How UNLV'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 Nevada-Las Vegas since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 17,059, which is 68.78 % of all undergraduate students. 8,091 students which is 32.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $8,345.

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	13,580 (59%)	$4,965	8,109 (35%)	$3,937	8,513 (37%)	$7,967
2014-15	14,232 (60%)	$5,009	8,603 (36%)	$4,035	8,546 (36%)	$7,815
2015-16	18,704 (79%)	$4,354	8,661 (36%)	$4,096	8,400 (35%)	$8,047
2016-17	14,909 (60%)	$5,233	8,838 (36%)	$4,070	8,632 (35%)	$8,165
2017-18	16,013 (63%)	$5,903	9,473 (37%)	$4,293	8,461 (33%)	$8,088
2018-19	16,107 (64%)	$5,923	9,403 (37%)	$4,542	8,382 (33%)	$8,444
2019-20	19,349 (75%)	$5,518	9,673 (37%)	$4,628	7,983 (31%)	$8,613
2020-21	19,870 (77%)	$5,796	9,557 (37%)	$4,610	7,020 (27%)	$8,953
2021-22	20,763 (82%)	$6,668	10,167 (40%)	$4,652	6,881 (27%)	$9,016
Average	17,059 (68.78%)	$5,485	9,165 (36.78%)	$4,318	8,091 (32.67%)	$8,345

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 3,432 (87.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,600. It can cover 21.46% of tuition & fees ($26,099) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 1,176 (30.22 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,557).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	2,969 (83%)	$5,295	1,309 (37%)	$5,384
2014-15	2,958 (80%)	$5,175	1,309 (35%)	$5,326
2015-16	3,324 (91%)	$4,934	1,203 (33%)	$5,545
2016-17	3,190 (85%)	$4,998	1,286 (34%)	$5,345
2017-18	3,568 (88%)	$5,531	1,225 (30%)	$5,324
2018-19	3,354 (85%)	$5,460	1,229 (31%)	$5,737
2019-20	4,047 (93%)	$6,443	1,171 (27%)	$5,589
2020-21	3,973 (92%)	$6,217	914 (21%)	$6,039
2021-22	3,507 (89%)	$6,346	938 (24%)	$5,722
Average	3,432 (87.33%)	$5,600	1,176 (30.22%)	$5,557

^*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, 1,671 (42.22 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,757.

In addition, 2,783 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (70.67 % 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	1,519 (42%)	$4,511	296 (8%)	$561	2,384 (66%)	$1,992	1,378 (38%)	$2,870
2014-15	1,527 (41%)	$4,489	215 (6%)	$604	2,336 (63%)	$1,940	1,365 (37%)	$2,777
2015-16	1,507 (41%)	$4,505	152 (4%)	$832	2,517 (69%)	$2,287	1,198 (33%)	$3,112
2016-17	1,551 (41%)	$4,448	189 (5%)	$702	2,705 (72%)	$2,077	1,197 (32%)	$2,752
2017-18	1,759 (43%)	$4,724	83 (2%)	$829	3,034 (75%)	$2,110	1,609 (40%)	$3,081
2018-19	1,636 (41%)	$4,913	136 (3%)	$730	2,877 (73%)	$2,186	1,028 (26%)	$3,782
2019-20	1,921 (44%)	$5,062	2,913 (67%)	$751	3,221 (74%)	$2,390	1,686 (39%)	$3,833
2020-21	1,789 (41%)	$5,102	2,131 (49%)	$310	3,292 (76%)	$2,312	1,961 (45%)	$3,724
2021-22	1,830 (46%)	$5,058	209 (5%)	$752	2,683 (68%)	$1,835	2,442 (62%)	$3,243
Average	1,671 (42.22%)	$4,757	703 (16.56%)	$675	2,783 (70.67%)	$2,125	1,540 (39.11%)	$3,242

^*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, 1,176 (30.22 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $1,176.

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	1,309 (37%)	$5,384	1,274 (36%)	$5,048	41 (1%)	$15,043
2014-15	1,309 (35%)	$5,326	1,275 (34%)	$4,992	41 (1%)	$14,813
2015-16	1,203 (33%)	$5,545	1,182 (32%)	$4,930	65 (2%)	$12,977
2016-17	1,286 (34%)	$5,345	1,255 (33%)	$4,746	66 (2%)	$13,906
2017-18	1,225 (30%)	$5,324	1,210 (30%)	$4,687	72 (2%)	$11,818
2018-19	1,229 (31%)	$5,737	1,192 (30%)	$4,813	91 (2%)	$14,439
2019-20	1,171 (27%)	$5,589	1,125 (26%)	$4,777	93 (2%)	$12,583
2020-21	914 (21%)	$6,039	888 (21%)	$5,000	62 (1%)	$17,424
2021-22	938 (24%)	$5,722	917 (23%)	$4,946	54 (1%)	$15,387
Average	1,176 (30.22%)	$5,557	1,146 (29.44%)	$4,882	65 (1.56%)	$14,266

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UNLV

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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