How PLNU'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 Point Loma Nazarene University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,561, which is 85.67 % of all undergraduate students. 1,678 students which is 56.56% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,383.

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	2,096 (82%)	$15,267	703 (28%)	$4,274	1,593 (62%)	$7,148
2014-15	2,104 (82%)	$15,901	693 (27%)	$4,321	1,568 (61%)	$7,101
2015-16	2,234 (81%)	$16,726	744 (27%)	$4,431	1,655 (60%)	$7,333
2016-17	2,496 (82%)	$15,958	866 (28%)	$4,221	1,781 (58%)	$7,822
2017-18	2,624 (83%)	$16,959	933 (30%)	$4,264	1,843 (59%)	$7,524
2018-19	2,609 (83%)	$17,927	884 (28%)	$4,456	1,713 (55%)	$7,416
2019-20	2,719 (85%)	$17,859	835 (26%)	$4,300	1,798 (56%)	$7,237
2020-21	2,998 (93%)	$17,675	851 (26%)	$4,507	1,609 (50%)	$7,609
2021-22	3,168 (100%)	$16,826	734 (23%)	$4,528	1,538 (48%)	$7,260
Average	2,561 (85.67%)	$16,789	805 (27.00%)	$4,367	1,678 (56.56%)	$7,383

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 553 (90.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $17,163. It can cover 39.41% of tuition & fees ($43,550).

In addition, 346 (56.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,697).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	541 (84%)	$14,054	387 (60%)	$7,635
2014-15	489 (83%)	$15,065	370 (63%)	$7,786
2015-16	512 (85%)	$16,716	356 (59%)	$7,717
2016-17	531 (89%)	$16,687	357 (60%)	$7,067
2017-18	548 (89%)	$17,614	365 (59%)	$7,676
2018-19	585 (89%)	$17,848	353 (54%)	$7,531
2019-20	559 (91%)	$18,692	347 (57%)	$8,237
2020-21	553 (100%)	$18,365	255 (46%)	$8,117
2021-22	662 (100%)	$19,422	323 (49%)	$7,511
Average	553 (90.00%)	$17,163	346 (56.33%)	$7,697

^*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, 127 (20.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,556.

In addition, 134 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (21.89 % 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	157 (24%)	$4,231	23 (4%)	$1,148	147 (23%)	$8,295	527 (82%)	$10,803
2014-15	151 (26%)	$4,368	33 (6%)	$1,164	159 (27%)	$7,936	476 (81%)	$11,359
2015-16	154 (26%)	$4,404	20 (3%)	$1,170	140 (23%)	$8,346	505 (84%)	$13,245
2016-17	132 (22%)	$4,383	17 (3%)	$1,456	134 (23%)	$8,582	531 (89%)	$13,386
2017-18	117 (19%)	$4,361	18 (3%)	$1,375	144 (23%)	$8,545	547 (89%)	$14,418
2018-19	127 (19%)	$4,785	27 (4%)	$1,444	136 (21%)	$8,249	585 (89%)	$14,824
2019-20	100 (16%)	$4,927	101 (17%)	$2,000	118 (19%)	$8,826	559 (91%)	$15,586
2020-21	104 (19%)	$4,526	96 (17%)	$2,540	111 (20%)	$8,783	553 (100%)	$15,310
2021-22	98 (15%)	$5,021	662 (100%)	$1,161	117 (18%)	$8,769	626 (95%)	$16,886
Average	127 (20.67%)	$4,556	111 (17.44%)	$1,495	134 (21.89%)	$8,481	545 (88.89%)	$13,980

^*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, 346 (56.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $346.

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	387 (60%)	$7,635	381 (59%)	$5,691	48 (7%)	$16,385
2014-15	370 (63%)	$7,786	368 (63%)	$5,735	43 (7%)	$17,915
2015-16	356 (59%)	$7,717	353 (59%)	$5,406	47 (8%)	$17,855
2016-17	357 (60%)	$7,067	354 (60%)	$5,350	32 (5%)	$19,653
2017-18	365 (59%)	$7,676	364 (59%)	$5,401	50 (8%)	$16,712
2018-19	353 (54%)	$7,531	349 (53%)	$5,212	42 (6%)	$19,984
2019-20	347 (57%)	$8,237	340 (56%)	$5,351	48 (8%)	$21,640
2020-21	255 (46%)	$8,117	248 (45%)	$5,325	34 (6%)	$22,040
2021-22	323 (49%)	$7,511	320 (48%)	$5,195	33 (5%)	$23,135
Average	346 (56.33%)	$7,697	342 (55.78%)	$5,407	42 (6.67%)	$19,480

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at PLNU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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