Percent of undergraduate students awarded Pell grant aid: From among 1) all undergraduate degree/certificate-seeking students and 2) just first-time full-time undergraduate students (sub-group of item 1).
Pell Grant program (Higher Education Act of 1965, Title IV, Part A, Subpart I, as amended.) Provides grant assistance to eligible undergraduate postsecondary students with demonstrated financial need to help meet education expenses.
Undergraduate - A student enrolled in a 4- or 5-year bachelor's degree program, an associate's degree program, an associate's degree program, or a vocational or technical program below the baccalaureate.
Full-time student (Undergraduate) - A student enrolled for 12 or more semester credits, or 12 or more quarter credits, or 24 or more clock hours a week each term.
First-time student (undergraduate) - A student attending any institution for the first time at the undergraduate level.
Percent of undergraduates awarded federal student loans.
Loans to students - Any monies that must be repaid to the lending institution for which the student is the designated borrower. Includes all Title IV subsidized and unsubsidized loans. Does not include PLUS and other loans made directly to parents.
Undergraduate - A student enrolled in a 4- or 5-year bachelor's degree program, an associate's degree program, or a vocational or technical program below the bachelor's.