Financial Aid at Princeton
Financial Aid Amount Received
$50,655 (95.94% of tuition & fees)
Percent of Financial Aid Received
59% of 5,428 students
All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid
3,194 undergraduate students (59% of all students) have received grants, scholarship, and/or federal student loans at Princeton University. The percentage of students received financial aid lower compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years or High Colleges in New Jersey. Compare to similar schools in rankings such as Yale University and Harvard University, the percentage of students received financial aid is average (the average of the schools is 55.33%).
The average amount of grants of scholarship aid is $50,655 and the average loan amount is $5,567. The average financial aid amount is 95.94% of tuition & fees (tuition & fees: $52,800).
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 | 3,194 | 59% | $161,791,481 | $50,655 |
Pell Grants | 1,005 | 19% | $4,693,042 | $4,670 |
Federal Students Loans | 199 | 4% | $1,107,853 | $5,567 |
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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 | 797 | 61% | - | - |
Grant or scholarship aid | 786 | 60% | $39,895,478 | $50,758 |
Federal Grants | 293 | 22% | $1,759,806 | $6,006 |
Pell Grants | 293 | 22% | $1,415,806 | $4,832 |
Other Federal Grants | 87 | 7% | $344,000 | $3,954 |
State/Local Grants | 24 | 2% | $224,389 | $9,350 |
Institutional Grants | 785 | 60% | $37,911,283 | $48,295 |
Student Loans | 101 | 8% | $420,441 | $4,163 |
Federal Student Loans | 52 | 4% | $251,375 | $4,834 |
Other Student Loans | 66 | 5% | $169,066 | $2,562 |
First-time (full-time) Undergraduate Students Financial Aid
For the full-time, first-time undergraduate students (in most case freshmen), 786 students have received one or more types of financial aid at Princeton University.
The average amount of federal, state, local or institutional grant aid is $50,758 and the average amount of student loans awarded to full-time first-time undergraduate students is $4,163.
Next table shows the financial data by type of aid at Princeton University.
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