How Tennessee 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 Tennessee State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 5,198, which is 80.89 % of all undergraduate students. 3,928 students which is 60.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,178.

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	5,530 (81%)	$8,090	4,409 (65%)	$4,303	4,927 (72%)	$7,749
2014-15	5,785 (83%)	$9,277	4,350 (62%)	$4,330	4,813 (69%)	$8,018
2015-16	5,625 (82%)	$9,929	4,048 (59%)	$4,651	4,669 (68%)	$7,519
2016-17	5,142 (77%)	$8,555	3,750 (56%)	$4,491	4,267 (64%)	$7,375
2017-18	4,951 (78%)	$9,216	3,734 (59%)	$5,017	4,224 (66%)	$7,299
2018-19	4,704 (77%)	$9,344	3,336 (55%)	$4,846	3,820 (62%)	$7,033
2019-20	4,652 (83%)	$9,690	3,180 (56%)	$5,355	3,384 (60%)	$6,873
2020-21	4,521 (75%)	$9,457	2,933 (49%)	$4,724	2,807 (47%)	$6,535
2021-22	5,874 (92%)	$14,392	2,974 (47%)	$4,932	2,442 (38%)	$6,200
Average	5,198 (80.89%)	$9,772	3,635 (56.44%)	$4,739	3,928 (60.67%)	$7,178

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,178 (85.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $10,490. It can cover 47.07% of tuition & fees ($22,284) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 928 (68.22 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,994).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,143 (86%)	$9,494	957 (72%)	$6,650
2014-15	1,149 (83%)	$9,180	961 (70%)	$7,179
2015-16	1,190 (85%)	$9,096	1,075 (77%)	$6,852
2016-17	1,164 (88%)	$8,597	1,038 (79%)	$6,852
2017-18	1,233 (87%)	$9,394	1,141 (80%)	$6,675
2018-19	981 (82%)	$8,950	955 (79%)	$8,056
2019-20	1,061 (89%)	$10,620	836 (70%)	$6,782
2020-21	1,142 (70%)	$11,763	727 (45%)	$6,369
2021-22	1,543 (98%)	$17,315	665 (42%)	$7,527
Average	1,178 (85.33%)	$10,490	928 (68.22%)	$6,994

^*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, 926 (67.56 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,889.

In addition, 433 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (31.67 % 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	972 (73%)	$4,658	185 (14%)	$2,262	513 (39%)	$4,309	395 (30%)	$9,354
2014-15	975 (71%)	$4,559	208 (15%)	$2,503	512 (37%)	$4,181	477 (35%)	$7,215
2015-16	982 (70%)	$4,955	187 (13%)	$3,254	516 (37%)	$3,913	443 (32%)	$7,519
2016-17	968 (73%)	$4,702	153 (12%)	$2,885	452 (34%)	$3,664	508 (39%)	$6,609
2017-18	1,033 (73%)	$4,948	167 (12%)	$2,984	436 (31%)	$4,358	488 (34%)	$8,347
2018-19	815 (68%)	$4,770	165 (14%)	$2,922	297 (25%)	$4,492	485 (40%)	$6,342
2019-20	824 (69%)	$5,367	172 (14%)	$2,977	392 (33%)	$4,412	632 (53%)	$7,283
2020-21	835 (52%)	$4,724	432 (27%)	$5,767	363 (22%)	$4,053	741 (46%)	$7,457
2021-22	930 (59%)	$5,318	1,536 (98%)	$8,954	420 (27%)	$4,351	772 (49%)	$8,020
Average	926 (67.56%)	$4,889	356 (24.33%)	$3,834	433 (31.67%)	$4,193	549 (39.78%)	$7,572

^*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, 928 (68.22 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $928.

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	957 (72%)	$6,650	954 (72%)	$6,332	29 (2%)	$11,155
2014-15	961 (70%)	$7,179	961 (70%)	$6,810	28 (2%)	$12,658
2015-16	1,075 (77%)	$6,852	1,073 (77%)	$6,331	49 (4%)	$11,682
2016-17	1,038 (79%)	$6,852	1,034 (78%)	$6,340	50 (4%)	$11,129
2017-18	1,141 (80%)	$6,675	1,139 (80%)	$6,161	46 (3%)	$13,021
2018-19	955 (79%)	$8,056	944 (78%)	$7,064	78 (6%)	$13,147
2019-20	836 (70%)	$6,782	828 (70%)	$5,994	55 (5%)	$12,852
2020-21	727 (45%)	$6,369	719 (44%)	$5,525	39 (2%)	$16,866
2021-22	665 (42%)	$7,527	652 (42%)	$5,279	117 (7%)	$13,361
Average	928 (68.22%)	$6,994	923 (67.89%)	$6,204	55 (3.89%)	$12,875

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Tennessee State

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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