How VSU'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 Valdosta State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 6,985, which is 77.44 % of all undergraduate students. 5,361 students which is 59.56% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,418.

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	6,749 (69%)	$5,362	4,561 (47%)	$4,252	6,336 (65%)	$6,398
2014-15	6,520 (70%)	$5,438	4,392 (47%)	$4,195	6,083 (65%)	$6,293
2015-16	6,120 (70%)	$5,736	4,118 (47%)	$4,309	5,547 (63%)	$6,218
2016-17	5,976 (68%)	$5,910	4,162 (47%)	$4,554	5,503 (63%)	$6,766
2017-18	6,788 (77%)	$6,825	4,321 (49%)	$4,318	5,407 (62%)	$6,638
2018-19	6,817 (78%)	$7,430	4,323 (50%)	$4,757	5,206 (60%)	$6,493
2019-20	7,069 (82%)	$8,148	4,365 (51%)	$4,817	4,986 (58%)	$6,521
2020-21	8,543 (89%)	$7,336	4,967 (52%)	$5,078	5,012 (52%)	$6,251
2021-22	8,283 (94%)	$8,371	4,545 (52%)	$5,071	4,169 (48%)	$6,183
Average	6,985 (77.44%)	$6,728	4,417 (49.11%)	$4,595	5,361 (59.56%)	$6,418

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,499 (88.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,121. It can cover 47.60% of tuition & fees ($17,062) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 1,062 (63.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,871).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,374 (81%)	$6,035	1,090 (65%)	$5,062
2014-15	1,265 (80%)	$6,212	1,043 (66%)	$5,427
2015-16	1,169 (83%)	$6,418	922 (65%)	$5,394
2016-17	1,317 (88%)	$8,140	1,010 (68%)	$6,120
2017-18	1,499 (88%)	$8,640	1,146 (68%)	$6,190
2018-19	1,561 (90%)	$8,964	1,111 (64%)	$6,263
2019-20	1,545 (97%)	$9,584	937 (59%)	$6,445
2020-21	2,067 (89%)	$9,221	1,346 (58%)	$5,951
2021-22	1,696 (99%)	$9,875	949 (55%)	$5,987
Average	1,499 (88.33%)	$8,121	1,062 (63.11%)	$5,871

^*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, 917 (53.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,908.

In addition, 915 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (54.67 % 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	819 (49%)	$4,423	197 (12%)	$530	1,026 (61%)	$4,249	71 (4%)	$2,900
2014-15	743 (47%)	$4,514	147 (9%)	$547	929 (59%)	$4,381	92 (6%)	$3,850
2015-16	676 (48%)	$4,603	135 (10%)	$590	866 (61%)	$4,545	99 (7%)	$3,791
2016-17	746 (50%)	$4,843	160 (11%)	$436	794 (53%)	$4,534	351 (24%)	$9,795
2017-18	894 (53%)	$4,736	236 (14%)	$440	836 (49%)	$4,676	452 (27%)	$10,408
2018-19	984 (57%)	$5,009	168 (10%)	$487	900 (52%)	$4,860	432 (25%)	$10,664
2019-20	904 (57%)	$5,185	1,395 (87%)	$745	910 (57%)	$5,018	427 (27%)	$10,569
2020-21	1,465 (63%)	$5,379	1,416 (61%)	$776	1,059 (46%)	$4,969	469 (20%)	$10,277
2021-22	1,023 (60%)	$5,476	1,664 (97%)	$1,469	919 (54%)	$4,978	398 (23%)	$10,368
Average	917 (53.78%)	$4,908	613 (34.56%)	$669	915 (54.67%)	$4,690	310 (18.11%)	$8,069

^*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, 1,062 (63.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $1,062.

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	1,090 (65%)	$5,062	1,090 (65%)	$5,062	-	-
2014-15	1,043 (66%)	$5,427	1,032 (65%)	$5,068	44 (3%)	$9,777
2015-16	922 (65%)	$5,394	921 (65%)	$5,087	34 (2%)	$8,477
2016-17	1,010 (68%)	$6,120	1,000 (67%)	$5,724	49 (3%)	$9,328
2017-18	1,146 (68%)	$6,190	1,130 (67%)	$5,766	57 (3%)	$10,143
2018-19	1,111 (64%)	$6,263	1,097 (63%)	$5,732	98 (6%)	$6,841
2019-20	937 (59%)	$6,445	922 (58%)	$5,754	94 (6%)	$7,807
2020-21	1,346 (58%)	$5,951	1,323 (57%)	$5,454	93 (4%)	$8,546
2021-22	949 (55%)	$5,987	927 (54%)	$5,339	85 (5%)	$8,615
Average	1,062 (63.11%)	$5,871	1,049 (62.33%)	$5,443	69 (4.00%)	$8,692

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at VSU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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