How Carolina'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 Carolina University since 2015.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 347, which is 87.57 % of all undergraduate students. 221 students which is 55.86% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,677.

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
2015-16	145 (42%)	$4,761	125 (36%)	$4,435	115 (33%)	$7,605
2016-17	259 (88%)	$5,670	174 (59%)	$4,164	143 (48%)	$7,824
2017-18	325 (97%)	$5,521	216 (64%)	$4,610	195 (58%)	$8,508
2018-19	477 (96%)	$6,010	312 (63%)	$4,551	272 (55%)	$2,959
2019-20	340 (98%)	$7,367	261 (75%)	$4,920	257 (74%)	$6,718
2020-21	421 (95%)	$9,586	269 (61%)	$4,794	273 (62%)	$6,534
2021-22	465 (97%)	$9,483	274 (57%)	$4,752	291 (61%)	$6,591
Average	347 (87.57%)	$6,914	233 (59.29%)	$4,604	221 (55.86%)	$6,677

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

Overview

For the last 8 years, on average, 62 (95.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,902. It can cover 49.39% of tuition & fees ($16,000).

In addition, 42 (63.43 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,566).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2015-16	28 (80%)	$4,330	27 (77%)	$6,407
2016-17	24 (96%)	$7,091	14 (56%)	$6,643
2017-18	64 (100%)	$5,630	42 (66%)	$8,234
2018-19	112 (97%)	$7,377	88 (76%)	$6,515
2019-20	59 (100%)	$8,142	34 (58%)	$6,063
2020-21	62 (95%)	$12,307	37 (57%)	$5,689
2021-22	87 (97%)	$10,437	49 (54%)	$6,410
Average	62 (95.00%)	$7,902	42 (63.43%)	$6,566

^*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 8 years, on average, 42 (66.14 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,986.

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
2015-16	25 (71%)	$4,056	13 (37%)	$173	-	-	5 (14%)	$3,520
2016-17	17 (68%)	$5,570	13 (52%)	$550	-	-	24 (96%)	$2,848
2017-18	47 (73%)	$4,923	11 (17%)	$282	-	-	64 (100%)	$1,966
2018-19	79 (68%)	$5,241	68 (59%)	$438	-	-	111 (96%)	$3,446
2019-20	41 (69%)	$4,819	47 (80%)	$1,155	-	-	58 (98%)	$3,940
2020-21	40 (62%)	$5,482	39 (60%)	$1,538	-	-	62 (95%)	$7,802
2021-22	47 (52%)	$4,811	57 (63%)	$1,598	-	-	87 (97%)	$6,791
Average	42 (66.14%)	$4,986	35 (52.57%)	$819	-	-	59 (85.14%)	$4,330

^*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 8 years, on average, 42 (63.43 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $42.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2015-16	27 (77%)	$6,407	27 (77%)	$6,407	-	-
2016-17	14 (56%)	$6,643	14 (56%)	$6,643	-	-
2017-18	42 (66%)	$8,234	42 (66%)	$7,853	2 (3%)	$7,983
2018-19	88 (76%)	$6,515	88 (76%)	$5,878	8 (7%)	$7,008
2019-20	34 (58%)	$6,063	33 (56%)	$5,691	2 (3%)	$9,175
2020-21	37 (57%)	$5,689	37 (57%)	$5,527	1 (2%)	$6,000
2021-22	49 (54%)	$6,410	49 (54%)	$5,860	2 (2%)	$13,458
Average	42 (63.43%)	$6,566	41 (63.14%)	$6,266	3 (3.40%)	$8,725

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Carolina

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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