by School | by School & Award | Historical Trends
Degree Student Financial Assistance by School
| Degree Student Financial Assistance by School | ||||
| FY2023 Award Type as a Percent of Total | ||||
| Grant | Loan | Job | Total Aid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| College | 91.5% | 5.1% | 3.4% | 100.0% |
| GSAS | 74.4% | 1.4% | 24.3% | 100.0% |
| Business | 48.4% | 51.6% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Dental | 32.8% | 67.2% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Design | 72.0% | 25.5% | 2.5% | 100.0% |
| Divinity | 77.9% | 15.8% | 6.3% | 100.0% |
| Education | 57.2% | 41.1% | 1.7% | 100.0% |
| Government | 60.0% | 40.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Law | 36.5% | 62.8% | 0.7% | 100.0% |
| Medical | 67.8% | 32.2% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Public Health | 65.8% | 33.7% | 0.6% | 100.0% |
| Extension | 29.0% | 71.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| University Total | 69.1% | 22.9% | 8.0% | 100.0% |
| College loan percentage includes parental loans. Source: OIRA Financial Aid Data Collection |
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Degree Student Financial Assistance by School and Award
| Degree Student Financial Assistance by School, Award Source and Award Type | ||||||||||||
| FY2023 ($ in 000s) | ||||||||||||
| Grant | Loan1 | Job | Grand Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Federal | Outside | Total | Institution | Federal | Outside | Total | Institution | Federal | Total | ||
| College | $235,509 | $18,976 | $12,211 | $266,697 | $4,248 | $6,611 | $3,930 | $14,789 | $9,494 | $510 | $10,004 | $291,490 |
| GSAS | $181,617 | $32,172 | $5,866 | $219,656 | $34 | $1,258 | $2,821 | $4,113 | $51,657 | $19,995 | $71,652 | $295,421 |
| Business2 | $46,755 | $0 | $8,641 | $55,396 | $70 | $8,771 | $50,309 | $59,151 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $114,546 |
| Dental | $2,064 | $0 | $2,797 | $4,861 | $272 | $9,117 | $554 | $9,943 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $14,804 |
| Design | $18,526 | $83 | $1,384 | $19,992 | $140 | $6,097 | $833 | $7,069 | $208 | $479 | $688 | $27,749 |
| Divinity | $8,946 | $114 | $358 | $9,418 | $0 | $1,901 | $9 | $1,910 | $0 | $765 | $765 | $12,093 |
| Education | $13,604 | $16 | $1,528 | $15,148 | $10 | $8,976 | $1,905 | $10,890 | $0 | $455 | $455 | $26,494 |
| Government | $31,637 | $2,828 | $8,138 | $42,603 | $301 | $8,933 | $19,198 | $28,432 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $71,036 |
| Law | $28,846 | $4,857 | $7,115 | $40,817 | $6,379 | $26,463 | $37,304 | $70,145 | $727 | $0 | $727 | $111,690 |
| Medical | $26,627 | $3,327 | $3,331 | $33,285 | $1,537 | $12,897 | $1,390 | $15,823 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $49,108 |
| Public Health | $9,609 | $497 | $8,323 | $18,429 | $122 | $7,189 | $2,122 | $9,432 | $0 | $164 | $164 | $28,025 |
| Extension | $2,413 | $1,623 | $13 | $4,049 | $0 | $8,880 | $1,021 | $9,900 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $13,949 |
| University Total | $606,154 | $64,493 | $59,704 | $730,351 | $13,113 | $107,091 | $121,395 | $241,599 | $62,087 | $22,368 | $84,454 | $1,056,404 |
