How Ashford'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 Ashford University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 30,602, which is 84.22 % of all undergraduate students. 21,140 students which is 56.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,488.

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	41,307 (81%)	$4,237	30,254 (59%)	$3,604	36,662 (72%)	$7,744
2014-15	35,783 (79%)	$4,235	25,714 (57%)	$3,644	30,822 (68%)	$7,209
2015-16	28,643 (77%)	$4,830	20,187 (54%)	$3,643	22,725 (61%)	$7,673
2016-17	29,579 (82%)	$5,219	21,232 (59%)	$3,795	23,485 (65%)	$7,636
2017-18	27,021 (86%)	$5,577	17,788 (56%)	$4,133	19,549 (62%)	$7,784
2018-19	24,568 (86%)	$6,217	14,672 (51%)	$4,129	16,261 (57%)	$7,632
2019-20	23,069 (86%)	$6,545	11,818 (44%)	$4,086	13,161 (49%)	$7,465
2020-21	34,973 (89%)	$5,486	13,874 (35%)	$3,951	15,219 (39%)	$7,200
2021-22	30,472 (92%)	$5,749	11,094 (34%)	$3,864	12,373 (37%)	$7,049
Average	30,602 (84.22%)	$5,344	18,515 (49.89%)	$3,872	21,140 (56.67%)	$7,488

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 655 (90.56 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,217. It can cover 39.64% of tuition & fees ($13,160).

In addition, 538 (74.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,752).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	866 (100%)	$6,670	758 (88%)	$7,632
2014-15	721 (92%)	$7,208	678 (87%)	$7,017
2015-16	544 (86%)	$4,693	527 (84%)	$7,214
2016-17	592 (81%)	$4,616	578 (79%)	$6,769
2017-18	502 (87%)	$4,183	426 (74%)	$6,288
2018-19	479 (84%)	$4,701	389 (68%)	$6,717
2019-20	521 (92%)	$4,955	369 (65%)	$6,471
2020-21	882 (93%)	$4,803	587 (62%)	$6,400
2021-22	787 (100%)	$5,121	527 (67%)	$6,256
Average	655 (90.56%)	$5,217	538 (74.89%)	$6,752

^*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, 520 (72.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,424.

In addition, 11 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (2.00 % 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	740 (85%)	$4,842	106 (12%)	$542	21 (2%)	$724	866 (100%)	$2,449
2014-15	639 (82%)	$4,998	129 (17%)	$525	-	-	202 (26%)	$9,582
2015-16	508 (81%)	$4,366	184 (29%)	$360	-	-	70 (11%)	$3,842
2016-17	535 (73%)	$4,321	82 (11%)	$504	1 (0%)	$935	114 (16%)	$3,317
2017-18	410 (71%)	$4,080	61 (11%)	$465	-	-	135 (23%)	$2,954
2018-19	366 (64%)	$4,357	48 (8%)	$456	-	-	144 (25%)	$4,412
2019-20	367 (65%)	$4,327	141 (25%)	$454	-	-	227 (40%)	$4,096
2020-21	575 (60%)	$4,285	294 (31%)	$652	-	-	705 (74%)	$2,242
2021-22	538 (68%)	$4,240	214 (27%)	$734	-	-	787 (100%)	$2,023
Average	520 (72.11%)	$4,424	140 (19.00%)	$521	11 (2.00%)	$830	361 (46.11%)	$3,880

^*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, 538 (74.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $538.

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	758 (88%)	$7,632	758 (88%)	$7,632	-	-
2014-15	678 (87%)	$7,017	678 (87%)	$7,017	-	-
2015-16	527 (84%)	$7,214	527 (84%)	$7,214	-	-
2016-17	578 (79%)	$6,769	578 (79%)	$6,769	-	-
2017-18	426 (74%)	$6,288	426 (74%)	$6,288	-	-
2018-19	389 (68%)	$6,717	389 (68%)	$6,717	-	-
2019-20	369 (65%)	$6,471	369 (65%)	$6,471	-	-
2020-21	587 (62%)	$6,400	587 (62%)	$6,400	-	-
2021-22	527 (67%)	$6,256	527 (67%)	$6,256	-	-
Average	538 (74.89%)	$6,752	538 (74.89%)	$6,752	-	-

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Ashford

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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