How UAA'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 University of Alaska Anchorage since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 6,198, which is 44.33 % of all undergraduate students. 3,110 students which is 21.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,687.

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	6,973 (42%)	$4,881	3,994 (24%)	$3,527	4,433 (26%)	$6,934
2014-15	7,039 (43%)	$5,177	3,896 (24%)	$3,548	4,012 (25%)	$6,796
2015-16	6,661 (42%)	$5,145	3,509 (22%)	$3,538	3,668 (23%)	$6,749
2016-17	6,603 (42%)	$5,201	3,359 (22%)	$3,561	3,592 (23%)	$6,723
2017-18	6,506 (44%)	$5,546	3,372 (23%)	$3,742	3,355 (22%)	$6,688
2018-19	6,217 (45%)	$5,934	3,239 (23%)	$4,042	2,959 (21%)	$6,577
2019-20	5,288 (44%)	$6,504	2,812 (23%)	$4,107	2,413 (20%)	$6,450
2020-21	5,124 (45%)	$6,393	2,264 (20%)	$4,022	1,934 (17%)	$6,623
2021-22	5,375 (52%)	$6,993	1,980 (19%)	$4,025	1,624 (16%)	$6,647
Average	6,198 (44.33%)	$5,753	3,158 (22.22%)	$3,790	3,110 (21.44%)	$6,687

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 846 (74.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,856. It can cover 31.61% of tuition & fees ($21,693) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 297 (25.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,519).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,031 (73%)	$5,660	445 (31%)	$5,419
2014-15	986 (71%)	$6,188	371 (27%)	$5,535
2015-16	939 (70%)	$6,086	303 (23%)	$5,170
2016-17	925 (70%)	$6,207	370 (28%)	$5,184
2017-18	985 (73%)	$6,473	359 (27%)	$5,535
2018-19	849 (74%)	$7,055	303 (26%)	$5,678
2019-20	718 (71%)	$7,584	246 (24%)	$5,463
2020-21	583 (80%)	$7,523	142 (20%)	$5,628
2021-22	596 (90%)	$8,929	134 (20%)	$6,063
Average	846 (74.67%)	$6,856	297 (25.11%)	$5,519

^*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, 382 (33.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,392.

In addition, 590 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (52.44 % 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	495 (35%)	$4,103	123 (9%)	$344	617 (44%)	$3,567	628 (44%)	$2,486
2014-15	473 (34%)	$4,139	61 (4%)	$826	697 (50%)	$3,479	475 (34%)	$3,513
2015-16	399 (30%)	$4,128	50 (4%)	$777	666 (50%)	$3,655	399 (30%)	$3,998
2016-17	407 (31%)	$4,083	67 (5%)	$925	657 (50%)	$3,833	403 (30%)	$3,720
2017-18	440 (33%)	$4,326	23 (2%)	$870	692 (51%)	$4,023	457 (34%)	$3,650
2018-19	416 (36%)	$4,674	54 (5%)	$972	591 (51%)	$4,364	421 (37%)	$3,357
2019-20	377 (37%)	$4,670	345 (34%)	$1,166	517 (51%)	$4,279	245 (24%)	$4,369
2020-21	210 (29%)	$4,541	154 (21%)	$2,085	448 (62%)	$4,524	275 (38%)	$3,943
2021-22	220 (33%)	$4,861	263 (40%)	$4,744	422 (63%)	$4,392	487 (73%)	$2,364
Average	382 (33.11%)	$4,392	127 (13.78%)	$1,412	590 (52.44%)	$4,013	421 (38.22%)	$3,489

^*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, 297 (25.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $297.

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	445 (31%)	$5,419	438 (31%)	$5,232	23 (2%)	$5,207
2014-15	371 (27%)	$5,535	369 (27%)	$5,028	16 (1%)	$12,385
2015-16	303 (23%)	$5,170	297 (22%)	$4,797	13 (1%)	$10,904
2016-17	370 (28%)	$5,184	365 (28%)	$4,738	22 (2%)	$8,576
2017-18	359 (27%)	$5,535	351 (26%)	$4,890	30 (2%)	$9,018
2018-19	303 (26%)	$5,678	289 (25%)	$4,965	25 (2%)	$11,428
2019-20	246 (24%)	$5,463	241 (24%)	$4,503	23 (2%)	$11,252
2020-21	142 (20%)	$5,628	138 (19%)	$4,913	10 (1%)	$12,115
2021-22	134 (20%)	$6,063	129 (19%)	$5,144	13 (2%)	$11,450
Average	297 (25.11%)	$5,519	291 (24.56%)	$4,912	19 (1.67%)	$10,259

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UAA

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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