How Shorter'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 Shorter University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,254, which is 89.56 % of all undergraduate students. 871 students which is 62.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,327.

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	1,443 (93%)	$12,971	717 (46%)	$4,199	1,036 (67%)	$7,793
2014-15	1,413 (97%)	$19,924	692 (47%)	$4,284	972 (67%)	$7,372
2015-16	1,292 (94%)	$20,816	647 (47%)	$4,403	873 (63%)	$7,643
2016-17	1,253 (88%)	$13,789	630 (44%)	$4,433	907 (64%)	$7,501
2017-18	1,179 (84%)	$13,455	627 (45%)	$4,698	866 (62%)	$7,226
2018-19	1,125 (83%)	$14,468	601 (44%)	$4,912	847 (63%)	$7,294
2019-20	1,130 (81%)	$15,442	538 (39%)	$5,042	830 (60%)	$7,082
2020-21	1,266 (97%)	$14,308	534 (41%)	$5,111	766 (59%)	$6,987
2021-22	1,181 (89%)	$17,678	530 (40%)	$5,425	745 (56%)	$7,041
Average	1,254 (89.56%)	$15,872	613 (43.67%)	$4,723	871 (62.33%)	$7,327

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 297 (99.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $16,036. It can cover 66.69% of tuition & fees ($24,044).

In addition, 206 (68.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,646).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	305 (99%)	$14,028	208 (68%)	$6,584
2014-15	287 (99%)	$15,014	197 (68%)	$7,087
2015-16	257 (99%)	$15,482	181 (70%)	$6,542
2016-17	315 (99%)	$15,046	225 (71%)	$7,145
2017-18	261 (99%)	$14,124	189 (72%)	$6,760
2018-19	320 (100%)	$15,037	246 (77%)	$6,365
2019-20	322 (99%)	$17,427	227 (70%)	$6,899
2020-21	296 (99%)	$18,107	193 (64%)	$6,373
2021-22	309 (100%)	$20,057	185 (60%)	$6,055
Average	297 (99.22%)	$16,036	206 (68.89%)	$6,646

^*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, 143 (48.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,592.

In addition, 234 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (78.33 % 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	131 (43%)	$4,281	56 (18%)	$857	241 (79%)	$2,711	297 (97%)	$10,156
2014-15	140 (48%)	$4,424	33 (11%)	$864	227 (79%)	$2,991	276 (96%)	$10,806
2015-16	134 (52%)	$4,310	41 (16%)	$915	212 (82%)	$3,288	251 (97%)	$10,624
2016-17	143 (45%)	$4,557	13 (4%)	$846	219 (69%)	$3,019	305 (96%)	$11,199
2017-18	134 (51%)	$4,442	17 (6%)	$853	203 (77%)	$3,135	242 (92%)	$10,084
2018-19	157 (49%)	$4,461	49 (15%)	$878	255 (79%)	$3,251	307 (96%)	$10,552
2019-20	155 (48%)	$4,859	271 (84%)	$922	265 (82%)	$3,583	314 (97%)	$11,653
2020-21	146 (49%)	$4,976	257 (86%)	$611	225 (75%)	$3,780	275 (92%)	$13,184
2021-22	149 (48%)	$5,019	309 (100%)	$1,499	258 (83%)	$3,980	299 (97%)	$13,243
Average	143 (48.11%)	$4,592	116 (37.78%)	$916	234 (78.33%)	$3,304	285 (95.56%)	$11,278

^*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, 206 (68.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $206.

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	208 (68%)	$6,584	208 (68%)	$6,019	16 (5%)	$7,347
2014-15	197 (68%)	$7,087	197 (68%)	$5,937	28 (10%)	$8,089
2015-16	181 (70%)	$6,542	181 (70%)	$5,840	21 (8%)	$6,053
2016-17	225 (71%)	$7,145	224 (71%)	$5,847	43 (14%)	$6,929
2017-18	189 (72%)	$6,760	188 (71%)	$5,341	31 (12%)	$8,823
2018-19	246 (77%)	$6,365	245 (76%)	$5,717	23 (7%)	$7,183
2019-20	227 (70%)	$6,899	224 (69%)	$5,786	31 (10%)	$8,707
2020-21	193 (64%)	$6,373	191 (64%)	$5,550	18 (6%)	$9,447
2021-22	185 (60%)	$6,055	185 (60%)	$5,383	18 (6%)	$6,905
Average	206 (68.89%)	$6,646	205 (68.56%)	$5,713	25 (8.67%)	$7,720

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Shorter

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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