How UPRCA'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 Puerto Rico-Carolina since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,731, which is 81.00 % of all undergraduate students. 178 students which is 5.22% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $3,892.

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	2,970 (74%)	$5,157	2,894 (72%)	$4,201	254 (6%)	$4,007
2014-15	2,855 (74%)	$5,149	2,765 (72%)	$4,332	104 (3%)	$4,797
2015-16	3,103 (82%)	$4,644	2,866 (76%)	$4,394	257 (7%)	$3,608
2016-17	3,007 (77%)	$4,766	2,832 (72%)	$4,544	230 (6%)	$3,657
2017-18	2,944 (78%)	$4,674	2,778 (73%)	$4,467	151 (4%)	$3,484
2018-19	2,704 (80%)	$4,876	2,540 (75%)	$4,619	225 (7%)	$3,764
2019-20	2,509 (83%)	$5,865	2,262 (75%)	$4,658	227 (8%)	$3,785
2020-21	2,349 (91%)	$5,521	2,045 (79%)	$4,499	88 (3%)	$3,976
2021-22	2,139 (90%)	$7,859	1,737 (73%)	$4,653	68 (3%)	$3,947
Average	2,731 (81.00%)	$5,390	2,524 (74.11%)	$4,485	178 (5.22%)	$3,892

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 615 (81.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,256. It can cover 78.33% of tuition & fees ($7,986) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 10 (2.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $2,930).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	793 (82%)	$5,273	14 (1%)	$2,333
2014-15	736 (82%)	$5,494	1 (0%)	$3,500
2015-16	715 (78%)	$5,758	1 (0%)	$3,500
2016-17	618 (67%)	$5,603	14 (2%)	$3,500
2017-18	527 (68%)	$5,565	12 (2%)	$1,944
2018-19	514 (73%)	$5,895	21 (3%)	$2,501
2019-20	547 (96%)	$6,623	20 (4%)	$2,625
2020-21	470 (90%)	$6,984	3 (1%)	$3,111
2021-22	611 (99%)	$9,107	8 (1%)	$3,354
Average	615 (81.67%)	$6,256	10 (2.00%)	$2,930

^*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, 590 (77.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,070.

In addition, 295 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (41.25 % 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	791 (81%)	$4,542	2 (0%)	$900	409 (42%)	$691	183 (19%)	$1,666
2014-15	735 (82%)	$4,823	4 (0%)	$900	440 (49%)	$690	132 (15%)	$1,452
2015-16	715 (78%)	$5,134	190 (21%)	$818	388 (42%)	$177	137 (15%)	$1,619
2016-17	615 (66%)	$5,006	152 (16%)	$716	358 (39%)	$275	104 (11%)	$1,693
2017-18	501 (64%)	$5,173	117 (15%)	$855	280 (36%)	$286	85 (11%)	$1,894
2018-19	500 (71%)	$5,351	135 (19%)	$793	355 (50%)	$259	96 (14%)	$1,621
2019-20	488 (86%)	$5,249	500 (88%)	$1,185	257 (45%)	$1,448	90 (16%)	$1,071
2020-21	439 (84%)	$5,259	441 (84%)	$1,193	1 (0%)	$333	287 (55%)	$1,560
2021-22	522 (84%)	$5,095	611 (99%)	$3,084	169 (27%)	$716	538 (87%)	$1,671
Average	590 (77.33%)	$5,070	239 (48.86%)	$1,160	295 (41.25%)	$542	184 (27.00%)	$1,583

^*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, 10 (2.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $10.

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	14 (1%)	$2,333	14 (1%)	$2,333	-	-
2014-15	1 (0%)	$3,500	1 (0%)	$3,500	-	-
2015-16	1 (0%)	$3,500	1 (0%)	$3,500	-	-
2016-17	14 (2%)	$3,500	14 (2%)	$3,500	-	-
2017-18	12 (2%)	$1,944	12 (2%)	$1,944	-	-
2018-19	21 (3%)	$2,501	21 (3%)	$2,501	-	-
2019-20	20 (4%)	$2,625	20 (4%)	$2,625	-	-
2020-21	3 (1%)	$3,111	3 (1%)	$3,111	-	-
2021-22	8 (1%)	$3,354	8 (1%)	$3,354	-	-
Average	10 (2.00%)	$2,930	10 (2.00%)	$2,930	-	-