Financial Aid at ATU

Financial Aid Amount Received

$6,752 (51.01% of tuition & fees)

Percent of Financial Aid Received

70% of 11,151 students

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

7,565 undergraduate students (70% of all students) have received grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at Arkansas Tech University. The percentage of students who received financial aid average compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in Arkansas. Compare to similar schools in rankings such as Arkansas State University-Main Campus and University of Central Arkansas, the percentage of students who received financial aid is higher (the average of the schools is 80.67%).

The average amount of grants of scholarship aid is $6,752 and the average loan amount is $6,985. The average financial aid amount is 51.01% of tuition & fees based on out-of-state rate (tuition & fees: $13,236).

Undergraduate Financial Aid by Type

	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Grant or scholarship aid	7,565	70%	$51,080,283	$6,752
Pell Grants	4,264	40%	$18,778,486	$4,404
Federal Students Loans	4,438	41%	$31,000,648	$6,985

Undergraduate Student Financial Aid Comparison Chart

First-time Undergraduate Financial Aid by Type

	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Any Financial Aid	1,660	94%	-	-
Grant or scholarship aid	1,611	92%	$10,856,557	$6,739
Federal Grants	961	55%	$4,590,952	$4,777
Pell Grants	961	55%	$4,516,156	$4,699
Other Federal Grants	313	18%	$74,796	$239
State/Local Grants	1,115	63%	$1,275,283	$1,144
Institutional Grants	883	50%	$4,990,322	$5,652
Student Loans	1,004	57%	$6,887,470	$6,860
Federal Student Loans	998	57%	$6,488,200	$6,501
Other Student Loans	64	4%	$399,270	$6,239

First-time (full-time) Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

For the full-time, first-time undergraduate students (freshmen, in most cases), 1,611 students have received one or more types of financial aid at Arkansas Tech University.

The average amount of federal, state, local or institutional grant aid is $6,739 and the average amount of student loans awarded to full-time first-time undergraduate students is $6,860.

The following table shows the financial data by type of aid at Arkansas Tech University.

Financial Aid by Income Level

The following table summarizes the number of schools receiving financial aid and its average amount by income levels at Arkansas Tech University.

Income Level	# of Students	# of Students Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
All Income Level	-	-	$8,081,529	$6,265
0 - $30,000	554	554	$4,182,587	$7,550
$30,001 - $48,000	229	227	$1,695,143	$7,402
$48,001 - $75,000	215	201	$1,118,306	$5,201
$75,001 - $110,000	151	128	$566,064	$3,749
$110,001 - more	141	116	$519,429	$3,684

Paid Tuition Rates by Residency

At Arkansas Tech University, for the first-time/full-time students, 1,647 students have paid in-state rate of tuition and 110 students have paid out-of-state tuition rate.

	# of Students
In-District Rate	0
In-State Rate	1,647
Out-of-State Rate	110
Un-known	0

Number of Students by Living Arrangement (Freshmen)

At Arkansas Tech University, 1,057 full-time/first-time students live on-campus such as dormitory and campus-owned apartments, and 197 students live off-campus. In addition, 254 students live with their family.