How UNI'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 Northern Iowa since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 5,741, which is 61.11 % of all undergraduate students. 5,181 students which is 54.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,082.

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	5,595 (55%)	$5,165	2,642 (26%)	$3,718	6,100 (60%)	$6,237
2014-15	5,543 (55%)	$5,424	2,668 (26%)	$3,844	5,853 (58%)	$6,159
2015-16	5,482 (54%)	$5,401	2,644 (26%)	$3,863	5,706 (56%)	$6,105
2016-17	5,762 (57%)	$5,539	2,652 (26%)	$3,925	5,625 (56%)	$6,251
2017-18	5,932 (59%)	$5,591	2,745 (27%)	$4,010	5,561 (56%)	$6,109
2018-19	5,856 (61%)	$5,506	2,521 (26%)	$4,141	5,208 (55%)	$6,028
2019-20	5,980 (67%)	$5,923	2,299 (26%)	$4,329	4,763 (53%)	$5,931
2020-21	5,627 (68%)	$6,289	2,153 (26%)	$4,329	4,097 (49%)	$5,958
2021-22	5,888 (74%)	$7,433	2,072 (26%)	$4,449	3,713 (47%)	$5,963
Average	5,741 (61.11%)	$5,808	2,488 (26.11%)	$4,068	5,181 (54.44%)	$6,082

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,169 (69.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,163. It can cover 24.27% of tuition & fees ($21,272) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 932 (54.78 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,034).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,043 (62%)	$4,803	999 (59%)	$5,685
2014-15	1,161 (66%)	$4,905	1,034 (59%)	$5,696
2015-16	1,261 (67%)	$4,971	1,088 (58%)	$5,819
2016-17	1,276 (65%)	$4,677	1,112 (57%)	$6,050
2017-18	1,216 (67%)	$4,718	1,052 (58%)	$6,005
2018-19	1,101 (67%)	$4,655	930 (56%)	$6,080
2019-20	1,074 (74%)	$5,099	767 (53%)	$5,948
2020-21	1,115 (76%)	$6,227	700 (47%)	$6,417
2021-22	1,275 (83%)	$6,412	705 (46%)	$6,606
Average	1,169 (69.67%)	$5,163	932 (54.78%)	$6,034

^*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, 400 (23.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,263.

In addition, 78 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (4.67 % 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	399 (24%)	$3,867	126 (7%)	$2,313	102 (6%)	$2,920	992 (59%)	$2,901
2014-15	453 (26%)	$4,045	182 (10%)	$2,117	196 (11%)	$3,714	1,078 (61%)	$2,550
2015-16	483 (26%)	$4,027	189 (10%)	$2,019	58 (3%)	$5,454	1,196 (64%)	$3,031
2016-17	464 (24%)	$4,047	182 (9%)	$2,108	61 (3%)	$5,221	1,227 (63%)	$2,761
2017-18	437 (24%)	$4,121	232 (13%)	$2,073	22 (1%)	$4,153	1,170 (65%)	$2,875
2018-19	354 (21%)	$4,201	176 (11%)	$1,975	56 (3%)	$4,199	1,060 (64%)	$2,883
2019-20	333 (23%)	$4,413	479 (33%)	$1,751	29 (2%)	$4,331	1,006 (69%)	$3,025
2020-21	355 (24%)	$4,745	580 (39%)	$1,540	142 (10%)	$2,204	1,058 (72%)	$3,830
2021-22	326 (21%)	$4,903	791 (51%)	$2,950	39 (3%)	$5,315	1,123 (73%)	$3,594
Average	400 (23.67%)	$4,263	326 (20.33%)	$2,094	78 (4.67%)	$4,168	1,101 (65.56%)	$3,050

^*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, 932 (54.78 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $932.

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	999 (59%)	$5,685	996 (59%)	$5,335	50 (3%)	$7,305
2014-15	1,034 (59%)	$5,696	1,033 (59%)	$5,313	52 (3%)	$7,725
2015-16	1,088 (58%)	$5,819	1,083 (58%)	$5,434	59 (3%)	$7,557
2016-17	1,112 (57%)	$6,050	1,108 (56%)	$5,308	108 (6%)	$7,832
2017-18	1,052 (58%)	$6,005	1,046 (58%)	$5,366	87 (5%)	$8,096
2018-19	930 (56%)	$6,080	927 (56%)	$5,076	117 (7%)	$8,109
2019-20	767 (53%)	$5,948	764 (53%)	$5,140	78 (5%)	$8,141
2020-21	700 (47%)	$6,417	696 (47%)	$5,115	120 (8%)	$7,770
2021-22	705 (46%)	$6,606	703 (46%)	$5,202	102 (7%)	$9,808
Average	932 (54.78%)	$6,034	928 (54.67%)	$5,254	86 (5.22%)	$8,038

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UNI

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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