How TTU'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 Technological University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 7,577, which is 81.44 % of all undergraduate students. 3,987 students which is 42.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,456.

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	8,038 (80%)	$8,553	3,640 (36%)	$4,071	4,529 (45%)	$5,393
2014-15	8,309 (81%)	$9,111	3,531 (34%)	$4,117	4,484 (43%)	$5,584
2015-16	7,828 (80%)	$9,030	3,353 (34%)	$4,095	4,196 (43%)	$5,525
2016-17	7,376 (78%)	$8,185	3,261 (35%)	$4,144	4,054 (43%)	$5,495
2017-18	7,446 (80%)	$8,123	3,399 (36%)	$4,430	4,093 (44%)	$5,465
2018-19	6,984 (78%)	$8,131	3,200 (36%)	$4,408	3,920 (44%)	$5,313
2019-20	7,777 (87%)	$7,613	3,041 (34%)	$4,520	3,856 (43%)	$5,376
2020-21	7,808 (89%)	$7,152	2,869 (33%)	$4,527	3,544 (40%)	$5,269
2021-22	6,629 (80%)	$9,243	2,647 (32%)	$4,653	3,204 (39%)	$5,684
Average	7,577 (81.44%)	$8,349	3,216 (34.44%)	$4,329	3,987 (42.67%)	$5,456

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,674 (95.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,438. It can cover 41.95% of tuition & fees ($20,116) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 813 (46.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,658).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,959 (91%)	$7,929	974 (45%)	$4,715
2014-15	1,782 (95%)	$8,437	850 (45%)	$5,176
2015-16	1,508 (96%)	$8,937	690 (44%)	$5,143
2016-17	1,503 (94%)	$9,050	713 (45%)	$5,383
2017-18	1,676 (96%)	$8,366	866 (49%)	$5,892
2018-19	1,791 (96%)	$7,777	933 (50%)	$5,442
2019-20	1,647 (98%)	$8,481	816 (48%)	$6,143
2020-21	1,619 (95%)	$8,492	753 (44%)	$6,259
2021-22	1,584 (96%)	$8,471	724 (44%)	$6,766
Average	1,674 (95.22%)	$8,438	813 (46.00%)	$5,658

^*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, 654 (37.00 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,476.

In addition, 1,558 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (88.44 % 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	814 (38%)	$4,140	292 (14%)	$437	1,847 (85%)	$5,000	673 (31%)	$4,160
2014-15	695 (37%)	$4,276	128 (7%)	$466	1,672 (89%)	$4,907	798 (43%)	$4,760
2015-16	586 (37%)	$4,255	179 (11%)	$413	1,398 (89%)	$4,595	830 (53%)	$5,404
2016-17	595 (37%)	$4,360	163 (10%)	$430	1,403 (88%)	$4,699	836 (53%)	$5,197
2017-18	680 (39%)	$4,512	153 (9%)	$453	1,575 (90%)	$4,406	817 (47%)	$4,828
2018-19	688 (37%)	$4,574	112 (6%)	$731	1,686 (90%)	$4,220	896 (48%)	$4,001
2019-20	645 (38%)	$4,704	1,469 (87%)	$614	1,485 (88%)	$4,263	798 (47%)	$4,640
2020-21	623 (36%)	$4,579	111 (6%)	$792	1,504 (88%)	$4,123	996 (58%)	$4,626
2021-22	559 (34%)	$4,881	130 (8%)	$919	1,455 (89%)	$4,321	1,127 (69%)	$3,801
Average	654 (37.00%)	$4,476	304 (17.56%)	$584	1,558 (88.44%)	$4,504	863 (49.89%)	$4,602

^*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, 813 (46.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $813.

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	974 (45%)	$4,715	969 (45%)	$4,309	47 (2%)	$8,872
2014-15	850 (45%)	$5,176	837 (45%)	$4,598	60 (3%)	$9,183
2015-16	690 (44%)	$5,143	682 (43%)	$4,476	56 (4%)	$8,860
2016-17	713 (45%)	$5,383	707 (44%)	$4,441	73 (5%)	$9,558
2017-18	866 (49%)	$5,892	846 (48%)	$4,317	125 (7%)	$11,602
2018-19	933 (50%)	$5,442	915 (49%)	$4,203	118 (6%)	$10,438
2019-20	816 (48%)	$6,143	798 (47%)	$4,639	122 (7%)	$10,742
2020-21	753 (44%)	$6,259	740 (43%)	$4,896	101 (6%)	$10,795
2021-22	724 (44%)	$6,766	713 (43%)	$4,940	112 (7%)	$12,293
Average	813 (46.00%)	$5,658	801 (45.22%)	$4,535	90 (5.22%)	$10,260

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at TTU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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