66%)	$8,528	341 (57%)	$10,385
Average	454 (61.67%)	$7,436	505 (67.83%)	$8,253

^*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, 250 (33.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,372.

In addition, 246 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (32.67 % 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	305 (39%)	$4,021	99 (13%)	$1,271	312 (39%)	$3,470	342 (43%)	$4,051
2014-15	313 (37%)	$4,087	86 (10%)	$1,653	308 (36%)	$3,270	342 (40%)	$3,239
2015-16	261 (33%)	$4,237	77 (10%)	$1,612	277 (35%)	$3,587	338 (43%)	$3,631
2016-17	243 (34%)	$4,454	68 (9%)	$1,273	257 (36%)	$3,557	330 (46%)	$3,826
2017-18	204 (30%)	$4,401	66 (10%)	$1,268	215 (32%)	$3,232	271 (40%)	$3,598
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	172 (29%)	$5,032	290 (49%)	$2,244	109 (18%)	$4,091	260 (44%)	$5,375
Average	250 (33.67%)	$4,372	114 (16.83%)	$1,554	246 (32.67%)	$3,535	314 (42.67%)	$3,953

^*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, 505 (67.83 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $505.

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	574 (72%)	$7,473	568 (72%)	$6,108	75 (9%)	$10,933
2014-15	608 (72%)	$8,249	597 (71%)	$6,084	101 (12%)	$13,693
2015-16	586 (75%)	$7,775	579 (74%)	$5,608	104 (13%)	$12,589
2016-17	487 (67%)	$7,429	475 (66%)	$5,398	78 (11%)	$13,514
2017-18	436 (64%)	$8,204	426 (63%)	$5,210	89 (13%)	$15,253
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	341 (57%)	$10,385	323 (54%)	$5,266	97 (16%)	$18,973
Average	505 (67.83%)	$8,253	495 (66.67%)	$5,612	91 (12.33%)	$14,159

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Penn State Berks

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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