How Penn State Behrend'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 Erie-Behrend College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,190, which is 79.17 % of all undergraduate students. 2,587 students which is 63.83% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,669.

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	3,304 (84%)	$5,604	1,230 (31%)	$3,887	2,729 (69%)	$6,816
2014-15	3,275 (82%)	$5,683	1,215 (30%)	$4,046	2,691 (67%)	$6,851
2015-16	3,334 (80%)	$6,033	1,240 (30%)	$4,019	2,768 (66%)	$6,743
2016-17	3,422 (77%)	$5,890	1,258 (28%)	$4,197	2,792 (63%)	$6,577
2017-18	3,371 (78%)	$6,084	1,242 (29%)	$4,276	2,659 (61%)	$6,651
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	2,433 (74%)	$10,004	926 (28%)	$4,739	1,883 (57%)	$6,377
Average	3,190 (79.17%)	$6,550	1,185 (29.33%)	$4,194	2,587 (63.83%)	$6,669

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 653 (61.17 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,754. It can cover 29.08% of tuition & fees ($26,668) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 701 (65.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $9,170).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	793 (72%)	$7,224	788 (72%)	$8,476
2014-15	663 (56%)	$6,854	750 (64%)	$8,721
2015-16	672 (57%)	$7,794	789 (67%)	$8,946
2016-17	618 (53%)	$7,803	706 (61%)	$8,524
2017-18	608 (58%)	$7,166	669 (64%)	$10,214
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	562 (71%)	$9,685	502 (64%)	$10,138
Average	653 (61.17%)	$7,754	701 (65.33%)	$9,170

^*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, 316 (29.50 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,266.

In addition, 344 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (31.83 % 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	359 (33%)	$4,055	115 (10%)	$1,527	448 (41%)	$3,411	660 (60%)	$3,893
2014-15	334 (28%)	$4,053	94 (8%)	$1,468	372 (32%)	$3,190	492 (42%)	$3,792
2015-16	346 (30%)	$4,117	125 (11%)	$1,414	380 (32%)	$3,627	522 (45%)	$4,326
2016-17	315 (27%)	$4,300	92 (8%)	$1,285	345 (30%)	$3,683	498 (43%)	$4,174
2017-18	285 (27%)	$4,269	88 (8%)	$1,587	318 (30%)	$3,335	486 (46%)	$3,992
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	255 (32%)	$4,801	404 (51%)	$2,276	202 (26%)	$4,167	410 (52%)	$5,995
Average	316 (29.50%)	$4,266	153 (16.00%)	$1,593	344 (31.83%)	$3,569	511 (48.00%)	$4,362

^*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, 701 (65.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $701.

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	788 (72%)	$8,476	778 (71%)	$5,964	170 (15%)	$11,994
2014-15	750 (64%)	$8,721	741 (63%)	$5,769	156 (13%)	$14,522
2015-16	789 (67%)	$8,946	779 (67%)	$5,716	182 (16%)	$14,316
2016-17	706 (61%)	$8,524	683 (59%)	$5,444	153 (13%)	$15,034
2017-18	669 (64%)	$10,214	654 (62%)	$5,324	202 (19%)	$16,591
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	502 (64%)	$10,138	485 (61%)	$5,229	140 (18%)	$18,238
Average	701 (65.33%)	$9,170	687 (63.83%)	$5,574	167 (15.67%)	$15,116

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Penn State Behrend

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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