How Portland State'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 Portland State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 10,634, which is 51.33 % of all undergraduate students. 8,964 students which is 42.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,421.

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	11,347 (49%)	$6,022	9,319 (41%)	$4,053	11,789 (51%)	$8,009
2014-15	11,016 (50%)	$5,918	9,151 (41%)	$4,033	10,314 (47%)	$7,699
2015-16	11,145 (50%)	$5,983	8,898 (40%)	$3,972	10,633 (47%)	$7,563
2016-17	10,598 (49%)	$6,317	8,244 (38%)	$3,994	9,944 (46%)	$7,479
2017-18	10,372 (49%)	$6,719	8,175 (39%)	$4,155	8,968 (42%)	$7,325
2018-19	10,492 (52%)	$7,253	8,321 (41%)	$4,441	8,474 (42%)	$7,325
2019-20	10,911 (54%)	$7,423	7,920 (39%)	$4,446	7,634 (38%)	$7,185
2020-21	9,154 (49%)	$7,700	7,317 (39%)	$4,408	6,785 (36%)	$7,150
2021-22	10,669 (60%)	$8,819	7,051 (40%)	$4,485	6,139 (35%)	$7,055
Average	10,634 (51.33%)	$6,906	8,266 (39.78%)	$4,221	8,964 (42.67%)	$7,421

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,157 (72.11 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,994. It can cover 28.29% of tuition & fees ($28,257) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 705 (43.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,165).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	999 (66%)	$7,684	718 (47%)	$6,407
2014-15	1,161 (74%)	$7,004	785 (50%)	$6,323
2015-16	1,092 (68%)	$7,014	823 (51%)	$6,025
2016-17	1,039 (67%)	$6,772	747 (48%)	$6,430
2017-18	1,359 (75%)	$7,760	820 (45%)	$6,142
2018-19	1,251 (71%)	$7,519	717 (41%)	$6,550
2019-20	1,133 (72%)	$9,015	553 (35%)	$6,059
2020-21	997 (70%)	$9,424	576 (40%)	$5,682
2021-22	1,382 (86%)	$9,750	606 (38%)	$5,868
Average	1,157 (72.11%)	$7,994	705 (43.89%)	$6,165

^*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, 784 (49.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,505.

In addition, 570 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (35.56 % 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	655 (43%)	$4,530	131 (9%)	$1,844	453 (30%)	$1,864	686 (45%)	$5,282
2014-15	708 (45%)	$4,308	114 (7%)	$1,520	462 (29%)	$1,876	848 (54%)	$4,766
2015-16	666 (42%)	$4,478	348 (22%)	$296	450 (28%)	$1,954	844 (53%)	$4,377
2016-17	606 (39%)	$4,329	275 (18%)	$294	394 (26%)	$2,060	854 (55%)	$4,123
2017-18	947 (53%)	$4,499	332 (18%)	$487	683 (38%)	$2,107	1,186 (66%)	$3,950
2018-19	896 (51%)	$4,545	360 (20%)	$463	645 (36%)	$2,989	931 (53%)	$3,478
2019-20	845 (54%)	$4,663	579 (37%)	$1,040	640 (41%)	$3,039	890 (56%)	$4,187
2020-21	827 (58%)	$4,508	333 (23%)	$504	604 (42%)	$3,255	817 (57%)	$4,325
2021-22	909 (57%)	$4,688	1,181 (74%)	$2,544	799 (50%)	$3,206	882 (55%)	$4,135
Average	784 (49.11%)	$4,505	406 (25.33%)	$999	570 (35.56%)	$2,483	882 (54.89%)	$4,291

^*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, 705 (43.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $705.

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	718 (47%)	$6,407	714 (47%)	$5,391	60 (4%)	$12,514
2014-15	785 (50%)	$6,323	776 (49%)	$5,098	78 (5%)	$12,921
2015-16	823 (51%)	$6,025	811 (51%)	$4,927	73 (5%)	$13,183
2016-17	747 (48%)	$6,430	734 (48%)	$4,760	82 (5%)	$15,973
2017-18	820 (45%)	$6,142	805 (45%)	$4,766	81 (4%)	$14,817
2018-19	717 (41%)	$6,550	697 (39%)	$4,817	85 (5%)	$15,755
2019-20	553 (35%)	$6,059	544 (35%)	$4,632	60 (4%)	$13,848
2020-21	576 (40%)	$5,682	570 (40%)	$4,437	44 (3%)	$16,901
2021-22	606 (38%)	$5,868	597 (37%)	$4,600	53 (3%)	$15,285
Average	705 (43.89%)	$6,165	694 (43.44%)	$4,825	68 (4.22%)	$14,577

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Portland State

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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