| Source: OIRA Financial Aid Data Collection. | ||||||||||||
| 1 FY2023 College loans include $7,922,463 in parental loans. | ||||||||||||
| 2 FY2023 Businees excludes $15,823,985 in outside employee support. | ||||||||||||
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Historical Financial Assistance Trends
| Degree Student Financial Assistance by School and Award Type | ||||||||||
| FY2014-FY2023 ($ in 000s) | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College | ||||||||||
| Grant | $181,636 | $181,412 | $185,570 | $192,649 | $205,697 | $215,391 | $226,900 | $186,365 | $255,580 | $266,697 |
| Job | $6,604 | $6,477 | $7,899 | $7,086 | $8,713 | $8,845 | $7,000 | $1,432 | $9,972 | $10,004 |
| Loan | $11,422 | $11,513 | $11,361 | $11,669 | $12,204 | $12,278 | $11,891 | $6,037 | $11,235 | $14,789 |
| Total | $199,662 | $199,402 | $204,830 | $211,404 | $226,613 | $236,514 | $245,791 | $193,833 | $276,787 | $291,490 |
| GSAS | ||||||||||
| Grant | $151,314 | $155,322 | $157,505 | $175,364 | $180,258 | $194,663 | $208,476 | $215,019 | $215,575 | $219,656 |
| Job | $42,540 | $44,876 | $47,461 | $51,526 | $51,574 | $56,416 | $58,429 | $63,846 | $67,937 | $71,652 |
| Loan | $1,591 | $1,048 | $1,239 | $1,037 | $1,833 | $1,882 | $1,771 | $1,273 | $3,558 | $4,113 |
| Total | $195,445 | $201,247 | $206,205 | $227,926 | $233,665 | $252,961 | $268,676 | $280,137 | $287,071 | $295,421 |
| Business | ||||||||||
| Grant | $38,394 | $41,182 | $42,480 | $42,591 | $47,579 | $47,739 | $47,990 | $42,492 | $47,503 | $55,396 |
| Job | – | $1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Loan | $41,074 | $41,716 | $42,618 | $44,420 | $44,794 | $43,508 | $45,623 | $33,128 | $46,400 | $59,151 |
| Total | $79,468 | $82,900 | $85,098 | $87,010 | $92,373 | $91,246 | $93,613 | $75,620 | $93,903 | $114,546 |
| Dental | ||||||||||
| Grant | $3,023 | $3,597 | $3,233 | $3,599 | $1,880 | $4,401 | $4,177 | $4,407 | $4,988 | $4,861 |
| Loan | $8,054 | $8,573 | $9,059 | $9,303 | $8,674 | $8,718 | $9,905 | $10,275 | $9,462 | $9,943 |
| Total | $11,077 | $12,170 | $12,292 | $12,902 | $10,554 | $13,119 | $14,082 | $14,682 | $14,450 | $14,804 |
| Design | ||||||||||
| Grant | $14,271 | $14,747 | $14,894 | $16,284 | $17,731 | $18,393 | $19,345 | $18,063 | $19,133 | $19,992 |
| Job | $479 | $529 | $1,889 | $1,804 | $499 | $636 | $602 | $652 | $686 | $688 |
| Loan | $9,880 | $9,129 | $7,731 | $7,335 | $7,198 | $8,196 | $7,344 | $4,884 | $7,181 | $7,069 |
| Total | $24,630 | $24,406 | $24,515 | $25,423 | $25,429 | $27,224 | $27,291 | $23,598 | $27,000 | $27,749 |
| Divinity | ||||||||||
| Grant | $7,742 | $7,797 | $7,479 | $7,140 | $7,371 | $6,179 | $6,776 | $7,461 | $9,097 | $9,418 |
| Job | $580 | $529 | $659 | $605 | $938 | $845 | $814 | $474 | $740 | $765 |
| Loan | $2,319 | $2,402 | $2,265 | $2,069 | $2,395 | $1,926 | $1,650 | $1,186 | $1,880 | $1,910 |
| Total | $10,641 | $10,728 | $10,403 | $9,813 | $10,705 | $8,949 | $9,240 | $9,120 | $11,717 | $12,093 |
| Education | ||||||||||
| Grant | $16,126 | $15,869 | $16,004 | $16,158 | $16,851 | $17,911 | $16,263 | $17,605 | $15,341 | $15,148 |
| Job | $466 | $415 | $3,673 | $2,757 | $414 | $427 | $880 | $675 | $546 | $455 |
