Financial Aid Awards by Category Report

Award Facts by Category

You can select a view to present data by:

  • Award amount paid (total)
  • Average of awards paid
  • Number of Students Receiving Awards

Award Category Detail by Source

You can select an Award Category and Financial Aid Yr for this chart.

Sample Questions and Answers

What was the total and average amount borrowed in the academic year (fall/spring) by graduate students in the years 2018-19 and 2021-22?

Make the following selections in the Common Filters and then select Apply:

  • Financial Aid Yr: 2018-19 and 2021-22
  • Semester Nm: Fall and Spring
  • Undergrad/Grad: Graduate

Common Filters with 2018-2019 and 2021-22 selected for Financial Aid Yr, Fall and Spring selected for Semester, and Graduate selected for Undergrad/Grad

In the Award Category Detail by Source chart, select Loan from the Award Category drop-down list.

Award Category Detail by Source chart with Loan selected for Award Category

The report presents the 2018-19 Financial Aid Yr. To get 2021-22, you must select from the drop-down list.

It is possible to see both years in the report by moving the Financial Aid Yr column. Right-click on the Financial Aid Yr column heading and select Move Column / To Columns.

Financial Aid Yr selected with context sensitive menu highlighting Move Column and To Columns

2018-19

Total: $91.5M; Average: $39,919

2021-22

Total: $106.9M

Average: $42,997

What proportion of loans paid to graduate students in 2018-19 and 2021-22 are federal loans?

Award Category Detail by Source chart with Loan selected for Award Category with 81.4% and 84% highlighted for Award Paid Distribution % for 2018-2019 and 2021-22 for Federal Total

Of loans paid to graduate students, 81.4% were federal loans in 2018-19 and 84% in 2021-22.

What if we wanted to do the same analysis, but only include students in the School of Journalism?

In the Academic Hierarchy Filters, select Grad School of Journalism for the College and select Apply.

Academic Hierarchy Filters with College of Journalism selected

The report still has the two academic years presented so we can see that Federal Loans accounted for 95.5% of awards paid in 2018-19 and 100% in 2021-22.

Award Category Detail by Source with Loan category selected