How U of Puget Sound'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 Puget Sound since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,289, which is 98.56 % of all undergraduate students. 1,067 students which is 45.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,184.

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	2,449 (96%)	$20,352	485 (19%)	$4,105	1,319 (52%)	$7,860
2014-15	2,497 (98%)	$20,328	435 (17%)	$4,037	1,233 (48%)	$8,040
2015-16	2,432 (98%)	$20,574	346 (14%)	$4,229	1,092 (44%)	$7,637
2016-17	2,476 (99%)	$21,327	340 (14%)	$4,288	1,115 (44%)	$7,714
2017-18	2,392 (99%)	$22,966	365 (15%)	$4,435	1,100 (46%)	$8,378
2018-19	2,350 (99%)	$25,023	379 (16%)	$4,515	1,078 (46%)	$6,300
2019-20	2,276 (99%)	$28,227	407 (18%)	$4,553	1,073 (47%)	$6,323
2020-21	1,889 (100%)	$30,161	339 (18%)	$4,798	794 (42%)	$6,224
2021-22	1,844 (99%)	$32,665	332 (18%)	$4,842	799 (43%)	$6,183
Average	2,289 (98.56%)	$24,625	381 (16.56%)	$4,422	1,067 (45.78%)	$7,184

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 586 (99.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $24,528. It can cover 40.95% of tuition & fees ($59,900).

In addition, 286 (48.22 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,715).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	665 (99%)	$17,358	300 (45%)	$8,162
2014-15	654 (99%)	$18,212	324 (49%)	$8,147
2015-16	646 (99%)	$19,322	292 (45%)	$8,660
2016-17	667 (99%)	$21,534	342 (51%)	$7,739
2017-18	588 (100%)	$23,458	302 (51%)	$8,435
2018-19	649 (99%)	$26,508	338 (52%)	$7,400
2019-20	612 (100%)	$30,057	315 (51%)	$6,472
2020-21	381 (99%)	$31,818	155 (40%)	$6,898
2021-22	408 (100%)	$32,482	206 (50%)	$7,519
Average	586 (99.33%)	$24,528	286 (48.22%)	$7,715

^*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, 97 (16.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,349.

In addition, 31 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (5.89 % 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	78 (12%)	$4,359	67 (10%)	$1,933	19 (3%)	$8,747	665 (99%)	$16,402
2014-15	110 (17%)	$3,989	111 (17%)	$1,933	17 (3%)	$8,909	654 (99%)	$16,981
2015-16	87 (13%)	$4,140	115 (18%)	$1,948	18 (3%)	$9,973	645 (99%)	$18,168
2016-17	106 (16%)	$4,385	122 (18%)	$1,949	31 (5%)	$9,602	667 (99%)	$20,035
2017-18	103 (17%)	$4,335	115 (19%)	$1,904	31 (5%)	$9,642	586 (99%)	$21,893
2018-19	135 (21%)	$4,521	156 (24%)	$1,881	46 (7%)	$8,776	649 (99%)	$24,493
2019-20	115 (19%)	$4,543	256 (42%)	$1,206	39 (6%)	$10,416	612 (100%)	$28,035
2020-21	70 (18%)	$4,573	145 (38%)	$3,617	42 (11%)	$5,944	381 (99%)	$28,946
2021-22	72 (18%)	$4,297	241 (59%)	$2,238	40 (10%)	$6,606	408 (100%)	$29,754
Average	97 (16.78%)	$4,349	148 (27.22%)	$2,068	31 (5.89%)	$8,735	585 (99.22%)	$22,745

^*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, 286 (48.22 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $286.

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	300 (45%)	$8,162	300 (45%)	$6,430	27 (4%)	$19,239
2014-15	324 (49%)	$8,147	324 (49%)	$6,632	26 (4%)	$18,889
2015-16	292 (45%)	$8,660	291 (45%)	$6,437	32 (5%)	$20,488
2016-17	342 (51%)	$7,739	342 (51%)	$6,405	25 (4%)	$18,249
2017-18	302 (51%)	$8,435	301 (51%)	$6,967	25 (4%)	$18,014
2018-19	338 (52%)	$7,400	337 (52%)	$5,149	37 (6%)	$20,695
2019-20	315 (51%)	$6,472	314 (51%)	$5,120	22 (4%)	$19,594
2020-21	155 (40%)	$6,898	154 (40%)	$5,021	15 (4%)	$19,731
2021-22	206 (50%)	$7,519	179 (44%)	$4,993	27 (7%)	$24,264
Average	286 (48.22%)	$7,715	282 (47.56%)	$5,906	26 (4.67%)	$19,907

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at U of Puget Sound

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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