How Ole Miss'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 Mississippi since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 12,447, which is 70.22 % of all undergraduate students. 7,056 students which is 39.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,799.

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	11,768 (68%)	$7,572	4,932 (28%)	$4,378	7,897 (45%)	$7,210
2014-15	12,354 (68%)	$8,078	4,817 (27%)	$4,450	8,007 (44%)	$6,643
2015-16	13,100 (70%)	$8,624	4,823 (26%)	$4,456	8,091 (43%)	$6,887
2016-17	13,477 (70%)	$9,283	4,781 (25%)	$4,462	8,050 (42%)	$6,866
2017-18	12,957 (69%)	$10,260	4,714 (25%)	$4,909	7,572 (40%)	$6,975
2018-19	12,282 (68%)	$11,249	4,182 (23%)	$5,046	6,526 (36%)	$6,631
2019-20	12,155 (71%)	$11,678	4,037 (24%)	$5,108	6,241 (36%)	$6,639
2020-21	11,816 (73%)	$12,571	3,857 (24%)	$5,232	5,673 (35%)	$6,665
2021-22	12,116 (75%)	$14,079	3,876 (24%)	$5,262	5,446 (34%)	$6,671
Average	12,447 (70.22%)	$10,377	4,447 (25.11%)	$4,811	7,056 (39.44%)	$6,799

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 2,795 (78.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $10,527. It can cover 39.02% of tuition & fees ($26,980) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 1,458 (41.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $8,762).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	2,744 (77%)	$7,550	1,561 (44%)	$7,577
2014-15	2,912 (77%)	$7,826	1,648 (44%)	$7,817
2015-16	3,062 (78%)	$8,721	1,594 (41%)	$8,385
2016-17	3,216 (83%)	$9,642	1,665 (43%)	$8,407
2017-18	2,838 (78%)	$11,209	1,510 (41%)	$8,672
2018-19	2,589 (76%)	$11,755	1,402 (41%)	$9,265
2019-20	2,630 (82%)	$11,650	1,300 (40%)	$9,181
2020-21	2,404 (80%)	$12,666	1,159 (39%)	$9,413
2021-22	2,758 (77%)	$13,720	1,284 (36%)	$10,144
Average	2,795 (78.67%)	$10,527	1,458 (41.00%)	$8,762

^*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, 795 (22.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,872.

In addition, 991 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (28.00 % 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	881 (25%)	$4,452	212 (6%)	$518	990 (28%)	$1,718	2,157 (61%)	$6,947
2014-15	858 (23%)	$4,621	188 (5%)	$650	1,031 (27%)	$1,998	2,295 (61%)	$7,252
2015-16	853 (22%)	$4,659	207 (5%)	$626	1,057 (27%)	$2,361	2,531 (65%)	$7,944
2016-17	876 (22%)	$4,578	222 (6%)	$740	1,080 (28%)	$2,599	2,758 (71%)	$8,712
2017-18	877 (24%)	$4,953	232 (6%)	$609	1,040 (29%)	$2,547	2,375 (65%)	$10,391
2018-19	757 (22%)	$4,951	164 (5%)	$988	1,002 (29%)	$2,678	2,158 (63%)	$11,047
2019-20	714 (22%)	$5,123	197 (6%)	$1,260	917 (28%)	$2,860	2,447 (76%)	$9,853
2020-21	654 (22%)	$5,195	510 (17%)	$2,875	856 (29%)	$3,047	2,212 (74%)	$10,387
2021-22	686 (19%)	$5,316	992 (28%)	$4,395	947 (27%)	$2,882	2,436 (68%)	$11,126
Average	795 (22.33%)	$4,872	325 (9.33%)	$1,407	991 (28.00%)	$2,521	2,374 (67.11%)	$9,295

^*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, 1,458 (41.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $1,458.

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	1,561 (44%)	$7,577	1,536 (43%)	$5,892	200 (6%)	$13,885
2014-15	1,648 (44%)	$7,817	1,612 (43%)	$5,699	238 (6%)	$15,528
2015-16	1,594 (41%)	$8,385	1,544 (40%)	$5,412	305 (8%)	$16,424
2016-17	1,665 (43%)	$8,407	1,615 (41%)	$5,476	325 (8%)	$15,858
2017-18	1,510 (41%)	$8,672	1,424 (39%)	$5,550	286 (8%)	$18,151
2018-19	1,402 (41%)	$9,265	1,312 (39%)	$5,278	305 (9%)	$19,886
2019-20	1,300 (40%)	$9,181	1,219 (38%)	$5,110	298 (9%)	$19,148
2020-21	1,159 (39%)	$9,413	1,080 (36%)	$5,241	262 (9%)	$20,037
2021-22	1,284 (36%)	$10,144	1,213 (34%)	$5,208	287 (8%)	$23,371
Average	1,458 (41.00%)	$8,762	1,395 (39.22%)	$5,430	278 (7.89%)	$18,032

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Ole Miss

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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