How UA Little Rock'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 Arkansas at Little Rock since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 4,828, which is 57.89 % of all undergraduate students. 3,691 students which is 43.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,754.

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	5,557 (56%)	$6,601	3,929 (39%)	$3,902	4,761 (48%)	$6,853
2014-15	5,319 (57%)	$6,774	3,754 (40%)	$3,930	4,412 (47%)	$6,725
2015-16	5,215 (54%)	$6,935	3,637 (38%)	$3,956	4,257 (44%)	$7,172
2016-17	5,143 (55%)	$7,265	3,478 (37%)	$4,321	4,002 (43%)	$8,344
2017-18	4,781 (51%)	$7,787	3,364 (36%)	$4,622	3,785 (41%)	$8,383
2018-19	4,454 (54%)	$8,019	3,209 (39%)	$4,782	3,593 (43%)	$8,524
2019-20	4,637 (61%)	$7,773	3,008 (39%)	$4,874	3,291 (43%)	$8,647
2020-21	4,835 (74%)	$7,391	2,795 (43%)	$4,403	2,847 (43%)	$7,645
2021-22	3,510 (59%)	$7,915	2,370 (40%)	$4,428	2,274 (38%)	$7,491
Average	4,828 (57.89%)	$7,384	3,283 (39.00%)	$4,358	3,691 (43.33%)	$7,754

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 583 (92.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,968. It can cover 40.64% of tuition & fees ($22,067) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 345 (53.22 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,035).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	579 (91%)	$9,567	365 (58%)	$5,653
2014-15	656 (94%)	$9,357	406 (58%)	$5,081
2015-16	751 (92%)	$8,978	468 (57%)	$5,518
2016-17	692 (90%)	$8,329	453 (59%)	$6,598
2017-18	655 (91%)	$7,783	430 (60%)	$6,778
2018-19	497 (89%)	$7,815	330 (59%)	$7,142
2019-20	534 (95%)	$8,947	286 (51%)	$6,466
2020-21	472 (96%)	$9,445	227 (46%)	$5,929
2021-22	409 (92%)	$10,494	138 (31%)	$5,154
Average	583 (92.22%)	$8,968	345 (53.22%)	$6,035

^*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, 351 (55.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,918.

In addition, 372 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (57.44 % 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	357 (56%)	$4,576	81 (13%)	$877	443 (70%)	$2,014	317 (50%)	$9,282
2014-15	377 (54%)	$4,645	82 (12%)	$891	478 (68%)	$2,029	390 (56%)	$8,574
2015-16	469 (57%)	$4,736	124 (15%)	$854	536 (66%)	$2,055	392 (48%)	$8,454
2016-17	422 (55%)	$4,748	104 (14%)	$899	477 (62%)	$1,296	405 (53%)	$7,527
2017-18	397 (55%)	$4,817	76 (11%)	$1,004	413 (58%)	$1,078	363 (51%)	$7,338
2018-19	333 (60%)	$4,980	93 (17%)	$813	295 (53%)	$1,344	254 (46%)	$6,906
2019-20	328 (58%)	$5,188	445 (79%)	$789	293 (52%)	$1,394	308 (55%)	$7,521
2020-21	251 (51%)	$5,272	386 (78%)	$1,043	220 (45%)	$1,307	341 (69%)	$7,169
2021-22	225 (50%)	$5,296	48 (11%)	$991	191 (43%)	$1,372	324 (73%)	$8,613
Average	351 (55.11%)	$4,918	160 (27.78%)	$907	372 (57.44%)	$1,543	344 (55.67%)	$7,932

^*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, 345 (53.22 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $345.

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	365 (58%)	$5,653	360 (57%)	$5,635	9 (1%)	$3,877
2014-15	406 (58%)	$5,081	403 (58%)	$4,945	11 (2%)	$6,336
2015-16	468 (57%)	$5,518	465 (57%)	$5,420	11 (1%)	$5,636
2016-17	453 (59%)	$6,598	451 (59%)	$6,483	10 (1%)	$6,491
2017-18	430 (60%)	$6,778	426 (59%)	$6,648	15 (2%)	$5,500
2018-19	330 (59%)	$7,142	329 (59%)	$6,948	14 (3%)	$5,055
2019-20	286 (51%)	$6,466	285 (51%)	$6,256	8 (1%)	$8,275
2020-21	227 (46%)	$5,929	223 (45%)	$5,576	10 (2%)	$10,227
2021-22	138 (31%)	$5,154	136 (30%)	$5,115	3 (1%)	$5,186
Average	345 (53.22%)	$6,035	342 (52.78%)	$5,892	10 (1.56%)	$6,287

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UA Little Rock

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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