How PSU'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 Plymouth State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,165, which is 80.33 % of all undergraduate students. 2,953 students which is 74.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,690.

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	2,270 (56%)	$8,213	1,162 (29%)	$3,912	3,094 (76%)	$7,131
2014-15	2,275 (61%)	$7,574	1,012 (27%)	$4,124	2,832 (75%)	$7,101
2015-16	3,090 (75%)	$8,196	1,206 (29%)	$4,100	3,145 (77%)	$6,763
2016-17	3,391 (82%)	$8,037	1,251 (30%)	$4,136	3,141 (76%)	$6,699
2017-18	3,615 (87%)	$8,337	1,290 (31%)	$4,333	3,091 (75%)	$6,682
2018-19	3,728 (88%)	$9,191	1,257 (30%)	$4,332	3,106 (74%)	$6,665
2019-20	3,449 (91%)	$8,630	1,122 (30%)	$4,435	2,852 (75%)	$6,471
2020-21	3,430 (92%)	$10,207	1,089 (29%)	$4,544	2,781 (74%)	$6,323
2021-22	3,234 (91%)	$10,274	995 (28%)	$4,609	2,535 (72%)	$6,378
Average	3,165 (80.33%)	$8,740	1,154 (29.22%)	$4,281	2,953 (74.89%)	$6,690

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 990 (94.11 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,694. It can cover 30.18% of tuition & fees ($25,498) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 844 (80.78 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $8,934).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	662 (72%)	$7,413	751 (81%)	$8,791
2014-15	663 (88%)	$5,305	625 (83%)	$8,971
2015-16	1,326 (99%)	$7,091	1,095 (82%)	$8,851
2016-17	1,120 (98%)	$6,626	938 (82%)	$8,671
2017-18	1,076 (97%)	$7,346	872 (79%)	$9,135
2018-19	1,078 (98%)	$8,648	893 (81%)	$8,943
2019-20	1,020 (99%)	$8,549	852 (82%)	$8,841
2020-21	1,053 (98%)	$8,983	855 (80%)	$8,823
2021-22	910 (98%)	$9,286	719 (77%)	$9,376
Average	990 (94.11%)	$7,694	844 (80.78%)	$8,934

^*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, 331 (31.44 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,402.

In addition, 127 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (12.33 % 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	286 (31%)	$4,006	204 (22%)	$639	134 (15%)	$652	634 (69%)	$5,590
2014-15	220 (29%)	$4,231	164 (22%)	$551	73 (10%)	$809	641 (85%)	$3,802
2015-16	429 (32%)	$4,294	341 (25%)	$409	146 (11%)	$729	1,323 (99%)	$5,529
2016-17	356 (31%)	$4,005	261 (23%)	$499	97 (8%)	$898	1,118 (98%)	$5,169
2017-18	363 (33%)	$4,214	270 (24%)	$479	110 (10%)	$858	1,071 (97%)	$5,743
2018-19	364 (33%)	$4,260	261 (24%)	$494	118 (11%)	$1,163	1,076 (98%)	$6,976
2019-20	325 (31%)	$4,850	244 (24%)	$750	134 (13%)	$1,349	1,019 (99%)	$6,654
2020-21	356 (33%)	$4,757	385 (36%)	$739	181 (17%)	$1,399	1,051 (98%)	$6,877
2021-22	283 (30%)	$5,000	218 (23%)	$484	146 (16%)	$1,501	903 (97%)	$7,431
Average	331 (31.44%)	$4,402	261 (24.78%)	$560	127 (12.33%)	$1,040	982 (93.33%)	$5,975

^*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, 844 (80.78 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $844.

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	751 (81%)	$8,791	738 (80%)	$6,171	159 (17%)	$12,882
2014-15	625 (83%)	$8,971	621 (83%)	$6,086	143 (19%)	$12,779
2015-16	1,095 (82%)	$8,851	1,056 (79%)	$5,855	289 (22%)	$12,143
2016-17	938 (82%)	$8,671	926 (81%)	$5,524	233 (20%)	$12,957
2017-18	872 (79%)	$9,135	858 (77%)	$5,367	252 (23%)	$13,334
2018-19	893 (81%)	$8,943	887 (81%)	$5,414	226 (21%)	$14,089
2019-20	852 (82%)	$8,841	842 (82%)	$5,442	206 (20%)	$14,323
2020-21	855 (80%)	$8,823	850 (79%)	$5,237	212 (20%)	$14,585
2021-22	719 (77%)	$9,376	706 (76%)	$5,332	201 (22%)	$14,809
Average	844 (80.78%)	$8,934	832 (79.78%)	$5,603	213 (20.44%)	$13,545

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at PSU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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