| Loan | $12,389 | $12,118 | $12,813 | $12,730 | $13,310 | $12,941 | $11,172 | $14,204 | $13,688 | $10,890 |
| Total | $28,981 | $28,402 | $32,490 | $31,646 | $30,575 | $31,279 | $28,315 | $32,484 | $29,575 | $26,494 |
| Government | ||||||||||
| Grant | $28,750 | $30,872 | $32,862 | $31,958 | $33,587 | $33,985 | $33,923 | $27,173 | $33,356 | $42,603 |
| Job | $936 | $1,036 | $1,153 | $1,106 | $1,474 | $1,773 | $1,926 | $105 | $28 | – |
| Loan | $11,604 | $9,861 | $10,271 | $10,048 | $12,176 | $12,901 | $12,184 | $11,968 | $13,941 | $28,432 |
| Total | $41,291 | $41,770 | $44,286 | $43,112 | $47,237 | $48,659 | $48,033 | $39,247 | $47,324 | $71,036 |
| Law | ||||||||||
| Grant | $25,536 | $27,161 | $30,707 | $30,297 | $32,794 | $33,553 | $37,496 | $35,669 | $41,628 | $40,817 |
| Job | $446 | $427 | $721 | $796 | $495 | $540 | $348 | $188 | $274 | $727 |
| Loan | $66,194 | $69,100 | $71,787 | $74,413 | $75,168 | $72,517 | $71,451 | $64,928 | $65,769 | $70,145 |
| Total | $92,176 | $96,689 | $103,215 | $105,506 | $108,457 | $106,610 | $109,295 | $100,786 | $107,670 | $111,690 |
| Medical | ||||||||||
| Grant | $26,090 | $29,723 | $29,709 | $27,293 | $26,505 | $28,288 | $31,640 | $32,273 | $33,074 | $33,285 |
| Job | $1 | $1 | – | – | – | $4 | – | $1 | – | – |
| Loan | $11,774 | $11,864 | $13,925 | $14,948 | $14,034 | $14,461 | $13,873 | $13,480 | $14,535 | $15,823 |
| Total | $37,866 | $41,588 | $43,634 | $42,241 | $40,538 | $42,753 | $45,512 | $45,754 | $47,609 | $49,108 |
| Public Health | ||||||||||
| Grant | $18,151 | $19,059 | $20,916 | $17,812 | $17,241 | $16,198 | $15,849 | $15,503 | $17,618 | $18,429 |
| Job | $82 | $93 | $106 | $142 | $184 | $625 | $263 | $157 | $164 | $164 |
| Loan | $7,230 | $6,741 | $8,056 | $8,904 | $9,657 | $11,708 | $7,372 | $7,730 | $8,426 | $9,432 |
| Total | $25,463 | $25,893 | $29,077 | $26,858 | $27,081 | $28,531 | $23,484 | $23,390 | $26,207 | $28,025 |
| Extension | ||||||||||
| Grant | $1,806 | $1,987 | $2,622 | $3,171 | $4,016 | $4,387 | $3,506 | $4,593 | $4,387 | $4,049 |
| Loan | $4,617 | $5,151 | $6,299 | $6,929 | $8,743 | $9,203 | $10,764 | $10,186 | $9,970 | $9,900 |
| Total | $6,423 | $7,138 | $8,921 | $10,100 | $12,759 | $13,590 | $14,269 | $14,779 | $14,358 | $13,949 |
| ART | ||||||||||
| Grant | $141 | $195 | $187 | $172 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Job | $23 | $40 | $34 | $37 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Loan | $1,609 | $1,549 | $1,464 | $1,421 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | $1,772 | $1,784 | $1,684 | $1,629 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| University Total | ||||||||||
| Total | $754,894 | $774,117 | $806,649 | $835,572 | $865,987 | $901,436 | $927,601 | $853,429 | $983,672 | $1,056,404 |
| College loans include parental loans. FY2021 coincides with the year of the year of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Business excludes outside employee support. Since 2019, the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University is no longer accepting students. Source: OIRA Financial Aid Data Collection |
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