How San Diego 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 San Diego State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 16,098, which is 53.78 % of all undergraduate students. 8,340 students which is 28.22% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,461.

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	13,117 (48%)	$9,663	10,779 (40%)	$4,416	9,980 (37%)	$6,317
2014-15	16,613 (59%)	$7,646	10,688 (38%)	$4,479	9,583 (34%)	$6,412
2015-16	15,815 (54%)	$8,038	10,659 (36%)	$4,509	9,301 (32%)	$6,451
2016-17	15,503 (52%)	$8,043	10,284 (34%)	$4,503	9,210 (31%)	$6,492
2017-18	15,528 (51%)	$8,370	10,283 (34%)	$4,717	8,557 (28%)	$6,407
2018-19	16,285 (53%)	$8,368	10,079 (33%)	$4,889	8,372 (27%)	$6,328
2019-20	16,317 (53%)	$9,481	10,034 (33%)	$5,349	7,868 (26%)	$6,479
2020-21	16,595 (53%)	$9,279	10,220 (32%)	$5,184	6,191 (20%)	$6,606
2021-22	19,108 (61%)	$8,114	10,105 (32%)	$5,229	6,002 (19%)	$6,659
Average	16,098 (53.78%)	$8,556	10,348 (34.67%)	$4,808	8,340 (28.22%)	$6,461

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 2,375 (47.56 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,547. It can cover 42.37% of tuition & fees ($20,170) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 1,484 (29.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,699).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,960 (44%)	$10,103	1,658 (37%)	$5,972
2014-15	2,788 (58%)	$6,927	1,730 (36%)	$6,149
2015-16	2,599 (52%)	$7,436	1,637 (33%)	$6,495
2016-17	2,121 (44%)	$7,549	1,529 (32%)	$6,485
2017-18	2,357 (46%)	$8,006	1,573 (31%)	$6,527
2018-19	2,635 (47%)	$8,507	1,708 (30%)	$6,796
2019-20	2,441 (47%)	$9,431	1,494 (29%)	$7,017
2020-21	2,249 (47%)	$9,026	905 (19%)	$6,608
2021-22	2,228 (43%)	$9,934	1,126 (22%)	$8,240
Average	2,375 (47.56%)	$8,547	1,484 (29.89%)	$6,699

^*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, 1,301 (26.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,019.

In addition, 1,939 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (39.00 % 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	1,464 (33%)	$4,589	80 (2%)	$938	1,505 (34%)	$3,332	1,208 (27%)	$6,617
2014-15	1,340 (28%)	$4,643	99 (2%)	$1,712	2,429 (51%)	$2,468	1,122 (23%)	$6,174
2015-16	1,367 (28%)	$4,654	127 (3%)	$1,875	2,105 (42%)	$2,724	1,156 (23%)	$6,049
2016-17	1,146 (24%)	$4,682	122 (3%)	$1,668	1,666 (35%)	$2,492	992 (21%)	$6,342
2017-18	1,219 (24%)	$4,967	325 (6%)	$1,184	2,029 (40%)	$2,790	1,014 (20%)	$6,677
2018-19	1,399 (25%)	$5,041	392 (7%)	$1,214	2,238 (40%)	$2,901	1,143 (20%)	$7,345
2019-20	1,333 (26%)	$5,481	239 (5%)	$1,178	2,118 (41%)	$2,744	1,288 (25%)	$7,471
2020-21	1,202 (25%)	$5,474	95 (2%)	$1,977	1,706 (36%)	$3,328	1,198 (25%)	$6,557
2021-22	1,243 (24%)	$5,637	302 (6%)	$2,177	1,659 (32%)	$3,167	1,183 (23%)	$7,789
Average	1,301 (26.33%)	$5,019	198 (4.00%)	$1,547	1,939 (39.00%)	$2,883	1,145 (23.00%)	$6,780

^*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, 1,484 (29.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $1,484.

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	1,658 (37%)	$5,972	1,647 (37%)	$5,112	102 (2%)	$14,526
2014-15	1,730 (36%)	$6,149	1,707 (36%)	$5,303	105 (2%)	$15,103
2015-16	1,637 (33%)	$6,495	1,610 (32%)	$5,271	129 (3%)	$16,640
2016-17	1,529 (32%)	$6,485	1,485 (31%)	$5,219	132 (3%)	$16,403
2017-18	1,573 (31%)	$6,527	1,533 (30%)	$5,152	132 (3%)	$17,945
2018-19	1,708 (30%)	$6,796	1,650 (29%)	$5,136	167 (3%)	$18,759
2019-20	1,494 (29%)	$7,017	1,424 (27%)	$5,152	147 (3%)	$21,405
2020-21	905 (19%)	$6,608	869 (18%)	$5,015	75 (2%)	$21,638
2021-22	1,126 (22%)	$8,240	1,037 (20%)	$5,167	165 (3%)	$23,759
Average	1,484 (29.89%)	$6,699	1,440 (28.89%)	$5,170	128 (2.67%)	$18,464

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at San Diego State

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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