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Quick Facts: 2024-2025 Financial Aid Recipients

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Fall 2024 Full-Time Undergraduate Students

Fall 2024 Federal Pell Grant Awards

Full-Time, First-Time Undergraduate Students

2024-2025 Idaho Resident Undergraduate Degree Seeking Population

Loan Borrowing Data

Fall 2024 Full-Time Undergraduate Students

The following data is for Fall 2024 full-time undergraduate students.

81%

of full-time undergraduate students received financial aid

77%

of resident students received financial aid

87%

of nonresident students received financial aid

51%

of those who filed a FAFSA had a Student Aid Index under $15,000

Federal Pell Grant Awards

  • 31% of all full-time undergraduate students were eligible for the Federal Pell Grant award.
    • 40% of resident students were eligible versus 16% nonresident students.

Full-Time, First-Time in College Undergraduate Students

The following data is for Fall 2024 Full-Time, First-Time in College (FT-FTIC) undergraduate students.

89.3%

received financial aid

88%

of resident students received financial aid (7% increase from Fall 2023)

91%

of nonresident students received financial aid

44.2%

of those who filed a FAFSA had a Student Aid Index under $15,000

Financial Need

  • 69% of the Fall FT-FTIC Undergraduate Idaho students that completed a FAFSA have financial need. Financial need is defined by the student’s FAFSA, before any aid is applied.
    • Of those students, 59% have unmet financial need. Unmet need is defined by the student’s FAFSA and is after aid is applied.

Federal Pell Grant Awards

  • 30% of the full-time, first-time in college cohort were eligible for the Federal Pell Grant award. This is a 3% increase from Fall of 2023.
    • 39% of resident students were eligible versus 16% nonresident students.

Scholarships

  • 76% of Fall 2024 First-Time residents received a scholarship, not including athletic aid or waivers.
    • This is a 16% increase from Fall 2023. Most of this comes from the Idaho Launch Scholarship program implemented by the State of Idaho.
  • 79% of Fall 2024 First-Time nonresidents received a waiver. A waiver is defined as a waiver of nonresident fees and includes faculty/staff waivers.

2024-2025 Idaho Resident Undergrad Degree Seeking Population

The following data is for the academic year 2024-2025 total undergraduate degree seeking population of Idaho residents.

52%

have financial need

39%

are Pell Eligible

47%

had an expected family contribution under $15,000

Loan Borrowing

This data comes from the Common Data Set.

The following data is of the number of students in the 2024 undergraduate class who started at Boise State as first-time students and received a bachelor’s degree between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. Exclude transfer students.

47.9%

borrowed loans*

46.23%

borrowed Federal loans**

9.54%

borrowed private student loans made by a bank or lender
  • Of those who borrowed loans, $27,864 was the average per-undergraduate borrower cumulative principal borrowed.
  • Of those who borrowed Federal loans, $20,448 was the average per-undergraduate borrower cumulative principal borrowed.
  • Of those who borrowed Private loans made by a bank or lender, $39,644 was the average per-undergraduate borrower cumulative principal borrowed.

*Loans is defined as any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans, etc. Includes both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.

**Federal Loans are defined as Federal Loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Includes both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.