How UNK'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 Nebraska at Kearney since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,699, which is 77.11 % of all undergraduate students. 2,156 students which is 44.56% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,969.

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	3,826 (70%)	$6,948	1,865 (34%)	$3,804	2,732 (50%)	$6,301
2014-15	3,763 (71%)	$7,512	1,831 (35%)	$3,940	2,554 (48%)	$6,175
2015-16	3,588 (70%)	$7,598	1,700 (33%)	$3,951	2,352 (46%)	$6,028
2016-17	3,538 (70%)	$7,930	1,610 (32%)	$3,928	2,308 (46%)	$5,899
2017-18	3,423 (71%)	$8,404	1,677 (35%)	$4,026	2,117 (44%)	$5,989
2018-19	3,508 (78%)	$9,164	1,648 (37%)	$4,133	1,958 (44%)	$5,777
2019-20	3,620 (82%)	$8,932	1,608 (36%)	$4,141	1,890 (43%)	$5,944
2020-21	3,738 (85%)	$9,145	1,555 (35%)	$4,291	1,783 (41%)	$5,759
2021-22	4,288 (97%)	$8,945	1,533 (35%)	$4,471	1,714 (39%)	$5,847
Average	3,699 (77.11%)	$8,286	1,670 (34.67%)	$4,076	2,156 (44.56%)	$5,969

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 769 (83.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,518. It can cover 40.94% of tuition & fees ($15,920) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 458 (49.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,914).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	721 (72%)	$5,829	491 (49%)	$5,493
2014-15	793 (81%)	$5,739	498 (51%)	$5,941
2015-16	778 (84%)	$5,556	484 (52%)	$5,950
2016-17	769 (77%)	$5,927	529 (53%)	$5,878
2017-18	714 (80%)	$6,589	457 (51%)	$5,959
2018-19	797 (85%)	$7,217	469 (50%)	$5,667
2019-20	716 (85%)	$7,080	395 (47%)	$5,818
2020-21	693 (85%)	$7,441	367 (45%)	$5,904
2021-22	944 (100%)	$7,282	436 (46%)	$6,618
Average	769 (83.22%)	$6,518	458 (49.33%)	$5,914

^*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, 353 (38.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,218.

In addition, 178 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (19.11 % 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	381 (38%)	$3,937	21 (2%)	$1,698	171 (17%)	$2,225	552 (55%)	$4,142
2014-15	362 (37%)	$3,997	61 (6%)	$1,388	212 (22%)	$1,829	649 (66%)	$4,055
2015-16	345 (37%)	$4,132	22 (2%)	$1,517	198 (21%)	$2,510	644 (69%)	$3,674
2016-17	346 (35%)	$4,120	20 (2%)	$1,655	212 (21%)	$2,393	635 (64%)	$4,081
2017-18	374 (42%)	$4,179	73 (8%)	$969	202 (23%)	$2,767	583 (65%)	$4,309
2018-19	388 (41%)	$4,233	67 (7%)	$920	206 (22%)	$2,433	685 (73%)	$5,178
2019-20	319 (38%)	$4,333	415 (49%)	$987	121 (14%)	$2,668	576 (68%)	$5,129
2020-21	311 (38%)	$4,506	424 (52%)	$790	112 (14%)	$2,485	602 (74%)	$5,219
2021-22	352 (37%)	$4,525	938 (99%)	$1,213	166 (18%)	$2,859	674 (71%)	$5,443
Average	353 (38.11%)	$4,218	227 (25.22%)	$1,237	178 (19.11%)	$2,463	622 (67.22%)	$4,581

^*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, 458 (49.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $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	491 (49%)	$5,493	486 (48%)	$5,093	25 (2%)	$8,882
2014-15	498 (51%)	$5,941	493 (50%)	$5,456	37 (4%)	$7,267
2015-16	484 (52%)	$5,950	480 (52%)	$5,500	29 (3%)	$8,266
2016-17	529 (53%)	$5,878	525 (53%)	$5,391	34 (3%)	$8,211
2017-18	457 (51%)	$5,959	452 (50%)	$5,264	37 (4%)	$9,300
2018-19	469 (50%)	$5,667	460 (49%)	$4,912	46 (5%)	$8,656
2019-20	395 (47%)	$5,818	389 (46%)	$4,953	36 (4%)	$10,316
2020-21	367 (45%)	$5,904	364 (45%)	$4,821	44 (5%)	$9,368
2021-22	436 (46%)	$6,618	429 (45%)	$5,028	68 (7%)	$10,713
Average	458 (49.33%)	$5,914	453 (48.67%)	$5,158	40 (4.11%)	$8,998

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UNK

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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