How U of South Carolina-Upstate'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 South Carolina-Upstate since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,949, which is 71.11 % of all undergraduate students. 3,400 students which is 61.00% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,250.

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	3,295 (62%)	$6,244	2,454 (46%)	$4,167	3,448 (65%)	$7,289
2014-15	3,690 (68%)	$6,466	2,591 (48%)	$4,255	3,607 (67%)	$7,429
2015-16	3,881 (69%)	$6,456	2,635 (47%)	$4,408	3,662 (65%)	$7,414
2016-17	3,752 (67%)	$6,486	2,491 (45%)	$4,409	3,522 (63%)	$7,363
2017-18	3,878 (67%)	$6,939	2,650 (46%)	$4,925	3,551 (61%)	$7,369
2018-19	4,029 (67%)	$7,139	2,801 (46%)	$4,936	3,588 (59%)	$7,182
2019-20	4,344 (74%)	$7,261	2,619 (45%)	$5,131	3,438 (59%)	$7,117
2020-21	4,199 (76%)	$7,366	2,509 (45%)	$5,137	3,093 (56%)	$7,070
2021-22	4,472 (90%)	$8,442	2,263 (45%)	$5,250	2,695 (54%)	$7,013
Average	3,949 (71.11%)	$6,978	2,557 (45.89%)	$4,735	3,400 (61.00%)	$7,250

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 759 (94.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,395. It can cover 36.36% of tuition & fees ($23,085) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 553 (68.67 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,375).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	656 (87%)	$7,099	523 (69%)	$6,101
2014-15	732 (94%)	$7,357	537 (69%)	$6,622
2015-16	756 (95%)	$7,604	580 (73%)	$6,410
2016-17	718 (94%)	$7,649	519 (68%)	$6,452
2017-18	829 (95%)	$7,805	641 (73%)	$6,483
2018-19	970 (96%)	$8,145	720 (71%)	$6,476
2019-20	855 (97%)	$8,880	628 (71%)	$6,435
2020-21	725 (96%)	$8,974	473 (63%)	$5,962
2021-22	588 (99%)	$12,038	358 (61%)	$6,430
Average	759 (94.78%)	$8,395	553 (68.67%)	$6,375

^*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, 444 (55.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,929.

In addition, 671 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (83.67 % 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	391 (52%)	$4,498	86 (11%)	$696	571 (76%)	$4,268	127 (17%)	$3,159
2014-15	410 (53%)	$4,459	104 (13%)	$593	638 (82%)	$4,388	167 (22%)	$4,167
2015-16	449 (56%)	$4,696	105 (13%)	$591	677 (85%)	$4,424	149 (19%)	$3,910
2016-17	396 (52%)	$4,597	131 (17%)	$496	632 (83%)	$4,718	144 (19%)	$4,342
2017-18	483 (55%)	$5,069	160 (18%)	$509	740 (84%)	$4,576	137 (16%)	$4,047
2018-19	608 (60%)	$5,111	234 (23%)	$522	883 (88%)	$4,407	206 (20%)	$3,785
2019-20	498 (57%)	$5,146	668 (76%)	$1,107	734 (83%)	$4,611	183 (21%)	$4,951
2020-21	417 (55%)	$5,281	466 (62%)	$1,121	652 (86%)	$4,767	128 (17%)	$5,267
2021-22	340 (58%)	$5,501	573 (97%)	$2,303	508 (86%)	$5,878	200 (34%)	$4,512
Average	444 (55.33%)	$4,929	281 (36.67%)	$882	671 (83.67%)	$4,671	160 (20.56%)	$4,238

^*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, 553 (68.67 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $553.

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	523 (69%)	$6,101	521 (69%)	$5,687	33 (4%)	$6,904
2014-15	537 (69%)	$6,622	534 (69%)	$5,851	50 (6%)	$8,633
2015-16	580 (73%)	$6,410	578 (72%)	$5,935	37 (5%)	$7,776
2016-17	519 (68%)	$6,452	519 (68%)	$5,859	39 (5%)	$7,895
2017-18	641 (73%)	$6,483	638 (73%)	$6,000	41 (5%)	$7,983
2018-19	720 (71%)	$6,476	711 (71%)	$5,762	68 (7%)	$8,323
2019-20	628 (71%)	$6,435	612 (69%)	$5,685	62 (7%)	$9,060
2020-21	473 (63%)	$5,962	468 (62%)	$5,480	31 (4%)	$8,248
2021-22	358 (61%)	$6,430	350 (59%)	$5,582	34 (6%)	$10,242
Average	553 (68.67%)	$6,375	548 (68.00%)	$5,760	44 (5.44%)	$8,340

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at U of South Carolina-Upstate

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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