How UIU'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 Upper Iowa University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,428, which is 64.00 % of all undergraduate students. 2,302 students which is 59.56% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $9,651.

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	3,004 (65%)	$8,062	2,168 (47%)	$3,414	3,000 (65%)	$8,303
2014-15	2,892 (65%)	$8,825	1,954 (44%)	$3,693	3,254 (73%)	$9,489
2015-16	2,578 (63%)	$9,836	1,773 (43%)	$3,771	2,584 (63%)	$10,183
2016-17	2,428 (61%)	$9,503	1,722 (43%)	$3,925	2,462 (62%)	$10,511
2017-18	2,262 (53%)	$10,828	1,572 (37%)	$4,468	2,227 (52%)	$10,416
2018-19	2,468 (66%)	$10,563	1,496 (40%)	$4,460	2,110 (56%)	$10,020
2019-20	2,370 (64%)	$11,429	1,414 (38%)	$4,598	1,970 (54%)	$9,581
2020-21	2,019 (66%)	$12,328	1,351 (44%)	$3,857	1,762 (57%)	$9,349
2021-22	1,834 (73%)	$12,470	863 (34%)	$4,417	1,352 (54%)	$9,008
Average	2,428 (64.00%)	$10,427	1,590 (41.11%)	$4,067	2,302 (59.56%)	$9,651

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 219 (97.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $20,698. It can cover 108.93% of tuition & fees ($19,000).

In addition, 163 (73.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,313).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	232 (97%)	$17,911	164 (69%)	$5,914
2014-15	354 (99%)	$15,125	260 (73%)	$7,596
2015-16	229 (96%)	$17,054	137 (58%)	$8,475
2016-17	206 (96%)	$17,917	163 (76%)	$6,705
2017-18	214 (99%)	$22,576	158 (73%)	$7,083
2018-19	177 (98%)	$23,239	124 (69%)	$7,694
2019-20	199 (98%)	$22,564	170 (83%)	$7,640
2020-21	188 (97%)	$24,104	151 (78%)	$7,288
2021-22	176 (100%)	$25,788	138 (78%)	$7,420
Average	219 (97.78%)	$20,698	163 (73.00%)	$7,313

^*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, 93 (41.89 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,148.

In addition, 49 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (21.67 % 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	93 (39%)	$3,522	46 (19%)	$661	74 (31%)	$3,892	216 (90%)	$16,248
2014-15	127 (36%)	$3,990	81 (23%)	$262	72 (20%)	$4,153	343 (96%)	$13,199
2015-16	126 (53%)	$3,843	59 (25%)	$210	59 (25%)	$4,923	205 (86%)	$15,211
2016-17	113 (53%)	$3,986	62 (29%)	$342	51 (24%)	$5,044	173 (81%)	$17,122
2017-18	87 (40%)	$4,419	40 (19%)	$950	54 (25%)	$5,527	210 (97%)	$19,573
2018-19	75 (42%)	$4,349	26 (14%)	$909	42 (23%)	$5,367	172 (96%)	$20,571
2019-20	76 (37%)	$4,487	76 (37%)	$1,555	38 (19%)	$5,541	189 (93%)	$20,214
2020-21	71 (37%)	$4,563	45 (23%)	$2,479	26 (13%)	$5,829	181 (94%)	$21,793
2021-22	70 (40%)	$4,170	141 (80%)	$3,004	27 (15%)	$5,275	169 (96%)	$21,780
Average	93 (41.89%)	$4,148	64 (29.89%)	$1,152	49 (21.67%)	$5,061	206 (92.11%)	$18,412

^*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, 163 (73.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $163.

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	164 (69%)	$5,914	164 (69%)	$5,293	12 (5%)	$8,488
2014-15	260 (73%)	$7,596	241 (68%)	$7,364	19 (5%)	$10,535
2015-16	137 (58%)	$8,475	134 (56%)	$6,285	41 (17%)	$7,777
2016-17	163 (76%)	$6,705	162 (76%)	$5,718	15 (7%)	$11,110
2017-18	158 (73%)	$7,083	158 (73%)	$5,417	22 (10%)	$11,964
2018-19	124 (69%)	$7,694	124 (69%)	$5,504	24 (13%)	$11,317
2019-20	170 (83%)	$7,640	169 (83%)	$5,377	32 (16%)	$12,185
2020-21	151 (78%)	$7,288	148 (77%)	$5,433	23 (12%)	$12,888
2021-22	138 (78%)	$7,420	136 (77%)	$5,253	21 (12%)	$14,737
Average	163 (73.00%)	$7,313	160 (72.00%)	$5,738	23 (10.78%)	$11,222

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UIU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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