How UA Fort Smith'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-Fort Smith since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 5,000, which is 78.22 % of all undergraduate students. 2,285 students which is 35.56% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,696.

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	5,215 (73%)	$6,150	3,638 (51%)	$4,002	2,734 (38%)	$4,898
2014-15	4,934 (72%)	$6,241	3,291 (48%)	$4,167	2,504 (37%)	$4,851
2015-16	4,856 (72%)	$6,690	3,178 (47%)	$4,677	2,417 (36%)	$4,853
2016-17	4,873 (74%)	$5,757	2,951 (45%)	$4,135	2,488 (38%)	$6,051
2017-18	4,817 (73%)	$5,865	2,872 (43%)	$4,429	2,420 (37%)	$6,034
2018-19	4,908 (75%)	$6,025	2,750 (42%)	$4,454	2,295 (35%)	$6,000
2019-20	5,344 (86%)	$6,210	2,606 (42%)	$4,572	2,213 (36%)	$6,100
2020-21	5,094 (87%)	$7,650	2,412 (41%)	$4,610	1,902 (33%)	$6,155
2021-22	4,955 (92%)	$7,558	2,170 (40%)	$4,772	1,596 (30%)	$6,319
Average	5,000 (78.22%)	$6,461	2,874 (44.33%)	$4,424	2,285 (35.56%)	$5,696

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 918 (93.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,939. It can cover 50.39% of tuition & fees ($13,770) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 361 (36.44 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,530).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,185 (94%)	$6,331	423 (33%)	$3,638
2014-15	1,042 (92%)	$6,474	418 (37%)	$3,824
2015-16	956 (93%)	$6,644	372 (36%)	$3,899
2016-17	863 (92%)	$5,547	385 (41%)	$4,860
2017-18	936 (89%)	$5,617	428 (41%)	$4,637
2018-19	908 (89%)	$6,198	398 (39%)	$5,156
2019-20	851 (97%)	$8,752	339 (39%)	$4,758
2020-21	780 (97%)	$8,604	276 (34%)	$5,122
2021-22	745 (100%)	$8,283	211 (28%)	$4,876
Average	918 (93.67%)	$6,939	361 (36.44%)	$4,530

^*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, 572 (57.56 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,679.

In addition, 593 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (59.56 % 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	777 (61%)	$4,209	102 (8%)	$537	790 (62%)	$1,959	592 (47%)	$4,442
2014-15	706 (62%)	$4,307	123 (11%)	$443	723 (64%)	$2,014	501 (44%)	$4,379
2015-16	638 (62%)	$4,635	65 (6%)	$564	697 (68%)	$2,168	496 (48%)	$3,724
2016-17	525 (56%)	$4,502	54 (6%)	$606	593 (63%)	$1,201	439 (47%)	$3,825
2017-18	602 (57%)	$4,758	89 (8%)	$716	585 (56%)	$1,067	461 (44%)	$3,700
2018-19	561 (55%)	$4,683	89 (9%)	$706	586 (57%)	$1,146	596 (58%)	$3,802
2019-20	507 (58%)	$4,947	721 (82%)	$1,044	563 (64%)	$1,128	647 (74%)	$5,489
2020-21	430 (53%)	$4,873	640 (79%)	$1,851	423 (52%)	$1,160	521 (65%)	$5,643
2021-22	406 (54%)	$5,195	745 (100%)	$1,538	373 (50%)	$1,178	583 (78%)	$4,247
Average	572 (57.56%)	$4,679	292 (34.33%)	$889	593 (59.56%)	$1,447	537 (56.11%)	$4,361

^*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, 361 (36.44 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $361.

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	423 (33%)	$3,638	422 (33%)	$3,605	5 (0%)	$3,540
2014-15	418 (37%)	$3,824	415 (37%)	$3,692	7 (1%)	$9,480
2015-16	372 (36%)	$3,899	372 (36%)	$3,736	12 (1%)	$5,057
2016-17	385 (41%)	$4,860	381 (40%)	$4,599	16 (2%)	$7,438
2017-18	428 (41%)	$4,637	427 (41%)	$4,406	16 (2%)	$6,437
2018-19	398 (39%)	$5,156	390 (38%)	$4,716	27 (3%)	$7,877
2019-20	339 (39%)	$4,758	336 (38%)	$4,535	13 (1%)	$6,866
2020-21	276 (34%)	$5,122	267 (33%)	$4,692	20 (2%)	$8,042
2021-22	211 (28%)	$4,876	210 (28%)	$4,749	4 (1%)	$7,875
Average	361 (36.44%)	$4,530	358 (36.00%)	$4,303	13 (1.63%)	$6,957

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UA Fort Smith

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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