How DU'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 Denver since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 4,792, which is 83.67 % of all undergraduate students. 2,028 students which is 35.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,721.

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	4,411 (80%)	$22,270	971 (18%)	$4,387	2,074 (38%)	$7,380
2014-15	4,518 (80%)	$23,696	969 (17%)	$4,428	2,152 (38%)	$7,280
2015-16	4,631 (80%)	$25,427	959 (17%)	$4,512	2,125 (37%)	$7,122
2016-17	4,638 (81%)	$26,666	885 (15%)	$4,364	2,037 (35%)	$7,172
2017-18	4,769 (83%)	$29,667	966 (17%)	$4,782	2,080 (36%)	$6,854
2018-19	4,882 (84%)	$30,364	942 (16%)	$5,027	1,986 (34%)	$6,301
2019-20	4,941 (86%)	$31,482	935 (16%)	$5,158	2,022 (35%)	$6,173
2020-21	4,988 (88%)	$31,796	890 (16%)	$5,089	1,911 (34%)	$6,187
2021-22	5,349 (91%)	$31,610	888 (15%)	$5,085	1,866 (32%)	$6,021
Average	4,792 (83.67%)	$28,109	934 (16.33%)	$4,759	2,028 (35.44%)	$6,721

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,270 (88.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $28,341. It can cover 47.76% of tuition & fees ($59,340).

In addition, 567 (39.78 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,957).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,141 (82%)	$22,101	522 (37%)	$8,197
2014-15	1,177 (83%)	$25,047	616 (44%)	$7,466
2015-16	1,200 (85%)	$26,800	583 (41%)	$7,421
2016-17	1,181 (86%)	$26,702	547 (40%)	$8,414
2017-18	1,296 (87%)	$30,531	605 (41%)	$8,504
2018-19	1,305 (89%)	$29,958	555 (38%)	$7,897
2019-20	1,192 (89%)	$31,305	548 (41%)	$7,885
2020-21	1,346 (98%)	$31,672	536 (39%)	$7,865
2021-22	1,589 (99%)	$30,954	593 (37%)	$7,961
Average	1,270 (88.67%)	$28,341	567 (39.78%)	$7,957

^*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, 230 (16.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,955.

In addition, 103 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (7.22 % 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	218 (16%)	$4,583	-	-	121 (9%)	$1,632	1,133 (81%)	$21,202
2014-15	221 (16%)	$4,485	28 (2%)	$2,857	86 (6%)	$2,258	1,165 (82%)	$24,219
2015-16	248 (18%)	$4,641	186 (13%)	$3,084	110 (8%)	$3,053	1,190 (84%)	$25,293
2016-17	201 (15%)	$4,490	80 (6%)	$2,913	110 (8%)	$3,983	1,167 (85%)	$25,674
2017-18	270 (18%)	$4,848	93 (6%)	$3,401	127 (9%)	$3,942	1,292 (87%)	$28,980
2018-19	228 (16%)	$5,164	85 (6%)	$3,898	116 (8%)	$3,591	1,300 (89%)	$28,592
2019-20	219 (16%)	$4,994	218 (16%)	$2,002	71 (5%)	$4,442	1,182 (88%)	$30,008
2020-21	219 (16%)	$5,962	366 (27%)	$1,123	97 (7%)	$4,831	1,345 (98%)	$30,071
2021-22	249 (16%)	$5,432	432 (27%)	$3,242	88 (5%)	$5,362	1,586 (99%)	$28,979
Average	230 (16.33%)	$4,955	186 (12.88%)	$2,815	103 (7.22%)	$3,677	1,262 (88.11%)	$27,002

^*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, 567 (39.78 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $567.

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	522 (37%)	$8,197	513 (37%)	$5,958	73 (5%)	$16,742
2014-15	616 (44%)	$7,466	610 (43%)	$5,876	59 (4%)	$17,203
2015-16	583 (41%)	$7,421	577 (41%)	$5,679	59 (4%)	$17,787
2016-17	547 (40%)	$8,414	540 (39%)	$6,075	65 (5%)	$20,337
2017-18	605 (41%)	$8,504	593 (40%)	$6,166	73 (5%)	$20,391
2018-19	555 (38%)	$7,897	547 (37%)	$5,200	75 (5%)	$20,514
2019-20	548 (41%)	$7,885	540 (40%)	$5,182	79 (6%)	$19,279
2020-21	536 (39%)	$7,865	526 (38%)	$5,173	68 (5%)	$21,978
2021-22	593 (37%)	$7,961	586 (37%)	$5,213	71 (4%)	$23,464
Average	567 (39.78%)	$7,957	559 (39.11%)	$5,614	69 (4.78%)	$19,744

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at DU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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